Life Fitness 95RI Recumbent Lifecycle

Advantages: Good prices, good equipment, video library, free soft drinks and newspapers, free parking, women only gym
Disadvantages: Not central, need £1 for the lockers

...I have been a member of Fitness First for just over four years. I joined in London, and have recently moved my membership to Leicester. Fitness First Leicester is part of an international chain of fitness clubs. Your membership is valid wherever you go, although some clubs abroad charge a small supplement because they offer deluxe services. The Leicester club is next to the Walkers Stadium, so it can be a bit chaotic on match days. It shares a parking lot with a Staples office products store, and you are issued a window sticker without which you can't park when there is an event at the stadium. Joining is easy. You speak to one of their consultants, and they sort out the best deal for you. I had a problem because instead of transferring my membership from London, they cancelled it. But it worked out well because they were having... Read review

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Advantages: Good classes, excellent customer service
Disadvantages: No pool

...I joined Peak Fitness after my not-so-brilliant experiences with the Gloucester Esporta (see other op). Peak Fitness is about 5 minutes from our new house, and had been reccomended to me by several people at work. So, shortly after Christmas I decided i'd better wear off all that turkey and mince pies and join the gym. **Who are they** Peak Fitness is a chain club, but a lot smaller than the likes of Esporta and Fitness First. They have gyms in Cheltenham, Gloucester, Docklands, Palmers Green, Woking, Worcester, Whitley Bay, Tonbridge & 2 in Newcastle. They are also known as Arena in Northern Ireland. You can use any of these gyms as a member for no extra cost. **Facilities** The Gloucester club is situated on the outskirts of the city, in a large open shopping area. There is plenty of parking, even when it's sale time... Read review

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Advantages: Spacious, comfortable, friendly well equipped gym.
Disadvantages: Oh dear, it has a bar!

...which about 5 are recumbent) - 25 treadmills - 6 steppers - 6 arm peddles... (for lack of a better name hand peddle bikes where you peddle with your arms) - 14 x trainers with arm action - 8 cross trainers with no arm action All cardio equipment has CPR programmes and can read the heart rate monitors you can buy from polar etc. It is all in excellent condition. Again all the resistance equipment is Technogym. Spread out over two rooms, there are at least two or more of each machine. There are also some loose weights, and numerous mats with ab machines and an abundance of exercise balls. ENTERTAINMENT All cardio equipment is fitted with headphone socket and station selectors so you can listen to any of the main radio stations or channels such as BBC, Sky Sport, MTV etc shown on several large plasmas. (managed to catch Dr Who... Read review

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