Cheap gym

[roger101]

I asked this question before some time ago but when I searched for it nothing came up. I am having mobility problems. All I want is a gym with a walking machine so I can walk on a flat surface (albeit slowly). I don't need aircon but I would like the machine to either have a TV nearby or even facing the road so I can watch something, rather than a wall.

Having such basic needs I would like it to be as cheap as possible. I look forward to your helpful replies.

[Tropicalevo]

Sorry, I do not liv in Pattaya.

Is this an option for you? lots on Lazada

 

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Read the product reviews. Google translate is your friend.

[JensenZ]

Here's a tidier way to show the link above.

 

Treadmill

 

That is junk - a complete waste of money. It might be ok for a child or a very light adult.

 

I would recommend Fitness 7 at the Avenue Shopping Centre, 2nd Road, the space where California Wow used to exist. They have good treadmills, in an air-conditioned area that is open 24 hours. I think the price is cheap, although "cheap" is subjective.

 

Please walk outside than on a treadmill and it's free.

[Nemises]

A treadmill is perfect for when the weather is not good outside - which is often in hot, wet, tropical Thailand. 
 

It also allows you to increase the incline for a more strenuous workout especially if you live in a flat area - which is common in Thailand.
 

It’s also perfect for catching-up on your latest Netflix series, sporting event, movie etc …whilst walking in air conditioned comfort!

 

Good luck. Hope you find a cheap gym, if not, maybe look at buying your own treadmill. 
 

 

Edited April 3 by Nemises

[JensenZ]

2 minutes ago, Nemises said:

A treadmill is perfect for when the weather is not good outside - which is often in hot, wet, tropical Thailand. 
 

It also allows you to increase the incline for a more strenuous workout especially if you live in a flat area - which is common in Thailand.
 

 It’s also perfect for catching-up on your latest Netflix series, sporting event, movie etc …whilst walking in air conditioned comfort!

 

Good luck. Hope you find a cheap gym, if not, buy one!

 

The climate is hot and humid; that's inescapable for most of the year, however, the OP mentioned that air conditioning is not needed. In years of walking outside (in Pattaya), I have never had to cancel a workout due to weather conditions. A few times it rained lightly and once very heavily. I enjoy walking in the rain as it is cooler. I have a lot of hills to make the workout harder.

[flyingtlger]

I go to a 3 star hotel/condo and pay 800 baht/month. It's got weight machines, free weights, treadmills, cycle machines and even a sauna and steam room and of course showers. The machines and weights are not the top of the line but they do what I need them to do. There is usually nobody in the gym, sometimes a cleaning lady, once in a blue moon a tourist.  The regulars usually come at night.....

[georgegeorgia]

To the OP

It depends which part of Pattaya your in

 

If your only going to use the treadmill, you can use the exercise bike too and work up from that .

 

I'm going to be honest with you , the gyms in Pattaya are not cheap 

1500 a month for Jomtien gym, I pay that in Australia

 

Wouldn't you be better walking around that Lake area where the football park is for awhile ?

 

But it depends on what part of Pattaya you live in ,no use suggesting Jomtien gym and you live in Naklua

 

 

[thecyclist]

Unfortunately, Pattaya doesn't have any cheap gyms. They start at 120 Baht for a day pass ,and go way up .

I spend most of my time in Vietnam now, where the gyms cost a fraction of that.

Sun Fitness on Soi Buakao has aircon and Treadmills facing the road and the market, but don't think they have TV.Bring your smartphone or tablet for entertainment. It's 120 Baht a day, 990 a month. You would have to get up the stairs though. 

The reopened Tony gym at intersection of South Pat road /3rd requires no climbing, is the same price, but very polluted air you are breathing there. Supposedly it's 24/7.

Kind of curious whether it's the same Tony. The old Tony closed down all his businesses, was gone for ages.Has he reappeared.?

[kokopelli]

13 hours ago, JensenZ said:

Here's a tidier way to show the link above.

 

Treadmill

 

That is junk - a complete waste of money. It might be ok for a child or a very light adult.

 

I would recommend Fitness 7 at the Avenue Shopping Centre, 2nd Road, the space where California Wow used to exist. They have good treadmills, in an air-conditioned area that is open 24 hours. I think the price is cheap, although "cheap" is subjective.

