MBS GYM

Fantastic experience: A very large gym. Downstairs is for strengh training and upstairs for cardio training with some light weight training also. A sparate room for classes and more. Helpful friendly staff.

Fantastic experience: Mbs is a great gym! I’ve been here three years and love it. People very friendly and equipment is all new and great. The lady behind the counter is very nice/good looking :)

Negative experience: Used to be good but sadly the service and the gym has gone down. Too many other great gyms around.

Fantastic experience: Came in for a weeks trial (which btw was super easy and they didn't make me jump thru a bunch of hoops like other places do) Good classes, music slaps

Fantastic experience: I frequently visit MBS and I could honestly say that staff and management are very helpful it’s always a well presented venue and a very professional atmosphere

Fantastic experience: Great gym!

Negative experience: The bathroom cleanliness and quality is extremely poor and that of a cheap mall. Additionally, there's a $7 fee for missed payments by just one day, along with an unjust contract breakage fee if you wish to leave. Moreover, most of the equipment provided is of low quality.

Fantastic experience: Lit music, comprehensive equipments, nice front desk folks, definitely a vibe.

Fantastic experience: Good gym, nice staff, lots of high quality equipment

Fantastic experience: Great gym and staff!

Fantastic experience: Love MBS! Great community and wide range of machines and free weights, and is located in such a great spot in the heart of Prahran.

Fantastic experience: I have been a member for over a year.

Fantastic experience: Big space, not too crowded, lots of equipment, classes and an outdoor area.

Fantastic experience: best gym in melbourne, staff great

Fantastic experience: The best in Melbourne train with Tabban team best results ever

Fantastic experience: Reminds me of the gym in Dodgeball, Average Joes for all the right reasons.

Fantastic experience: great cost membership, non-pretentious, 24/7 gym, great boxfitness classes

Fantastic experience: A venue of meditation I've been attending with my homie for almost 1 year. Undeniable good energy, and consequent good effects on my life. Thanks :')

Fantastic experience: Best 24 hour gym since i got here

Fantastic experience: Great gym... has everything I need for a solid workout, including an outdoor space with turf, sled, ropes, etc. Would love to see more kettlebells, but besides that it's the best in the area IMO

Fantastic experience: Love this gym. Em and Sunny are the best. My husband Sean goes here for boxing and he loves it. He has made some great boxing buddies and he always comes home absolutely buggered but so happy. Thanks MBS!

Fantastic experience: Very nice gym, much quieter compared to other local gyms. missing 1-2 machines I like but it makes it up in character and quality environment. Have already cancelled and switched

Negative experience: I've been coming to this gym for years and while the trainers are excellent, since covid it's clear management has just given up on the facilities. It's practically a health hazard, nothing is ever cleaned and everything is coated in a thick layer of grime. Gyms can be funky but this one is probably one of the worse ones, its really gross. Bone of the hand sanitisers never have anything in them and the bathrooms are a state. It's like no one cares anymore. Oh and can we please do something about the music.

Fantastic experience: 24/7 gym with good priced memberships. Plenty of equipment available for every type of workout with an outdoor area and large boxing facility upstairs. Worth a look if you are located around the Prahran area

Fantastic experience: I’ve been going MBS for the past 6 months and it’s honestly become one of my favourite places. The staff have honestly helped me to reach my fitness goals and change my mindset into one that puts my health first. The staff are all super passionate about their jobs and so motivating in helping you reach your fitness goals (shoutout to Em & Ben) MBS has a super fun environment and everyone is always so friendly and helpful! I couldn’t recommend MBS more for a fun place to workout and meet likeminded people!!

Negative experience: Have been regularly going to gyms for 15 years now, this one is fine. Would have been 2.5 stars but I can’t select it. Equipment is pretty worn. Most benches are fixed to the ground, thin and wobbly. Bench presses are fixed with only two heights and no safety. Fair few of their dumbbells rattle like maracas. Which is fine. It works. It’s fine. Positively there is plenty of weight and plenty of benches/machines. Peak hour is pretty manageable. The major fault is that the culture is off. No-one cleans up after themselves, weights go back in the wrong order or wrong spots entirely. Even the most regular gym goers here just chuck stuff back wherever and leave sweat behind. Never once saw a trainer or staff member cleaning or tidying weights up so there’s no effort being made to change the culture or model proper gym etiquette either. Also absolutely, hands down the worst gym music I’ve ever encountered. Shannon Noll dubstep remix at 6am, let’s go. Don’t let your headphones die. Didn’t renew my 6 month membership due to better options in the area.

