JD Gyms - Doncaster Reviews 

the air con is good

This gym is a joke. They sell that many memberships you can't move in there or get on anything and it's full of kids

Great experience. Very easy to sign up and the facilities are very good.

Dirty toilets, sticky machines, breatheless rooms. And now they decided to increase the price of the membership. Good job, jd, good job

There were loads of different machines to use and people in there are friendly as well

Great facilities but well over populated. I could only use equipment that was free which wasn’t the purpose of joining. With how busy it was, it was quite an intimidating environment. I arrived for my first day to hopefully be shown around by a member of staff but there was none to be seen. I was walking around looking for the female changing rooms & then had to figure out where certain machines were around the gym. I would class it as abit of a free for all if I’m being honest.

Open when you need it, friendly staff to help you when you need it and all the machines you could want. Although they would benefit from more leg machines as there is always a wait for certain ones

Broken machine, yet no warning just left there to be used. Been diagnosed with mild concussion by DRI due to a rotating straight bar falling on my head. Not very impressed - it bloody hurt

First time ever at a gym and as someone with really bad anxiety I quickly realised nobody was staring at me everyone was there for one reason to work out! Felt very comfortable going back everytime!

Amazing value for money
Very easy to enter with the app on your phone
All the equipment is new clean and easy to use with most items having photos and information on how to use
Always someone there to ask questions

Very easy to rejoin after a bout of illness

has no equipment constantly waiting for machines outdated equipment aswell overall horrible gym

Joined 2 week ago the gym Is good put the showers are meant to open at 5 AM. It has only been open twice in the 2 week I have been going in the morning. I start work at 6 AM So had to go to work without a shower not happy

Its one of the more pricey gyms and from what the trainer tells me, has thousands and thousands of members for just Doncaster. The parking, I was warned was a problem, and it is difficult getting a spot. But I was more disappointed by the number of machines that were broken. I want to start of my sessions with cardio, so I went to the bikes, the first one I sat on (the left most of the six) was squeeky as hell and needs servicing. The second to left one has a sheet on it saying out of order. I then got on another, the furthest right one, and while this one seemed fine, after a while of cycling from lower to higher intensity, it just completely stopped adjusting, so the difficulty was saying 10, but it was still at 2. I then went on the treadmills to the back, I like to do incline walking as I found this burns as many calories as running, whereby I cant run much but can walk uphill infinitely. The first one from left side of the building I pressed for incline and nothing happened, it just stays flat. the next machine I tried worked fine, but there was another up there out of order. I think if youre taking in 50K a month minimum on even just 2K members, with only a couple staff to pay per shift, I think you can afford to get the machines regularly serviced and repaired. You could call out a guy tomorrow and he could probably get them all working, or tell you they need replacing. A poor experience so far, having previously been a member years ago of virgin active in leeds, where everything ran perfectly all the time, not once did I experience any problems.

Really good set up very clean changing rooms helpful staff.

The toilet taps never work, the toilet seats are loose, there’s never any toilet roll. Half the treadmills are out of order, the other half don’t work properly

changing room closed 22-05, a lot of equipment is broken, you can’t just go to car cause you won’t come back

Some gym equipment is not in use and so many kids under the age of 16 in the gym. Most staff is no where to be seen and lot of people just sit down and on the phone which is really annoying.

Amazing gym when opened and I have been a member since then. Initially there were very helpful PT’s who maintained gym etiquette/discipline, cleanliness was great, etc

Now the complete opposite. There has been no new equipment since the gym opened therefore much is getting very tired. Simple repairs take far too long. The equipment is subject to extremely high use, probably compared to most other JD Gyms therefore it should be maintained and replaced more frequently. I have handed in multiple cable attachments which are dangerously worn, evidencing either a lack of maintenance, or ‘tick box’ checks.

PT’s - due to they their contract generally do not care, apart from their clients. I have not seen one PT ask a member to re-rack weights or pick up their litter for years.

Cleanliness - this is a major concern and I’m sure if the local authority visited at certain times the gym would be closed. The male changing room and toilets should be cleaned hourly during peak times. They can be absolutely disgusting. Cleans overnight are frequently missed.

JD are happy to take money from members but only do the bare minimum in return. Considering the quantity of members at this particular gym, JD should be doing more for them. JD will probably think that the gym itself attracts so many members because it is a good gym, but unfortunately I suspect this to be mainly due to its location.

I have spoken with managers of the gym over the phone and in person. The consistent message is that they try but nothing happens above them.

A recent power outage was the final nail in the coffin. Power was off for approximately 10 hours throughout the day this week. Members were only to find out of this after travelling to the gym, as JD did not think to put messages out on social media, via email, or through their app.

I’m now looking to join another gym.