What can I say? They grew on me! The first time I went in I met someone no longer working there…read morewho gave a bad impression. The experience I had with David was in stark contrast and absolutely fantastic. My consultation was unhurried and in depth. He picked up on a few weaknesses and gave great nutritional and lifestyle advice. My training session a week later was fun! The programme I was given was entirely personalised to me. It was the opposite to a "cookie cutter" programme that you see handed out in many gyms or in books. I was given exercises that specifically addressed my personal issues and were part physical therapy, part training. They were adapted to suit me as we went along and modifications suggested. I left feeling enthusiastic and with a new confidence in my abilities! I love it that they are so contactable-I was able to email David afterwards with questions and they are very active on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dublin-Ireland/The-Edge-Clontarf/114810641871232) and Twitter (@TheEdgeClontarf) where they post videos and give advice. They really do care about their clients and get genuinely excited when they achieve goals. They're like the ultimate cheer squad! People who put the personal into personal training and actually care about their clients. Win! P.S: Forgot to mention: they're annoyingly accurate in their body fat testing too. I've had a couple of body composition Dexa scans at different levels so I kind of have a vague idea what level I'm at myself. I'd estimate that Dave was pretty much bang on. Dexa is increasingly seen as the gold standard (i.e. best) test these days so they probably get to add "gold standard fingers" to their list of attributes. Has a certain ring to it I think!

Love The Edge! All the guys in here are super motivating and supportive. I had my initial consult…read morewith James and I would have never said I'd enjoy going to the gym but I really do now! And anyone who could have fixed my big bum deserves 5 stars!

Ok this is more of a 3.5 than a 3, but I have to talk about the reception staff here. Surely…read moreensconced within the 'receptionist' role, is a warm RECEPTION for your guests? Those who pay the bills? Each time I've come in here, I've had one gripe or another. Either they are too busy chatting amongst themselves to say hello or goodbye, or they're just not super arsed in being friendly. I get that they're busy, but this is not a cheap gym by any stretch of the imagination so it would be nice to be received with a bit more courtesy. I arrived today at 1.42pm to register for spinning class at 2pm. They say that registration opens 15 mins before each class, so despite being there and ready to go, the receptionist turned to another spinner and I telling us we'd have to wait to register. Now this isn't some high tech scenario on a computer that literally doesn't open til the set time - it's jotting your name down on a piece of paper. I would like to say in full disclosure that the receptionist was tending to someone else at the time, but if she had enough time to turn to us and tell us we'd have to wait til quarter to for signing our name, surely she'd have had enough time to pass us the registration paper. Thankfully which is what another staff member did, once he heard the comment from his colleague. It took him about 0.2 seconds to pass us the sheet. A bit of common sense wouldn't go astray in situations like this. I'm still a major fan of this gym and most of the staff so far have been great, but it would be great if there was a bit less of a "Computer Says Noooooo" attitude in here (What an episode that was!)

I need to update this review with major news!…read more After a hard training, I usually go as far as the shower and don't even take the time to dry my hair before I go home. This time I felt like pushing my boundaries, wearing my bikini in public, and going to the spa. 1* For the spa: It's called spa but it's basically a huge swimming pool, a sauna, a steam room, a jaccuzzi, and tropical showers - meaning different water temperature. The place is warm - not too warm ! - and clean. I have a bit of an OCD when it comes to hygiene and this place has my stamp of approval. 1* For the sauna: Dry heat as you would expect. The interior is made of wood and the heat place is made of stones. There are 3 different levels and - of course - as the heat goes up the highest seats are warmer. It's not too hot so you can have a good sweat. Don't stay too long though and do not wear jewelry - you will get burnt. 1* For the showers: I love to alternate sauna / medium heat shower to cold / steam room. Some people like to take a cold shower right away but I don't appreciate the extreme change in temperature. I go for medium heat shower and possibly cold after that, it has to be step by step. 1* For the steam room: What a great sensation to be in a steam room! The heat and humidity is no overwhelming and that's a plus. You can't stay very long - as per usual - but you can still handle a good moment. Also there is an ambiance music played in the room to help fully relax. This place is a treat ! You eliminate the bad toxines in your body, you work on your breathing system, and you relax all at once. I haven't tried the swimming poor nor the jaccuzzi but that should happen very soon. 1* For the hair dryer: OMG Those hair dryers are so amazing it only take a few minutes to get my hair completely dry. And my hair is long to my waist. And not easily cooperative when it comes to drying! I need to take a picture of how everything is set up, but in short you can find 4/5 hair dryers and 1 hair straightener along a long mirror. You have space to put your brush or other hair/make-up products and get ready. Even when it's busy girls always make space for one another. Very friendly changing room ! 1* For the free trial: I asked for a few trial tickets for my boyfriend. They couldn't give any because this gets sent from the headquarter. At first I thought it was a bummer but then I remembered that a couple of months ago I received free trial tickets by post and a 5 day pass as well ! Should I remove a star ? It's true there should be more flexibility on that aspect but on the other hand they send a lot of incentives by post. I leave this star for now :D 1* For the beauty centre: Today I noticed a new poster in the entrance promoting a new beauty centre. Opening soon facilities for waxing, semi-permanent make-up, manicure, and pedicure. There was something else but I don't remember... Anyway, depending on the price I might want to take a look and report to my fellow yelpers :) That's all for now. Let me know if you have any questions and I will do my best to answer them ! #yelpmeplease #eliteyelper #yelp

Great gym but can get busy in the evening and sometimes they over charge me on my monthly feeread more

I cannot recommend this place enough, its my go to place for some sanctuary in the evenings…read more You can join this gym for €29 a month or pay €32 to roam between any of the Flyefit gyms. Its really well kitted out here, plenty of free weights, benches, machines, squat racks and most importantly bars and plates are in abundance. If you have any issues the staff are quick to email you back in the main office and the staff in the gym itself are always very pleasant too. Nobody really bothers you here so you can get in and get it done if thats your kind of thing. They even have astro type fake well cushioned grass to stretch on and do floor exercises. Obviously if you come here during peak times you are asking for it - take your place among the rat run. But if you can get in when its quiet there is plenty of space to practice your best poses for the Arnold Classic! Never had a problem here, would genuinely be sad if I left Dublin to see the back of this place. Its a great gym... Come here on Friday and Saturday nights if you want to get to grips with a different kinda bar.

