True Fitness (TF/TFX) with Yoga Edition (compiled)

[bluerunner]

1 minute ago, MisterTan said:

I think if commercial gyms, safra cheapest among all? Any around $50 per month?

ActiveSG gym rate is cheapest 

[MisterTan]

1 minute ago, bluerunner said:

ActiveSG gym rate is cheapest 

Activesg is gov not private.

[Balestier]

10 minutes ago, MisterTan said:

Activesg is gov not private.

Doesn't matter private or not. As long can use. Do look at crowd at those hours you will visit. Big Commercial gym provide classes free. 

[DMassage]

3 hours ago, MisterTan said:

How much? Cheaper than activesg?

 

I pay about $120 per year now.

[MisterTan]

11 minutes ago, DMassage said:

 

I pay about $120 per year now.

What"?! $10 per month? How come?

[MisterTan]

3 hours ago, Balestier said:

Doesn't matter private or not. As long can use. Do look at crowd at those hours you will visit. Big Commercial gym provide classes free. 

Matters, private more expensive

[Balestier]

49 minutes ago, MisterTan said:

Matters, private more expensive

Of course .. unless U go during non peak. Else need to wait for your turn The equipment are newer and has more variety.

[DMassage]

3 hours ago, MisterTan said:

What"?! $10 per month? How come?

 

Joined TF many years ago as a Founder member. The contract is as such.

[bluerunner]

10 hours ago, DMassage said:

 

I pay about $120 per year now.

You sure it’s $120 a year for Foundation member?

[ASOM]

44 minutes ago, bluerunner said:

You sure it’s $120 a year for Foundation member?

Yeah me too… joined as founder membership abt 9 yrs ago with yearly maintenance fee… reckon it is cheaper over the years even though upfront lump sum payment is quite substantial

[ASOM]

20 hours ago, DMassage said:

 

Joined another gym.

I also signed up for E1 recently just to test out its facilities. Also because of location nearer to home. Super packed during peak hours and spent half the time waiting for equipment to be available. Saving grace is the steam room which TF sneakily removed during COVID…

[bluerunner]

45 minutes ago, ASOM said:

Yeah me too… joined as founder membership abt 9 yrs ago with yearly maintenance fee… reckon it is cheaper over the years even though upfront lump sum payment is quite substantial

I’m also Lifetime member. We probably joined in the same year. I’m not paying that amount that he quoted. Oops! 
Although the total amount you pay to Bea  Founder member or Lifetime member varies (depending when you join, the annual membership fee is fixed, once you have completed paying. 
Is that not? Hmmm

[ASOM]

6 minutes ago, bluerunner said:

I’m also Lifetime member. We probably joined in the same year. I’m not paying that amount that he quoted. Oops! 
Although the total amount you pay to Bea  Founder member or Lifetime member varies (depending when you join, the annual membership fee is fixed, once you have completed paying. 
Is that not? Hmmm

Yeah, the annual membership is fixed but they do up the annual fee once due to inflation. Currently I’m paying $107 per year to be exact. 
Didn’t know that the annual fee will varies across members. Thought they are fixed across the board…

[bluerunner]

19 minutes ago, ASOM said:

Yeah, the annual membership is fixed but they do up the annual fee once due to inflation. Currently I’m paying $107 per year to be exact. 
Didn’t know that the annual fee will varies across members. Thought they are fixed across the board…

Yes. That’s what I'm paying too. This year is 9% GST. Perhaps another $1 up. Haha

[DMassage]

1 hour ago, bluerunner said:

I’m also Lifetime member. We probably joined in the same year. I’m not paying that amount that he quoted. Oops! 
Although the total amount you pay to Bea  Founder member or Lifetime member varies (depending when you join, the annual membership fee is fixed, once you have completed paying. 
Is that not? Hmmm

 

Just a roundup amount inclusive of GST.

[bluerunner]

4 minutes ago, DMassage said:

 

Just a roundup amount inclusive of GST.

You ‘round up’ is $20 off. That’s not rounding up le. That’s paying ‘ 20% dividends’ to TFX. 🤩

Edited April 19, 2024 by bluerunner

[DMassage]

Oh dear..  Is $107.91 to be exact.

[bodybuildMLY]

Since we are at True Fitness, which branch do you guys recommend? The one at Millenia Walk is really badly maintained.

[bluerunner]

1 hour ago, bodybuildMLY said:

Since we are at True Fitness, which branch do you guys recommend? The one at Millenia Walk is really badly maintained.

Badly maintained in which area?

I noticed gym users there do not return the weights and bars back to where they came from. Just anyhow put. 
When someone took a 20kg dumbbell, he could end up return them on the 10kg slot even though the 20kg slots are empty. Simply can’t be bothered. 

