Everlast Gym Leigh Fitness Centre  Reviews

I recently visited the Everlast gym in Leigh, and my experience was extremely disappointing. The gym was unkempt and poorly maintained, with broken machines scattered throughout the facility.
Dust and empty plastic bottles littered the floor, giving the impression of neglect. Additionally, the layout of the gym was poorly planned, with machines placed too close together, making it difficult to navigate and work out comfortably. It was evident that cleanliness was not a priority, as there was no blue roll available for machine cleaning after use, and many machines had been out of order for a considerable amount of time.
The lack of basic amenities such as toilet paper and hand wash soap in the restroom further highlighted the disregard for hygiene and customer satisfaction. Overall, my experience at Everlast gym in Leigh was extremely
disappointing, and I would not recommend it to anyone looking for a clean and well-maintained fitness facility.

Don't listen to the fake positive reviews. Tried to cancel after 10 years with the company having taken a gym holiday for a few months where they charge you £5 per month for the pleasure of not going. When my direct debit went back up to full price £40 l thought it time to cancel in full.
Called through and spoke to their manager as was told I have to pay another full months payment, this is despite not setting foot through the door in over 7 months.
very rude and started making a play on words "it's not a gym holiday it's a suspension" terrible customer service from him but then again he is equally as rude to his staff
Oh and don't let me forget to mention how dirty the place is and all the broken equipment that takes months to get repaired.... AVOID!!

If I could leave zero stars I would.
l've been a member here for 7/8 years and nothing has been refurbished since then.
The pool is impossible to swim in as you get 1/3 and the other 2/3's are for private swimming
lessons. Full of kids.
The jacuzzi's are broken constantly, now blocked up, and so is the air conditioning.
It's honestly a joke and needs sorting asap, the only good thing about this gym is the location and some staff.
The cleanliness of the gym is also very poor the pool and changing area's need a full refurb as they are old. It's seems as if since Everlast took over this gym they only care about making more money and not member satisfaction.

This gym used to be pretty good gym, but unfortunately Everlast and management have let it go, the showers are disgusting and dangerous, broken tiles and mold present. Recently the boiler keeps braking down so no hot water. Machines have out of order signs on for months. General cleaning is non existent, if you report to manager or head office, they just shrug you off, the young staff do their best but are hindered by management. It almost seems as if they are running it into the ground and just taking the money. Looking at other gyms in the area to start

Be Warned!! If joining mainly to swim I wouldn't bother. The pool has been taken over with kids swimming lessons nearly every day, toddlers sessions all day Monday & Friday. Greed, Greed & more Greed. They do not care about the members what would you expect with bad staff/management.

Many improvements need to be made, there is no investment in the gym... The machines are very old, damaged, “out of order”, many benches are not stable, the calf machine wobbles, the shoulder machine is always broken... the water in the pool is sometimes too cold, and in the solarium, the plexiglass that covers the neon lights was a bit dirty on the inside

2 year old child busting for the toilet, literally holding herself so she doesn't pee herself. Asked the staff if she can use the toilet really quickly so she doesn't have to go through the embarrassment of potty training and peeing herself in public. Staff were so horrible they just point blankly said "no, private gym", what sort of staff of ANY establishment rejects a 2 year old and letting her go through the pain of having to pee herself in public. Absolute joke.

Dated and dirty, cancelled membership as just not worth the money. You would have thought with all the time in lockdown they could have painted the walls and cleaned the showers/grout, replaced all the damaged equipment and modernised - but no, zero investment.

This gym is very friendly and welcoming all the staff are very helpful. The gym is always clean and definitely not covered in mold. Great classes there’s something for everyone. The swimming pool a good size with nice decking area to relax and a steam room plenty of showers which are always kept clean. I highly recommend this gym.

Poor equipment keeps braking, get rid of all the precor machines and get proper industrial gym kit instead of the cheap junk what is broke every week, that's the only way around it.

I have been a member for a few years and the equipment has unfortunately not been maintained, it started with removing the hot tubs, and gradually more and more equipment has out of order signs on it, it never seems to be repaired.
All 3 steppers are out of order and have been for a long time, the leg press has been broken for a couple of months, the calf raise was broken so it was just removed and never replaced.
I feel it is going downhill due to a lack of investment, but membership prices remain the same.

