Pure Gym, Walnut Street, Leicester

[Bob Weasel Fox]

recently started going to Pure Gym, quite like it so far

[vandamman]

Wouldn't use it if you can afford to go to a better gym. The free weights section (which you will want to be using) is pretty tiny. Has two barbells on squat racks that get used for bench press most of the time, so it can be a bit annoying waiting to use the barbells if you want to do Deadlifts, bench and squat in a row.

I would've agreed but as of this week its been improved, free weights is pretty large now.

[Father Ted]

I've started recently too, very handy being 24/7 and works out much cheaper than a bog standard council ran leisure centre gym which drain you of all your cash.

[Guest Col city fan]

I live in Glen Parva so use the Enderby Leisure centre. It has a great gym, along with all the classes etc AND a decent pool. Parking is free. 27.50 a month for me.

[Bert]

Anyone use "the warehouse gym" Vaguely know the lad that owns it.

[FoxesAreBlue]

Those of you at Pure Gym, if your interested in PT there's a good one in there called Ezrin. An ex-colleague of mine, nice chap, good PT too. However I'd prefer it if you didn't say I sent you.

[Bob Weasel Fox]

I've started recently too, very handy being 24/7 and works out much cheaper than a bog standard council ran leisure centre gym which drain you of all your cash.

im the one who wears a Leicester shirt say hello if you see me

[Bob Weasel Fox]

Those of you at Pure Gym, if your interested in PT there's a good one in there called Ezrin. An ex-colleague of mine, nice chap, good PT too. However I'd prefer it if you didn't say I sent you.

Do you know Jay? PT at Pure Gym

Not sure which one Ezrin is?

[Soar Fox]

I live in Glen Parva so use the Enderby Leisure centre. It has a great gym, along with all the classes etc AND a decent pool. Parking is free. 27.50 a month for me.

Where abouts in Glen Parva do you live Col? I live near the memorial hall and used to play football for glen parva on Sundays.

[Bert]

Those of you at Pure Gym, if your interested in PT there's a good one in there called Ezrin. An ex-colleague of mine, nice chap, good PT too. However I'd prefer it if you didn't say I sent you.

Does he call you blue army Andy then?

[FoxesAreBlue]

Do you know Jay? PT at Pure Gym

Not sure which one Ezrin is?

Malaysian chap with the shaved head, does a lot of Brazillian type of exercise called Capoeria

Does he call you blue army Andy then?

Nope, but if you were to say Andy, who is an ex-colleague and an LCFC fan, he will know, he obviously won't mind me recommending him, it just doesn't look great on me as we now work for competitors!

[Guest Col city fan]

Where abouts in Glen Parva do you live Col? I live near the memorial hall and used to play football for glen parva on Sundays.

Just the other side of the park mate...

[Father Ted]

im the one who wears a Leicester shirt say hello if you see me

Will do if I see you! Will be awkward if its not you though!

[Charl91]

Malaysian chap with the shaved head, does a lot of Brazillian type of exercise called Capoeria

Nope, but if you were to say Andy, who is an ex-colleague and an LCFC fan, he will know, he obviously won't mind me recommending him, it just doesn't look great on me as we now work for competitors!

Just out of interest - what's a job being a personal trainer like?

It's something I'd like to consider doing at some point in my life, though I know more about weightlifting than I do about fitness.

[SystonFox]

Anyone use "the warehouse gym" Vaguely know the lad that owns it.

Parker drive? Lifting cars? I'm interested! £20 pm right?

[FoxesAreBlue]

Just out of interest - what's a job being a personal trainer like?

It's something I'd like to consider doing at some point in my life, though I know more about weightlifting than I do about fitness.

Good points and bad points, like any job really.

The best bit:

Genuinely getting to see people achieve things that they never thought possible (cheesy I know, but when a grown adult is in tears of happiness and thanking you after running their first 5k you'll understand)

The good bits:

--- If your a people person, this is a great job, you really will come into contact with every type of character you could possibly imagine, even the arseholes are okay!.

--- You can find you own niche - I am not a body builder and don't look like one either, but I do attract a lot of women who want to lose weight and people who want to run races, at one point I was attracting a lots of students from the far-east, god knows why!

--- If you go freelance like myself you are your own boss and have all the benefits of being so (also the downsides too!) you can also offset some of your spend (on equipment etc) against tax.

The bad bits:

---It's HARD HARD HARD work. Especially if you are working in a budget gym such as "The Gym" or "Pure Gym" - yes there are lots of members and a large pool of potential clients, however a lot of that pool are not on the income to afford PT so you have to graft like buggery to find the diamonds in the rough. Not so long ago I was working up to 19 hours a day because I was doing PT early in the morning, working at a full time job in the day, then back to the gym for more PT in the afternoons. It was a killer and I didn't last long, the job had to be dropped.

--- There are many MANY arseholes in the industry who think that being a PT means swanning around the gym and preening themselves in the mirror waiting for clients to come to them. One even tried to tap-up my client by saying that I wasn't qualified or insured and the client could sue me. It's a very back-stabbing industry. (obviously my papers are all in order and legit, the gym wouldn't allow me to work otherwise).

That's just a couple of good and bad, there's more but to be honest I don't have time. At the minute I'm designing a 10 week weight loss club to run at the gym.

It includes a starter pack, nutritnal analysis, 10 presentations of fitness related subjects, 2 fitness classes per week, a written 12 week programme, fitness testing at the start and end of the 10 week course and a few other bits.

Obviously writing the whole course is VERY time consuming and I'll be here till about 2am each night until its done BUT once it's done I can roll it out over and over again.

