The womens only area has completely ruined the upstairs of the gym. The owner mentioned its a small area, but it literally takes up 30% of the upstairs floorspace.

This has resulted in all the machines being crammed together like sardines - No room to move, no personal space, and if you want to wait to use a machine you have nowhere to stand, the entire setup now is entirely impractical.

Downstairs seems like an overall improvement, altho no idea why they wasted space with a big ole metal fence..

But the upstairs has majority of the machines, all of which are now extremely close to each other, giving everyone an inferior experience.

I understand the idea around a womens only space, however it should not come at the expense of *all* gym members who pay the same amount no-matter their gender, it should not take up so much space, and it should not result in turning the upstairs to a squished, awkward, uncomfortable experience.

Will be cancelling my membership shortly, and have heard a lot of others will be doing the same for the reasons I listed above.

Edit: They've replied with a copy and paste saying its a small compromise - Its not small at all, its taken up 30% of the space,resulted in the entire upstairs being cramped, and now we have lasses moving machines into the area so men can't even use them or get them back!