JD Gyms Rotherham

Fantastic experience: Great space, best 24/7 gym in rotherham. No matter how busy it gets it wont matter as its spacious

Negative experience: The gym enforces an overly rigid policy of locking the locker room doors early at night—8 PM on weekends and even on weekdays. Recently, I found myself in a terrible situation after leaving my vehicle and house keys, money, and warm clothing in the locker room, only to be locked out. Desperate, I reached out to the gym’s emergency service and even contacted their employees, but no one was willing to help. Despite my repeated pleas and clear explanation of the urgency of my situation, they outright refused to provide the entry code or take any action. As a result, I was stranded outside on a freezing December night without warm clothes and had no choice but to sleep rough until morning.

Fantastic experience: Very good place..quite affordable.nice showers..enough space for everyone

Fantastic experience: Great GYM with loads of equipment

Fantastic experience: Not too busy at this time.

Fantastic experience: Great gym, 24 hours with decent facilities in terms of changing rooms and showers. No shortage of equipment and classes. It does get busy at certain hours but it's to be expected.

Negative experience: Stopped 3 bloody good classes .. ones I can actually get to!!! .. now I'd have to fight for a spin bike in the mornings because some of them are out of order... not impressed!!!..

Negative experience: I've been to pretty much every JD gym and this one is one of the worst, I would avoid coming back to this one, although it's pretty big the place is absolutely freezing, I mean so cold you can't get a pump, it's also far too well lit and although it's massive it only has 4 cable machines and about 1 of each attachment to fight over. Very disappointing workout.

Negative experience: So busy even at 8pm. Kids on their phones on machines hogging them. 10pm plus if you want to actually use a machine thats not cardio

Positive experience: Compared to Banzli, the machines are old, the staff is friendly

Fantastic experience: ❤

Fantastic experience: I’ve been comming to this gym for some time now and it’s got some good machines for weights and free weights room a good cardio equipment

Positive experience: Not too bad. Mix of clientele, machines not fixed after months of being broken is the big down sides. Shame they are using 80% of Xersize 4 less old worn gym equipment

Negative experience: Worth 1 star only as you can't use the gym twice in a day as your QR code is usable one time only and the toilets and changing room are closed over night ,you have to pee on yourself as if you go outside to do it you won't get back in

Negative experience: No space at all, no available machines, free weight and lack of availability for cardio machines. I'll cancel my membership as I can't use what I need.

Fantastic experience: Great equipment. Very spacious

Fantastic experience: Great gym.. I was previously at Imotion before it closed. Decided on JD. Lots of equipment, both cardio and plenty of free weights and benches. Various rooms for classes and additional training areas. Very spacious but does get busy at times usually early evening. 24 hour access now. Friendly staff and others members are friendly too. Good atmosphere and good music to train too.

Fantastic experience: Large 24/7 gym, good value for money

Negative experience: If you work office hours avoid this gym. I have been a member for just over 2 years and have always enjoyed it. Unfortunately in the recent months the gym has become so busy it’s unusable. The only time I can really go is the late afternoon 5-6pm and you are lucky if you can even get a parking space. Then inside the gym even if a bench is free the only weights you can get your hands on are 2kg dumbbells or 34kg, everything in the middle is taken. Cables always busy, leg press always busy, I have not used a squat rack in months, same goes for majority of machines. On top of this the gym is overridden with youngsters who usually go in groups of 6 and more and take forever to free up machines. I have now cancelled my membership because I’m unable to use the gym when I want. Perhaps there should be some restrictions put in place on amount of people at the gym at one time and the groups entering the gym in peak times.

Negative experience: I am giving 2 stars as not very impressed. I have been a member since the gym was called xercise for less and joined in 2015. The membership was 9.99 at that time. Although i can understand that jd gyms have taken over. The machines were not upgraded. It is quite disappointing considering they first charged 19.99 and now have gone up to 21.99. Only good thing is that it is now 24 hours. Other than that, there is room for alot of improvements.

Positive experience: It’s a good gym and plenty of equipment. At pure gym you can see on the app how many people are in the gym. I think this feature would be great on the JD gym app

Fantastic experience: Recently started here after beings a member at imotion and The gym group. I definitely prefer it here and haven’t had any issues at all. Seen some bad reviews about the temperature being cold this winter, but I think it’s just right personally. I’ve not had to wait around for any equipment and I’ve found the gym clean.