Edited April 19, 2024 by bluerunner

[bodybuildMLY]

24 minutes ago, bluerunner said:

Badly maintained in which area?

I noticed gym users there do not return the weights and bars back to where they came from. Just anyhow put. 
When someone took a 20kg dumbbell, he could end up return them on the 10kg slot even though the 20kg slots are empty. Simply can’t be bothered. 

Machines with missing pins. Towels insufficient 

[Balestier]

32 minutes ago, bluerunner said:

Badly maintained in which area?

I noticed gym users there do not return the weights and bars back to where they came from. Just anyhow put. 
When someone took a 20kg dumbbell, he could end up return them on the 10kg slot even though the 20kg slots are empty. Simply can’t be bothered. 

This is better than leaving them on the floor. Lol

[DMassage]

Seem like the management of the gym is getting bad to worst.

 

 

Edited April 19, 2024 by DMassage

[MisterTan]

Walau! Pay cheap cheap at TF. Nowadays no more such price at commercial gym

[ASOM]

8 hours ago, bluerunner said:

Badly maintained in which area?

I noticed gym users there do not return the weights and bars back to where they came from. Just anyhow put. 
When someone took a 20kg dumbbell, he could end up return them on the 10kg slot even though the 20kg slots are empty. Simply can’t be bothered. 

Maybe the 10kg slot at the lower tier, 20kg at the higher tier, so too tired to put it back up. Bottomline is just lazy 🤣

[ASOM]

7 hours ago, DMassage said:

Seem like the management of the gym is getting bad to worst.

 

 

TF is now managed by a company from mainland china if I rem correctly … 

[Balestier]

3 hours ago, MisterTan said:

Walau! Pay cheap cheap at TF. Nowadays no more such price at commercial gym

That's why calif fitness closed down and why Patrick sold his business.

[DMassage]

22 minutes ago, ASOM said:

TF is now managed by a company from mainland china if I rem correctly … 

 

Well, if you pay peanut, you get monkey loh.

[bluerunner]

12 hours ago, DMassage said:

 

Well, if you pay peanut, you get monkey loh.

I believe PT pay is competitive within the same field across Singapore. Else, there will be no PR and no one working in TF/TFX.  Are you willing to pay higher gym fee if everyone working in the gym commands sky high pay? Think before you answer. 

[ASOM]

13 hours ago, DMassage said:

 

Well, if you pay peanut, you get monkey loh.

Anyway they do not offer lifetime membership anymore… so only a handful of us are paying this annual fee. They probably realize this is not sustainable for their business but they can’t force us to give up our lifetime membership.

[bluerunner]

10 minutes ago, ASOM said:

Anyway they do not offer lifetime membership anymore… so only a handful of us are paying this annual fee. They probably realize this is not sustainable for their business but they can’t force us to give up our lifetime membership.

Yes. Agree. They are trying very hard to get rid of lifetime members. 

[persianblue]

2 hours ago, bluerunner said:

Yes. Agree. They are trying very hard to get rid of lifetime members. 

 

no lah they never actively do anything to us other than remove the VIP room and stop the no-need-book-class privilege?

[bluerunner]

10 minutes ago, persianblue said:

 

no lah they never actively do anything to us other than remove the VIP room and stop the no-need-book-class privilege?

VIP/blackcard members used to have access to all TF existing and new clubs. Now, we are only allowed in TF clubs and yoga center. TFX is not covered under blackcard contract. 
if you pay your membership fee late, TF can have the right of deny you the blackcard membership. 
They have not told us up right to convert to TFX or get out because there are still TF branches now. They also don’t want to get themselves into long lawsuit. If there is a direct and effortless way to eliminate blackcard members, I’m sure they will because our presence is not sustainable to their business in the long run 

[Balestier]

12 minutes ago, persianblue said:

 

no lah they never actively do anything to us other than remove the VIP room and stop the no-need-book-class privilege?

Closing more branches and getting you to upgrade to go other tfx branches

[Balestier]

1 minute ago, bluerunner said:

VIP/blackcard members used to have access to all TF existing and new clubs. Now, we are only allowed in TF clubs and yoga center. TFX is not covered under blackcard contract. 
if you pay your membership fee late, TF can have the right of deny you the blackcard membership. 
They have not told us up right to convert to TFX or get out because there are still TF branches now. They also don’t want to get themselves into long lawsuit. If there is a direct and effortless way to eliminate blackcard members, I’m sure they will because our presence is not sustainable to their business in the long run 

Or they can close it down. The money collected per year not enough to cover rentals

[Balestier]

Obvious that the previous management just want to collect the $$, run and leave it to the current to clear the shit 

[persianblue]

23 hours ago, bluerunner said:

VIP/blackcard members used to have access to all TF existing and new clubs. Now, we are only allowed in TF clubs and yoga center. TFX is not covered under blackcard contract. 
if you pay your membership fee late, TF can have the right of deny you the blackcard membership. 
They have not told us up right to convert to TFX or get out because there are still TF branches now. They also don’t want to get themselves into long lawsuit. If there is a direct and effortless way to eliminate blackcard members, I’m sure they will because our presence is not sustainable to their business in the long run 

 

they're not very consistent about it though, cos mwk is branded as tfx, but we're allowed. and we can even use the yoga edition there.

