Advantages: Get Fit, Keep Healthy, Make Friends and Chill Out Disadvantages: Not one!
LivingWell Brindley Place.
I've just moved to Birmingham and luckily for me LivingWell Brindley Place is literally a five minute walk from me.
Rather than just signing up I checked out their website and found they offer a couple of options if you just want a trial. You can either pay a one of £10 charge and use all the facilities for the whole day, or if you tell them you are interested in becoming a member you can spend the day there for free and have a chat with one of the sales team.
THE STAFF: The reception team are always really friendly and ask you how you are. Once they've swiped you in they thank you by your name. You are provided with a small and large towel. One is perfect for taking into the gym with you, and the other is for showering. This is a nice touch.
THE CHANGING ROOMS: You have two options ...
I started here in September with my mum and we go once a week and make full use of the gym and pool facilities available. I was previously a member at the Isospa Gym in the Mote Park Leisure Centre (another local gym) and stopped my membership, as I previously didn't have enough time. With LivingWell giving free trial sessions and mass promotions we gave it ago!
*****Location*****
It is in the Hilton Hotel Maidstone, which is found just off junction 7 on the M20. You need to turn right at the first roundabout and go back on yourself at the next, its too big to miss! Once your in you need to follow the wiggly one way car park round and over three quite large speed bumps, round the back of the hotel and almost to the front again. Parking is ample with big wide spaces.
*****History*****
Livingwell used to be part ...
Advantages: city centre location Disadvantages: expensive, staff have poor attitude
stating these changes and others besides and stated that the showers, swimming pool and changing room facilities would not be available for a two week period - but the gym would still be open and there would be no possibility of a refund as the club was offering alternative facilites at another livingwell club near the M1 motorway.
First of all: the facilites available elsewhere are already available as part of our membership as the contract allows 4 visits a month to any other club.
For someone like myself these alternative facilites were of no use because I had no car.
When I politely spoke to the manager he told me that refunds for the two week period were no available because the gym was still open (note no changing facility or showering facility or storage for personal belongings makes use difficult)
After speaking to ...