 

Please walk outside than on a treadmill and it's free.

roger101 says he has mobility problems which may rule out Fitness 7 since there is a long flight of stairs to reach the gym. Otherwise it is a good choice. Cost is 1600 Baht/month.

[georgegeorgia]

Tony's is good 

I think last year I paid 120 for a casual session

Old machines though 

Yes 24 hours ,no Air con 

 

[1sickpuppy]

On 4/3/2024 at 11:19 PM, roger101 said:

I asked this question before some time ago but when I searched for it nothing came up. I am having mobility problems. All I want is a gym with a walking machine so I can walk on a flat surface (albeit slowly). I don't need aircon but I would like the machine to either have a TV nearby or even facing the road so I can watch something, rather than a wall.

Having such basic needs I would like it to be as cheap as possible. I look forward to your helpful replies.

Just buy 1 aint expensive WDF is wrong with people nowadays, i have a home gym so i do not have to put up with stinking meat eaters

[MrPancake]

On 4/3/2024 at 4:19 PM, roger101 said:

All I want is a gym

 

Yeah and I want an helicopter.

Fat chance, Arnold.

 

 

Edited April 7 by MrPancake

[jacko45k]

10 hours ago, 1sickpuppy said:

Just buy 1 aint expensive WDF is wrong with people nowadays, i have a home gym so i do not have to put up with stinking meat eaters

It's a big item to put into a condo......and getting out more might be appealing. 

Why can't people simply answer the question asked instead of going off at a tangent.

[roger101]

8 hours ago, jacko45k said:

It's a big item to put into a condo......and getting out more might be appealing. 

Why can't people simply answer the question asked instead of going off at a tangent.

Thank you Jacko. I often think this myself. A walking machine because it has something I can hold onto when my balance feels wrong and a view because I'm deaf and need subtitles which means a phone is a bit small for that. So a streetview even if not much is happening.

[BigStar]

23 hours ago, roger101 said:

Thank you Jacko. I often think this myself. A walking machine because it has something I can hold onto when my balance feels wrong and a view because I'm deaf and need subtitles which means a phone is a bit small for that. So a streetview even if not much is happening.

 

Lazada has some foldup treadmills that would fit into a studio apt, not expensive. Could even get a non-motorized one, much more difficult to get injured on. Personally I'd suggest an exercise bike, less impact on your joints.

 

You can move up to tablet to allow you to read subtitles. 'Course, at home you can just watch your TV perhaps hooked up to a media player.

[roger101]

On 4/4/2024 at 2:25 AM, flyingtlger said:

I go to a 3 star hotel/condo and pay 800 baht/month. It's got weight machines, free weights, treadmills, cycle machines and even a sauna and steam room and of course showers. The machines and weights are not the top of the line but they do what I need them to do. There is usually nobody in the gym, sometimes a cleaning lady, once in a blue moon a tourist.  The regulars usually come at night.....

The price for what seems excellent facilities looks very good. Years ago I took advantage of Tony's lifetime membership (it worked out at 200 pounds, best investment I ever made). I know people will say his facilities weren't very good but for me they worked fine and having a swimming pool and Sauna was a bonus. Exercise first, then a swim and a sauna and finally on a sun bed for a spell of sunbathing before going home. 3 or 4 times a week for years.

 

So, what is the name of the condo? I'll even give up the street view and TV for a swimming pool and sauna after exercise.

[simon43]

I dropped by Tony's Gym on 3rd road.  Price is 120 baht/day or 800 baht/week or 890 baht/month!  Seems a huge discount for one month.  Anyway, since I'm residing for a few weeks just down the road, I signed up for 1 month.  I just need to get back into reasonable shape for a 65 years old 🙂

[simon43]

Well, that was fun 🙂

 

At 6am this morning I wandered down the road to use Tony's gym for the first time.  In all my life I have never seen such a quantity of rusty, broken gym equipment!!  There were bench presses where the weight locking bolt was missing, other arm exercise equipment where the locking bolt would jump out of position, and the running machines with a 1-to-5 speed knob where once you were powering along at speed 5, the grub screw on the knurled speed control knob was loose, leaving you stuck at the fastest speed(!).  The large African woman walking sedately on the machine next to me must have wondered why I threw myself onto the ground screaming 'stop the <deleted> thing!!' (that's a joke...)

