World Class Fitness - Ixelles

Joeri B.

Just love this gym. Friendly staff and perfect opening hours even on Sundays. There is not only the gym, but you can also do group classes, use the pool or sauna, there is free show gel and paper towels. All that for very reasonable prices which are clearly indicated on their website.

Sara A.

I requested a day pass since it was one of the few gyms open on a Sunday and conveniently located near my hotel. The gym is decent, with two squat racks, a few useful machines, and free weights available.

I didn’t use the showers, but I do have some concerns about the hygiene of the facility.

Suputnik A.

Ok, so today was the day when I finally decided that I’m not renewing my subscription. As many others signaled already, the management doesn’t care about repairs. The sauna has been broken for months and they only put an announcement that they are looking for offers. Today I came and noticed that another sauna is broken as well and that it will take two weeks to repair a broken wooden block. I expect it would take far longer and it will be broken again after a month. Obviously, it’s banal easy to have a technician on staff who would repair things as they get broken. But no—they are saving exactly where they should not. Even to replace a shower-head it takes at least week. I personally don’t care about extra staff. I just want working machines and equipment. Regrettably, this really feels like Third World Class. Constantly broken stuff just send a message to customers “we don’t care.” Unless something radically changes in management’s approach, I don’t see bright future of this establishment.

Ali C.

Unfortunately there is always something broken and they are extremely negligent regarding repairs. A large number of lockers are broken, there is always something leaking in the entry hallway, broken showers, and the worst — repairing machines and the sauna. For machines it regularly takes more than a month and the mixed sauna has been currently broken for over two months and a half. The saving grace for the pool is that it’s shared with the hotel so they are obliged to fix it quickly. I give it two stars because it is relatively cheap and has group classes. But take into account that if you expect expediency you will be disappointed. I used it as a secondary sauna as it is on my way to job. But if you can afford to spend a bit more, look somewhere else.

Alice H.

So glad I found this gym in Brussels. It really brings me peace after a long day at work and during the weekends. The gym has many rooms and studios and all the machines and equipment you can wish for (sure some are a bit old but they are all functional). The best part is the pool (heated) and the sauna, which always make me feel like Im on a holiday. They have longer opening hours than most gyms in the city. What surprised me is that they have special prices for interns, so I didn't hesitate to get a membership after a day trial (20€ day pass).

DA A.

A colleague of mine recently asked me if I would recommend my gym to him. Unfortunately, I had to hestitate: "Yeah I mean the place is alright, it´s just a bit run down, and the changing rooms are bad. It´s okay if you can look past some hygienic problems"

World Class Fitness has quite some good benefits. The price is absolutely reasonable for a gym of this size, especially considering with special conditions you can get a deal of about 35 Euros per month for a year of gym, group glasses and pool. But this comes at a price.

The place feels absolutely run down. It lacks hygiene, it feels dated, there is always stuff broken and barely anything happens. Let me list some issues:

- I regularly work out, most of the time between 18:00 and 21:00 as well as during noon time on the weekend. Never have I ever seen a single person clean the workout area, locker rooms or showers. Especially the lockers are super dusty and dirty, also the showers are full of lint and fluff and look dirty.

- The lockers are a joke. There are two men´s changing rooms (which itself is great!). However, what´s the point if 40% of all lockers are not working? They are simply broken and can not be locked. The ones that do work are rusty. Looking at Google Reviews this issue has been persisting for the last 2 years. For the last 2 years the Gym replies with "we are working on it". No you don´t.

- In front of the pool as well as around the showers are these normal "bathroom floor towels" made out of cotton (the likes you can buy at IKEA) to presumably keep water at bay. This does not work. If a hundred people walk over them with their wet feet, all they do is getting soaking wet. It feels like they were dropped into water. It is absolutely disgusting stepping onto these soaking wet towels (they even make squishy sounds when the water is pressed out). These definitely need to go.

- Machines are broken quite often. This itself is not a problem as I guess this is also due to misuse by the clients. However, it sometimes takes for ages before they are repaired.

- A lot of people do not use towels when working out. This is of course a problem of the customers not the gym per se, but the gym is doing nothing of enforcing the clearly stated rule of a mandatory towel during workout. Please have your people walk around and utter warnings if people don´t respect the rules. I don´t want to work out on a bench where some other dude had all his sweat going onto the surface without any towel. Often the staff walks just past by people who clearly work out without a towel.

- There is almost no phone reception in the lower levels. For this, the Gym apparently has Wifi in place. Well, it does not work. Just doesn´t . When I talked to staff about it, they told me I just used the wrong one. No I didn´t, it just does not work.

- The building itself is incredibly run down as well. The only good area is the main workout area which seems reasonably modern. The entrance and the changing rooms on the other hand are completely run down. Recently they even had a bucket collecting rain water in the entrance area.

- Almost all showers have broken brackets. I mean come on, this just looks like the team does not car anymore.

I would really like to recommend this gym. I like the labyrinth-style layout, it is fairly big and has enough room that you can always work out even if it is a bit more full. But the fact that everything feels so run down and not thought after, combined with the fact that users have pointed out these exact same problems like already two years ago, with absolutely nothing changing, makes hit hard to recommend this without thinking twice.

M S.

This gym has definitely seen better days. The equipment, machines and changing rooms are and feel outdated. It's quite small inside. You can find the basics, otherwise not much variety. OK gym considering price and quality.

Sebastian T.

Old equipment, no maintenance, but friendly staff. If you’re serious about getting fit especially with free weight and machine and such on your own, just get a basic fit membership