PureGym Cambridge Leisure Park Reviews Summary

Facilities & Equipment

Pros:

• "Puregym is a large gym and have a lot of facilities to workout."
• "Clean, well equipped with free weights, cycles, rowing machines, treadmills, vibration pads and weight machines."
• "A classic puregym experience with plenty of equipment and space."
• "The gym is well equipped with cardio machines, free weights (dumb bells and bar bells), and machines."
• "This gym was as good as it gets, with at least 2-3 machines for each machine type and a full range of resistance equipment."
• "Much improved in recent months with a wide range of strength training equipment."
• "Great gym with large changing rooms, a big range of machines and equipment, and all the usual features that come with PureGym membership."

Cons:

• "The cleaning stations where half broken and some of the bottles to clean equipment were empty."
• "No enough equipment and space for the number of members they have."
• "no proper lifting mats for power lifting."
• "Way too many unnecessary cardio machines! Gym is very small and always busy."
• "The equipment is pretty old and missing some very basic stuff."
• "There were hardly any machines and a serious lack of cables and no hammer press machines."
• "No resistant bands, anywhere!"

Cleanliness & Maintenance

Pros:

• "equipment and weights were generally returned once used."
• "The place is nice and clean, and while it sometimes lacks enough sanitiser bottles, people generally clean up after themselves and wipe down the kit when they're done."
• "I certainly see staff regularly cleaning all parts of the gym and generally it's well kept."
• "Very good, clean gym."
• "I enjoyed there. It is clean, organised and s really big so plenty of space and equipment to work out with."

Cons:

• "overcrowded, not maintained properly, stinky always I doubt if ever been cleaned since opening."
• "Unclean, poorly maintained."
• "overflowing bins in the toilet cubicles, lack of toilet paper, barely functional showers."
• "Terrible overcrowded gym, no aircon working for weeks."
• "The gym’s location is very convenient and I enjoy my time here overall. I gave 2 stars because the equipment seems to always be all over the place."
• "The equipment is showing signs of wear and tear... maybe it's time to replace them!"
• "Very often there are buckets on the floor because of the dripping from the ceiling."

Staff & Service

Pros:

• "The staff are friendly and very helpful."
• "Had a tour of the gym, it has the state of the art equipment, there's always someone around to help you."
• "Nice gym for the price you pay, and you Will find lot of machines and spinning or others. Staff is nice."
• "A very nice gym. Clean and good, friendly staff."
• "Very friendly and welcoming staff. Mr Sascha was incredibly thoughtful, welcoming, and encouraging."
• "All staff I have interacted with have been extremely friendly and helpful."
• "The staff however is attentive and keeps an eye on things at all times."

Cons:

• "staff who have zero interest in engaging with members on the floor unless they are training."
• "The staff attitude is laughable. Arrogant to the bone, not actually doing their job but walking around acting tough."
• "Not much atmosphere. Staff never speak to anyone."
• "The 'personal trainers' seem to get the lift up to the gym rather than walk up a single flight of stairs."
• "Trainers are a bit sluggish and not actually doing their job."
• "Staff were generally unable to answer questions I had about machine functionality."
• "lot of thieves roam the locker area. Jackets got stolen twice and staff are hardly helpful."

Value & Accessibility

Pros:

• "Overall, really great value for money. 100% recommended to anybody who lives nearby."
• "Great gym that I go to regularly, with very reasonable membership costs."
• "This place does exactly what it says it does. 24 hours, clean, modern, lots of cardio machines, well air conditioned."
• "It's the cheapest gym in the city by far available to the public, it's open 24/7 and has enough equipment for most things except when it's busy in the evenings."
• "Cheap, well equipped gym, very convenient (24hr, easy access)."
• "There is a good selection of machines/equipment and 24 hour opening at around £23 pm which is fantastic."
• "Nice gym for the price you pay."

Cons:

• "It’s a cheap gym and it shows in the level of business."
• "The 2 hour parking is simply not long enough for a workout and then shower. I felt rushed and workout was ruined."
• "if you go early morning/midnight it could work. its unfortunately very busy any other time."
• "Free Parking is advertised but the machine that prints the validation tickets is broken."
• "I was disappointed to learn that this gym does not freeze gym memberships at a time when COVID infection rates have reached record levels."
• "The equipment is old and not maintained. Overpriced should be £10 a month."
• "If you have the money definitely go elsewhere."