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University of Nottingham

Nottingham

gym questions

how muhc is it to join for the year?
how muhc if i decide to pay each time i go?
will i have to pay for a naff induction before i can use it?
what is the equipment like, in particular free weight section?
what are the opening times?
can i look round beofre i decide to join?
Anyone else on here into their gym training?

cheers guys

Reply 1

erk

http://www.harewoodleisure.co.uk/home.asp

most of your questions answered.

University of Nottingham

Nottingham

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Reply 2

kate86

So, in order to join the gym, you have to first register with the sports centre, so thats an extra £44 they skank you on top of the £185 to join gym.
Am i reading that right?

Yep, I think so.

Or... You buy your own dumbells, bench and bar and hey presto.... Running and rowing you can do outdoors... right? *eek* that's what I'm doing.

Reply 5

l1ncs

Yeah it is pretty steep, though the facilities look pretty decent.

Or... You buy your own dumbells, bench and bar and hey presto.... Running and rowing you can do outdoors... right? *eek* that's what I'm doing.

I'd love to do that but i reckon that could get expensive with olympic weights, whihc are really the only ones worth having. If a few of us got together we could maybe get a set off ebay for about 300 and store it somewhere at the uni and then sell them at the end of the year??

Reply 6

freshestkid

This one looks alright, but noone that i've heard has been vary favourable about the uni's facilities/prices

Also with putting in for a bench, weights etc, you'd have to get a squat rack as well if you wanted to do it properly which is just £££££

Reply 7

l1ncs

You could get away with just stands if you had someone to spot or if you wasnt going too heavy. A decent set up would be about 300-400 i reckon, and when u came to sell it you would probably get most, if not all youre money back. Just an idea though.

Reply 8

john williams

wow i didnt think it'd be that much! I thought i remember reading somewhere it was £90 for the yr with unlimited access, or you pay £44 to join, then £2.50/£3.50 each time, which is what i was going to do, as during some holidays and weekends, i get to use the gym at my local centre free.

Reply 9

twistedheaven

freshestkid

Aye, ill ve joining Virgin active as ive said in many a thread on here, looks decent enough, and prices are reasonable

Reply 10

Asura

Come on peeps, we're forking out near enough 5k for fees and halls. What does another 185 mean

Reply 11

Freeway

whats the cripps hall gym like?

Reply 12

twistedheaven

Asura

Come on peeps, we're forking out near enough 5k for fees and halls. What does another 185 mean

More debt?...

Reply 13

sophieliz

It is a lot of money to be asking from skint students...are all the people that join the 27% of Nottingham students which hail from private schools I wonder?!

Reply 14

twistedheaven

well, if i dont go to the gym, ill go mental.. ill be joining any gym that can offer me what i need,. either that, or put all my hopes on getting onto the uni footie teams to stay in shape :frown:

Reply 15

Anathema

Does anyone know if gym membership or use of some facilities somewhere comes with joining the rowing club? I'll need to get fit again somehow if I'm going to continue rowing, after a nice 3 month gap of doing nothing at all.