Review is specifically for CrossFit Iris which resides within the Klab facility…read more It is a smaller box but with all the necessary equipment for a typical workout. Coach Cosimo paid careful attention to all the participants & offered correction or kudos throughout he workout. It is smaller, so I'd recommend contacting them before doing a drop-in, especially for the early or later classes. You can do so via Facebook, Instagram, phone call, email, etc. The class was great and worthy of your drop-in time if in Firenze. A few notes about the facility. First, if you're driving, there's paid meter parking on the street or, if it's not busy, a parking garage for the gym. Also, the "host" gym, Klab, has a full fitness facility in the back, CrossFit in a separate area off the cafeteria and full locker rooms, sitting area, WiFi, etc. If you're into buying shirts (as per the standard CrossFit procedure) you can ask at the front desk.

Ok, def. nicer than Swan - though slightly more expensive (just paid 135€ for two months at Swan;…read moreRicciardi = 158€ *plus* registration and assorted fees). Ricciardi feels far less cramped, cleaner, and friendlier--and has longer hours! On the other hand, Ricciardi also seems much more finicky: have to bring a photo for the card, and one is expected to bring a separate pair of "clean" gym shoes ?!? (not sure how rigorously that is enforced). No good bike parking in the immediate vicinity.

It's cheap and it's central…read more However, if there was ever a gym that needed a refurb, this is it. The bars for the weights are rusty and dented. The plates are so old you can't see what weight they are. There's no clips for the ends of the bars. The floor is wooden, and dented and chipped. The cardio machines are erratic at best. The space is massive, and there's tons of equipment, but it's all old, and tatty, it's badly laid out, and half of it doesn't work properly. Besides this, it is massively oversubscribed by American students, so you need to time your visit, because if you go between 6pm - 8pm there will be so many people there won't be any space for you to work out. And when I went in April, and it was 27 degrees outside, the owner said it was too early in the year to put the air con on. Unfortunately, when it's that hot, opening the windows doesn't make it any more comfortable - but I got the impression that keeping her customers comfortable was not her priority.

Cool low key gym nice equipment and friendly staffread more

I needed to sweat. After a very indulgent vacation in Sardinia over the holidays, where I ate to my…read moreheart's content during the 10 sunny days I was there, I needed to find something to do to lift my spirits from my post vacation blues. Returning to cold, rainy Firenze, I felt the need to try something new! I am so glad I choose spend a Monday evening at the very luxurious Virgin Active fitness center and Spa. At this UBer spa and gym I spent 30 minutes lifting weights, where I hardly had to wait in line, as there are two of almost every machine so I found it easy to move around and find a machine that was free. The cardio machines were pretty packed though, but again I lucked out because I found a treadmill pretty quickly. After an hour on the treadmill, I moved on to explore the SpA ... easily my favorite part of Virgin Active. The spa consisted of two pools, one for laps and the other for relaxing, equipped with jet massage chairs, waterfall and enough space to just float around for awhile. My favorite part of the spa were the scented showers !!! Yes, Scented rainforest showers !! I like to call them the redlight showers, as you stand under a wide shower head, push the red button and lights, water, action !! for 30 seconds you get a heated rainfall experience with scents of wild exotic flowers ... I must have been in there for 15 minutes !! Absolutely amazing. The spa also consisted of a steam eucalyptus room, a dry sauna and a lounge room where you could go and take snooze. It was an all around wonderful experience. Here are some tips for you first timers, that I would take note of : 1: There are NO water fountains .... so bring your own water bottle or be prepared to pay for water. 2. Bring a lock, for the locker room, or pay 6 euro for lock at VA. 3. Bring Flip flops for the locker room / spa 4. Bring a swimming cap if you want to go in the pool. 5. For you free trial day, make sure to bring Identification! ! You will not be able to enter without ID I was super impressed with this gym and I will be returning soon !

Overall a pretty nice gym. Although, I do feel like they should have some windows open or fans…read moregoing sometimes it gets real stuffy. The locker rooms are decent & the sauna is above average. They also have some tropical showers down below which are really cool. I think they should also do student discounts, but they don't. At least when I asked. Not to many of the employees speak English so I've just been going along with what I can understand. The health bar isn't to good. I believe I saw them serving pizza and espresso one day. Not too healthy, the protein shake I got was terrible and the lady seemed to not even know where they were located. I don't think they're big on those out here. Save your money on that. Everything else is pretty good though.