RIP Atrium gym - anyone know the inside story?
tolgan
under the name "active4less") has closed its doors. Before I invest
in some other gym, does anyone know the likelihood of it being taken
over and reopened? I fear if it was going to happen it already would
have...
Assuming it doesn't reopen any recommendation for a no-frills gym? I
don't need a pool, just some weight machines and treadmill sort of
stuff. Fitness/yoga classes nice but not essential.
Thx
Paul Bird
That's hardly news, it's been going downhill for months. I can remember
going in there earlier this year to join and it was pretty clear it was
in trouble. The old JJB now
http://www.dwsportsfitness.com/locations/fitness-club.php?id=119
is reasonbly priced so why not go along there, not far from the Atrium
and actually functioning.
PB
maxb...@cix.compulink.co.uk
tol...@NOSPAMntlworld.com (tolgan) wrote:
> *Subject:* RIP Atrium gym - anyone know the inside story?
> *From:* tolgan <tol...@NOSPAMntlworld.com>
> *Date:* Sun, 03 Oct 2010 18:42:43 +0100
Most of the gyms in and around Cambridge are struggling. The change of
name was part of an earlier takeover. You could do worse than join the
Kelsey Kerridge gym (Outlooks) http://www.kelseykerridge.co.uk/
I declare an interest as Trustee of the Cambridge Sports Hall Trust (the
charity that runs the KK).
Max Boyce.
tolgan
Indeed. The fact that the phones have been disconnected for the last
month was certainly a clue. But one lives in hope...
Thanks for the tip on JJB.
Paul Bird
A number of people just jog around Coldhams Common at ungodly hours of
the morning, along Coldhams Lane, across the common and the railway
bridge, or via Newmarket Road and Whitehill Road and you've got acres of
damp grass to run around, avoiding the dog walkers, for no cost
whatsoever. Whatever floats your boat.
PB
Jonathan Anderson
> A number of people just jog around Coldhams Common at ungodly hours of
> the morning, along Coldhams Lane, across the common and the railway
> bridge, or via Newmarket Road and Whitehill Road and you've got acres of
> damp grass to run around, avoiding the dog walkers, for no cost
> whatsoever. Whatever floats your boat.
Might be more to do with lack of spending money and the fact that loads
of gym memberships are frivolous purchases that never get used enough.
Jon
Paul Bird
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Paul Rudin
> Most of the gyms in and around Cambridge are struggling. The change of
> name was part of an earlier takeover. You could do worse than join the
> Kelsey Kerridge gym (Outlooks) http://www.kelseykerridge.co.uk/
Other relatively cheap options: the gym at Fenners (maybe only available
if you're a member of the university). The gym at the Leys school
(although you can't use it in the middle of the day).
Paul Rudin
> A number of people just jog around Coldhams Common at ungodly hours of
> the morning, along Coldhams Lane, across the common and the railway
> bridge, or via Newmarket Road and Whitehill Road and you've got acres
> of damp grass to run around, avoiding the dog walkers, for no cost
> whatsoever. Whatever floats your boat.
But running is not what you join a gym for!
I do have sympathy with your point tho'... if you don't really know what
you want other than to "get fit" then a bit of running and cycling is
fine, and costs very little compared with a gym membership.
Paul Bird
> On or about 2010-10-03,
> tolgan <tol...@NOSPAMntlworld.com> illuminated us with:
>> Assuming it doesn't reopen any recommendation for a no-frills gym? I
>> don't need a pool, just some weight machines and treadmill sort of
>> stuff. Fitness/yoga classes nice but not essential.
>
> Sawston VC which I used for some years way back when. I'd expect him
> to still be doing no-nonsense stuff:
>
> http://www.keepinshape.co.uk/
>
> If I were interested in using a gym[1] it would be my first choice,
> despite being on the other side of the city[2]. Of course the pattern
> of operation might not suit you.
>
> [1] Having my own Concept 2 & cycling to work etc. does it for me.
> [2] Given [1] maybe it's about my optimum location anyway!
Sadly that closed last week, their lease ran out, I live nearby and can
confirm that that part of the building is now unused, I walk past it on
a daily basis.
PB
charliejuggler
Very sadly indeed: Dave ran a great gym for people that don't like gyms.
He'll be missed.
Charlie
Brian Morrison
charliejuggler <cha...@juggler.net.nospamthanks> wrote:
> Very sadly indeed: Dave ran a great gym for people that don't like
> gyms.
Isn't lack of custom why all gyms close? Or are you saying it wasn't
lack of custom?
--
Brian Morrison
charliejuggler
It wasn't lack of custom, it was a very popular place. As I heard it
from Dave, the lease had been under threat for a while (the whole row of
buildings is owned by a property developer) and was on a rolling
short-term basis. Dave needed to redecorate & refurbish and upgrade his
equipment, but understandably wasn't willing to put in this investment
when the lease situation was so unpredictable. He decided to make a
clean break rather than limp on as it all got tattier.
C
tolgan
<pa...@NOSPAMcamtutor.co.uk> wrote:
Paul, I am running about 30 miles a week at the moment. Finding a free
place to run is not a problem - see also Anglesea Abbey, Coton,
Clayhithe, Grantchester, etc etc.
The reason I use a gym is for the weight machines and yoga/pilates
classes that help to keep the necessary body parts in some semblance
of working order. The only time I have ever used a treadmill is when
there's snow on the ground.
At the moment the problem I'm having is that all the gyms want to
charge me for a swimming pool which I have no desire to use, it being
more a form of sensory deprivation than a form of exercise.
Paul Bird
> Paul, I am running about 30 miles a week at the moment. Finding a free
> place to run is not a problem - see also Anglesea Abbey, Coton,
> Clayhithe, Grantchester, etc etc.
>
> The reason I use a gym is for the weight machines and yoga/pilates
> classes that help to keep the necessary body parts in some semblance
> of working order. The only time I have ever used a treadmill is when
> there's snow on the ground.
>
> At the moment the problem I'm having is that all the gyms want to
> charge me for a swimming pool which I have no desire to use, it being
> more a form of sensory deprivation than a form of exercise.
Alright then, check out the martial arts gym just opened along Harvest
Way opposite the allotments, parallel to Newmarket Road, just around the
corner from Discount Auto parts. Don't know what they charge, can't be
a lot, they've got a pretty basic setup.
Pb
Paul Rudin
> The reason I use a gym is for the weight machines and yoga/pilates
> classes that help to keep the necessary body parts in some semblance
> of working order.
Buy some free weights and a bench and do it all yourself?
rosen...@cix.compulink.co.uk
(Paul Bird) wrote:
I thought that was short life property with plans for a hotel recently
agreed?
--
Colin Rosenstiel
Paul Bird
Well he can use it in the interim. Anyway Eastern Court is still in
place and unless you have some firm evidence to the contrary I haven't
heard that the Travelodge has been got planning permission as yet. Also
the gym is not on that corner it's along towards the CRT site and I am
not aware that the TL is going to take that entire strip.
PB