Everywhere mould in swimming pool, in showers.
Cracks. Walls dirty and damaged. Ceiling in swimming pool with big hole. Jacuzzi removed.
Very cold in the shower, from conditioner all the time going cold air. Complained but they do not do nothing. Do not recommend to go there for swimming. About gym I cannot to say nothing because just used swimming pool.

Disgusting how there allowing 14 year olds to join a gym with a bank card and then signing them up to a contract with out parents consent don't do a induction don't keep an eye on them in the gym then charging some kids £24 a month and others
£30 a month clearly on website says min age 16 for students but charging 14 year olds more staff have no idea and just let the kids use what ever free weights they want

Dirty dated and not great experience at all.
Changing rooms are cold and showers absolutely smell disgusting, never any shower gel and the mens changing are absolutely disgusting beyond words.

The gym felt empty. I managed 4 days then exercised my 14day cancellation clause. There was a lot of space that could be used for new equipment. The gym had the basic equipment but was missing a lot of the usual things you'd find in most gyms. Issues with some of the lockers not closing properly but the biggest put off was the amount of water I always found on the changing room floors. It just gave it an unclean feeling.

DIRTY - The floors in the changing rooms are so dirty that my feet are black after a few steps. You can see that the floor tiles around the edge are a different colour to the ones in the middle. I always wear flip flops now.
A thorough deep clean is needed throughout.
There used to always be a cleaner around the place, but never anymore. Plenty of staff just standing around chatting however...
Floors are always soaking wet as there is nowhere to spin wet swimwear.
Aside from that, there are always issues - pool regularly cold, lights in changing rooms not working, showers cold, heating in changing room not working etc and nothing gets fixed in a rush.
It's such as shame, as with the right management and some care it could be a brilliant place to go,
but it just gets worse.

The issue lies with the corporation that runs the gym.
Broken machines don't get fixed/replaced for months at a time or get removed completely.
This can really screw up workout routines.
Lack of certain machines means having to change your routine.
20-30% of machines are either broken or needing maintenance.

For the last few years us members have been promised a full refurbishment of the Leigh Everlast gym, to replace all the faulty equipment and machines by this year 2024. But yet again, they have failed to deliver on their promises even though they keep taking our money.
Instead, we get three days with no water, so no sanitation, no drinking water, no showers, no water to clean equipment. But yet they remained open, which is a serious hygiene health and safety issue.
They have now closed and boarded up the only two hot tubs, and the steam room is filthy.
They have lowered the temperature of the small pool to save money.
The music system no longer works and some TV’s.
Water is dripping onto the floor from the air-conditioning unit from the ceiling.
Dust and filth is everywhere as they reduced cleaning staff hours.
The staff are rude, and clearly under stress as some have not been paid in weeks.
A large number of damaged machines never get repaired, instead, they just place a sign stating “out of order”.
This is clearly unacceptable and very bad, so myself and many others have cancelled our memberships.
Not recommended at all.

I feel like every visit something else is out of order.
Out of about 12 treadmills there about 5/6 not working. (And have not been working for a while now) Leg press now out of order for last two weeks.
Please can we get some investment put into our gym and fix the equipment quickly.
Or let’s reduce our memberships whilst things are out of order.

Security in this location is very poor (very poor with emphasis). I forgot my Nike slippers in the gym with the hope that I will get it back the following day, got in and was told it wasn’t seen and there is only one cctv camera looking at the VERY LARGE gym premises. The gym coordinator was very unbothered about helping to retrieve it and said there was only one camera, which is looking at only one section of a big gym area. This shows security in a public gym as everlast is not guaranteed. The body language of the coordinator to assist in searching was also very poor, as he said he wasn’t sure it would be retrieved without even making an initial effort at looking into the camera. This makes me wonder, what if anything happens to me while I workout, will there even be a footage to recall how it happened??