After only three Quickfitness sessions I am already beginning to see the benefits in my fitness. In…read moreshort, 15 minute training sessions I feel like I am getting much more reward than my usual 2 hour gym sessions. The instructor, Geza, is also extremely friendly and helpful. I would recommend that anyone looking to improve their fitness tries Quickfitness, it's really brilliant.

From the owner: About Quickfitness Quickfitness represents the latest…read moregeneration of EMS appliances. It gives tension to muscles by electrical impulses of low amperage and involves 90 % of the body musculature in the work, without straining (overcharging) tendons and articulations - that's why this method is not only efficient but also extremely safe. Since it causes muscle groups to work simultaneously and in addition to surface muscles it affects deep muscles, as well, a 20-minute special training program corresponds to a 2-hour body movement (traditional exercising) of intensive muscular work.

I and my missus were using this gym for more than a year and this is the best gym I've been to…read more Equipment, infrastructure, crowd and price wise, best I could name in Dublin. Westwood gym asks (approximately) €600 per year + membership joining fee of €100 (used to be back in 2011). Where Northwood was €250 per year + 2 or 4 months for free. Northwood gave us small towels and their branded sports bags. Isn't that grate? Yes it is (I should stop talking to myself) :) ! This gym is quite newly built. Very spacious. Guess what? No kids, well, very little if none. We were in Total Fitness once and my missus was shocked... Loads of kids of six seven years old with bloody mommies in the ladies changing rooms... Kill me now :) Gyms has lots of stuff: more than basic equipment, various classes, men and women have separate "warm up" areas with different equipment, two saunas, two steam rooms, 25 meter pool, jacuzzis (lying and sitting). I'll be going there when possible!

Having been at the Jervis St branch of Ben Dunne's gyms I find these one to be way better…read more The staff are the same type, and the equipment may be a little older but the selection of equipment you have to choose your torture from far out weighs Jervis. Yes there are all the same weight lifting stuff if you are in to that sort of thing, but there are more types of cross trainers, muscle builders and the likes. There are classes in Aerobics, Abs, Pilates, etc held in there 2 studios.... And they are all FREE! And for the best part, after you have killed all your muscles you can then proceed to the Jacuzzi, steam room, sauna and swimming pool. I don't go near swimming pools but it looks pretty ordered if you want to swim in lanes or just random paddling. Jervis has all you need for a gym workout but Northwood is far superior with the added bonuses.

(Swimming pool)It's good for children because clubs and lessons are on All the time but adults…read morenever get to do lanes and actually exercise. In the leisure pool there's never lessons only individual ones but there not allowed they do it anyways, The leisure pool is too hot. I'm probably wrong but when young boys jump into the pool the get told not to like 20 minutes later but when girls do it it's 1 minute after I've seen this alot going swimming is a weekly thing (usually 3 days a week) so I see a lot of this. The lifeguards are rude overall. Now onto the showers there's about 9-10 showers there one of them is always freezing and the others are cold-hot-boiling-freezing that's the cycle it goes in and it goes fast so you're in and out even though I said there's about 9-10 one is broken so I'm not sure how much. Onto the lockers very confusing for me not sure about other people though they are tiny. The key doesn't go in sometimes and these keys are attached to a wristband but some of them don't and that makes it harder to find a locker. That's just the swimming area.

i paid two euro for a locker expecting my money back, but it didnt. the key was stuck and once it…read moreFINALLY opened, i looked inside and the two euro was still inside. the staff aren't great either. overall a horrible place.

The classes here are really good and most of the trainers are nice and professional and I never get…read morethe feeling they look down on us chubby get fitters. The only issue I would have is that the jacussi is never hot enough and chlorine smelling. Other than that I love that the gym is never overrun with kids, too many bodies and has welcoming decor.

Was told today that the towel service is being withdrawn as of tomorrow. Such a very disappointing…read moreservice. The staff and management within the gym itself remain exceptional. Hotel/hotel group management practice the most awful customer service. I raised these issues with senior management by e-mail weeks ago and was told he would take my comments on board. I doubt he even read what I sent. I think that it shows a complete lack of respect for the customer to not deal with complaints adequately and not to listen. I had an issue with Virgin Atlantic once regarding a flight and the response was speedy and apologetic. I would fly with them again in an instant and recommend them to friends. The Regency hotel group management obviously don't care and really don't deserve your money or my recommendation. The thing that makes it a difficult review is that the staff and management within the gym are really excellent and so friendly (they learn your name!). They deserve to keep their jobs so hopefully the gym membership will remain large enough. The hotel management could learn from them.

This is a gymnastics training facility for kids up to late teens. They have a fantastic, large…read morebright airy building with limited parking on site. The venue itself is fully equipped with a sprung floor. All gym equipment is present & there's a junior & senior display team who compete internationally. Full training is provided in mixed classes by a highly trained staff. Although it can be a little expensive - there's no pay as you go option, if your child is suited toward it, this is a great place to get them into.