Fantastic experience: The best gym ever, nice equipment and two different levels, recommend highly

Fantastic experience: Top gym in the area, great staff great equipment.

Negative experience: Completely unprofessional. They also have cameras disguised as smoke detectors.

Fantastic experience: Great ambience and equipment, favourite gym to go to

Fantastic experience: Very nice gym, there are all equipments that we need and the staff is lovely, I recommend

Fantastic experience: I’ve been here a couple of times and love it. Em brings such a good vibe and welcomes me every time I enter. 10/10 would recommend for anyone in the South Yarra/Prahran area

Fantastic experience: One of the friendliest and least busiest gyms in the area. Reception in particular is so friendly which itself is a huge motivator. Highly recommend

Fantastic experience: Such a wonderful gym with a great range of equipment. Plus the trainers are amazing and make working out so much fun!

Fantastic experience: You will not get intimidated training in this gym. You get vast of different type of members and everyone is friendly. If anything, they just stick to their own workout and never judges you! Makes me feel really comfortable.

Fantastic experience: Been going to this gym for more then 5 months. Friendly staff members with plenty of equipment. The girl at the front desk always greets me with a smile!! And im no spring chicken!

Fantastic experience: Consistently Been the best gym in the Chapel St. Precinct for the 4 years that I’ve been a member and has only gotten better and better the longer I’ve been coming. The staff are incredibly friendly and Taryn always goes out of her way to have a chat with the members and get to know them. Don’t have a bad word to say about this place!

Negative experience: Imagine arriving to the packed gym in the morning and being denied access... for the second time in a month...with a paid membership! The first time was because even though I paid for access to the gym I wasn't allowed to use it because I missed an email about providing vaccine certification, my bad. Still a little disappointing my gym was prepared to continue to charge me for a service I was unable to access. When I asked about this it wasn't able to be fixed for a couple of days. More days of paid exclusion with hasty tone. The second time after having cancelled but still enjoying my one month cancellation period? I know? I'm unable to access the gym again? I still have three weeks till my membership is actually canceled and I'm denied access. What a great start to the day. Upon looking at my emails to determine what may possible be the issue (I did not find a issue) I notice that my membership cancellation reason was 'no motivation' . I expressed when requesting for cancellation that I had 'no specific reason'.. I just wanted a change. How inappropriate to have this imposed as my cancellation reason, let alone after a pandemic? To think that people trying to cancel a gym membership for what maybe financial or mental health reasons have to be subjected to not only a one month cancellation period but a comment of 'no motivation' on the cancellation form they ask you to sign. Is it the early 90s? you can cancel actual important memberships like insurance without doing this in formal writing. If you want to be subjected to this type of coercion by your local gym sign up to MBS. In my opinion there are far too many gym options in the chapel street precinct to warrant this type of behaviour and tactics.

Fantastic experience: Awesome gym! The facilities suit everyone from casual gym goers to serious lifters. The staff are super friendly and make you feel really welcome and supported. Highly recommended!

Fantastic experience: This gym is perfect. The staff is very friendly. There're everything you need to practise. 24/7, you can go when you want, which is great

Fantastic experience: Really well equipped gym with a comfortable atmosphere. Staff and members are really lovely and accommodating. Female friendly with a good range of machines, cables and free weights. 24 hour gym, so you can go in when it suits you. In staffed hours there’s also a great outdoor workout space. Awesome little Prahran gem!

Fantastic experience: Great layout. Variety of equipment. Awesome staff! MBS gym is all of this, and much more. The range of spaces support different types of training. There is no shortage of weights or plates. And the upstairs area is very well organised, and supportive of functional training. The equipment seems to be in great order, and the fridges are always stocked up with awesome supplements and snacks! Staff are friendly and motivating, and set the standard with their own personal fitness pursuits. Any complaints about the current state of the gym, come from people who aren’t seeing the gym for what it truly is.

