To be honest, I joined a few weeks back and had a bit of a negative experience. Not with the gym as such but with one of the Personal Trainers. So I've cancelled my membership and am going through the complaints procedure, and wondered if anyone had a similar experience.

I dont want to affect your judgement at all so please do go and check it out. The gym I went to was fab, the equipment was great and easy to use, and the variety of classes were great too so please don't think I'm trying to put you off.

Good luck xx

No I dont mind you asking at all, although its a bit long so bear with me!

I asked a personal trainer to do a fitness programme for me and a friend so he arranged to see us and basically he didnt ask any medical history, didnt do any body fat measurements, none of the paperwork he needed to do. Then he got us straight onto weight lifting equipment without warming up, even though I said shouldn't we warm up first, to which he replied, no I just need to see what you can do (which means I still hurt now over a week and a half later) , kept wondering off, talking to other people, answering his phone. He was quite funny to begin with, you know having a laugh, a few inuendos here and there and then he over stepped the mark when I said my hubby and I were trying for a baby, he said I'll get you pregnant - which I know was a joke and he meant through getting fit - and I laughed the first time he said it but he kept saying it so I told him it wasn't funny and he needed to stop now.

Anyway, after an hour of lifting weights, he then said we'd have to cut this session short and continue it tomorrow as one of his clients was here for a personal traiing session,and that he'd try and do it on the quiet here before one of his classes. We went to cool down on the treadmills for a bit, he was really sketchy about what he wanted to be paid as he was trying to get us to say we wanted him as a personal trainer which I cant afford and he knew this. When we were going, we agreed to only pay him half of what he asked for as we only got half of what we'd asked for. When we went to pay him he told us we could continue tomorrow but it would have to be at his house, I told him I didnt want to go to his house that I wanted to use the gym, and to make it clear I dont want him as a PT, as I'm very motivated and I know alot about nutrition as I used to run a slimming club and have lost 6 stone already and am now studying nutrition. He wasn't happy basically and when I said my hubby wouldnt like it, he started saying if my husband was jealous then he would begin to feel nervous and couldn't work with me etc etc.

Anyway, I was in agony for the next 4 days and my triceps and lats still kill me when I lift my arms, so I think he caused me to injure myself. I have cancelled my membership and am waiting to hear from the manager to see if my husband and I can get our money back as he now wont even enter the gym!

But please dont think I am saying never go to puregym or anything of the sort. I thought it was great I just got massively put off by the complete and utter unprofessional conduct by that PT and dont want to ever see him again.