Awesome gym, friendly staff, have helped me so much with my weight loss journey and to feel better…read moreabout myself ! Definitely recommend a visit, why wait!!

Excellent gym with fantastic quality equipment. Great atmosphere and family run business. Everyone…read moreis welcome regardless of you gym going etiquette.

It's not you Bodybarre, it's me... kinda…read more This place honestly has the best set up I've seen for pole dancing and that is primarily its main specialism. I walked in the first time and there must've been at least 15 people strutting their stuff in unison on the poles. It was really impressive. However I like aerial acrobatics and as you may see from my previous reviews I've tried a fair few places. I booked onto both the four week trapeze and four week aerial hoop lessons. Both the owner and the teacher were really helpful, as I specifically emailed beforehand to make sure I would 'fit'. Sounds silly, but being almost 6 foot tall kind of works against gravity and I've found both aerial artists and your generic kit (hoops and trapezes) to generally be on the petite side (makes sense really). Which in my experience makes for a not only painful, but embarrassing and also futile workout for me. So after some reassurance I signed up and sadly this only confirmed my fears. The studio is on the top floor of a building in the Northern Quarter - which is brilliantly located - but I'm not sure the ceilings are much higher than my flat. Meaning that for me there was only enough space to sit once on the trapeze and I was very nearly scraping my head on the floor when hanging under the hoop. In my opinion if you cant stand up on a trapeze, it's basically half a lesson. Lack of space meant I didn't feel comfortable, as I was too busy worried about hitting things than actually getting into the classes and the movements. In all honesty I got bored, I felt the teaching was more focused on flair than developing strength and aerial conditioning. One reason behind this could be that a lot of class members seemed to be from the pole dancing school, in which case I'm sure they already have fantastic upper body strength. But I did book onto a beginners class and I think if I had been a genuine beginner I would have felt totally lost. Its a difficult thing to review an aerial class, because everyone has their own needs and requirements. In Bodybarre's defence they did offer me a trial half-price lesson to judge whether classes were suitable and I chose to continue and sign up for the courses after having had that trial. I guess I was just overly enthusiastic about finding somewhere for aerial in Manchester and sadly Bodybarre just isn't what I am personally looking for in a studio. However don't let me put you off, I recommend you drop them an email if you have any inkling of an interest, they have a very experienced team and were very helpful.

I had my first aerial yoga session yesterday with Penny..it was amazing.I felt great after,so…read morerelaxed and stretched from head to toe.Penny is so friendly and cheerful and a very good instructor.She also gave lots of additional information that I found interesting and helpful.The Bodybarre studio has a lovely feeling about it and there seem to be lots of fun exercise choices.I shall look forward to doing it again very soon.Thank you again.Diane Faulkner.

This is the second of ten parks I've tried that BMF operate from in Greater Manchester. Though…read moreclosest to where I live now, to be honest I still much prefer Heaton Park to train in (http://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/british-military-fitness-prestwich). This has nothing to do with the quality of the instructors, just the terrain - Sale Water Park is relatively flat and much smaller than Heaton - lacking the grassy areas and fields that a typical park has. That said, it was still a great fitness class - we utilised the M60 motorway pedestrian bridge for the warm up, running up the ramps and then down the stairs multiple times. This was followed by the usual stints of individual or paired exercises and short distance cardio around the manmade lake, ending with a cool down and stretches. I was made to feel very welcome at my first time here, everyone motivates you and you can have a laugh during the session, all whilst getting the heart pumping and fat burned away. The great thing about BMF classes is that no two are the same, each one differs in park location and exercise choices - that's what keeps it interesting for me compared to a standard gym session. Tip: Meeting point is in the car park that faces the visitor centre and Ark Cafe building.

I Joined this gym a few months ago and I have to say I was really impressed with the equipment that…read morewas there. There is a vast array of machines as well as probably the biggest set of free weights on offer in doncaster all for the very reasonable price of £10 a month. I usually train around lunch or early afternoon as these seem to be the quitest periods if you leave it much after 5 it gets really busy and even though there is plenty of machines and equipment you can struggle to get on what you need to. They run regular classes such as spinning boxercise and zumba which I dont take advantage of but is a good for the people who wish to. The changing facilities are decent enough however you do have to provide your own padlock for the lcokers which you can buy for £4 from reception which I think is steep but im sure thats how they make a little more money with the membership being so cheap. The other draw back is that they have no water machines and you have to get your water from the changing rooms where only one sink provides drinking water. When speaking with the gym about this they say it is to keep membership prices down which I cannot complain with as I have said they are cheap.

They ignore letters and e-mails asking to cancel their service…read more I'm trying to fix this now, but effectively, their representatives, Harlands have sent me a letter threatenting to charge £25.00 becuase I cancelled my Direct Debit. Of course I cancelled it, we haven't used their facilities in 10 months and we've sent several letters and e-mails to cancel now the 12 month commitment is up. I'll have to take legal action soon if this carries on, but I warn everyone to steer clear unless you intend to NEVER leave them. Pathetic.