JD Gyms Doncaster

Negative experience: Decent enough gym but locker rooms are closed from midnight until 5am usually not opened until 6am not good if you have to leave early for work

Fantastic experience: Lovely gym but very crowded especially early morning.

Negative experience: It’s really sad that there isn’t another gym around my area. JD Gym is the worst gym I’ve ever seen in my life. It’s always dirty, and many of the machines are often not working. Most of the equipment is from the 90s and constantly causes problems. The locker rooms are often overflowing with trash, and nobody takes care of it. It’s a complete disaster...

Negative experience: terrible gym theres never any machines that are free and so many machines that are out of order and take ages to be fixed

Negative experience: Had very bad experience today when I was asked to stopped my workout and changed to different treadmill to clean it, when at least 4 treadmills were out of order. I asked for 10 more min but was asked to move now. I moved to the only one available and in the mind time my previous one was taken by someone else, left the gym after 15 min but treadmill was still in use by someone else and not cleaned. Spoke with manager but she was not very bothered. Very bad management, switching off 5 treadmills at the busiest time of the day when so many machines and equipments are out of order.

Negative experience: Equipment is good but the changing rooms are unclean and smell very bad. The parking situation is also ridiculous.

Fantastic experience: Great variety of modern equipment, open all hours, ample car park, clean machines, clean showers and secure.

Fantastic experience: It's a good gym, well equipped. Even in busy times you can easily get to any machine or piece of equipment you want. My only criticism is the music they blast out the speaker system. 95% of people in there are alone and have earphones on, so for me silence would be preferable. Again, it's great. Bring your friends.

Positive experience: So, in all honesty I would give the gym 3 and a half stars, there's plenty of equipment, as long as it’s not peak time you generally don’t have to wait for anything, there are sanitary products about so you can wipe down what you’re using (whether people use it however is another story but not the gym’s fault), it’s great value for money and having it available 24 hours is great for people like me who sometimes work irregular hours. Floor staff are all decent folk too and I've seen them helping out users that need it. There are a few valid criticisms that others have like the bathrooms are sometimes less than great, and some of the equipment is worn and occasionally with grips and handles missing which would knock it down half a star (but this can be said about a lot of gyms I’ve been to), but at the end of the day, the gym is about being able to exercise for a fair price at a time that’s convenient for you and this ticks all three. However, the single biggest issue which loses a whole star (because it’s something quite a few people I know at the gym would also like so see fixed) is that the cycle rack outside is borderline unusable. The one thing you don’t want to be heavily worn is something that keeps an expensive thing you own safe, and out of the 10-12 rungs on the rack all but 2 of them have loose bolts attaching them to the bottom of the rack and they rock heavily from side to side leading to people either using only those two solid rungs, or leaving their bikes inside the entrance locker area which isn’t particularly secure and clutters it up. Like I said, I know a bunch of gym users who own bikes and have said they want to come here on them but because it’s just so unsecure they don’t bother. Things being a bit worn is (generally) fine, but when it's to the point that it's something you don't want to use, that's an issue. But hey, maybe that's the idea, have a something in such a state of disrepair that people don’t want to use it, so then you don't need to fix it? Profit! In all seriousness, the fix is so simple, just unbolt the rack, lift it, tighten/replace the loose bolts and bolt it back down, point is it got broken because people were using it a lot and now they don’t because it’s not safe at all, and with Doncaster council putting cycle lanes in everywhere with the city status funding, you would imagine there are going to be a lot more people wanting to use facilities like this. Hell, may even be worth adding more for this reason. Anyway in summary, the gym itself is great if you want a fairly inexpensive and convenient way to work out but not so great if you want to post photos of the equipment to Instagram, and if you’re a bike thief reading this, look no further, this place has got you boo. Pros Inexpensive Convenient Decent amount of equipment Unless it’s peak time, not usually too busy Cons Some equipment could do with a bit of renovation Bike rack’s password is “password”

Fantastic experience: Good gym always managed to get on something even when busy

Fantastic experience: Great gym with plenty of equipment, and the sauna is a perfect way to end your workout. I recently switched to this gym, and it’s clean with a welcoming, motivating atmosphere. I highly recommend Florin, the personal trainer, who is skilled at focusing on form and personalizing workouts. He’s supportive and ensures every session is effective.

