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Advantages: if you want to make a lifetime commitment to a poor to average gym, great
Disadvantages: i don't live within a hour of a virgin active &they're taking me to court!

...court ! No correspondence from Virgin in that time, staff very unhelpful, and clearly bored with dealing with this problem. 3 months notice to exit actually refer to 3 specific months! And no guarantee that they won't just ignore you, as you have to cancel from the website, and have no record of your own! And if you are willing to debate the matter you could find yourself 'rolling over' into another 12 month contract, as they won't let you cancel ... Read review

Advantages: More children, no equipment, more expensive food, less changing areas
Disadvantages: They'll probably still make loads of money - vote with your feet people!!!

...above cannot be current!! David Lloyd is turning into a cafeteria with few a pieces of gym equipment attached to it. They have no respect for members requirements, and after 3 months of training in a building site (as part of the appalingly managed "refurb") - I've now been told have to start paying more money for the priveledge. For my extra money I will get inferior gym equipment (cardio machines are replaced with technogym equipment that doesn't ...
...it COULD be so good but this gym is all about taking your hard earned cash. David Lloyds should rename the club McFitness or Tesco's Fitness Emporium. I'm bitterly dissapointed after being a member for nearly 3 years - avoid! avoid! avoid! Corporate rubbish! with one motive: cash!!!!. ... Read review

Advantages: Clean, friendly, good for all fitness levels
Disadvantages: Expensive

I joined Virgin Gym with my partner about nine months ago, lured by a friendly, low-pressure salesperson, and the chance of saving money on a joining offer. It cost us £70 between us to join, and the rest of the month was free. Luckily for us, we joined at the beginning of a month. The administration side seemed efficient, except for a slight hitch with the direct debit, but that may have been our bank. It costs us £49 per month for peak membership, ...
...well. There is another Virgin Gym in Leeds, in Great George Street, which is cheaper and offers corporate discounts but doesn't have a pool. The gym itself is big, clean and airy. Downstairs, there is a reception area, free computer and playstation area, cafe (offering healthy and not so healthy food at very reasonable prices), comfy seating area and library with more free-to-use computers. There is also a Virgin Cosmetics/Virgin Vie shop and a ... Read review

Advantages: Clean, various equipment.
Disadvantages: gets overcrowded, small, expensive, tied into a 12 month contract, shuts early on weekend

...My flatmate and I joined LA Fitness in Leeds in about February of this year. Being a person who is very active I have been to lots of gyms before but decided to have a look round LA Fitness as it is in the centre of town and seemed to be fairly quite. The fact that the person who showed us around the gym was your stereotypical sales person who only seemed interested in getting us to join should have been enough for me to leave immediately, but for ...
...As with everything else at LA Fitness the size of the changing rooms isn’t big enough for the amount of customers in peak hours. Another thing that pissed me off on various occasions is that even in a place that you have to pay £39.99 per month to use – the toilets where still nasty, all too often being blocked up with toilet paper and feces. The gym itself was always clean, and has a nice atmosphere. It has multiple running machines, exercise bikes, ... Read review

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 ... Read review