I gave a great review because I love the gym, the members and it's staff. I've given a few useful pointers to try to help improve things here and there but the sad truth is they're always pushed aside for fear of upsetting anyone. We need a seated calf raise machine, I've been asking for this for 2 years with no result. We have two dedicated glute raise machines upstairs and two resting boards downstairs solely for glute raises in the gym which makes me wonder if glutes are a newly discovered body part. A seated calf raise is a small machine that is very useful but we still can't get one.
In addition to this Pure gym prides itself on being a safe place to train. Day after day I go in and see someone has pushed the flat and decline bench press machines all the way to the wall which makes it impossible to spot someone on the bench, and it doesn't leave enough space for the weights to be put back. I've pointed this out more times than I can remember but nothing has been done. How can it be a safe gym if you can't spot someone while bench pressing? Does this make sense? Maybe I'm old fashioned.
Lastly the signs asking members to replace weights are useless because the problem remains. A sign at the entrance asking for consideration to fellow members will not offend or scare any new comers away. In fact it will re assure them that this is a safe gym in which mutual consideration for each other is a priority. The question I have is will any one be "brave" enough to implement these simple changes?