Welcome Gym Southend

Positive experience: That's the gym I use It is alright You get what you pay for

Fantastic experience: Best gym around open till late ❤️

Fantastic experience: Absolutely love this gym, been coming for over 6 years now. So much equipment and a huge variety of classes. My favourite and most inspiring trainers are Cristina Fragnito and Megan Haggar.

Negative experience: I left this gym ages ago and they consistently contact and harass me over SMS. I’ve requested the messages to stop on a number of occasions and also blocked them several times. However they seem to change their number frequently and text again constantly.

Fantastic experience: Its a gym

Fantastic experience: Fabulous

Positive experience: Low cost gym, so nothing too fancy but has everything you may need and is never too busy. Worth the cost.

Positive experience: Nice space

Fantastic experience: Very good

Fantastic experience: Love this gym. Fantastic value. Great classes. Great equipment. Excellent facilities. Highly recommended.

Fantastic experience: I loved everything is si good❤

Fantastic experience: After a local gym closed that I had been a member at for around 15 years, I was anxious about joining somewhere new. Welcome Gym Southend is now a home from home! The staff, PT’s and instructors are super friendly and knowledgeable but also all the members are just as fab. There’s a really good vibe and demographic to this gym that makes you feel comfortable but also motivated - especially in classes. I’m so happy that I’ve been able to join this fitness community and can’t recommend them enough!

Fantastic experience: Banging gym,staff are always friendly no Matter what,very spacious and never really had to wait for a machine.I highly recommend this to anyone especially if your a student like myself as you get a discount.

Fantastic experience: Lovely friendly atmosphere lots of equipment a separate ladies gym which is also well equipped Good value for money!

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff. Huge gym

Fantastic experience: Fantastic experience - great choice of classes in the morning, day and evenings. The staff are all friendly. Many cardio machines to choose from and lots of weights so there's no queues. Spotlessly clean and good atmosphere.

Positive experience: Spin classes keep being cancelled or removed.

Fantastic experience: Yeah

Fantastic experience: This review is way over due! I moved to Maldon in November, which also meant moving gyms. I was really gutted about having to change gyms, and it was one of the only things I was going to miss in the area. I absolutely LOVE Welcome Gym! It's bright, spacious, has a great selection of equipment for weight training, and plenty of cardio machines. The team are super friendly, and Kirsty even honoured me my last week for free! The PTs and instructors are all also super friendly, especially Lev, who goes out of his way to check in with all of the regulars, and rallied around me a few times to help me push higher weights and hit PBs that I didn't think I was ready to achieve. The gym also has a great community spirit, and is full of people of all ages and walks of life, who also support and encourage each other. It really is a great gym, and I hope to visit again when I'm back in the area for a fun little session.

Fantastic experience: N-1

Fantastic experience: Great gym. The best in the city. A huge area, many machines and treadmills

Fantastic experience: Love this gym, loads of equipment, great classes and instructors, large clean changing rooms.

Positive experience: All fine!

Fantastic experience: I love this gym, it's really chill, there aren't loads of people taking selfies etc and it's not cramped. It's basic, but they've got a good amount of free weights, machines, and cardio options. There are showers, and a womens only section. They also offer personal training and have a physio and masseuse that works out of the gym. You can see how busy it is in advance on the app. It's also really affordable.

Fantastic experience: After being at my last gym for over 20 years, i was really nevous about trying somewhere new.... but by the end of my first session at Welcome, i felt liked i been there years! Kirsty and her team at Welcome gym are just so so lovely. The gym has a wide variety of classes 7 days a week and a massive floor full of cardio machines and training equipment. I'm truly happy to be a member x

Fantastic experience: Very good for me. I enjoyed the class!

Fantastic experience: Good gym, reasonably priced and friendly staff

Fantastic experience: The best place to workout in Southend, Great equipment, regularly cleaned, there is a wipe down after use rule at the gym but the staff also keep equipment clean, generally a good vibe here to, good mix of young and middle aged gym users, the music is a good mix of high energy music, showers are nice and toasty and the changing rooms are clean. I would say there is everything here you need to achieve your fitness goals. There appears to be private classes taking place throughout the day and I believe dedicated women only sessions too. Not as cheap as the other gyms but certainly worth the extra few quid.

Fantastic experience: Best gym in the area (and I’ve tried several) Staff are all friendly, welcoming and knowledgable, and the clients are nice too. Gym is ideal for either beginners or hardcore trainers: lots of space; and loads of machines and weights.

Positive experience: Good facilities and helpful staff. Good selection but can be rammed at peak times

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff. Easy access. Good equipment. Not to busy either.

Fantastic experience: A very good spacious gym with plenty of equipment for all types of workout

Positive experience: Good

Positive experience: Very friendly. Great fun despite it being a workout lol.

Fantastic experience: Everybody should join this gym, something for everyone even us oldies really helpful and friendly Staff great selection of classes and equipment. Try it

Negative experience: No phone number, difficult communication. Was told during pandemic if kept paying would then get passes to use with family once reopened but never received any. The reception desk knew nothing about this either.