 

But for my needs, all was fine, and I can certainly see that my fitness will improve over the next few weeks.

 

But I found something rather strange (for someone of my age, old school, leg shot off is 'just a scratch' etc).  All around the gym were 'preening' mirrors, and the other male gym users would preen themselves every few minutes, flexing (rather non-existent) muscles or adjusting their hair etc.

 

Now I can certainly understand the need for mirrors on dead-weight etc lifts, where one can check one's lifting style, or watch oneself slowly choking to death as the overweight bar falls and squashes your neck.  But preening?  Come on!

 

Tony, you have a great, antiquated gym at a cheap price, but please ditch the preening mirrors - you're encouraging a bunch of 'wussies'!! 🙂

[jacko45k]

6 minutes ago, simon43 said:

All around the gym were 'preening' mirrors, and the other male gym users would preen themselves every few minutes, flexing (rather non-existent) muscles or adjusting their hair etc.

Were they mainly Thais or foreign? Thai males tend to like to look at themselves more than one would expect. 

[simon43]

4 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Were they mainly Thais or foreign? Thai males tend to like to look at themselves more than one would expect. 

To be honest, I wasn't watching these men that much! - I think there was a mix of Thai and foreigners.

[BigStar]

5 hours ago, simon43 said:

At 6am this morning I wandered down the road to use Tony's gym for the first time.  In all my life I have never seen such a quantity of rusty, broken gym equipment!! 

 

It seems the current incarnation gathers the worst of all the old equipment from the Tony's gyms previously closed around Pattaya, the best having been sold off.

 

I assume they didn't sell the mirrors, so there they are. Perhaps the South Pattaya location and low rates attract more pimps and lady killer posturing to take advantage of them. Can't say I've noticed that much elsewhere on the part of males, but some by women checking out their butts.

Edited yesterday at 06:25 AM by BigStar

[simon43]

Another early morning session in Tony's gym. Slowly, slowly is probably the best advice for someone at my age >> gradually improve my arm/chest muscle mass.

 

As I was on the treadmill I could see some of the men I described yesterday set up their mobile phones on tripods and video other men as they are lifting free weights, even though apparently the men don't know or speak to each other.  What is that about? 

 

Many of them keep casting glances at me.  Now it could be that they are all as gay as f cuk and I'm an Adonis!  More likely, they want to see if I'm admiring their rippling bodies... which I'm not.

 

All in all, it's an interesting snapshot into gym life to start the day.  I'm off to Memorial Hospital to sort out a long-term UTI (I mention this in a prostate thread in the Health forum).

[BigStar]

3 hours ago, simon43 said:

More likely, they want to see if I'm admiring their rippling bodies... which I'm not.

 

More likely piteous glances as they congratulate themselves they're in such better shape than you are.

[Hummin]

A physiotherapist who have swimmingpool would be great for you. They use the swimmingpool to train those with mobility problems with parallel bars/rails. I only see in Hua Hin, but sure it will be one in Pattaya to. 

 

 

Edited 15 hours ago by Hummin

[simon43]

41 minutes ago, Hummin said:

A physiotherapist who have swimmingpool would be great for you. They use the swimmingpool to train those with mobility problems with parallel bars/rails. I only see in Hua Hin, but sure it will be one in Pattaya to. 

 

 

Cheek of it!  I don't have mobility problems 🙂  I'm jogging 10km every morning.  What I do have is muscle entropy in my upper body as I age.  So I'm doing relevant exercises/relevant diet to slow down that muscle wastage etc 🙂

[Hummin]

10 minutes ago, simon43 said:

Cheek of it!  I don't have mobility problems 🙂  I'm jogging 10km every morning.  What I do have is muscle entropy in my upper body as I age.  So I'm doing relevant exercises/relevant diet to slow down that muscle wastage etc 🙂

Are you OP? 

[simon43]

3 hours ago, Hummin said:

Are you OP? 

Indeed I'm not! 🙂 Mea culpa