JD Gyms Coventry

Negative experience: I reported the personal trainers at this gym for spreading rumors about me and bullying me. One of them even sent customers from the gym to my house to threaten / intimdate me in to not pursuing this, but the gym took no action. I sent a few messages to people at the gym asking them to stop threatening me, as the area manager was unwilling to intervene, and the gym decided to kicked me out because of these messages. When I asked for an explanation as to why I had been kicked out, they refused to give me one. The area manager told me rumors had been spread about me, but he wouldnt tell me what they were as the person no longer goes to the gym. When I escalated the matter to senior staff members, the manager accidently sent me evidence of the investigation which had been faked and showed no effort to investigate. When I pointed this out, he ignored me. The falsified evidence also revealed that complaints regarding PT's were being handled by the PT's themselves, which raises serious concerns about accountability. They have no complaints team or harassment policies like other gyms. This is done on purpose to avoid accountability. I also had one of the PT's swear at me. I noticed another review outlining this behavior. This is normal behaviour at this gym. Although this incident occurred a few months ago, I have since noticed an increase in reviews describing similar behavior. These reviews started appearing shortly after my experience. This may be because senior staff members allow this behavior and probably participate in it, too. If you check Glassdoor and Indeed reviews, they outline corruption amongst senior staff at JD Gyms. They will either claim this is untrue or get someone to threaten me again.

Negative experience: Too many kids being annoying, couldn’t keep the gym manager, put up a sign notifying that the showers would be closed and then just randomly closed them days earlier, without notice.

Negative experience: The dirtiest gym I’ve ever set foot in. The toilets stink, the people stink, no sprays for the yoga mats to clean them with nor did I see any wipes around. The machines are covered in stains and their quality is really poor. The people that visit the facility - is I guess is the worse part of it. People don’t flush the toilets after using them and are always blocked filled with paper. Some guys were walking in flip flops and others were taking their shoes off on the leg machines lol. It looked like a psychiatric clinic inside, honestly . I visited 3-4 times for a whole month and the whole place put me off. Gladly, they returned my money, but wow.. I didn’t think a gym can be that bad. I’ve visited other cheap gyms (Puregym) and I didn’t have the same experience. That one is the worse, avoid at any cost. JD, pls improve your hygiene

Fantastic experience: Good gym

Fantastic experience: I've been coming here for 3 months and it's a great gym. Clean equipment, plenty of space and very friendly staff members.

Fantastic experience: Great gym for weight training

Negative experience: You’re better off getting ran over by a train and using the gym in heaven than coming here on a Monday after 4PM

Negative experience: Disappointed with the Hygiene Standards It was my first time at JD Gyms, and while the machines and workout area are quite nice, the experience was ruined by the poor cleanliness. First, nobody repacks the weights, which was frustrating. However, the real nightmare was the male changing area. It was absolutely disgusting—dirt and toilet paper everywhere, and the smell in the bathroom was worse than a train station restroom. It honestly felt like there hadn't been any cleaning staff for days. I was so grossed out that I didn’t even attempt to use the sauna or showers. There isn’t even a proper separation between the bathroom and changing area, which just adds to the discomfort. Really disappointing. This gym needs to seriously improve its hygiene standards. I will add pictures next time I'm there

Positive experience: great gym apart from its pretty much full all day after 5pm and makes it very inconvenient ,on the app there should be a place where you could see how many people at are the gym.

Fantastic experience: good gym ️‍♀️

Negative experience: This review has nothing to do with the gym itself but with rather with the staff, in particular a male staff member. After my gym session I took a seat at the respective area, one of male staff members looked at me strangely but I did not think anything of it as I was on my phone sorting something out. When I go to leave I find that my QR code says it’s been disabled. Unfortunately I was on 1% so my phone died. When I went to ask the staff for help the male staff members came up to me and said “ you don’t look like a 42 year old female”, after which kicked me out and said my details will be checked after every visit. Now for some context I had made this account after coming back from holiday, I put the name a Bellingham and a 42 year old female as a joke. I have been paying my membership, as well as every other membership I have had at this gym and I have proof. Futhermore, once your membership is disabled your Direct debit is in fact still active, I paid for a full month and only got to use it 3 times. so I paid for a gym membership that I can no longer use, to add insult to injury, the cancellation process is a nightmare. The staff, in particular this male staff member was quite arrogant and smug as if the idea of banning kids from going to the gym brought him joy. A sad little man I presume, I assume this gym doesn’t represent the values of JD itself as company, and every other JD gym across the country. Side note all other staff members are rude and extremely unhelpful as if doing their job was a chore. Fix up or close down.

