Fitness First, Holloway, London

...free joining fee. I joined Fitness First in October 2007, being a student I was able to pay the reduced membership fee of £32 per month. The staff were very courteous when I joined up and thanked me for joining. From this point in the level of service I received immediately depleted. A few days after joining I, with my sister (who joined with me) went for the first time hoping for some form of introduction. We received no such introduction. Our ...
...am still a member of Fitness First. Something I must say to everyone wanting to join this gym or any other gym probably is that you must be completely sure that you have to time a will-power to attend the gym. I do not, and because of this I am paying membership for a gym I don’t attend. ...

shister_not 15.07.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Fitness First, Holloway, London

Fitness first is a waste of money I joined and it was awlful staff were unintrested the eq was broken and facilitys really bad I would not waste my money again You can however get free day passes to this gym by logging on to www.fitnessfirst.co.uk and try it for your self for nothing but don't spend your own dosh here. Are Gyms really all they are cracked up to be well unless you have thousands of £££ and can afford a year round personal trainer ...
...my answer would have to be NO. After all the average Gym is going to cost you about £250 a year to be a member and £35 a month to go and most of us won't go more than twice a week if that so are the benefits of being able to say oh i have gym membership really worth it. Sure you may make yourself feel slightly better about yourself just because you have a gym card and can claim to go all the time but i would suggest saving yourself a lot of money ...

barrytoplis 14.10.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Fitness First, Holloway, London

BEWARE COMPANY POLICY: My son joined fitness first and two months in to his membership had to change banks. His new bank details for a direct debit were incorrect, resulting in him missing a payment. He went straight down to the gym and paid the fee when he received a letter informing him of the era. The second time this happened instead of calling him in to resolve the problem they called in Debt Collectors who demanded £374. My son and I went down to the gym and paid the monthly fee and made a new direct debit. The manager was well aware of the problem with the wrong information being taken from different debit cards. Then we was informed he would have to pay £25 to stop the Debt Collectors from there "Recovery Actions" Maybe fitness first should change there name to "Greed First" My son and his five friends will be leaving the gym when their contract expires, to find one that is friendly and cares about there customers. Remember you do have a choice BE WARNED! If this has happened to you leave a review, so you can warn others ...

mwalton4 03.05.2007
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Review of Fitness First, Holloway, London

Here's some inside info on Fitness First and how to get the upper hand: Follow these rules to get the best membership rates. 1) suggest you really keen to join TODAY but you don't want to pay the joining fee. FF sales staff are not targetted on joining fee's so will waver this completely if they think you will join that day. 2) You will always have to pay the admin fee, this is a clever fee designed by the fitness industry as a whole to get more ...
...to DOES NOT have a fitness first within a 5 MILE radius. Its in the contract so make use of it. c) if you suffer injury and cannot train you can legally terminate you membership provided you have a doctors note.........good time to be friends with someone in the NHS or medical student. Lastley if you work for a big company, you can get a free membership at FF if you negotiate a deal with the sales staff to Promote FF within your company. This is ...

Logan33 29.01.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Fitness First, Holloway, London

I was a member of Fitness First Holloway for nearly two years until last December and had no problems whatsoever. The location is easy to get to from either Finsbury Park or Holloway Road and there is a bus stop right outside. (The number 29 from Camden stops there). It is open from 7 on weekdays and 8.30 at weekends. Mid afternoon onwards is the busiest time and can get overcrowded when people are finishing work. Seven Sisters Road which the gym ...
...market and not pleasant after dark. The gym itself is well equipped for the monthly rate I was paying (36 quid and no signing on fee). There are rows or treadmills and bikes facing the televisions and there was always space. There is a seperate weights room and a small scale gym in the back. There is also a sauna, steam room and sun bed in the back and free lockers. Near the front desk you can sit down and have a free drink and read the newspaper ...

jimmmy100 26.04.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Fitness First, Holloway, London

I used to love this gym when I first joined over 5 yrs ago. There is a very high turn over of staff, very rude, never saying sweet FA, well only when they felt like it. Met some nice people there but it's best to go in the morning otherwise it could seem like a pick up joint. The seam/sauna area needs the cam there because someone had a nice poo in the jacuzzi. maybe because they was angry about the service they was getting. After I found out I never ...
...a waste of time. Don't bother!!! esp with whose Meat head managers. If you still want to go there is other local gyms near by. OH yes I've found men shaving in the sauna countless times leaving used blades! empy beer cans... Also one female member of staff go punched in the face because she was full of attitude. Her 2 brothers used be worked there and they also used this place as a pick up joint, which got them into a bit of bother. ...

ciaobella7 22.08.2006 · Read full review
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I have Been trainining here over couple of years, and in clubs my entire adult life . This was a good no nonsence place to train, with adequate facilities, now its starting to look run down and tired...but still ok ...Sadly a new manager (Andy) and a studio manager joined a while back and since then - have succeeded in antagnising large percentage of the clients and most of the staff. Resulting in an every increasing quick turnover of clients ...

LeeCiao 27.06.2006 · Read full review
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This gym is pandering to the lowest common denominator. Although it's supposed to be open until 10 (which isn't exactly late) the staff will start hassling you at 9:30 to start getting showered and changed. As a woman I rarely felt comfortable about going to the jacuzzi - it was often full of two or three loud guys who I didn't feel comfortable sharing with. In classes they quite often have the music dangerously loud (and their sound system is awful). ...
...stuff! The equipment is packed really close together, so it's hard to get around from one piece to the next. A few of the staff are OK, but they turn over very quickly - the ones who have been there for a while still know frighteningly little about sports and fitness! ...

WorldGirl 13.10.2000 · Read full review
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Review of Fitness First, Holloway, London

...also run a forum about Fitness First , it contains insightful information about this company and some real opinions and feedback about FitnessFirst ! So before you join one of the FitnessFirst gyms come and have a look at our forums . I changed my direct debit as I had changed my bank. Fitness First failed to change it on the computer, which meant I incurred £60 of bank charges. I didn't get any where with the club but when I spoke to the customer ...
...fight goes on. Do not use Fitness First. I am sure you hear this all the time but from a personal point of view I found your article very valuable and enjoyable. Thank you for your organisation and enthusiasm. Kind Regards: FitnessFirst Sucks. http://www.fitnessfirstsucks.com ...

FitnessFirstSucks 11.10.2006 · Read full review
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