I might be biased as this is my local gym and I did a little dance for joy when they opened last…read morespring. We signed up on a pre-opening offer so it was about £10 a month! Yes, they don't have a pool, they don't have a sauna, but it's still brand spanking new and has all the essentials for you to keep fit and burn fat. It's open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! There are classes and inductions that provide support and advice on how to use the equipment and which ones to use. They can be booked online and via a simple to use app on smart phones. To get into the gym, you have an 8-digit code so no faffing with membership cards. The gym is across two floors with free weights and weight benches downstairs and the machines, spinning studio, workout/class studio, changing rooms, personal training area upstairs. There's also a lift for wheelchair users. The changing rooms are regularly cleaned with lockers that require your own padlocks. If you forget, they're available for £5 in the vending machines that accept cards. There's a drinking fountain and a chill out/waiting area too. As you can tell, I love this gym. The personal trainers are friendly and approachable. Classes are great especially Pure Fat Burn and Pure Tone, which embrace HIIT so you get an efficient 30/40 minute workout. The spinning classes play great music too! At the moment it's £17.99 to join with no joining fee. It's totally worth it if you want a 24-hour gym or if you normally do exercises classes, which costs about £5 per session anyway! So go to 4 classes and you're already MAKING money!

Now a member of the David Lloyd group, this gym boasts several facilities. It is one of Lancashires…read morepremier racquet's club. The gym facilities are excellent and there is a range of equipment and activities for everyone, including a full timetable of classes. We particularly enjoy the swimming facilities. There is a large indoor pool with clean well maintained changing rooms. There are steam rooms and whirlppol spas. The best bit for us is the outdoor swimming area. All safe and supervised with views of the canal. I can highly reccomend a visit to this gym and we have had a family membership for a long while which we have certainly had good value. Have a look at the website for full details.

This is a top class bodybuilding and power lifting gym. The equipment and the atmosphere are both…read morefirst class. Thoroughly recommended for anybody who is serious about training. It also has free wifi and car parking. It's what you might call 'old school' with nothing fancy, just exactly what you want to get in, focus, and get your training done. Everybody is friendly and shares a hard training mentality. Check out the website cattsgym.co.uk for info.

This is a well known bodybuilding gym in Wigan. Everyone you meet in there will be more than your…read morecasual gym go-ers you may see in the Total Fitness and JJB gyms not too far away. This may be a plus or a negative for you going here it all depends on your viewpoint. As a bodybuilding gym it has everything you'd expect, heavy weights and good equipment all around. If your into serious training you wont feel out of place here. Good place to go if you dont like the more commercially orientated ones in the area

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!

So as with a lot of Virgin Active sites recently, Nuffield Health are taking over and giving them a…read morespruce up - and I think it's a good thing! Obviously Nuffield is a massive company in itself, however they inject a feel around the place that gives the impression they are less about the money and more about the health and welfare of their members. All they've really updated at the Bolton location is a fresh lick of paint to install the company colours and much needed up dates to the pool and steam room. The gym itself is pretty much the same but to be fair it didn't need anything doing to it and is still probably the largest of its kind in town. Price wise Nuffield is £36 a month on a standard membership - though if you're a student or double up your membership with a partner or husband/wife you can get it cheaper! The cafe area seems to be currently undertaking a bit of an upgrade and the menu is expanding - will report back once tasted!

Since discovering V1ntage back in January 2012 I have dropped 2 stone. Originally I only intended…read moreto do one or two classes but I now attend classes at least 5 times a week! V1ntage is for people who don't do gyms and I love the ethos of the place. It really is a great community and very welcoming too. The timetable is varied with everything from vinyasa yoga to spinning and zumba. My favourite class at the moment is bums, legs and tums which has elements of a core strengthening and circuit class. While challenging I enjoy every class I do at V1ntage and they have a great team of instructors who will make you feel welcome. The weekend workshops such as endurance spin and spin yoga are fantastic. They also have kettle bell and Kombat classes. It's a bargain considering I pay less than £30 a month and can do as many classes as I want to. In addition there is no joining fee or contract which means you can basically cancel whenever you like. I throughly recommend V1ntage to anyone in Bolton.