The Gym

I’ve used The Gym (Plymouth) which I found to be clean, functional and very good value for money24 hours and no contract very appealing.
The Bristol Gym seems to attract a larger volume of people and I’ve used the gym both early and quite late at night and it still appears busy. Granted, it is on 3 floors and the space has been optimised sensibly. There are a number of duplicate machines which is useful during busy periods but the ‘free weights’ area remains cluttered with weights scattered on the floor despite signs asking for members to return the weights after use.
The gym does not have a sufficient amount of water fountains for the amount of users it attracts and in the first instance I went, one of the fountains was out of order, which meant walking to another floor to top up.
I have only discovered one machine which is not properly functional and sadly it does not have a duplicate. I have not raised this as a ‘concern’ yet so it may well be in the process of being repaired
The changing room lights are rather bright which gives a clinical feel and the showers are sometimes a bit hit & miss as to whether they work
On the Whole, a half decent gym which is functional, open 24 hours and comes with no lengthly tie-​ins

I’ve been bodybuilding for 32 years and this gym is one of the best I’ve been in. Some of the equipment is the best I’ve ever used. it could do with a separate dedicated incline bench for barbell work as using the same power rack for squats and bench makes it a real pain to get a hold of at times.
It’s the only gym I’ve been in that doesn’t have a straight /​cambered bar for a cable attachment. Please sort it out?
The calf machine could do with a few more adjustment holes drilled in to it.
Apart from these niggles the gym is awesome and well worth the £15.99 per month.

OK. This is now my fourth city centre gym and so far so good. Great price and great equipment (three floors). The place is kept reasonably clean and fellow gym members are considerate for the moment, given there are no paper towels and disinfectant spray available. A gym towel a must! I’d recommend going in the mornings because it does get busy at lunchtime and even busier after work.