Gyms in Udon Thani

Post by **papaguido** » November 2, 2013, 9:36 am

Here's more info and map for UD Fitness...

*Very doubtful that the new one Parrot referred to will be anywhere near 50bt a day.

Post by **pompui** » November 2, 2013, 10:01 am

I understand there is no aircon there if that is your requirement just fans and the equipment is on each of the 3 or 4 floors.There are other pricing structures for monthly or yearly.

I think it is next door to that sandwich shoppy that a certain individual tried to have a go at :-"

Post by **mak** » November 2, 2013, 10:36 am

Fitness First will open in January, 3rd floor Central Plaza.
Your Fitness will open soon. 3rd floor UD Town, above B2S and Super Sports.
Tessaban Fitness will open in January. Nittayo Road, the new football stadium.

Post by **papaguido** » November 2, 2013, 12:15 pm

pompui wrote:I understand there is no aircon there if that is your requirement just fans and the equipment is on each of the 3 or 4 floors.There are other pricing structures for monthly or yearly.
I think it is next door to that sandwich shoppy that a certain individual tried to have a go at :-"

A/C...WTF

If that's a requirement, than Fitness First would be more suitable. I'm guessing that Fitness First will be frequented by Udon's elite/HISO's in their Versaci warm-up's, Gucci trainers and Starbucks to go cups...looking like they just stepped out of the beauty salon next door.

Post by **Gar** » November 3, 2013, 4:24 pm

I emailed BigGymCity the other day. He's selling off all the equipment and is done with the gym.

Sent from my too expensive Samsung tablet.

Post by **papaguido** » November 3, 2013, 5:19 pm

Gar wrote:I emailed BigGymCity the other day. He's selling off all the equipment and is done with the gym.

Sent from my too expensive Samsung tablet.

Yep, he started selling up 8 months ago. Feb was my last month there.

papaguido wrote:
JAtwell99 wrote:Awesome! Thank you for your thorough response.
I have heard about that big city gym, but that website you posted says it is closing down before I even arrive. But I will definitely be checking out some of these places you mentioned--
Damn, that's news to me. You think someone at gym would have mentioned it.

Post by **mak** » November 11, 2013, 5:08 pm

Your Fitness opens Saturday. They have Life Fitness equipment imported from Canada. !6 aerobic machines and 20 strength machines. Open 0600-2400 hours, 7 days a week. 24k baht for 15 months, 15k baht for 7 months, 7.7k baht for 3 months. They throw in some free personal trainer hours with the above packages. First 100 packages sold get an extra discount. They have some free weights, but it's mostly machines.

Post by **papaguido** » November 11, 2013, 5:11 pm

mak wrote:Your Fitness opens Saturday. They have Life Fitness equipment imported from Canada. !6 aerobic machines and 20 strength machines. Open 0600-2400 hours, 7 days a week. 24k baht for 15 months, 15k baht for 7 months, 7.7k baht for 3 months. They throw in some free personal trainer hours with the above packages. First 100 packages sold get an extra discount. They have some free weights, but it's mostly machines.

Location??

Post by **mak** » November 11, 2013, 7:41 pm

See 5 posts above.
3rd floor UD Town, above B2S and Super Sports.

Post by **trineax** » December 2, 2013, 7:12 pm

does anyone know, are there gym in Rajabhat University? if yes can farangs go there?

Post by **trineax** » December 2, 2013, 8:17 pm

mak wrote:Your Fitness opens Saturday. They have Life Fitness equipment imported from Canada. !6 aerobic machines and 20 strength machines. Open 0600-2400 hours, 7 days a week. 24k baht for 15 months, 15k baht for 7 months, 7.7k baht for 3 months. They throw in some free personal trainer hours with the above packages. First 100 packages sold get an extra discount. They have some free weights, but it's mostly machines.

I've been there.... that fitness for girls and pensioners. the heaviest dumbbells are 25 kg. bench press and squat in one machine. lol.

Post by **mak** » December 3, 2013, 7:01 am

trineax wrote:does anyone know, are there gym in Rajabhat University? if yes can farangs go there?

Yes, there is. I have not been there in over 5 years, but it used to be open for membership.

Post by **papaguido** » January 6, 2014, 9:31 am

The new fitness facility at the Sports Stadium looks to be nearly completed and much of the [new] equipment is in place. I stopped by this AM for a quick peek. I tried get general information from the security guard posted out front, but being that he was heavily intoxicated it was difficult to understand anything he said. He did let me take a self tour of the facility and I snapped a few pics.

