JD Gyms Liverpool City Centre

Positive experience: Love the classes here loos smell in men’s needs a good deep clean but love the staff and the gym itself

Fantastic experience: It’s good gym

Negative experience: It's very difficult to continue in this gym, everything is very messy, the machine has been broken for a month, the bathrooms are dirty with blood on the floor, there's not even toilet paper in the bathroom... There's no one to take care of it or keep it in order.

Negative experience: We've been waiting for the equipment for almost a month, every week is an excuse. What should we do? Wait for the 1 year anniversary and sing happy birthday? Today is 12 of November, 2024.

Fantastic experience: ***Edit: THANK YOU! Omg the new set up in the cardio area is absolutely perfect in all ways! Thank you!!!! I preface this with: great gym, great vibe, great people!!! But, can you fix the two broken cross trainers or take them out of service please. There’s one on either side. (From memory the second from the male changing room is one, and potentially the first one from the bike end.) I can never remember which is wonky and noisey, and it’s very annoying to end up using that one. ALSO, is it possible to change the layout of the cross trainers. Having them directed in-front of that massive tv screen of ads is really annoying for me. The screen is so bright, and gym dark, it burns my eyes and I have to limit my time there. It’s genuinely flared my dry eyes. I go to the gym to have a break from screens, not have one planted infront of me. Is it possible to turn the cross trainers around? Also it’s very annoying that they’re directed in-front of the men’s changing room, people constantly walking in-front and/or chatting. Listen, like I said great gym I love ya’ll, but please can the cross trainer section be adjusted? Thank you so much

Positive experience: I would like to know: When will the light on the second floor be turned back on (Leg press)? It must have been out of order for almost a month. The only equipment xxxx has been broken for weeks and has not been serviced. Is this what we pay for???

Negative experience: Wi-Fi hasn’t worked for about 2 weeks and it makes it a nightmare when exiting the gym as you can never get any cell service or signal for data. Needs to be addressed it’s getting beyond a joke now with all these false promises

Negative experience: Fix the WiFi please. The gym is a dead spot so my data never works and for the last week the gyms WiFi has been down and it’s been a nightmare trying to get the qr code to work whenever I’m trying to leave the gym. Fix this.

Fantastic experience: Top quality gym

Negative experience: - Rammed choc full of students. Even off peak times - Too few weight machines, seem to have one of each - Machines too close together Tried it but honestly I'd rather pay more and have a decent gym.

Fantastic experience: Great brand new gym. Love it.

Fantastic experience: Very clean and plenty of staff for any help or assistance you need

Positive experience: Visited today on a day pass, personally impressed with the range of equipment, PTs are really friendly. I like the space and design. You could see cleaning staff out and about, which is great. They had a good offering of Applied Nutrition products. Overall if I visited Liverpool again I would attend here.

Positive experience: Gym looks fab now it’s been done up, however there’s no equipment or space for Olympic lifting/ CrossFit like there is in other JD’s

Negative experience: No soap for the past 2months. Gross

Fantastic experience: Love this gym, has plenty of machines and floor space. Classes are also really good. Spin with Rebecca and Sam are tough but great and X-Fit with Josh on Wednesday evenings is a great fat burner with a mix of EMOM and AMRAP. Lovely staff and great gym environment, would recommend!

Fantastic experience: Nice gym in centre of Liverpool Lots of equipments Free classes It gets busy around 5pm

Negative experience: Fantastic gym you just can't use anything in it unless you're willing to stand and wait for people or go during work hours

Fantastic experience: Great atmosphere , amazing looking gym

Positive experience: It’s a decent gym with a lot of room and good equipment although I’m not sure you can see where the money went in the £1 Million Major Refurb. I’m new to this gym but there are signs of things that aren’t so new such as the rowing machines having faulty foot straps and resistance not working correctly, broken cable machines, the men’s bathroom isn’t the most hygienic place and isn’t cleaned often. The biggest ick and has been pointed out in another review is that there is no disinfectant spray and paper towels to wipe down equipment after use, JD Gyms your reply should not for the members to wipe sweat away from machines after use with their own towel. People use towels both for the use of not having to make a sweaty mess on the equipment and/or wipe their own sweat away from their body or face. It would be nice to have the option of having a disinfectant spray and wipes for those who choose to use it.

Positive experience: Decent gym for them price and well equipped. Main issue for me is the people who can't put their weights back after using them. Makes finding plates or matching weights a pain. No cleaning spray/paper towels anymore either which is pretty unhygienic. The staff don't do it often enough to justify not having this available.

