If you want value for money and hygiene, I'd join somewhere else.
There are no facilities to wipe down the equipment after you've used it, but the gym have advised that you can wipe it down with a sweat towel.
In a gym that's aaaalways busy and with a capacity of over 200 people, I'd like to wipe the kit I'm about to use down before I even touch it and not with my own towel (the gym group have actually advised customers to take their own towels for this purpose) that I'm going to wipe my face with!!!
But we can all be satisfied and safe on the company's journey to be carbon neutral whilst swimming in each others sweat!
Although there is a large range of equipment, for the money you pay (£30.99 for the basic package), the equipment is undermaintained and lacklustre.
The ventilation of the gym is adequate but it appears to be shared with the Turkish restaurant that backs onto it so on some days at around 15:00, you get a treat for the nostrils but for someone that hates the smell of food on their clothes, it's not cool!!!
I shouldn't complain about it always being busy as it's a business and it needs customers to survive but I will. The app is good and lets you look in advance how many people are in and maps out the busier times / days so you can avoid those peaks but more often than not, it's pretty rammed.
If you can find a locker where the latch isn't broken, do as some of the other self preserving members have done, and keep hold of it by leaving it constantly locked. The gym team will leave little love notes on there threatening to evacuate you and dispose of the contents but don't worry, they never do!
The other great thing they do, is they let you use other gyms other than the local one you pay to go to whilst they close to, "freshen the place up" and the amazing thing is that it never looks any cleaner, fresher, and there's no noticeable improvement in the condition of the equipment.
For training on a budget, it's alright but I'd put my own personal hygiene and health above saving a few quid and termination of my membership is pending so I can join a gym that will do more than the absolute bare minimum to earn my patronage. read more