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/Flaky-Confidence-923 Jul 26 '25

OP, did you settle for a new one yet? I signed up with The Gym three days ago, just paid for a month, but their website apparently had a bug so no PIN was issued. When I called they gave me a temp PIN for the next four weeks as they could not fix the issue and told me to sign up again next month. Today would be my first day there. Not so sure I’m signing up again without looking elsewhere in Romford first.

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u/_coon_feetus_yeet Jul 27 '25

So when I first posted it was still a while before I had moved and it's only been a couple weeks since I've been here. I recently got my hands on a weeks free trial for sapphire and I'm waiting for them to get back to me on that. I checked out the Nuffield nearby today and I wasn't too impressed with it considering the steep price tbh, £85. The range of equipment was only a little more than my old gym group I was paying 17 for. Pool wasn't anything crazy either. I don't use pure gym so I can't say anything about it but when i do check out sapphire I'll update you.

What were your opinion on this gym group though. The other person replied to me saying their range is not that big which is a bummer and I might honestly go back to gym group if joining sapphire would mean I have to significantly alter my training since I use a lot of specialised equivalent. Romford gym group looks pretty big.

If i was you I'd check out the student membership options at gym group. I'm fairly certain I never had to verify that I was actually a student but it was 3 years ago and my memory might be failing me. Worth a try though you save a lot. This last year i paid upfront like £200 for 12 months. You can do the math on just how good that works out.

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u/Flaky-Confidence-923 15d ago

Apologies for the looong delay in reply. I have just completed my first month at Romford Gym Group and the value for money is clear. Great location in terms of convenience (not so sure about safety). Im not impressed by the shower areas at all. The team there are awesome though. Good instructors who mostly look like they follow their own advice. Other than change rooms, I am quite happy here. Will renew for another month and see.

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u/_coon_feetus_yeet 14d ago

I signed up with the same gym group lol. Sapphires range of equipment and space just wasn't enough for me.

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u/Flaky-Confidence-923 11d ago

I’ve not been back for 5 days 😅 Work related, so technically I’ve not started as my first month was some sort of glitch that they then asked me to reapply for, lose my sign up discount that may pop up during my second signup month as a result of the ‘first’’s month’s glitch and then be officially signed up. Complicated but looking forward to getting back.

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u/_coon_feetus_yeet 10d ago

Now that I've seen the range of equipment I'm satisfied. Has everything i need plus extras. The boxing room was a very nice surprise. Even has a superior version of the hack squat machine and more cable stacks than most gyms I've seen. Only thing lacking is the free weight zone is a little small, the sled track is right in the front where everyone's just on it, there's only one pec dec one of the busiest machines and only 2 benches. But all minor stuff. Walked in today 6pm peak hours and only had to wait on the pec dec.

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u/Flaky-Confidence-923 5d ago

I just realised what you meant by the sled when I ‘restarted’ my contract at the gym today. It’s quite disruptive in the layout they have it now, sort of treks across the floor in a way that blocks people from walking across it. Or at least I try and avoid it when someone is pushing as I don’t want to seem to disrupt them. Wish the free weights area was less crowded too. It has a lot of equipment there, but the benches are full when I get there around 11am or so. Anyway, the PTs are all super friendly and it has what I need building up to the Arnolds (not!). For an ave gym monkey like me it’s perfect.