PureGym Edinburgh Quartermile

Fantastic experience: Gym is not a game Build your Body But eat balance diet to see the effect

Positive experience: Nice spacious gym with reasonable price (although the AC is always in a down temperature, feeling very chilly at workout

Fantastic experience: Great gym, clean, staff friendly, great classes

Fantastic experience: Great gym, nice atmosphere. The early morning cycle class with Jen is always a great way to start the day.

Fantastic experience: I have been going to this gym for over five years and would really recommend to all. For several years I worked with Sebastian Maciejczyk (@SmartPT). I started with no real gym experience and he helped to teach the fundamental strength training basics, before moving on to more specific Olympic Lifting coaching. His Olympic Lifting knowledge is extensive and he also provided functional fitness programming. I am very grateful for all that he taught me and I would leave every session feeling a sense of accomplishment and with new knowledge and gym confidence. He is also attentive with individualised programming and excellent at addressing whatever you would like to work on, whilst being patient and encouraging during all sessions. I would recommend both Puregym Quartermile and Sebastian Maciejczyk highly.

Fantastic experience: In this case I just wanna thank the staff of this gym for their awareness and kindness. I dont know if im allowed to say a name of this specific personal trainer, but i was there Saturday night 2nd of November, and one person approached me for a chat. He then stayed a bit around me, checking on me. And i mentioned to him in a polite way that i feel nervous to continue my exercise because he was literally standing next to me. All good and easy, but the personal trainer while he was minding his own business and cleaning the gym area, he asked me later if im okay because he heard me and saw i was feeling uncomfortable. So, just a big shout out to this personal trainer (M) for his politeness, awareness and discretion!!! Its so much nicer when you feel safe where you are. Appreciate it!! All the stuff are really welcoming and polite ready to help and answer a y questions. Thank you guys!!!

Fantastic experience: Nice spot for a workout while visiting Edinburgh.

Positive experience: Great gym, fab location, staff are great, would just love if they had a Pilates class!

Fantastic experience: Honestly, I think this may be my favourite gym in Edinburgh.. tried out quite a few different gyms as I move around a bit & just felt really comfortable in this one. It’s 24/7 which is so helpful. Literally all the staff are really friendly here and happy to help improve your workouts which is exactly what you’d want/need. I actually decided to get PT sessions after considering it for some time (years), and I can’t recommend it enough. Makes such a difference to train with someone that will push you to get the most out of your session, keeps you accountable and makes it fun - I’ve been training with Marius, can definitely recommend him.

Negative experience: Very rude and unfriendly staff! Treated extremely unfairly.

Fantastic experience: Been training here with @jen_justlift for over a year. She's brilliant, and has helped me massively improve my fitness, appearance and confidence. Also she runs excellent spin classes.

Fantastic experience: I worked with Sebastian Maciejczyk (@SmartPT) for about two years here! I went from not knowing anything about lifting weights (safely or productively) to feeling like I could be a personal trainer myself. Seb is deeply knowledgeable when it comes to form, lifting weights as a woman, Olympic lifting, strength training, and body recomp! He is patient, motivating, and kind. I couldn’t recommend him enough for any of your exercise-based goals.

Fantastic experience: Been a member since 14 years now. Amazing classes. Highly recommend Jen Lackie spin classes .

Positive experience: The spin and strength classes with Jen are fantastic! For some reason a large part of the gym is carpeted, which is a questionable decision, and more attention could be paid to the maintenance and cleanliness of the bikes and equipment.

Positive experience: Gym is decent, with every thing you can actually wish for in a cheap chain like puregym. Free weights area had everything, with dumbbels from 1 to 50 kgs (at least). Changing rooms were clean enough. Can recommend

Fantastic experience: I have attended the body tone class on Tuesday evenings a few times. The instructor, Marius makes the class very enjoyable and provides multiple levels difficulty that you can choose from.

Fantastic experience: Quartermile PureGym is the first gym I’ve joined and I was instantly made to feel very welcome and familiar with the equipment! Through the PureGym app I received a ‘learn to lift’ introduction done by Marius who later became my personal trainer after a friendly first interaction. Throughout our sessions, Marius gave me lots of encouragement which felt really genuine and positive as I was coming into the gym quite a nervous beginner. Our sessions always felt interactive, personal and in tune with what I was hoping to achieve, and the gym has now become a really easy space where I can create a break in a busy week and offload any stress! I preferred going in the evening when it was quieter and Marius’s late night sessions were great for gaining access and building confidence with the gym equipment. Thank you! :)

Fantastic experience: Love this gym, staff are fantastic.

Fantastic experience: Good gym, hasn't been too busy even after work

Fantastic experience: Such a great gym. Clean and spacious, both - workout areas and changing room. I wish all PureGym gyms were like that.

