Fitness First, Lincoln

Advantages: Freebies, great atmosphere, pleasant staff
Disadvantages: Addiction to exercise

...membership for two at a Fitness First Gym. Yer wot? Waste of flippin' time, mate... My wife reckoned it sounded worthwhile: it was something we could enjoy together (ENJOY???) and it might help her to reduce weight and me to get fit (but I LIKE being unfit - aw, please don't make me exercise, P L E A S E...). Anyway, to cut a long story short - no I won't, I like rambling on - we went to our nearest Fitness First gym to inquire. It turned out to ...
...stares at anyone else. Fitness First seem to love slogans and one of the nicest is ,“There are no strangers at Fitness First, only friends you haven’t yet met.” If you want a free day's trial (they'll robably find you guilty) go to their website at www.fitnessfirst.com There's a Fitness First near you... Those weeks I don't manage to fit in a workout I actually miss it! It's obviously becoming addictive. Maybe if I'd realised all those years back ... Read review

Advantages: Friendly staff, countless facilities
Disadvantages: No swimming pool

When Fitness First originally opened in Lincoln, I quickly regarded it as another area of the city that would remain out of bounds to me. The word fitness was not really a prominent word in my vocabulary, nor my fiancee's. The branch first opened around a year and a half ago (I think, although I could be completely wrong), and it was around then that I started to notice quite a few friends becoming members. This confused me somewhat, as most of ...
...begrudgingly made our way to Fitness First. I was dreading it. We both were. My first impressions were good. As soon as we stepped foot in the door we were greeted by friendly staff, offering to show us around free of charge so we could see what we would be committing ourselves to. Suddenly we discovered what all the fuss was about. Ok, so there were the odd few exercise machines dotted around the place. But there is much more to Fitness First ... Read review

Advantages: welcoming, fantastic
Disadvantages: more expensive than i can afford

...if my mum had not paid but that is true of all gyms at the moment. To convert my mother who was previously obsessively against gyms and exercise to someone who dragged me out of a comfortable bed on a saturday morning shows how successful and amazing Fitness First is! ... Read review

Advantages: Nice Layout, Freebies
Disadvantages: Scams, Unhelpful Staff

Okay so when I joined the member of staff DID tell me that after the 3 months membership that I asked for would be stopped after 3 months and that after those 3 months money would stop being taken from my bank account. After 4 months they were still taking money so i stopped the direct debit and they are now sending me letters asking for more money. They have done nothing to explain to me why their member of staff tell people one thing and do another. ... Read review