Fantastic experience: Great facility that’s well maintained, awesome atmosphere and if you’re looking for a Personal Trainer get in touch with Florin ️

Fantastic experience: Great place and atmosphere! And the Personal Trainer Florin doing amazing job there ! Highly recommend ❤️ the results speak itself!

Positive experience: Always a bit "grubby" in the gents changing rooms, but that's as much dirty blokes who think that someone will pick up after them as it is staffing issues.

Positive experience: Good, a lot of equipment provided, only problem is around midnight AC gets turned off till 5am and very hard to breathe as there is practically no air which makes workouts harder and problems with health for me

Fantastic experience: Perfect

Positive experience: Clean, mostly tidy and big enough to be able to use the majority of equipment for a session, even during peak times.

Negative experience: Went there on the day after signing up for the first month. The generated code couldn't get scanned by the machine at the entrance, it took a while for the staff to come to help and took even longer to wait for the staff coming for help after the workout even if we pressed the help button. Phone line always is a display as it never gets picked up. It was smaller than I thought first of all, it looks like it has plenty of workout facilities but a lot of them are out of work, e.g. Treadmills. There's no sanitizing spray provided so most machines are unclean. Secondly the quality of the machines is not good, instead it's very basic. They try to look like PureGym but no way near it. Overall a disappointing experience so decided not to continue the membership.

Fantastic experience: Absolutely great gym, up to date machines, good weight variety, alot of cardio machines. Perfect for someone interested in working out

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Fantastic experience: Good gym. Good equipment for POWERLIFTERS

Negative experience: Place constantly falling to bits, cowboy repairs team that ‘repair’ leaky pipes by wrapping them with old gloves? Place always stinks of piss because of the drains

Negative experience: Manager of this gym is absolutely disgusting. The assistant manager isn’t much better either. Head Office need to sort out their staff out to make this place actually decent, but anywhere the General Manager goes will make every place dreadful.

Fantastic experience: Mint equipment everything for every body punch bags up plenty to go at nice friendly gym top banana

Positive experience: Big and plenty of equipment. Best gym in Doncaster. My only complaint is it's far too busy, even on weekends now. Only 2 toilet cubicles in changing rooms which are broken and not flushed many times. Disgusting grown men treating facilities like this. I hope JD gym have plans to open a second site in Doncaster as it badly needs it.

Positive experience: Good amount of equipment, nice and clean gym however the big issue with JD gyms is they are far too busy. Even though there’s plenty of equipment it’s still difficult to get what you need unless you got at 2/3 in the morning

Negative experience: The only reason I go to this gym is that it’s 24 hours and I live within walking distance so it’s convenience more than anything else. Cleanliness I stopped showering at the gym around 2 years ago because the shower facilities are minging, toilets are disgusting, I avoid this at all costs. Gym equipment I have highlighted this to staff before, but there isn’t enough attachments for the equipment and you spend half your life walking around trying to find an attachment. I have now resorted to taking my own attachments to the gym. Staff Are just not approachable at all and they tend to just look through you, unless you are a client of course. I’ve trained at so many gyms in my life where the staff actually speak to you. Try cracking a smile once in a while. Over crowding I’m reading reviews about the gym being busy, I literally train at 4am and the reason for this is that the gym is overly busy at peak times, I see the car park on my way home from work at 5pm and I’m glad I don’t train at that time, but we all have a choice, if people are going to complain about the gym being busy, stop moaning and get up at 4am to train. The cleaning team. I often see the cleaning team at 4am, all work really hard hoovering the gym floor, cleaning the mirrors and trying to make the gym nice. All the staff are friendly and say morning and have a smile for you. PT’s take note. Cleaning products Where have all the cleaning sprays gone? Covid’s gone and so have your products. Gym etiquette This is my biggest bug bear, I see signs on the wall about the gym do’ and don’t but it’s just not enforced, referring to dumbbells left all over the floor (Health and safety trip hazard) or the benches found at the other side of the gym nothing is done. I have complained about this before and all that I get back from for the JD team is that they can’t enforce it. I have trained at smaller gyms where members always put the equipment back because they had respect of the owner. Your members are taking the piss out of you are you do nothing. You have cameras everywhere in the gym but you are unable to highlight these members and issue warnings! Of course not because that might take a little effort on your part however if a member was stealing weights I’m sure the cameras would be working then. While ever the management allow members to treat this gym like a crack den you will always get reviews like this. You need to start having a bit of balls about yourself and start enforcing the rules you have in place, if you are too weak to challenge members for breaking your rules then you should step down and give someone else a go.

