PureGym Exeter Fore Street

Positive experience: Good range of equipment and friendly staff. Only 4 stars due to how insanely busy it gets with all the students (December and July-August are lovely though!) and ‘5 min on my phone between sets’ people.

Fantastic experience: honestly staff are the best they’re so kind and helpful. gym is such a good vibe, relaxing environment. everyone is locked in. would recommend to everyone

Positive experience: Too small and too busy, it had the unavoidable smell of adolescence. Equipment was up to date and was all working well. Felt a little sorry for the staff running around tidying up after people who thought it was beneath them.

Positive experience: A great range of equipment and well priced, but not built to manage the capacity. Especially when students flood it and spend more time sitting on on their phones than working out (like most gyms since it's become a social media trend). It also gets really messy with cans and used tissue even though there's plenty of bins, it's a shame people don't respect the space more.

Negative experience: Hi, just putting out there for any one using their locker rooms. & Leaving unattended items there with their Broken lockers My son had his college bag taken/ possibly stolen on Fri 20th September containing his college pass & important work books. Not high value. But for his studies. When he approached staff members regarding these items & their cctv checking they were very unhelpful & Dismissive & again the following days when he returned to check if it may have been taken Accidentally & returned. After these attempts we decided to email & message the gym regarding this issue with no reply’s or response. Very unprofessional & until we have it resolved we will be making it it aware for current & future members Knowledge that this is how they view & deal with missing/ stolen property on their Premises Regards S L Pearce

Positive experience: Couldn't find how to get parked , so went to bishops court

Fantastic experience: Enables me to pig out at McDonald's and Wetherspoons and still lose weight I've also found it to be clean and tidy most of the time, if you come very early in the morning before the cleaners are in you may find some discarded items in the changing room, but that's down to other members not the gym

Fantastic experience: Excellent clean friendly helpful

Positive experience: The gym is convenient for me as I don't live far from town, but only down side is during the week it's over crowded difficult to get on machinery and find space on the mats and in free weight area, needs to be cleaned properly or more often. If they ever want to upgrade there machinery the precor machines would be great as individuals can track there progress with a login account.

Negative experience: Too busy, difficult to find free equipment without waiting. Toilets smell very bad, this isn't a one off, it's consistent. Many broken clips or accessories on cardio equipment. Not as good as other pure gyms never recommended this gym

Fantastic experience: Sweat 30 was an excellent class. Really made you feel like you got a good workout.

Fantastic experience: Amazing thank you

Fantastic experience: Spin class with Tom every Tuesday is one of the highlights of my week! I absolutely love this class and couldn’t recommend it more :)

Fantastic experience: Best gym ever!! Friendly staff and people offering me help when it was needed.

Positive experience: The gym facilities are commendable, boasting a considerable number of treadmills. However, during peak hours around noon and 1 pm, the presence of university students becomes pronounced. Insufficient availability of benches proved challenging, impeding the execution of my workout routine due to the high demand for equipment. Furthermore, some individuals were observed engaging in conversations while occupying exercise equipment without actively utilizing it.

Positive experience: It’s too overcrowded. It’s big for the amount of equipment there is but doesn’t help the fact that it can get really packed during the day with loads of students and they can be really judgmental and ignorant when just trying to mind my own business doing your regular routine at the gym.

Fantastic experience: Nice gym, lots of equipment

Negative experience: Stinks, no water fountain unless you go upstairs. Machines are so old and I don’t think people clean much around the gym. The cables haven’t been oiled in so long they feel heavier then the weight displayed. Often feel ill after drinking the water from the fountain.

Negative experience: 8 months to go. Still counting...

Fantastic experience: Very good equipment and lots of facilities

Positive experience: Alright gym. I like group classes but had very little success with them. Lots of no shows and cancelled classes. Very busy at peak times

Negative experience: Usually overcrowded with poor sanitation management and unfriendly staff

Fantastic experience: Another great session at the gym. Plenty of top equipment. Helpful staff ( if needed).

Negative experience: Feb 2024 Final update. Chewing gum is still going strong. It's over 6 months old at this point. I have cancelled my membership now so will probably miss it's first birthday November Chewing gum update: I've been coming to this gym for over 2 months. On my first session I noticed some gum on one of the fitness machines, it's not particularly hidden... It's still there today. Too busy, difficult to find free equipment without waiting. Toilets smell very bad, this isn't a one off, it's consistent. Many broken clips or accessories on cardio equipment. Not as good as other pure gyms.

