393 King Street WestToronto, On.
M5V 3G8
http://www.venicefitness.com
So a martial arts club I used to (maybe i still do) belong to moved into a space where I used to go to boozecans , ironic.
Venice fitness is located in a space I used to go to raves in… also ironic.
I think the universe is telling me something, and that something is ‘less parties, more bench press’
Venice fitness is on the second floor, big windows, lots of light. They have attempted to make it .. Venicey? with tiled surfaces and the occasional near-roman water fountain or light fixture. I give it a 2/5 on the venice scale.
Outside of the poor decoration, Venice is a big space with lots and lots of machines (if not super modern) nautilus and hammer, a good amount of freeweights, and that nice springy rubber floor everywhere, so you can drop weights till the romans come home.
They were pushing classes for using this odd weight, which they called a k-weight, which sounds dirty. The weight is basically a shot put with a handle, brightly coloured so it looks like a snorks head.
The staff were friendly, and i got a no-pressure tour of the place.They have a dry sauna (which was off, remember to turn on before workout next time) and 8 showers, but about 3 of these were broken, and the rest were holding on with glue and a hope.Change room was big and bright, with lots of lockers, towels and locks are not included in the price of admission.
I believe the fee is around 55, apparently with no signup fee, so that’s a plus.
A good selection of cardio machines, and an inclined situp bench with a different configuration than i’ve seen before which works really well, I think I’ve been cheating with my leg muscles on these benches, which explains why i’ve been using a 20 lb weight to make it harder.
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Used the ‘hammer weight’ machines they have in there, and i’m very impressed, these machines are very much ‘lifting heavy pieces of metal’ machines, direct and to the point.
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445 King St W - Suite 101
Toronto, ON
M5V 1K4
http://totum.ca
Second in my run of fancy gyms..
Apparently,
“Totum* re-defines fitness.
At Totum, fitness is not about the time in the gym, it’s about the rest of your life. “
This was not my experience with it. There are almost no machines, the ones that are there are odd old ropey machines that maybe Arny once used..
There are a number of eliptical machines that once again are made for munchkins, it should be pointed out that each one has a tiny t.v. in front of it, but you have to bring headphones.. I dont’ need to watch the news that bad. The machines are all pointed at the wall, so no matter what your doing, your staring at the tiny little t.v.
There was a very strange machine there, that looked like an S&M device… apparently it’s pilates related…Something along these lines.
There are ample dumbells, which are fancy with rubber around the weights so you dont crush toes or other important pieces, so that’s a plus.The bathroom is basic, but has nice plate sized shower heads straight up, which would provide a ’singing in the rain’ sensation if they weren’t hyper presurized and creating a prison shower sensation with nasty plastic shower curtains.
Overall, wierd pilates men in lulu lemon, which I suppose is a plus, depending on your persuasion, good use of reggae at 8 a.m. which I appreciate, creepy steam room, prison showers.
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99 Spadina av
Toronto, ON M5R 2T1
(416) 595-9900
www.dieselfitness.ca
This was my first ‘fancy’ gym , so I came with low expectations.
The space itself is really big, and again seems to be an old bank (at least there’s a vault in the basement, full of cleaning supplies I found out… dissapointingly not pirate treasure)
A heavy leaning towards yoga and ‘body therapies’ is undeniable, and a large portion of the floor is devoted to cardio machines.
The space is big and bright, which is a plus, but the ‘rockercise’ music was grating at best. The eliptical machines here were certainly high tech, but the stride was so short i feel like I’m taking baby steps, no good.
There is a small section of free weights, which was enough, but you definately feel marginalized..
No shortage of lulu lemon clad ladies, which is a plus, depending on your persuasion.
Change rooms are surprisingly ghetto, with poor quality construction in the showers and tiny lockers. towel and lock are included in the price however, so that’s ok.
Monthly price is about $100 with membership, ok if your going to be doing a lot of ’spinning’ classes i suppose.
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5/10
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266 King Street West
Toronto, ON M5V 1H8
(416) 260-9911
http://www.fitnesstoronto.ca/king_west_club.htm
I was a little suspicious at first, it’s downstairs across from roy thompson hall, and seems like it could be dire.
In actuallity the space is really fun, basement of an old bank or something, with the leg press machine in a little vault room. There’s lots of light, and an ample free weight area. The cardio machines were very modern, and they have great eliptical running machines.
They also have fancy inclining treadmills that look like this guys younger brother
The change rooms were clean and nice, the showers were a highlight, all slate with nice thick frosted glass doors.
Score 7/10
The weight machines were a little crammed together and they aren’t open late (when you drag yourself there at 9:30 pm after work, its a real motivation killer when they are closed)
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