personal training/gym facilities

Can’t say about Fort Bill, but sure most vessels have some basic free weights and possiblty a bike.
I have resorted to peices of old iron many times when there hasn’t been any gym, and take a skipping rope, raises a few laughs 😆
On the old days of C & W boats you could lounge in the sauna after a workout with your personal trainer (YBFM) and then on to Gin club…oh the good ‘ole days 🙄

Hi,

The forum has caught the reality nicely. Some platforms/vessels have good facilities, others have nothing.

On those with gyms, no problem, with those with nothing, if you are lucky you will have a helideck, otherwise a skipping rope, basic bodey-weight exercises and some piping on the deckhead for pull-ups will do. If you are into training, you will make a plan, if you are a body-builder or similar, you may want to cross your fingers you land up on something with a decent weight room and other goodies.

Good luck with the induction.

Rover22

Yep i’ve found the same, from multi treadmill gyms on rigs and good vessels with all the kit to lumps of iron on the back deck of old tugs. I make use of whats available and build a routine around that. A good substitute for free weights is the elastic band type gismos that pack into your bag and weigh nothing but so versitle you can work most muscle groups and use anywhere. so between that and a basic calestenic routine (push ups, sit ups etc) you’d be covered enough not to be waddling off these vessels when you finally see dry land after over eating and sitting on your ass for 12hrs a day.

You can also just take a brisk walk up Ben Nevis as Fort William is located just at the base of it, why pay for a gym 😀