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Nuffield Health Closing Spa Pools for Winter
Hi, I've just had an email from Nuffield Health saying they are closing their Spa pools for winter, to save on energy costs. They dont appear to be offering any membership discounts either. However this seems a breach of their T&Cs - – 11.3.9 If we significantly reduce the opening hours or facilities at your home centre,…
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Manual sign on treadmill?
Hello all, My treadmill has this manual symbol showing with a hand pointing down? What does it mean? It's a Reebok gt40?
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David Lloyd - any scope for negotiation on fees?
So... family resolution to get into shape, less pub time etc. Although it's not very MSE, the wife and I, plus teenage daughter, are joining the local David Lloyd, as it's huge and has got loads of things we like. At the moment, we are at - £242/month - 12 month platinum membership - one guest pass per month. - 4 personal…
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'The Gym' Membership - multi gym access
Is anyone a member of 'The Gym' gym here and have the 'Live It' membership for multigym access. The gym near work is £15/month single gym and £20/month Live IT multigym access The one near home is £25/month single gym and £20/month LiveIT multigym access. Does anyone know if there are any checks on how often a member might…
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Exercise equipment recommendations
Recently things have been getting on top of me and I think I have very mild depression. At this stage I do not want to go down the GP/possible medication route as it is not severe (I just feel quite low) and I just want to see how much I can help myself first. I know one of the big remedies always suggested is exercise so…
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Burning Calories - Weight Loss
What is a good / average benchmark to target regarding calories to burn? (7 days a week or 3 days a week worth of cardio on the treadmill or elliptical) So far what I have been doing is trying to aim for around 500 calories to burn either on the treadmill or the elliptical around 3 maybe 4 times a week. Something within me…
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am I entitled to a refund for?
Hi, my son attends weekly swimming lessons paid for monthly, the leisure centre has called 3 lessons but refusing to refund the money or credit the swimming account. Instead they have credited me to spend the money else where in the leisure centre, like in the cafe or on the accessories. I would never spend there and I'm…
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Garmin - Lost Steps
I am not sure whether this is a "Sport & Fitness" query or a "Techie Stuff" query, so I hope someone sees this that can make some good suggestions. I have a Garmin Fitness Tracker - Vivoactive 3 - and yesterday it lost a small number of steps. This is annoying to me as I was on a really long goal streak of always achieving…
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Hiking & GPS (cycle) computers
Looking to start doing more hiking. Went out at the weekend to a location found on AllTrails & did the route. Navigated using my phone for mapping which obviously isn't ideal due to battery life even if the map itself is quite nice to look at. I wondered about getting hike routes in something like .gpx format and then…
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Looking for advice/feedback on moving to a Garmin watch - but don't know which one
I know @Emmia you have a Fenix 6, which is one I'm considering so you could have some feedback on this? But I'm also looking at the Forerunner 945 or perhaps its replacement Or even any other Garmin that ticks the boxes. The Fenix 7 is a bit dear so while it may be suitable I'd probably say not that until the price comes…
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Anyone Purchased Gym Equipment from Pro Plates?
Ive been looking at the power racks of a company called Pro Plates based in Merseyside, wondering if anyone has bought from them? reviews online are a mix with the main gripe being unorganised delivery. They do some packages like the below which is what im after and I like the fact you get all the essentials in one package…
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Cycle to work equivalent for retirees in Scotland
I am considering buying an electric bike but I can't buy one under the cycle to work scheme as I retired early due to ill health and receive an occupational pension. Under the cycle to work scheme employees save approx one third on the price of a new bike. Is there an equivalent for retirees in their 50s. I pay tax on my…
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Cancelling one year contract at Nuffield
I think I agreed to a discounted price when I joined my local Nuffield in September in the expectation of using it for a full year. However I'm now thinking of leaving to go to a better gym. Does anyone know how it works when you cancel during a year's contract - do they expect to take all the remaining months payments in…
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are there still free trials of gyms?
not sure if this is where to put this, but i have been out of work since i found out i have spinal nerve damage, and find it hard to move around, but i would like to try and lose some weight so was looking to see if there were still free trial memberships in gyms, i live in suffolk and have only found a snap 247, an always…
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Fitness/Smartwatch recommendations
Last year I got my first smartwatch, the Huawei GT2e and I do love it, but it's missing a few features I'd like. Can anyone recommend a watch that has the following: * automatically calculates total calories burnt throughout the day * automatically tracks things like walks, runs or cycling and syncs to Strava * connects to…
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JD Gyms - out of contract membership cancellation query
Hi hope im posting this in the correct forum, please move me if im not! (I usually lurk in the old style forum!) not sure where i stand with this. I cancelled my membership on 12th april with JD Gyms, who recently took over my local exercise4less gym. they confirmed by email the cancellation on 12th april. I had been a…
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Bannatyne Health club Not suitable but wasn't able to find out without "joining"
I went to my local Bannatyne (Perth) and had a tour on 17th January 2022. I wanted swimming and possibly yoga or pilates classes. I told the manager this several times on my tour and diverted him away from all the equipment being used by the gym bunnies. I asked him about classes for yoga or pilates - he showed me the…
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Women's walking trousers for hourglass/pear
I would like to buy a decent pair of walking trousers but when I've tried some on there seemed to be minimal allowance for wide hips (it was a while ago so I can't remember the brands now), and if I were to size up, they'd be huge on the waist/thighs. Any recommendations for brands/styles to try? Budget wise I'd like to…
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Smart/fitness watches, airplane mode?
Do any let you turn off bluetooth?
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Everyone Active Membership renewal
I have an annual membership with Everyone Active who run my local council leisure centres. The deal was pretty good - pay £250 upfront and get essentially unlimited access to multiple sites in the city. This included court bookings, as well as gym/swimming etc. Although I got the membership with a view to using the pool,…
