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Mr.Freeze
02-08-2009, 07:58 PM
Anybody goes there?
whats the price for a year membership?

The freaken place looks like a 5star hotel lol

http://www.theathleticclubs.ca/
bigdog81
02-08-2009, 08:14 PM
***mistake
drdnj
02-08-2009, 09:17 PM
Used to train at the A-club in London Ontario (last year). Nice club, priced the same as most clubs like Goodlife (About $50 per month). I prefer working out in less trendy clubs...

Not really as ritzy as the website propaganda makes it look....

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O-Train
02-08-2009, 09:37 PM
boooo (but I'm biased) Worked and trained there, wouldn't again but I prefer small independantly owned gyms.

In all honesty though, the equipment and facilities are top notch. Well maintained, clean. Not very bodybuilder friendly. The one I worked at you had to have sleeves. Price will vary by location but I believe the one in my area is the most expensive gym in town. There will also be a fairly substantial administration fee.
Mr.Freeze
02-08-2009, 09:47 PM
Whats the size of that place (sq foot)?
O-Train
02-08-2009, 09:57 PM
Whats the size of that place (sq foot)?

Which location?

The one I worked at back home was probably the smallest. The one here in Guelph is big http://www.theathleticclubs.ca/our-clubs-20

If you look though, womans only pool, womans only spa, womans only area, woman's only group fitness etc etc etc... it's not a bodybuilder gym. They are all set up to make money based on the demographics of people who come to fitness facilities. They don't even show the free weight section in the video because they honestly would probably like nothing more than to turn it into a day spa and kick all the big sweaty guys out.
drdnj
02-08-2009, 10:10 PM
In London you have to wear sleeves on the main floor.....you cannot wear tanks anywhere but in the free weight area.....

like Hurley said, not BB friendly
Mr.Freeze
02-08-2009, 10:12 PM
i would not train there but im wondering how the hell do they make their money with a place that big??
i mean to build a place like that it must cost around whats 1-2 millions$$ :confused:
O-Train
02-08-2009, 10:18 PM
i would not train there but im wondering how the hell do they make their money with a place that big??
i mean to build a place like that it must cost around whats 1-2 millions$$ :confused:

I would imagine the gym cost more like 50 million but that's a ballpark guess. It's on land leased from the University, not sure how they arranged the whole thing.
O-Train
02-08-2009, 10:26 PM
I was off by a bit probably closer to this: http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/The-Athletic-Club-Group-1000302.html

14 million, 65 000 sq feet. This one is in Ottawa.
Mr.Freeze
02-08-2009, 10:32 PM
Thats even worst 14 ****en millions!
about how much member do they have 5000 max??

i used to owned a gym and as i know a bit about it, those guy will never make back there money.
sneakyfingers
05-08-2009, 12:54 AM
I looked into the athletic club in Guelph, and that thing is the MGM Grand of gyms. **** me its nice! I think I read it cost 10-12 million to build. Memberships aren't obserd... I'm a student and it was like 45 a month or something like that. It was a about a year ago I looked into it so my memory is hazy. Initiation was 140??? i think. They have just about everything anyone could ask for there. Pool, squash, sauna, hot tub, shake stand...you name it. I know alot of the guys here arent about the squash courts and whatnot...but its still there for you.
michealJ
05-08-2009, 08:54 AM
I was never a fan...
natenator
05-08-2009, 10:47 AM
I have a membership at a club here in Ottawa and I also have a GL membership because of my traveling. I find myself working out more at GL than my home gym. I am not sure why as I actually hate the premise of GL but for some reason I need the change every now and again.

Wish there was a quality dungeon in Ottawa lol
billnc
05-08-2009, 03:59 PM
I worked out at the club in Thunder Bay. It also was not really bodybuilder friendly but the equipment and hours were top notch.
listener
05-08-2009, 04:04 PM
Thats even worst 14 ****en millions!
about how much member do they have 5000 max??

i used to owned a gym and as i know a bit about it, those guy will never make back there money.


Perhaps there are a lot of memberships paid in cash that you do not observe, and they pay for "expenses" you have not considered.
drdnj
05-08-2009, 04:22 PM
I have a membership at a club here in Ottawa and I also have a GL membership because of my traveling. I find myself working out more at GL than my home gym. I am not sure why as I actually hate the premise of GL but for some reason I need the change every now and again.

Wish there was a quality dungeon in Ottawa lol

Nate,
Is the Merivale YMCA still there (it has likely moved)? It was a PURE BB DUNGEON in the mid-1990s (when I was at Ottawa U).....it was awesome and pretty hardcore (hahaha fist fights in the parking lot and all)....I think it used to be a Golds before that.