Malden Centre

I've been a member of The Malden Centre for a few years now and you cannot fault the gym facilities; especially as it has been recently refurbished so there's more room and better kit! Plus the staff in the gym are genuinally heplful and are not gym snobs that you sometimes get in the more popular and pricier chains.

I only really use the gym and the pool, and the only criticism I have is the lack of opportunity for lane swimming at weekends. If I fancy a refreshing few lengths at the end of the week I either have to get up at the crack of dawn, or strategically time my Saturday afternoon with military precision so I can get there during the hour and a half window that lane swimming happens to be available!

The Kinetika gym at the Malden Centre has been recently refurbished. The machines are fairly good although the warm downs on the programmes are not as good as the ones on the old treadmills/cross trainers. The staff are amiable and helpful. It gets really busy in the evenings so try and go at other times! The pool is pretty good, warm and large, and there is a junior teaching pool. My mum has recently learned to swim there and she rates it - small groups so lots of attention. There are good workout classes - my favourite is body balance.