Fantastic experience: Excellent gym, friendly staff, always on hand to advice.

Fantastic experience: Excellent service

Fantastic experience: Have never been to this gym

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff Clean and relaxed atmosphere

Fantastic experience: Great gym - affordable membership, loads of gym equipment with loads of classes in centre of Southend so easy to get too. Big changing areas with showers and a female only section, which is really welcoming. Everyone friendly and welcoming.

Negative experience: A gym that closes at 6pm on Saturdays and Sundays, is ridiculous. I work every weekend and am unable to train because you can't open later than 6pm! When my month is over I will be going to a gym that allows me to train on weekends after work

Negative experience: Never needed a gym in my line of work

Fantastic experience: Safe and friendly Zumba and Yoga class this morning.Great Covid19 measures in place.

Fantastic experience: Spacious and well equipped. Good classes

Fantastic experience: Good gym, friendly helpful staff. Reasonable prices, get their app and you can check how busy they are if you want to avoid the crowds.

Positive experience: I am LOVING my new gym attendance at Welcome Gym in Southend on Sea. Mainly because it is COVID AWARE! They have a ‘tap your phone’ touchless entry. They and fellow users are deligently sanitising after and before using the equipment. It is amazingly spacious light and the air feels clean and well ventilated. Social distancing is Maintained through areas and equipment being ‘hazard taped’ off! The locker and toilet are is the same. They also have a women’s work out area, but Welcome loose a star here, as it’s small snot well ventilated, especially if not than 3 ladies are in there. Still checking out the classes .. but otherwise I’d highly recommend it.

Negative experience: No hot water for nearly a month and they want to put the prices up.

Fantastic experience: They've done a great job since reopening after lockdown. All staff are happy and helpful

Fantastic experience: Great gym great price helpfull staff

Fantastic experience: Not bad

Fantastic experience: I’ve never been to a gym before but after deciding to join I couldn’t ask for better, I had a really good intro session with Neil who showed me how everything works he was really patient with me and encouraging, I left the gym on a real natural high, I couldn’t recommend this gym more, plenty of great staff that show a true interest and want to help you, if your considering joining this gym do it now you won’t regret it

Fantastic experience: Great fitness place

Positive experience: Nice and convenient in the centre of Southend and with free parking in the adjoining multi storey car park. Good atmosphere but please change the music videos more frequently.

Positive experience: A big gym with enough cardio machines to ensure that I never have to wait to use anything. Staff are nice people and the personal trainers are not always "in your face" pushing their services. Reason for the 4 stars is that some of the equipment is starting to show its age.

Fantastic experience: I find welcome gym great value for money and a very positive atmosphere to train in.

Fantastic experience: Lovely staff, friendly and talkative people, spacious with the right equipment and most importantly requests are answered and reasonable prices. The best gym in the area I say.

Fantastic experience: I really enjoy using Welcome Gym. The staff are friendly, the classes give me motivation and the ladies gym is a hidden gem! The thought of stepping into a gym made me nervous, but the lady on reception made me feel at ease and after a tour, I joined straight away. I now couldn't go without!

Fantastic experience: Really nice staff

Fantastic experience: Love it

Fantastic experience: Like then gym a lot cannot do without it, staff are very friendly lovely atmosphere, lots of equipment and classes, only wish it was 24hrs, but apart from that lovely gym

Positive experience: Have never set foot inside the place. But my misses and my 2 younger daughters like going there. Was into body biulding when younger. Untill i brock my left knee cap. Never got back into the gym thing after that. L.m.a.o.

Fantastic experience: What is the age allowed to attend as i am 14 turning 15 in november

Positive experience: Decent gym but needs an adjustable decline bench - I'm too tall for it so I'm missing out on a useful bit of equipment.

Fantastic experience: Nice place, friendly staff

Fantastic experience: Decent, nice gym. Relaxed atmosphere and loads of machines to choose from. I came back to this gym after moving home and changing jobs because I can enjoy a varied workout listening to my music in peace. No one disturbs you or stands waiting for you to finish.

Positive experience: Gr8 gym apart from the fact there's nowhere to refill your water bottle when your working out, I would have given it 4 stars but because of the above reason, staff are gd and friendly

Fantastic experience: I felt nervous the first time I walked in but a few weeks down the line I'm very happy .. The gym itself is spacious and well equipped including a small women's only section. I've tried a few classes including women's only fitness led by Denise who is great. I've been led in training by Niko who I can highly recommend ~ friendly, really encouraging, pushing me to keep going and so much knowledge; he really put me at ease ☺️ All the staff I've met are great. The only downside, if I have to pick one, there is no provision for refilling your water bottle ~ although there is a machine selling drinks. Overall I highly recommend

Fantastic experience: Great for a work out

Positive experience: A bit rough and ready, but a pretty good place to go. Pro's: + It's a big place with plenty of equipment, I've never had to wait to use a machine + Reception staff and trainers are all friendly + Lots of classes every day and if the room is free you can go in and use the space all to yourself Con's - There are no water fountains. If you want to drink bring your own or buy from the vending machine at reception - Showers need an update. It's a bit tired and grotty in there - It can get messy. I've wandered around a few times looking for the right handle I want to use and I very rarely see anyone on the floor keeping things tidy For it's price it's a good gym, but it does need a little A2D to make it decent

Fantastic experience: I used this gym and it's amazing place too train very clean and friendly

Fantastic experience: Love this place- huge variety of machines and very friendly staff. The only thing that concerns me is that they don't have a wifi network, but as everything else is alright, I cannot complain :)

Fantastic experience: The best gym in the area.

