PureGym Glasgow Shawlands

Positive experience: I was a member of this gym for years before moving to the Giffnock branch. Visited today and it's not changed. For a weekend day in January it was really good to be in a gym that isn't overcrowded and where you can actually get your workout done. Good range of equipment for a no frills gym and of course the all important 2 hours free parking in the arcade car park. This is the main reason I didn't go to the Giffnock branch today, there was no parking spaces.

Positive experience: Open plan type gym. Nice women's only area. It's located inside a shopping area and it doesn't say anywhere that you have to go round to the back for the tiny back entrance to gain access. I think it should be mentioned on the website and even outside the shopping arcade when it is closed, directing people to the back. Also the website shouldn't state it's open 24x7 without any mention of holiday hours or unmanned hours.

Fantastic experience: Love going here, plenty of class availability and great instructors, particularly Daryl and his excellent music playlists!

Fantastic experience: Great gym, very quiet, very cheap just the arcade itself is a bit disused

Positive experience: Good though not high standards. Just ok.

Negative experience: Equipment it very old and doesn't work properly. Less of popular machines too.

Fantastic experience: So much love for the PureGym Glasgow Shawlands (Unit R, Shawlands Shopping Centre, Glasgow) guys, As a PT level 3 assessor, Im always a little critical of gyms, moody children and poorly qualified staff, well........this place.....just incredible, the skillset of the Personal Trainers, the friendly approach to the clients and welcoming feel is next to none. Keep inspiring and thank-you for supporting my journey guys.

Negative experience: sites terrible, supports non existent, gyms a riot, smells repulsing. good luck talking to a human for help. good luck getting any help with anything from here. the equipment is decent/standard at best. recent videos of people smoking fighting and more have surfaced but PureGym has always been like that.. they have 0 staff what do you expect in Glasgow. From the way they have never changed I guess it will always stay like that. if you have 0 self respect then this is the gym for you.

Positive experience: The gym overall is good but the air con pouring cold air directly above machines such as bicep machine is soo bad and results in us becoming freezing after sweating not good at all as had a cold as a result :( the air con level should also reduce after 8pm as less people are there and so the gym isnt freezing in these areas. There should be more cardio classes such as spin in evenings and 18:15 isn't great for people who finish at 5 and need time to get home and ready to go to gym - why not 7pm or at least 18:45 ? Also not everday is there even a evening spin class. One more very annoying thing is instructor seem to think its okay to increase the volume of their music for their class sooo loud that you cant hear yourself think let alone listen to your own when doing your own training. So inconsiderate considering they are shouting instructions as well. A happy medium is always best to suit everyone not just the ppl attending the call.

Negative experience: Unhelpful staff

Fantastic experience: Usually equipment available most hours. Can be a few posers that don't bother to put their equipment back though.

Fantastic experience: The gym is always immaculate and the atmosphere is friendly.

Positive experience: One of the most spacious Pure Gyms I have been to with a tonne of room for stretching/free weights. Staff friendly and overall a really nice atmosphere. Only downside for me is that sometimes multiple classes run at once at peak times. This dramatically reduces the space and equipment in the gym, leaving only a few barbells, mats etc between a lot of people.

Positive experience: Good basic gym… clean and tidy… good number of machines… great if you’re local and just want to go in and out

Fantastic experience: Love the women’s section!! More puregyms should have this facility classes are ok

Fantastic experience: Great gym experience!

Fantastic experience: Love this gym, especially Gail’s Circuits on a Saturday. Really disappointed to see it has been cancelled.

Positive experience: Loved it, big space and plenty of machines and equipments to have your workout uninterrupted by waiting on free machines! There is a space for ladies only to exercise if you would prefer some privacy, found it a great idea which I have never seen it before! Only downside, the space has no natural light coming in.

Fantastic experience: Located in the Shawlands Arcade this gym has been going for a few years now, they have all the usual gym equipment that you would expect, the place is kept very clean and tidy and is well used but it's members who all seem to be very chatty and friendly enough.

