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By *hyguy9iMan 12 weeks ago
Merthyr Tydfil |
I go to the one near me and had plenty good days as well as bad. Mostly due to teens circling one machine not allowing enough room for others but the workers and other gym members help and keep to them selves.
I forgot to add that sometimes it can be overcrowded but the app shows how many are at the gym at that. |
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"Im thinking of going back to the gym after along hiatus. There is a puregym close to me at a very a very resonable monthly fee.
Does anyone have any good/bad experiances with this chain?"
Depends what you want and need. Based on my experience, the equipment is ok. Facilities and maintenance of the building and fittings is quite bad. Changing rooms awful and cramped.
Showers likewise. And extremely busy to the point of it being quite stressful to visit.
I cancelled my membership after just one month and signed up to a more expensive, but less busy, gym.
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By *zeroMan 12 weeks ago
Glasgow |
They are fine but one thing that annoyed me was the squat rack and deadlift platforms always either had a que or someone using them in every Pure I went to.
I use JD Gym now and they have multiple ones so I never really have to wait.
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"Im thinking of going back to the gym after along hiatus. There is a puregym close to me at a very a very resonable monthly fee.
Does anyone have any good/bad experiances with this chain?
Depends what you want and need. Based on my experience, the equipment is ok. Facilities and maintenance of the building and fittings is quite bad. Changing rooms awful and cramped.
Showers likewise. And extremely busy to the point of it being quite stressful to visit.
I cancelled my membership after just one month and signed up to a more expensive, but less busy, gym.
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Must depend where you go. Our changing rooms are always dead. Ours are upstairs but there's separate lockers downstairs along the walls so people who arrive and leave in their gym gear generally just use those. I've never been in the changing rooms with more than like 2 or 3 people and I'm usually in there on my own. Nearly every time I've showered there I've been the only one in there despite their being 8 showers. |
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"Im thinking of going back to the gym after along hiatus. There is a puregym close to me at a very a very resonable monthly fee.
Does anyone have any good/bad experiances with this chain?"
Get a free 3 day pass and see if it suits your needs.
Puregym, we're doing no joining fee and 1st month half price. |
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"Im thinking of going back to the gym after along hiatus. There is a puregym close to me at a very a very resonable monthly fee.
Does anyone have any good/bad experiances with this chain?"
Seems like it depends on the branch and that’s certainly my experience. Some are well laid out, clean, well-equipped and not over crowded; others only some of the above.
My last experience before moving house was that some machines were surrounded by 28 irritating, noisy little turds. I was also regularly turfed off machines so they could run a class which annoyed me. |
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"Im thinking of going back to the gym after along hiatus. There is a puregym close to me at a very a very resonable monthly fee.
Does anyone have any good/bad experiances with this chain?
Depends what you want and need. Based on my experience, the equipment is ok. Facilities and maintenance of the building and fittings is quite bad. Changing rooms awful and cramped.
Showers likewise. And extremely busy to the point of it being quite stressful to visit.
I cancelled my membership after just one month and signed up to a more expensive, but less busy, gym.
Must depend where you go. Our changing rooms are always dead. Ours are upstairs but there's separate lockers downstairs along the walls so people who arrive and leave in their gym gear generally just use those. I've never been in the changing rooms with more than like 2 or 3 people and I'm usually in there on my own. Nearly every time I've showered there I've been the only one in there despite their being 8 showers."
Yeah it must depend. Mine only has 4 showers (which are permanently cold) and the changing room is basically a long corridor where one wall is lockers and the other wall is urinals. It stinks, as you can imagine.
I bet there are loads of much better ones. Maybe I just got unlucky |
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By (user no longer on site) 12 weeks ago
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I've never been signed up to a PureGym but can imagine it's like any affordable chain gym with variances on the experience depending on the one you go to. It'll have all the equipment you need but as it's cheap, it'll be rammed during peak hours where you may find yourself having to wait for the equipment you want to use.
I signed up to JD Gyms and that was my experience and now go to one that's more expensive but worth it for the trade off of it not being overly busy. |
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By (user no longer on site) 12 weeks ago
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"I’m lucky that I choose to train at strange hours, so it’s like a ghost town when I’m in. I have run of the place. "
You could superset bench with calf raises and no one would say anything! |
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Does anyone have any good/bad experiances with this chain?"
They are opened 24/7 which is a big plus. |
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By *rispyDuckMan 12 weeks ago
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"Im thinking of going back to the gym after along hiatus. There is a puregym close to me at a very a very resonable monthly fee.
Does anyone have any good/bad experiances with this chain?"
1) Would say: if you’re just the average gym goer 2-3 times a week, for a light mostly cardio based easy workout 🏋️♀️ then it’s the gym for you.
2) If you want to built some muscle, dedicated but on a strict budget and working shift then: it will do to start with
3) if you’re a fitness enthusiast & more into building muscle more than cardio (Then look elsewhere 🚨this is not the gym for you) |
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"Im thinking of going back to the gym after along hiatus. There is a puregym close to me at a very a very resonable monthly fee.
Does anyone have any good/bad experiances with this chain?
