PureGym Colchester Retail Park

This has become my gym away from home when I visit family in Colchester. It is clean, spacious, lots of good machines and friendly atmosphere

Nice big gym. Visit every now and then with my daughter. Plenty of good machines . Free weights Plenty. Can get busy but my daughter checks the app to see how many people in there. A good feature.

Great gym for my needs. Local, parking, spacious, plenty of equipment, friendly, good ladies showers and toilets too. No Complaints

Equipment is pretty decent but frankly if you want a usable atmosphere and you work something like a 9-5 simply don't bother. When I first joined in the summer of 2022 it was actually really decent - it was often busy but not overcrowded and you didn't have to wait long for a machine if waiting at all. However, due to factors both in and outside the gym's control, its basically filled to the brim with 17 year olds with curled hair all crowding the bench press for about an hour whilst they all test their 1RM. In all the times I have seen a staff member there, the occasions on which I've seen them doing things like cleaning equipment or putting weights back is very minimal. I'll still continue to go one the weekends when its not like the siege of Troy but I literally had to purchase another gym membership to use during the weeks so I could get a workout done in a reasonable amount of time. Having over or close to 100 people in that gym shows the priority of management and the company at large. Also the fact it takes weeks to fix equipment is a joke lol

Like the design and how big it is but overcrowded even during off-peak time, have to wait for equipment every time. Limitation of machines such as seated leg curl and deadlift platform. There’s minors(under 16) not doing exercise properly and talk too loud, afraid they will hurt themselves. Staff always cleaning and reranking weight but sometimes still messy of clips and bar with heavy weights. The toilets stings and no toilet paper sometimes, but can see changes these few weeks. The price is reasonable but quite cheeky to cancel or downgrade your plan. The music are quite nice, some pop songs and perfect volume. Never see people with a tripod which is beautiful, and quite a lot of young people with good physique. People and staff are quite nice, ask if I need help but classes sometimes it’s quite annoying they take over a place even though the staff is completely friendly as I need to move and cannot do hip thrust. Overall, if you are a person not seeking quick workout and experienced, it should be fine for you, but not really friendly to new member and again too many minors not doing proper job.