Gym!? (Next Generation??)

But if I go the day I arrive surely there can't be a waiting list? I meant is it open this Saturday.

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laser

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It is open on Saturday, and it says memberships can be purchased starting Oct 1, so maybe? http://www.york.ac.uk/univ/sports/weight.htm

Reply 22

Snorty

Around £38 for three months. Works out pretty cheap.

Do you have to pay something each time visit as well?

btw - another good gym in the area is Ebor Fitness, down near the river. £150 for a 12-month student membership. They don't have a pool or anything, but have a whole lot more weights than the uni gym.

Reply 23

rock_ten

Do you have to pay something each time visit as well?

btw - another good gym in the area is Ebor Fitness, down near the river. £150 for a 12-month student membership. They don't have a pool or anything, but have a whole lot more weights than the uni gym.

How far away is it?

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erm, about 10min walk I suppose? You go out onto the Stray through the gate by biology, then walk accross that, through the barracks, straight over the road and head down towards the river but take the last turn on the right before the river path.

http://www.eborfitness.co.uk/

There's a map there on the "Directions" page, but it needs turning pretty much 90 degrees clockwise to line up North/South

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Snorty

rock_ten

Do you have to pay something each time visit as well?

btw - another good gym in the area is Ebor Fitness, down near the river. £150 for a 12-month student membership. They don't have a pool or anything, but have a whole lot more weights than the uni gym.

No, it's just £38 a month and go as many times as you like. I'll have to have a look at that other gym if it has more weights, thanks.

Reply 26

Snorty

No, it's just £38 a month and go as many times as you like. I'll have to have a look at that other gym if it has more weights, thanks.

loads more weights than the uni gym. It gets crowded in the evenings but if you go during the day you can have it pretty much all to yourself. Or at least it was like that a couple of years ago. There's not much floor space, though, and no designated area to lift from the floor, so it can get a bit cramped when more people around.

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How crowded does the Uni Gym get?

Reply 28

bluejay

anyone tried emperor's fitness?

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I never trained there but I knew someone who did, omg!

You can get a free session there, check the website: http://www.emperors.co.uk/

Reply 30

_Mazza_

Uni gym is actually pretty decent now, my only vice is no squat rack really. It has dumbbells up to about 40kg and a free weights bench, tbh I'd rather go there and pay £150 for the year than pay £40+ at Nextgen, Ebor's is £150 for a year but is quite a walk away.

Reply 31

Snorty

_Mazza_

Uni gym is actually pretty decent now, my only vice is no squat rack really. It has dumbbells up to about 40kg and a free weights bench, tbh I'd rather go there and pay £150 for the year than pay £40+ at Nextgen, Ebor's is £150 for a year but is quite a walk away.

Yeah, the university gym is still reasonably priced even though it went up this year, when you compare it to £600 a year at Next Generation. :confused:

You can do pretty much any bodypart you want, although there's no squat rack, like you said.

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Are the heavier weights upstairs because when I had a look round I thought there was only one floor so I joined Ebor. But in hindsight that's a long way a way so I'm quite tempted to join the Uni Gym for the 3 months over winter.

Reply 33

Ebor is really close to campus - what way are you trying to get there?

In any case, get a bike of course

Reply 34

rock_ten

Ebor is really close to campus - what way are you trying to get there?

In any case, get a bike of course

Down Heslington Lane onto Broadway and then onto the A-Road pass the army barracks.

Reply 35

Ecno

Down Heslington Lane onto Broadway and then onto the A-Road pass the army barracks.

where are you coming from? If you live on campus then it's usually quicker to go accross the stray, from the entrance outside Biology. Just follow that path right through the barracks and then you come out facing over to Hospital Fields road

Reply 36

rock_ten

where are you coming from? If you live on campus then it's usually quicker to go accross the stray, from the entrance outside Biology. Just follow that path right through the barracks and then you come out facing over to Hospital Fields road

Halifax College

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