Newtown Gym

Fantastic experience: This gym has been excellent. The staff are hard-working, helpful, and friendly. The equipment is well-maintained, clean, and varied, with enough of each type of machine to avoid waiting. There are various different classes, with very competent and friendly instructors. My husband and I (both in our sixties) have been to many gyms in our lives, and this one is a standout. Highly recommended.

Negative experience: I was a member at this gym for over 27 years decided to not renew my membership, not so much as a call to inquire why, maybe I was sick etc or a thank you for all the years supporting the gym ...the reason I left was as follows .. I have watched the gym experience a slow death, floor classes have dwindled to become almost non existent. In the time I was in the gym just a load of retired blokes looking for something to do, constantly gathered in small groups talking! not working out, one step away from aqua aerobics to be honest.sure you got the odd person who was on a mission to train hard, but not enough to motivate you, I have seen people sitting on a machine reading a book! I now train at another gym at least 25 aerobic classes of various styles spin etc a day and full of fit men and women who motivate me to push forward, full of great equipment, should have left years ago.

Fantastic experience: Don’t let the outside fool you, this gym is huge! I moved to the inner west 2 years ago and started training here on fitness passport, one of the best gyms I’ve been too. I think what I like most is how friendly and relaxed the club is, the team have created a really welcoming environment where everyone is comfortable to train.

Fantastic experience: I come here with Fitness Passport, the team here were really friendly and showed me around. Out of the gyms I train at, this has been my favourite for a few reasons: 1. Club Culture - members here put their weights away, use a sweat towel and are polite/friendly. The gym floor is very organised, neat and never too busy. 2. No Influencers - this gym is full of regular folk just trying to get on with their workout, I have not seen anyone in here with a tripod videoing their entire workout or constantly taking selfies. 3. Comfortable and welcoming - this is a very diverse gym with members of all ages, backgrounds and fitness levels. The club has a very relaxed atmosphere, no one is going to judge you.

Fantastic experience: Really good gym with a great variety of equipment. People are very friendly and I really enjoy training here

Fantastic experience: Writing this post because I just had a dinner with friends and they all trash talked their gyms. I was happy to play but realised I had nothing to say. I've been at Newtown Gym for 4+ years now All the gear you'd ever need, clean and maintained Heaps of windows, so all light and bright Staff and members all friendly, so its an easy, positive place to train I've moved around a bunch of gyms over the years...not going anywhere!

Fantastic experience: Old school gym that I've been coming to for years. Open, welcoming, and friendly with people of all ages and experience. I've never seen anyone abuse or raise a voice there. There are alot of machines and weights in perfect condition and it is never so crowded that you have to wait.

Fantastic experience: By far, the best decision I've made in the last few years was to join Newtown Gym. I am a changed person because of it and eternally grateful. The space, the size, the number of working fans and ACs, and the equipment, as well as the incredibly friendly, knowledgeable staff, all make this a wonderful place for working out.

Fantastic experience: The most blessed of iron sanctuaries. I wouldn't train anywhere else within Sydney, as the culture, staff and equipment is all top tier. Big props to the commendable crew; Fliss, Chris, Jack, Owen, Mark and PJ. Cheers guys.

Fantastic experience: As someone new to the area, joining this gym was one of the best decisions I made! I've never experienced such a welcoming, non-judgemental environment - easily the best gym culture I've been a part of. I'm a Fitness Passport member, so have access to many different clubs, however I rarely went anywhere else. My partner also loved the group classes!

Fantastic experience: Brilliant old school gym in the heart of Newtown, real throwback to the old school bodybuilding gyms (the weight room) but with a super friendly environment where everyone is welcome. Staff are super friendly, humble and helpful. The gym itself has a huge variety of equipment and training facilities available that you just don’t get in modern commercial gyms anymore.. if you’re new in town or have just moved in I can’t recommend this gym enough. But make sure you bring a towel!!! ‍♂️

Fantastic experience: Great atmosphere and good selection of exercise options

Positive experience: Good gym, nice staff. But, they use debit success to make payments, and this company is horrible.

Fantastic experience: Been a member for over a year now and love the friendly atmosphere and people. Facilities are also top notch!

Fantastic experience: I’ve been using Newtown Gym through Fitness Passport. Great, clean and well maintained facilities. Never too busy at the times I train. Great staff and atmosphere.

Fantastic experience: This place is a great gym. Dense with well maintained clean equipment.

Fantastic experience: Joined up with the Fitness Passport and very happy training here. Great facilities and friendly staff, highly recommend!

