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Where is it:
Esporta Kingston is situated in a 3 minute walk from Kinston train station, the bus stop is near by and next to Sainsbury’s. There is a massive car park in front of it. It is pay and display sadly.
How did I join:
I went to get some milk in Sainsbury’s and thought ... Read review
A review by Olgita2 on Esporta Club, Kingston-Upon-Thames February 21st, 2005
Author's product rating:
Value for Money
Good
Is it part of a chain?
yes
Service
Excellent
Cleanliness
good
Advantages:
Really good place to relax and raise self esteem as well as get really fit
Disadvantages:
A bit pricy and minimum one year subscribtion
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
Full review
I am not a gym goer, or at least i wasn't before. Now I have one of the highest attendances in my gym.
Where is it:
Esporta Kingston is situated in a 3 minute walk from Kinston train station, the bus stop is near by and next to Sainsbury’s. There is a massive car park in front of it. It is pay and display sadly.
How did I join:
I went to get some milk in Sainsbury’s and thought why not check this place out. so I went in and asked how much was the membership. Before I actually got the answer I was shown the whole gym and told all about it. Next day I joined. My membership is the student one and costs £49 a months. It is a one year contract, direct debit payment. Membership can be frozen if any valid reasons given like broken leg, long holiday or no money to pay. My joining fee was around £80. Plus I got the rest of December free. Now the prices are like that: joining fee £69. Monthly adult membership also £69. Students £49, under 17's £29 Generally they do some freebies when you join like free private trainer sessions.
Induction
There is an induction with a trainer that you can choose. Different ones specialise on different aspects of fitness. He/She takes your medical details, checks blood pressure, talks about your concerns answers your questions. Then you tell them what you want and they show you what to do. As simple as that. Everything is written down on your card and you can carry it around until you memorize everything. Every month you come back to your trainer and go through a check to see if you are making progress and if you can do more things now, like lifting heavier weights. You can approach your trainer anytime to ask a question or hire him/her or any other trainer as a personal trainer - they will go around with you.
The gym
Even in peak hours you almost never have to wait for equipment to be free. I don't know if they actually have all the fitness equipment invented. The middle of the gym is cardio theatre. Running machines, x-trainers, stepping thingies, bikes and the best bit 8 big screens with TV!!! plug your headphones in and run until Eastenders end. (No movies though or Sky) Then you have stretching area with gym balls and weights. Heavy lifting area with lots of guys there. And some variety of weights. Between cardio theatre and heavy lifting you get lat pull down, sited row, anything you want really. There is a spin studio with some just arrived in equipment. Its fun to watch them go. Entrance to studio one and yoga studio are in the gym as well. There us a view of Kingston particularly of some nasty gas tower or something. But who cares you are there to exercise not to enjoy the landscape.
Changing rooms
Lockers - £1 coin, just put in lock it, come back and get your coin back. Sadly big minus here lockers are not permanent. Benches, kids changing area, adult changing area, lots of mirrors and quality babylos hairdryers, changing cubicle, scales, 3 toilets, TV (stuck on ITV channel), swimming costume drying machine and showers. Overall impression quite nice. Could be improved no doubt but very satisfactory and clean.
Towelling service
Grab as many crispy clean white towels as you may wish. After carrying my wet towel home two times I’ve been using this service. And why not? ITS FREE
Swimming pool
Kids pool - nice tiny warm. Usually has kids in it Big pool - amazing. Especially when you are the only person there. 1.2m deep. Just the right temperature. Fast lane, medium lane, space for people who just swim. Very clean - as a result after it you smell of chlorine There are two jacuzzis. Very good and relaxing. Amazing way to meet people - I was hit on 3 times. If you don't want to meet people close your eyes and pretend you are relaxing - comes naturally. Sauna Usually around 90 degrees and 80%humidity. Wooden. Humidity and temperature automatically controlled no wet rocks sadly. AMAZING THOUGH. the most relaxing thing after steam room Steam room - with eucalyptus to make breathing easier. SIMPLY THE BEST THING EVER. No more comments
The rest There is a tanning place ST. Tropez. The first tan is around £30. There is a bar and kids area with reasonably good prices and very comfy chairs and a room with soft walls where kids go wild Media library - DVD rentals 1.50 In the same building ESPA and SEAN HANNA There are regular events and singles club
FREEBIES Kids under 5 go free Introduce a friend and get a gift (like wine club membership or sports equipment) and they get personal trainer sessions (if anybody wants to get introduced ask me please) If you a high goer get a 7 day pass for a friend. I got it. Before you join there are tons of trials so try it
Classes Variety of classes for all ages and abilities. My personal favourite Rhythm and Groves. Timetable is on the website
Website http://www.esporta.co.uk/en/club/index.aspx?clubcode=KINGS some pictures there + class timetable
Advantages: good facilities and not too busy Disadvantages: quite expensive compared to other sports clubs
...and are members of the Esporta gym on the Richmond Road. When they told me that I could get a days free membership trial if I entered my details on their website I jumped at the chance. The gym is in a good location, approximately three minutes walk from kingston train station. I made good use of my days trial, had a swim in the pool, used the steam room and sauna and afterwards even did a quick gym workout. The swimming pool was very nice and I ... ...weekend. They had designated swimming lanes in place for those wanting to do a good workout, aswell as plenty of extra pool space for those just wanting to relax. I was told several times by my friends that there was loads of equipment in the gym and there is, although a number of the machines (weights and cardio) are repeated and so the total number of different machines is significantly lower than on first inspection. It appeared to me that they ...
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Advantages: Children friendly including baby pool, creche and other kids pastimes, food in cafe, free towels to use. Disadvantages: Price, Gym equipment, Changing rooms, cleanliness, pay for parking, membership contract
...certainly would never have joined Esporta except for the childrens creche and other children facilities enabling our family to be able to use a local health and fitness club with this reasonable facility.
As I said in advantages the only way I think that anyone could consider joining this club is if you have children under 16 especially very young ones which you can leave in the creche or a class whilst you work out.
Even though they provide facilities ... ...suspect it could be if Esporta pay low rates.
CHANGING FACILITIES:
Layout and design of changing rooms beggars belief. Very difficult to utilise when a number of people using. Showers work by a sensor making use a problem as often the sensor keeps turning off and you often have to wait for shower to come back on with temperature fluctuating. Cleanliness of the changing rooms and shower area leaves a lot to be desired. They hardly seem to have anyone ...
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08.04.2006
Quick review of Esporta Club - Kingston Review ofEsporta Club, Kingston-Upon-Thamesby
Jennycpark
Beware of signing up. The are not honest about the contract you are signing - they want three m onths notice to cancel membership (the OFT says this is unreasonable). They claim they haven't received notice of cancellation, and when you cancel your dd after a year, they sell the debt to debt collections solicitors ARC who use bullying tactics to get money.
Beware and avoid like the plague.
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23.02.2008
Esporta - Don't do it Review ofEsporta Club, Kingston-Upon-Thamesby
The_Light_IT_Consultant
Esporta will get you to sign a credit agreement without telling you it is a credit agreement. If you don't find their services suitable or up to standard they will make half an effort to address the issues then cut off contact. You will then hear from a Debt Collection Agency threatening to take you to Court. Currently we are having to use our solicitor to sue for breach of contract. I seriously advise you go somewhere else. We were told our daughter ... ...signed we were told this was not the case. The todler pool was always broken, the hot tub and main pool freezing and the toliets never had any soap (how often were they checked?). My experience are based on Esporta Norwich and the Esporta Head Office. ...
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