Positive experience: What time is the gym open on bank holidays like today ?

Positive experience: Nice place to workout, can be busy on afternoons

Positive experience: Great gym!

Fantastic experience: A well equipped gym with competent staff. Lots of classes and not too busy at peak times. Shame about the parking, unless I've missed something.

Fantastic experience: Great machines and sauna

Positive experience: 2hr parking isn't enough if you want a good workout and sauna time.

Negative experience: Very busy at peak times, some people see it as a social club going in groups. No Gym etiquette by majority of the people not replacing weights after use, staff seem uninterested as free weights always all over the place and out of order. Drinking Tap always broke.

Negative experience: Parking is not free if you don't have the NCP app before you enter the car park. Attended with a guest pass and was told to call the help button upon leaving the car park. Had to pay £4 for the pleasure of that. Generally a bad gym experience, changing rooms dirty and the weights are all over the place, very hard to do the workout you want if you're using a squat rack.

Fantastic experience: Really impressed the gym I started 2 days ago and I loved it they have lots of equipment which is you can enjoy it there but 1 problem it's overcrowded if they open another 1 will be good in coventry should 2 branches

Positive experience: Not a bad experience for my 1st time here however I couldn’t find parking for my car and I found the gym to look and feel quite small but overall was a good work out.

Fantastic experience: Need to start opening 24hrs

Fantastic experience: Absolutely fun to workout

Positive experience: Good gym with lots of equipment. Kept clean and machines all tend to be working which is great and it seems like it is always being updated. Parking is a bit of pain as it's an ncp, the 2 hour limit sometimes is annoying as seems to go a few mins over and charged extra, as it takes time to find parking, walk to the gym and then walk back to the car park. Probably end up with 1.30 hours at the gym which is enough if you're not going to use the sauna etc after a workout. Gym during the day is fairly quite and plenty of machines evenings do get a little busy so may have to weight for certain machines.

Fantastic experience: Okay, well, I'm disabled and needed to use the loo on my way past. And they very kindly let me use their facilities. Place was fairly busy with healthy people working out. Felt like a good positive atmosphere for..anyone. Well out of my comfort zone; yet I still felt comfortable. Hard for me to comment on their fitness gear, but it all looked good! Thanks people. Positive place indeed.

Negative experience: JD gym Coventry very dirty toilet and stink.

Fantastic experience: Very good gym Environment machines everything is ok I like it

Negative experience: Just leaving a review to let people know how rude all the staff here are. Every one, even down to the cleaners make it so hard to work out by just being so rude and unapproachable.

Positive experience: It is not bad, but I think it would be much better if it were open until midnight.

Negative experience: I have called severely and left a message on answering machine so many times for my subscription to be cancelled but no response. I came to the gym to speak to one of your workers and she redirected me to go online to cancel it which I did. I have explained why I wanted it cancelled. I have never been there for any exercise due to my time. To my surprise, the money has been out of my account despite all the messages I left and and the cancellation. Your team knows that no body answers the phone or get back to customers whenever a message is left. I have spoken to one or two people and they have the same problems as phone never get answered or messages left on the phone get responded too. Why that? I called in the mornings, afternoons, evenings and still no reply or response. I want my money back into my account as soon as possible and the contract also cancelled. I've got all the evidence.

Fantastic experience: Really nice gym! Great facilities!

Positive experience: Excellent gym with lovely equipments but the resumption time for weekends and bank holidays is too late considering the fact that people are usually free on their off days and will like to work out early.

Positive experience: QR code ONLY Access! The app QR code its showing again... I hope no more problems with the app.

Positive experience: Parking access is not easy

Negative experience: It’s a nice gym but the staff are horrible

Fantastic experience: Excellent Gym ️‍♀️

Fantastic experience: Good all round gym

Fantastic experience: Best budget Gym.... little bit crowded and you have to wait for some of the equipment.

Fantastic experience: More equipment to keep you fit and strong

Fantastic experience: Spacious, clean, well-equipped. Amazing, love it.