Fantastic experience: My second home!

Negative experience: Used to be banging but the refurbishment has ruined it, whoever did the layout couldn't have done a worse job if they tried

Fantastic experience: The staff are sound, the cleaners do a fantastic job, the birds and bros are sound, the new gear is spectacular!! No complaints from me!

Positive experience: I highly recommend this gym, stuff are very helpful and friendly. All machines are new, which is really good thing. One recommendation - don’t come at peak times, then you have to wait near every machine to do your session. Sometimes it’s crazy!

Fantastic experience: Besst gym ever have been in

Positive experience: I really love this gym. The classes are great, there's loads of equipment, there are actual change rooms so you don't have to change in the toilet cubicles. My only complaint is they don't offer cleaning spray to clean the equipment before or after use anymore (they used to), which is kinda gross.

Negative experience: Difficult to workout here with so much crowd and little space

Negative experience: Too crowded and poor quality machines

Negative experience: Been going here 5+ years and the refurb is good for 1/3 of the gym. The rest has taken a massive downgrade in space and equipment. Whoever decided to move the weights section to the top left floor is seriously misunderstanding how popular the free weight sections are in gyms. Shame about the mix up in gym facility popularity. Any of your PTs must've had the exact same dispute when plans were revealed.

Fantastic experience: Exciting experience, all the lads bond well at the Sauna talking about football haha. Clean and modern equipments that’s enough for everyone. Sadly it’s not 24/7 but good values for money.

Positive experience: I have been using this gym for years and found it is without doubt the best commercial gym in Liverpool City Centre but I’m quite disappointed with the refurbishment to say the least. During the time the gym was closed down for refurbishment I travelled an extra 20 minutes to the Edge Lane gym and I was very impressed with the refurb there so I had high hopes but for the love of god what happened ?!? Edge lanes refurbishment was ten times better and is now a more attractive gym than the flagship Liverpool City Centre gym. The removal of the deadlift platforms is beggars belief and the free weights area upstairs is very cramped. The “Burn” area is an inefficient and wasteful use of space and the sheer ignorance to not have one single power rack is sacrilegious. I will still continue to use the gym out of loyalty but it just doesn’t feel right. I am always open for some consulting on gym layout and design in the future.

Fantastic experience: Always clean and not too busy.

Negative experience: They did some refurbishment at first seems cool but it's actually bad, there is no space for weights but downs stairs there a lot of space but can't be used for weights... pointless

Fantastic experience: Good

Fantastic experience: Best gym in town

Negative experience: I recently signed-up for the gym following the hyped marketing emails about refurbishment. I'm sad to say the gym is utterly disappointing. The free weights are is too cramped with benches fitted very close to each other - there is barely space to walk to the weights and back. When i was working out, my foot was contantly touching the guy on bench next to me because teh benches are so close. Its also feels very unsafe with large weight dropping right next to your legs. Then there is challange of hopping through teh tiny walkable space with big wieghts, Also the work out machines are spread across three floors. so, you have to change the floors to finish a workout.The gym just makes it very hard to finish a workput properly I'll cancel my membership and go back to my old gym

Negative experience: It was my first time at this gym, and I didn't know they close at 8 pm on Saturdays. A female staff member entered the male shower room, shouting that we had to leave. I requested 5 minutes to finish my shower, but she refused. While my friend and I, along with other gym members, were drying off with towels and getting dressed, the lady staff member was constantly walking around the male changing room, seemingly performing her duties. I felt very uncomfortable. It also seems like JD can't afford to hire a cleaner, so they make their gym staff clean the changing rooms while people are still there naked trying to get dressed. Additionally, the gym lacks enough machines for everyone, and their customer service is horrible. They respond here to pretend they care, but addressing problems requires emailing and waiting for 21 working days. The gym closed for "renovations" for over 4 weeks, promising not to charge during the closure. However, they charged me for that month, despite the gym being closed. I couldn't visit even if I wanted to. If you have the option, I suggest using a different gym. I chose this one for the punchbag, but now deeply regret it. They also close at 8 pm on the weekends. As soon as this month ends, I'm signing up with The Gym or Pure Gym.