Positive experience: Decent gym, right in the centre of Exeter near most public transport, shops, etc. However the space is used very inefficiently with treadmills taking up a quarter of the gym and mostly always empty whilst free weights, benches, cables, etc having queues of people waiting to use. All I can do is ask PureGym to either purchase more benches and move them upstairs or move cardio machines etc else where and replaced with weights or limited memberships as there is almost always nothing free unless you go after 9pm

Fantastic experience: its a neat little sparkle of a gym, you wont be disappointed take a look and be amazed

Fantastic experience: Left to your own devices, hold up expectations of cleanliness and everything else flows naturally. Good atmosphere and great gym on the Core membership, specifically (more freedom on time at gym so you can avoid busy hours).

Positive experience: Great gym and kit, but so much hogging of equipment, by people on their phones

Positive experience: Very good array of gym equipment. Was disappointed to see that the lightest dumbbells are 6kg which is confusing, I was unable to do isolation work on shoulders, and my smaller female companion couldn’t do any dumbbell work at all. This surely needs correcting.

Positive experience: Verry friendly gym, the staff were kind enough to help me get started in the gym and gave me work out ideas.

Fantastic experience: Clean and friendly. Leah is a fantastic P.T and is encouraging, friendly and knowledgeable.

Fantastic experience: Best Gym in Exeter

Fantastic experience: 器械很齊全 推薦

Negative experience: Overall great gym with good equipment..but the main issue I've found is that I'm usually hunting for carabiners during busier hours as these are missing from multiple machines, I've been told this is due to theft but never seen this happen before at any gym, including ones in London and surely this can be monitored by CCTV and members can be banned as it's theft? Also the water machine on the 1st floor has been broken for at least a couple of weeks now and while the PT's do seem approachable, I was advised by the first one I spoke to that they only train female clients- absolutely nothing wrong with this and I'm sure they have their reasons - but I would recommend putting this on the PT board up on the wall to avoid any confusion from clients that they're not taking on/them wasting their time going through emails etc :)

Fantastic experience: Everything you need for a workout before work

Fantastic experience: Very good atmosphere

Fantastic experience: Great facility in the centre of Exeter

Positive experience: Can't complain too much for the price. My only issues are there's no 4G/WiFi and it can get very smelly from the sweat so it probably needs better ventilation.

Fantastic experience: Nice gym and clean , but lack of equipment

Positive experience: Like the new equipments very user friendly and lots of options to select from.

Negative experience: They don't have a power rack with safeties. This means I can't bench without a spotter. If I were to, the bar could get stuck on me and kill me. Poor to not have basic safety equipment available. Other than that, good size and 24 hours open is convenient.

Fantastic experience: Good gym, well equipped weights and cardio equipment. Always clean and tidy

Fantastic experience: Seems to be a few bad reviews but it's a 24 hour budget gym what more can you want? Could be a bit untidy at times but was fine for me while I was visiting for work. Vending machines useful for pre and protein shakes and staff were keeping it tidy.

Negative experience: The equipment itself is satisfactory and I don’t usually struggle to get machines/weights. However, the state of the male changing rooms are horrible. Loos I would compare to a festival and haven’t been cleaned in what looks like weeks. So unhygienic!! Broken glass on the floor the other day just went unnoticed. There’s no natural lighting so it feels like a prison cell, not great for an effective workout!

Negative experience: Probably the worst pure gym in country. Very nasty and racist stuff also very rude and useless.

Fantastic experience: No frill, open 24/7. Gets too busy in the afternoon/evening so it's best to go early in the morning

Fantastic experience: I train with Catalina Encutu and she is very meticulous and mindful towards my fitness journey and health. Not only am I making progress but thanks to Catalina, I have started enjoying my fitness routine. We change the exercises frequently so I have new ones to do. It is never a dull day at Pure Gym for me. -Iqraa

Positive experience: This gym is okay, but it is seemingly always full and there is only 1 deadlift platform! I would not suggest going here overall. I am editing this review on 2022/11/19: The gym is now much better. They've moved stuff around and added in 3 power racks that are accessible from both sides. This means 3 places to deadlift heavy, and 6 more places to squat. The only downside is that the power racks don't have safeties which is a real pain. The power racks are much nicer to unrack from than the racks that do have safeties, so it's a bit of a waste. The staff are nice and reciprocal when I've spoken to them, and the general atmosphere is good.

Positive experience: Large gym spread out over two floors, good range of equipment that all seemed to be working. Sadly it did seem that the males changing facilities smelt of sick!

Fantastic experience: Very clean, extremely helpful members of staff! A place I feel comfortable starting my gym journey, thank you!