Positive experience: well-equipped gym, it would be nice if it was open 24 hours a day

Fantastic experience: huge, lots of different machines, staff are reasonably friendly, changing rooms are large with sauna- only issue is the closing times are a bit early

Negative experience: Speechless of the staff in female changing room. The sauna has always been turned off for no reason, while there were people inside. I’ve come to workout in this gym for 3 months, this behavior has happened more than 5times, also not close to the closing time. I understand the reason to save energy, but people are inside the sauna room! You turned it off when you see people come inside, why?? Even happened one time when 7people inside. The staff with blonde hair, always her turned it off, pls give a concrete reason. What a bummer.

Positive experience: It is a very decent gym in terms of weights, cardio and machines, and a nice layout, but it's just so over crowed it beats the object of going to a gym most of the time as you can't access what you want to train.

Positive experience: good gym, very hot sauna, bit of a shame it randomly turns off at around 8:30pm? quite annoying and they refuse to fix it.

Fantastic experience: Amazing gym has all well the leg press machines should be bit more better but there are 4 diffrent once so is okay , all stuff u need lots of space ppl are okay , staff is very helpful and polite very clean lots of cardio equipments weights everything is just perfect one of the best commertial gyms in coventry

Positive experience: Nice gym, plenty of cardio equipment. The free weights area is now better after the refurbishment. I try to avoid the times between 4PM-8PM as that's most busy and you may struggle to find a bench, barbell, dumbell or plates. Also some members just hog the equipment when it can be shared between sets. Plenty of lockers available but just 2 urinals and 2 toilets. I suggest management should invest in more frequent cleaning and maybe some sort of air freshener equipment around the locker room and the main entrance.

Positive experience: Great overall gym, do miss some of the old equipment as the new ones just don’t feel the same

Fantastic experience: Spacious gym. Love the fact that it has Sauna

Positive experience: Make it 24/7 and bring a guest along!

Positive experience: Wish it was 24 hours that's the only issue with it. It would be nice to workout when it's not busy

Negative experience: This gym is good for using during the non peak hours. If you try and go between 18:00 and 20:30 during the weekdays you will need to wait for about 10 minutes in order to find an empty machine. The lockers and changing rooms are pretty dirty every time (mens) and there are quite a lot of lockers which are broken and if you do pull them open even though with the lock ON they do open. There are a few good machines after the 'refurbishment' but still there are plenty of sticky cables machines that it seems nobody cares about. I also want to highlight that this gym gets so full and in a case of emergency and if people have to evacuate it will be a miracle if nobody's injured. The management team needs to stop thinking about money and prioritise safety as they have given way too many memberships for the space provided. Overall disappointing experience.

Negative experience: STILL lagging behind the other branches of JD Gyms!! Even after the big hyped refurbishment, of which I have only witnessed a few new machines in actuality. This gym is still the worst of the JD Gyms & that is an undeniable fact!! As someone who drives for a living and regularly trains in JD gyms across the country I have to say that two things REALLY irk me about this branch, the terrible state of the showers and the opening hours. The showers are regularly dirty and the faucets are positioned too high so water goes right over your head onto the doors and not on your body (by the way I am well over 6 feet tall), the floors are extremely slippery and pose a risk in themselves, one of the showers has actually come loose from the wall and has remained that way for months, in comparison to say the West Bromwich, Birmingham, Oldbury or Rugby branches the shower cubicles are very cramped also!! I have raised these issues with staff months ago, and had hoped that the showers would be given a makeover as a top priority, but alas this doesn’t seem to have happened!! This makes training before work very problematic as I cannot use these terrible showers after I train, so I am forced to train either in the evening when I am much more tired, or search for another branch to train in which is very time consuming in itself!! Also why has the number of cleaning stations been reduced from 2 to 1?! Meaning you have to go clear to the other side of the gym just to get a paper towel to wipe off a bench!! I really hope in the near future Coventry gets another branch as in comparison to the other JD gyms around the country this one is well and truly letting down the brand!!

