Fitness First Oxford Circus

This has been my home club since 2010. It’s always been a really comfortable place to come to work out. Some reviews and comments reference the club being small but as a centrally located gym I would argue that to be misleading. Yes it is small compared to the non-city centre warehouse style gyms but this is zone 1 in London and it definitely stands in line with most other local gyms. It has a great size gym floor stocked with continually renewed machines, a sprung floor studio plus spin studio. The changing rooms have newly installed saunas (yes they are small but they are proportionate) which is great after a session. The current management team are genuinely awesome. Irma is beautiful soul who always greets me with a wide smile pure warmth…I literally have no complaints.

This has been my home club since 2010. It’s always been a really comfortable place to come to work out. Some reviews and comments reference the club being small but as a centrally located gym I would argue that to be misleading. Yes it is small compared to the non-city centre warehouse style gyms but this is zone 1 in London and it definitely stands in line with most other local gyms. It has a great size gym floor stocked with continually renewed machines, a sprung floor studio plus spin studio. The changing rooms have newly installed saunas (yes they are small but they are proportionate) which is great after a session. The current management team are genuinely awesome. Irma is beautiful soul who always greets me with a wide smile pure warmth…I literally have no complaints.

Regrettably, after two years as a Fitness First member, I decided to cancel my membership today. It wasn’t the frequent locker break ins or thefts in the changing rooms that pushed me to this point. Unfortunately, it was the lack of basic gym etiquette from PT staff and management. Long term paying members are being moved out of spaces and off equipment with little notice to make room for classes. Every gym I’ve ever trained in operates on a first come, first served basis for open areas, assisted machines and free weights but that was not respected today. I was removed from the gym floor to accommodate a class, and had this taken place in a studio, it would have been understandable. However, it didn’t, and this treatment is unacceptable. Sadly, based on this experience, I cannot recommend this gym to others.