Information about Simply Gym Llansamlet
Our comment from FitFit UK about Simply Gym Llansamlet:
Simply Gym Llansamlet, located in Swansea, offers a spacious and well-equipped facility that caters to a diverse clientele. Users particularly appreciate the large variety of machines and the friendly, knowledgeable staff ready to assist with workout routines and advice. The gym is praised for its cleanliness, especially in the women-only section which many members find appealing.
Despite some recent criticisms following its takeover by JD Gyms, where users noted an increase in monthly fees and a decline in certain facilities like the sauna, the gym remains highly valued for its atmosphere and overall quality. Many members highlight the excellent classes and personal training services available, which make workouts both enjoyable and effective.
Peak times can see the gym crowded, particularly from 16:00 to 19:00, but users find that there is generally enough equipment to work around busy periods. Some visitors noted issues with music volume and cleanliness on occasion, particularly regarding maintenance of certain machines and cleaning protocols. However, the overall sentiment is very positive, with many users expressing satisfaction and a desire to continue their membership.
Key Highlights:
- Spacious and well-equipped gym
- Friendly and helpful staff
- Good variety of machines and classes
- Clean and well-maintained facilities
- Attractive women-only section
Areas for Improvement:
- Music volume can be excessive
- Some maintenance issues with equipment
- Peak hours can be very busy
- Cleansing protocols need consistency
- Users recommend improving sauna functionality
Services, Machines and Guided Classes
Simply Gym Llansamlet: Opinions
Negative experience: Now taken over by JD Gyms and already gone down hill, as well as a £10 increase in the monthly charge.
Fantastic experience: First time went to the gym, the staff was very helpful, a member of staff walked me around with tips for my workouts, and how to build a routine. I was very scared first because I have never went to gym before, but I had a very positive experience today witch built my confident, and left the gym with a smile. I can't wait to go back. Also love the women only gym.
Positive experience: Good equipment, rammed between 16:00-19:00 but that’s the same for any gym I’ve been to. Biggest downside for me is how loud the music can get sometimes & the opening hours on weekends.
Fantastic experience: Plenty of equipment here, can get a little busy around peak times though (5pm to 7pm) as with any other gym when people hit it straight from their 9 till 5 jobs, plenty of staff on hand to help when needed too
Positive experience: I enjoyed this gym, but i have now left due to music being so loud, I couldn't hear my own music or podcasts.
Fantastic experience: Good range of machines and plenty of them so no waiting. Friendly staff. Much appreciated
Positive experience: Plan to join reviews are good
Positive experience: Ladies gym and changing rooms are absolutely immaculate and smell good. However, since JD Gyms have taken over the sauna isn't warm anymore, which renders it a bit pointless.. One of the benches in the sauna is loose, and it's full of splinters. Repairs aren't being done, the bins have halfed in size, and there is a bit of a shortage of cleaning fluid and people actually cleaning the machines. I've had more than one sticky machine handle this week, and weights are being left everywhere.
Positive experience: Good gym. I would definitely avoid busy times though especially if u want to use the women's only section. I love that they thought of that but they could make the space more bigger.
Fantastic experience: Great gym lots of free weights
Fantastic experience: Did a few drop-in sessions while visiting Swansea, great gym, very clean and loads of equipment to choose from
Fantastic experience: Very nice and equipped gym
Fantastic experience: Good gym plenty of equipment and friendly staff
Negative experience: I don't even go there
Negative experience: Loads of great equipment, but the music was so loud I had to quit. Staff should get hazard pay for how loud it is.
Fantastic experience: Great gym! Quality equipment, sauna & great on price!
Negative experience: Big and reasonably priced. Downsides - often really busy, very noisy and the equipment (especially cardio) is a bit hit and miss from a maintenance and operation point of view. Too often a frustrating place to visit
Positive experience: I had a fantastic first day at the gym! The atmosphere was great, and there was plenty of equipment available, so I didn't have to wait. The staff, especially Emma, were incredibly helpful. The ladies-only area was a definite plus. However, the only downside was that some of the equipment seemed dusty and unclean. Overall, it was a positive experience.
