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MET

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Posted: July 05, 2009 - 01:48 AM
Post subject: will's gym

hi there!

i just moved to shanghai this week and got a membership to the first gym that looked decent..its will's gym
ive just been working out twice but so far i love it! is anyone else from here going to will's at zhongshan park? what do you think about it? i'd like to get to know some people here so let me know if you work out there (and what you look like so i have another person to say hi to when i bump into you at the gym Wink

and did anyone try the classes? i wonder what the yoga is like, might try it tomorrow!

met

sienna
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Posted: July 05, 2009 - 03:38 AM

hey!

i go there Smile

check out my blog Wink

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robstewarts

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Posted: July 05, 2009 - 07:53 AM

Hey, what's the address?

MET

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Posted: July 05, 2009 - 02:47 PM

@morton
well at will's you need a membership, once you have it you can join any class there. they have hatha and ashtanga, but i don't think you need to bring along any stuff for that
haha whats a yoga-ball anyway?

squareface

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Posted: July 09, 2009 - 04:37 PM

do u mind telling me how much u paid for ur membership? I plan to sign up for Will's at loushanguan. PM if u want privacy

MET

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Posted: July 09, 2009 - 10:57 PM

hi,
im staying only for 2 months in shanghai so they had to improvise a bit, but they let me pay 1000 yuan. it includes entry to the swimmingpool (dunno if yours has one, but you can go to the other branches too) and classes (yoga,pilates.dance etc) the dressing rooms are clean and the staff is really friendly and professional. for 200 yuan (each time) you can have a personal trainer for about an hour and a half.

leo128

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Posted: July 10, 2009 - 12:52 PM

i think it is quite expensive even though the swimmingpool and yoga classes are included.. but it is acceptable.

Barker

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Posted: July 10, 2009 - 02:34 PM

I paid for 1500 for 6 months at the will's on panyu lu. not exactly zhongshan park but still.... sounds like you got ripped off :/

sienna
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Posted: July 10, 2009 - 02:49 PM

SO who are a member of Willäs gym zhongshan park.

nowadays i go there less than one day a week because I'm so friggin lazy and have no one to go with. Is anyone usually there before 2 pm during weekdays?

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leo128

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Posted: July 10, 2009 - 03:31 PM

i am living not far from Zhongshan Park, but currently joined another gym on Caoyang Road... i am also going alone, a little bit boring...but hasn't found any one to go with.

kneedragger

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Posted: July 17, 2009 - 10:09 AM

hey leo, did you join the gym near caoyang and ningxia? I'm looking to join a gym and live near that area. How is that gym and does it have a swimming pool? Also, how much did you pay?

brasil

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Posted: July 17, 2009 - 10:40 AM

hi, is the treadmill there with 4 slope adjustment or just ground level only?

tropigal

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Posted: Aug 03, 2009 - 12:04 AM

hey sienna, wills zhongshan sounds cool. what's the exact address? can't find it off the web. and actually i'm more interested in the pool than anything - is it a real 50m pool and is it, like, clean? hee. thanks.

BarringtonWomble

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Posted: Aug 08, 2009 - 08:18 PM

Anyone ever had any experience of Alexander fitness, just found one where I'm staying on Lujiabang road in the old town. It has a swimming pool. Think I may join if it is not a rip off, anyone used this company before?

newfilchi

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Posted: Aug 08, 2009 - 10:17 PM

I'm the one who got ripped off Sad

but it's still cheaper than tera wellness!

the environment is pretty good. though i only use machines and free weights.

the pool...well if you want to just soak and play then it's good, but if you wanna do laps then.....good luck. Razz

aloha99

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Posted: Aug 10, 2009 - 11:52 AM

BarringtonWomble wrote:

Check the Will's on Luban road/Liyuan road near (Datong Compound) about 10 minutes walk from your place. Much cheaper than Alexander for equal service. They also have a swimming pool.

2shanghai

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Posted: Aug 14, 2009 - 04:16 PM

Me and mine got memberships at Will's Gym in Zhong Shan park: 3600 RMB for 36 months (mine was slightly more but I got a multi-gym pass so I can use the one that's on the way to East China Normal University). I like it though I don't go often enough - the classes are pretty good (we've been to a couple). The pool isn't that big but it's not too tiny and the place seemed pretty clean all the times we went. My only complaint is that the juice bar is way too expensive (I can get a fresh crushed ice or smoothy on the street a few blocks away for 4-6RMB, why should I pay 20-30RMB?