High Holborn | London Gym | Fitness First

Lovely gym, been coming for 6 years and the place keeps getting better. Amazing staff who always want to help, train with an incredible trainer called Luke Eskesen who has completely transformed my body. Amazing rapport with the reception and floor staff too, Katie is a blast and always puts a smile on your face (especially if you're embarrassing yourself by falling off equipment). So easy to get in, get what you need to get done and hop off home. Highly recommend!

Nice gym. Good fitness classes. Very friendly and helpful.

Good for the price. It's small.

I have been a member of Fitness First for 5 years now.

I really enjoy coming to the gym staff are great, equipment is excellent and always kept clean and tidy.

Love the new equipment which has been put in over the last few months I can really change up my workouts.

Recently cancelled my membership after 7 years. Due to their business model being in decline a number of clubs nearby closed and they migrated the members to the High Holborn resulting in a increase in overall members by over 30% - causing a dangerously overcrowded environment that's impossible to train effectively in. The members from the closed clubs are on a much cheaper membership than existing High Holborn member which was acknowledged by staff although they aren't willing to offer the same membership price to all even after the reduced quality of the branch.

Aside from the overcrowding, it would appear staff don't keep the place tidy anymore and no effort is made to promote good gym etiquette. You regularly see members misusing the equipment and showing no consideration for others in their vicinity. On the day I left I found loose electrical wiring hanging from the celling in a shower cubical.

Fitness First even tried to make me pay an additional months membership fee as they said I needed to get a months notice. Shame it's deteriorated so much.

Good gym. Spacious. Not too busy when I go (mid afternoon).

Staff friendly but to too 'in your face' like some places.

Only 2 niggles: The music in the gym is usually really loud. So loud that I have to turn the volume on my own music/podcasts up to maximum. In this day and age when everyone has their own music, do you need to play one type (that may not appeal to all members) quite so loudly? It stops everyone else listening to their own personal choice.

The other issue is the smell - it sometimes smells of sewage (not the changing rooms, the workout area), which isn’t very nice.