Fantastic experience: I had to use a gym whilst staying in Coventry to compete at a body building competition. The gym staff was amazing. Friendly, helpful and professional. The gym facilities are world class and the locker rooms very clean. Great space with modern equipment that is in abundance. UIBFF Team South Africa very impressed

Negative experience: I am not happy at all. I have canceled my membership 1 month ago and JD Gym still took my money this month. It suppose to be 2 weeks notice and I gave whole month! No reply to my emails, I am very unhappy with those actions

Negative experience: No cleaning equipment available, sweat marks all over the benches just horrible and rude staff

Fantastic experience: Very lovely gym, with great facilities for workout. And intense workout classes.

Fantastic experience: The first time I’ve been to Coventry jd gym it was very nice and also specious the staff were ever so friendly pts and I am a fellow pt myself greeting lovely pts and they have the best gym equipment ever the best jd gym in the midlands so far highly recommend to give them a try

Positive experience: For what’s supposed to be a “Modern” Gym there is rust Everywhere and machines faulty. I’m glad for the “refurbishment” but this is a joke. The sauna is the only positive factor for this gym. There’s allways a dumbbell//Barebell missing and there’s no staff around.

Fantastic experience: Good enough machines and more coming soon.

Negative experience: Changing rooms are horrible and I wouldn't get a shower there if you paid me. If you don't mind waiting about for equipment then this is the gym for you. Full of kids who don't know what they're doing. Not open 24/7 like other JD gyms either.

Positive experience: Best gym out there. So much variety. Would give 5 star if they had a swimming pool. Only thing missing.

Negative experience: Crazy stuff! Crazy music! Instead of getting relax getting more nervous because of STUPID AND DIRTY MUSIC that banging the head! I left this gym only because of ENORMOUS LOUD MUSIC, I couldn't concentrate on my exercises

Negative experience: Male changing rooms dirty, toilets are disgusting

Negative experience: Heard some guy getting bummed in the changing room after he complained about the equipment

Fantastic experience: Been there for the first time staff was so kind to show me around gym and set lockpad up for me I totally recommend this gym to my friends and family

Fantastic experience: Great gym wish it didn't close so early!

Fantastic experience: Great gym , amazing classes, Misbahs kettlebell & abs class is a must ,great all-over workout , lovely friendly atmosphere & a wonderful sauna & shower to finish , well-done JDS

Fantastic experience: Nice place to work out and the staff are nice 5 Stars ⭐️

Negative experience: The absolute worst experience cancelling a gym membership I’ve had. Having to submit a ticket request and hoping somebody gets back to you in time before getting charged again is ridiculous. Half the time there is also no pins for the equipment you are trying to use, and also the parking is also inconvenient as the NCP car park they use over the road has barriers that work only half the time.

Positive experience: its good value for money. if something is broken they take ages to repair. good sauna, hair drier and cold shower avaliable

Fantastic experience: Regularly going to the gym. Good equipments, nice trainers, yoga classes are also good. Highly recommended.

Fantastic experience: JD Gym is one of best in Coventry I have been there for selling my Fitness goods Kenfit Leather۔ We have best selling kenfit brand weight lifting gloves made of strong cow hide۔ our gloves are best quality and can last for 2 years or more and still will remain relevant in context of beauty and comfort۔ www۔kenfitleather۔co۔uk

Positive experience: Pretty great gym overall. Always busy, but you'll always manage to find some space to do what you need. Plus, the sauna for £20 a month is great. Some things to improve on would be the clanging leg extension machines, and multiple benches missing adjustment knobs, seats on leg machines being loose and missing bolts to hold them. Otherwise, great gym.

Fantastic experience: Best facilities with convenient, diverse exercise equipment. Passionate users can always exercise happily together. The sauna in the changing room washes away the fatigue of the day.

Positive experience: I bummed a guy in the changing room because he wouldn't stop complaining about the kit being rusty. very nice gym.

Negative experience: I got bummed in the changing rooms and when I reported it to staff they laughed at me. machines were also quite rusty.

Positive experience: Very good gym but needs better punching bags.. They have had one of them for more than 5 years and it needs to get changed .. Hopefully they'll get proper punching bags soon because others have also complained.

Positive experience: Gym is ok, the leg machines make some strange banging noises and shake not sure why this is think a bit of maintenance could come in handy. My biggest peeve is I’ve been going there for a few months and the lockers have always got the same locks on them!!! One locker opposite the water fountain has a lock on it with viktor on it, this has been on the same locker for the past 2 months and it’s always there, I’ve been in at 06:15 and at 19:00 and it’s always there. This is the same throughout the male changing room, so sometimes struggle to find a locker. Would have given the gym 4 stars if these lockers were spare. 5 stars if equipment was maintained.

