After being a member here for a good while now I can certainly recommend it…read more Situated within The Printworks, this gym and fitness centre is a stones throw from both where I work AND where I live. Excellent. It is a very large gym with all the usual equipment you'd find and a great exercise space for free weights and routine gym work. When you join you get a complimentary health MOT - a 12 point health inspection that covers every aspect of your fitness you can think of. It definitely gives you the motivation to keep going, especially if the results deem you quite unfit, as they did for me :/ The pool and sauna / steam room / spa are excellent and usually quiet and the changing rooms and shower facilities are state of the art and very well maintained. There are personal trainers wandering around the gym most of the time, so it's really easy to grab them for advice or even book them for a PT session. Classes also run daily and are included in the membership. I can't fault this gym.

So this was Holmes Place health club. Then Virgin Active. And now it's Nuffield out with the red…read moreand in with the green. So some staff have hung on in there from both clubs before but nice to see some fresh faces. There has been quite a lot of cosmetic change. Much needed shower refurb. Some new equipment. And better use of the space. They have also developed a new health and fitness centre where you can get MOT done and check you're still alive lol. I also think they have listened to us old timers or loyal members as we like to be known. And they have introduced the coffee shop with juices and healthy snacks and for the city centre it's very reasonably priced. I like the vibe. And the atmosphere. No offence To Virgin but it's less electronic tag and more cooperate membership now!

I've just started using this gym. I do like it the time table, lots of spinning…read more I like the changing rooms, dark wood lockers and lots of room. There are a number of stations where you can sort out your hair and make up. There is also a steam room and cold shower which is good for relaxing in after a really hard workout. The staff are help and seems to be in to fitness.

This is the first time I have wished that I could give more than 5 stars…read more They seemed to be more into service and not the horrible pushy hard sell that other gyms are into. The people working there showed me the facilities and also let me have my own space to look around. They were so helpful and when I only had jeans, one of the people even lent me his personal spare clean shorts. He also would not accept anything for the laundry when I gave them back to him and was just all round amazing. I was staying at The Premier Inn hotel and so using it for the day waa £5 instead of £10. This is a great sincere gym for people who are serious about training, really friendly and does not have the annoying slimy sales person stuff that other chains have.

Great selection of equipment and very helpful staff. Clean and has 99% of everything I want in a…read moregym.

If you're not looking for luxury and don't want to be tied into a contract, but still want to work…read moreout in a gym, this is the place for you. It's £15.99 a month with a £20 joining fee (and it seems as though they occasionally waive the joining fee) on a rolling contract. This is one of the cheapest gyms in town to the best of my knowledge (Ben Dunne on Whitworth Street I think is cheaper). Here are the things I love about it: - You get a code that gets you through the main door and the freaky little entrance pods. This means you have one less card to lose/you don't have to stand around raking through your bag for it. - On the member's area of the website it tells you how often you've been to the gym and for how long each time. Good for motivation, and just handy if you like to keep track. - There are loads of machines. Even at busy times I haven't had to wait for a machine yet. The equipment all seems pretty modern too - they have spin bikes with inbuilt personal trainers. - All the classes are free (I haven't been to any yet so can't vouch for quality). Notable exceptions are that there's no pool, no sauna, and no free towels. But none of those things bother me: I don't like swimming, saunas are weird, and I can bring my own towel. Everything is clean and well-maintained. Staff seem nice though I've never had to have much to do with them. You can buy a padlock for £3 if you don't have your own. The biggest downside for me would be that the music is too loud - even with headphones on and my own music playing I can still hear it! In the fairly short time I've been a member here I've been really pleased with it - and I like that I can quit whenever I like if this stops being the case.

Sienna Spa is the Spa and Health Club found within the Radisson Edwardian, Manchester. Built on the…read moresite of historic barrel vaults, this inner sanctuary has a sense or calm and stillness far removed from busy city life. If you want luxury, pampering and fitness - then this is your place. The spa and health club are never packed full and on numerous occasions I have had the swimming pool to myself. The pool is 1.4m deep and approximately 15 x 10 metres. There is a chill out area surrounding the pool, along with a jacuzzi, steam room and sauna. The gym offers a good range of equipment, including two running machines, three cross trainers, four bikes, one rowing machine, two weights machines and more. There is also a weights room for those wanting to focus! After exercising, the changing rooms have powerful hot showers with Gilchrist and Soames shower gel, shampoo and conditioner. Also great hairdressers and straightners for the ladies! Want some pampering? There are various packages - a day or couple of hours etc. Facials and massages tried and tested - and I would highly recommend them. If you go for the Premier club (gym, pool, sauna etc) membership you get a complimentary spa treatments per month - so cool! Lush green apples are beautifully displayed for you to munch on after exercising or your pampering session and two choices of newspapers to read as you chill out. Cost wise - pretty good value for what you get. Love it love it!

