PureGym Durham Arnison

I'm a regular at PureGym in Durham, and it's undoubtedly one of the superior branches I've frequented. Even during peak hours, there's no shortage of equipment, though I do miss certain machines that other venues offer.I haven't had much interaction with the staff, so I can't speak to their service. However, the gym's cleanliness is evident, suggesting a commendable job by the maintenance team.For those looking to purchase protein supplements, there are conveniently located stores nearby, like Sainsbury's, which offer them at more reasonable prices compared to the gym's vending machine.

I would just like to thank the lovely staff at PureGym Durham Arnison for being so welcoming and helping me with an issue with my student membership. Hayley and Aaron were incredibly patient and kind. I've been to other PureGyms and this one is very clean and well-kept. The yoga class was brilliant too! The best PureGym that I've been to. Keep up the great work! Thanks again :)

Really clean, quite busy but the equipment is good compared to other gyms

Although the price is great! The gym is well under-equipped. Random strangers sneak in and staff dont care. Staff often don't bother with regular upkeep like toilet paper checks, cleaning the kit, restacking the kit, lubricating machines and door hinges (males bath is ridiculously loud! And most staff aren't even friendly. They will just ignore you and have a disinterest in taking to you. At least that's how I feel given my autism... Then some of them just give me dirty looks!

I do like this place but I get frustrated, plenty of free equipment this morning but I decided to shower . Now I'm positive they have lowered the temp of the water and dropped the timing on the flow. All that makes me do it have to press the button more . And since I last had a work with the cleaner ( she sprayed every shower cubicle with strong cleaning fluid but never put a cleaning in progress warning out ,I went in ,she then told me if I got burnt by the fluid it was my own fault , I mention there should be a warning come .but she insisted it was my fault ) sorry I digress :) ) there is alway a cleaning in progress cone even when there is no cleaning in progress dose this mean I should never go in the shower ever ... ;). Anyway I still like the place even though I can maybe just sneak infor a cold short shower . Oh. By the way the hair dryers are awesome..

I've been coming here now for just under three months....It's okay, plenty of squat racks and benches.There are a lot of messy customers who don't have a clue on how to put weights away and will sometimes leave their drinks laying about and forget about them. I once saw the same leaking red bull can for a total of 2 days.Good weight section and plenty of cardio machines and a good matted area.There seems to be a good system in place for classes and when the classes are on better music is played as the main gym music is terrible. I don't think anyone is going to be winning any competitions or getting into that mental mindset lifting Dua Lipa.Toilets and showers are kept nice and cleanI have witnessed good relations with gym staff and clients their PTing. But.....I have found the staff to be slightly unwelcoming. I have never been greeted in all my 30+ visits. I am used to more family run gyms and it's obvious pure gym is about the sausage factory mentality. To them I am just another sausage passing through on the sausage conveyor belt.This is an average man's gym, there are a few blue tickers walking about but that comes with every gym.Despite some of my rants it is a good gym, I have come in and had a good work outs pretty much every session.*I think people in crocs should be banned and socks and sandels should be banned and the people wearing them should be questioned why are you wearing them""

Great gym. Good amount of exercise machines, rarely busy, easy to get in and out, great products in the vending machines, friendly staff and other people using the gym. Great gym and I really recommend it compared to other gyms such as the one in Durham (Freemans quay), which I feel isn't as good as this one.

Recently got back to the gym after coming home from the holidays and yes the speakers for the classes, noise levels in the gym and music are still loud and quite crowded but I have also noticed that the staff don't seem very welcoming too, they seem to greet some people especially those in classes or getting trained, other's like me who aren't in either just get looked and turned away, only one time I was welcomed was when I first arrived just before the gym officially opened and more people came and now no staff even say hello, they seem to keep a distance with the public too and yes the one at Maiden Castle, we did have some issues especially with the letting my mum in the gym but the staff there seemed to talk to people whether they were asking for help or general talk with the staff, at least the staff there were talking to the public at that gym and yes the gym over there is small but comparing those staff to the one's at Arnison Centre, I prefer those staff rather than the one's at PureGym, quite disappointing to be honest, nothing much has changed in the gym too only equipment's getting moved around and at the back of the gym, it normally get's quite crowded and people having to wait for a free bench and near the front there are way too many treadmill's, less cycling and would prefer if some weights or something were moved either upstairs or near the front.Another thing is the cycling one's that are upstair's, if I need to go to a toilet or get a drink and I pause it, the machine doesn't pause and the number or time just goes down which is annoying other than that, I think gym is ok, can be improved too especially the loudness of music especially in the class, however in the main gym it is getting quieter which is nice but the class speaker's and music are so loud that it is quite hard to concentrate.

I have been going to this gym since it opened in October. Plenty of weights equipment both free weights and machines. Good amount of cardio equipment too only thing is there's only 3 upright bikes and 4 rowers. This hasn't been a major issue so far but I am an envisage this changing in the coming weeks.The biggest gripe I have is that when it first opened there was stations with cleaning materials to wipe down machines after you'd finished these have disappeared and bearing in mind the short amount of time it's been open the showers are already looking tired and could do with more regular deep cleaning.

Can't beat it on price and equipment, busy at peak times 5pm to 7pm but still manage to use everything I want to, absolutely fabulous value for money