Gym?

disssco

Is there a gym in DIT? If so is it free? Do you have to register for it at the start of the year? What are the opening times?

I'm going into first year this September. I'd like to get back into weight lifting. Anyone else use the DIT gym for this purpose or would I be better paying for a membership in an off-campus gym?

yoyo

disssco wrote: »

Is there a gym in DIT? If so is it free? Do you have to register for it at the start of the year? What are the opening times?

I'm going into first year this September. I'd like to get back into weight lifting. Anyone else use the DIT gym for this purpose or would I be better paying for a membership in an off-campus gym?

The Gym & pool are in Kevin St DIT, it is not free but its something reasonable like €90 per year,

Nick

hockeygirl

Which DIT?? There is a small one in Kevin st... with a small pool- membership is half of what you would pay anywhere else.

Cant comment on how good the weights are as that wouldnt be my thing but there is plenty to keep you going.

Plus if you have periods off which arent around liunch time the gym is practically empty

Dufresne

Wesite is http://www.ditsports.ie/

Prices are on there as well at the 'join online' link. As the others said - small but cheap and can be quite empty at off peak times

disssco

Cool thanks. I'll be in Aungiers Street and live even closer to Kevin Street so might be very handy.

The Volt

Excellent, I'm liking the sound of this place moren and more everyday

Creamy Goodness

i've never been in the gym fully in kevin street, but from looking in when passing by it looks really really cramped.

The Volt

all by women?

Rowley Birkin QC

I'm pretty sure that there is one opposite Bolton St. too in the Linenhall.

sunnyjim

As far as I can see, the gym in Kevin street is all cardio. A bank of treadmills and some ab crunchers. I took a look in before, didn't see a squating rack, bench or anything. Bit useless tbh. Maybe i missed something though.

Cadeaus

It's €100 per year, but you can only pay through bank transfer (or something to that effect). Otherwise you can get a card that gives you five trips for a tenner.


The stuff in there is almost all cardio, some weights but if you're serious about training I'd recommend finding somewhere else. The YMCA on Aungier street is supposed to be pretty good. Not as cheap as Kevin street, but reasonable.

Buffman

bigkev49 wrote: »

I'm pretty sure that there is one opposite Bolton St. too in the Linenhall.

Ye, there is one in Linenhall and i'm pretty sure it's free. (Well I never paid anything for it anyway.) Used to be up on the top floor when I was there but I heard they moved it. Its now out the back of Linenhall below ground I think.

miss no stars

I tried looking into the bolton street one but the opening hours are desperate so I went over to have a gander when it was closed and it was the most miserable looking gym I've seen. The opening hours strike me as aimed at lecturers, rather than students.

melekalikimaka

pool is free

bolton gym is free

kev street gym - have to pay

shoutman

Gym in Kevin St is pretty pathetic tbh.

The Fitness Dock up the road (above what was spar called something else now) is a very good gym.

Two years ago I got student membership for €300 for the year but tbh I'd say you can probably get money off that. As for me they started off with it being €450 and after I said no a few times they said €300.

Not sure how much the YMCA gym is.

Buffman

miss no stars wrote: »

I tried looking into the bolton street one but the opening hours are desperate so I went over to have a gander when it was closed and it was the most miserable looking gym I've seen. The opening hours strike me as aimed at lecturers, rather than students.

Pretty sure its open all the normal college hours. If your talking about supervised opening hours, yes, they could be a bit better.