Negative experience: My first experience at the puregym Exeter fore street wasn’t pleasant, in less than an hour that I was there some girl stole my jacket (which wasn't cheap and besides it's unacceptable something like this happening especially in a place that has cameras) that was hanging exactly in a place to hang jackets on the women's changing room, I'm responsible for my stuff, but what's the point of having a place to store the jacket if I can't trust leaving my jacket there? Should I workout with my jacket always on my side? I went to ask for help and the girl who was in the management was “nice”, but she could have helped me and checked the camera footage while I was there, but instead she said I need to get in touch with the police (??) in short, no help from management , anyway, very unpleasant situation in the last place I thought something like this could happen, but here's the warning for you. And if you see someone wearing this jacket, it was mine ;)

Fantastic experience: Great gym with ideal facilities, in a perfect location.

Fantastic experience: Nice and calm atmosphere nice place to release any built up stress

Fantastic experience: Lots of space, clean

Fantastic experience: Nice equipments and trainers

Fantastic experience: Hard work use app some i miss but i was with my daughter im 59 so great workout wee 2nd time this it work but hate running machine can do rowing not running at my age

Fantastic experience: Great gym , easy access for disabled people , free classes , 24/7 , no contract, lots of variety gym equipment and weights, secure and safe Gym , professional PT . feels very warm and welcoming ,provide a high quality service . Definitely pure Gym is what you looking for ️‍♀️

Fantastic experience: Muy limpito, la gente muy respetuosa, mis dieses a este gym

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Fantastic experience: great gym good kit even better it's 24hr

Positive experience: Decent gym no natural light however and not enough free weights

Positive experience: Good gym

Fantastic experience: One of the best gym in exeter

Positive experience: Not enough preacher and ez bars

Fantastic experience: This gym has it all. Good quality range of equipment. Barbells, Dumbbells, Ez bars, cables, Landmine and bodyweight exercise bars - pull up and dip bars, machines, kettlebells, yoga mats, bikes, - the list goes on! Top notch cleanliness and very helpful and friendly staff. Feels very warm and welcoming and a gym I love to spend hours in. My all time favourite gym.

Positive experience: Decent gym when I started using it in June ... Until the students came flooding back. Be prepared for prepubescent t**ts swanning around, chatting to mates in the middle of the walkway , sitting on their mobiles, taking selfies, and being all round annoying. Will have to head to the other puregym further out ... Maybe I'll head back in June! Great staff and Equipment. Just a shame it's clearly the Uni students choice of gym.

Fantastic experience: Really like the gym, loads of equipment, easy access

Fantastic experience: Nice place, easy access for disabled people too. Open 24 hours a day, helpful staff,

Fantastic experience: Good gym open 24 hours,yoga pilates decent prices no parking though!

Positive experience: Can be VERY busy but is reasonably well equipped and good for a late night workout

Fantastic experience: Best Gym around

Fantastic experience: Loved it

Negative experience: This gym is getting so full on members that it is hard to find equipment not being used during OFF-peak times! But the worst part of all, is that no gym etiquette is respected whatsoever. Other members fail to put their weight back constantly. They help themselves to plates on your rack without even asking. And whenever you jump on a new station, someone's already asking you when you're going to finish. My advice to @puregym, please limit the number of members (instead of cashing in at the expense of current ones) and enforce basic gym etiquette.

Negative experience: Far from being good, it's average. Material is old and filthy. Some teachers are great, some are bored to make a class ... no staff around and no answer from email. Could be way nicer with a bit of care

Fantastic experience: Banging gym.

Fantastic experience: Love it.