Fantastic experience: Clean and plenty of equipment for any type of workout. Ever since moving into Newtown, I’ve been a member of Newtown gym. It’s great. You should join. Here’s why: ✅ Free weights (lots of them) ✅ Plenty of cardio options ✅ 3x Smith machines ✅ Seated AND standing calf raises ✅ At least 5 incline variable benches ✅ 1 dedicated decline bench ✅ Hip thrust machine ✅ 3x lat machines ✅ Multiple cable machines Look, whether it’s leg day, glutes day, chest day, upper or lower day or perhaps you just need a good sweat, THIS is the place to join. Friendly community. There’s even pre workout in the vending machine The only downside? It’s upstairs so after leg day, hobbling down the stairs is another workout

Fantastic experience: My partner and I have been coming here with our Fitness Passports for a little over a year now. We love this place and the super friendly staff! It has such a positive welcoming atmosphere without any of that gross "gym bro" vibe. Great equipment and heaps of space to do any kind of workout you wish to do Bonus points for the fun seasonal decorations - they really go all out! Check out the latest Mardi Gras pizzazz on the way in

Fantastic experience: Staff, and especially locals/gym goers are very approachable, friendly so should be awesome if you're a beginner. Air-conditioned that makes you want to get out of the house also. Don't get tricked by images like me. It's not F45 . Makes an excellent gym even better.

Fantastic experience: Excellent gym. Good equipment, plenty of space and an excellent community vibe.

Fantastic experience: Newtown Gym is the best gym. The staff is friendly and they offer everything you need to train and stretch. What I enjoyed the most was the calm room they use for pilates and yoga, I used to spend a long time stretching there. Thank you Newtown Gym! I miss you already!

Fantastic experience: Friendly local gym.

Fantastic experience: The best gym in the area.

Fantastic experience: great venue, friendly and competent staff, lovely atmosphere. My favourite gym!

Fantastic experience: No fuss, no nonsense old school gym. Very clean and tidy - the weights are always put away! Love the old school equipment and iron plates.

Fantastic experience: Cant recommend this gym enough - very lovely vibe, staff and patrons are so welcoming and kind. Amenities are plentiful and very clean and priced so well.

Fantastic experience: Excellent old school gym. Love going to train here as part of my fitness passport membership, place is always clean, staff are extremely knowledgeable and available to assist if needed.highly recommend.

Fantastic experience: I've loved this gym for several years. Moving away now, sadly, but in particular have loved the classes: inclusive, funny and kind. Top quality instructors who really care and are accepting of the quirky and unusual, and all kinds of bods - you absolutely do not have to be a lycra barbie/gym bro to come here!! I'll miss you guys.

Fantastic experience: If you are looking for a welcoming, LGBTQIA+ friendly gym this is the place for you. There is genuine, intersectional representation at this facility and the staff are so kind. It is a little vintage on the inside but that adds to the charm as the space is always super clean.

Fantastic experience: Great Gym, Culture and Community - A huge amount of space and variety of equipment that is well maintained and often refreshed - a great facility and a fair and reasonable membership. In addition, I couldn't recommend Mark more highly as a PT - exceptionally knowledgeable with injury and injury management and a real game-changer for my training, mobility, strength and overall wellbeing. Thanks Mark, Chris and Team!

Fantastic experience: A gem of an inner-city gym - suitable for anyone of any age, size, gender identity, and/or fitness level, it’s the most comfortable I’ve felt at any gym, and at any fitness/training level. All spaces/zones allow ample space for members - regardless of the time of day I visit, I’ve never had an issue with waiting for a machine. The staff are helpful and compassionate, and the location is easily accessible via public transport.

Fantastic experience: Newtown is my favourite gym to train at, for 2 main reasons: the friendly and accomodating staff and the clean facility! I have visited many gyms and Newtown is by far the cleanest. In addition, I find the layout of the gym, especially the strength equipment, set up particularly well - it just makes sense - and I really like the “old school” equipment (which is very well maintained - I don’t think I’ve ever seen an out of order sign). They have an additional functional training area upstairs which I love using for my own HIIT sessions and also a Mind/Body studio (dimmed lights included) for when I practice Pilates or Yoga. For a female who predominantly likes to lift weights, the environment I train in is very important to me. I feel safe training at Newtown gym any time of the day or night. Thank you to the team at Newtown Gym for fostering such a supportive and friendly community.

