Visiting Virgin Active - Mayfair Club

The second gym I visited was the Mayfair Club just off Oxford Street in london.

Gym Address - Hereford House, 64 North Row

Gym Website - https://www.virginactive.co.uk/clubs/mayfair

Cost: 12 month contact is £135/month + £50 joining fee

Opening Times - Mon - Thurs 6.30am-10.00pm - Fri 6.30am-9.00pm Sat - Sun 8.00am-8.00pm

Below is the Google analysis of when the gym is most busy:

What does the gym have that you might to get in a normal gym:

Swimming Pool, Jacuzzi, Sauna (communual) & Steam room (in changing rooms), Wattbikes, VIPR, Plyo Box, Classes (inc Pilates, Body Pump, Hatha yoga, The Pack), BodiTrax, Personal Trainers, Cafe, WiFi

What are my thoughts:

This is without a doubt one of my favourite Virgin Active Gyms and possibly my favourite gym full stop! It has the perfect blend of good equipment, space, positive energy and all the perks of being part of the Virgin Active Collection range. The entrance is grand, the cafe comfortable and has great healthly food options. You descend to the gym floor, which is very open, and despite being sub terrain is very light. There are lots of machines that are clean and well kept - one of the trainers was deep cleaning the rowing machines while I was there.

There are also lots of classes including a cycle class called The Pack (Trailer).

The swimming pool is impressive and big for its location in central London. At one end of the pool is a huge jacuzzi where you can relax post swimming/workout and a huge sauna with a chill-out area next door.

If I could be a member of just one Virgin Active then this would be it! It is what I think a gym should be!

What I did:

At the time of my visit I was on a period of knee rest following my 17,000km #RunningtheAmericas, 700km #ThreePeaksRun and 430km #ScottishIslesRun.

Cross trainer - 30 minutes. Start level 10 and work to level 15. Due to the amount of running I do I use the cross trainer to continue my cardio but save my knees.

Step machine- 20 minutes on level 10

Rowing machine - 10 minutes on level 8 trying to keep to 2 mins per 500m. I row to give my upper body some work out due to so much of my training being about endurance

Press ups - 3 x 20

Sit-ups - 3 x 20

Dumb bell bicep curl - 3 x 12 reps with 9kg weight.

30 minutes front crawl swimming

Steam and Sauna...