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Sports Club in Kinston upon Thames

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 ...

beanie8844 18.06.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Esporta Club, Kingston-Upon-Thames

Committing to get fit in Kingston

Advantages: Very friendly and helpful staff. It has a women only gym
Disadvantages: So many stairs and no swimming pool

LA Fitness in Kingston Upon Thames might be LA Fitness's smallest gym but I think it makes up for that by being such a friendly place with a real sense of community. I have only joined in the past couple of weeks so can only share what I have experienced up to now. LA Fitness is very accessible. It is easily visible from Kingston Railway Station; as you come out of the station go straight ahead of you and cross the road at the pedestrian crossing. ...
...a month you can get LA Wide membership which means that you can use any LA Fitness gym at any time EXCEPT the South Kensington branch. An advantage of this type of membership is that you never need to carry a towel with you; each time you visit you get free hire of a towel which you simply hand in for laundering at the end of your work out session. Incidently ladies the changing facilities are communal but LA Fitness do provide free shampoo, cleansing ...

whytelexie 14.01.2003 · Read full review
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Review of LA Fitness, Kingston-Upon-Thames

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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