JD Gyms Halifax

Fantastic experience: Gyms can be a lottery even within the same brand. This JD is relatively new, quite large and has a decent range of equipment. If they could only teach customers to put weights back it would be almost perfect.

Negative experience: A bit smelly tbh, and when i sent a request to cancel my account they ignored me and charged another month. Not recommended

Fantastic experience: Never been to a gym before this. Early days but I love the atmosphere. Enough equipment and space even in peak times. People seem to be friendly. Definitely recommend especially for first timers.

Positive experience: I'm moving from jd gym Bradford to the Halifax one as my PT is leaving jd gym Bradford and its closer and lesser distance to get there compared to Bradford one, It had not been built yet when the was over at the Bradford gym so I couldn't use it at that time as I was using a pt recommended to me at jd gym Bradford, I'll be going and starting there this month to see what it's like, it looks bigger than the Bradford gym, this review will be updated soon after using it

Positive experience: Although it gets very busy there are a lot of machines and benches so it's not really an issue. The women's section is fairly small but really well equipped and I manage to pretty much use everything just in that part alone most days. The gym itself has nice lighting (no glaring headache inducing strip lighting) and has a nice atmosphere. The staff seem friendly too. The only reason I've given four stars is due to the lack of cleaning supplies as I like to be able to clean equipment before and after using it as it just seems more hygienic really. Myself and a friend both got quite a bad tummy bug after first using this gym, though maybe it is a coincidence. I would still recommend though and hopefully they will start to do classes soon.

Fantastic experience: Gym well equipped always tidy. Thank you so much Aimee for your warm welcome and help. Well run and well managed. Only here temporarily visiting but will certainly be recommending and becoming a permanent member on my return

Positive experience: Great gym especially for the price just a bit out of the way and can get very busy at peak times

Positive experience: The gym itself is great. Equipment is always available when I come - you do sometimes have to wait for weights but it’s never too long and they are easy to use. But the state of the woman’s showers is disgusting. There is constantly dark hair on the shower floor and it does not seem to be regularly cleaned - I’ve only once in the months I’ve been here week someone in cleaning the showers/toilets. I’ve complained about this but nothing has changed since August when this picture was taken.

Positive experience: A well kitted out gym. Clean and bright, general vibe, at least in the mornings, is chill and not too gym bro-ey. Well kept bathrooms with lockers. Small ladies only gym space which is a nice addition. Only improvement would be adding another leg press machine which gets a bit of a queue even in quieter times.

Positive experience: Good gym. Staff members are often rude and and favour other members.

Fantastic experience: To the managers at jd gym and the personal trainers Thank you for allways being so nice and welcoming towards me there really are great people and Alwlays smiling and going out off there ways especially Sam she’s just fantastic thank you Jd for the cool staff and great music

Negative experience: JD gyms Halifax really need to get there act together. Cos why are we paying £25 a month or more. But when it comes to showers that half of them are closed off each night when the gym still busy and clearly needs to be left open. Cos many of us don’t fancy standing around in the queue for the shower all sweaty from the sauna or gym sessions. When it can easily be avoided by having all the facilities open as intended. And either extra cleaning staff or pay them to work extra hour. Debating to go back to everlast as they have more than a brain cell to leaving the cleaning of the showers right at the end when changing rooms are closed.

Fantastic experience: quite busy, good parking, not the cleanest, good machines, a bit cramped

Fantastic experience: Nice and clean gym with a decent sauna

Negative experience: The ladies toilets are always dirty when coming early evening, the showers smell like sewers. The place needs to be kept clean at all times to keep people coming. It's not been 12 months and certain parts are looking tired and worn ie the mats upstairs. Should have something to wipe down the equipment after use readily available

Fantastic experience: Easy to park and plenty of equipment

Fantastic experience: Great gym , only issue I have is If I'm training twice a day ,I can't get in the second time unless a staff member is present , after 10 I am unable to go .