Negative experience: I'm a new member from I motion that joined a few months ago, the weights section is quite good.....however...... Now it's winter and the outside temp gets below 5 degrees, it's freezing in the gym and studio. The heating in the studio is set at 30 degrees on 'heat'....it's more like 10 if that ! ! The aircon in the Spin studio don't work properly either. No heating in the changing rooms, so it's bloody cold in there too in the winter time. If you like working out in Artic Temps fine, if not wait till Summer ! !

Negative experience: Do you want to feel like you're working out in Antarctica? Or the Sahara desert? Well that's what it feels like training in the winter and summer in JD gyms Rotherham... I've been here two years and complained countless times about this issue and it's never been resolved. Now that they have gained i-motion members (as that gym shut down) instead of using those additional memberships to improve the Aircon system or more/better equipment that actually works, they instead decide to put the prices up from January 2024! Ridiculous

Negative experience: So many things wrong in this gym. So here goes. It’s dirty and smells foisty. One of the stairmaster has been broken for 6 months. The equipment is tatty and never gets greased. The gym is so untidy. It is absolutely freezing and I have complained about this before. The car park is like a tip the amount of litter is disgusting. There is a lack of equipment - handles for cable machines etc. The air dyne bikes barely ever have battery. One ski erg for an entire gym. The showers are barely tepid and that’s if you can actually get in one it’s so busy. The Rotherham JD gyms is a shambles in comparison to other JD gyms i have been to. Given they just gained a lot of I-motion members the least they could do is spend some money on the gym.. instead they increase the membership. I’d look elsewhere rather than be a member here.

Fantastic experience: Music is terrible and getting worse Mainly Rapping now That's not work out tunes. Never will be. And why does it have to so loud

Positive experience: Should be a time limit of 5 minutes on a machine because sick of seeing people on a machine for 20 minutes and 15 minutes of that sat looking at there phones. There's plenty of free weights but machine weights are limited that's why its annoying when people do this.

Fantastic experience: Really enjoyed my workout

Positive experience: Nice friendly gym plenty of equipment

Positive experience: A little bit busier than I would like but it was to be expected with I-Motion closing, However seems like a good gym with good equipment

Fantastic experience: Brilliant gym, clean all the time. Staff are very proffesional and helpful. Highly recommend.

Fantastic experience: Very nice staff,clean and tidy

Fantastic experience: Big spacious gym,plenty of varied equipment to keep majority of gym goers happy ,does get busy at times but can always find something to do !

Fantastic experience: One of the best gym near Rotherham Town centre

Negative experience: Stupidly buzy never seen anything like it nothing is ever free because there are far to many people let in the gym there should be a limit been coming to jd since it opened but ever since it got popular it’s ruined my experience with it they should only let so many people in at once because it’s that ridiculous people que for machines

Positive experience: Not a bad gym music for main part of gym is always to quiet leg equipment really let's it down and not even worth going at peak times

Positive experience: Plenty of everything,showing progress.

Fantastic experience: Super experience

Fantastic experience: Great equipment and clean. Could do with better air conditioning though

Negative experience: No staff around at all, I scanned my QR code to get in and it wouldn't let me through the barriers despite it being fine before, used the little button to call for help and nobody arrived, I was there for 30mins waiting for someone. I cancelled my membership here and started going to another gym.

Fantastic experience: Good place to work out, does get busy at times

Fantastic experience: Really love working out here wish it was open 24hours like the Sheffield one and love the weights as they are real unlike some of the gyms I’ve gone to with fake weights

Positive experience: Nice, but the program should be longer than 22:00

Fantastic experience: Nice place to do workouts

Fantastic experience: Super clean, masses of kit in a huge building. Still gets rammed at peak times tho

Fantastic experience: Excellent quality equipment Knowledgeable and super friendly personal trainers Good range of classes Clean spaces in all areas of the gym Top place for working out

Fantastic experience: I'm really enjoying being a member here. It's a huge space, lots of machinery and plenty of kit to go around. Even in busy times, i don't usually have to wait to use a machine. Expect to pay around £19.99 for a basic membership.