Positive experience: A great community space where I was always welcomed with a smiling friendly familiar face and didn’t feel intimidated by gym sharks or muscle heads! Classes were challenging but accessible to all levels of fitness & always fun. Newtown Gym is really a gym for the locals with a real sense of inclusivity & community which I miss now that I’ve moved up the coast!

Fantastic experience: Really inclusive environment. Great classes

Negative experience: $25 for a casual visit is too much.

Fantastic experience: I have been coming to this gym since 2003. This gym is well run and almost always a friendly place to train. Try this gym you won't be dissapointed. No Photo- I don't photo well.

Fantastic experience: Newtown Gym is a great place to keep fit. It has friendly staff and a non-threatening atmosphere. There’s no silly posing here - just the diverse Newtown community exercising (and having a chat occasionally, if that’s what you want).

Positive experience: Pretty busy gym but good value and inexpensive

Fantastic experience: Best gym ever. A real gym, no pretence or fakeness, just a fantastic gym that is absolutely perfect.

Negative experience: Unfortunately not the gym for me, need to update some of the equipment & the plates are looking worn. Highly suggest new squat racks too. If you like using machines & classes then this may be the place for you. The staff were friendly & it is a relatively clean gym however it just needs a revamp. It feels & looks old compared to the gyms I have been to.

Fantastic experience: Great local gym! Not intimidating for new gym goers, everyone is very friendly and helpful. Great classes too. Highly recommend!

Fantastic experience: Never had a better experience with a gym. Great selection of equipment, great availability and above all the most excellent staff. Felicity and Bob in particular were INCREDIBLE. 10/10 would gym again

Fantastic experience: This gym is a time capsule! The equipment is old school (which means it's the good stuff; never breaks always pumping). The staff are 100% genuine and non-sales-pushy. The music is never too loud and it's very affordable. Highly recommend it! I'm also an ex FF member; and if your thinking of converting don't waste time you won't regret it!

Fantastic experience: Best gym ever. A real gym, no pretence or fakeness, just a fantastic gym that is absolutely perfect.

Fantastic experience: I have been going to Newtown Gym for 15yrs & I can't imagine ever moving to another gym. It is the people that make this place so unique and special. I've formed some incredible relationships through this gym which I don't believe is possible through many gyms...I've also managed to get super fit!! If you're seeking a variety of exercise opportunities in a warm environment then look no further

Fantastic experience: I have been a member of The Newtown Gym for many years and continue to renew my membership for the following reasons, the gym is centrally located with up to date equipment and many professional and varied classes but probably mostly because the staff and management are friendly and helpful and always seem to always have the members best interests at heart i.e. you ask for something or make a suggestion and they actually listen to you and many of the requests are implemented. If your looking for a gym with a friendly professional, fitness focussed atmosphere then I highly recommend The Newtown Gym.

Fantastic experience: I have been with Newtown Gym for 4 years and it is like no other gym I have ever been to. Staff and members alike are genuine, kind people - it is a true community with people from all walks of life. Whether you're squatting 160kg, getting your cardio in or doing one of the classes, you will feel comfortable here! Chris, Felicity and the team have created something really special.

Fantastic experience: I will miss this gym so much! Sadly having to cancel my membership as I'm moving interstate, I cannot praise the wonderful staff, experience and positive and inclusive culture of Newtown Gym enough. Thank you so much for all that you do!

Fantastic experience: I love this gym. Ive been a member for a few years now. The classes are great, the staff are friendly but mostly I love that it's unpretentious. Give it a try, you won't be disappointed.

Fantastic experience: Positive: Communication , Professionalism , Quality

Fantastic experience: Best gym in Sydney

Fantastic experience: This gym is truly a gem, the staff are so friendly and welcoming. Such a nice environment to work out!

Fantastic experience: I love this gym, and I’m not a gym person. Super friendly, diverse & inclusive and welcoming, and they have excelled on meeting COVID safety standards. Melissa & Jordan are excellent instructors. This is a well equipped community gym, not a Fitness First that caters for pretty young things only. And… it was where AC/DC used to rehearse in their early days.

Fantastic experience: Fabulous local gym that is unpretentious, community minded, fun and affordable!

Fantastic experience: The best gym, great range of equipment and lots of space, very clean and tidy. Staff are absolutely awesome and helpful.

Fantastic experience: Newtown Gym is awesome, easily the friendliest gym in the area. The recent revamp has really opened the place up and it feels like members are doing more different sorts of training. The range of classes has also been expanded, with some tougher sessions alongside the existing offerings. Definitely try this place out, it's for everyone.

