I joined NRG in the summer of 2022 after a few day passes, as the equipment being Hammer Strength and Life fitness being good quality and at the time the atmosphere was great. Since I joined though the place has had no consistency when it comes to managerial staff which I believe has been resolved but it meant that the place has developed issues as the regular staff I think felt powerless to do much about themselves, such as, the gym can be joined online and members just come in off the street, which I understand in this day and age of convenience is what is in demand, but what that means is you get people, (mainly young lads but not limited to) coming in with no gym experience and with absolutely zero gym etiquette whatsoever wearing sliders/crocs/some other form of footwear that looks like a 3d printed skeletal dinosaur foot, being given no instruction/induction and are not advised by staff of any of the rules. The signs around clearly are not enough to make people do simple things like replace weights they have used. People are loading bars, and not unloading for the next person, I witnessed one male who I know to be an experienced lifter, just leave 200kgs loaded on a deadlift bar for the next person to have to unload before they can use it. Another chump physically kicking a 20kg plate with both feet rapidly at a speed that if he were swimming, he would be pushing for a world speed record at the 100m, inching the plate onto the bar, again before then trying to lift a weight well outside of his ability and left completely unchallenged by the staff. This is not only disrespectful of the kit but also, he is going to injure himself in the gym one day. Unable to lift it he too decided it would be easier to walk away from it than unload it for the next person. In the main, the majority of members at this gym do not like to put their weights away, I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve had to replace dumbbells left strewn all over the gym floor, or go looking for them at the opposite end of the gym, not just because it annoys me, but because I want to train in a safe environment and would like to be able to find the dumbbells when I or any of the people who train to a decent level come to need them. But I offer my compliments to the one female member of staff who can be heard on the tannoy repeatedly reminding people to put their weights away, it is a futile exercise but the effort is appreciated. Then there are those who are using cable attachments/handles on pieces of kit that they are simply not designed for which has seen some handles get worn out or even break, which is the fault of the Instagram/You tube generation and their influence it has to be said but please, please, please, staff, get a grip of this and show people what they should and shouldn’t need to do, Hammer strength kit is excellent kit designed as such that handles for angles shouldn’t be required…and WHERE ARE ALL THE NEW CARABINERS GOING AGAIN? Maybe even signs up in the changing rooms politely asking people to not dispose of chewing gum or tissue in the sink and use the bins provided? Wouldn’t kill people to wipe the kit down after they’ve sweated all over it too. Since I joined there has been just ONE piece of kit added and that was the Cybex Hack squat, which is great do not get me wrong, and as mentioned before the Kit is good at this gym, but it is in desperate need of more now as the amount of members coming through the doors means having to wait an extortionate amount of time to get on kit as again, members with no gym etiquette don’t know how to share or allow people to work in on sets. Some pieces needed I would suggest are 1. Prime plate loaded row2. Seal row bench 3. Cybex Squat press4. Belt squat 5. Standing hamstring curl6. Arsenal hack squat 7. More plates from 1.25 – 25 kgs8. More dumbbells (tired of only being able to find one)9. Chest supported T- BAR rowThere is a lot of space seemingly going to waste. Maybe keep leg equipment together where the MMA spot used to be or all back/chest equipment just to offer some form of uniformity and semblance.Despite all of this, I know the current manager is doing his best to get the place running to a better standard, and the staff are nice, it is a cost effective and in the most part a friendly gym considering the standard of the current equipment, and the potential for this place to be great is there, but it there are improvements that need to be made if it is going to retain members
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