Fantastic experience: I’ve been working out at PureGym to build strength and continue rehab of my knee after an old surgery. The gym has all the equipment I need for my rehab and strengthening, and I can usually find what I need pretty quickly during non-busy hours. I started with a free 'Learn to Lift' class by Marius Berzinis and was impressed, so I signed up for personal training sessions with him. Marius put together a great plan that’s helping me prep for a half marathon and safely build strength. He is professional, friendly, and really knows his stuff. If you’re looking for a solid personal trainer (PT), I highly recommend Marius!

Positive experience: Small as compared to other pure gyms and always crowded.

Fantastic experience: Awesome gym. Got a day pass while in Edinburgh

Fantastic experience: I’ve been doing Marius’ abs class, it’s such a good selection of exercises and the instructor is excellent at explaining them and adapting them to your needs. 10/10 would recommend.

Positive experience: Nice gym. A lot of space but still really crowded. Try to go between 13 - 16 during the week. After 17 it's just too busy.

Fantastic experience: I attended a Body tone class at Edinburgh Quartermile. The class was fun, with all exercises clearly explained and demonstrated with various options provided for different levels of difficulty/ intensity. Thanks Marius!

Fantastic experience: I don't use a personal trainer but they seem to know what they are doing and are very visable - I have used an nhs physiotherapist for my needs at the gym and that is sufficient for my current needs.

Positive experience: Waren in unserem Schottland Urlaub hier für einen Tag trainieren. Personal ist wirklich nett und zuvorkommend. Das Tagesticket kann man nur online, nicht vor Ort kaufen. Den Preis von 11 Pfund finde ich etwas zu teuer, allerdings sind die Geräte und Gewichte dafür qualitativ gut und ausreichend vorhanden. Einen Stern Abzug gibt es, da einerseits keine Getränke bei dem Tagesticket dabei sind und zum anderen die Spinde keine Schlösser haben. Man muss also sein eigenes Schloss mitbringen, oder vor Ort eines kaufen.

Negative experience: The light are terrible now! I just subscribe to another gym because of this. It feels unhealthy. Also there is always really strong smells to cleaning products. But the staff is great and lovely!! Also the classes are really good. Change the bright light to red light please

Fantastic experience: Located close to the center of Edinburgh it's easy to find. The gym is clean, tidy with a helpful staff. The whole gym is on one floor. Had a very good workout. The atmosphere was very good. The equipments are good and was nice not seeing free weights especially dumbells left everywhere. Edinburgh Castle. If coming to Edinburgh for work going to use the gym again. The Puregym app makes getting a day pass easy.

Negative experience: The lights are so bad now. Too bright hard to bench and look. You'll get dizzy Literally a gym is closed because they didn't have a cleaner? It's their own fault I paid for a 24 hour usage. Downright ridiculous Dan. Also you gonna refund me my transport fees to get to the other gyms? Cos I already paid for access to other gyms

Fantastic experience: This is a good place to work out

Negative experience: Been a member here for around 2.5years, and have never had any issues until the start of this year. Since January of this year I have noticed a massive increase in the number of people here every time I go. This gym has become seriously cramped and over subscribed. The equipment feels dirty, and I find the experience pretty unenjoyable every time I go now.

Positive experience: Palestra ben fornita con differenti attrezzature e molto grande. La pulizia non è il punto forte ma nel complesso è organizzata bene con vari corsi e anche personal trainers disponibili.

Negative experience: Today is 7th of February 2024. I have been working out in this gym for the past 1.5 years. I have never had a bad experience from the gym before tbh. But today while i was working out the manager asked me to leave the gym bcs i had my backpack which contained my protein gloves and bottles of water next to me. Sorry #puregym i am not paying my membership to get kicked out. I am hence cancelling my membership just because of the humiliation i faced just now. Thanks

Fantastic experience: These guys are fantastic. I'm recovering some pretty gnarly medical scares atm. The team at the gym have been honestly so incredible and I feel truly welcome and supported there. Such friendly, kind and honest people. Thank you all for creating a space that is encouraging me to recover my strength.

Fantastic experience: Perfect location, great equipment, nice staff

Positive experience: ✔️

Negative experience: I am a member of Puregym Quartermile for 2 years. Today, I went to the gym with my crossfit bag, which contains my own equipment such as chalk, belt, knee sleeves, hand grips, and many other things that I use for my training. I rely on these items because of the type of training I do. I have always had a positive experience with the staff, and the coaches have been very helpful. However, for the first time in 2 years, I was humiliated by the manager DANIEL SCOTT (who mentioned that he has been the manager for the past 3 months). He asked me to leave the gym because I had my bag with me. While I understand the gym's regulations, it was extremely disrespectful to be treated this way in front of other people. I have decided that I will not set foot in that gym again as long as this manager is working there.