Fantastic experience: Has everything you need

Negative experience: This gym could be a lot better. I am glad I opted for the pay per month option as in the long run it will save me money. The men's showers are appalling, dirty and don't properly, no matter which one i went in. Also they are only set at a single temperature which is useless if you want a cold one after a run. No place you put your gel apart from the floor and the showers just don't work well. The locker space is good with plenty of lockers to use as long as you bring your own lock, the combination type is best as having a key on you in the gym a d shower is a pain One or two of the staff are ok and willing to help while the others tend to sit downstairs and chat to the receptionists unless a PT client arrives or a nice looking woman comes in to distract them and then they get up. The gym space itself is excellent and we'll spaced out and has good air con to enable ventilation. The equipment itself is a bit dated as it is the same stuff I was using in 2005 and some of the kit does not function to full ability. Modern equipment has a lot more functionality, interactive screens, phone charger point, internet logon and training session mapping. There is also no water filling stations in the gym and hence people leave their bottles all over the place when they have finished. I have not seen a member of staff clean down any of the equipment yet which is worrying as most gyms I have been they walk around in the spare time to clean equipment and ensure hygiene is maintained, maybe this could be done instead of chatting up the other staff or gym members. It is not worth tying yourself into at £16:99 from the off as you may want to take the £19:99 option on a rolling basis to see how you find it. I have now cancelled my membership as indeed a good shower, well maintained equipment and a bit more focus and encouragement from the paid staff. Time to look elsewhere.

Positive experience: They are really welcoming and there are loads of classes available. Its worth the money.

Fantastic experience: Love this gym- everyone is super friendly and so welcoming. It is fantastic value for money and offers free parking for members. The class timetable is varied and rivals that of much more expensive gyms- dancercise, step and zumba are particularly great classes! There is also a fully equipped spin studio and huge changing rooms with showers. The actual gym floor is enormous with plenty of equipment and there is also a ladies only gym which is small but well equipped. It is a cheap gym so there are no frills, for example there are no water coolers or scales however for £20 a month these are things I can live without. The staff on the front desk and trainers are absolutely outstanding and couldn't make you feel more welcome whilst also putting you through your paces... Highly recommend!

Positive experience: Fair deals for students. They have most of the required equipment. Can be a bit crowded in the afternoon. The staff is friendly and eager to help. You should check the special programs that they have. I was doing spinning and I totally recommend it.

Positive experience: Good gym

Positive experience: Good gym to go to

Negative experience: Everything will be okay if staff would fully explained to me about 16.99 contract. But now is too late

Fantastic experience: i have been using this gym for a couple of months and i think it is the best gym i have ever used. plenty of equiptment so never havr to wait to use anything. nice helpful staff and great membership prices and the womens only gym is fantastic. if you go to the women sonly gym early its compleatley empty as well. only 2 things i think could be changed or improved. the womens gym is great but a bit small there are only two tredmills and two cross trainers. a few more would be helpful as if they are all being used you may have to wait 40 minuits until others have finished but its not a serious problem as the gym is full of them it's just if you would rather stay in the womens only part that there is a problem. the other thing is most gyms are £5 to just use the gym for the day a one off if you are not a member. but fitness for less is £8 i know this is to encourage taking out membership but for anyone who dose not live in the area and comes down to use the gym a couple of days a week or when in southend it is a little costly for a day pass. i cant take out membership at the moment but i love the gym i do find it hard to fork out £8 a time for a day pass. but other than these two minor issues i love this gym and will always use it the only gym with a womens only area and i feel so comfortable there specially when using weights as i tend to get stared at and judged by the blokes. love fitness for less :) my number 1 gym

Positive experience: Budget gym.. It's ok. Have the annoying habit of turning the AC off on hot days, and normally end up having no fans on at all when I go in for a run near the end of the day. Also they still haven't fixed the speakers over the running machine area, so if you don't like running with headphones in, get used to running to the sound of running machines whilst lip reading the videos with the faint sounds of what's playing from the other part of the gym. Staff seem friendly though.

Fantastic experience: Nice and clean with a lot of shops. Easy to park unless it's a Sunday as parking then is free!!

Fantastic experience: spacious woman only bit ... nice staff good price

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Fantastic experience: Everything is good about this gym!

Fantastic experience: It was a little while back, but I had a very good year here, at one point I was doing 5 classes a week, 2 x boxercise, Johny excelent instructor, plus 1 x yoga, pilates and karate, it worked out about 69p per class , I definately became fitter faster stronger as a result, big gym floor too.

Positive experience: Great spacious gym nice staff could be open longer at weekends