All members are asked to adhere to the following rules as a courtesy to other users and to maintain our high standards. Riverside Leisure Club reserves the right to exclude anyone who repeatedly breaks these rules. Thank you for your cooperation.

Courtesy

• Please treat Riverside staff and other gym users politely and with respect.
• During busy periods you may have to share equipment with other members. Please do not hog machines when other people are waiting to use them.
• Mobile phone calls are not allowed in the gym.
• Please wear appropriate clothing
• Bags and coats should not be brought into the gym. This is for health and safety reasons. Please store them in a locker.
• No big groups.
• No foul language.

Equipment

• Please treat the equipment with respect. Do not drop dumb bells, bars or plates on the floor.
• Please tidy away any equipment you’ve used when you are finished – always put the free weights back on the racks after use.
• Any faults that you discover should be reported to a member of staff immediately.
• Always wipe down equipment after use. Used tissues must be placed in the bins provided.
• If you have not used a gym before and would like to book and induction to see how the cardio equipment and weighted machines wok, please select a timeslot on membr. Inductions are not compulsory & you just need to sign a waiver at reception. Please not that an induction is not a workout programme, for this you would need to contact a personal trainer, we have details for these at reception. 

Clothing

• Appropriate clothing should be worn at all times, eg. t-shirt, tracksuit, shorts. Jeans are not permitted.
• Footwear must also be appropriate for physical activity. Clean training shoes must be worn at all times. Sandals are not permitted.

Food & Drink

• Water bottles or sports drink bottles are the only liquid containers allowed in the gym. Cups, glass bottles or cans are not permitted.
• Chewing gum or eating food in the gym is not permitted.

Swimming Pool & Spa

• Strictly no photographic equipment permitted including camera phones, videos and digital cameras.
• Please shower before entering the pool.
• Please turn the poolside showers off after use.
• The swimming lane is strictly adults only (16yrs+).
• Children should have adult supervision and good behaviour should be maintained in the swimming pool and changing rooms at all times.
• South Gloucestershire Council recommend that supervision must be 1 adult to 2 children under 12 years of age.
• No running, diving or jumping.
• No flippers, masks or snorkels.
• Please do not interfere with, sit on, or play on the lane rope.
• During swimming lessons, please keep the area near the pool window and the café as clear as possible in consideration of members using the gym and changing rooms.
• All swimmers must enter and exit the pool area via the changing rooms.

Spa Facilities

• The spa, sauna and steam room are strictly adults only (16yrs+).
• Please shower before entering the sauna and steam room, and also when moving between the pool, sauna and steam room.
• Recommended time to stay in sauna or steam room is 15 minutes.
• It is recommended that water is consumed when using the sauna and steam room.
• No shaving or exfoliating in steam room or sauna.
• Please ensure sauna and steam room doors are closed when in use.