Fantastic experience: JD Gym Halifax is very well equipped with free weights and machines. Fantastic range of dumbbells and plates. Upstairs has a large range of cardio machines and leg training machines

Positive experience: As gyms go, spot on

Fantastic experience: Overall a great gym but over past few days have to say ladies toilets gave nit been great but today can say we're disgraceful visited at 7.30am spike to cleaner at 8.15am she went and cleaned immediately thank you

Negative experience: Trained at jd halifax on Thursday 19th September between 6.30 and 8.00 p.m,when arriving home realised I had left my gym belt in the free weights area,rung the gym but no one answered,the following morning at around 13.12 pm rung again and spoke to assistant manager faye explaining the issue was told point blank a belt was not found,was not asked a description of the belt nor was asked where I was likely to have left it and at what time and date etc,the situation was not handled in a positive nor professional manner!!!!!!

Negative experience: Good gym, terrible manager - gives out 30 day suspensions willy nilly and for leaving plates on machine. Pathetic. Cancelled membership. Youve just lost 3 customers.

Fantastic experience: Go in fat come out fat and sweaty great place nice staff and good machines it's like a sweaty death camp I use it alot

Positive experience: Pros: - Good parking - Plenty of cardio equipment - Many cable stations - Many squat racks & platforms - Pretty cheap - Rarely wait for equipment unless peak busy. Cons: - need more machines for popular exercises - example: only one seated hamstring curl and one decent leg press. But you have about 7 flat barbell bench presses, when only a couple seem to be in use at one time. - Male changing area is generally okay and I do see it being cleaned fairly often but I have seen it in a disgusting state before during peak times. Some members are rank. Overall - definitely worth trying out and see if it suits you.

Fantastic experience: There’s this one staff member who works at JD HX, (not sure her name) part of the cleaning team. She does not stop cleaning EVER, I’m always forced to do extra reps because her hard work is infectious. Thank you cleaner girl, namaste

Negative experience: Its ok but alot could be improved from an accessibility stand point The entry systsm isnt great. Doors/gates slam shut pretty quick, the largest gate which requires a code would be a bit of a squeese in a wheelchair especially a powered one. The changing facilities are upstairs and as far from the door as you can get. Which is ok aslong as the lift works. Disabled change and toilets are seperate and locked and require a code which isnt great when using one and require the other. Also at certain times are open to eveyone so night time/early mornings when it would be easier for most need the the accessible rooms is a absolutle no go. The disabled changing room has 2 tall slim lockers but no secure storage big enough for wheelchairs or mobility aids. No hair drying facilities and just a single moveable chair to put things on. Also the entire floor gets flooded when the shower is used so it can be pretty difficult to keep your things dry whilst showering and then remain dry whilst dressing. There is a mop/wet floor brush in the room but not something everyone is going to be able to use. Most of the equipment doesnt have space enough next to them for keeping a wheelchair or other large mobility aids whilst using and some of the spaces between machines or other parts of the gym i.e from the main floor upstairs to the womens only room would be hard to navigate for lage aids. I havent even ventured down to the ground floor yet so cant comment but looks a little crowed/limited on space The majority of the staff are really helpful and go out of their way to be helpful but they are defo limited by the facility. I get that no where is going ro be 100% set up for disabled but alot of places grossly over estimate how accessible they actually are

Negative experience: really rude staff barred me for punching bag without gloves when multiple ppl have been doing the same thing previously racism is very common amongst the staff and people here especially the jamaican and bearded dude it’s one rule for one and another rule for another have heard from multiple members that they feel as though management is racist!!!! save your time and go to a proper gym not one run by scum bags

Negative experience: I was so excited when I heard JD was coming to Halifax as I previously used the one in Huddersfield and loved it. But sadly more disappointed than happy with this gym. I will start with positives... Feel like it's a great use of space and has all the equipment I would want in a gym, great parking too. Ladies changing rooms are good size. Now the negatives... The gym has been open a matter of months and it is filthy, I go at least 4 times a week and I've not once seen machines or mirror cleaned. I was on a smyth machine and the amount of bodily fluids on the mirror was disgusting so I dread to think what I'm laying on. The machines are also dusty with bodily fluids . Theres nothing to clean the equipment your self unless you go to office to get a cloth or as I was told , bring my own cleaning stuff. Times I couldn't use a machine because I can see the last person sweat. Lastly the staff. They are never present in fact if I see them they are working out and tbh not very approachable. Saw a PT instructor sat on a bench while training someone, looking like she'd rather not be there. As I seen a couple of them talking a taking what looked like the Mick out of folk working out. I've had to speak to them in the office (and apart from one of them) felt like I was a pain for speaking to them. Me, my daughter and wife will sourcing a new gym or returning to pure as the cleanliness of the gym is enough to put anyone off. Disappointed to say the least.

