Well... I cancelled my WHC membership finally.. Still stuck here till middle of March. Do you think other gyms are willing to pay my last month so I can use their gym right away? If that makes sense.
Have contemplated West Side Rec centre since moving to SW, but place looks like it might be a bit of a gong show. Anyone go there?
I renewed my membership for a second year, it's a bit on the pricey side $735/year with no monthly option. But you get a pool, skating rink and a 400 m running track.
The gym is well equipped, loads of machine options, 6 squat racks and good range of free weights. Never had to wait too long to use what I wanted.
Anyone try Fit4less. While I do DDP Yoga, I want to start getting some cardio work in and some strength training in to round out my program.
I looked at it at $18.00 per month with no commitment, and saw that they seem to have the basics down and are open 24 hours a day and wonder how you can go wrong?
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Anyone try Fit4less. While I do DDP Yoga, I want to start getting some cardio work in and some strength training in to round out my program.
I looked at it at $18.00 per month with no commitment, and saw that they seem to have the basics down and are open 24 hours a day and wonder how you can go wrong?
Thanks for bringing up this place. I had no idea it even existed. I'll be stopping by to check out the facilities.
Thanks for bringing up this place. I had no idea it even existed. I'll be stopping by to check out the facilities.
I'm going by tonight to pick up my membership cards, I've read the reviews of it and for what I want to do it seems alright.
It has the cardio gear, free weights (biggest dumbells are 75 pounds) and strength machines, they're skimpy on the amenities like locker areas etc, but I can do things like shower at home since I live 5 minutes away.
I just want to go to a gym, do some cardio do some medium weight work and go, I don't need the rest of the stuff.
One huge positive is I can let other people use my membership .
The pricing and location seems to be right.
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How are the results? Is it working for you and your wife?
Whoops. Sorry for the year long lapse in responding.
Pros:
- Workouts were fun and did a great job of working muscles you didn't know you had
- Staff was knowledgeable and kind
- Equipment was very nice
- Cancellation procedure was very smooth (dramatic foreshadowing)
Cons:
- It was a bit too intense for me. True you can go as hard or as light as you want, but when you have a trainer pushing you harder and harder, I never actually went light (even when I maybe should have)
- My cycle went: this is fun --> this is hard --> everything hurts --> I'd rather do anything than go
- It worked so many different muscles that truthfully I didn't notice much difference. I was certainly healthier, but in terms of body change I didn't notice much. If you go more often per week you'd probably notice a huge difference, but I couldn't afford to go more than a few times.
I recently joined an Orange Theory Fitness gym. It's a bit different and is more class-based than just an open place to go and work out. The idea is you wear a heart monitor that displays your active heart rate as a percentage of your resting heart rate up on a big screen. As it rises and falls you end up in different colour categories, with the ultimate goal to keep yourself within certain colours for certain time periods.
Classes generally run about 60 minutes and involve ½ treadmill/bike, ½ weights/rowing. You sign up and keep track of everything via the app, and each workout ends with an email giving you a breakdown of calories burned, how often you spent in each zone, etc. I like it because it gives you a graphical representation of how you're improving.
So far what my wife and I enjoy about it is that it's somewhere between a standard gym membership and having a personal trainer. Signing up for a class keeps you going, and it kicks your ass quite a bit when you might otherwise take it easy or skip the workout completely if you were self-guided. We've already had a few instances where we'd have absolutely skipped a workout had it been under our own control. It's also good if you're like me and you purposefully skip certain exercises because you hate them.
The cost is a downside as it runs about $100/month, but when you compare it to class costs elsewhere or getting a trainer, it makes sense. There's 2 locations up north (Creekside and Royal Oak), and one down south (Seton).
I was looking at this place as there isn't much around my place yet but it looked like the classes weren't very personalized and it didn't look like a good fit for anyone who wasn't aiming to lose weight. Do you think it would work for someone whose main goal is to gain?
I'm probably just going to wait for the gym they're building next door to my place to open now. Only like 5 months away at this point.
Anyone try Fit4less. While I do DDP Yoga, I want to start getting some cardio work in and some strength training in to round out my program.
I looked at it at $18.00 per month with no commitment, and saw that they seem to have the basics down and are open 24 hours a day and wonder how you can go wrong?
I've got a buddy who uses Fit4Less and ya I was going to say the main thing he doesn't like is the dumb bells only go up to 75. Other than that he seems to enjoy it, especially for the price.
Lol just realized that CC's post is over a year old, opps.
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If you're a woman and live in the more central part of the SW, might I recommend the Richmond WHC? My gym is such a sausage fest, it's ridiculous. The ratio is way off
They range depending on the owner. Ours was about $85/month, which is about $30-$40 cheaper than other Orange Theory studios.
Edit: I should add that allowed me 3 visits per week.
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I was looking at this place as there isn't much around my place yet but it looked like the classes weren't very personalized and it didn't look like a good fit for anyone who wasn't aiming to lose weight. Do you think it would work for someone whose main goal is to gain?
I'm probably just going to wait for the gym they're building next door to my place to open now. Only like 5 months away at this point.
If your main goal is to gain I'm not sure it's for you. A standard session is 1 hour and is at least 50% cardio. It's a full body workout, so if you're aiming to focus on one thing I'd look elsewhere.
I was also at Orange Theory in Seton. When I joined, an unlimited membership was $150/month. I believe now (7 months later), it's just over $200/month. It's good if you're new to fitness, and since you have to pay for classes canceled before the deadline, it kind of forces you to go.
I still have until the end of April until my membership expires. If anyone wants to join, PM me. From what I was told, I can transfer my membership over at my old rate.
I've since moved on to Fit4Less on Macleod Tr.. I pay only $10/month. It's pretty basic, but has a decent amount of cardio equipment. The weight area gets pretty busy after work. There's only 1 or 2 pieces each of major equipment (bench rack, squat rack, etc). The parking lot is a bit of a zoo after work, and there was a homeless guy sleeping in the parking lot a couple of weeks ago. It's definitely OK, when you consider the price.
So i havent been to the gym in a couple years and am now out of shape. I used to go to WHC in sunridge 5 days a week, but just kinda gave up on it for some reason i still dont know. Couple questions. Do any of you go to the newish Goodlife in the sunridge area? what are the prices like? I dont really want to go back to WHC because it was an absolute zoo, and while i do think Goodlife would be crazy busy as well i was thinking, since its 24 hours maybe it would be a little more manageable??