Fantastic experience: Awesome place to train apart from a gay guy called Lewis harassing me .
Positive experience: Got a bit worse in details since becoming a part of JD - no paper towels anymore, dirt and dust just brushed to a wall/under a bench/under a machine instead of a proper vacuuming. That aside, still a great value gym.
Negative experience: Don't like visitors avoid.
Negative experience: I have been a member since January 2022. Broken pieces are still broken. Dirty….very dirty. Dust everywhere, than you can see it has been building up for months, probably since it was open. Otherwise i used to like the gym. Friendly staff, it has a lot of machines but they really need to clean properly at least once a week considering this is a place when people workout hygiene is very important. I gave my notice and will change the gym soon
Positive experience: Few pieces of kit currently out of order. Labelled to say it will be repaired in 48 hrs. 7 plus days later it's still got the same label on
Fantastic experience: Good big gym, loads of space, even in busy days you can find things to do
Fantastic experience: Really nice modern gym with good shower facilities and a women's only gym section which is appreciated.
Fantastic experience: Spot on session and sauna lovely
Fantastic experience: Been using this simply for around 6 weeks, I love it!!! great friendly atmosphere, they have a good variety of equipment, sauna, weights, boxing/gym ext, tends to be quiet off peak times. Highly recommend
Fantastic experience: Fantastic equipment. Spacious inside. Loads of parking. Staff are about but dont bother you unless you ask for something in which case they are very helpful. Clean everywhere you go inside. Attracts a great mix of people of all ages and capabilities fitness wise so easy to slot in if your shy.
Positive experience: Excellent gym, great atmosphere and great price. General cleanliness is great but toilets have been questionable at times
Negative experience: Tried to sign up for a membership on their webpage, their payment system had a hiccup where it charged me the sign up fee and for the first month, but didn't start my membership. Tried mailing them about the issue, got a bit annoyed and wanted to just cancel the whole thing after back and forth for about a month. Still haven't gotten my money back.
Fantastic experience: Great gym, good vibes and plenty of equipment
Fantastic experience: Clean Gym with outstanding service
Fantastic experience: Great gym has everything you need, trained there for two months, would defo go back if I'm in the area again
Fantastic experience: Simply gym is really good. Spacious, air conditioned and really clean. The equipment selection is great and friendly staff.
Fantastic experience: The PTs gave me a great induction. Excellent classes. Lots of encouragement. Great gym.
Positive experience: Good , a lot of equipments
Fantastic experience: Outstanding gym fantastic staff and facilities would definitely recommend to anyone and all for only £21.99 month bargain
Negative experience: Supposed to be 10 quid your first month in september.my 26 month contract was never even questioned
Positive experience: Pretty good gym at (off peak times) plenty of equipment for all types of workouts. Tends to get busy and can you be left waiting to use equipment i found after 4pm.
Fantastic experience: Friendly people and it's very clean. Beverages on sale there as well as a rest corner.
Fantastic experience: Great gym value for money but limited equipment so get there early.
Fantastic experience: Just an amazing atmosphere, went here last Saturday, I was not disappointed
Fantastic experience: Great staff, lovely gym
Positive experience: Good price, well equipped. Never seem to be competing for stuff too much. I'm sure there's better, but for the price? Doubt it.
Fantastic experience: Very helpful staff, facilities are great, good selection of dumbbells and machines, atmosphere is awesome. Just visiting for the weekend, would deffo recommend!
Fantastic experience: Friendly staff, good car park, good instruments
Fantastic experience: I've been a member of the gym intermittently for some years and it hasn't let me down, the facilities are good, the staff are friendly and helpful, they've got a good array of equipment. In addition, although I believe they operate through Harlands (I think most know of the trouble in cancellation), when time came for membership cancellation they did indeed terminate the outgoings...which is more than what might be said of some other gyms I've used. Well done.