If you do fancy becoming a PT I'd certainly make sure that it's REALLY what you want to do because it's costs around £3000 to get qualified so it's an expensive mistake to make if you change your mind.

If your into weight lifting, try to find a niche, do you do weight lifting as a sport like in the Olympics? (Snatch & Clean and Jerk) or maybe the sport of power lifting is more your bag (Deadlift, Bench and Squat). Maybe competiotn lifting is not your bag and you want to concentrate on Bodybuilding, but beware of this because every gym in the country is full of apparently expert body builders (most of whom have built a wonderfully flabby body but never mind) so you may struggle to pick up clients unless you are in a constant competition phase yourself.

Either way, the best thing to do (in my opinion) is find you angle and come from there, don't try to be an all around 'jack of all trades' because it doesn't work as well.

[Bob Weasel Fox]

Will do if I see you! Will be awkward if its not you though!

Easy to spot me buddy, im the fat git in my early 40's

[SOCCERROO FOX]

I go to a University Gym, you don't need to be part of the university to go there and the benifit is the university students give some decent eye candy.

[Charl91]

Thanks for the advice! Just finished University, so considering career options at the moment - originally I was intending to go down the teaching route, but fitness is something I also genuinely enjoy doing, though not related to my degree in the slightest. Obviously I would have to give it a lot of thought though, just wanted to know what it was like from someone in the industry first hand.

Thanks again

[kylestyle06]

Good points and bad points, like any job really.

The best bit:

Genuinely getting to see people achieve things that they never thought possible (cheesy I know, but when a grown adult is in tears of happiness and thanking you after running their first 5k you'll understand)

The good bits:

--- If your a people person, this is a great job, you really will come into contact with every type of character you could possibly imagine, even the arseholes are okay!.

--- You can find you own niche - I am not a body builder and don't look like one either, but I do attract a lot of women who want to lose weight and people who want to run races, at one point I was attracting a lots of students from the far-east, god knows why!

--- If you go freelance like myself you are your own boss and have all the benefits of being so (also the downsides too!) you can also offset some of your spend (on equipment etc) against tax.

The bad bits:

---It's HARD HARD HARD work. Especially if you are working in a budget gym such as "The Gym" or "Pure Gym" - yes there are lots of members and a large pool of potential clients, however a lot of that pool are not on the income to afford PT so you have to graft like buggery to find the diamonds in the rough. Not so long ago I was working up to 19 hours a day because I was doing PT early in the morning, working at a full time job in the day, then back to the gym for more PT in the afternoons. It was a killer and I didn't last long, the job had to be dropped.

--- There are many MANY arseholes in the industry who think that being a PT means swanning around the gym and preening themselves in the mirror waiting for clients to come to them. One even tried to tap-up my client by saying that I wasn't qualified or insured and the client could sue me. It's a very back-stabbing industry. (obviously my papers are all in order and legit, the gym wouldn't allow me to work otherwise).

That's just a couple of good and bad, there's more but to be honest I don't have time. At the minute I'm designing a 10 week weight loss club to run at the gym.

It includes a starter pack, nutritnal analysis, 10 presentations of fitness related subjects, 2 fitness classes per week, a written 12 week programme, fitness testing at the start and end of the 10 week course and a few other bits.

Obviously writing the whole course is VERY time consuming and I'll be here till about 2am each night until its done BUT once it's done I can roll it out over and over again.

If you do fancy becoming a PT I'd certainly make sure that it's REALLY what you want to do because it's costs around £3000 to get qualified so it's an expensive mistake to make if you change your mind.

If your into weight lifting, try to find a niche, do you do weight lifting as a sport like in the Olympics? (Snatch & Clean and Jerk) or maybe the sport of power lifting is more your bag (Deadlift, Bench and Squat). Maybe competiotn lifting is not your bag and you want to concentrate on Bodybuilding, but beware of this because every gym in the country is full of apparently expert body builders (most of whom have built a wonderfully flabby body but never mind) so you may struggle to pick up clients unless you are in a constant competition phase yourself.

Either way, the best thing to do (in my opinion) is find you angle and come from there, don't try to be an all around 'jack of all trades' because it doesn't work as well.

Which gym do you work at mate? I've just signed up to 'The Gym'.. It's good value for money for a budget gym..

[FoxesAreBlue]

Which gym do you work at mate? I've just signed up to 'The Gym'.. It's good value for money for a budget gym..

I work at 'The Gym', I was offered jobs at all three budget gyms in the city but chose this because I thought it the best! Obviously my name and face is on the board/tellys so come and say hi!

[FoxesAreBlue]

Oh and one more surreal aspect of working in a city centre gym is that when you go into the highcross or out in town EVERYBODY recognises you and gives you a nod even though I don't have a clue who half of them are. Nice though!!

[kylestyle06]

I work at 'The Gym', I was offered jobs at all three budget gyms in the city but chose this because I thought it the best! Obviously my name and face is on the board/tellys so come and say hi!

Ah fair enough mate.

The gyms ok to be fair, showers stink 24/7 though

[Dr The Singh]

Oh and one more surreal aspect of working in a city centre gym is that when you go into the highcross or out in town EVERYBODY recognises you and gives you a nod even though I don't have a clue who half of them are. Nice though!!

I know who you are now, he he he. I will pm you!

Anyway enough of this gym nonsense if you want to look good come and see me, for a few grand I can give you a new face a new body, and I will also give you a new pair of tits.

[FoxesAreBlue]

Ah fair enough mate.

The gyms ok to be fair, showers stink 24/7 though

Yeah, they get cleaned 4 times a day, we try our best.

You should smell them on the other side of the wall between the changing rooms round the back in the boiler room. Good god it's bad.