Outline Gym, Stockport

Alley · Mar 9, 2008

Not a fantastically interesting place, but I worked here in the eighties and was curious to see it again.
If you've been to Stockport you may have seen the building on Mersey Square, next to the Plaza bingo hall.
Stockport Village was a collection of small independent shops, fronted by the fitness club. The gym comprised of: bodybuilding room; regular gym; aerobics room; sauna; sunbeds; reception and cafe. All the premises have been stripped out. I remember it being a bustling, happy place full of tanned, happy people

The whole arcade had been secure until someone made easy access very recently. Judging by the metal laid out inside, it's scrap thieves.

Outline Figure and Fitness - Stockport

ThenewMendoza · Mar 10, 2008

About bloody time, too!! Nice one, Alley, am I the only person who found that poster somewhat erotic...?

TnM

Foxylady · Mar 10, 2008

ThenewMendoza said:
...am I the only person who found that poster somewhat erotic...?

Don't ask me...I'm a hetero female! Now if it had been a bloke...

Unusual explore and great photos. Lots of interesting details.
Cheers Alley.

Richard Davies · Mar 10, 2008

I've walked past here so many times without ever giving it a look, I didn't even know it was closed!

Lightbuoy · Mar 10, 2008

An excellent selection of photos -loving the whole "famesque" retro look :mrgreen:

Lb

Lightbuoy · Mar 10, 2008

Richard Davies said:
I've walked past here so many times without ever giving it a look, I didn't even know it was closed!

Ah yes, easy to miss a place when it has no boarded-up windows! :lol:

Lb

ThenewMendoza · Mar 10, 2008

Foxylady said:
Don't ask me...I'm a hetero female! Now if it had been a bloke...

I meant the one about hygiene!!

TnM

no1rich · Mar 10, 2008

Yeh, thats a good photo of the gymnast lady! Is that a random drawer full of rocks!!!!!

Alley · Mar 10, 2008

no1rich said:
Is that a random drawer full of rocks!!!!!

Thanks for the comments. And, no it's the rocks you pour water on in a sauna.

Jondoe_264 · Mar 10, 2008

no1rich said:
Yeh, thats a good photo of the gymnast lady!

She's never a gymnast with those assets! LOL!

smileysal · Mar 10, 2008

Good pics Alley, the building its in looks very much like a lot of the buildings in Nottingham, near to the Midland Railway Station. Really liked all the rooms with all the mirrors on them, and also like the sauna pics,

why do they always put pretty women on a pommel horse? Now if it was a hunky man sat on a pommel horse im sure all us women would be very happy lmao.

Cheers Alley,

Sal

ps, its very rare for female gymnasts to have boobs lol. or lives outside of gymnastics come to think of it lmao

King Al · Mar 11, 2008

Nice pics, Looks like a pritty cool explore, last one in the steam room is a rotten egg...

philinmanc · Apr 19, 2008

ThenewMendoza said:
About bloody time, too!! Nice one, Alley, am I the only person who found that poster somewhat erotic...?

TnM

Strangely not.....it must be the hair

restlessdreams · Apr 22, 2008

Cool place.. did you do a bit of flash dance in front of those mirrors?

lol

spacepunk · Apr 22, 2008

Great stuff. All those bodies pumping iron and now so deathly still.

stumpy · Nov 21, 2008

Outline Gym UK Ltd

Hi Guys,

I was one of the last two owners of the business and it is sad to see it in such a state.

There was 16000 sq feet of health club operating up until the last day but the Stockport drug users forced the business into liquidation by using the 'cafe' opposite as a gathering of their scum, which in turn reduced membership and visitors to an untenable turnover.

It did have a happy clientel in the main and we left behind 4 floors of gym equipment which was obviously taken out by the liquidators.

There is a few secret hideaways and access to the roof space if you know where to look.

A nice old building but has dodgy electrics in it so if they are still in operation be careful.

RAF_Firenat999 · Nov 25, 2008

lol must be the first gym someones actually wanted to enter, most don't like to go anywhere near! jogging? in the opposite direction! lol :mrgreen:

MilkNoSugar · Apr 19, 2022

stumpy said:
Outline Gym UK Ltd

Hi Guys,

I was one of the last two owners of the business and it is sad to see it in such a state.

There was 16000 sq feet of health club operating up until the last day but the Stockport drug users forced the business into liquidation by using the 'cafe' opposite as a gathering of their scum, which in turn reduced membership and visitors to an untenable turnover.

It did have a happy clientel in the main and we left behind 4 floors of gym equipment which was obviously taken out by the liquidators.

There is a few secret hideaways and access to the roof space if you know where to look.

A nice old building but has dodgy electrics in it so if they are still in operation be careful.

MushyMum · Jan 25, 2023

I was a member here in the early 80s, used to go most evenings right after work. I lived in a grotty flat with no shower, so used to do my workout then have a nice warm shower before heading home lol , loved the whole place

MushyMum · Jan 26, 2023

Does anyone know what the building was originally?

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