Reviews of Fitness First High Holborn. (Gym) in London (London).

Fitness First High Holborn

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246 High Holborn, London WC1V 7EX, United Kingdom

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Information of Fitness First High Holborn, Gym in London (London)

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Reviews of Fitness First High Holborn

G. S.

Went here for the first time as my friend, who has a membership here, was able to bring a plus one. From the first experience here, it’s hands down one of the best gyms in central London. The gym is quite spacious, they’ve got many machines, weights, and even the other facilities and services are great. Also, shoutout to one of the gym staffs here, Chris, he’s very friendly and cool so I would definitely recommend this place. Felt very comfortable to go to the gym here.

A. S.

I love to train in the Holborn branch. There is a great choice of equipment, it's clean and not too crowded, well I am usually training at an opening time which is a bonus as I have the best customer service: James is great! Always smiling and friendly. He always remembers everything I tell him, from the general chit chat to training progress. This makes me feel valued not just as a member but as a person! It is a refreshing feeling after being in lockdown for such a long period.

E.

Was a member of Pure Gym before and recently just moved to the Fitness First branch in Holborn, hands down 100% better in everything. Cleanliness of the gym, equipment, less crowded, better showers, plus the price is only slightly more for a much better product! plus the staff are great and always smiling.

S. P.

Highly recommended trying this gym out, I have been coming here for just over a month and the team are so enthusiastic. They always keep me motivated to achieve my goals. Really love the classes too! Amazing instructors! 🥊💪👍

F. S.

I loved the gym and the whole staff was amazing. The lady doing the cleaning of the women changing room was an absolute angel (I didn't think of taking her name, but she's a lovely black who was wearing a light headscarf) and Chris and Amado at reception were amazing at showing me around and advising me. Will definitely visit again

I. P.

I’ve been coming to this gym for one year and the staff are really amazing, especially Amado, Chris, Christina, Ben and the GM Karl. What I love the most is the undergound space, which offers an hour of escape from the real world. I also like that it’s not too crowded since this way it’s more convenient and less risky regarding covid. The only inconvenience is that it lacks some lower back equipment.

T. V.

Accidently came across this gym! Glad I did.For me it Has all the equipments needed for my full body workout.Great staff! Must highlight Girl at the desk name Christina! Guys that works there as a personal trainers has surprisingly friendly good attitude -Chris and Amado,thank you.

F. R.

Amado is an amazing trainer! His classes are great! They help you to keep fit and in shape! I highly recommend it :) Chris is great, polite, fun! Lovely! I highly recommend this gym :) Very good vibes!

b. h.

amazing gym, would highly recommend. very clean, has all the machines and stations i need to train properly, good atmosphere, and very good and friendly staff especially Amado. keep it up

V. L.

Great gym. Brilliant facilities. Lovely front of house team too. In particular the tall lad James who always greets me with a smile no matter how early in the morning it is!

N. M.

Literally my favourite Fitness First in London. It’s open-plan, has plenty of equipments, super clean, and the staff is lovely. Shoutout to Amado and Chris for making my gym experience so incredible!

M. A.

Chris, Amado, Lavve, and GM Karl are all amazing. Especially Cristina is a really lovely and kind manager. Nice layout !! It’s a really great gym !! 100% recommended !

A. L.

This is not a tier 3 gym, hell it’s even better than tier 1 cottons London Bridge in what you would expect from a gym The locker rooms are always pristine, the showers are always clean and have good temperature control and the equipment is well maintained Most importantly Chris, Christina and their team work bloody hard on helping everyone and keeping the place going, I know because I had a technical issue with the fitness first app and they took it upon themselves to sort me out even if the problem was an app infrastructure bug, so technically not their responsibility Thank you for the energy and positivity I always see you bringing to work each day, it really does make a difference

R. H.

Today was my first day. Chris and Amado are amazing trainers. The SPARR CLASS IN THE EVENING IS VERY TOUGH BUT ENJOYABLE! Cristina is really accommodating membership manager and she is the reason why I signed up.

Z. H.

Extremely friendly staff - especially Cristina, Ben and Lavee - , huge space to workout and many equipment available. I would definitely recommend this gym, all of the team members are very helpful and have offered great advice and support. I also love the classes, the staff makes them very fun and enjoyable.

R. W.

I just had my second visit to fitness first in Holborn using class pass. I've been to many gyms in central London but this one tops off from all the rest. The staff are super helpful and friendly. the classes are amazing! and the equipment is always tidy, clean and in good condition. highly recomend!

