JD Gyms Batley

First of all yes it's value for money and it's a nice big gym, friendly PT's excellent facilities. The bad is mainly from the demographic that use this gym, at peak times you are better off working out at home as you will get gangs of youths loitering around machines. You get the usual grunters that take all the dumbbells on offer and the cable machine is always in use by people doing 100 sets. Machines are often out of order probably due to aggression

So far I've only been a handful of times. I don't think I'll be keeping my membership after this first month.A lot of the equipment is in need of repair. These repairs might only be small things, but they can make a workout more of a hassle than it should be. Take the handgrips, for example. The majority of the weight machines either have mismatched grips; or a missing grip; or grips that spin when they shouldn't. Some required repairs are outright dangerous!Several of the machines have had missing weight selector pins. A few machines have loose bolts, or worn selector holes on the seats. Some need the cables readjusting. They're small things, but they add up to a very sloppy feel.Then there's the changing rooms...It's a 24hr gym, which is ideal for my erratic and unpredictable schedule, but the changing areas and showers are not 24hr. They're closed between 11pm and 5am. The sauna is also in there, so that can't be used either. 6 hours, that's a quarter of the day. This wouldn't be too bad if there were some smaller changing rooms or showers available during this time. There aren't. The place I could find is the disability access shower downstairs. This was open, but didn't smell clean. I'm not sure if this is allowed to be used outside of the normal changing room/shower hours.The toilets are also closed between those hours, again leaving only the disabled access toilet, downstairs. I went to use that, but there was water flooding out of it, soaking the carpets, and a smell to make anyone's stomach turn. I didn't use it, I went home.The ladies only section is also closed on a night.There is no mens only section.A lot of weights and weight bags seem to get left on the floor.The selection of weight machines isn't great, with only 1 of most types.There's a few pieces of equipment that I'd expected to be there, but I've not found.The vending machines don't seem to work when using mobile contactless. I'm not sure if that's my phone or not.The rope attachments are badly frayed and smell.It appears that you can only visit the gym once per day. I went twice in one day and the code wouldn't let me in the second time.Not great if you're training for something and want to have a workout before and after work. Or even if you've left your drink in the car, or can't remember if you've locked the car. Same thing for fresh air. Once you're out, it doesn't seem that you can get back in on the same day.The JD gym app doesn't seem fantastic, either. Similar gyms have the ability to see how many people are in the gym at any given time. This is great if you want to avoid the busy times, or if you prefer to work out when it's busy. Other gym apps also log how many hours you've spent in the gym that day/week/month and allow you to register and keep track of your workouts.£21.99 isn't the most expensive gym, but it's not the best value, either.Given that the gym is lacking some functionality on the off peak hours, it would be good to see a reduced rate for them.I'm going to continue using the gym for another week or so and hope that some of these issues are down to the new year's gym rush. If things change, I'll update the review.Update - The disabled toilet is now out of order meaning THERE ARE NO TOILETS!A few photos added of handgrips, missing pins, worn equipment, missing weight stickers, stripped and loose bolts etc...Visited during the day, so I managed to use the changing rooms and toilets. Needn't have bothered. Urinal overflowing with pee. Probably from all the chewing gum in it, judging by the other one.Tried reporting dangerously defective equipment, but there was no staff there at all. A cleaner came in a bit later, so I told her and asked her for an 'out of order' note putting on it. She couldn't have been less interested and actually seemed annoyed by my asking.Edit- I'm no longer a member of the gym, after trying to contact them to discuss issues, as advised by JD Gym on Twitter. They simply can't be bothered replying to you. Downgraded to one star, from two, after further issues.

Recently joined and have loved every minute of it. Staff are friendly and helpful, the gym itself has every piece of equipment you could think of.The online dashboard also makes it so easy to book classes and track your progress.Keep it up JD!

Not the worst gym iv been to but could be better, gets packed during peak times and some equipment needs some attention. When it's not busy everything is spaced out well between machines.

Womens section not that big and gets full easily - needs extending/relocating to another, bigger part of gym. Not a great selection of classes or times/days of the classes on offer. Smells. constant parking on double yellows to side making parking of allocated bays sometimes difficult (come on people you are off to the gym, surely you can walk a few extra feet to park in an appropriate spot?! No?). I tried cancelling membership last month but took forever to get back to me so it ran over again. When I get chance I will be looking to move to another gym in the area.

Re joined yesterday after 2 years off and after 2 sessions decided it’s impossible to train at jd gym batley, every time is peak time and looks well over capacity. I’ve cancelled and requested my money back as it’s only 2 days in. I’ve had to join another gym. Seems more about getting the maximum number of member signed up rather than capping it and have existing numbers enjoy training. Not 1 machine was free and people waiting for machines . I will gladly change my review and just review the customer service which will be 5 star if I get my refund

value for money but too busy,theres always a machine out of order,young kids turning up in school uniform just hogging equipment and have no idea what theyre doing.gents showers always blocked.if your looking to train after 4pm dont bother.it gets rammed

Simply the best gym around Dewsbury/Batley areas. Makes other gyms look like a scrapyard. This gym is a new £2 million gym with state of the art machines. You will find most of the machines here, although I have noticed there are a few critical ones missing such as the abs toner. Has huge free car park. The best thing about being a member is the huge number of free classes you can access, with so many different times, you’ll always find a class to suit your needs. Gyms instructors are helpful and friendly. Changing rooms are decent with a free to use sauna. Lockers are available too but you have to bring your own padlock or purchase one from the vending machine on site. Price is excellent. Only £20 a month for 6 month. Can also freeze memberships for minimum of 2 months. Spinning classes are very popular and can get busy. Booking system for classes is easy to use.

You get what you pay for unfortunately. Find people really look other people up and down. Equipment is ok but good luck using anything after 5pm. Might as well not bother. Sauna is good but hygiene is lacking for quite a few people.