Fantastic experience: My partner and I have been members for over 12 months now. We highly recommend this gym to others because; 1. The staff are extremely friendly and approachable 2. Great range of workout equipment 3. Other members are respectful, zero attitudes about 4. Decent change rooms 5. Reasonable Membership pricing 6. Good choice of classes - Ryan-

Positive experience: Pretty busy gym but good value and inexpensive

Fantastic experience: Friendly gym in the heart of Newtown

Positive experience: Good gym nice staff

Fantastic experience: Great gym for tourists - $20 for a day pass. Plenty of cardio and weightlifting equipment and very clean. Very nice and welcoming staff at the front desk

Fantastic experience: Beautiful space, way bigger than you would think , lots of beautiful natural light , amazing weights room Big and bright and lots of different classes! Clean and tidy. Love it!

Fantastic experience: Great local gym. I recommend the 30 min HIIT class.

Fantastic experience: Friendly gym in the heart of Newtown

Fantastic experience: Mark Mamo is one of the personal trainers here - he is fantastic. I've hired him for PT sessions to help me get started on my own fitness journey. He's always welcoming and understanding, and works toward making sure your techniques and consistency of effort are correct for the type of workout you want, and the fitness goals you have in mind. He will consult with you to help direct you for what you are aiming for. I highly recommend him for anybody who's just starting out and needs guidance in the right direction, or for anybody wanting to improve or hone in on their techniques.

Fantastic experience: Great little gym , plenty of free-weight areas!

Positive experience: A good local gym. One of the few still surviving in the inner west

Negative experience: You can find me on Instagram like juancar789. It’s a place that has old but functional machines with a friendly staff and is traditional in Newtown. unfortunately ending the registration results in an unimaginable headache

Positive experience: It's actually a great little gym. They don't market all the equipment they have in the weights room too well. I was surprised when i came to visit. For anyone interested: There are squat racks, benches (inc/dec/fl), approximately 5 olympic bars with plenty of weight plates. 3 smith machines. Dumbells upto 60kg (i think), cable machines with a huge variety of attachments, mobile benches of all shapes and sizes. All of the usual machines including some real niche machines like pullovers, weighted crunches and a glute kickback machine. The gym could do with a dedicated deadlift space or olympic lifting platforms. There's heaps of stuff ive missed so please do take a visit. The down side is that some of the equipment is a little dated. Most of the machines are pin loaded and quite easy to max out. And some of them have that funky 90s feel. The gym lacks a few mod-cons that other Sydney gyms offer. But the prices are super competitive so i dont really mind. I would not recommend this gym if you are a competitive powerlifter or weight lifter. (I do not think this is really their demographic anyway) I would recommend this gym if you are serious about getting fitter and stronger and are sick of overpriced, wanky, lock-in contracts at the other local gyms. Where you fight some roided up Gremlin for five minutes to get a bench. People at Newtown gym, including staff are all pretty chilled.

Fantastic experience: My favorite gym in the whole wide world.

Fantastic experience: Great space and staff

Fantastic experience: Very friendly staff, low key and great class instructors. Not pretentious, unlike other places.

Fantastic experience: Fantastic space. Seperate areas for weights, warming up on a treadmill, bike classes, a good variety of group exercises, friendly helpful staff. Open all hours

Fantastic experience: Super impressed with this place. It just seems to have a really friendly vibe - think locals of all shapes, ages and sizes versus some gyms with loads of super fit weight-training model-gym junkies (not anything wrong with that) I just love the down to earth feel this place has. The staff seemed nice and although I have minimum experience with the gym: Felicity (I think that's her name) was so lovely, consultative, friendly and overall indicative of what makes this place so nice. She was super knowledgable and happily showed me around all the varied components of the gym. Would definitely recommend and when I'm in Sydney long enough - will be back! :)

Positive experience: Good friendly staff. Good facilities that need better maintenance. Some of the exercise equipments are old and do not function well. Cleanliness is good

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff and great group exercise programs. A really great gym

Fantastic experience: Great array of equipment with very helpful trainers.

Positive experience: it needs more colour to train better, a bit.boring and old machines

Positive experience: Great gym, very friendly and helpful staff.

Positive experience: Good gym, big place. lack of maintenace of equipment, same old electonic music non stop. Too many equipemts difficult to access safely

Fantastic experience: I love this gym. Very friendly and casual. Good classes.

Positive experience: No fuss gym. Get your workout done with minimum involvement with others. But it also is very social. I went to do a step class and all members were celebrating the coming of Mardi gras with a small sitting down, chat and nibbles, before the class. Nice!