Negative experience: I am a member today the water was bot un men toilets and showers. And the manager even did not s nd a communication to the customers. I spoke and suggested to the manager to at least send a communication. He came up with a reason and not even was sorry for this inconvenience.

Fantastic experience: Awesome

Fantastic experience: Top gym. Equipment great and staff really good.

Fantastic experience: Nice clean gym plenty of good equipment

Fantastic experience: New member and been going for 2 weeks. Really good gym. Lots of equipment.

Negative experience: Shower should remain open as it say 24hr gym manager is not willing to listen the ladies have been told to start cleaning at7pm it not there's fault they are lovely signs say showers closed at 8 but should start cleaning at 8pm please can you look in to this other jdgym shower remain open

Negative experience: Tried this gym for the first time and can say it will be the only time I train there. To begin with the majority of gym equipment that everyone is claiming is state of the art, is basic equipment every gym has. Yes they use some fancy branded plates in the squat racks but 45lb plates weigh the same no matter what brand is printed on them. The more unusual equipment I saw looked untouched like it has had very little use and I saw no one using any of it during my session. There are more than enough benches in the free weight section, so no need to worry about being able to use a bench but if you need to use a machine for pulldowns, rows, cable crossovers for example then you are going to be disappointed. The gym is ridiculously busy, with most people posing around these machines trying to look like the GOAT while filming their latest social media content. You are not told there's a " no bags on the gym floor " rule until a member of staff informs you, during your workout, at which point you are expected to stop training and oil yourself up so you can squeeze into the world's smallest changing room and uncomfortably rub against a load of random geezers as you try to find a locker for your bag. Then you need to stuff your pockets with your lifting belt, lifting straps, wrist straps, knee straps, water bottle smelling salts and lifting chalk. I get the feeling that this gyms target demographic is people who will show up with the latest must have re-usable water bottle, a pair of air pods and a phone. Who are more likely to break a sweat filming for tik tok rather than lifting the weights. If you are serious about your training then try somewhere else as the membership is the same as every other gym in Halifax.

Fantastic experience: A really well equipped and fantastic gym. They have genuinely raised the bar in what customers can expect from gyms.

Fantastic experience: Great gym, clean, loads of equipment, plenty of parking, friendly staff. Even when it's really busy there is always something free.

Fantastic experience: Revised my review to 5 stars. All been good for the past few months in terms of equipment maintenance. Well equipped new gym. 24/7.

Fantastic experience: My favourite gym.

Positive experience: Basic, does what is says on the tin

Negative experience: You pay a membership fee to train, not to put equipment back which were already in use by other individuals - the staff are so lazy and are being paid for doing nothing, it is there responsibility to keep the gym a safe environment by returning the weights etc

Fantastic experience: Similar to other JD gyms but this branch gets 5 stars because of the helpful staff. Especially Aidan in the evenings, knows his stuff and v helpful.

Positive experience: Well maintained equipment, clean & good facilities . Only recommendation would be to add hooks on the back or toilet doors for coats / keys / bags

Fantastic experience: Good gym spacious and clean

Negative experience: The gym was more like a youth club tonight. It is blatant to see there are under 16,s in here. Maybe more attention should be paid by members of staff and spot ID checks if they do look like kids. Dangerous.

Fantastic experience: Clean gym, polite & helpful staff sauna is the best A1 equipment would recommend to family friends

Negative experience: 15:30 and I've just tried to call and have a look around. There a little button to press to get someone's attention that did seem to do anything. Called twice but no answer just a machine and after reading the other comments don't think this is actually a 24/7 gym if you can't access the changing rooms and showers.i seen the replys about and accessable room but if that's busy then what are the other options? Guess I'll have to find an alternative.

Fantastic experience: Great little gym, lots on offer to use and plenty of free parking available right out side the door

Negative experience: Disgusting behaviour from a member of your team Safia. Forced out of the gym by her bullying behaviour in the ladies gym area!! I’ve sent in a formal complaint. Further more to this the complaint was handled in a poor manner. The complaint has felt like it was put against me and got no resolution with the PT not wanting to apologise and say she did not intend it to come across that way even though it did and with witnesses. It is a poor excuse and poor decision on behalf of JD gyms. I would not recommend signing up for this gym.