Fantastic experience: Being a member since October 2023 I am extremely happy with this decision! Always plenty of parking, the equipment is fantastic, the music is great, the clientele and staff are friendly. great representations of a community with hard working motivated individuals. If I was in recruiting I would do it here!

Positive experience: As a new member the machines are good quality and the equipment are very clean. It's a not a bad gym but knowing how big that place is when it is to be miller's or what ever it was called before jd ,really they need to buy the whole building.I went today and left just after 10 pm and it was still very busy Its not somewhere I would go at 4pm to 7pm just because of the volume of people you just wouldn't get on anything knowing how gyms are at that time. The gym could do with some more bench press bar clips and some of the cable attachments might of seen better days but they have had alot of use though being around 24/7 which I understand but that's not a negative more a helpful suggestion to upper management same with making it bigger to accommodate more people in rush times and not put people off coming to the gym because of it being so busy. Overall though I like it.

Positive experience: Nice gym good equipment too many big egos thought

Negative experience: They may as well take the sign down that the toilets open at 5am because it is never open on time! Might as well pay half my membership fee as I don't get to use the sauna, showers, changing room or toilets. So make sure you go for a piss before you come because JD doesn't offer that human right before 5am or whenever they feel like opening the door

Negative experience: Had an absolutely dreadful time at this gym! I've been a loyal member, but two days ago, someone swiped my AirPods while I was using the machines, he just leave the charging case so I can’t trace location. When I approached the staff member on duty, he shrugged off my concerns, claiming he couldn't see anything on the security cameras. Feeling completely insecure and disappointed with the lack of action taken. Definitely not a place where anyone can feel secure!

Fantastic experience: good place but sometimes you need to service the machines and add something new there is plenty of space for that of course a big plus for the sauna lots of parking spaces and open 24/7

Negative experience: I expected good things after absolutely loving the one in Darlington, however I was left significantly disappointed. The small selection of pin machines were all in absolute state and falling apart, loose parts, felt incredibly unstable and will not be using for the time I am here, in all honesty my first opinions were the only good thing was the hairdryer in the changing rooms! After 2 visits, I am willing to give the free weights and weight loaded machines a benefit of doubt, but I will not be using any pin loaded machines, absolutely need replacing and upgrading!

Positive experience: Any chance the Sauna could be fixed? Its been out of order now two weeks? Multi million pound company?

Fantastic experience: No hassle, fantastic arrangement of equipment, 24 hr access, clean facilities

Negative experience: Not the best gym compared to other jd gyms I've visited, men's changing rooms is small and stinks, gym is always a mess, spend more time looking for equipment then anything else. Not had this in Leeds or Birmingham jd gym which are a lot bigger, have better equipment and cleaner.

Fantastic experience: Was really comfortable with the experience all ages in there . Gym really clean

Negative experience: Update: Changing to 1 star. Come for the last few days and each day I'm surprised how much equipment fails. Attached photos of 3 machines with speed sensor issues and/or sticking buttons. Have a video showing a treadmil jump up 4/5 speed increments from a single press. JD Sort it out before someone sues. First day at the gym today and left with a pretty bad impression of the place. 1. The equipment, fairly bog standard. 2 deadlift stands which is nice but the attachments for fly machines, weight pins, and a few of the weights themselves are missing, broken, or stolen. 2. The area itself, pretty grim. Fair amount or rubbish on the floor, hidden behind machines (especially cable fly), and even on top ofstatic machines. Hell I found a halloween eyeball lolly on the first machine I went to. And the dust, christ the dust. I get it, we shed skin and it gets all over, but clean at least once or twice a day yeah? 3. Worst of all, the changing rooms. They're locked at certain hours in a 24/7 gym? Make that make sense. I attended at 4am to find the place was locked up tigether than fort knox. What happens if I want to get changed, enjoy the sauna I pay for, take a shower, or take a leak? I'm impressed people don't use the studio areas as a bathroom when attending overnight sessions. Even PureGym keeps their changing rooms open and they're an awful gym. 2/5, look elsewhwre if you want a decent standard of cleaning, facility access, and somewhere to wizz.