Positive experience: Great space and lots of equipment however, some people do not respect the machines or equipment it’s a shame. Pins are stolen, weights are left everywhere machines are dropped from a height after a session, treadmills and cross trainers are worn and or broken. Shame some of the clientele ruin it for others. Needs a revamp tbh.

Negative experience: The cleaning lady sprayed antiseptic spray at my face and 2 other paying members because we were getting changed 4 minutes after the gym floor closed… Word of advice JD gyms: if you advertise that you are open till 10 pm either close the gym floor 15 minutes prior to closing the changing rooms or allow a grace period of 15 minutes once the gym floor is closed to allow members to change . I’m sure this can’t be that hard to do and I’m sure that blonde Eastern European lady wouldn’t mind the extra pay as I’m sure she’s paid by the hour based on the terrible job she does at cleaning the gym, Another wonderful thing about this gym is how dirty it is constantly.

Fantastic experience: Great spooky spin on Monday night xx

Negative experience: Absolute joke been there for one year now getting worse and worse all the time, 1 pin for all the machines now and filthy showers and toilets. If you haven't sorted the pin thing out by the end of this months membership I'm leaving like plenty others have

Positive experience: Equipment is now getting tired and worn , broken , pins are missing on many meaning they cannot be used , the environment is really good but let down by the equipment , indeed the bicep curl machine arm rests have worn through and have evidence of blood stains on them. I will re review when machinery is updated Update , they have made an effort , pins in place , some worn items replaced, though the equipment could do with an update it’s a much more positive experience , well done to the team

Positive experience: Great gym, friendly staff! The machine could use a little upgrade or a little maintenance. Timings could be tweaked - overall a good gym!

Positive experience: Very nice gym but the wooden pillar surrounds and entrance downstairs could do with at least painting to complement the rest which is very modern

Positive experience: Great facilities. Get your membership now!

Fantastic experience: Really good gym! Has a good number of equipment and the facilities are at the top of the line! Love coming here! Thank you team JD for keeping it clean all the time!

Positive experience: Toilets are clean and sanitary which is good compared to other gyms, lots of equipments and spacious. Hoping they would upgrade and put more smith machines as there’s only two of them and always in used, also hoping there’s a smith machine that could lower down without the adjustable stop so it can do deadlift and hip thrust, as smith machine is more safer to do so.

Fantastic experience: Every time I go I feel fresh. Also, they have perfect class every day.

Fantastic experience: I had so much fun meterial is proper

Fantastic experience: Amazing place in the middle of city centre.Free 2 hours carpark in the multi storey car park. The gym is open plan Ans has enough equipment for everyone even at busy times.

Negative experience: I used to think this was a great Gym but the staff are too rude

Positive experience: While I attend the gym 4 times a week and I would not change it, what sane person on heart would place a carpeted floor in any gym? The smell of sweat that literally kills your lungs as soon as you get in, has possibly been stuck on those floors for ages and it gets worse and worse. A better ventilation system perhaps? I am not an expert but it’s something everyone I talk to has noticed. Last but not least, every time I lay on the black floor for stretching down the back, my t-shirt turns completely brown. I see a few cleaners around, could anyone make sure these surfaces are cleaned and sanitised throughout the day as well?

Fantastic experience: Nice facilities and many classes. The yoga session have become my absolute favourite. Yoana is the best teacher ever, such a nice discovery.

Fantastic experience: Plenty of machines ,spacious gym a bit busy.Overral positvie experience.

Negative experience: I went to this gym a number of times and the equipment was pretty bad and I cancelled my membership and they then tried to take £35 pounds out of my account this gym is a scam don’t got there

Positive experience: Only been going for a month or so but I'm enjoying it. Busy in early evening but I finding I can do what I wanted to. Having a Sauna in the changing rooms is the real bonus and even that is not packed. The free parking is as close as you need.

Negative experience: Some of the equipment ones need of repairs the state of the little weights is very poor with the silicone protection coming off and they need their windows cleaned badly

Fantastic experience: Nice big and comfy place to workout, staff is cooperative, place is clean and tidy and one can get best pt's under qualified trainers.