UQ Sport Fitness Centre

Price is cheap but the cost of parking more than offsets this. Majority of the gym is not air-conditioned and gets extremely hot during the summer. Dumbbells on 2/3 levels only go up to 35Kg which is alright for beginners but is limiting for experienced gym-goers. Also, there is always at least one machine broken in the gym at all times.

The gym management is rubbish, no responses to emails, no responses to personal training enquires and nothing. I have been waiting for over 6 months for the reply and still waiting.

Memberships very expensive. Not only are they not 24/7, but the hours they actually are open are minimal. 6pm on both Saturday and Sunday are ridiculous, particularly for these fees. Should be extended to 8 or 9pm at minimum so those of us who work on weekends can actually use the facilities!

Very good gym with wide range of equipment, my only issue is that the new seated hamstring curl machines that were installed are very poorly designed with a ill positioned cushion on the upper shin (tibia) presumably placed there as support, this puts strain on the leg bone preventing me from using heavier loads on this machine, i've seen better solutions to this machine where instead there is an adjustable support cushion over the thigh.

Well priced, my plan includes a 6 weekly check in to go over my workout plan or to work on technique. There is a wide range of equipment and machines, with enough duplicates of the more popular things so you don't really need to wait too long. In late 2022 they upgraded a bulk of their equipment which had been getting a bit tired. The new machines are a welcome and long overdue upgrade.

Nth Side Martial Arts running bj sessions weds and Fridays, great spot good mats

Judo running from there as well as other sports

Gym itself is alright, price is fair, but the aircon (only on one floor) feels like it hasn’t been on in months. Windows stay shut so the (little) cold air doesn’t escape, so it gets pretty stuffy.
Many of the treadmills work to different standards, some constantly have ‘out of order’ signs, others don’t but are still dysfunctional.
Just get functioning aircon at the very least.

Nice gym. Fairly small but they fit in a decent amount of equipment. Maybe not ideal for advanced training, but ample resources for beginners and intermediate

Gym membership here is great value for money, the resources are good too. Love how my partner can get a friends and family discount since I’m a student at UQ!

Positive: The gym offers many squat and deadlift racks, which is awesome. Instead of having a grand floor, it is divided into multiple small rooms, which gives the impression that it is more crowded than it really is, especially during peak hours.

Negative: The gym should include some hanging punching bags in the open area for members who wish to do some cardio like boxing. It is silly that, in a well-equipped university like UQ, even with a Gold membership, you still have to join a boxing club and pay their fee (roughly $300 per semester) to access some punching bags. Of course, I totally get that if you pay more, you will get priority access to a particular piece of equipment or facility. But really? Some old hanging bags? C'mon, men, you're better than this! Moreover, although the boxing club is closed most of the time (they are only open a few hours a week), nobody can still access their "punching bags. " It does certainly represent a waste of resources and is not in the best interests of UQ students in general.

Always full, impossible to use a squat rack without having to stand around waiting for 20 minutes.

Joining and membership are easy to process, and Exit is costly and painful.
If you're newly entering, make sure about the terms and conditions of cancellation membership.

This center is open from 6am to 9pm. Most people can manage time to go to gym after 6 pm. For me, it is really tough to manage time before 8pm (I am a student and a mother). I wish they could extend the closing time (at least till 10pm).

Nice court for badminton but it's VERY hot in warmer weather as there is no ventilation.
There is a water bubbler with cold water available.

Very disappointing and lacking in available trainers with weight lifting experience. You also have to chase them, they don’t even bother responding to training enquiries. The one trainer John was aggressive on a couple of occasions and very strange he gets away with this sort of behaviour at a university gym. Clearly a staff and management problem.

Staff are excellent! On campus so very great location. Only one level is air-conditioned, but there are large fans on the other levels.

Great value gym for money.

Excellent quality, range, and amount of equipment. Would be great if it were 24hours but otherwise best gym I've been to in Brisbane

This is a pretty good gym but there's some things missing. There are changes in the gym itself which is good they are mixing it up. Putting money into the facilities is important.

The good

- new lockers are much better for storing stuff.
- gear; its missing an inclined leg press but there's everything else almost.
- lots of free weight options
- the size
- good dead lifting and squat areas
- three water refill stations one on each level
- if I did more cardio there's so many treadmills
- lots of rowing machines

The Bad

- they took away early classes so I can't do 7am Yoga
- they closed one of the fitness rooms to the public. This takes ropes away from my work outs which I liked in my routine for heart rate and warm up.
- not 24 hours I'm writing this review now because the gym is closed.
- no wi-fi every gym i've been to has wireless.
- no boxing; not even pads for drills. I get why though community gloves are gross.
- small bathroom inside gym with one toilet no urinal.
- bathrooms downstairs are locked all the time for staff only? There is hardly ever staff on the floor.

It’s bigger than most gyms in the area. I free weights, cable machines, cardio and workout areas. The lockers are small, and you can’t bring your own padlock as they have their own locking mechanism requiring payment to use. Showers have good water pressure and can run real hot. Overall it is a good gym for what you’ll need.

Gym and cardio: Great free weights section with 12ish power racks and all the weight you could require. They have 1.25-25kg plates and enough room for oly and powerlifts. They have plenty of generic barbells (20kg) plus a deadlift bar, a 15kg barbell, a 25kg squat barbell, EZ barbells, safety squat, football bar and a few trap bars. They have all that you could need for mobility. They provide chalk tubs that are always filled up with a sizeable block. The most useful part of the gym (free weights) has AC but it isn't needed anywhere else because there's plenty of fans and nice cross breezes.

They have heaps of machines too. They have plenty of benches and dumbells up to 60kg. They have an adjustable dip station, weighted belts and a few adjustable chinup bars! They have one incline bench, two decline multiple generic benches and 4 flat benches. They have 4 leg presses and something quite rare in a gym these days: seal row/high bench rowing bench. Plus most normal pieces of gym eequipment e.g smith, leg ext, curl machine, lat pulldown, assisted chinups/dips, cables, tbar, ghr, glute bridge stations (free weight and machine assisted), preacher benches, abdu tor machine, calf raises, boxes, bands, ab wheels, mats etc.

Plenty of cardio machines but I would rather go outside for that haha.
All in all 5 stars and much better than your average commercial gym. PS. They recently opened up the elite athlete academy rooms to the general gym members.