Gym Tries: The Rumble Pod

Muffy’s go-to gym when I feel like punching and kicking. The gym pods have been popping out in a few locations and it’s striking yellow has sure caught Muffy’s eyes! Being a gym shy individual who still gets anxiety gymming in non class based studio, the gym pod is the greatest invention of the century!

🧐Rumble pod?

I choose the rumble pod as it has boxing equipments such as punching bag and pads. With only 2months experience of Muay Thai from 3 years ago, the pod allows me to “practice” boxing and kicking.

🧐Price??

It will be cheaper when more people gym together! The price (before gst) for 30mins for one is $9.5/pax, for two persons is $5.5/pax and the price for three people is $4/pax! Different pods are priced differently and have a different duration of session! Some pods are shared, which means you won’t get the entire pod by yourself, but these pods will be cheaper.

🧐Size of the pod?

It can contain up to 3 pax, which I brought a friend with me along to practice our padwork! From that visit, the pod is quite small, eg. when I doing bench press, my friend almost kick me when she was kicking the bag.

🧐What in the pod?

Although the pod is small, it’s well equipped! There’s more than enough equipments for a 30min session. Other than the mentioned MMA equipments, there are cable pulley, power rack and a shelf of weights! Gloves and handwraps need to bring your own, although I see a pair of 10oz fairtex gloves in the pod! Who left it there?! If you’re like me that don’t have a gym floor routine, there’s a PTX smart mirror that provides tutorials for inspiration!

🧐How to book and use?

Just have to install The Gym Pod app, create account and choose the pod you want and timing, payment is via Apple Pay! After booking a session, the app will keep you reminded by having notifications an hour before your session! You may enter the pod 5-10mins before your booking if there is no users before your slot! To enter the pod, you just have to go to the app and click the “open door” button. I was so amused the first time I used the pod! After the session, I’ll sanitize the equipments I used 3-5mins before my session ends. And yes, I always forgot to logout, so idk what will happens.

Muffy really likes the idea of The Gym Pod, but the price is on a higher side as a 30mins session is around $10.35. Sometimes the facilities can be waiting for repair work and users will not be able to use it. Also, I’m not sure if the equipments are cleans and sanitizer promptly. Nevertheless, I’m still excited to see that there’ll be a new gym pod opening in Chinatown Point soon!

- Muffy