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Sports and Fitness MoneySaving Sticky
Hello MoneySavers! Here’s some useful sport and fitness content from MoneySavingExpert.com: 🏋️♂️ Cheap gym membership & fitness 🎾 Sports and outdoor deals 👟 Free running apps 🏃♀️ FitBit MoneySaving tips & tricks If you spot any Forum threads on this board that you think we should add here, please do let me know!
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Garmin Scales
Hello, Our bathroom scales ceased to function, so we need some new ones. We like the Garmin scales, as they will directly sync and populate the Garmin Connect App. However, at £120, it is frankly a lot of money to pay and probably not worth it. A popular online retailer offers several alternative types of smart scales,…
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Virgin Active transitioning to royalty-free music 1st April without membership consultation
Virgin Active are switching from licensed music to a royalty free music provider on 1st April. This change has not been communicated formally to members, and I only found out about it yesterday from an unhappy instructor! The decision prioritises cost cutting over member and instructor experience, and delivers no reduction…
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Cancelling gym membership
My son is wanting to cancel his Snap fitness gym membership. He asked the manager at his local gym how he would go about this and she basically told him (apparently) that as he has missed the 30 day cancellation window before his 12 month contract ended and he has automatically been entered into a new 12 month contract…
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Golf Club Fees
Hi. My golf club have imposed a bar levy of £100 on top of my annual golf club subscriptions. This is on the basis of use it or loose it!! Is this legal to do this as I will be paying for something that I might not use?
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Better - Swimming Only
Hello I've been a Better member for about 10 years. The package is for just the local council pools (about 4) though I just use the very local one. This costs £25 a month. They've sent me a letter saying it's going up to £40 a month to cover all UK pools. When I queried this they said the local council only package is no…
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Getting fit advice
Hello. I am almost 40 and my hair has started turning grey all of a sudden. Is there any treatment to reverse this or is it time for Just for men? I do not like and do not go to the gym. I have an exercise bike and 10kilo dumbells at home. My upper body is perfect but I have a pot belly. My thighs are also fat but I cannot…
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David Lloyd - House move rules and Terms and Conditions
Hi All, *EDIT*, I'm wondering if this may be better placed in consumer rights, if so could a mod move? let me preface this thread with the fact that I accept that I've made some potential bad decisions to get in this situation and I'm not looking to shift the blame, but I'm looking for some advice and moving house whilst…
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Indoor bike for long-legged pensioner
Hello . My husband recently broke a bone and the physio has him on an exercise bike. We have looked at some and have found that there is not a lot is space between the handlebars and the saddle. DH is almost 6ft. and has long legs and ashorter torso. Can anyone recommend a make / cycle that will allow the saddle to be…
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walking shoes not too stiff
I am very happy with under armour trainers at about £45-50 from sportsdirect as they are wide at the front, flexible sole and low to the ground. However they arent great in the wet. So I was wondering if there are any recommended walking shoes / trainers I should consider ? I have a sportsdirect voucher so would like to…
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Rebounder / trampoline
Been reading about how good rebounder/trampolines are for stimulating the lymphatic system so thinking about buying one. I presume thet all have to be used outside as a standard 7'6" ceiling is probably not high enough.Is there anything specific I should bear-in-mind when choosing one, are the smaller ones too small to use…
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If a company offers a refund in writing then offers a repair can I insist on the refund offered?
I bought a wetsuit online from Huub wetsuits. I wore it under 20 times and splits appeared. I contacted them and they offered a repair. I checked trustpilot and other swimmers have had the same issue, so I returned the suit with a request for a refund ‘suit not fit for purpose’ It was about 7 months old. I received an…
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Running headphones
Any recommendations for wireless running headphones that last? Have purchased several through Amazon over the years and none of them seem to last long term so seems a bit of a false economy. Are Shokz or Apple worth the extra? Thanks
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Betterme app
Hi, has anyone experience with the Betterme app? Thoughts anyone? TIA
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Disabled and David Lloyd
Hello! I saw few threads about DL but can't find the answer. I am disabled and I am a member of DL off peak membership for £65 pm (Scotland). I use only swimming pool and I try to go once a week but sometimes that is not even possible. I have membership for my toddler daughter as well but every time I drop her for the…
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Money Moral Dilemma: Should we leave our golf club and rejoin later to get cheaper membership?
This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks... My golf club offers cheaper rates to new members than to those renewing. We've approached the owners about the unfairness of this, but they didn't seem to take us seriously, so a large group of us are now all thinking of leaving, playing somewhere else for a year, then…
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Virgin active gym
Hi, stupid me created a membership with virgin active for 12 months and the first month being free for. They charge £50 a month but silly me didn't realise it's quite far and £50 a month is just not worth it. I still need to pay the first month's payment, and is it my first time ever creating any kind of membership and me…
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Heating on for Lodgers
I have previously had two lodgers that always work regular hours - 9 -5. My central heating system is set on a timer for twice a day - a.m and p.m until Spring now. The a.m is set to come on daily at 6.30am for 2hrs and at 10.00am at weekends. P.m is from 5.00- 11.00pm. My energy bill is just about doable. I now have a new…
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I want a home gym
I really want to lose some weight and whilst financially a subscription to the gym would probably work out cheaper, I don't have the confidence to go to the gym. I'm on the larger side, it's fair to say, and I don't feel confident to put my body on show at the gym, or make a fool of myself. I wondered if anyone else has…
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Differences between these 2 Nike AirForce 1 Trainers?
Hi, I was hoping someone could advise. I was going to buy some Nike Air Force1 Trainers. I've not had Nike trainers before but pretty set on 2 that I have seen that appear very similar, but only a small difference in price. I was hoping someone could tell me what the main differences are, as such? From what I can tell, one…
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Too old for a fresh start?
Hi all I am getting close to 50, belly is getting large. Two young kids that I don't have the energy to chase, and work in a supermarket, where we are given doughnuts free every lunchtime - and I struggle to resist. I have joined a gym, and would like some advice on what I should be doing to lose the weight around my gut.…