K. L.

I’ve been a member of fitness first for a year but I ‘ve never joined any class before until today I had the SPARR boxing class with Chris, Amazing trainer and the staff is really nice, professional , friendly, especially Rob. I really recommend this gym.

M. A. C. S.

I have been a member since the beginning of the year and my experience with the members of staff have been amazing. Very friendly environment and Cristina who was the person that signed me up was very profesional and helpful all throughout the process. Will highly recommend this branch

C. 3.

Amazing Gym! Positive vibe, great atmosphere. Can recommend the SPARR class. The team is awesome too: Amado, Chris, Karl and Christina.

I. F.

Cristina is an amazing membership manager and Karl and Chris also very polite and friendly. And I really liked the gym atmosphere and vibe. Really recommended

y. w.

Chris is very friendly and helpful. The glut gains class is good. Amado is a very good instructor. I recommend people to come

S.

1st time here, I really enjoyed the facility and the staff are amazingly considerate especially Amado, Chris and Cristina. Fitness First look after these gems! Dr Lu'ayy Al-Rimawi Senior Legal Counsel, UK CPS Formerly, HM Home Office

S. C.

Great gym, clean facilities and all the staff are very friendly and always smiling! Such a pleasure to workout there :)

d. C.

Armado, Chris, Cristina and Karl are very polite and friendly. The team is also amazing. The sauna is mens changing room is fantastic.

B. V.

I spoke with Chris one of the trainers that works in the gym who is always there to help you showing you the machines and exercises that you can do and I can say that after having been in this gym for more than a year the experience is cool, the facilities even the people who usually goes there and also it's not a very busy gym so I totally recommend it

R. B.

I have being a member for over 10 years, I love training at high Holborn. The SPARR CLASS IS AMAZING! Chris and Amado are fantastic trainer. Really good vibes!

H. P.

Nothing but a wonderful experience at Fitness First High Holborn. The space is great & clean. And the staff are kind, engaging, and always willing to help!

J. B.

Extremely friendly staff, great space to workout and plenty of equipment available. I would definitely recommend this gym, all of the team members are great and have offered great advice and support since joining!

C. A.

Would definitely recommend this gym, staff are always so friendly, especially James at the front desk who is always welcoming and positive!

R. B.

I was looking for a gym after not training for a year during covid and came to visit Fitness first Holborn when I came back to the office. The team instantly couldn't do enough for me, so welcoming and friendly, they really took the time to sit down with me and find out exactly what I was looking for. I've been a member now for 4 months and love it! would highly recommend!!

R. W. D.

Really enjoy visiting this gym! the staff are always warm and welcoming and the gym equipment is clean and tidy!!

M. J.

Well equipped and large gym. Lots of cardio machines, weights machines, and free weights area as well. Something for everyone. Friendly staff too.

S. L.

Signed up yesterday evening with the lovely Karl at High Holborn who was super helpful and so knowledgeable of the brand! We had a great conversation about all things fitness and wellbeing and I could really see his professionalism as a general manager that he really does care about each individual's experience and our goals and achievements. I went straight into training that evening and again at 6am this morning. I have nothing but great things to say and also the FOH team are very friendly too! Very happy indeed and thanks again Karl for making the sign up process so easy. Lovely Christmas gift to investing in myself 😊

A. G.

By far my favourite Fitness First Gym! Staff are so welcoming and attentive, especially James!

g. j.

Very clean gym, wide selection of equipment, good staff, changing rooms are also maintained well.

G. A.

I had a great experience and everyone was very nice! Chris gave an amazing SPARR class and Amado was very nice and helpful, I recommend this gym.

D. K. A.

Chris, Amado, Lavvi and the GM Karl are great. Only been here a couple of months but the range of facilities is awesome and customer service is top!

L.

Overall great gym/atmosphere, also great value for money. Staff are amazing here too, they always seem to enjoy what they are doing.

A. R. L.

Nice facilities and great staff! Very welcoming since day one! Thank you Chris, Cristina and Amado

K. C.

Good gym everything is new and renovated, staff are very nice and helpful , recommended 10/10

C.

Great gym. Very friendly and helpful staff especially Amado, would definitely recommend 👍🏾

D. R.

James is brilliant on reception every morning I visit! He gets my energy and knows exactly the kind of service I prefer early mornings.

A. A.

Nice clean gym with extremely helpful and friendly staff (Amado)! Would definitely recommend :)

V. J.

Very friendly environment, alway willing to help , been going to this gym and I can’t recommend it enough .

F. D.

Nuno’s zumba class is amazing! So energetic! I love it!

A. S.

Great gym, very clean and the staff and management here are amazing and very friendly.

P. V.

Great sparring class with Chris this evening - burpees included!