Depends what you want and need. Based on my experience, the equipment is ok. Facilities and maintenance of the building and fittings is quite bad. Changing rooms awful and cramped.
Showers likewise. And extremely busy to the point of it being quite stressful to visit.
I cancelled my membership after just one month and signed up to a more expensive, but less busy, gym.
Must depend where you go. Our changing rooms are always dead. Ours are upstairs but there's separate lockers downstairs along the walls so people who arrive and leave in their gym gear generally just use those. I've never been in the changing rooms with more than like 2 or 3 people and I'm usually in there on my own. Nearly every time I've showered there I've been the only one in there despite their being 8 showers.
Yeah it must depend. Mine only has 4 showers (which are permanently cold) and the changing room is basically a long corridor where one wall is lockers and the other wall is urinals. It stinks, as you can imagine.
I bet there are loads of much better ones. Maybe I just got unlucky "
Yeah that sounds grim. Sorry to hear that. |
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I go to one which is relatively new so in very good condition, very clean and a really good selection of equipment. I like the hours and the price.
The only downsides are it gets very busy at peak times - but tends to be full of men on the weights more than the cardio so is actually better for that. Some of the equipment is not up to the standard of expensive gyms - this only really matters if you're using the treadmills and similar. They still work fine but don't have all the different settings etc, no TVs visible that kind of thing |
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By *irthandgirthMan 12 weeks ago
Camberley occasionally doncaster |
I use the one near me. It's cheap, and has enough in it to get a decent workout. There are some bits of equipment I would love, but I make do. It also has 24 hour access which is good as I'm in before 6am most days. |
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By *929Man 12 weeks ago
newcastle |
Depends what you want from a gym, if you get serious about it then going to a gym that usually has one squat/power rack (our gym has 10) will become old really fast. Ideal if just casual though |
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"I’ve been to a few Pure Gyms and found that each one smelled really bad 🥴 They are however very low priced and obviously convenient, being open 24hours. Personally, I prefer Xercise4less."
I also choose Xerciseless |
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Well I got a day pass and as mentioned before by a poster, the cardio equipment was hardly utilised.
From my treadmill "perch" it gave me the opportunity to people watch.
One thing I did notice was the amount of people on their phones, doing no exercise.
The plus side is, when I plan to go it only looks 20-30 people use the gym. |
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"I’ve been to a few Pure Gyms and found that each one smelled really bad 🥴 They are however very low priced and obviously convenient, being open 24hours. Personally, I prefer Xercise4less.
I also choose Xerciseless"
I didn’t think Xercise4less existed anymore. |
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"I’ve been to a few Pure Gyms and found that each one smelled really bad 🥴 They are however very low priced and obviously convenient, being open 24hours. Personally, I prefer Xercise4less.
I also choose Xerciseless
I didn’t think Xercise4less existed anymore."
I think a lot of them became JD Sports gyms. I have a home gym now so I’m not up to date lol |
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"I’ve been to a few Pure Gyms and found that each one smelled really bad 🥴 They are however very low priced and obviously convenient, being open 24hours. Personally, I prefer Xercise4less.
I also choose Xerciseless
I didn’t think Xercise4less existed anymore.
I think a lot of them became JD Sports gyms. I have a home gym now so I’m not up to date lol "
Both of them up our way became JD. I assumed all of them did. |
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By (user no longer on site) 12 weeks ago
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Very cheap, 24 hour access... Classes at mine were good (packed) but often oversubscribed. Everything felt cheap, but it was clean
They turned off the aircon when utilities increased which made it insanely hot
I rarely got to use the machines due to the large flocks of teens surrounding every machine...and loads of teens 'smuggled' their mates in so it was like being at a school most of the time
Staff didn't interact at all
Cancelled after a while and joined a more expensive gym |
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I go in the morning before work at my local puregym. It’s not crowded and can go in get my workout done without having to wait for the equipment. There’s a good variety of machines and free weights too.
It’s a complete different crowd to what you get after work and I avoid that time like the plague |
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Well I've enjoyed puregym so far.....
The only thing that has puzzled me is the amount of time people take between sets.
Lots of looking at phones etc..
Then again I've had a bit of a break since I last went to a gym.  |
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By (user no longer on site) 8 weeks ago
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I've never had an issue with them, they are a good gym. The only thing I would say is avoid around 5-6.30pm as it's hard to get on the machines at that time. |
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By (user no longer on site) 8 weeks ago
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It's quiet during off peak hours usually and by and large the staff and people using the gym keep to themselves.
The one I used was usually pretty clean and the equipment is basic but well maintained and will get you a full work out.
Never seemed to be enough 20-25kg plates though |
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I travel frequently for work so normally use a different pure every week I’ve been doing this for about 4 years. I’ve found that they can be very hit and miss, one week I might go to one that’s lovely and clean full of kit plenty of space then the next week I might go to one that’s the total opposite the pure gym locals I’ve found to be the worst. As others have said they do get very busy in peak hours but if you keep an eye on the app you should be able to find a quiet time most days. |
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PureGym is handy for training, shaving and showering. I work away from home Mon - Fri. Relatively economical and well-equipped. And, if course, whichever gym one uses, the benefits to body & mind are key.... |
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