Negative experience: Shocking - never answer the phone for some enquires. Says a lot about the staff
Negative experience: Gym was great, spacious & a lot of facilities. The glaring issue is trying to cancel. As it’s being handled by another company, trying to cancel your membership is a big pain, to the point of not being worth it. I’m definitely not going back after my experience, but for those who plan to stay this place is good
Fantastic experience: Very Good Gym ...
Fantastic experience: Staff very friendly and knowledgeable. I would recommend
Fantastic experience: Its spacious, has a ladies only section separate from rest of gym ,which covers all workouts . Staff are friendly and approachable if you need any help.
Fantastic experience: Good friendly atmosphere plenty of equipment good opening hours
Fantastic experience: Great gym, great atmosphere.......people of all shapes and sizes. Huge gym with machines, free weights and cardio for all your goals.
Fantastic experience: fantastic place, helpful staff.
Positive experience: Visiting for a while and decided to try out the gym. Standard busy times 4 PM to 8:30 PM, however the classes are still pretty accessible. The gym has plenty to offer with a full CV, weights range, resistance machines and cross training area. In addition, there is a female only gym and Cross training area too. The team are very friendly, if you need any help they will find the time (wherever possible) or book you in to learn how to get the most out of the Cycle studio for example. I like going to this gym as there aren't too many selfie Kings & Queens and I have met a few like minded people that have a similar workout schedule. Following their social media platforms, I have found out there's a sauna in the individual changing rooms and various types of fitness assessments included in your fee.
Fantastic experience: Fantastic gym, been a member since the old site
Fantastic experience: Great place to workout. Been going for 18 months and still enjoying the place
Negative experience: Was ok facility's but always found it over crowded, I had coved-19 and wanted to cancel my membership, I found this really hard as you can cancel it with the gym. You need to contact another company I spent an hour waiting for someone to pick up, when they finally did I got cut off. Called back and after another hour waiting someone finally answered and cancelled my membership. Their are a lot of gyms in the area and next time I will be giving this one a miss.
Fantastic experience: Very spacious, loads of equipment so you're never waiting. Has a really good female section with a sauna. The classes are a killer but totally worth it and you can go at your own pace, there really is no judgement there. Music is pumping as soon as you enter so really gets your energy going. Has lockers available, bring your own locks if you want to secure your items. Has scales to weigh yourself and vending machines for helathy snacks and drinks. Although the carpark looks busy, l have never had an issue finding a space. Max 4 hours at this carpark.
Fantastic experience: Love this place
Fantastic experience: Been a member for a while, the gym has everything you need, it has its busy periods but best gym for my needs
Fantastic experience: Great gym. Spacious with all the best equipment and good service. 10/10 so far!
Fantastic experience: Its is brilliant apsolutly perfect expeitence
Fantastic experience: Very good place and very clean
Fantastic experience: I've been going here for a few years now and it's really stepped up. Majority of the time there's enough equipment for everyone. Obviously there are going to be times when you are just going to have to switch it up and either do a slightly different exercise or just do it a different way. I used to get super frustrated with this when I first started at the gym in 2015/2016 (see example below) but when they moved the the bigger site this became much less of an issue. I don't know many places that have more than 12 power racks. Honestly the best gym I've been to in my area - lots of different people at different experience levels. I also really enjoy the off grid room for warm downs and cardio. The only issue I ever had really was when I was going to re-sign up last year, there were no staff members available at the front desk to speak to (I qualified for no sign up fees but would need to show ID to get these), no matter how long I waited after pressing the call button several times. They need to make sure there is always someone at the desk or on hand to go back to it if the call button is pressed. (See above) For example, I just finished incline bench and all the flat benches were taken up so I could either use one of the power racks and set up for a floor press, use dumbells and do a dumbell press or use one of the machines.
Fantastic experience: Great
Fantastic experience: Wickid gym
Fantastic experience: Excellent gym, plenty of machines. Good cleanliness and distancing allowing safe workouts.