M. A.

5 star gym, one of the best around in the area. Nothing compares to it.

E. A.

The people are very nice here, great customer services. The gym is clean, super close to the train station. I like the fact that I have access to multiple locations, some of them including a swimming pool. I understand that you can get discounts at massage services. I haven't tried that yet. I have personal training sessions with Elliott Welch and I have learned a lot from him. He is super positive, he explains everything very well, making sure that I work the right muscles. It's great working with him.

J. H.

Been going for 3 years. Good gym. Staff are great, and PTs are very friendly. I've never had a session but they're all super helpful. Not 5 stars because there are often faults with equipment or plumbing which take too long to be resolved. Overall, great gym and good atmosphere.

E. S.

This is a great gym. All the staff are really nice, equipment is clean and well maintained. I train with a PT called Eddie. He is a terrific personal trainer. He's service is exactly what it says, personal. He starts each session by checking in on what we want to focus on and how I'm feeling. And he keeps things mixed up (focusing on cardio one day, and strength another). We'll also frequently head out of the gym and spend some time in the park for example. Eddie also always keeps up to date with the latest training trends and uses me as a guinea pig to test through this. This makes sure that things are varied and means I'm excited to come and train! I couldn't recommend him more

J. L.

Great gym & classes - Also very clean!!

N. S.

Welcoming staff, Clean gym & great classes

J. B.

Good, clean facilities and friendly staff!

R. S.

Friendly, knowledgeable staff. Good training equipment and the best platform in town.

M. C.

Amazing staff Place has all you need Centrally located Can't complain

T. A.

Lovely gym, been coming for 6 years and the place keeps getting better. Amazing staff who always want to help, train with an incredible trainer called Luke Eskesen who has completely transformed my body. Amazing rapport with the reception and floor staff too, Katie is a blast and always puts a smile on your face (especially if you're embarrassing yourself by falling off equipment). So easy to get in, get what you need to get done and hop off home. Highly recommend!

K. M.

5 stars are for Eddie Marbell, personal trainer. Tailors the workout session by session, knowledgable and encouraging whilst never letting you slack off. Gym itself is fine, straightforward equipment and a relaxed atmosphere. Free towels very handy. Francesca is lovely - efficient and helpful.

J. W.

It's a decent sized gym and pretty clean too. Not too busy either, which is ideal. Less people the better as far as I'm concerned, in all areas of life. Spin room is strange though, it's like a dark Chinese industrial sweatshop except you're cycling rather than sewing and you're not being paid just shouted at. Ah well.

J. W.

I have been a member of Fitness First for 5 years now. I really enjoy coming to the gym staff are great, equipment is excellent and always kept clean and tidy. Love the new equipment which has been put in over the last few months I can really change up my workouts.

t.

Good gym. Spacious. Not too busy when I go (mid afternoon). Staff friendly and helpful, and not too 'in your face' like some places. Only 2 niggles: The music in the gym is usually really loud. So loud that I have to turn the volume on my own music/podcasts up to maximum. In this day and age when everyone has their own music, do you need to play one type (that may not appeal to all members) so loudly? It stops everyone else listening to their own choice. The other issue is the smell - it sometimes smells of sewage (not the changing rooms, the workout area), which isn’t very nice.

R. P.

One of the better gyms in Central London. As expected, peak times are very busy and off-peak times are near empty eg mornings closer to 9am until around 12pm or late lunch past 2pm until around 4pm. Changing rooms are clean however, the locker availability can sometimes be difficult. Even when the gym is empty, majority of the lockers are utilised. I later noticed that the staff can claim numerous lockers as their own which are left locked overnight. The weights area is a complete mess. No plates and the missing dumbbells. If you're able to find dumbbells they'll consistently be in the wrong order.

J. R.

Amazing customer service. Friendly and lovely staff. 100% recommended.

T. A.

Nice layout of equipment. Nice staff. 👍🏿👍🏿

s. m.

Like many Fitness First outlets, it's underground and it shows, with lack of light and sometimes air. The equipment is a bit worn out in places, especially in the weights area, but there are also some new machines like the vibrating platforms, and a new suspension system - which is nice to use but only if you're lucky to have a PT otherwise they're always taken but someone who is. I was mostly left alone and spared the heavy selling of PT sessions or extra classes, which I liked. On one occasion I got a bruise on my hand from a machine and the reception staff was totally disinterested and said they didn't have ice - really?! which wasn't cool. All in all, an OK place for the location but even if you're a gym cheapo like me you can shop around and find somewhere better for the price ;)

H. M.

Long time member of Fitness First. Here's what I like about it: - Two squat racks so if you're into your squats then you can usually get access to a rack during peak times. - One Olympic lifting platform which is hardly ever used by people and lots of bumper plates - Kettlebells - Battling ropes - Thick bar pullup bars - Plenty of TRX trainers - A sled with 15m push area (load it up heavy!!) - An airtyne assault bike - Enough cardio equipment - Classes which are all thrown in with membership. I have only tried spin classes which were very good. - Friendly staff

N. S.

Large FF gym. Good selection of equipment on par with platinum level FF gyms. Locker room is a bit byzantine which is standard. Excellent location.

