Is the gym gen Z’s pub?

健身房成了Z世代的新酒吧了吗?

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2025-04-18

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  • This is The Guardian.

  • Today is the Jim Genzies pub.

  • We are outside the Albert pub in Victoria.

  • Let's go and see who's in there.

  • This one's quite busy.

  • It's 6.30pm in central London and I'm in a busy pub in Westminster.

  • All of the seats are taken, the empty glasses are piling up and conversation is just bordering on shouting level.

  • We're journalists from The Guardian.

  • We're making a podcast about Genzies.

  • Post-work drinks used to be standard operating procedure for young people in Britain.

  • When I first moved to London 20 years ago, it's what I did many and sometimes every night of the week.

  • But now I'm looking around and I'm thinking how can I be one of the youngest people here?

  • I approach a group of men pints in hand.

  • Do you mind me asking how old you are? 61.

  • I'm definitely not Genzie.

  • You can have a laugh in the pub, can't you?

  • You like your hair down.

  • So if young people aren't in the pub, where are they?

  • I find the answer in a busy basement around the corner.

  • Eleven and a half million people in the UK now have a gym membership and all-time high.