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Micheleangelo Sabatini -
a month ago
The gym is good and has space but it's poorly used and always feels super busy even when there isn't so many people around.
There are only 3 squat racks which always has a line up for, often I see people waiting for up to 20-30 mins for and unfortunately these are the only spaces for any kind of heavy lifting - squats and deadlifts. Many of the more common machines, like the leg curls u0026 cable frames are never available.
Because the key machines and equipment is so busy, there are always people looking at you to hurry up finish and standing around you waiting or getting annoyed that you are taking too much time.
There are so many useless "gimmick machinery" that no one uses (the ones next to the vending machine) and a lot of cardio machines that, again, no one uses. There are 4 treadmills outside of the men's room that I have never seen being used. There are 4 stationary bikes outside of the group fitness zone that only ever has 1 person using. There is a TRX zone that no-one does TRX on.
I can never follow my training plans because of equipment availability - even my second and third back-up plans are not available. Often I simply need to find a corner somewhere and use some small weights to create a whole new workout. This is fine but this is what I did at home during lockdown so it negates the need for a gym membership.
You should really look at reviewing your space usage and how your members use the gym. 30% of the space is just open space, 30% is cardio space and 40% is weights but 80% of the members are doing weights.
Get rid of all the underused equipment and install a whole bunch of multipurpose squat racks with benches, more free-weights zones with benches and some cable cross-over frames and this will help with capacity and provide the members with what they want.
The staff are very very nice, helpful and welcoming though and have no problems with speaking English.