Negative experience: Recent renovation has ruined the gym. The machines are spilt between three floors now. So you have to run between multiple floors to finish one workout. Also, they cramped the weight and machine zone in a much smaller area on top floor instead of spacious ground floor. It too right to workout now. And the bottom floor area is bieng waster by cardio machines and empty space Moreover the Gym management seems to be in denial of the issues. Instead of listening to customers they say customers are wrong. If you look at recent 4-5 reviews all mention the same major issues

Fantastic experience: 2024 REFURB COMPLETE! This gym has been here for a while, but closed temporarily to have a refurbishment. I'm happy to report that the gym has had a modern refresh, with new equipment and décor. The most surprising thing is the new layout. The cardio area is now downstairs (previously on the 2nd floor) and it seems a lot more spacious and easier to navigate. The class studios one the first floor have had a facelift too. I particularly like the new Spinning Studio with the new Spinning bikes. The weights area is now on the 2nd floor and it's great because there's lots of new machines, new weights, a weightlifting area and it keeps the bodybuilder types upstairs, just in case you get intimidated by that sort of thing. Saunas and nice changing rooms come with the price too. Overall, if you're looking for an excellent City Centre gym in Liverpool, this one comes recommended!

Fantastic experience: Been going the last few months as I've been wanting to get back into shape. Place looks nice and got all the equipment you need, staff are friendly and helpful. And I do like the gym is pretty clean and doesn't smell terrible either. Only nit picks I'd say are the showers need to run a tad longer as you do have to press it every second. It's a shame its closed for the month but will be worth it with the new equipment and new showers etc. As a gym to go to I'd definitely reccomend it to someone

Negative experience: Very nice the gym but very bad move with the refurbishing. Not happy at all that that the changing room was close and nobody notify us .

Fantastic experience: It’s sauna. Gets busier at evenings.

Positive experience: Great gym, has a lot of equipment with multiple floors. The sauna is also very handy, regular classes included in the price which is fantastic but… One thing that I’ve noticed is the men’s changing room and toilets are literally DISGUSTING, I’d advise that the management take a walk into the gym and smell the changing rooms it’s horrible, and the bathroom is ALWAYS stinking of urine definitely not cleaned regularly.

Fantastic experience: Cool gym

Negative experience: Gym has closed its showering facilities an expects people to still attend , said they would upgrade out membership but yet am still waiting. So out of a gym because of theese

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff, good equipment and plenty of space for working out. I like that they have a sauna too

Positive experience: Beaucoup trop de monde. Sur trois étages. Coach super sympa. Machine au top.

Positive experience: I have been a member of this gym since it first opened. I joined as place of work is close by. On the whole the gym offers everything I need. However, there have been times when standards have slipped. It took 3 months for the biceps curl machine to be fixed. At times the men's bathroom area smells of stale urine and the toilets are, at times, in a terrible state. My main grievance, however, is how inconsiderate other members are. I usually train Sat/Sun mornings and get to the gym around 8.30am. 95% of top row lockers have a padlock on them despite only a handful of people being in the gym. There should be a policy put in place along with a sign advising members that padlocks will be cut at the end of each day and that belongings will be disposed of after 24 hours

Positive experience: Great gym gets very busy of an evening

Positive experience: Good gym should get more equipment sauna breaks now and again and too many people but overall really good

Negative experience: Not enough small plates (1.25’s and 2.5’s) not enough equipment. Attempted doing a leg day people using the squat racks for anything other than squats and got a PT using several machines at once. Been a member here for years but will definitely be looking elsewhere after recent visits.

Negative experience: My brother had his bag stolen from his locker lock was broken off all his items stolen including his clothes. Staff were not really interested. They should have phoned the police. However he had to do it himself. There was a lack of customer care.

Fantastic experience: Love the place Quite central Has a good variety of equipments People there are friendly Good environment in general

Positive experience: Very busy could do with having another gym in the centre

Fantastic experience: Just right. Gets too busy at times but still have access to machine and other equipment

Fantastic experience: Excellent

Negative experience: Used to love this gym but its gone downhill fast. Half the treadmills are broke, weights machines all missing the pins. And they have a student joining offer on literally every month which means the gym is way oversubscribed. If you plan on your workouts being between 3pm - 8pm good luck. You are not getting on any machine and will struggle to find a free weights bench. I honestly dread to see what its going to be like in January. Additionally I had a female friend that goes to JD gym and she recently cancelled her membership. The reason being that the male staff members wouldnt leave her alone while doing a workout. I assume because she is an attractive young female. Dont join this gym!