Fantastic experience: Have been training here for years and it's my blessed temple of honest iron. The training team have been nothing short of amazing. Big shout out to my current trainer Dave who keeps me on track and in the best shape of my life. Haytham and Ms Em keep the community upbeat and the place has an awesome vibe. Here's to the next decade MBS.

Fantastic experience: Best stuff, best gym

Fantastic experience: Great no nonsense gym

Fantastic experience: great place to train.

Fantastic experience: Great facilities and the staff and owner are incredibly friendly.

Fantastic experience: Large gym, well equipped

Fantastic experience: Been going to this gym for over a year, highly recommend! Big gym and staff is great!

Fantastic experience: Best gym in the area! Great facilities and community

Fantastic experience: It is by far the best gym I have ever trained at the staff are very friendly and the gym is a very clean and has high end training equipment I enjoy training here very much! If you enjoy training I strongly recommend you pay MBS GYM a visit Peace

Fantastic experience: Great place and Phoebe is fantastic. Such a helpful friendly girl. Other MBS ladies are helpful too but she is the gold standard. Whoever recruited her well done! You struck gold!

Negative experience: If I could give 0 stars, I would. This gym is full of staff members who are so rude and make you feel incredibly uncomfortable. The attitude I got from the girl who processed my membership cancellation on 10/02/21 at 5pm was pathetic. There was no need for that level of pettiness because of a membership cancellation. Not to mention her rudeness and refusal to help me by speaking clearer due to my deafness. The place is cramped and outdated. 10/10 the worst gym in Melbourne.

Fantastic experience: Nice staff. Good Gym. Well equipped (lots of crossfit related stuff aswell)

Positive experience: Some equipment could be updated but other than that great gym

Fantastic experience: Close to city bodybuilding bliss. Good equipment, Hammer Strength + old school equipment. Chilled vibe with the 24 hour access. This is a gym you would only otherwise find in the suburbs. Also has roller doors.

Fantastic experience: I really enjoy training here. Old school gym, all the essential equipment available and most importantly, they're well-maintained! The gym is more bodybuilding-centred with free weights and machines that every bodybuilder needs. It has an outdoor area for strongman or conditioning, a matrix rack for calisthenics / gymnastics, a decent range of cardio equipment and a multi-purpose studio. This studio is mainly used for group exercise classes, but it's fitted with boxing gear too. Most importantly, it has the lighting and the mirrors for any physique athletes or bodybuilders to practice posing! And no one will judge you for that. Regardless of what your training style is, this gym is a judgement-free zone. Every coach there is friendly and have diverse specialties - boxing, bodybuilding, gymnastics, etc.

Fantastic experience: Proper local gym

Negative experience: Unfriendly staff/personnel. You should close down.

Negative experience: Give me a break, I don't need to hear 5,4,3,2 every morning at 6:30am, I don't need it for my sleep. Please!

Positive experience: Good location closer to Parharn Market. Felt the equipment is a bit outdated. There is a studio upstairs and a outdoor cross fit / functional training.

Fantastic experience: This gym is one of the rare inner city "old school" family type gyms. A great mix of free weights, machines & dumbells. Absolutely top people

Fantastic experience: Been a member for over a year, great location.....it's never crowded and good atmosphere. Equipment is a bit old and grubby but hey its all functional.

Fantastic experience: Decent gym good prices

Fantastic experience: Been a member for a year. Great place and facilities. Super friendly staff. Place is always clean. Highly recommended.

Fantastic experience: Trainers are the cream of the crop very helpfully and sensitive to your course.

Fantastic experience: Just got here from Canada and signed up. They have everything you need for powerlifting, bodybuilding, HIIT, boxing, and endurance training. Boxing room had plenty of bags, pads and gloves, and there’s an outdoor area with a tire flip and sled push. Membership also gives you access to all of their group classes.

Positive experience: Good gym with a good range of classes and weight areas.

Fantastic experience: Great gym for old school style setup

Fantastic experience: Friendly atmosphere. No queues for machines!

Positive experience: Everything you need to get into shape. The 24 access is handy and works seamlessly. Some of the equipment is a little worn an tattered, but I guess that adds to the appeal

Fantastic experience: Great traditional gym with excellent equipment and a great inclusive atmosphere for everyone.

