This is a review for the Next Generation Health Club in Hatfield, although they are all pretty much the same.
I joined the club in July last year as I had gone into default too many times with my local "Cannons" gym so I decided to switch. I had passed Next Generation a couple of times and it looked amazing. So I called up and I was offered a 5-day trial, which I thought was pretty generous until Will told me that it cost £19.66 which is outrageous.
But anyway I joined up and their prices are on average, about £10-15 a month more expensive than any other gym in Hertfordshire.
The quality of the equipment is fantastic, they seem to invest in new things that other gyms won't, reflex testing and a wall climber puts it slightly ahead of other local health clubs. But it is not without it's flaws. Even the more budget gyms I have been to offered huge, widescreen lcd televisions to watch while using the cardio equipment. Next gen offers 5 "Beko" 28" regular televisions which I find quite stingey since they receive sponsorship money from Mercedes-Benz as well as all the membership fees. Quite often some of the equipment is out of order, but I must say that they carry out repairs very quickly.
If you go to this club, you will see that about 80% of it's members are 30-somethings, driving VW Passat's and Mondeo's or chavs with rich parents. I don't mean to be offensive, but because of this, the gym has a very unwelcoming feel and the general feeling is that everything they offer is to maximise profits rather than do anything ethically.
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