r/Romford • u/_coon_feetus_yeet • Jun 21 '25

Good gyms in romford?

I'll be moving to collier row next week and just wanted to know what the best gyms are round here. I don't mind pricier ones with facilities like pools or saunas either. Currently with the gym as I get cheap monthly as a student so just wanted to know if i should switch or not or stay with them

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u/_coon_feetus_yeet Jun 21 '25

I was looking at the everyone active page and it seems too good to be true. £45 a month for gym, swimming, sauna, high street discounts (i dont put too much stock into this but still) and even private GP? Other gyms offer all this for double the price. What's more is that if you pay annually which is what i usually tend to do with gyms it works out to £37 which sounds insane to me. First month is also only £10 extra for the joining fee which is pretty standard. I'll sign up right now if you can confirm this is all delivered as advertised but you claim it's really good so it has to be right?

Just a couple of questions.

How busy does it get since I'll likely be using it during peak hours.

How big is the gym section and what kind of machines does it have.

I sometimes let my brother use my pin on the rare occasion he wants to exercise so I was wondering if that's possible here. I know some of the better gyms require ID if you want to enter or is this one just pin.

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u/Aaron703 Jul 24 '25

I’ve recently switched to Everyone Active (Sapphire) from PureGym. I go during the afternoon 2-3pm and it’s normally not that busy. PureGym at the same time is rammed and you will be queuing for machines at all hours. Don’t even think of going in the evening.

It’s a nicer gym overall, cleaner and less full of kids. The range of machines is not quite as good as PureGym but they do have some nicer stuff (seated leg curl) and it’s generally in much better condition.

I don’t use any of the other facilities so can’t comment on those.

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u/_coon_feetus_yeet Jul 24 '25

Oof about the range. Do they at least have a standing leg extension station, sled (critical to my routine) or battle ropes? Those are the only esoteric pieces of equipment I use regularly that are not always available in smaller gyms. I'd also love if there was a ladder but that's the stuff of myth in UK gyms.

Now that I've moved and been to the area I cannot say I'm impressed with the smell lol. Western road bus stop makes me dizzy with the smell of piss and vomit that is always there no matter what lol.

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u/Aaron703 Jul 25 '25

No to all of those unfortunately.

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u/_coon_feetus_yeet Jul 25 '25

Just fell to my knees. No sled is a real kicker