Positive experience: I have been a member of PureGym Glasgow Shawlands for over a year now and I can confidently say that it is the best gym I have ever been a part of. The gym studio features are top-notch, with state-of-the-art equipment and a wide variety of classes to choose from. One of the biggest benefits of PureGym Glasgow Shawlands is the convenience. The gym is open 24/7, so I can work out whenever it fits into my schedule. The staff is always friendly and helpful, and the atmosphere is welcoming and non-intimidating. I love the variety of classes offered at PureGym Glasgow Shawlands. From yoga to HIIT to spin classes, there is something for everyone. The instructors are knowledgeable and motivating, and I always leave feeling accomplished and energized. Overall, I highly recommend PureGym Glasgow Shawlands to anyone looking for a gym that offers top-notch facilities, convenient hours, and a supportive community. Joining this gym has been one of the best decisions I have made for my health and fitness journey.

Positive experience: Excellent place...

Fantastic experience: Great facilities plenty of space.

Fantastic experience: Good gym, plenty of room for everyone attending!

Fantastic experience: Simply the best

Negative experience: Its cheap but probably not cheap enough to justify the poor condition of a lot of the equipment

Positive experience: Good classes, more pump/ strength 45 sessions and 15 mins abs blasts after the 30 mins classes would be fab.

Fantastic experience: Love Gail’s Burn It. More of that please. Would you consider step classes (I’m old!) and could we have 15 or 30 mins stretch classes??

Fantastic experience: Staff are always polite, friendly and helpful. The gym is always clean.

Fantastic experience: Best Pure Gym in Glasgow by far,user friendly and good clientele.

Positive experience: Always well used. Equipment is in good condition.

Positive experience: Clean and had paper towels Available for wiping down. A lot of cardio equipment. Weights space smaller than other puregyms but that’s expected as it’s in shawlands

Positive experience: Pretty friendly and inclusive gym, decent equipment for a commercial gym. Lots of treadmills.

Fantastic experience: My whole RIZVI family is using this Gym and we all are happy. The most important feature is their friendly staff.

Positive experience: This is the only PureGym I've ever been to, so I have no idea what it's like in comparison, but it's a good experience for the price. It's rarely too busy to get a decent workout in, even at peak hours. The temperature is good, lighting is nice, and the equipment is generally in good order. The few gripes I have are the same I have with most gyms: too many treadmills, not enough cable attachments (need more ropes!), and only one of some very popular machines like leg extensions.

Positive experience: Good, well equipped gym

Fantastic experience: Good gym. Clean and tidy at night time. Only thing is that the heating isn’t on late at night, leaving the gym very cold in freezing temperatures

Fantastic experience: Good gym very friendly

Negative experience: Very badly run gym Staff unfriendly Prices too high

Fantastic experience: If you are a traveller, pure-gym is your place

Positive experience: Best thing it has going for it - ladies only section

Positive experience: Emails you annoying emails when you don't go. Emails you annoying emails when you do go. Not the cleanest. Good equipment. Value for money good.

Negative experience: Handy that it’s open 24 hours but has its issues. The music from classes is far too loud, combined with the loud music in the weights area at the same time it makes it impossible to hear your own music. Showers are constantly dirty and when cleaning staff are seen they barely even know how to vacuum a floor.

Negative experience: The gym is good with a decent range of equipment. However lately lots of members are setting up tripods are recording in the gym and pure gym doesn't seem to care telling you to "contact a member of staff when it happens" even if there's no staff members there at the time. Needs to be a company wide policy to ban these narrcists from recording other people. I will be looking for a new gym that respects the privacy of other members. On top of that, they have removed almost all the cleaning equipment to pinch penny's

Positive experience: Good gym. Clean and tidy at night time. Only thing is that the heating isn’t on late at night, leaving the gym very cold in freezing temperatures

Fantastic experience: Always impressed with the service in the gym, even in late night. Lockers and showers are always immaculate which really helps!

Fantastic experience: Very clean, friendly staff and good options for classes

Fantastic experience: Paul best guy in the gym Always polite and helpful Everything nice and tidy Locker room always spotless

Negative experience: Unorganized. Although there is a communal area for group practice, Pure Gym has provided its weight training area instead to a class, called "sweaty pretty" or something else "sweaty", that they block access to 10 machines, during their exercise until 11a.m.

Positive experience: Nice gym, ample parking but far too busy. Needs more benchs and other equipment, feel like i have to wait around alot just to get on to a machine or a bench.

