10 Best Gyms in Cardiff

Whether you’re looking to shape up in time for summer or simply looking to lose some lockdown weight, Cardiff has no lack of gyms that can help you get in good condition and create some healthy habits. Here, we’re going to look at some of the best in the city, what they offer, and just what makes them the best gyms in Cardiff.

Puregym

One of the best in a line of highly reputable gyms situated throughout the UK, Puregym Cardiff Central offers 24-access to some of the best workout facilities in the town, with 220 different kinds of kit available for your use. With no-contract memberships, it’s certainly one of the most convenient places to start working out. It also offers access to some great personal trainers, as well as 50 fitness classes a week, all of them free to members, whether it’s stretch classes, boot camps, self-defense lessons or otherwise.

The Gym

A simple name for a gym designed to meet a simple purpose, to offer a great range of high-quality equipment as well as spacious zones, each of them equipped to facilitate a certain kind of training. The Gym Cardiff City Centre is located in the Capitol Shopping Center and also offers a no-contract membership system, as well as free wifi and Yanga Sports water to help keep you hydrated and load on electrolytes. The higher level of membership fee offers great value as well, being not too much more expensive than the basic, but with multi-gym access, as well as the offer to bring a friend four times a month.

JD Gyms

With both hundreds of pieces of equipment available in the gym as well as hundreds of classes each month, JD Gyms Cardiff brings the best of recreation centres to the city with access to luxurious saunas and spacious changing rooms all for the price of the basic membership. There are no extras to add, no joining fee, and no contract, either.

Simply Gym

With the ability to pay for any level of commitment you want, be it on a rolling contract or for a high-value year-long membership, any of the options gives you access to over 20,000 square feet of workout space with some truly exemplary equipment. There’s also a separate female gym, sauna, boxing room, and over 75 free classes per week. The popularity of this flagship gym led to it spreading throughout the country.

Village Gym

A gym that has adapted to modern times in great form, one of the most impressive parts of Village Gym is the app that allows you to track exercise inside and outside the gym with ease. Wirth access to personal trainers, the latest Technogym cardio and resistance gear, and over 90 classes a week, this one offers all members the opportunity to engage with the kind of fitness that suits them best, as well as offering nice bonuses like discounts on food and drink at the attached hotel.

UFit

A full-fledged fitness community in the heart of the city, UFit offers a range of different memberships, each catering to different kinds of clients, from students to 60+ members to couples, each of them with different bonuses. New members benefit from a free PT session right out the gate. Aside from a huge range of classes, this fully kitted gym also offers a Triathlon Club and Amateur Boxing Club for those who want to supplement their healthy lifestyle with a different kind of challenge.

Energie Fitness

A community-focused gym that offers over 50+ expertly taught classes, as well as access to top-notch gym gear for full fledges cardio, free weight, plate loaded and resistance workouts. One of the big benefits of a boutique training concept: the YARD, where members can engage in interval training, Spin classes, as well as yoga and Pilates. Energie has also released an app that helps members keep up with their regimen no matter where they are, which has been invaluable for those who have been less able to make it to the gym as often over the past week.

Dave’s Gym

A local neighborhood gym that started and has since grown in Cardiff, run by Dave, a PT with over 30 years of experience, heading a team of similarly trained professionals. As well as great gym facilities and a range of classes, including Muay Thai, Poledancing, and Kettlebells, Dave’s Gym benefits from no hidden charges, as well as a friendly approach to training that welcomes members of all ages.

Fitness Factory Cardiff

A friendly gym that has great energy, helped in large part by a team of highly qualified personal trainers as well as gym-wide initiatives like the Drop 2 in 42, that offers a training plan to help anyone drop 2 jean sizes within 42 days. The gym also offers access to small group PT sessions, as well as more basic resistance training to help people of any fitness level back into moving their body if it has been a while.

UFCC

The Ultimate Fitness Centre Cardiff chose that acronym for a name. A swell as being a fully stocked fitness gym with great gear and access to personal trainers, it also offers a dojo room, where there are boxing, kickboxing, jiu-jitsu and Muay Thai lessons, including those for kids. Designed to help anyone train with real champions, it also offers more specific non-combat course’s such as high-intensity interval training and “mum tums” workouts, so it’s not all about getting the gloves on.

If you’re looking for somewhere to work out, then the best gyms in Cardiff as listed above should give you plenty of great places to choose from.