Positive experience: It's big, has everything you need, and a great location. It does show some signs of wear and tear tho. For example of the 4 disinfectant nozzles, only one works, and the hand sanitizer has been empty for a while. But all and all it's great for the price.

Fantastic experience: This is a great gym. I would highly recommend it. I used it three times on vacation. It was very clean and it’s quite big. I will use it again. Great work!

Fantastic experience: Super

Negative experience: This seems to be about the only PureGym to not do Yoga or Pilates. Why?

Fantastic experience: I love this gym. No frills, lots of equipment, helpful (but not intrusive) staff, and an atmosphere where even a middle aged woman feels comfortable.

Fantastic experience: Nike personal trainer, thank you so much, really helped me a lot. Well done. I'm editing my rivew after 11 months. I wanna give a big thumbs up for Jimmy. Thank you for your help. Well done.

Negative experience: Not enough gym equipment and the place is small I mean my room is bigger. Cheap for a reason

Positive experience: I really like facility and vibe but bit smelly.

Positive experience: Good selection of cable machines but plates are unorganized

Fantastic experience: If you want a well equipped gym that comes at a reasonable monthly fee, this is the place. The staff are young and engaging. It’s a pleasant place to be and I would recommend this gym to anyone.

Positive experience: Very nice atmosphere But there is no hanger or any holder for the towel and washing liquid inside the bathroom.

Positive experience: Need private locker. Machines with water and other stuff don't work. Sometimes first doors don't open.

Positive experience: Great facility, book online for casual tickets before you get there. And screenshot your code as bad reception inside and took me a while to be able to get out.

Positive experience: Pretty good gym: they've got a decent collection of weight machines and dumbells, plenty of stretching space, and a good cardio section. It's also 24 hours. They do classes, but I know nothing about those. As a foreigner in town for work, it's annoying that all the admin is 100% online, with no humans in sight. I don't have a uk bank account, and so I can't sign up to get their vitamin water, or use the massage chairs .... and that's just weird. I joined anyway, so I guess the model works for them. Murdo at the Quartermile location was very personable and helpful (although couldn't help with my joining issues). Thanks! All in all, definitely recommend it, but give a thumbs down to our new AI overlords for the frustrations when joining, and the limited off-the-peg joining options.

Negative experience: Incredibly busy, workout constantly interrupted by wait times and lack of space, not the gym for me

Positive experience: Gets a little on the busy side

Fantastic experience: Solid gym

Fantastic experience: Not quite large but enough if avoiding the peak hours. Auto doors not working sometimes by the way.

Negative experience: Crowded and dingy. Entry/exit pods are particularly slow.

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Fantastic experience: Great gym fantastic equipment I do pt with Archie I highly recommend him he will really look after your health

Fantastic experience: I love this gym. Not great wifi.

Positive experience: Great gym and facilities. The only downside is during busy times you have to wait on the queue for using an equipment.

Positive experience: Good gym. It's got everything you need and the staff are friendly and helpful if you ever have an issue. Only problem is it's a bit too overcrowded at peak times (5-7pm). Also there's no wifi

Positive experience: You have all the necessary to work out the equipment looking good not to old, some times a bit busy and the Atmosphere it's fine

Fantastic experience: Big, clean and well equipped. Unfortunately it is always packed with people

Positive experience: Great gym, just too packed, so full. Also another water fountain would be nice. Machines are clean. I like the cardio area never too full, clean and in good conditions. I just wish the elípticals and stairclimber looked the other way. The classes are cool, high energy and good music. The Scottish accent is a bit hard for me to understand but the instructor moves with you so you’re not completely lost. Trainers are pretty cool. The changing room is clean which is always a plus.

Positive experience: In general it is a good gym but I am struggling with the internet. They really have a network problem. Also, the majority of us use their own phone for the music. So I think that it has no point to put the music so loudly. Many thanks for improving these aspects in the future!

Fantastic experience: Pure gym was fantastic and I love how it’s open 24/7 and they have trainers and classes most for cheap or free with great people who work there. There is a good atmosphere

Positive experience: Spin classes are plentiful and good. Using the gym whilst working in area for few weeks. Very busy. Great location.

Fantastic experience: Great Atmosphere and Equipment

Negative experience: The stinkiest gym ever!! Only stinkers go here

Fantastic experience: I just noticed I'm on the treadmill in one of the puregym quartermile gallery pictures. I'm basically a male model

Positive experience: Good gym , but if you are planning to do any weightlifting you will have to work around the trainer who constantly hogs this area and is visibly annoyed if anyone else is using or wanting to use this area .

Positive experience: Often crowded

Positive experience: Lighting here is somehow strange but the location and opening time is just too good

Fantastic experience: Best pure gym in Edinburgh by far. I've tried them all and this is the definitely the best one.

