EDIT: Went to this club for the second time recently. Some considerations following what the owner has replied below:
- His "good news" are lies. Nothing changed on the ground floor. But the only assurance you need that accessibility wasn't one of their priorities is that there are no wheelchair accessible toilets downstairs (nor upstairs of course). I usually enjoy sarcasm, but not here.
- His wooden fence comment: also a lie. Here's a sketch showing how the fence doesn't protect your privacy at all and any aditional measures they are referring to do not exist: https://i.ibb.co/M5kff19V/sketchnonstopgym.png
- As for his comment on paving an existing route to enable people to reach their gym faster: I guess they think I'd be their only client in that street. Sorry to those living around Parc du Désert. Then again, considering they're not serious about my other points, I'd never expect them to even consider this one either. Bah, worth the shot.
I'm keeping the 4 stars because one bad reply from a local owner isn't representative of the business as a whole and I'd rather have another gym than not. I'm also adding it was disappointed to see that these machines don't connect to mHealth/wearable devices - it's a missed opportunity, I guess you'll have to go to Geneva for that.
But if you're looking for a new gym, check out the Gold Gym next to this one too, as despite the price gap, might be worth a shot.
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ORIGINAL REVIEW:
Went to this club for the first time today, so time will tell how some things will stand the test of time. First, as a new club, it's indeed spacious, nicely air-conditioned with plenty of natural light. It was very clean and the cleaning personnel was very nice too. I do think the club is very well equipped (I just wish we could get a punching bag, but that would be extra). So why the 4 stars? Two reasons:
- The showers: in the men's locker room, there are only 4. 2 facing the other two. No curtains to speak of. Actual space is quite limited, and that's an absolute shame. Also, when you open the door to the locker room, there's a see-through wooden fence, so you can easily see people changing inside. The fence looks nice, but it doesn't protect your privacy.
- I didn't see a lift at all. Which means that if you're on a wheelchair and you want to use machines to work out your arms, this is yet another Non-Stop Gym that won't accomodate your needs.
Finally, something that I know is not under the direct control of the gym, but that I'd love to see them rally their resources to make it happen: parallel to the road this gym is on, is the Pierrefleur road. There is technically a connection between the forest in parc du désert and this gym, but it's perelious during the winter and rainy days due to how steep and muddy it is. If you could get the city to pave that path and make it safer, it would cut the distance one would have to walk to get to your gym. For example, I live 250m away from this gym. If there was a safer path, I could get there in 4 minutes even in the winter. Without that path, I need to walk and climb 20 min, or take 2 buses for pretty much the same travel time. Which for me completely destroys the major advantage this gym would have compared to the one at flon that is 30min away on foot, or 15min using the bus. Please, *please* see what you can do Non-stop. 🙂
