ericg1953 Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 I stopped in today and met the owner of Bear Gym. All new equiptment and fully aircon. It is well suited for the serious bodybuilder as well as the guy just trying to stay in shape. 2 floors of machines and cardio and it all looks good. The owner seems like a very nice guy. 7500 baht per yr and 2300 on a per month basis. Its located in a row of shophouses on Soi Watboon between the new jomtien 2nd road and sukhumvit. Looks great for the price...clean, lots of equiptment and plenty of aircon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkokstick Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 (edited) 2300 a month, he is a joke and wish him to close soon then come back after he learn business. Nobody can compete with Tony and he will learn it soon hopefully. Edited June 22, 2013 by bangkokstick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoodMaiDai Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Anyone remember the small gym on Beach Road years back? Can't remember the name to save my life, but exercising there across from the beach was always nice. Amazing how the place has changed so much in just a few years, and I don't believe it's been for the better of the city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackman Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 (edited) Anyone remember the small gym on Beach Road years back? Can't remember the name to save my life, but exercising there across from the beach was always nice. Amazing how the place has changed so much in just a few years, and I don't believe it's been for the better of the city. it was called universe gym i used to workout there i seem to remember the boss was an ex Mr universe called Dennis and was carted off by the BIB for steroids (allegedly) Edited June 23, 2013 by blackman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattayaPhom Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 (edited) Although a new gym is aleays welcome, Ambassadoor is hard to best at 4,500 a year! Edited June 23, 2013 by PattayaPhom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaiLai Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Although a new gym is aleays welcome, Ambassadoor is hard to best at 4,500 a year! Crap equipment though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolley Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 2300 a month, he is a joke and wish him to close soon then come back after he learn business. Nobody can compete with Tony and he will learn it soon hopefully. It is 7500 a year according to the OP so the monthly rate does seem a bit out of whack. However if it is good then 7500 would be a very reasonable rate to pay. Not sure about your nobody can compete with Tony comment. Plenty of people would change gyms from Tonys very quickly if there was a viable alternative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrain Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 2300 a month, he is a joke and wish him to close soon then come back after he learn business. Nobody can compete with Tony and he will learn it soon hopefully. Does Tony has GYM's ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMGImInPattaya Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Pool, tennis court, sauna, massage, squash, Muay Thai, secured parking for cars, badminton, ping pong, aerobics, yoga ??? No...ok, I'll stick with Fairtex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robblok Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 2300 a month, he is a joke and wish him to close soon then come back after he learn business. Nobody can compete with Tony and he will learn it soon hopefully. It is 7500 a year according to the OP so the monthly rate does seem a bit out of whack. However if it is good then 7500 would be a very reasonable rate to pay. Not sure about your nobody can compete with Tony comment. Plenty of people would change gyms from Tonys very quickly if there was a viable alternative. Some people look further as just price if its a well equipped gym an it has aircon its good. 7500 a year is nothing, ok it might not be good month to month but that means only tourists miss out. People really into training need a serious gym and I think that can compete with other gyms if there are enough serious people willing to travel the distance. You don't just compete on price only. This was not having a go at you Tolley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonman Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Anyone remember the small gym on Beach Road years back? Can't remember the name to save my life, but exercising there across from the beach was always nice. Amazing how the place has changed so much in just a few years, and I don't believe it's been for the better of the city. it was called universe gym i used to workout there i seem to remember the boss was an ex Mr universe called Dennis and was carted off by the BIB for steroids (allegedly) is now on Suk road opposite the SSC lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazmlb Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Is this the new gym on soi wat Boon? Do they have a casual daily rate Sent from my GT-I9500 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkokstick Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 2300 a month, he is a joke and wish him to close soon then come back after he learn business. Nobody can compete with Tony and he