Negative experience: Lovely gym but the music is so loud that you can’t hear your own music through your headphones. Womens space is great but I feel like a stretching area would make it better. Considering cancelling my subscription if the music isn’t sorted can’t even hear myself think

Positive experience: Plenty of room when I go but i avoid peak times as changing rooms and steam room are too small. Could do with a few more machines in the free weights area especially shoulder machines but overall im very satisfied

Fantastic experience: Nice and clean, feels better than other jd gyms branches with a lot of specific equipment for glutes.

Positive experience: Nice gym, amazing equipment. This is the first gym I've ever joined where there are no classes, so I don't know about my long term future there as classes are always a hook for me. The only negative I have is the changing room. It's far to small for the number of men. Every time I've gone to the gym and enter the changing room I have to find a tiny space for myself. It's probably worth asking for times during the day when the gym is at it's quietest.

Positive experience: Good equipment but the male changing rooms stink. Never smelt anything like it and I've spent time in atleast 5 different gyms. It was fine for the first couple weeks it was open but now its horrible. Don't know if it's the cleaning products they use or lack of it or something wrong with the venting system or the sauna buts it's not right.

Negative experience: No bags?? So my bag that’s full of lifting straps, belts etc (you know the sort of equipment a reasonable person would take to the gym to lift weights) I have to leave in a locker. Understandably it’s health and safety, however, I struggle to comprehend how juggling all my equipment about in my hands and leaving it all over the floor wherever im training is safer than having it all away in a bag against a wall?? If you want to promote yourself as a gym with all this fancy equipment, expect people who power lift and body build to attend, we don’t just have a pair of AirPods. Not entirely convinced the staff member who informed me of the rule was particularly polite either seeing as though prior to this I was unaware of the rule, but I could potentially let it slide.

Positive experience: Ladies gym is well equipped. Annoying that the changing rooms close between certain times. Would it not be possible to use QR codes to scan in after certain times? Also really disappointed that there are no classes, I signed up assuming this would be included as almost all gyms have them and the price is quite high to say they don’t.

Positive experience: Good facilities although very busy at peak times and can’t always get on desired machines or weights. Clean however always very warm and requires more aircon if possible.

Negative experience: Changing rooms are not open before 6am and small, yes can use a disabled shower room, if there's someone in there you have to just wait around. 24h gyms are for convenience, this one is not as have to go back home to shower, then drive back past gym to go to work, adds minimum 45mins to gym time. Yes they're closed for safety reasons, why not have them with the 15s QR code like the entrance that way only allowed users can open the door. Lots of bags and coats around on the floor before the changing rooms open as well. Was hoping this would be the kick start I needed to get back to the gym, sadly not.

Negative experience: I'm going to have to give this JD gym a 1 star as I've heard positive feedback for this gym I've got the £24.99 a month membership BECAREFUL when you read the banner it stats £24.99 to gain access to all JD gym in the country I live in Wakefield so it's a little bit of drive just wanted to try the gym a one time. However when I arrived the lady told me to enter this guy you have to pay another £5 on top of my current membership, that is false advertising they was trying to make me pay £30 per month. It was a waste of time and fuel. Its a shame as I do like JD gyms. But I think with thr membership thing it was very disgusting. I even asked if I could get a day pass they said no.

Negative experience: Stupid no gym bags rule. Id get it if my bag was in the middle of the floor but it's against the wall when I'm on the squat rack. Now instead of carrying all my stuff in one bag I'm dropping it everywhere carrying it in my hands across the gym. Like they have no discretion to take that into account

Fantastic experience: Love the gym

Positive experience: Decent equipment in the gym i like it . Just be aware I have had my coat nicked while working out and according to JD staff it has happend a few times be very careful with your belongs.