So many machines out of order all the time and take months to get fixed! One really rude staff member always on reception who refuses to help when asked a question

Equipment is old and knackered. Was hit in the face with faulty bit of kit glasses were broken and staff/management not even bothered. No one from head office even checked up to see if I was ok. Was told I would be compensated for my broken glasses which hasn't happened. If I wasn't tied in to a contract with them I would have left.
Terrible gym.

Leigh Everlast gym has gone downhill since Everlast took it over from DW. Obviously they see it as just a cash cow now without investing in it. Did a paint job when took over and replaced equipment with a fair amount of inferior machines in my opinion. At least several of the cable machines are usually broke, some bikes have been broken for ages, making knocking sounds when peddling, usually two or more treadmills that won't work. Calf raise machine was broke every other week. It's now been taken away with no replacement. Hip thrust machine has been broke for months. Both jacuzzis in the pool area have not been working for over a year and are not going to be fixed or turned on again I believe, now blocked up with decking.
There had been no music on the gym floor as the system is broken!
I believe the cost of my membership should be refunded in full, and a proper firm should take it over and redo from top to bottom.

Has a freelance fitness trainer at Everlast in Leigh. I am horrified that we have not been paid in weeks and we can no longer train our customers because there are so many faulty machines and the pools are boarded up.
This is unacceptable and it is clear that a large number of people are cancelling their memberships and there are less people joining.
I have loved working here over the years, but it is clear that it is time to move on.

My experience at Leigh Everlast has been consistently disappointing. The cleanliness leaves much to be desired, with grime accumulating in corners and equipment looking visibly dirty. Moreover, the maintenance of the gym equipment is severely lacking, with machines frequently out of order or malfunctioning. It's frustrating to pay for a membership only to encounter broken equipment time and time again. Overall, I would not recommend this gym to anyone looking for a clean and functional fitness environment.

The two hot tubs (whirlpools) were working for only a week since I joined, then both got shut down and kept like that for almost a year. They have now shut the pool area down, NOT to fix them but to cover them up with some decking …..
Not worth paying for membership!!!!

Don’t dare to join, you will have big problems. I joined the Leigh gym six months ago and since then I’ve only been a few times because I wish I had done more research into this Leigh gym, if I had I would not have joined.
The gym upstairs is extremely busy, not enough space between the old equipment. The pool is a decent size but I hurt myself once as I got a piece of glass on my foot and the water was most of the time freezing cold. The jacuzzi was broken and now blocked up. Place is noticeably dirty. The changing area has no private rooms to change, so you’ll have to be naked in front of everyone in the locker room, and the toilet is stinking very bad.
I moved out of the area and I have been back there once to speak with the staff about cancelling my membership as I wasn’t able to travel there to go to the gym and they told me to go online because they can’t help me. I’ve been online and I received an email back saying that I will be contacted no less than 5 days before my monthly direct debit. Nearly two months since then and I was still paying, been in contact with my bank and they told me to cancel the direct debit. Few days after that I received an email saying that I will have an administration fee because they couldn’t collect the money and I have to contact them. At the moment I’m still waiting on them to reply (1 hour in the phone queue) The worst experience I ever had with a company, same for me and my fiancé.

The worst company gym franchise I have ever had the nightmare to deal with.
Avoid Leigh Everlast Gym. Bad management, bad staff, bad trainers, dirty unhygienic. Members contract atrocious, so read the fine print.
I could go on with the negatives but 1 star says enough.

Member for five years... started OK but has now descended into catastrophe of a gym. Poor customer service. Bad atmosphere due to staff. The members are fine but staff don’t take responsibility for their own negative actions.

I am a “disgruntled” ex-members of this Leigh Everlast Gym.
It is sad how it has gone downhill over the last twelve months, and continues to get worse.
I was apprehensive, in fear of voicing my grievances with management because of the back lash horror stories that I’ve heard from other members. However I did.
Basically by voicing my concerns to staff (as I did), with many genuine reasonable concerns, even in a clam respectful manor, I was treated unsatisfactorily as if I was the problem. This happened to me, so I walked away from this gym because I was left feeling upset and undervalued.
I do NOT look upon this gym in a favourable manor at all.
And yet again the pool area, and many gym machines are out of action.