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Virgin Active Croydon - It Didn't Work Out

Advantages: Clean, functional, has all key facilities and equipment.
Disadvantages: Cramped, basic and has a poor ambiance.

...I was living at working. Virgin Active Fitness Club in the Grants complex, Croydon, fitted the bill in this respect and I’ve been a member there since November 2008. Why Did I Join a Gym? There are many reasons for joining a gym. These include vanity; concern about health; a desire to improve fitness for sporting or professional reasons; programmes for recovery from injury; and no doubt various other reasons that haven’t even crossed my mind. ...
...My decision to join Virgin Active rather than any other gyms was based on location and to an extent on brand recognition – I was aware that Virgin Active was a major player in gym provision and felt that I couldn’t go too far wrong. The only other gym I’ve been a member of before was the Fitness First at Cottons near London Bridge, which was an excellent gym with which I was very satisfied, but which was no longer suitable once I wasn’t working in ...

MikeOCarroll 04.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Virgin Active Fitness Club, Croydon

Going downhill

Advantages: Central to Croydon near buses and ten minutes from station and tram
Disadvantages: Ten minutes from station and tram

Having joined Holmes Place in Croydon two years ago when it was all sparkly and new things have since changed somewhat. It is still one of the newer gyms in Croydon and as such the equipment and furnishings are often better than at other nearby gyms but staff at the moment seem preoccupied with saving money. Many of the classes listed on the back of the timetable (Hi/Lo, Urban Funk/ Circuit Training, Boxercise, Ab Attack, Total Body Conditioning ...
...if another gym opens in central Croydon I will be taking a look at their facilities. However, Holmes Place has just been taken over by Virgin Active which might be having an effect on staff morale and once things have settled down things may begin to improve - fingers crossed ...

Buzz3 20.12.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Holmes Place, Croydon

a disgrace

Advantages: its cheep
Disadvantages: staff are unhelpful, violent and abusive. the management don't care

in my opinion you should never go anyware near this gym. the facilities suck and the staff are very abusive and unhelpful. i seen a disabled person being attacked and no one helped him. member of staff who hit the disabled man still works there. in my opinion, the staff are violent and the managemet just turn a blind eye to this. i found the gym very dirty and unhygenic, there was mould growng on the tiles in the shower area and outside the sauna. ...

mrash 29.12.2009 · Read full review

Review of Fitness First, Leeds

OUGHT TO HAVE A WEALTH WARNING

Advantages: Good tennis
Disadvantages: Personally witnessing a long-standing member being refused entry.

OUGHT TO HAVE A WEALTH WARNING: The club appears to tie the members into very long contracts (currently, I believe 12 months notice) and this year when my membership was due for renewal the club did not adhere to their own contract with regards to price increases, 14a & 14b of the contract in particular. The office staff, in charge of Membership Relations, I found to be rather dishonest! I personally experienced some very unethical tricks when negotiating ...
...who she is, will even insist that she does not receive emails as official notice of resignation or retraction, depending on what benefits her, of course. I have also personally witnessed a long-standing member being refused entry to the club only 2 days after his payment ran out. How ruthless! Be careful! ...

Artexy1971 22.12.2009 · Read full review

Review of David Lloyd Clubs, Cardiff

Don't join

Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Facilities

...has meant that companies like LA Fitness continue to operate when they ought to shrivel up and dissappear. This club is awful! Showers are closed, though if you were to go inside them you would find broken floor tiles and a leaking roof. The exercise studio features a leaking roof and lots of 'feature' puddles that gym instrutors need to warn of, just in case a member falls. The club is like an unwanted puppy - neglected, tired and in need of some ...
...complete the much promised £1m refurbishment as its unusable at present. It's a shame as I have been a member for many years and used to love it - a really friendly and and intimate club, which under the 'new' ownership of LA Fitness has been run into the ground. ...

busymummy1972 11.12.2009 · Read full review
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