Negative experience: All good, except the couple things. All around is dramatically dirty. Bad smell in changing rooms, dirty benches and dirty machines. It looks like there nobody's cleaning for ages. It's just disgusting touching it! The ventilation is just terrible, It has been 2 years and nothing has been changed. As soon we get an alternative in our region, will move there without regrets.

Negative experience: Bad experience, no good customer service really really bad service, Tried 4 times to reach customer service regarding direct debit i haven't got any response.Even they haven't answered the call

Fantastic experience: The staff are great - very accommodating and helpful, brought a mate along who had never been before and wanted to test it out before signing up. They allowed him to come for a tasted day, they have gained a new member, the gym is clean for the scale of people they have. Overall very good

Positive experience: Was ok however no one on reception when I called

Negative experience: If you like obnoxiously loud npc boomer music, this is the perfect place for you!

Positive experience: It’s a good modern big gym plenty of equipment open 24/7 good price for the month it a perfect gym if you can workout outside of peak hours but like all other big commercial gyms it’s a no go late afternoon it’s rammed like a commuter train in Tokyo

Positive experience: Good gym, well equipped and spacious. Only dipped a point because air con is terrible and can get very stuffy in there!

Fantastic experience: Nice and clean , friendly for all

Negative experience: I have been coming to this gym for more than 1 year, but what happened this morning is not acceptable. When I entered the gym, I realized that I forgot my water in the car. I tried to go back to get it, but I couldn't re-enter the gym. I pressed the button that said 'Press for assistance' many times, but nobody came to help. My wife was already inside, and she tried to find someone because one of the staff had recently opened the changing rooms while I was waiting in front of the door (the changing rooms are supposed to be open from 5:00 A.M., but it was already 6:00 A.M., and they had just opened, with many people waiting). Unfortunately, she couldn't find anybody to assist me either. After waiting for more than 10 minutes like a fool in front of the locked doors, I got angry and decided to go home. I also left my t-shirt inside, but regardless, I wouldn't have been able to retrieve it anyway. I felt humiliated and disrespected. I am paying for this gym membership, and I should be able to enter when I want to train. I am very disappointed with the service today.

Positive experience: 12 months ago, I would have given it 5 Stars however, there are a few issues here which could easily be resolved. If a machine is unservicable, get it fixed quickly. The main issue is people being inconsiderate to other users. Tonight I set up a machine and was about to start my workout when a person came over to me and said "excuse me, I am using that machine" I replied "so where have you been then" She said "oh, I was over there talking to my friends" Really...... I think better management by the staff would be appropriate especially at peak times.

Negative experience: When this gym first opened it was great - modern, clean, well equipped. What a differnce a few years make! As others have pointed out equipement is often out of action for weeks on end, there is a hiugh turnover of staff (further indicating even their intollerance with the company), and as for the male changing rooms, these are nothing less than disgusting the majority of the time! Toilets constantly broken or blocked that somewhow take weeks and weeks to be fixed. Its about time JD Gyms started reinvesting some of that subscription revenue into regular and thorough cleaning and maintenance.

Positive experience: They've stopped the early morning spinning classes so I've packed my membership in

Negative experience: ah JD,JD,JD. lots of varied specialist equipment. Good for a commercial gym. however, the place is tired now! Loads of missing pins and clips on equipment. Pins missing on machines so the 2.5kg extra plate is down etc. Flat sort of stuff. Aircon broken this week. All cardio kit is filthy. Covered in sweat stains. One treadmill had pools of sweat on it today. ifs just all needs a good scrub. Members need an asbo with all the gym kit chucked everywhere.

Negative experience: In terms of space and equipment, pretty good gym. But the toilets are disgusting. The parking doesn't anywhere near satisfy the amount of people at peak times. The gym has some kind of air con / fans which are usually turned off. And the new QR code entry is so dumb, how are you supposed to leave if your phone dies. Please someone build a gym nearby so I can leave this one.

Negative experience: This gym has everything. Black mould in the showers. An abundance of sweat covered machines due to no cleaning products available in gym. Ineffective air conditioning. Steroid infused youth posing in the changing room. Oh, and "allegedly", grown adults urinating in the sauna. What more could you ask for?

Positive experience: It’s hotter inside than outside. For the love of god turn the AC on.