Sienna is central Manchester's most luxurious spa facility with its relaxed atmosphere, friendly…read moreand professional staff and contemporary facilities it offers the perfect opportunity to chill out. The club is inside The Radisson Edwardian. The Health Club includes a spacious new gym offering the latest in easy to use fitness equipment. A stunning indoor pool, luxury spa bath, sauna and steam room. Wow!

This is quite potentially the best and most unique gym I've ever been to. It's not part of a big…read morechain? And you won't find rows of treadmills here. In fact, I don't think I've even spotted one. They're ethos is very much goal orientated and as a smaller gym the level of service you receive is exceptionally high - every trainer there already knows my name! There's an induction of sorts, but it's far more tailored and personal, addressing potential movement issues and determining what your goals are and how they can help you to attain them. From the movement assessment "danger areas" are highlighted and you're given coloured wristbands to alert the trainers when you need to have exercises modified with the ultimate goal of being able to hand back the wristbands when you've strengthened weak areas. For my the jewel in the crown is that they have a boxing club complete with punch bags and a boxing ring! Whilst it's not as cheap as some big chains I'd very happily pay the membership to receive the service, encouragement and community atmosphere that this gym has.

From the owner: Primal is not your average gym. Named in the Telegraph as "the best gym in the UK for people who…read morehate the gym", we pride ourselves on being different. Our aim is inspire change; change in the life of our members and change across the whole health and fitness industry. We do this by making fitness fun, building strong communities and delivering proper coaching to help people get results and lead healthier, happier lives. Most gyms simply rent equipment. At Primal, we are with you every step of the way on your fitness journey. Your progress is our priority.

I've been a member of this gym since it opened, and I have to admit that I love it. The trainers…read moreare the friendliest bunch I've come across, and are always willing to lend an ear. Honestly, it is smaller than the gyms that I'm used to but right now that's not an issue and it doesn't affect my rating of it. It's clean, cheap, 24hrs... secure. It's everything that I need in a gym!

This gym is hidden away just off King Street, obviously aimed at attracting the "King Street crowd"…read moreof image conscious business types and therefore markets itself as a high-end gym that will sort you out with a body like Cheryl Cole no problems. In reality, however, it is very different. Located in the basement, yes basement of the building and lacking in any kind of air conditioning system it is a stuff, sweaty and overall an unpleasant experience. The equipment and decor, much like the members are worn and tired and have a musty damp smell which reminds you of your teenage brother's gym kit. The gym also boasts a swimming pool which is also located in the basement and is bathed in an odd red light, reminiscent of late night Amsterdam. Despite all of this, membership and personal training sessions are expensive which just doesn't add up. LA fitness relies solely on it's city centre location as the key attraction which puts it into completion with places such as Virgin Active, which at a similar price offers a far superior gym experience and much improved value for money. 2 stars. Boo. Hiss. Boo.

Although still displayng the LA Fitness sign outside, this gym has just changed its name to Sports…read moreDirect, part of the big high street sports shop chain. I've been a member since February 2014 and have made good use of the equipment, which is scheduled for an update soon, apparently. However, one of the reasons I signed up was so that I could use the pool, but during this time, I've only been in once! I actually forget it's there! I like going to the gym in the morning as there aren't as many people around. I once went at 5pm and swore to myself I'd never go at that time again. The gym was packed and the changing rooms even more so. I had to shut my eyes on the way to the showers as two rough-as-a-badger's-arse girls were parading around with nothing on whilst talking at volume about last night's conquests in the equally as rough club they were at the night before *pukes*. Luckily, I haven't seen anyone like that in the gym since then. Perhaps they decided PureGym was better suited to them as it's cheaper. Before I signed my £25 per month contract, I visited PureGym in Spinningfields and really didn't like the vibes I got from that place. Staff were unfriendly, I didn't like the way the gym was laid out and I didn't like the fact that it's open til the early hours with no staff to keep an eye on things. Doesn't sound safe to me! At LA Fitness/ Sports Direct though, staff are present at all times. They're also friendly and always say hello / goodbye when you come in / leave. One of them even knows my name now, which is nice.

As I have to stick to a budget, my decision to choose one of the cost driven gyms was mandatory, I…read morehave been a member of pure gym and namely have been attending the one on bury new road for quite sometime. However. Lifestyle fitness in Whitefield provided a breath of fresh air and has plunged me into a new health-kick. For the same monthly payment of £18.99 they have additional steam room/sauna/aromatherapy room facilities. Additionally they have more squat racks/smith machines and benches than that of my old pure gym, with the added bonus of their appearing to be less people who use the gym. (This is good for all the lifters out there) Unlike pure gym, Lifestylefitness has staff actually working in the gym! These members of staff are very friendly and polite and they help give the gym a sense of community.