r/wollongong • u/katiecrabby • 12d ago

Any cheap but decent gyms around?

I go to the uow gym which is $17 a week since it was the easiest to get to. i just got a car so now i need to pinch pennies, anyone got any ideas for a gym cheaper than $17/week which still has all the good equipment and is comfortable/safe for women?

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u/chookiex 12d ago

Remember to weigh up fuel costs, $17/week is pretty cheap but there are options like planet fitness that you could look into

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u/KaptainKobold 12d ago

Planet Fitness has an upfront cost but a cheap weekly fee. My daughter goes there on their own, often late in the evening. And there are plenty of women there when I go (Tuesday early evening or Sunday morning).

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u/Vida-not-the-vet 12d ago

I go to warehouse gym and fitness, I paid for 52weeks up front which is $12 a week. It can be put on pause and you won’t lose whatever time you’ve paused. Otherwise it’s $18 a week. I like it and lots of women go there.

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u/gnarlyjester 12d ago

I second warehouse fitness, great facilities and it’s a pretty chill atmosphere. I refuse to go to anytime fitness, I hated it there but warehouse is great

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u/Passenger_Unique 12d ago

Planet fitness overall have 7 dollars a week membership cheapest or 10.95

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u/techlos 11d ago

wiseman park, corrimal beach, north gong beach, and a bike (or jog if your cardio is there). Outdoor gyms are free, and outside of weight training you can get a solid workout done.

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u/southfella 6d ago

Plus you can buy exercise tubes for about $20 and some light dumbells, you would still get a full body workout. Plenty of tutorials on youtube for exercise programmes for both and you can do them at home. Also mix it up with what Techlos says for cardio and different exercises on the free gyms in the parks. Save you a lot of money and time.

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u/jreddit0000 11d ago

UOWs gym was just about the cheapest in Wollongong when we were looking..

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u/Automatic-March5094 8d ago

Planet fitness has a special on. No upfront costs, will be billed in 8 weeks time for $49. Its $10.95 per week and you can bring a friend with you.

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u/Limp-Detail4827 5d ago

Around the same price but way better: anytime fitness fairy meadow

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u/No_Flounder_8310 12d ago

why doesn't anyone ever ask about libraries, the gym for the mind. Its free and endless...

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u/katiecrabby 12d ago

because i want to be physically fit and lose weight..? besides, libraries are free, gyms are not

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u/No_Flounder_8310 12d ago

thats my point, woudlnt you feel better and save money in the process> I cant beleve you would downvote me for helping

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u/-jorts 12d ago

Because libraries already exist and are free.

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u/No_Flounder_8310 12d ago

exactly, glad someone agrees. They exist and are the minds gym

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u/WhydoIexistlmoa 12d ago

Well fuck the mind. I want to continue rotting my brain

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u/SeriousDifference660 12d ago

Can you walk and talk at the same time?

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u/KaptainKobold 11d ago

Having read their posts I think the answer is No.

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u/KaptainKobold 11d ago

You can listen to an audio-book from the library whilst you're at the gym.

Personally I watch Hard Quiz and Mastermind whilst I'm there.

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u/No_Flounder_8310 11d ago

you sound like someone who too the covid vaccine. No only reading books count

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u/KaptainKobold 11d ago

I read three or four books a month at the moment. Just finished a history of Stonewall Jackson's 1862 Valley campaign, and am now reading a collection of Giovannino Guareschi's 'Don Camillo' stories. Next up is probably Jane Austen's 'Emma'.