[bluerunner]

4 hours ago, persianblue said:

 

they're not very consistent about it though, cos mwk is branded as tfx, but we're allowed. and we can even use the yoga edition there.

MW has both, TFX and TF. If I am not mistaken, the TFX portion is the caged area where they have the TFX training. So, the impact of TFX is not big to us. 
Funan branch is a full fledge TFX. 
Yoga Edition was the old yoga center (True Yoga). From 2 centers last time to 1 center only now, and it has re-branded as Yoga Edition. The one at OFC (Ocean Financial Cmeter) was good. Too bad, it’s gone now. 

[eminent82]

3 hours ago, bluerunner said:

MW has both, TFX and TF. If I am not mistaken, the TFX portion is the caged area where they have the TFX training. So, the impact of TFX is not big to us. 
Funan branch is a full fledge TFX. 
Yoga Edition was the old yoga center (True Yoga). From 2 centers last time to 1 center only now, and it has re-branded as Yoga Edition. The one at OFC (Ocean Financial Cmeter) was good. Too bad, it’s gone now. 

what a mess🤣

[durianking]

Are there any TFX Funan members here? Let's motivate each other to work out

[Magicerife]

went for a trial at HBFC. it's pretty well equipped, but the outdoor space is definitely under utilised. not sure if it was the timing that i went (6ish 7 till 9), but was pretty surprise to see only a handful of people working out in this gym. also, the aircon doesnt seem to be working; they placed a few fans around the free weights area to ventilate the are. prob wouldnt go again.

[Ethnic Kilt]

20 hours ago, durianking said:

Are there any TFX Funan members here? Let's motivate each other to work out

Yes I go there most weekdays. 

[bluerunner]

12 hours ago, Magicerife said:

went for a trial at HBFC. it's pretty well equipped, but the outdoor space is definitely under utilised. not sure if it was the timing that i went (6ish 7 till 9), but was pretty surprise to see only a handful of people working out in this gym. also, the aircon doesnt seem to be working; they placed a few fans around the free weights area to ventilate the are. prob wouldnt go again.

Only a handful of people at peak hours (6-8pm) is a good thing. The only bummer is the Aircon issue. Is that why you don’t want to go back? 

[eminent82]

wah now one side of the escalator at novena under heavy maintenance, so expect rubbing of butts when entering//leaving during peak hours🤣. then it seems like they shifting the check in counter to upper level...

 

Edited April 28, 2024 by eminent82

[ASOM]

1 hour ago, eminent82 said:

wah now one side of the escalator at novena under heavy maintenance, so expect rubbing of butts when entering//leaving during peak hours🤣. then it seems like they shifting the check in counter to upper level...

 

So that is what they are doing… to free up more space at lower level for something else… 😆

[bluerunner]

On 4/28/2024 at 12:25 PM, eminent82 said:

wah now one side of the escalator at novena under heavy maintenance, so expect rubbing of butts when entering//leaving during peak hours🤣. then it seems like they shifting the check in counter to upper level...

 

You can still rub butt w people at the escalator. I am unable to do that.  When I’m on it, it’s either I’m going up or down. No space for anyone to go the opposite direction. Oops! Time to 减肥。haha

[Magicerife]

On 4/24/2024 at 12:39 PM, bluerunner said:

Only a handful of people at peak hours (6-8pm) is a good thing. The only bummer is the Aircon issue. Is that why you don’t want to go back? 

yea, along with the lack of a "wholesome gym experience".

[Kay Boy]

Is TF Velocity Novena still open? I was told it's open but no class?

[bluerunner]

23 minutes ago, Kay Boy said:

Is TF Velocity Novena still open? I was told it's open but no class?

It’s opened. Class wise, check the True Fitness apps for details. I remember seeing there are two classes on selected days. 

Edited June 14, 2024 by bluerunner
Add info.

[Kay Boy]

2 hours ago, bluerunner said:

It’s opened. Class wise, check the True Fitness apps for details. I remember seeing there are two classes on selected days. 

Thanks @bluerunner. A bit worrying that they keep scaling down

[bluerunner]

35 minutes ago, Kay Boy said:

Thanks @bluerunner. A bit worrying that they keep scaling down

IKR. Same sentiment for many TF members.