The gym takes up the entire 2nd floor of the building and has 3 individual rooms; aerobics/yoga, cardio machines, and a weight room. On the outside are cardio machines and plenty of them and all new equipment. The weight room is limited on free weights (dumb bells), mostly weight lifting machines. There are lockers (maybe 12"x12") in the cardio room and appear to be for small personal items (keys, wallet/purse) and only for daily use. I didn't see a locker/shower room on the 2nd floor and the ground floor appears to be all office spaces.

According to the guard it's due to open at the end of this month (?), and from another source I'm told it's 30bt a day.

Link to Udon Sports Stadium thread:

http://www.udonmap.com/udonthaniforum/p ... ym#p334630

Post by **semperfiguy** » January 6, 2014, 9:39 am

papaguido wrote:The new fitness facility at the Sports Stadium looks to be nearly completed and much of the [new] equipment is in place. I stopped by this AM for a quick peek. I tried get general information from the security guard posted out front, but being that he was heavily intoxicated it was difficult to understand anything he said. He did let me take a self tour of the facility and I snapped a few pics.

The gym takes up the entire 2nd floor of the building and has 3 individual rooms; aerobics/yoga, cardio machines, and a weight room. On the outside are cardio machines and plenty of them and all new equipment. The weight room is limited on free weights (dumb bells), mostly weight lifting machines. There are lockers (maybe 12"x12") in the cardio room and appear to be for small personal items (keys, wallet/purse) and only for daily use. I didn't see a locker/shower room on the 2nd floor and the ground floor appears to be all office spaces.

According to the guard it's due to open at the end of this month (?), and from another source I'm told it's 30bt a day.

Link to Udon Sports Stadium thread:

http://www.udonmap.com/udonthaniforum/p ... ym#p334630

Thanks Papa! I have a real interest in using this facility once it's up and running, so I hope you'll keep us posted on the progress. I suppose like so many of these types of places, it will be jam packed in the very beginning; however, once the newness wears off, the lazy and undisciplined ones will wean themselves out and the dedicated ones will have plenty of space to work out. By the end of February it should be a good place to work out!

Post by **Firfox** » January 7, 2014, 6:57 pm

Does anyone know where I can purchase a simple weight lifters bench without weights. I have seen Big C has crunching benches but they do not adapt back into a basic bench. Any suggestions where to purchase one will be much appreciated.

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Post by **Somboon01** » January 8, 2014, 1:39 pm

update to firfoxes thread.....

.....you must have been there in the early days after they just opened. they got pretty good life fitness equipment as mentioned (machines, cardios) dumbells up to 53kg, smith machine, squad machine and and and .... photos on facebook. https://www.facebook.com/YourFitnessUDTown.prices between 1150 baht and 1750 baht a month, depends on how long you gonna sign up. people over 50 years train on 50% of the above mentioned prices, students on 25%.

hope could help...

Post by **mak** » January 9, 2014, 7:44 pm

Firfox wrote:Does anyone know where I can purchase a simple weight lifters bench without weights. I have seen Big C has crunching benches but they do not adapt back into a basic bench. Any suggestions where to purchase one will be much appreciated.

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Try the Marathon store on Posi Road. I don't know if they have flat benches but they show bench presses on their website.

Post by **KHONDAHM** » January 18, 2014, 12:24 am

The sporting goods store in Central 4th floor across from Sizzlers may have it. We bought most of our fitness room equipment from there, and I seem to recall that sort of bench.

Post by **papaguido** » January 18, 2014, 6:50 am

Firfox wrote:Does anyone know where I can purchase a simple weight lifters bench without weights. I have seen Big C has crunching benches but they do not adapt back into a basic bench. Any suggestions where to purchase one will be much appreciated.

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I never seen a Flat Bench without the dumbbell racks at Sports World next to Pizza Co. or Super Sports one floor below (in Central). At Sports World they may have a catalog or you can show them your photo and ask if it can be ordered.

Big City gym (near airport) closed last year and was selling its equipment, no idea if they're completely sold out, but you could try to contact them.

http://www.biggymcity.com/1gymequipsale100.html

Also, have you ever considered having one made...a flat bench like the one in your photo would be easy.

Post by **SJP17** » January 20, 2014, 12:30 am

trineax wrote:
mak wrote:Your Fitness opens Saturday. They have Life Fitness equipment imported from Canada. !6 aerobic machines and 20 strength machines. Open 0600-2400 hours, 7 days a week. 24k baht for 15 months, 15k baht for 7 months, 7.7k baht for 3 months. They throw in some free personal trainer hours with the above packages. First 100 packages sold get an extra discount. They have some free weights, but it's mostly machines.
I've been there.... that fitness for girls and pensioners. the heaviest dumbbells are 25 kg. bench press and squat in one machine. lol.

How many kilo dumbells can you lift ? Or do you mean bench press ?

25kg is more than enough for a workout