Membership and website terms

About us

Old Tyme Strength is a registered charity (number 1202192) at Unit 1E Victoria Street, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG18 5RR. Contact us on 07592 552952 or hello@oldtymestrength.co.uk.

Joining

• You must be 18 or over to join online. Junior memberships are arranged with a parent or guardian by contacting the gym.
• To join you must complete the joining form honestly, including the health questionnaire (PAR-Q), agree to the gym rules, and set up your membership Direct Debit.
• Your membership starts when the gym confirms it, after your Direct Debit is in place and any staff review of your PAR-Q is complete. Submitting the form alone does not give you access.
• We may refuse a membership application, for example if we cannot make training safe for you.

Your health

• You must tell us straight away if your health changes in a way that affects your training, and update your PAR-Q in the member area at least every 12 months.
• If you answered yes to a PAR-Q question, you must not train until the gym has reviewed your declaration. Our staff cannot diagnose or medically clear you to train.
• Do not train if you are injured, unwell, or under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

Membership fees and payments

• Membership fees are collected by Direct Debit through Simply Collect, and are protected by the Direct Debit Guarantee.
• Current prices are shown on our membership page and on the Simply Collect sign-up page. We will tell members before any price change takes effect.
• If a payment fails, Simply Collect will contact you. We may suspend your access until your payments are up to date.

Cancelling

• Cancellations are handled by Simply Collect. To cancel, contact them on 0330 223 3152 at least 7 days before your next Direct Debit payment, and please let the gym know too.
• If you joined online, consumer law gives you 14 days from the day you join to cancel. If you ask to start training during those 14 days, we may charge for the time you have used.

24-hour member access

• Members can train at any time using member access. Outside staffed hours the gym is unstaffed.
• Member access is by a door code. Your code is for you only: do not share it or let anyone in with you who is not a member. We may change or cancel access codes, for example when a membership ends.
• When training alone, take extra care: use safety arms or spotter bars, avoid maximal lifts without a spotter, and keep your phone with you.
• The gym is covered by CCTV at all times for safety and security. Our privacy notice explains how recordings are used.

Suspending or ending a membership

We may suspend or end a membership if a member seriously or repeatedly breaks the gym rules, behaves in a way that puts others at risk, or fails to pay. Where it is safe to do so, we will talk to you first.

Your belongings and responsibility

• You train at your own risk and must use equipment safely and as instructed.
• We are not responsible for loss of or damage to belongings you bring to the gym, unless it is caused by our negligence.
• Nothing in these terms limits our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, or anything else that cannot be limited by law.

Using this website

• We try to keep the information here accurate, including opening times, but it can change. Call before travelling if you need to be sure.
• Keep your member login details private, and tell us if you think someone else has used your account.
• Do not try to access other people's accounts or the admin area, or interfere with the website.
• Photos, text and the Old Tyme Strength name and logo belong to us or the people who took them, and must not be reused without permission.

Changes and law

We may update these terms. We will tell members by email about significant changes. These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales. How we handle your information is explained in our privacy notice.