Negative experience: Disgusting gym. No cleaning products. Air con never on. Loads of equipment always out of order.

Positive experience: Been a member for a few months and noticed it's slowly going into disrepair. Noticed dust behind weights, a lot of machines have somehow lost their handles which means you're adjusting it by a bolt which isn't expected. Lots of things seem to be broken but have a sign on them saying 'delays of spare parts being delivered' but I feel like it's a bad excuse. In the time I've been there I've not been greeted by staff or had any interaction with staff at all! Been to other gyms and found their apps to be a lot easier to use and much more reliable. Sure you guys can sort it out, come on JD!

Negative experience: I've been a member of JD for over a couple of years now, mostly using Barnsley and Leeds, as I was near Doncaster I popped in. This JD is smaller than the others and tbh it smelt a bit, plus there was dust on the machines, people were friendly though and the one lady I spoke was very helpful.

Fantastic experience: Brilliant gym, staff friendly, plenty of various equipment all round along with sauna, shower and changing rooms, 24 hour gym

Negative experience: Half the machines are broke. The little knob you need to grab is broken on many machines. The changing room is a swamp. Sauna is disgusting. Doesn’t drain The staff just swan about trying to look cool, ignoring members lifting incorrect They don’t have fitness staff, they have pts waiting to poach clients That’s their main focus, not the gym or facilities I hate going to that changing room and to feel that leaving dirtier than I arrived

Positive experience: Maalesef geceleri genellikle bir çalışan olmuyor, bir sorun olduğunda özellikle giriş ve çıkışlarda ne yapacağınızı bilemiyorsunuz,oraya gidip dışarıda kalan müşteriler görüyorum bazen.Giriş sadece telefonunuzda ki app ile oluyor ama bazen app da da sorun oluyor veya şarjınız bitiyor ve sorununuzu çözmeye yardim edecek bir çalışan bulamiyoruz. Gece yarısı da tuvalet ve giyinme odaları kilitleniyor maalesef. Arayabilecegimiz bir telefon numaraları dahi yok sadece email var. Böyle büyük bir işletme bu kadar başı boş bırakılmamalı...

Fantastic experience: Great environment!

Fantastic experience: Brilliant gym

Negative experience: Rapidly gone down hill in the last 6 months. Multiple pieces of equipment broken everytime I go, plates and dumbbells left all over, dirty equipment, floors are filthy, bathroom floor is filled with puddles of water? Could be urine for all I know. Can't even blame the staff because I never see more than one staff member when I go. Cancelled my membership today.

Fantastic experience: Joined about a month ago. Good gym, plenty of equipment, and the cleaner is always on the go! My only issue is the smell in the men's toilets ‍♂️

Fantastic experience: It is OK for the money you pay. Do not like the fact that threre is draft in the jym and sauna is always cold

Fantastic experience: Would recomend has everything you could need.

Fantastic experience: Love the spin classes…Mark is the best spin instructor you have, it’s a shame he doesn’t have more classes!!!

Positive experience: Very good

Fantastic experience: Silowania fajna ale niestety strasznie zatloczona większość czasu Na plus sauna

Positive experience: Not so many Posers now, starting to sort out the people who want to train from the others. Still able bodied people parking in the disabled spots (WHY???). Better now than my 1st experience

Positive experience: Well kitted out gym, gets busy at peak times and the carpark is tightly packed but a good atmosphere inside and don't usually have to wait for equipment

Negative experience: Always full of kids even though they should be over 16 and they're not. Gets far too busy at times. If people concentrated on actually working out instead of taking selfies and watching tiktok the machines might become more available, when they're working

Fantastic experience: The best place for working out

Negative experience: Gets Worse every time I come here. More stuff broken, and some how dirtier

Positive experience: There's times it can get packed. So one star removed. We need a second site opened.

Negative experience: Please be mindful that if your someone of colour you might not have as good of an experience as most .

Positive experience: I enjoy my work outs here but the heating needs fixing it's freezing

Positive experience: Cheap and cheerful but it gets quite busy, it can be hard to park during peak times and machines are often out for repair. That being said, the classes are great and staff are always super helpful

Fantastic experience: Super cheap, got every machine you could want. Just have to pick your times but you can see on Google when the busy times are!

