You (almost) get what you pay for.
Changing rooms always have locks on the double lockers, even though most of them are empty. Some of the lockers are broken in that they can't shut but they still have a padlock on them.
The smell in the toilet (and changing room) is absolutely vile, raw sewage. The toilet and changing areas are far too small for a gym of this size.
The gym itself has plenty of equipment, however I've never been able to use even 50% of the stations/machines that I had writen for my workout. I've gone as latre as 11pm and as early as 7am and every hour in between, IT'S ALWAYS FULL! never possible to do a proper workout because when I write down a list of, say chest and arms excercises, I end up having to substitute 3 or 4 excercises with something totally unrealted, just using whatever available piece of equipment I can find.
Not to mention the dumbells are always messed up, I don't think I've ever had the pair of dumbbells that I've needed, always have to get something upwards of 6kg lighter or heavier. At the busy times of the day you can't even get a cardio station.
I have no idea how many people are registered at this gym but it has to be over 50 thousand. That means it generates over £1million per month yet they can't be bothered to invest in a larger changing room or cleaners or more dumbbells, corporate greed at it's finest. Anyway if you have money, join Nuffield otherwise just go for a run outside and do some push ups at home.
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