Gym, classes and fitness
We're dedicated to helping our members stay active in whatever way suits them. That's why we've developed a comprehensive plan to ensure we can provide you with the support you need.
We offer a range of memberships to suit you, depending on your needs, from our affordable Student membership our all-encompassing Premium Plus membership.
Gym equipment at Places Leisure Edinburgh
Places Leisure Edinburgh offers a wealth of state-of-the-art gym equipment including:
- Brand-new Life Fitness cardio and resistance equipment, including a push/pull sled, power racks, smith machine, ski-erg, treadmills, and cross trainers
- Box 12 station - a 36-minute workout consisting of 12, 3 minute rounds that combine boxing and functional fitness exercises tailored to your fitness level
- EGYM Fitness Hub and Tanita Body Composition scales, allowing you to follow personalised workout programmes, tailored to your body and goals. The programme progresses as you do, making you more likely to achieve your goals and strive to set new ones! It provides an easy to visualise body analysis in the form of a ‘BioAge’ which can be compared to your own physical age. By providing results in this simple metric, it's easier to understand your current fitness level and see improvements
- Large free weights area
Group workout classes
We host a range of classes, across all intensities so whatever you’re in the mood for, come along and dance, lift, run & relax with us.
Personal training
Are you doing the same workout each time you come to gym, or perhaps lacking motivation or not achieving your goals.
If you can relate to any of the above, personal training is for you! The clue is the title – Personal training is all about you! With a range of packages & prices available, what are you waiting for?
Ask a member of the team at Places Leisure Edinburgh for more details or pop us an email.
Are you a personal trainer looking for a space to rent? Please register your interest via this form.
Gym support
We offer a free one-to-one support session for our members* to help familiarise you with the gym, to get to know your goals and build a bespoke digital programme using state-of-the-art EGYM Fitness Hub & Tanita Body Composition scales. We’ll ensure you leave the session feeling confident and ready to start your programme. The session lasts for an hour and can be booked online.
To make the most of your session, please download the EGYM app before your session.
The EGYM app is available for Apple (iOS) and Android devices. Simply visit the App Store for Apple devices and Google Play for Android and search for 'EGYM' or download via the links below.
You are also welcome to book one free 15-minute programme review a month, just speak to a member of our team.
Our gyms are not always manned, but rest assured support is never far away. Our equipment is labelled with QR codes, which when scanned, provide you with a video tutorial.
For all your digital fitness tracking and programming support, visit the 'digital fitness' section of our Places Leisure app.
*One-to-one support sessions are free of charge to Premium Plus memberships, Premium memberships and Gym Only memberships. For Places Members, One-to-one Introductions are included in the casual entrance fee rate.
Gym etiquette
We want everyone's time in our gym to be as comfortable as possible, so we ask all visitors to remember the below when using the facilities.
- Please help us keep the gym clean by wiping down equipment after use
- Wear appropriate clothing and footwear for the activity you're doing
- Lifting barefoot or in socks is permitted on lifting platforms only. Read our full footwear policy here.
- Make use of our lockers for bags
- Our gym's aren't always manned, so if you require assistance or support when there are no team members on the gym floor, please visit our friendly reception team
- In case of emergency, push the assistance alarm
- During busy times, please be mindful of the length of time you spend on each piece of equipment to allow other gym users to complete their workout
Junior Gym etiquette
- A gym induction must be completed before using the gym
- 1 adult (18 years+) can attend with up to four Junior members and is responsible for the Junior member's conduct
- You must follow all exercise programme advice given by our Fitness team
By following the guidance above, we hope all visitors can enjoy their visits to the gym.
Junior fitness
We believe a physically active child is much more likely to become a physically active adult, so welcome junior gym users to our facility.
Juniors are welcome in our gym at anytime, as long as they are supervised by a parent/guardian, that is 18+, at all times
All junior gym users must complete a group introduction before using the gym. An induction will need to be completed at each centre to be used. These sessions last 30 minutes and can be booked with a member of our team when joining. Juniors must be accompanied by a parent/guardian during these sessions.