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CThomas · Joined: 21 Oct 2009 Posts: 380 Location: HCMC, Vietnam

I'm officially out of shape. Too much pho and beer. What are good places in HCMC for weights, yoga, and/or martial arts? My only conditions are that it's reasonably priced, yoga/martial arts instructors should be good English speakers, and it is air-conditioned. Smile

Anybody have any good experiences? Q1 and surrounding (as I live there) or Phu Nhan (as I work there).

I heard that some hotels do daily rates on their weights: has anyone tried this recently?

hot_rock · Joined: 16 Apr 2010 Posts: 107

Lan An club on Cach Mang thang Tam (just past the big roundabout if ou're coming from D1) is great. Big, well-stocked gym (of course air-con), good changing rooms with sauna and steam room. Don't know if it does yoga, but it has very cheap tennis courts, and an equally cheap pool with sunloungers as part of the same complex.

gym is 50,000 a visit (including sauna and towel) before 1pm, 70,000 after. pool is just 20,000 a time, and tennis varies according to when you play- between 11am and 3pm is cheapest at 30,000 a court., one hour.

You can join the club on a monthly basis as well- not sure what the pric is but its obviously going to save you a bit if you know you're going to go regularly. Personally i like the freedom of the 50,000 a visit thing, though.

CThomas · Joined: 21 Oct 2009 Posts: 380 Location: HCMC, Vietnam

That's not bad if I go 2x/week. Next time you're there, can you get and post the specific address #?

Thanks much! Weights, sauna, and swim sound pretty good.

Kornan DeKobb · Joined: 24 Jan 2010 Posts: 242

California Fitness near Ben Thanh Market in D1 has a good yoga program, weights, air con, but a bit pricey. About $100-200US/mo as I recall.

CThomas · Joined: 21 Oct 2009 Posts: 380 Location: HCMC, Vietnam

Kornan DeKobb · Joined: 24 Jan 2010 Posts: 242

hot_rock · Joined: 16 Apr 2010 Posts: 107

291 Cach Mang Thang Tam. That's a big thoroughfare leading from the roundabout with the Calvin klein store in District 1. It has a statue of a guy on a horse in the middle- with me? So from that roundabout, follow Cach Mang Thang Tam street all the way to another roundabout about 2km away, dead straight. At the (hellish) roundabout, go straight across and onto the Cach Mang thang Tam again... the complex is on the left-hand side maybe 400 metres away. Big letters aying "gym", "tennis", 'massage" etc.

Buy your tickets (for whatever faciltity) at the ticket booth at the gate, then spin round the left of the building (its a restaurant), park up, go into the gym beside the tennis courts and start lifting metal

AmanJivan · Joined: 22 Dec 2009 Posts: 32

there are a few yoga schools around the place. Sivananda Yoga has one branch in the city run by Japanese and Vietnamese teachers who both speak English, and also Kundalini yoga has some instructors around Saigon.

Can't remember the addresses, but do a search on the internet and if you don't pick them up that way message me and I will find out for you.

breezen · Joined: 27 Jun 2010 Posts: 14

Lan An provides the most for the price, IMO.

Many tourist hotels, but you'll pay for it.

deadlift · Joined: 08 Jun 2010 Posts: 267

Lanh Anh is good, as it has a lot of machines but also a variety of free weights, which I personally prefer.

I was disgusted that California Wow charges as much as they do but only provide a single barbell and a handful of dumbbells.

I've also been to a scrap-iron gym on the corner of Pasteur and Nguyen Dinh Chieu. 20,000 per visit, and the gym was full of miscellaneous bars and weights. Good fun.