Moved to London - check!
Found a new nest in Limehouse - check!
Stocked up on booze - check!
Signed up for a gym - ............. check!!
Being new to this land of strange English vocabulary and fried chicken at every block, I needed to find a new place to get my eye-of-the-tiger fitness on! Especially working at Canary Wharf there were so many places to choose from! HOW TO CHOOSE!
Well... I can tell you what's important for me:
Price: Some of these gym prices in London could be mistaken for home mortgages...
Douchebags: You know these guys... they walk around the gym acting like they own it while they chat with people or use their phone whilst hogging 3 machines at a time... I need a place with as LEAST number of d-bags as possible
Screamers: Keep calm and scream less... says the queen. I'm not a fan of super serious places where people need to scream and grunt as they lift weights too heavy for them
Ooooooohhhhmmmmmmmmm.... Ooooooohhhhmmmmmmm - Love me some Yoga. I need some classes to get my downward dog ON!
Alternative Workouts: I really like to diversify my workouts so the more kettlebells, trx, rings, plyo, etc stuff a gym has, the better!
After going through these criteria, the best choice in my area was...........
..............drum roll please.........
Limehouse Marina Elite (which I shall now refer to as LiME)
The price is a little higher than I wanted and after telling the gym this, we worked together to find a price that was agreeable for both of us. Now with the unpleasantries of price negotiation out of the way, I can tell you some things about this gym:
Electronic keypad locks (hallelujah I don't have to bring a lock with me)
Towels provided (again hallelujah I don't have to bring a towel with me!) can you sense my laziness here...
Fingerprint entry (last hallelujah and a throw-my-hands-in-the-air AMEN I don't have to bring a pass with me) By now, my extreme laziness is fully transparent
At the busiest times, I think I've seen maybe 20 people in there... so it's a PERFECT size almost family-like gym. Sometimes I have the entire gym to myself! WEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
This place is always squeaky clean and has all new shizzle for me to get on my fitness fizzle
The oh so zen locker room area has nature sounds, plenty of lockers (this is a big problem for some gyms), always smells like tea tree (instead of being forced to smell the hard labors of others), nice showers and of course a nice steam and sauna room to relax those muscles after a hard workout!
I would say more things I like about this gym, but I think it's time to get off my lazy ass and work up a sweat over at LiME!! read more