Fantastic experience: The best gym in Doncaster (and I've tried most of them). Great selection of very good quality equipment, including a large, well stocked free-weights section, lifting platforms and punch bags. Very clean throughout, warm showers and saunas in the changing rooms. Everything you need in one place and 24hrs too!

Fantastic experience: Best gym in Doncaster for the price (no contract) , it gets busy at peak times which is both positive and negative (it demonstrates how popular it is but can mean waiting to get on the machines). I try to avoid peak times and one of the best features is that it's open 24hrs a day, so I've found myself a few times there in the early hours if I can't sleep and have the whole gym to myself apart from others of like mind I guess. Other than the expensive gym near lakeside this is the gym I recommend everyone to join

Fantastic experience: Good size gym, sometimes can be quite crowded but still manageable. Planty of equipment for everyone.

Positive experience: Good facilities. Don't always have bar grips and Changing rooms always smell pretty bad. 6-8pm it's packed.

Negative experience: Too many people filming themselves and forgetting to actually train,also a struggle to get on equipment because people too busy on their phones. Extremely annoying

Negative experience: 1. There is not enough space and equipment for that amount of people. 2. Equipment is always broken (not sure why there is that much delays with everything) 3. Changing rooms are disgusting, 2 closing toilets is not enough, so much dirt on the floor. 1 cleaner is not enough for that size of gym... 4. £21.99 a month and you need to wait for a machine to be fixed over 3 months. Is that a joke? Definitely not recommend, sorry.

Fantastic experience: Best gym I have ever been a member of

Positive experience: Busy but good. I like the classes are included in the price

Negative experience: Going downhill. Was brilliant when it first opened. Was tidy, clean, people respectful and clearing up after themselves, etc. Now, most of the time the showers are disgusting as they only get cleaned once every 24hrs at night. People leave weights everywhere and PT’s let them get away with it. Sauna seems cooler nowadays. Equipment is not maintained anywhere near enough considering its use. This gym is very popular due to its location, and that is the only thing that keeps me there now. Considering the money generated at this gym, (8000 members I’m told) there should be much more investment in upkeep and maintenance there. They frequently run out of blue roll to wipe down equipment ffs Hope they sort it out soon.

Fantastic experience: Great to lose weight

Positive experience: Good gym with plenty of equipment and classes to suit everyone.

Fantastic experience: Gym is nice, modern, clean and spacious, staff is always very friendly and helpful, some times are extremely busy, but some quiet (like in every other gym). Brilliant selection of classess-so much fun and all included in membership and really good instructors (except for Hayley who is really nasty and has got an attitude). Other than that would definitely recommend!

Positive experience: Fantastic value Gym with lots of different equipment for different levels and abilities.

Positive experience: It's ok. Incredibly hot inside which doesn't make things easy. Squat racks are little difficult to deal with but for the most part the equipment is decent.

Positive experience: Nice but needs more equipments

Negative experience: Poorly maintain equipment, not enough handles or attachments for any of the cable machines. Definitely not enough equipment for weight training considering the size and member capacity, some days waiting LONG durations to use the equipment. Very rude staff, unprofessional, not helpful at all and are more concerned with taking selfish of themselves I'm the mirrors. Even the members are very rude. No such thing as personal space or gym etiquette!! Avoid!!

Positive experience: Great gym, but non-EV cars parked in the charging bays. Sometime the car park is not used by the gym users and so the car park is full. So as a gym member you cannot easily park in the gym!

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Fantastic experience: Great gym and sauna. Sometimes can be busy but great value

Positive experience: As with all gyms, it has ups and downs. There's so many benches and free weights that you'll never have to worry about getting them even in peak times... But the dual cable pulleys are either always taken, or the handles / carabinas are missing. Like yeah I get that JD probably put the right amount per machine out, but they should probably deploy a surplus so that this doesn't happen. Plenty of treadmills and cardio machines if that's your jam, there is always plenty available. The car park can be a nightmare but if you're vigilant you'll get a spot. Some of the machines are low quality, and I emphasize some.. The straight leg calf raise needs some grease on it dude there's so much resistance on that thing without even adding weight. And the plate leg extension, yeah if you're tall like me then you'll know why I call it the leg snapper; you can't adjust where the cushion sits so it's on your shin and basically unusable because it hurts. 3 out of 5, because it's my favourite gym in Donny so far with the sheer abundance of free weights and benches, but there are points that let it down.