Positive experience: Very average gym, typical of what you'd expect for PureGym. The focus is primarily on machines and classes. Although it has squat racks and free-weights, they're under-provisioned and almost always occupied, so it's not the best for strength training. Also the gym isn't always prompt to fix broken machines. Like any gym, this place gets very busy during peak times, e.g. 6pm. Ultimately it's a very average experience. It'll get the job done for most, but compared to a gym like what the University of Edinburgh provides, it's lightyears behind both in terms of facilities, and value for money.

Positive experience: Good place to workout

Fantastic experience: recommend, attentive and friendly staff, safe and comfortable for workout, good availability of equipment..

Fantastic experience: Lovely gym! Everything you need

Fantastic experience: Decent gym, I’m usually here over the Christmas break when visiting family. Really spacious and loads of equipment to use. Staff seem friendly enough and it was pretty clean when I went

Fantastic experience: Friendly and even at the busiest of times you can still freely workout. A great selection of free weights and machines.

Negative experience: Gym equipment is getting to old since the day gym was first oppened needs upgrade on treadmills as half of them do not function properly

Positive experience: Ehh it is wat it is.

Negative experience: Very pretty gym, but too much empty space that could be filled with extra equipment. I usually get to the gym at 7am before going to work. At least once a week I can't finish my work out because all the equipment I need is taken (not enough benches, only one pulley machine, etc..). I do appreciate the cleanness and tidyness, but I need to be able to get in the gym, work out and get out. In this gym, this is not possible early in the morning.

Fantastic experience: Busy gym with Great hydraulic massage chairs

Positive experience: The classes are great, a little disappointed at the amount of cancellations, however that issue seems to have been sorted now! Everything seems to be cleaned down often, with people following the rules. Perhaps a few more workout stations/benches would be good as it is a little difficult to get a place fairly often, but it's completely understandable due to the restrictions in place. Overall tidy, machines in good condition, great staff and a very handy application for booking and checking how busy it is! Adding to this, this particular gym seems a little more well kept that other ones in this group.

Fantastic experience: Needs a cold shower tho

Fantastic experience: Was fixing a broken mirror in gym

Fantastic experience: Massive, whoever goes to the gym needs to see the Manchester gyms, fully equipped

Positive experience: Amazing and large gym. Accommodates up to 150 people now and cleaning stations everywhere. The only issue is that the dumbbell shelf is at times inconsistent, even if you try to put it in the right place. But I am sure it is not the gym's fault.

Fantastic experience: Great gym with helpful staff.

Fantastic experience: Basic gym, but has everything you need. Really clean and not super crowded. The app is great and makes you routines.

Negative experience: As a gym chain, I think they are extremely rude and adamant. I am recovering from Covid and thus, wanted to cancel my membership. They still charged the fee and refused to refund it even though I told the unfortunate situation. Terrible service - I was point blank refused any support. In a pandemic situation, it's morally unfair to be so apathetic. Never recommending this to anyone.

Negative experience: All PureGym locations are packed, except maybe early in the morning on weekends. The upside is that they let you know ahead of time, through the app. Members never really put the weights back, and when they do, it’s in the worst possible way. I always have to hunt weights because they’re either concealed by having bigger weights on top of them, or because they’re thrown down in some random place at the other end of the room. Staff never do anything to organise the weights. On the topic of staff, they’re never to be found, and are unhelpful when approached anyway. They couldn’t even tell me what kind of barbells they had available, or what plate sizes they had! Or anything, really. Unless you literally go at 5am on a Sunday, the squat racks will be taken. And that’s at every PureGym location I’ve ever been to, including in other cities. After having a membership at both Nuffield Health, UofE Gym at Pleasance, and smaller, independent gyms, PureGym is easily worse than all of them. It all just feels like a very cheap, commercial experience, without even being all that cheap. In fairness, there’s good parts: very central locations, and if cardio’s your thing, you’ll always find free equipment for that. Would I still go if I had better alternatives close by? Never.

Fantastic experience: Lots of equipment and space, and clean. Good size male changing room with 6 showers.

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Fantastic experience: Only a few hours after new restrictions are announced and they dreeze members accounts so they don't pay through lockdown. Puregym is by far the best value. Quartermile has the highest concentration of gymshark gear too so woo woo!!

Fantastic experience: I joined this gym after lockdown, and I love it! great choice of machines and weights, The staff have been keeping the place spotless, since there are no classes , you can do your exercise in your own marked spot. It has a really nice vibe and in particular Gerry who so friendly and makes you feel very welcome, because its not a huge gym, you can check the app to find out when quieter periods are if you want to go at a less busy time. Love my wee gym and would recommend it!

Fantastic experience: Amtimes too crowded, but if checked on the app before you can manage the time and enjoy the experience