Positive experience: Moved from another gym in Halifax to here. Love the gym. Great equipment. But please PLEASE open the changing rooms earlier. Even just 5am would be a massive help. I'm a nurse and start work at 7am and I know alot of us who have moved from pure just don't have time to shower and be at work in time. I did email the manager about this and was told it was automatic and the changing rooms can't open earlier but I can't see how an hour would make any difference!! There is an accessible shower and toilet but this is simply a wet room with no area to get dry and changed in. Thought I was in the minority but on reading other reviews, I'm not! There's roughly 30 ppl in at 4.30am and we can't all use one shower and be out the door by 6. Please listen to your members and sort this

Negative experience: Changing rooms close and are not 24 hour. Absolute joke. not allowed to take a gym bag into the workout area

Negative experience: First day I went there, someone's coat got stolen. Gym floor very good. Sauna.... no comment

Positive experience: Sorry gotta Karen on the changing room/sauna too. I am amongst those who aren't keen on naked men helicoptering inches from my face, nor having to queue to sauna. The private changing cubicle needs a trigger warning for those visiting from the flood plains of mytholmroyd/hebden , due to being , without fail , an inch deep in water. Plan ; watch for people with untied laces leaving the gym and ban them for life ; if you lack the brains to complete that simple task (tying laces) then you probably also lack the intelligence required to dry off in the SHOWER area first . (Rolls eyes , your mamma raised you better than that right? It's a shared space ... #RespectOthers ) .Then get rid of the cubicle and extend the sauna another four feet. Bish bash bosh 50 percent fewer unhappy campers. These horrific issues aside the gym is truly excellent thanks.

Fantastic experience: Amazing gym, switched from PureGym to here and zero regrets. Equipment is top notch and there’s loads of it. I go at around 5.30am 4 days a week and although there’s a reasonable number of people in you never need to wait for any kit. Would 100% recommend

Negative experience: Changing room far too small, sauna should be limited to 5 or 6 at a time. It sometimes fills up with 12 or 13 ! Not nice

Positive experience: Surprisingly busy but more than enough equipment to cope.

Fantastic experience: Loved it

Negative experience: Small and not KAV Recommended

Fantastic experience: STUNNING GYM! If you’re looking for a new gym, this is pretty amazing. Hundreds of parking spaces with the shared car park with B&Q, you’ll find that this gym is super-modern and super premium in feel. I particularly like the Eleiko stuff and the newly built glute-zone. Some people don’t like the fact that they don’t do classes, and that’s fine. But they make up with it by having a large Ladies-only gym (probably the largest I’ve seen). So, if there’s any women who are self-conscious or can’t train in front of men for religious reasons, there’s a dedicated space just for them. Saunas in each changing room and 24 hour opening times means that it’s definitely value for money, especially over the other gyms in the area.

Fantastic experience: Generally, it's ok, but the problem is that the locker room is very small and it's difficult to change comfortably, so you need to change it

Fantastic experience: Really nice budget gym ️‍♀️ could do with bigger changing rooms but overall it's nice gym

Fantastic experience: The gym is much cleaner you don’t have to wait to use a machine for the kit and resources they have and I recommend coming here and the staff are friendly etc

Fantastic experience: Great I work out in the ladies only gym I like that they have this section

Positive experience: My partner has just come home from a gym session and his personal belonging have been locked in the changing rooms. (No clear sign to mention they lock at a certain time) He was unaware they close. Lucky he didn't leave his phone or car keys there! He's now having to go back tomorrow after work to get them. Hopefully they are still there! No staff present or no number to call. It happened to four other people this evening that had the same issue. All not happy and said they will cancel thier membership. No clear signs for out of hour changing rooms and lockers Poor for a 24/7 gym.

Negative experience: The gym facilities are great. However whoever designed this gym has just tried to cramp everything in and it doesn’t take many for the changing rooms and sauna to feel claustrophobic. I’ve got to say on going a few times now this week I find some of the staff unhelpful and unapproachable and it doesn’t have a good feel about it compared to the other jd gyms I have been too. The changing rooms are filthy and absolutely stink. *Edit October 2024*Whilst I have been attending the sauna due to health reasons I caught cryptosporidium and was hospitalised. I have also spoken to a few other members that caught it and have been severely ill. Also the membership pricing has been very misleading and several people feel the same that I have spoken too in the gym. I cannot understand the logic behind charging £25pm for halifax alone when my Leeds membership used to allow me to use several gyms throughout the country around for the same price. They are now saying I’ve to pay an extra £5 pm so £30pm to use all gyms. This was never clearly conveyed and I find it very misleading. Also to charge this amount and not even provide classes is disgraceful. I’m hoping once things settle down and it’s not so busy I might start to enjoy it.

