nrggym.com Reviews 45

Good gym with every equipment you will need and good selection of free weight. Althought could do with a second punch bag.

Staff very friendly and helpful also 2 hours free parking at tesco.

The area we're it let's itself down is the shower and locker room. The showers are dirty and have mold. Also the temperature of the water is way to hot. Half the locker are broken and can not be locked

If it made these improvements it could be a really great gym.

I joined NRG in the summer of 2022 after a few day passes, as the equipment being Hammer Strength and Life fitness being good quality and at the time the atmosphere was great.

Since I joined though the place has had no consistency when it comes to managerial staff which I believe has been resolved but it meant that the place has developed issues as the regular staff I think felt powerless to do much about themselves, such as, the gym can be joined online and members just come in off the street, which I understand in this day and age of convenience is what is in demand, but what that means is you get people, (mainly young lads but not limited to) coming in with no gym experience and with absolutely zero gym etiquette whatsoever wearing sliders/crocs/some other form of footwear that looks like a 3d printed skeletal dinosaur foot, being given no instruction/induction and are not advised by staff of any of the rules. The signs around clearly are not enough to make people do simple things like replace weights they have used.

People are loading bars, and not unloading for the next person, I witnessed one male who I know to be an experienced lifter, just leave 200kgs loaded on a deadlift bar for the next person to have to unload before they can use it. Another chump physically kicking a 20kg plate with both feet rapidly at a speed that if he were swimming, he would be pushing for a world speed record at the 100m, inching the plate onto the bar, again before then trying to lift a weight well outside of his ability and left completely unchallenged by the staff. This is not only disrespectful of the kit but also, he is going to injure himself in the gym one day. Unable to lift it he too decided it would be easier to walk away from it than unload it for the next person.

In the main, the majority of members at this gym do not like to put their weights away, I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve had to replace dumbbells left strewn all over the gym floor, or go looking for them at the opposite end of the gym, not just because it annoys me, but because I want to train in a safe environment and would like to be able to find the dumbbells when I or any of the people who train to a decent level come to need them. But I offer my compliments to the one female member of staff who can be heard on the tannoy repeatedly reminding people to put their weights away, it is a futile exercise but the effort is appreciated.

Then there are those who are using cable attachments/handles on pieces of kit that they are simply not designed for which has seen some handles get worn out or even break, which is the fault of the Instagram/You tube generation and their influence it has to be said but please, please, please, staff, get a grip of this and show people what they should and shouldn’t need to do, Hammer strength kit is excellent kit designed as such that handles for angles shouldn’t be required…and WHERE ARE ALL THE NEW CARABINERS GOING AGAIN? Maybe even signs up in the changing rooms politely asking people to not dispose of chewing gum or tissue in the sink and use the bins provided? Wouldn’t kill people to wipe the kit down after they’ve sweated all over it too.

Since I joined there has been just ONE piece of kit added and that was the Cybex Hack squat, which is great do not get me wrong, and as mentioned before the Kit is good at this gym, but it is in desperate need of more now as the amount of members coming through the doors means having to wait an extortionate amount of time to get on kit as again, members with no gym etiquette don’t know how to share or allow people to work in on sets.

Some pieces needed I would suggest are
1. Prime plate loaded row
2. Seal row bench
3. Cybex Squat press
4. Belt squat
5. Standing hamstring curl
6. Arsenal hack squat
7. More plates from 1.25 – 25 kgs
8. More dumbbells (tired of only being able to find one)
9. Chest supported T- BAR row
There is a lot of space seemingly going to waste. Maybe keep leg equipment together where the MMA spot used to be or all back/chest equipment just to offer some form of uniformity and semblance.

