Maybe you’ve never stepped one foot in a gym before, or you’re new to Birmingham and are desperate to keep up the gains. Don’t sweat it (or maybe do) because we’ve got you covered. Stay fit and healthy – whether it’s swimming or boxing, free weights or cardio – 24 hours a day with the very best gyms in Birmingham.
1. Total Fitness Emporium
A classic bodybuilding gym, fit with state-of-the-art equipment and a huge 18,000 square feet (across two floors and eight rooms) to work in, it often attracts some of the biggest names in the bodybuilding world. Don’t let that put you off. Total Fitness Emporium is open to people of all experience levels. Open 5am to midnight every day, there’s always time to squeeze in another workout too.
Its free weights start from 2kg and go all the way up to 150lbs – so you’ll never run out of iron to pump – and there’s a huge selection of machines dedicated to chest, shoulders, legs, back or arms. You’ll also find everything from treadmills to stair masters, gymnastic hoops and battle ropes. Upstairs, also doubles as one of the best boxing and MMA gyms in Birmingham.
173-179 Tyburn Rd, Birmingham B24 8NQ
2. The Pit Gym JQ
If you’re a bit of a wallflower, this gym might not be for you… but then again, it could be the perfect opportunity! Crowned Birmingham’s “Best Body Transformation Facility” in 2021, The Pit Gym JQ specialises in one-to-one coaching and group sessions to ensure you get the most out of your gym sessions. With constant support and nutritional advice from trainers, The Pit Gym JQ’s twelve-week programme aims to “keep gym members accountable.”
66 Camden St, Birmingham B1 3DP
3. PureGym
After something a bit more conventional? There are ten of these 24-hour gyms in the Birmingham area, with the cheapest PureGym membership starting at £14.99 + £10 join fee for the City Centre branch. Join for hundreds of high-quality equipment and over 60 free fitness classes a week. You’ll also find large free weights, a cardio area and an enclosed cycle studio. They’ll all be slightly different, however, so from Snow Hill to Sutton Coldfield, check out all the PureGyms here.
PureGym, 1 Snow Hill Plaza, St. Chads Queensway B4 6HY
Chaplin Court, 80 Hurst Street B5 4TD
Fiveways Entertainment Centre B15 1DA
Unit 7, Windmill Shopping Centre, Cape Hill B66 3PR
Birmingham Beaufort Park, 2 Coleshill Road B36 8DT
366 Gravelly Lane, B23 5SB
Unit 10A, Astle Outlet Park B70 8NS
1059-1061 Alcester Road South, B14 5TN
Unit 3 Longbridge Shopping Park, Longbridge B31 2UQ
Level Street, Brierley Hill DY5 1UA
Unit 5 Bromsgrove Retail Park, Birmingham Road B61 0DD
4. Kingdom Gym
Kingdom Gym is serious about fitness, so you’d better be too. As the largest powered by Panatta facility in Birmingham (we don’t know what that means but it sounds impressive), “you are not just joining a gym, you are joining a fitness community”. It’s only a small team, but these carefully selected personal trainers offer a wealth of fitness knowledge – from one-off training plans to 16-week coaching. It also offers sunbeds in Birmingham to get that beach body truly ready!
Kingdom Gym, 49 Ward St, Birmingham B19 3TD
5. The Gym Group
As city centre gyms go in Birmingham, The Gym Group is pretty perfect as an all-rounder. With memberships for starting at £15.99 a month, it’s pretty cheap too. Inside, you’ll find a full suite of weights, cardio machines, and more. Plus, a range of classes – from yoga to deadlift workshops – and personal trainers. It’s not the only one in Birmingham either, with The Gym Group spread far and wide across the city.
The Gym Group, 79-84 High Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B4 7TE
Trident Retail Park Westley Street, Digbeth, Birmingham, B9 4EH
Broadway Ladywood Middleway, West Midlands, B16 8HA
Unit 7B One Stop Shopping Park Perry Barr, B42 1AA
Unit 1A Findlay Road High Street, Birmingham, B14 7SN
Chapel Ln Unit 1c, Battery Retail Park Selly Oak, Birmingham, B29 6SJ
Unit 4 Birmingham Stechford Retail Park, B33 9AN
973 Kingsbury Road Erdington, West Midlands, B24 9QB
Sheldon Retail Park Coventry Road, Birmingham, B26 3NX
Hagley Road West, Birmingham, B62 9AS
23 Parkgate Shopping Centre Stratford Road, Solihull, B90 2EL
10A, The Parade, Birmingham, B72 1PA
6. Ultimate Fitness Birmingham
Trying to get muscly? This bodybuilders’ gym was once voted Midland’s Best Independent Gym. Based in the heart of Birmingham City Centre, Ultimate Fitness Birmingham welcomes all levels of fitness – offering a range of top-quality equipment. But don’t just take our word for it – some of the country’s top athletes like Ronnie Coleman, Jay Cutler and Kai Greene have trained here. If you want to take your bodybuilding to the next level, Ultimate Fitness Birmingham also boasts some of the city’s best personal trainers and the friendliest staff to help you. It also offers sports massage treatment, as well as a posing room for professional practice (and amateurish vanity).
100 Holloway Head, Birmingham B1 1NB
7. Nuffield Health
What sets Nuffield Health apart from all the other gyms in Birmingham is that it boasts both a swimming pool and a sauna room. On top of all the modern exercise equipment you can imagine – including a group cycling room (NuCycle Studio). Classes range from yoga to HIIT, aqua aerobics and Zumba.
Broadway Plaza, 220 Ladywood Middleway, Birmingham B16 8LP
8. JD Gyms
Did you know that JD Gyms has a ladies-only section in Birmingham? Located on the ground floor, it’s open between 5am and midnight each day – filled with treadmills, StairMasters, rowing machines, cross trainers, resistance machines, a wide range of free weights and more. Perfect for a workout with some privacy. You also have access to all classes and saunas in the changing rooms.
The main, unisex gym area meanwhile is located upstairs. One of few 24-hour gyms in Birmingham, you’ll find hundreds of machines and almost as many classes a month. This spacious gym even offers a free weight zone and a sprint track – plus all classes are included in the price, which starts at £24.99 a month.
JD Gyms, Allesley Street off The Newton, A4540, Birmingham B6 4NF
9. Village Gym
There’s not a single Village Gym in Birmingham, but if you’re out in Coventry, Solihull, Dudley and Walsall, these are a great pick. Whether trying to burn calories with cardio, build strength with free weights, sweat it out with a HIIT class or find some friends at a cycle workout, you won’t be disappointed.
Village Gym, The Green Business Park, Dog Kennel Lane, Shirley, Solihull, B90 4JG
Castlegate Park, Dudley DY1 4TB
Tempus Drive, Walsall WS2 8TJ
Dolomite Lane, Coventry Business Park, Coventry CV4 9GZ
10. MSC Performance
A specialist gym for strength and conditioning, MSC Performance offers group coaching memberships for those dedicated to fitness. Join the MSC Barbell Club for regular workouts throughout the week that build your strength and improve movement; or go for MSC Met-Con for developing your energy systems. The gym also offers personal 1 on 1 coaching packages. It’s simple but its tight-knit community makes it one of the best gyms in Birmingham.
57 Clement St, Birmingham B1 2SW