Positive experience: Great gym. Would be a 5 if you tighten up and actually enforce your mask rules though! The gym inside is massive, machines of all types and lots of them. Plenty of running, steps, rowing, and cycling machines. If you like free weights, there's a silly amount of weights and benches of all types to choose from. A big step up from my previous gym and the booking system keeps the numbers down. All in all, well worth a sign up!
Negative experience: Music way to loud even with earbuds in staff are unhelpful changing room is small
Fantastic experience: Love this place
Fantastic experience: I really enjoy my visits to Simply Gym Llansamlet. A well organised gym with helpful staff available to help at all times. The members are friendly and also helpful to newcomers as well. Looking forward to my next visit. Morlais 10/10 My visit today was a pleasurable one at 86years of age. Advised by the staff to continue the exercises I enjoy, doing 20 minutes on three machines, the cycle machine, the rowing machine and the treadmill. Looking forward to my next visit .
Fantastic experience: Simply the bees knees. Feel as fit as a butchers dog after that
Positive experience: Great equipment friendly staff very well organised when it comes to the fact were in the middle of a pandemic...class and instructors are fab....the only downfall is people.booking classes and not turning up..very frustrating.
Fantastic experience: Very well social distancing sanitizer and cleaner on hand everywhere
Fantastic experience: Excellent gym with all equipment placed for social distancing. The staff are knowledgeable and friendly and work so hard at keeping the gym safe
Fantastic experience: Excellent facility. Nice,clean gym,with helpful staff. Plenty of safety measures put in place,so it feels like a safe environment to train. Would definitely recommend.
Fantastic experience: Best gym ever
Fantastic experience: Best gym around the area by far! Fantastic facilities and unbelievable spacious. The saunas are just a bonus to the already great gym!
Fantastic experience: Simply Gym Lansamlet is definitely one of my all time favourite gyms. Staff are all lovely and hot showers with a sauna. Plenty of free weights and spacious
Fantastic experience: Great staff huge place. Only down side no one puts weights away Haha.
Fantastic experience: I love Simply. The new gym as massive. There is so much more space! It really makes a difference. The classes are brilliant, adding the classes was a brilliant idea. Simply is great value for money!
Fantastic experience: Very good gym very friendly staff and personal trainers and very friendly people that as well a place to go to get fit and stay fit and very good classes as well
Positive experience: Great gym, just a bit too small and changing rooms are very smelly!
Fantastic experience: Nice gym, but can get very busy. Moving to new premises soon that looks amazing.
Positive experience: Ok gym to busy of me
Fantastic experience: Great gym with helpful staff
Fantastic experience: Excellent gym good equipment friendly staff great value for money
Fantastic experience: Good gym and equipment well maintained
Fantastic experience: Im signed up as a member of this gym. The staff are amazing and so knowledgeable. Wrote me out an exercise plan and always around if you need it. The ladies section is fantastic. I genuinely enjoy going to the gym here and recommend to all. Great value and great price.
Positive experience: A bit to busy at times parking poor
Fantastic experience: Staff are all smiley, friendly and helpful. Equipment is well maintained and plentiful. There are drinking stations dotted around if like me you forget your water and it's the cheapest gym membership in Swansea. Plenty of parking too and it's private from the outside which I really like.
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Fantastic experience: Great local gym.
Fantastic experience: Excellent spin class this evening...
Fantastic experience: I've been a member for a year now. The classes are particularly good compared to other gyms, with friendly informative instructors. Also the equipment is second to none, it's new, excellent quality and constantly being replaced. It's handy being able to go to Llansamlet or gorseinon too, as I use both, which allows for more flexibility in my training, so I end up going more. Love this gym.
Fantastic experience: Awesome gym and great atmosphere.
Positive experience: Good gym enough machines to keep you going.Could change the courses on the tv screens now and again bit fed up watching the same routes.
Fantastic experience: I've been a member of Llansamlet gym for well over a year. I love it. My PT Fran is fantastic, she gets me doing things I never thought I'd be capable of. The equipment is top notch and the free classes are brilliant. The instructors really work you hard. Highly recommended.
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