Despite all of this, I know the current manager is doing his best to get the place running to a better standard, and the staff are nice, it is a cost effective and in the most part a friendly gym considering the standard of the current equipment, and the potential for this place to be great is there, but it there are improvements that need to be made if it is going to retain members

Ive been a member at this gym for nearly 4 years and consider myself now to be quite advance in my level of training , ive trained in many gyms in watford and London ..and if you really want a gym with a name NRG its exactly what it stands for and the best gym by miles in watford , firstly i would like to say HUGE thankyou to Bee the manager for all the support over the years and being there everytime i needed a shoulder and guidance in nutrition and weight training nothing is ever too much for her , also to Phil and Connor with their classes and support . Secondly i would l like to say for what you pay per month i think people who moan about the facilities and the keyboard terrorists should try and pay £200 per month and join a David Lloyd 😂 , this gym is for focused people on a fitness journey , the regular members of the community are true members and appreciate what NRG has brought to watford a sanctuary for all levels of training hats off to all the staff , the moaners will moan but will never get gains because their too busy moaning all the best and keep up the phenomal work you guys put in every single day NRG tribe

I am a former member of the gravesend gym however due to me only attended once I cancelled the direct debit as a way to cancel membership which is as most reputable 24 hour gyms do.

I received a text message seeking payment which had an email address so emailed for clarification. I received a reply from a Deborah who works for the company who manages their subscription fees called Harland. I explained that I had received a text inwhich she advised me about a 30 day notice needed before cancellation and that the date of my email sent would be the start of my notice to quit/ cancel.

I emailed Deborah in reply and asked to clarify what the final payment would be as in is it the months membership fee of £18.99. I never received a reply back. Checked my emails 4am the next morning and the £18.99 has now jumped to £43.99 including a late fee and administration charge from an automated service. But Deborah hadn’t replied to the email I sent.

NRG gyms membership management isn’t clear even when you go into the app there is no option that you can select for cancelling that could even forward you to the correct procedure.

STAY CLEAR- an absolutely MONEY MAKING SCAM. They don’t reply to emails yet throw extra charges on.

This is the only gym brand I’ve come across that manages their cancellations through an horrendous not advertised process. It’s an absolute money making scheme for their collector service and it’s not worth it. Pure Gyms and The gym are far better in equipment quality, customer service and processes.

Don't be fooled by the low price of NRG Gym in Stretford, Manchester. While they have excellent equipment - almost all of it brand new - this is not a gym for serious powerlifters or martial artists of any kind. Powerlifters will find their chromed-steel bars challenging for squats, as they lack central knurling. This isn't a great place for Olympic lifting, either, in terms of layout and size of the platforms.

And that is before we get to the problems with their kickboxing offerings. This is the only gym nearby that has a decent selection of heavy bags. It's a pity that the management has no clue what to do with them. Their studio has lots of heavy bags, but for some very odd reason the management still has not figured out how to partition that studio so that classes, which do not take up the full space, can operate without kicking people out of the area. I have raised this several times with the management of the gym. They have been utterly unresponsive. On top of this, they keep randomly changing class schedules around, so you have to check schedules constantly before you go there, as to whether you can even use the heavy bags. Simply put, YOU have to adjust to THEIR schedule, not the other way around.

If you want a cheaper gym, there is The Gym Group nearby. If you are willing to pay a little bit extra for a gym that is just about as big and don't care about heavy bags or saunas, go to PureGym at Exchange Quay. Either one will actually respect your feedback and listen to you when you have an issue.

I signed up to this gym SOLELY because of their heavy bags. I intensely regret that decision, because this gym insists on locking up the studio for classes and throws out everyone using the bags during that time. The first time this happened to me, it was due to a scheduled class - and that class schedule later changed. The second time, it was because of an unscheduled class that someone just keyed in for no particular rhyme or reason. I complained both times to the manager on duty, and both times I was assured that my complaint would be taken on board. They never responded or even bothered to acknowledge the issue.

Don't waste your time and money on these people. They don't bother listening to their customers. Go to PureGym instead - the equipment might be older, but at least they actually pay attention to issues and do their best to maintain a high quality offering.