Negative experience: To give some insight before I review, I'm no stranger to gyms. I've used gyms all around the world, from America to Afghanistan. I managed The Third Space in Soho for a short period of time. I know what makes a good gym. I have also taught and assessed Personal Training qualifications. I can honestly say, PureGym Exeter Fore Street is the worst gym I have ever used. The kit and equipment is actually pretty good albeit dirty. The problem starts with people not replacing kit. The gym is very busy, mostly students; sadly they ignore the signs to return kit and weights, and the gym is therefore a compelte tip. Staff members, including the manager, don't tell people to put kit away. Replacement of broken kit and cleanliness of kit are big issues. If something breaks it takes weeks to replace. The 10kg bumper plates (only one set for an entire gym, but there is only one platform) were broken, it took months to replace them. Kit is seldom cleaned. The manager doesn't enforce or lead by example in doing them himself either. I personally witnessed the manager use the urinal and then leave the toilet without washing his hands. In a gym environment where cleanliness is paramount that is disgusting. I then witnessed one of the PTs do the same thing. I used a comment card to report it. A week later the comment cards were removed. On another note, the PTs and the manager often train at peak times. This should never be the case, Members should get priority, especially when there is only one of many pieces of kit. A PT using the platform for 45mins resting and chatting for 4-5mins between sets at a busy time isn't on. Another point on cleanliness, the place stinks. Many a member is clearly using the same kit for multiple sessions instead of washing their clothes after each one. Staff, the manager in particular, need to tell people to leave. Sometimes it is so bad you have to move to a completely different part of the gym or hold your breath. PureGym have an opportunity, an obligation even, to help educate the next generation of gym users in etiquette and they aren't taking it. Health and safety wise, many a new user clearly doesn't know what they are doing on pieces of kit or free weights, but the PTs don't get paid extra for helping so just chat amongst themselves. There are two good PTs there, Leah and Damien. I've seen Damien clearing up after people and witnessed his sessions, they are well thought out, safe and enthusiastic. Leah is a good PT, I witnessed her running a session for two clients. She did well. They deserve to work in a better environment with better PTs around them. I witnessed one PT drinking a Monster drink from a can while training his clinet. Worse, he used a weights bench as a table between sets. Another PT was running a class and turned up 5 or so minutes late. No apology. He obviously didn't want to be there. No re-teach of poor technique even though it was obvious. No manager checking in to provide feedback and quality assurance. Bikes are now being chained to the banister on the stairs. This is a huge health and safety risk if there's a fire. This isn't being dealt. I've probably gone on enough, my reason for doing so is that PureGym emailed me asking if I'd like to review. I did, and my girlfriend did so too. We did so seperately and in isolation. We both received emails saying PureGym couldn't post our reviews. Hers because it could prevent new business, mine because it was legally sensitive. I am writing this review on here because PureGym are obviously posting which reveiws they want on their site, so hopefully this will highlight some of the true issues new members will face.

Fantastic experience: Great gym. No pressure to be any sort of pro athlete, newbs like me don't feel unwelcome and there's enough decent kit there that if you are a gym bunny you'll be happy.

Positive experience: Small pure gym

Positive experience: Good gym, good selection of weights and machines. No parking though

Fantastic experience: First time going, good equipment, good atmosphere:)

Positive experience: It is 24/7 gym. Bad side, has no sauna and pool.

Positive experience: PLEASE GET A HEAVY BAG FOR BOXING

Fantastic experience: Doors close even you have a abonement to gym

Positive experience: Busy

Positive experience: Busy most of the time

Positive experience: Good space and good personal trainers. It needs a bit more cleaning tho

Fantastic experience: 24 hour entry for under 20 pounds, showers vending machines, free weights cardio area and sessions available, can get busy at times, best to check the app for the amount of people in there

Fantastic experience: Best gym in Exeter

Fantastic experience: Great gym very good value for money and spacious. I train their a lot and have done for some time. Yes sometimes can get crowded but you learn to train on different times so you get your training in to the full extent. Great pt guys always ready to help.

Fantastic experience: Good classes

Positive experience: It's a nice gym, not too big. Has a lot of equipment but because it gets pretty busy in the daytime you can't use many things. It's also a bit unfortunate that the classes are on the first floor, not on the second where there is a lot of space but not much equipment.

Negative experience: It’s a pretty good gym it’s got a good range of equipment but the only problem is you can’t use any because it’s to crowded! It’s basically the gym where all of the college and uni students go so is way to busy in the day :( also people steal the clips for the cable stations which is annoying af

Fantastic experience: Great gym. Open 24/7 for £19.99 pm. 20 treadmills, 7 xtrainers, 4 bikes, 2 recumbent bikes, 4 rowers, 2 steppers, 2 Stair machines, big spin studio, variety of weight machines and free weights area on 1st floor. Studio and stretch area on 2nd floor. Lots of free classes throughout the day. No contract (£10 joining fee) all done online.

Fantastic experience: Staff is amazing in this place, bless them. Keep up the amazing work!

Positive experience: Great equipment but it's starting to get very dirty...please sort it out.

Positive experience: Good amount of equipment, enough to do what you want to without much interruption. Is packed around 7-8pm so you have to either go in the evwning or just after 5 to quickly get your workout done. Classes are good and easy to book via the app and really is just a decent gym for the price. Staff are helpful if you need them at all.

Negative experience: Not very impressed with the staff.

Negative experience: Was a nice gym before new year's, but now unless you go before 7AM or after 11PM it's packed full, too many members.

Fantastic experience: Clean Wide range of machines to train from One of the cheapest gyms in Exeter No scales to weigh yourself with