Positive experience: Old skool retro type gym. Most of equipment been there for years and years.. All basic equipment here. There are a few choices nearby but for reasons I keep coming back here.. Other places have more equipment and busier and play muzak way too loud ... At least here you can just about hear yourself think, but even that advantage is fading as it gets louder and repetitivr. ... Air conditioning jbarely copes in the sunner, so get sweaty and smelly later in the day. In the winter even worse as windows shut and air con is turned off. Shame. Friendly staff. WiFi rarely connects. . However you can log into the ANZ bank wifi... Suggest you check alternatives and decide what floats your boat

Positive experience: As for weight /strength training, the gym offers good range of equipment and accessories including dipping, weight belt and biceps harness (l seldom see them). Although machine area and free weights is not big with rather tight machine arrangements, they seem overall very well maintained despite of its age. 4 bench press seats, 2 squat racks, 2 Smith machines. Plates and dumbbells are always in its default place. Never scattered like FF. One big disappointment about this place is shower/locker/toilet. They are almost in neglected /overlooked status like youth hostel's shared facilities, way over due for renovation. I've seen the gym in Town Hall polar opposite with posh common room decor and amenities (please refer to my gym review for it). How interesting it defines and gives completely different image of its gym. After all it's a good old retro gym in Newtown. Staff are all friendly and easy to chat.

Fantastic experience: Great people esp. Rob

Fantastic experience: Really great gym, staff are super friendly and the opening hours are amazing!

Fantastic experience: I love this gym. Very friendly and casual. Good classes.

Fantastic experience: Great gym. Huge range of equipment and never too busy.

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff and cheapest gym in Newtown. I've been a member for about 10 yrs.

Fantastic experience: Good local gym

Fantastic experience: Friendly gym with good equipment and great instructors for its classes. Full of all sorts of locals, the vibe is welcoming and unintimidating.

Fantastic experience: Fun classes! Great fitness

Positive experience: Is the cheapest around, quiet, good service...

Fantastic experience: Really great gym, staff are super friendly and the opening hours are amazing!

Negative experience: I did membership with Newtown gym for 1 year and I cancelled the membership after my 1 year due.since the beginning,they did not tell me if i want to cancel my membership,I have to give 3 weeks notice which should be explained to the customer since the beginning and it is totally bad customer service.At least,they should notify the customer when the membership is due and whether they would like to continue or not after that.instead they are just taking money from us without saying anything.When I told Newtown gym,they said we have to call debitsuccess.when I called debitsuccess,they said tell Newtown gym.Seems like they just don't communicate each other and they don't help the customer at all and the worst customer service ever.

Positive experience: I went to this gym for a period of 3 years and in that time I feel the gym grew to an unsustainable level. One of the problems I had was the gym is too small but more and more people joined which results in an overcrowded gym with not enough equipment to go around and I found myself having to change my workouts or not being able to do what I wanted. Secondly another problem with the gym was the culture and some of the members, the gym staff themselves are friendly it's just the patrons. Nobody talked to each other, there wasn't a friendly vibe, everyone would stare and not say anything. In the end I hated going there. I think the key point for me to leave was there is this one guy who trains there and I was using the calf raise machine and he said "Are you using that?" And I said "I am but feel free to jump in I don't mind", His response was "Well if you are using it then forget about it" But it was the way he said it that got to me, It was almost like I had leprosy or something, after that I decided enough was enough and it was time to leave. There are too many ego's and rude people in there, I deal with that at work I don't want to put up with it outside work as well. Newtown Gym is ok but the two points I mentioned are why I left. Maybe other people have a different opinion.

Positive experience: I've been a member for a few months now. It was a bit $$ to sign up but I'm only on a 3 month membership which is flexible, so it's worth it. It included an after hours access token/card thing which I have used a lot. The facilities like the bathrooms are not super new, and there's no sauna for example, but the machines are in working order

Fantastic experience: Great membership rates, excellent range of equipment and group fitness classes, friendly staff.

Fantastic experience: After having about 3 years off from the gym and being daunted by the thought of going back, I decided to join Newtown gym. I've always been one of those people that join and never go.. but Newtown gym has such a great vibe I actually enjoy being there and look forward to going. The staff make this place so friendly and less daunting for a new starter. I started the HIIT classes and I think they are great as even if there's just a few doing it the classes still go ahead. I can't fault this place or the staff, they all work so hard and i can honestly say it's the best gym I've been to! :)