Negative experience: Positives are the sparkling new equipment and the variety of the same. Great changing areas for disabled members and private training space for ladies.... However, some great opportunities to improve weight training in Halifax have been wasted. I was so disappointed with the size of the changing rooms. Any more than 8-10 people changing at once causes problems. Only 70 lockers? Just not enough. Once you go to the showers you find a weak jet that is barely warm and just doesn't cover your body at all. The 1st time I went, the fittings fell off the wall exposing the internal workings, not a good start. In the gym (upstairs) I went on the treadmills.... the temperature outside was minus 3 but for some reason the a/c was on full and despite completing 4 miles and changing between 3 treadmills I couldn't get warm. A part of my workout is floorwork and using free weights. I could only find some mats upstairs despite an area infront of the mirrors being available for training. Unfortunately the mats were fixed and couldn’t be moved so no help there. Last thing is the fingerprint exit/entry system. Great on the way in but after a shower it was impossible to operate the system with a waterlogged finger! Sorry to be so negative but it was a thumbs down for my training. Might not be so awkward for all your clients....

Positive experience: Nice new equipment, everything is clean as one would expect from a new gym. On the downside: male changing rooms are small as is the sauna area compared to other local JD gyms.

Fantastic experience: Nice gym upstairs and down stairs so much equipment really nice jd gym the only downside is that the changing rooms are really small. Huddersfield’s and Batley’s are a lot bigger changing rooms.

Positive experience: I’m a regular gym member at another gym. Tried JD for the first time and it has good equipment all round. However, the changing rooms are very small, members could not move inside! Only one private booth!! This is due to the design and space. Overall it was very busy and difficult to get a decent workout. Please take this as honest feedback for improvement and also I couldn’t find any cleaning station with paper towels/anti bacterial spray etc which is pretty standard nowadays? Small things make a huge difference

Fantastic experience: Great equipment, the ladies only area is great to do my weights, I love the space and don’t feel intimidated even in the main gym, would definitely recommend to any woman who feels they can’t go on there own. It’s fabulous even managed a sauna on my own today as it was quiet!!! The staff are amazing too very helpful and polite.

Positive experience: The equipment is good but it was so busy, there was males in the ladies area and the changing rooms should be open 24/7 if it’s for safety maybe add a qr scanner onto the changing room doors for people who prefer to go when it’s quiet?

Fantastic experience: Really like this new gym, especially all the cardio equipment ‍♀️

Negative experience: The changing rooms don’t open until 6am for some reason??? Ridiculous, what if we need the toilet? Not thought out at all, I will definitely cancel my membership if this doesn’t change - it’s inconvenient with no benefit. I’m sure they’ll say ‘safety’ but other 24h gyms manage fine. Maybe there are toilets or lockers outside the changing rooms but if there are they’re not obvious. Otherwise it’s fine but no better than puregym really, plus it's more expensive but with no classes... Edit following JD response: No reason as to why the changing rooms aren't open early, and I couldn't see any staff when I was there, not changing my schedule to go at a different time of day just to talk to someone, there needs to be clearer signage! (I saw the one disabled toilet but surely they don't expect all 50+ people there before 6am to use that). I spoke to several other gymgoers who were also unhappy at the lack of changing rooms before 6am, I'm sure you will see a few cancelled memberships after the first month. Just open the changing rooms 24h it's a very simple solution.

Fantastic experience: Absolutely fantastic gym – undoubtedly the best in Halifax! The facilities are excellent, and it’s clear that both the staff and members take pride in keeping everything in top-notch condition. As long as this continues, I’ll be a loyal member for years to come. UPDATE (December 2024): The gym is still in immaculate condition, and the atmosphere remains just as positive. The members are genuinely supportive, always willing to help with spots and advice. A big shoutout to the General Manager, who is approachable and responsive to any concerns. Keep up the amazing work, JD!

Fantastic experience: Much more better than puregym when it comes to facilities and hygiene I would 100% recommend

Negative experience: most of these adverts on this place were all misleading .especially weeks before it opened * ,If your going to advertise the gym actually do videos of the actual gym not other ones. Prices are a ripoff too considering theres no classes and at other jd gyms which are 21.99 with classes but here £25 without classes... confusing.. not a good first impression so far