Positive experience: Decent normal gym and not overpriced tho really old mentality

Negative experience: Make it difficult to cancel with big forms and then tell you you have to pay for an extra month as part of original contract. So if you cancel it mid November within your first month you have to pay to December 30th. You are told if you cancel with your bank you will be sent arrears letters.. Machines are wierd and dated. They are squashed across the floor, there is no water fountain,the changing rooms are squashed. The shower is too hot or too cold and the doors are broken. Worst gym I have ever been to.

Negative experience: The spanish music is fantastic, but i don't understand why you don't play this music having artists like Bad Gyal, Camela, Ladilla Rusa, Adrian Navarro music and obviously naiara music.

Negative experience: The gym itself is okay at best, no machines catered to wheelchair users. Small amount of freeweights which are constantly in use. Like most franchise gyms there is an excess of cardio machines for ablebodied/ambulant members and not much else. Access into the gym is on an upwards slope with a heavy pull glass door which is incredibly difficult for manual wheelchairs and there is no disabled assistance button outside either. There is a long flight of stairs to get to the gym and a single lift which an electric wheelchair user may struggle to fit in but if this lift is out of action, access would be impossible. To top it off, when you get upstairs and want to access the gym the disabled turnstile (we've been told by staff) has been decommissioned and does not let you in (or out) without a staff member physically getting a key to open the turnstile which is a huge problem because staff are only ever in the lobby about 4 out of 10 times and pressing the staff attention button does nothing. One particular day after working out, myself and my disabled partner waited for 20mins for someone to let us out. During this 20mins I repeatedly went to all 3 floors to find a member of staff to let us out but I could not find a single one which then makes me think they're in the staff room and hear the request of assistance and just ignore it. There is a lift for disabled users but 90% of the time it is full of rubbish (images were all taken on different days at different times) or cleaning equipment even though we had been attending regularly for 2 full months you'd think someone had thought to keep it clear at all times. The disabled toilets are usually used by able-bodied patrons going for a number 2 and it looks like the trainers don't really care because they too use the disabled toilets. I wouldn't bother with a membership if you are a wheelchair user without a carer/aide.

Negative experience: I used to love this gym 3-4 years ago. It’s gone drastically downhill since just before covid and after is even worse. The big treadmills, I’d say 2/8 are only ever working. I’ve had electric shocks off them, them coming to abrupt halts when in full sprint because the emergency stop key doesn’t sit right…and they’re the ones that work! The speed and distance don’t work right on a few of them either Pins always missing from the weight stacks Equipment never replaced when broken Gym is filthy - always rubbish lying around and the showers are just downright disgusting now, I stopped using them Tbh I could overlook all of this if I could get a decent workout in but 4-6pm weekdays is absolutely RAMMED. To the point I am always having to change my workout. It’s clearly over subscribed, especially with students, but hey, not going to turn down money are they. It’s a shame because it was a great gym at one time with fab, friendly PTs. But I think it’s time for me to look elsewhere

Negative experience: Cute gym but classes are not really good, also isn’t really clean like toilets and carpets, and the machines are not disinfected. Dust everywhere! Update: why you didn’t renew the toilets and saunas? They are always dirty and smelly! Also the sauna has broken floor and broken door handle. On top of this you are charging 5£ more for just few new machines.

Fantastic experience: Good gym. Friendly staff. Very few gyms with a punch bag! (Excludong actual boxing gyms)

Negative experience: Unfortunately, gym hasn’t even got hot water in the showers now.

Negative experience: This gym is a great facility in a city center location, unfortunately it is not very well run. The machines are not well maintained, with many missing the weight stack pins or attachment clips, loose bolts etc. It is insanely busy from 5-8 making it very difficult to complete a targeted work out. It is a sweaty mess because the staff do not switch on the aircon, then customers open the windows, then the aircon when switched on cant possibly cope, trying to cool the whole world. The membership cancellation process, despite being a "no contract" gym, is insanely difficult. Even the FAQ "how do I cancel my membership" provides no information. In the end I had to waste over an hour of my life to complete this process over the phone. Multiple emails went unanswered, pretty poor for a modern business.

Fantastic experience: Very clean, lots of equipment and great amenities

Positive experience: It needs a refurb.

Negative experience: they don’t have enough equipment and dumbbells and machines. smith machine doesn’t work the shower is dirty and tight and dark.

Fantastic experience: JD Burn Classes at lunchtimes are fantastic! In and out in 40 mins. 450 plus calories burnt PTs are approachable and very knowledgeable. No angry meatheads in there! Lots of kit over 3 floors. My advice - get the multi site pass for the extra £5 per month so you can use the others across the city and beyond Hunts Cross & Belle Vale are quiet later on at night and Widnes is open 24 hours. Very good value @£20pm and £25pm (multisite access)

Positive experience: Lovely gym loads of machines and free weights great tunes!!

