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    The Gym London Ealing

    The Gym London Ealing

    2.6(15 reviews)
    0.6 miEaling

    The equipment is fair, the staff are helpful, however....The level of hygiene shown by some members…read moreis insensitive and archaic. My observations follow: 1.) I have witnessed members shaving their armpits and body hair in the sinks in the toilet areas, leaving piles of hair for the poor cleaner to clean up. 2.) Men using hair dryers in view of everyone to dry their privates after a shower. 3.) Toilet areas full of water and empty water bottles from members washing their posteriors after defecation. 4.) Broken toilet seats from members squating on toilet seats whilst defecating. 5.) Today was the final straw, which has prompted me to write this review...Faeces on the floor, the person responsible stepped on their own faeces and left a trail all the way to the sinks where they obviously washed their soiled trainers. I dread to think what was left on the gym equipment in the free weights area and the machines. I am perplexed that people can use a keypad with an electric sliding door to get into the gym and still find it difficult to engage in rudimentary personal hygiene. How can you pride yourself in coming to the gym to take care of your fitness and health, use gym equipment and not know how to conduct yourself in a civilised manor. I have been to gyms all over London and have only witnessed this backward behaviour in West London. If any of the culprits read this, take onboard that you are giving yourself and your community a very poor representation of how you conduct yourself in public.

    Very good for the price. No frills, sauna or pool. But fine if all you want is a good workout…read more In need of a few back hyper extension platforms. These old school platforms are much better and safer than the naff back machines they have. These are great bits of kit, sadly forgotten in most modern gyms... I used to be a member of Virgin, and they didn't have them either. Good seated delt raise machine, not seen in gyms before. Could do with more than one though. Same goes for pec deck.

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    Gymbox

    Gymbox

    2.2(23 reviews)
    3.6 miShepherd's Bush, White City

    Huge gym located in the Westfield Mall. They are on the top…read morefloor kind of tucked into the corner. Mens locker room has a sauna and showers and plenty of lockers as well. Theres also a recovery area and a cycling studio. The weights and boxing area are upstairs. Great set up with plenty of machines that cover every body part as well the squat racks and dumbbells. Cardio machines as well. The gym is nicely set up.

    I am very sorry GymBox, London but this review may not be as positive as I would have liked. I…read morewanted to give the company a chance to rectify the situation offline, so that I did not have to share this publicly. I have been a loyal customer of Gym Box, Westfield for some years, as I like how it is a bit more upmarket than other gyms and I am happy to pay the higher Membership.  I have found the gym to be friendly by both staff and members, motivational atmosphere, great equipment and shower/ sauna facilities. I have never had a bad experience I have been paying £20 monthly for locker hire for 1 year, which may I add is the cost of a Pure Gym Membership. In this locker, I had £600 worth of items inside - brand new Adidas clothing with tags, trainers, toiletries, underwear, , weightlifting belt, weightlifting gloves, Cobra grips, supplements, etc some of which were items that I had just bought from Westfield. One day I went to the gym as normal and when I got to my locker, my padlock was cut open and all contents inside were missing. It turns out that the staff mistakenly cut open my locker. I was never notified about this until I found this myself. When I contacted the staff, I was told that it was an admin error, which meant they didn't add my locker to the list of permanent lockers. When I asked where my belongings were, they confirmed that they had given the items to charity. I'm not sure if this is entirely accurate, as there were a lot of sporting apparel inside my locker, but I can only go on what I am told by the staff members... I have asked to be compensated (in either a cash swap or additional free 12 months Membership) for my belongings, which totalled over £600 but they have refused and offered me three months membership. I find this utterly cheeky and does not reflect the value of the stolen items, whatsoever. This is less than half the value of my missing belongings. I am really upset that I am being treated like this and I do not feel like a valued member, considering I have been a loyal customer for some years. I have been completely understanding that a mistake was made, and I am only asking for them to rectify their own mistake. This back and forth has been ongoing since August, and it is now November with nothing more offered as compensation than a few months free membership which costs them nothing as it has no outlay or impact on overheads. I would love to have this resolved to my satisfaction as soon as possible as it has been ongoing for 3 months. I want to be able to train at the gym I love with no animosity and knowing that I am a valued member by the company.

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    Pure Gym - In the corner on the lower floor, a ab crunch station

    Pure Gym

    5.0(1 review)
    3.6 miWest Kensington

    I stayed at a hotel nearby, and visited this gym recently. I went to Gymbox earlier in the week,…read morebut I found it significantly underwhelming compared to this gym. First this gym is 24 hours, so props to that. Second, it has 2 floors, a ground floor for mostly cardio and the lower level for weight training and a crossfit/functional weight area. The price is reasonable too, but the sign-up process is pretty tedious. Because the facility is so automated, so have to enter a code to get someone to show you around the place. There's a couple of kiosks available to sign up, but I recommend just signing up via the website if possible. I didn't understand how to get into the place until I had it explained to me, since I come from the US, where they have no such automated door system in place. Apparently you enter in a code, press the OK button, and you step inside the pod, and the other side will open when the first side closes. In addition to being more automated, it also reduces the airflow from the outside, which I presume indirectly saves them air conditioning and heating, though the airflow actually might be a drawback when you go downstairs to do barbell / free weight training, because it kind of smells slightly. On the whole, considering it's in London, and the alternatives are simultaneously more expensive and smaller, this is actually a good deal. But even though the weights are re-racked (which doesn't happen all the time stateside), they were all in the wrong place. It's almost like people just put it wherever there was space, no matter whether it was even a matching or pair space for the dumbbells. But once again, for the price and location, this is really small potatoes. I could see myself going here more often if I were staying here longer for a visit.

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    Pure Gym - The bathroom, relatively clean

    The bathroom, relatively clean

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    Eden Fitness - Massage and Therapy at Eden Fitness Ealing

    Eden Fitness

    3.3(4 reviews)
    0.4 miEaling

    The previous lady obviously needs help I find this gym very…read morefriendly. Premises and equipment in first class condition. No complaints whatsoever

    Eden Gym is a facade. It's all shiney with good equipment,…read moreno problem there. In fact I was enjoying my sessions there untill a group of poisionous older women started to bully me. I have been quietly getting on with my workouts when a group of older women took it in turns to undermine antagonise and basically Target me. I had to report the vile behaviour of this Sub Group to management...but the problem didnt go away. The Bitches persisted. Kate the Membership manager has NO interpersonal skills...whats so ever...all she is after is your money. She did NOTHING Except glare at me when I told her about the persistant harassment I have had from these pernicious women. I went to Eden for my Whole Health....Body Mind Spirit. I had been ordered to loose weight from a Consultant so I can have Surgury. Eden Didn't support me at all. They allowed me to be continually bullied by grey haired old ladies who seem to think it's their club....and that THEY CAN SAY WHATEVER THEY LIKE TO VULNERABLE MEMBERS. The club staff seem to support and back up this vicious group of Spiteful women... As after my verbal attack which left me shaking and in tears...NO ONE CONTACTED ME!!!! DO NOT JOIN EDEN GYM IF YOU WANT SUPPORT WITH YOUR MIND AND SOUL...There is nothing " GARDEN OF EDEN"" About this "club" . The Management do not care. They only want your money

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    Eden Fitness - Stunning 20m Swimming Pool

    Stunning 20m Swimming Pool

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