will learn it soon hopefully. It is 7500 a year according to the OP so the monthly rate does seem a bit out of whack. However if it is good then 7500 would be a very reasonable rate to pay. Not sure about your nobody can compete with Tony comment. Plenty of people would change gyms from Tonys very quickly if there was a viable alternative. Some people look further as just price if its a well equipped gym an it has aircon its good. 7500 a year is nothing, ok it might not be good month to month but that means only tourists miss out. People really into training need a serious gym and I think that can compete with other gyms if there are enough serious people willing to travel the distance. You don't just compete on price only. This was not having a go at you Tolley. What are you dreaming about ? Do you think that a small guy has opened a new California or Fitness first gym with top equipment ? Of course for this price it must be a standard gym, maybe with aircon if you are lucky, but anyway it won't even have as much equipment as Tony 100 % sure, so yes, Tony is still unbeaten, easy to guess !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericg1953 Posted June 23, 2013 Author Share Posted June 23, 2013 I guess we will wait for Tropo's review to see where the Bear Gym stands in the overall fitness picture here. Yes, its not centrally located to everyone, but I think it will be very successful. The 2300bht pm is geared to the russians in the jomtien area and he will get that. The 7500bht geared to the full time residents is very fair and competitive..he will get that also with no problem. One word of caution, there is alot of road construction right in the area of this gym and one would be better coming from Sukhumvit as opposed to Jomtien 2nd Rd. The Bear Gym might be a little light on cardio equiptment but he has room for expansion on the 2nd floor and I think if he does the business and it warrants more equiptment he will get it..money doesnt seem to be an issue there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericg1953 Posted June 23, 2013 Author Share Posted June 23, 2013 Is this the new gym on soi wat Boon? Do they have a casual daily rate Sent from my GT-I9500 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Yes...dont know all the rates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericg1953 Posted June 23, 2013 Author Share Posted June 23, 2013 (edited) Pool, tennis court, sauna, massage, squash, Muay Thai, secured parking for cars, badminton, ping pong, aerobics, yoga ??? No...ok, I'll stick with Fairtex. Its not competing with Fairtex..Royal Cliff competes with Fairtex. ..Fairtex is not convenient to those of us in Jomtien . The Bear Gym is a weight training facility with new equiptment,good aircon and reasonable yearly fees. For the average to above average person looking to stay in shape, its fine Edited June 23, 2013 by ericg1953 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattayaPhom Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Although a new gym is aleays welcome, Ambassadoor is hard to best at 4,500 a year!Crap equipment though.Great selection of free and fixed weights with plenty CV also, what's crap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiu-Jitsu Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Anyone remember the small gym on Beach Road years back? Can't remember the name to save my life, but exercising there across from the beach was always nice. Amazing how the place has changed so much in just a few years, and I don't believe it's been for the better of the city. it was called universe gym i used to workout there i seem to remember the boss was an ex Mr universe called Dennis and was carted off by the BIB for steroids (allegedly) The last owner at the beach road location was Shane Stratton. Though Dennis did pop in sometimes. A bit on a old thread, but I thought I would add the correction anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThailandLOS Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Hear is an update on Bear Gym (Medved). Steroid drug bust by immigration SWAT-team on one of the unofficial "employees" of the gym: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/781455-pattaya-immigration-arrest-russian-accused-of-sending-steroids-to-russia/?utm_source=newsletter-20141204-0746&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news Not a very nice place to work out it seems... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SePl Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 On 6/23/2013 at 4:58 AM, bangkokstick said: 2300 a month, he is a joke and wish him to close soon then come back after he learn business. Nobody can compete with Tony and he will learn it soon hopefully. Tony is dead, but yes 2300 . month is unacceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 15 hours ago, SePl said: Tony is dead, but yes 2300 . month is unacceptable. I don't know if Tony is dead...but this thread was for 6 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Equipment for sale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinyara Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Just noticed tonight that as you turn round by the Old Hanuman statue heading to Jomtien beach the big property sales office on the left hand side appears to be being converted into either a gym equipment shop or an actual gym. Bit of a strange one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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