A. C.

Have been using this gym for QUITE some time. No reason to change as it has everything I need but nowadays it’s not my most convenient club. However I find myself drawn due to my personal trainer Luke who is incredible and some of the staff who go above and beyond the call of duty to make you feel welcome and build a rapport with you. I would especially like to highlight Katie Coleman who LITERALLY makes my day whenever she is working. I’ve just dived in on a stressful and freezing Saturday and she’s instantly made my day and taken my mind off things so that I can have a successful workout without letting my mind wonder. More staff like this please. I’d also like to point out that Holborn is a very business man kind of gym and I’m a queer self employed artist so having staff like this can really help to prevent you feeling out of place or isolated! Kudos to that girl

Q. L.

It's a great gym however saturated at lunchtime. They would really make it better by increasing the number of machine, weighs and benches that almost always come short of number.

R. B.

Lovely staff! Love coming here

M. M.

Wonderful folks here (James and Bennett). The gym is spacious, clean and the equipment is great.

R. P.

Average size gym with good selection of weights and cardio. Quality of staff is a real mix, some helpful other just don't care

H. D.

Superb staff, excellent training classes, loads of equipment, and the best gym I have ever been a member of.

M. F.

Friendly and informative staff every time I go A well equipped gym

R. O.

Nice gym with open floor concept. Good machines and big open functional area

S. H.

The gym can get really busy at peak times. The gym is near my office so well placed for me.

D. B.

Spotsball started losing ground. It used to be much better. But if you live nearby, then the normal option.

J. S.

Great gym with brilliant helpful and happy staff. Some good classes too.

A.

Amazing gym i love it. Very nice and helpful stuff

J. F.

Nice gym. Good fitness classes. Very friendly and helpful.

R. J.

Really great atmosphere with welcoming and friendly team. Wide variety of classes and clean equipment.

S. E.

I enjoy it every time I go . And I'm so satisfied with my PT shaun.

J. M.

Great gym, friendly staff, and always feel welcome.

G. C. U.

Great classes. Especially Spin. The best instructor ever

K. B.

My regular gym so no complaints 😁

H. S.

Great gym, great staff and atmosphere !

a. -. n.

great burgers although my son was missing ketchup the salad was amazing!!!

F. H.

Great gym, great atmosphere:)

M. F.

Very professional assistance and attentiveness

G. B.

Cute staff, but the internal layout is not the best.

c. T.

City gym and quite handy during lunchtime.

N. W.

Nice gym

R. A.

Good gym.

J. A.

Good for the price. It's small.

P. A.

Clean but busy in the mornings

K. S. (.

Great Gym.

J. H.

Great little gym

J. C.

Good vibes

M. O.

Nice place

K. M.

Amazing service!! staffs are very nice, helpful and infomative. Highly recommend!

J. G.

Nice gym, quiet, friendly staff, clean facilities and new equipment

J. O.

Did the BoxFit session today and I was highly impressed with how intense it was. Circuit was a good mix of lower/upper and core, so the stations didn't kill out one muscle group, so the intensity was always high. I recommended trying out this class if you want to get fit or if you're a boxer looking for intense sessions in between your normal training days.

S. B. M.

I have been a member of several other gyms in the past, and was very pleasantly surprised by the warmth of the staff at this specific branch of Fitness First. In addition to the top notch facilities, they made me feel welcomed and were always helpful to facilitate any request. Thank you

C. I.

I love Rob’s glute gains class on Friday! Love his song choice and that he incorporates yoga to the stretches and finisher exercise♥️ Great coach, full of energy!

K.

Attended this gym for the first time, I was warmly greeted by Chris who was at the front desk. He knew I haven’t visited before and ensured I was comfortable before started my session. The facilities are very clean, (changing rooms, showers, and the gym floor) I was highly impressed. I would recommend this gym based on my Inital experience. Unfortunately this gym is out of my way but I will defiantly visit again. Chris, thank you for making my experience great!

Y.

Great bodypump classes! Spacious for a London central gym and lovely friendly staff :)

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