To expencive for what you get.
I guess you need some sort of benchmark before you give a review. Though I note quite a few 5 star it's never going to be as good as the gym across the road or the one at Port Solent so these things have to be in context to be fare and a review should be balanced.
I have been a member for the last two years but I'm not going to renew and here is why. I have some niggles that with a reasonable price I could overlook but at the current cost for what you get it's just not good value. I read a review somewhere where the person called it a "spit and sawdust gym" which I think hits the nail on the head, basic, bit dirty but has everthing most gym goers need. If you don't notice how grubby and tired it is then then you should be happy. As an operations manager for retail stores maybe I just notice these things which for many are not really a problem. The changing rooms are a discrace though and I can't bring myself use them any more. Just to dirty and I got fed up by female cleaners just walking in unannounced. Floor needs a good scrub and the loos are a health hazard but and when I have had to use them they have been a bit smelly. Locker doors are missing and hanging off with many broken so you can't lock your stuff away. Not sure about the female changing room. I guess they don't have men wander in and quite right too.
The equipment all looks very old though gets repaired quickly when broken. Seems mostly geared towards weight training but other equipment is available and normaly in good working order It's never to busy when I go and I can genuinely do what I want to do which is good but I'm not sure about peak times Old wlequipment but you can do what you want to do and after all that's why you go to the gym.
The place has staff because I have seen them but in the two years I have been going I don't think they have ever acknowledge me but you can make of that what you will. To be fair I have seen then being friendly with other customers so maybe it's me.
From the minuite you see the building (I remember back in the day when in belonged to another gym company) it screames run down and needs some tlc and nothing like the old days.
All that said if it's local to you it's worth a look, personally I think it's now overpriced for what it is but it will be intresting to joint another local comparable gym that is more moden and cheaper to see the difference. At the right price I would have put up with what I think are negative points, maybe I expect to much, I'm sure it will suite some people as it's got some good reviews. Parking is good, the place has just had a lick of paint which shocked me and they also have a new juice bar which I note today also has a coffee machine.
One last point, try using the hand gel, however little you put on your hands you can't get rid of the stuff. I'm not complaining I think it's funny. Just says it all about the cheap cheap running of the place.
