Virgin Active St Leonards Gym

Joined St Leonards since it opened. Living just around the corner, I try to maximise my membership attending a class at least once a day. The trainers are really encouraging and they make the classes as diverse as possible. The staff are really friendly and helpful. I suffered an injury some months back and received attention and treatment right away. Great community and definitely not for posers.

This gym is too small and the air quality and air conditioning is very, very poor. Every time I visit I feel hot, sick, and like I can’t breathe. The equipment is sparse (I have seen literally 1 elliptical in the entire gym) and it’s placed very close together. Seems focused on group classes, as they carry this out in the middle of the small gym floor, and it’s very loud and smelly from people sweating in such a confined space. It’s convenient but I don’t recommend.

A delightful and refreshing facility I suppose what makes this place different from the Fitness First which I was a member are the trainers and the people. Sure the facility is new and they are extremely well-maintained the classes are fun and offers a good variety. However my experience is highlighted by the numerous times the trainers would jump in to correct or to offer support while I was doing my session in the gym floor. Big shout out to Katie and Callum both whom are very visible. The facility is small compared to it's sisters club so you have to be very strategic in when you book/go.

Lovely staff yes. The space is very small for a suburban gym, with no cycle studio. There is a boxing studio, Pilates and yoga studio - I found instructors a little inconsistent - some are a lot tougher and some are way easygoing. The gym opens quite late on the weekend (7am) and 530am on weekdays. Classes start a smidge later than that so if you’re an early morning workout person there are other places which would better suit. With so much competition around st leonards it is hard to figure out what this gym offers as a competitive advantage.

Friendly trainers and receptionists who always make you feel welcome. No posers at this gym, just nice people wanting to train. Enjoyable varied classes to suit all fitness levels. Good facilities for personal training sessions. Free parking under the building is a bonus on rainy days. Grid classes with Huhu are always challenging but rewarding for your fitness. Yoga with Clare and Anna is really good. It's a shame Anthony left but the place is still stacked with quality trainers. I've been coming since Jan 2021 and the place has transformed my fitness and physique.

The best gym I’ve been to! I’ve tested a lot of gyms in the area and this one is by far the best. I love the layout, the classes, and most importantly the staff! I always feel comfortable and welcomed by the friendly trainers and receptionists. A special mention to Myrik, the best PT out there! So much knowledge to help me through my training, even injury rehab and mobility work. Thanks for all your help, highly recommend!!!

The reception didn’t let me in to a class because I was 2 min late arguing that’s a health&safety issue. I used to be a PT and know a protocol and never seen anything like it across other gyms in Australia. For $70 per week I’d like to be able to be 2 min late and speak to a person, not a robot just repeating the same thing. Hard pass.

This review is based on my first impression only:5 out of 5 - Gym floor staff and reception: This is probably the best asset Virgin Active has. Very friendly, welcoming, and respectful. This is unfortunately quite rare in several nearby gyms, including Fitness First, BFT, and Jetts. Keep up the good job. Thanks Edwin, for your overall introduction.5 out of 5 - Hygiene, locker room, and overall look: The gym is super organized and clean. The locker room is as tidy as my parent's house.3.5 out of 5 - Grid gym floor group class: Very organized but quite dull and unfriendly. No one came to check in to see if you are okay or have any problems. I join classes for being social too, but it seems like the classes are not targeted to be community-based. I'm comparing this to F45 classes which are super uplifting with a caring team. (Well, the prices for F45 are ridiculously high, so you can't really compare these two. my bad)3 out of 5 - Space: The gym floor is quite small, I mean very small. This is the only reason that made me think twice before joining the gym. Why would they allocate such a small place for weights? Maybe it's the strategy to attract people to classes rather than the weight room? I'm a gym junkie and this is quite important to me.Overall, I think it's a pretty amazing gym with a weight room, HIIT classes, boxing, and friendly staff. Depending on your goals, it could be the best in the neighborhood with it's current price. However, it's just not for me since I need lots of space while training in the weight room. I do plenty of combos, supersets, and back-to-back exercises.

Provides all exercises.They have great trainers in all areas.I have to leave a personal comment today. Opal today held a strength class for some of us just to help us out. It was very informative and helpful especially to those of us who need to learn how to do weights properly. Thank you!! Highly recommend the gym and Opal though I don't want him to be booked out!

AVOID! This place has pathetic service, they are really good at sales but when it comes to customer service they’re really poor. I joined about a month ago and I wasn’t informed about the rule that you can’t be more than 60 seconds late for a class. I arrived at 6:41 pm for a 6:40pm Reformer Pilates class and was denied entry. They should take out time to inform their new joiners about these these rules! Actually, I came at 6:38pm and had to buy virgin active grip socks for the reformer class and even then the staff didn’t inform me that they had this rule.They should 1) inform us before hand of these rules (or prompt us online once we book the class) 2) offer some flexibility if they haven’t instructed us and we are a few seconds late (literally) for the first time.We travel a distance to make it to these classes, and to be turned away in this manner is very disrespectful and completely unnecessary.