Énergie Ballsbridge

I’m super disappointed in this gym. I signed up because it was close to my work, and a few of my coworkers go there. Alas, I did not take a tour first! At first glance it looks nice; rows of treadmills and cardio machines, with TVs above.
But the gym is utter chaos. The machines and weights are all in various stages of disrepair, unorganized, and there is no discipline nor enforcement regarding reracking or putting away equipment. The equipment itself, as low quality as it is, is extremely sparse; there’s not a lot of equipment and after 3 or 4 people show up, it’s difficult to complete a workout.
Maybe this is a good place to swim or run (though really if you don’t like running in Dublin, you’re mad), but for weights, you are not getting what you pay for.

I joined thi gym one month ago, I had to do a plan 49k month to have the deal plus the entry fee, and I’m so regret and feeling will loose my money, the gym is dirty, the has open spaces all around the roof, very small space to trainee and busy by 5pm, full of guys and it smell bad because they don’t provide air cond. when l run I almost melt and burn and can’t do Ias usually do, because is to small and hot. The worse is the swim pool there has a shower winch doesn’t work always broken and really cold, nobody take shower before got into the swim pool, small not proper if you want to trainee, no bars and signal, most of the time dirty and busy, the steam room is old, plastic, dirty and it smell very bad… the famale changing room is really old, most are blocked for hairs and stuffs, all gym only one small filter winch provides water, no water on the changing room, they charge 2£ if you forget your toals .the only think winch save is the manager who try to be helpfull and the stuffs .very nice. but it bad. sound the owners doesn’t want to invest there and yes just make money.

Average gym, could be a bit improved! There is a need of a few modern maschines, steaming room, Sauna and Swimmingpool Pool!
The staff is nice.
Reason I go there is because its close to my house, but I would switch if there is another option.

I’ve been with Energie Rathfarnham for 5 years just because it is located 10 min from my house. I would go for a different gym If I had an other option nearby. The gym machines are average, just cheaper option of the gym equipment available on the market. Classes are often overcrowded and they save the money on aircon. Everything is made of cheap materials (steam room, pool, sauna, changing room, etc.). Just a basic gym.

This gym is okay. They have day passes for 10 Euros which is a really nice option if you don’t want a yearly membership. They have a great pool, a sauna next to the pool, and plenty of machines. When I went (early on the weekends) there were only a few people there, most of whom seemed to take personal training. The staff is very nice. I didn’t join as I am very picky about the locker cleanliness and this was not up to my standards. There are no towels, no soap or any toiletries in the shower area and they charge for hair dryer usage. The ability to take a suntan there is nice, however.

Before I stepped inside the door of Energie Fitness I was a really sceptic. I had heard all the horror stories from when it was Jackie Skellys. My friend, who has membership in Clarendon St, gave me a 5 day pass to use at any energie fitness and I decided to go to Shelbourne Rd as it is near by house.
I was delightfully surprised at how nice the gym is, my benchmark is Trinity College Gym.
It was there peck time and there were loads of machines free. For me the gym has everything I wanted; most classes are free to members, power plates, loads of machines and two different types of cross trainers. (I am hard to please).
I only used the swimming facilities. Pool was clean and not busy. Sauna and steam room were clean.
The women’s changing areas were good too.
I was so impressed I am going to take out membership there and that is a big move for me as I am not a gym bunny.

Right now, I’m scouring the earth for a pool membership I can afford. You see, the pool at DIT Kevin St. recently closed, which is a travesty, and everywhere else is at very least three times as expensive.
My quest took me to Jackie Skelly at The Oval on Shelbourne Road. These guys don’t list there membership prices on the web, so I figured maybe they like to cut individual deals on a case-​by-​case basis. They offered me gym and pool for € 500-​ish a year, which isn’t awful, but I only want pool and they don’t provide this option.
I tried the place out and it’s really nice. They have spacious locker rooms with big lockers, loads of cardio machines, tanning beds, saunas, nice hot showers, and everything is very clean and orderly.
The pool is twenty-​five meters and very stylish. My concern is, due to the curved edges on one side, they can only have two lanes, meaning if it gets busy you’ll end up swimming in a traffic jam.
I would definitely consider this gym though if it were cheaper and if it doesn’t get too busy.

I am a member of this gym and my only complaint about it would be that I don’t go enough!
I work close by so it’s very handy for me to go after work. It’s big, bright and has plenty of space for its members. I rarely have to wait for any machines, particularly in the cardio section, but the odd time I have to hang around for some of the weight machines.
It has a big pool (which I never use) and a spinning studio and aerobic studio. I have gone to quite a few of their classes and have to admit that I think their kai bo/​aerobic/​step classes are only ok. I’ve been to much better ones elsewhere. But for people who like to take a class over a workout, then this is a good option to have.