Negative experience: I started using this gym as it is the only Ladies only gym I could find. Whilst I was working out on Monday 26th September at around 20:45, a man walked in not once but twice to grab some weights, as if there weren’t enough in the bigger hall. There should be stricter measures to ensure that the ladies space is respected. I use this gym so that I can remove my headscarf while working out and felt that my privacy was invaded because a man thinks it’s ok to walk in and out.

Fantastic experience: First time being at the gym and there was help on hand if needed was clean and enjoyed my experience

Positive experience: It's a good gym as far as equipment and opening times goes. It's also kept clean and tidy which is good. However, since the staffing changed drastically, I haven't found the new team to be friendly or welcoming.  They often hang around together chatting outside the staff room rather than being out on the gym floor. I have on a few occassions heard them comment (judgementaly) on people's workouts. As Pure Gym PT's mainly hold basic fitness qualifications, I would suggest they may grow more in their profession by being curious about different training methodologies. This could be easily sorted if the current manager done more to improve the culture. He could start by leading by example... and more  positively engaging with member himself.

Fantastic experience: Pretty great gym. It big inside and loads of cardio equipment. It's also very clean some PureGym's in England could learn a lot from this gym.

Fantastic experience: Spacious, clean, well-equipped gym with great classes. Always leave feeling good.

Fantastic experience: Great gym in the heart of Shawlands.

Fantastic experience: Nice gym felt comfortable

Fantastic experience: Only started going about a week ago but feel like it deserves a 5 star review already, I go in the mornings (8/9-11) or around 10:30/11pm so it’s easy to use any machines/ weights you want and everyone seems friendly and happy to help, the vending machines aren’t great i lost £6 trying to buy a padlock but I’ve never used a vending machine anywhere that actually works as intended so it’s not a big deal.

Fantastic experience: Great gym for the price of the membership. Good size with all the equipment you could want (including squat racks). Also has a women only area which is great. Good range of classes.

Fantastic experience: Great equipment, always open

Positive experience: Great gym been going here for years but found out that the assistant manager sits and watches the cctv for hours throughout the day. Feel very weird about this as there isn’t any need for him to be sitting and watching people. Would feel much more comfortable in the gym knowing someone isn’t watching me in there for hours

Positive experience: Good gym, always clean and tidy. One problem though, the assistant manager is always looking at the CCTV, as several PT’s have confirmed this for hours on end each working day. What is he doing? Is he looking at us women doing workouts? In the light of this issue, myself and my friends are thinking of cancelling our memberships at PureGym Shawlands as we do not feel comfortable regarding this matter.

Fantastic experience: 24/7, in the middle of Shawlnads. Full gym suite. Clean... All that is needed is there.

Positive experience: Good gym but equipment desperately needs fixed or replaced. Also, not enough of bench press sets

Negative experience: Bad place unless you feel like being treated like a robot, surrounded by large groups of teenagers using all the machinery. Do yourself a favour and check out Future Fitness next door!

Positive experience: Situated in the heart of Shawlands area, amazing parking facilities and also the huge area inside of the gym. Satisfied Stuff and equipments.

Positive experience: Too busy is waste a time

Fantastic experience: It's a good gym. Always really busy but can usually get the equipment you need. The only downside is certain gym goers have zero respect for the gym and leave their areas a mess/not putting equipment away.

Fantastic experience: Amazing gym. Loads of equipment, women’s only area, great classes and really affordable. Plus the app gives loads of great workout ideas so has been invaluable as a gym newbie

Positive experience: Not the easiest to access all the time.

Fantastic experience: Plenty of machines and spaces to do your fitness thing. Plus free classes. Really clean. Good showers. Aircon keeps the place cool. After more than 75 visits, I'm clearly hooked.

Fantastic experience: Well equipped with latest in health and fitness. Easily accessible, open 24/7. Safe environment with trained staff on hand throughout the day. Recommended if you are looking to get fitter over the winter months.

