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Rank: Member Joined: 9/20/2007 Posts: 252
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Hi Wazuans,
Am making my new year resolutions and top on the list is joining a gym in 2011.
Kindly share any info on various gyms in Nairobi include location, facilities, rates and reviews.
Asanteni!
Happy new year to all
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Rank: Member Joined: 8/8/2009 Posts: 170
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Premier Fitness CentreLocation: Finance House (round back -opposite HFCK) Rates: KES 7500-8500 p.m - off-peak Ambience: Average...but it's small-ish Facilities: 'B-'
Sankara Fitness / GymLocation: Woodvale Grove ...karibu na Sarit Rate: Want to know this too so someone holler...
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Rank: Member Joined: 8/8/2009 Posts: 170
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P.S. Hygiene redux....buy your own mat
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 6/2/2010 Posts: 1,066
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Maisha at Serena
About 135,000 per annum; but you have to be a member. To be a member you have to be introduced by a member.
I am not a member.
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Rank: Member Joined: 1/10/2008 Posts: 365
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uko pande gani ya nairobi?
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Rank: Member Joined: 9/20/2007 Posts: 252
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Am huko sides za Kikuyu, Parklands Sports Club is nice but you gotta be a member.
Any info on Bodywise or any outta tao gyms, wouldnt wanna have stress ya jam n parking.
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Rank: New-farer Joined: 9/2/2010 Posts: 8 Location: World citizen
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The beginning of the year Gyms are always packed by New-year revolutionists...seek somewhere convenient and suits you, otherwise it shall get boring! It's really hard being everything to everybody, you actually end up being nothing to nobody!
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Rank: Elder Joined: 10/1/2009 Posts: 2,436
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why pay so much...am up by 5.30am ready for a serious non-nonsense run. In my estate if you have no car and are up at that time the dogs will give you the flight of your life to the next street. it is cheap, and the barking, yappings mongrels are enough incentive to make you run so fast david rudisha would be embarassed. any I cant afford to make excuses ati today I dont feel like running fast. 
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Rank: Member Joined: 9/29/2010 Posts: 679 Location: nairobi
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chek out westi huko church lane theres a number of gyms
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Rank: Member Joined: 5/2/2007 Posts: 536
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What do u want to do in the gym: treadmill or weights. If it's treadmill @intellingentsia has a useful suggestion.
There's a gym opposite Nakumatt UKAY that's not so bad. Can't remember the name. Lots of parking and I think should be <6k. Also another nearly opposite Bandari Plaza on woodvale grove. Parking may be a problem though.
Adams Arcade, I think is < 4k monthly. There's also Impala, not sure of the rates but they are reasonable too and their gym is relatively new.
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Rank: Member Joined: 9/20/2007 Posts: 252
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@tuvok, thanks alot. I will check the suggestions out. Any other ideas are welcome.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 9/11/2007 Posts: 816
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There's one off Langata road (probably out of your way) not far from Psys.... near some church "Deliverance something... " 3.5k/mnth
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Rank: Elder Joined: 5/27/2008 Posts: 3,760
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If you decide on the Langata area as @jkmwatha has proposed, you can venture further up the road to Sadili Oval (Malezi School). Don't know the rates but its nice and other activities too, both for you and the kids.
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Rank: Member Joined: 11/27/2006 Posts: 57
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How effective is a gym? Especially the treadmill? I used to think am so sawa since i would hit the treadmill at speeds of 12-20Kph consistently for like 20 minutes, reducing the speed to 5-10 for the last 10 minutes or so.
...until I tried the real thing - running on the road, you realize how unfit you are. So, if you can, hit the road early in the morning and come back to the house to shower then head to work. Do press-ups, a bit of weights in the house (you can improvise with jerricans, mitungi, mama etc, run up and down the stairs. Its super effective and very cheap.
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Rank: Member Joined: 7/20/2006 Posts: 277
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TD wrote:How effective is a gym? Especially the treadmill? I used to think am so sawa since i would hit the treadmill at speeds of 12-20Kph consistently for like 20 minutes, reducing the speed to 5-10 for the last 10 minutes or so.
...until I tried the real thing - running on the road, you realize how unfit you are. So, if you can, hit the road early in the morning and come back to the house to shower then head to work. Do press-ups, a bit of weights in the house (you can improvise with jerricans, mitungi, mama etc, run up and down the stairs. Its super effective and very cheap. Precisely, and if possible do some swimming at least once a week - some concils schools have swimming pools and charge kshs 100/session. You will be sawasawa.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 9/11/2007 Posts: 816
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TD wrote:............
can improvise with jerricans, mitungi, mama etc,....... .... and plenty of that.
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Rank: Member Joined: 11/6/2010 Posts: 289
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whenever you excersise in the gymn try to force your body to be natural if in a treadmill alternate do different things and not routine infact try random to simulate normal life,otherwise i agree you can run for 30 mins but in real life even walking 10 mins become a challenge
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Rank: New-farer Joined: 7/4/2011 Posts: 28
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Hi guyz, I am looking for a gym around Nairobi west area...I just found myself wasting time in traffic on my way to town from work (Wilson airport)....Any suggestions and price will be appreciated! Thanks!
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Rank: Member Joined: 8/29/2008 Posts: 571
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The problem is---if you have young kids at home,how can you play with mitungi??The kids will join the flay and it will no longer be an work-out session...
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Rank: Member Joined: 2/12/2010 Posts: 474 Location: Nairobi
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Super Highway Options : KU is cool but its so full - though great for a bachelor (1800 for public). Eldorado Guest House (After Roysambu) 2000 per month with a great instructor its also not that full + Safe parking. Keep it simple
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