Fantastic experience: Brilliant cardio work today in a fantastic environment.

Fantastic experience: Great place to go for fitness and weight

Negative experience: You don’t get your money’s worth at this gym I’m afraid. This gyms always busy, you can hardly get on any equipment and your session is completely wasted. Just think it’s a waste of my money when all I can get on is a treadmill, the bikes and a bench if there’s one spare. Completely ruined my training program too

Fantastic experience: For any ladies who struggle with anxiety they have a small 'Ladies only' area which is a private closed off section just for women. Friendly gym, staff there are all approachable. It's always clean and changing rooms are clean and fresh. All in all lovely workout environment

Fantastic experience: Great gym with a good range of equipment..

Positive experience: Good gym, free weights are not always in the right place. A few of the cross trainer machines out of order.

Fantastic experience: Ideal for all my needs

Fantastic experience: Great gym in general. Needs more leg machines. Only one leg extension, lying leg curl, seated curl machine, and plated loaded leg press…

Negative experience: Looks shut down when I went past it

Negative experience: Still keep sending text messages after being told to stop

Negative experience: Such a busy gym, horrible! Try to avoid it, if u can’t are screwed. If you wanna find it just decent, you will come in after 10am and before 2pm otherwise no chance!

Fantastic experience: Just under a month in the gym and I can see the results. Good, maintained equipment and helpful staff at Rotherham.

Fantastic experience: Although it can get a bit busy during peak times, especially in the evenings, I’ve found that the space is big enough to still get a good workout. Overall, JD Gym Rotherham has been a great place to work out and stay on track with my fitness goals.

Fantastic experience: Great gym. Plenty of space and equipment. Always clean and tidy.

Positive experience: It's OK the only problem is this place don't open until 6.0am most people gotta go work for 7.0 and its not enough time to do work out should open earlier atleast 5.0am

Fantastic experience: good just done a spinning class

Positive experience: Its alright nothing amazing just a normal gym, just gets too busy at times so you are just fighting over equipment.

Negative experience: Only here because it's £20. Awful gym. Awful equipment and your workout is based on what's free and what equipment actually works. One star is generous. Edit: Summer time: Aircon doesn't work so be prepared to sweat endlessly and smell others Winter time: Too cold because it's essentially a large shed and the Aircon is broken. Another edit: November 2023 Price rise by £2. From £20 to £22 10% increase and these guys can't afford to put the heating on when it's freezing. Literally been complaining for years now.

Negative experience: The place is cold and shower and changing room are like freezer you will loose quickly a good mood to go shower the equipment are so bud that the weight are so fixed that not point to spent a time there !!! Very sad

Positive experience: This is a fantastic gym and has a very wide range of equipment. It has full cardio suite, extensive weight equipment, Hiit area and cross training area. The only reason it doesn’t get 5 stars is that at peak times the gym is ridiculously busy and becomes a real fight to get any equipment. It’s not feasible to train properly at peak times.

Fantastic experience: Went here tonight for a look around and it looks like a decent gym. I have to say it was a pleasure talking to Phil who works there and showed me around. Turns out were both keen mountaineers and we had a good chat about it.

Positive experience: Would be 5 stars if it wasn't for the annoying young uns starting to attend

Positive experience: I love this gym, all the equipment is new and the renovation makes this a much better place to workout. It gets busy in peak periods like any other gym, the ladies section could be a little bigger as there's only room for 2 in the weights area.

Negative experience: Nothing has changed since they took over e4less, besides the fact that they charge you 10 quid extra, not sure for what. What annoys the hell out of me is when they have the bike classes the music is louder then the initial music for the whole gym, you have two music playing at the same time, some edm over played by some cheesy elvis and on top of it you get the "come on, push it!!" every now and then. Kills the vibe completely and makes me wanna quit the gym everytime it happens. Air circulation is something that place has never heard of. Don't go in sunny days, in winter it can get cold. Still good price for what you can get.

Fantastic experience: Gg

Positive experience: Ok it was my first time you think that hey would have staff to greet you and make you feel welcome

Positive experience: I was told to leave a studio as there was a class on. I was then explained why by the assistant manager, which I appreciated and agreed with, but the way I was told to leave by the lady doing the class, was very unprofessional and rude. Also I think there should be a sign about it somewhere to advise members, as there is no reception nor staff to speak to at the entrance. I haven't interacted with any members of staff since the gym was taken over by Jd. Before that, each time I spoke to staff they were helpful and polite. I don't seem to know any of the new people working here now but some clearly need some training in customer service.

