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Active Nation Greenbank

Good membership prices. Only given 4 stars as they don't have enough cardio machines in the gym since the refurb. 8 treadmills, 3 cross trainers and 2 bikes isn't a lot.  Do have to wait when its busy.  The showers in the wet side changing rooms are freezing cold. Would be better if they were warm straight away, rather then having to let them run for ages to get them warm. Half the changing rooms and lockers don't lock properly

So pleased l signed my granddaughter up for swimming lessons at green bank leisure centre in swadlincote, she has Autism and ADHD she was anxious and very nervous about going so was l , a lady called Gracey went out of her way to help us and sorted my granddaughter out  and the 2 lady instructors that spent time with her completely put her at ease a big Thankyou for being so understanding and caring and supportive of her. All the staff seem lovely and helpful.

Fabulous I go 5 mornings a week facility’s are brilliant. Showers are always warm . Staff are very helpful

This gym is FIRE!!! To think I actually avoided joining it for a while because I visited a few years back and it was small and dated, but then I discovered they had a refurb and it was taken on by Everyone Active. The place is amazing! I'm experienced gym-goer and it has everything I need, free weights sections with machine weights, and then a cardio floor, and also another floor for pin machine weights and stretching area. There is a pool, a sauna, and a separate hall/studio for classes. Nice changing rooms with lockers and showers. They also have a cold shower on pool side next to the sauna. It's a great mixture of young, middle aged and elderly. So if you want to avoid the 'bro gyms' then this is the best option in Swadlincote for you. The staff are really nice too, they actually say hello and greet you when they see you, and they are always willing to drop what they are doing to help you out.

I've only used the gym here, I thought to give it a try as my membership allows me access to all centres. They have a good variety of equipment. The dumbells go up to a very high weight. However some of the machines are uncomfortable to use. The chest incline & decline machines require that ones arms must go back way too far to grip the handles. That's fine if you wish to err on the lighter side & do 20-25 reps but if you wish to go heavier its quite impossible. They do have incline benches, but again, you'd need a spotter to go heavy. Surprisingly they do not have a smith machine as for me that would have been a suitable option. A must in any gym. They do have an awful lot of machines yet only one lat pulldown. I also regularly use a crosstrainer. In this particular branch the cross trainers are anything but smooth. As you increase the resistance they become unsmooth & they feel as if they are scraping unevenly. Although there are a lot of  various machines, for chest & back I prefer to go elsewhere. I suspect  whoever equipped the gym was not a seasoned user. The leg machines, on the other hand are brilliant. A good variety indeed & very smooth machines. I do question though why any gym would require 4 squat racks yet no smith machine??

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