JD Gyms Southend

This is a very big gym with a huge amounts of equipment. To do it justice, it’s best to check out the pics on the website. It does get busy at peak times, but there is generally something free to do what you want. All types of people go there, so you don’t feel conscious about yourself.

Walked in without an appointment with my wife to see around the gym and possibly sign up. Couple of members told us that we had to ring the buzzer for help. Waited a few minutes and one of the guys went and grabbed a friendly PT called Travis. Travis did a quick gym tour with us, explained the kit without being patronising and then left us to it. Fantastic range of machines from matrix, large class area and big spin studio. I love that you don't have to book into classes, works on a first come first served basis. My wife and I will be buying our memberships tonight- first gym I've been in that I'll be excited to train in. Travis was great, other members were friendly, cheap membership ->10 out of 10!

Great equipment but haven't been able to connect to the free wi-fi for months now and the building gets bad signal. Would be nice if they fixed that.

Nice gym with lots of machines and free weights, not too busy either which is a bonus

Awesome gym, very clean, everyone friendly & staff helpful..IF you can find them!.. But overall a very enjoyable experience & I'm happy to be a member of this gym 😊

I use this gym and have done for a couple of years, even when it was exercise 4 less. I like the size of the gym (it's an old warehouse so it has a lot of floor space).

The staff are friendly and it's usually quite clean. Lots of equipment, large free weights area and a dedicated calisthenics section. Machines don't stay broken for long and turnaround on repairs is usually quick.

The only downsides are the recurring leaks in the ceiling and occasionally the music is uncomfortably loud. Great value for money otherwise, recommended.

Just gonna keep posting petty pictures of blocked fire exits until management stop giving copy and paste responses.

The entry/exit barrier is utterly stupid. Considering how poorly it works,you'd think they'd reinstate reception. Standing like a lemon to enter is aggravating. And fire exits often blocked. Tired of telling staff of this, and management not addressing when contacted. Everything else is fine.

Have been a member since before JD took over. The gym has a fairly ok layout, but same old equipment no attention to things like resolving drainage smells in the changing rooms.

Since becoming JD Gyms you can no longer book classes, so often have to arrive more than 30 mins early for a class in hope of getting a space, and even then the gym allow people to come in dump their stuff to reserve spaces and go to do other things while other customers get turned away.

A pretty poor experience and no amount of contacts to head office either directly of from the gym staff are getting answered.

Come on JD provide a good service and provide support for your great local team who are trying their best.