Negative experience: Decent atmosphere, gym equipment isn't the best, probably on par with you local travel lodge gym , as seating positioning on half machines is borderline dangerous and uneven. If you're looking for a cheap and cheerful gym this is definitely the place for you. If you're serious about lifting or any type of serious training, I'd definitely look elsewhere

Fantastic experience: Good gym in city of Liverpool

Negative experience: Always extremely busy. So dirty , and most of the machines are broken.

Positive experience: Limited number of machines, busy at start and end of working hours. Classes for free.

Fantastic experience: Best man in this richard johnson really he is really amazing man i have much respect for that guy lovely

Negative experience: Everything clean and nice and fully equipped. If you don't interfere with the arrogant staff, is a good gym. Without exaggeration, staff is unhelpfull and lazy. The only time you get some help is when you register. At the evening team members will just chat with each other, leaving the place disorganised, ending up spending more time searching for a dumbell than working out. Also, even 2 hours before closing I feel rushed out.

Fantastic experience: Amazing

Positive experience: Great gym with good equipment the only downside to the gym is that the male showers are uncomfortable to use because they are that hot it feels like you are on fire after a couple of seconds of using them. Gym staff have been asked many times to lower the temperate but still nothing has been done about how hot the showers are.

Fantastic experience: Great value for money with great facilities including changing rooms, sauna, showers. Amazing classes which are completely free & included in the membership. Helpful staff who are always about to give help if needed. Great gym overall :)

Fantastic experience: Amazing!!

Positive experience: I really liked this gym but it's getting worse and worse. The showers there have been cold for a month. Sauna is often 'cold' (40-50 degrees) or completely off (in the evenings). It took them months to replace treadmills (maybe 1-2 out of 8 worked properly). They are either trying to save money or just keep ignoring the issues.

Negative experience: Showers smell like urine. Dust, hair and general dirt around and beneath machines suggesting they never get cleaned. Shower buttons only remain depressed for a few seconds. Several machines are missing pegs for weights rendering them useless unless you can steal a peg from a neighbouring machine. Customers are ‘reserving’ lockers by padlocking them shut whilst not actually at the gym resulting in 80 percent of lockers occupied in male changing rooms with only 6 men visible in the gym on a quiet Sunday morning. No water available on top floor where cardio machines reside. All equipment extremely dated, missing pegs and covered in dust. Showers regularly have the same torn labels from shampoo bottles discarded on floor for days on end.

Positive experience: It's a good gym, has lots of equipment and zone's to workout. The only bad thing is the smell when you enter, until you get adapt to it. Takes time.

Fantastic experience: Great

Fantastic experience: Very good ! Only thing that is missing in my opinion would be being open at night, for night workers it would be highly appreciated.

Fantastic experience: Nice place to work out. Three different levels (ground= fitness, first floor= classes, second floor= cardio and functional area) , good quality equipment and friendly atmosphere. Professional personal trainer.

Fantastic experience: The equipment is at a high standard and member friendly too use. As being a previous member of staff I can guarantee that the environment is nothing but positivity and great chats, absolutely love the JD burn room they facilitate with great equipment to get creative with your workouts! Also love the gym with my chick for abit of competitive fun

Fantastic experience: Out of all the gyms I have trained in in the City Centre area this is by far the best one! Clean, boss staff, boss equipment and great atmosphere. Atmosphere in classes are also great and adds onto the overall experience whether you're in them or doing your own thing! Great value for money!

Fantastic experience: Great gym.. I moved to JD from the gym group No regrets. Friendly and very helpful AGM's.

Fantastic experience: Great experience staff welcoming & good quality kit. Very happy to train here :)

Fantastic experience: Best gym in Liverpool.

Fantastic experience: The gym is an amazing fitness community

Fantastic experience: Very Clean, It has all the necessary equipments great location

Fantastic experience: Amazing gym set out over 3 levels so plenty of space and loads of equipment! Variety of classes with high energy instructors. Friendly and helpful team for a city centre gym great friendly atmosphere highly recommend a visit.

Fantastic experience: A very impressing gym for it's value!! It even has a sauna which I love to go to everytime to relax!

Fantastic experience: Just joined and I already love it

Fantastic experience: Very good gym. Can get crowded at peak hours but you expect that due to it's location.

Fantastic experience: Good gym. Friendly staff and ample equipment.