Positive experience: I went here for literally 10 years. It was always good value. It's very earthy...

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff, the gym is cheap and 24h!

Fantastic experience: Solid gym with friendly staff. Wish it had a dedicated decline bench though.

Fantastic experience: I have been coming to MBS for 3yrs and it is by far hands down the best gym in the area with great free weights and machines but also a great culture amongst patrons.

Positive experience: Good gym. Good atmosphere. Nice set up. Great staff. Equipment could use an update.

Fantastic experience: If you are serious about training in the Prahran/Windsor/South Yarra area, you need to train here!

Fantastic experience: Solid gym heaps of equipment Friendly staff

Fantastic experience: Nothing beats the atmosphere at MBS Prahran! Great staffs, great peers, great session everyday!

Fantastic experience: Good gym if you want to get serious about fitness. Plenty of equipment, so minimal time wasted waiting for machines. Social atmosphere with all levels of fitness so you don’t get that feeling of intimidation. This is not like a fitness first with rows and rows of treadmills and cross-trainers. You can run on the road in your own time! MBS is for getting muscles.

Fantastic experience: Would definitely recommended to everyone who is interested in training to come to MBS! such a positive atmosphere, the gym is set out perfectly, love the outside area and the music is always so motivating, good music in my opinion makes your workout better and MBS sure knows how to provide it unlike other gyms that aren't consistent!

Fantastic experience: Love this Place! Love the people...I am very passionate about fitness and need my Gym to be a place I also enjoy coming to, and MBS Prahran is this for me. There are always people I can talk to or ask questions in relation to fitness and health with plenty of encouragement...Come check this Gym out if your keen to feel empowered with any of your fitness and health goals.

Fantastic experience: So,... Where do I start... this gym has a great atmosphere, good hard work vibe, with all levels of fitness and strength, the staff is welcoming and friendly, there is all the equipment you need, it is a big spacious place, 24/7, clean, all you need to get on with your training program, in the right conditions, is right there! you can give it a try for a week, for free, see how you go, so what are you waiting for?

Fantastic experience: Every time I come to MBS gym the energy and atmosphere is always great! As its a 24/7 gym I can choose to train whenever suits me which I love. Clean and organised gym! Music is always on point :)

Negative experience: I chose MBS pretty much for the reasons that it is 24/7 and reasonably priced. For those two things alone, the gym meets expectations. For everything else, this place is left wanting. The gym equipment is in a poor state of repair and machines are often left broken or with ripped upholstery for weeks on end. As an example, the single squat rack is covered with rust with bent (and unsafe?) safety bars. The layout of the gym is uncomfortable and is just not a very pleasant place to train. Half of the gym is open to the elements (just behind roller doors), so it's often stiflingly hot in the summer and freezing cold at night and during the cooler months. The staff are hit and miss and whether you get a warm reception or a cool one depends on the day of the week (and how big your muscles are). Clientele you can't get too critical over, but be prepared: this is a body building gym and is not the friendliest - or even most civil - crowd out there. Weights are often left racked and there doesn't seem to be any policing of bad behavior. There's about 6 classes a week. If that's your thing, you'd be MUCH better off going to a bigger gym. All in all, there's nothing about MBS gym that say that they are proud of their facilities in any way... it's just a bit sad really. With all of the 24/7 gym options nearby, I find it difficult to find any reason why you should choose MBS. -- Oh, actually there is one thing -- you can choose a no contract option, and casual visits are cheap.

Fantastic experience: One of the best gym . I really like it.

Negative experience: My good friend, amazingly strong but in a wheelchair and can walk with the help of 'sticks' (or crutches, due to a condition he was born with) found a Muscle and Body Shape Gym car parked in A DISABLED CAR PARK. The vehicle did not have a disabled sticker on it. The inconvenience this caused my friend was immeasurable. And to add to the disgrace of it all - when my friend rang this company to inform them of ethical and legal obligations in this regard - they took a very nasty manner with him, snarling words to the effect of ...well what are you going to do about it. WOW - can you give MINUS 5 STARS REVIEW because that's what this company deserves..