Looking for a good gym in Braintree

Hi,
 
I am a newbie here, looking for a good gym in Braintree, especially for weights.
 
I know of  Xpect Health but not sure of any others in the area.
 
Thanks
 
 

Tigs33


Hi,
 
I am a newbie hear, looking for a good gym in Braintree, especially for weights.
 
I know of  Xpect Health but not sure of any others in the area.
 
Thanks
 
 

There is Complete Health & Fitness in Braintree.  Few members train there and I went there with Welshy, nice atmosphere and a good range of equipment.

http://www.completehealthandfitness.co.uk/

Noooo avoid Xpect like the plauge !

It's a poncy health club with silly prices.

As Hazel has said, CHF is a great gym, lots of equipment and a really good atmosphere

Probably about half the price too

Are you new to Braintree ?

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LOL Welshy is Xpect really that bad????

No, new to Braintree, lived there now for about 10 years - used to live in Colchester

If you're looking for somewhere with a nice pool, steam room, fitness classes, coffee shop and cardio stuff then it's nice but if you're more serious about weight training it's not so good.

I always found it a bit clicky as well, you'd get the ladies who lunch spending more time in the bistro than in the gym lol

It's quite expensive too, was £59 a month when I left 2 years ago. CHF is £57 a month for both myself and the other arf!

Will have to give you a shout when we do a little training meet next

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Thanks for the advice Welshy.

Popped to CHF today, and was shown around the gym and weights room, weights room looks nice and big (unlike Xpect's area which is rather small) 

I would get to the gym around 4.45pm does it get very busy during the week at that time do you know?  It was fairly quiet tonight (about 6.10pm when I visited)

Fridays are always dead in there.

I train Mon-Thurs but don't get there until about 6.30pm when it can get a little busy but to be honest it's never so busy that you can't get anything done.

When I used to go to the gym straight after work I would get there about 5.30pm ish and I think it was a little quieter then

Will be great to see another lady in the weights room.. I'm the only bugger that goes in there

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hehe so what are the men like in the weights room - do they just leave you to get on with it, I hate it when the men look just to see if you are looking at them!!! LOL

Sounds like it could be idea.

Are you following any particular lifting plan at all?  I have just been reading The New Rules of Lifting for Women by Lou Schuler.  It is very good - just need to get down the gym and start perfecting squats and lunges (I have horrendous balance and co-ordination) and best really if I could train in an empty room!!!

At first I had some odd looks but once they realise you aren't there to pi$$ about they're great !

I get nods and smiles and even some chat sometimes !

I have Micky doing my training for me - he's a mod on here and runs his own PT company - www.fitness121.co.uk

I think the current training plan I'm doing can be called ' how to knacker Welshy in one easy step ' by Micky' LOL !

My other arf, Desmo, has balance problems with lunges as well.. Try them on the smith machine in the corner. You can focus more on the movement than keeping the balance because you're not worried about the bar being lopsided! Walking lunges are good as well

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