Fitness First Broadgate

Classy interiors. Bigger than the Liverpool Street branch. It has two floors and more equipment and a studio for group exercises. The men’s toilet have a lot more space and the showers have doors and handles on which you can hang your bath towels unlike the Liverpool Street branch, where doors are just things that you have to imagine.
I haven’t tried the sauna or spa. But I still like this place better. Maybe after the refurbishing is done, Liverpool Street might look a lot better.

Compared to the Fitness First in Old street, this is definitely a better choice in terms of facilities and staffs and just the overall outlook. It’s in the basement by the way, so don’t expect any fresh air.
Gets quite busy during lunch hours as the frantic office crowd gathers around the treadmills to burn off their lunch hour worth of calories. One good thing about this gym is their classes. 45 minutes long but you would have to call and book, which I think is a little silly, I’ve only walked in to a spin class once but don’t know how the other classes work in terms of walking in.
Shower, sauner, and towels. Ah, towels. I have been given towels several times until one night this lady told me I had to pay £1. WHAT? So supposedly if you’re not a Black Member or don’t have some kind of corporate membership, you would have to pay £1 for towel– as if the paying for this gym isn’t expensive already in London.
This gym also closes on weekends. Opens 6:30−9PM, and crowd usually dies down around 7.

My gym of choice, mainly because it is just across the road from work. The Broadgate incarnation of Fitness First is in the basement under one of the UBS buildings around Broadgate Circle.
Despite it being a small space there is a full range of equipment from treadmills, cross trainers and bikes. There are only four rowing machines but they are in the Spin studio so they are always free. There is even the ubiquitous time wasters in the weights room but if you are patient the equipment eventually becomes free.
The only problems are the poor air conditioning in summer which makes it feel that you are doing Bikram yoga and the general crowdedness of the place once the City finishes work at 6.