Fantastic experience: Great gym. I like the pretty colours on weights but I can't lift them haha

Fantastic experience: Great gym with all the essential equipment. Bit on the busy side at times but it's worth it. PT's are always willing to give advice whenever they can

Negative experience: Im so disappointed with puregym shawlands. Pre covid I was an active member, who took classes regularly etc and I loved it. During covid I was catastrophically injured, and am now permenantly disabled. I knew shawlands had a wheelchair accessible entrance but messaged the gym directly to ascertain their adaptations for wheelchair/disabled members. I emailed twice, and received no reply. I learned from someone who was a former PT there that they don't have many accessible machines at all, despite the access door. I'm disappointed by both this and the absolute radio silence from puregym on the subject- if you don't have the machines available, I'd rather know than them continue to take my money and I turn up unable to do anything. I feel I wasn't replied to for this reason, that if they admitted they couldn't adapt things they'd lose me as a member. I hate how if I was active and able, I'd be at the gym I went to for years. I since joined another gym who not only had the accessible machines but taught me how to access them, and it turns out I can use some machines without adaptations at all (so if shawlands had gotten back to me and let me see what I could do with help, they wouldn't have lost my membership). I feel the situation was albest and I'm upset that my injuries have lost me the gym I'm used to and comfortable with, because they were too scared to admit they aren't accessible for disabled users despite the misleading entrance.

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff. Good selection of equipment. Spinning machines are poor quality and treadmills squeak. The cardio equipment need a good servicing.

Negative experience: I Was shocked tonight when a PT approached me whilst i was doing my workout to ask how long i'd be. I literally just got on the machine and she was standing over me asking how many reps i still had to do. I suffer from social anxiety about the gym already and this just ruined my session. I pay to use this gym and the machine was free no one should be forcing me to get off of anything. I will be using a different PureGym from now on the personal trainer needs to assess her professionalism towards customers not everything's revoles around her clients.

Fantastic experience: Grear personal trainers help you to no end

Positive experience: Decent location, good staff and overall nice gym. Can be hard to find the first time you go though.

Negative experience: Was a great gym. Went here for 2 years but recently the gym has been way over packed. Atmosphere no longer pleasant. Will be trying out other gyms now.

Negative experience: PT are very very rude. They only promote their 30 per hour PT sesh nothing else. NO HELP WHATSOEVER. During covid they care about mask only when gyms r closing when everything is normal they don't care. There has thefts in the gym aswell. Very Unsafe location and badly staffed

Fantastic experience: GOOD PLACE TO TRAIN ALL AMENITIES

Fantastic experience: Good gym reasonably priced great staff helpful

Fantastic experience: Awsome, well stablished. Don't miss out

Positive experience: Good equipment just not enough of it, especially during peak time.

Fantastic experience: The set up for Corona is the best I've seen, it keeps everyone safe. And also great variety of equipment and space

Fantastic experience: The pure gym shawlands there's more hand disinfectant and more disinfectant wipes to clean the machine we are protected thank you

Fantastic experience: Good class. Cleaning gel/towels around the place. Staff organising in/out at busy times. At pick times you might see queues, social distancing in place. Masks requested on queue on the way out, makes sense.studios marked with training areas. Treadmills are next to an unusable treadmill.

Fantastic experience: Best thing this place has a ladies room separate. Love it

Negative experience: too noisy with chidren running wild

Positive experience: Superb gym has everything you need, price very competitive, give it a try.

Positive experience: I just sit outside with a five guys. No reason just do

Fantastic experience: Always clean. Nice atmosphere, simple access

Fantastic experience: I have recently joined this gym and so far so good. I just wanted to thank the instructor Nicole Chambers as the LBT class on Sunday was fantastic and at the end of the class I asked for advice and she was extremely helpful , thank you.

Fantastic experience: Relaxed atmosphere, plenty of equipment to choose from, trainers are friendly and various exercise groups at an extra cost if you wish to try them.

Positive experience: Its allright over all, very busy after 6pm, and the lighting is a bit disturbing but once you get use to it I guess it's good.

Positive experience: Bit more cramped since refurb but excellent (better) range of equipment

Fantastic experience: 2 mins from a bus stop and say 5 from the train station!!!

Positive experience: I LIKE PURE GYM GLASGOW IT IS VERY SECURE LOTS OF SPACE EASY TO FINE GOOD PARKING SPACES

Fantastic experience: Hard circuit/burn classes. The gym has been done up with a functional area, repainted, lights around the studio makes it quite cool.

Positive experience: Kits a bit dated and sluggish now.