Negative experience: Literally just walked out 90% equipment broken or out of order. Going to find another gym thats not got faulty equipment

Positive experience: Good gym for the cost, always nice and clean, equipment in good condition, plenty of choice to do a good workout whatever you choose to be graining. Good cardio and free weight selection, plenty of classes on if you're into that. Nice clean showers, lots of lockers, nice punchbags , friendly people in gym, all in all its well worth a visit.

Negative experience: Spin class songs are abysmal - got two instructors that are playing songs from their era which is 1970’s. Who wants to be charging full speed on a bike listening to Dancing Queen and all sorts of other dross - honestly I despair. Monday and Friday spin sessions with the most horrendous of music. I appreciate there MAY be songs from older eras that could work in a spin session; but today’s session was excruciating for all. And that wasn’t even the exercise.

Fantastic experience: Great place to train !!! The price is good too

Positive experience: Cheap machines, decent free weights, terrible for training legs

Negative experience: Unfortunately this gym has gone down hill compared to my last review. But my last review I didn't have mobility or health issues, I now do and this is where the problem is. Disabled parking spaces are normally taken up by inconsiderate drivers who don't hold a blue badge. So as a badge holder, I can't always park where I need to. There really needs to be someone to monitor this and issue fines to people taking these spots who don't need them. The accessible toilet/shower is built into one, so if I am able to attend and it is out of hours I can't always use the bathroom. So if someone is using the facility I have to wait, now I don't mind waiting if it was an in and out sorta thing but if I have had to wait over 20minutes to use facilities, it then becomes an issue as I can develop infections. The shower is also absolutely freezing cold, this is something else that needs to be sorted. Ideally it should be one accessible shower and toilet. Then a second accessible toilet. What needs to be done is for JD Gyms to sort it so that you can use the locker rooms like other places. Except, actually have the codes to enter switched on so people can't come and go (again, like what happens in other 24/7 Gyms). I think it's great the JD Gyms are trying to make their gym more exclusive for people with disabilities but they are missing the mark. I have used the gym once since signing up because the first time I used it out of hours the poor accessibility/bathroom situation really put me off. I also moved over to this gym from I motion which I loved. And that's because I was always able to use the bathroom should I need it. It did suck that there wasn't a shower a use but I didn't care as I was able to do my physio/rehab excerises and try to do what I could.

Fantastic experience: Great gym. Clean and friendly.

Fantastic experience: Brilliant new set up

Fantastic experience: Basically xcercise4less with double the price. but it is what it is. The new area for crossfit is really good. hygiene facilities and cleanliness is on spot.

Fantastic experience: Fantastic facility

Fantastic experience: Great place to workout, lots of different machinery and fantastic classes. The best gym I have been to by far!!

Positive experience: Reasonably busy but still plenty of room and equipment

Negative experience: Absolutely disgusting customer service ! Charging me for a gym I've never joined in a first place and then refuse to refund the money. Very bad experience. Will never set a foot in there

Fantastic experience: Great Gym, great staff and fantastic variety of weights and machines.

Positive experience: Made lots of improvements but the air circulation is pathetic,the heat some days is unbearable

Fantastic experience: Brilliant place, brilliant classes, clean tidy, everything works. Best gym I've been to.

Positive experience: OK but difficult to get on some equipment even when it's quiet. Busy most days now

Fantastic experience: Much better than xercise4less especially if you like squat racks, I never have to wait even when busy

Fantastic experience: Great atmosphere, loads of equipment, friendly staff

Fantastic experience: Good equipment but a very busy gym .

Fantastic experience: Nice atmosphere many machines got loads of cleaning stations

Fantastic experience: Great gym and really good classes.

Fantastic experience: Excellent gym, good value for money.

Fantastic experience: Is there a leg bums an tums class I. A morning please

Fantastic experience: Great class in JD Burn, enjoyed it even if my muscle hurts now.:)

Positive experience: Closes to early needs abmachine but decent equipment nicely lit .