Under 18s Membership and Rules

Junior members (11 to 17)

The minimum age for the gym floor is 11. Every 11 to 17 year old needs their parent or legal guardian to sign the membership agreement and the agreement for their age group before the first session. These are sent to the parent's phone to sign. We may ask for photo ID for the junior and the parent or guardian.

• 11 to 13: always train with a parent, guardian or named responsible adult who is an active paying member, 1 to 1, for the whole visit, never alone.
• 14 and 15: may train alone in junior hours once they have had an induction and consent is in place. Outside junior hours, only with a responsible adult who is an active paying member and stays for the whole visit.
• 16 and 17: may train alone once induction and consent are complete, including 24/7 once their parent or guardian has signed the 16 to 17 agreement.

Junior hours are Monday to Friday 8am to 5:30pm (last entry 4:30pm) and Saturday and Sunday 10am to 2pm (last entry 1pm). Under 16s may not use the sauna; 16 and 17 year olds may in staffed hours with consent. Sunbeds are strictly 18 and over, and under 18s must not go into the sunbed rooms.

The three agreements below are what the parent or guardian signs in the app. This page shows them so you can read them first.

Agreement: age 11 to 13

This agreement is for your child, aged 11 to 13, and you, their parent or legal guardian. Please read it with them.

Who they train with

Your child must train with you, another parent or guardian, or a named responsible adult you choose. That adult must be over 18 and hold an active, paid Vibes Gym membership. They stay with your child 1 to 1 for the whole visit. Your child never trains alone, at any time of day. Both of you scan in with your own app pass. The door will not let your child in on their own.

When

Monday to Friday, your child must have left by 5:30pm. Saturday and Sunday, by 2pm. They cannot be in the gym outside these times, even with an adult.

Induction

Your child must have an induction with a member of our team before their first session. The adult who will train with them should come to it too.

Equipment

Your child can use cardio machines and resistance machines, and light free weights under the adult's direct watch. No maximum or near maximum lifts, no barbell lifts from the floor or overhead, and no equipment marked "16 and over". The adult is responsible for making sure they use equipment safely.

The gym is unstaffed at times

Our team is on site Monday to Friday 8am to 8pm; Saturday and Sunday 8am to 2pm. Outside those times nobody from Vibes Gym is on site. The gym is covered by CCTV at all times. There is no on site emergency alarm. In an emergency, call 999 and, if needed, leave the building to get help.

Saunas and sunbeds

Your child must not use the sauna or the sunbeds, and must not go into the sunbed rooms. By law nobody under 18 is allowed in them.

Getting in

Your child must not use anyone else's pass, tailgate, or ask members to let them in and then leave them. We may ask to see photo ID for your child and for you.

Behaviour and strikes

Your child must follow the gym rules and the instructions of our team. If they break a rule: first strike, we tell you in the app and by email; second strike within 6 months, their access is paused for 7 days; third strike within 6 months, we may end the membership. Anything dangerous, abusive or damaging can lead to the membership ending straight away.

What you agree as parent or guardian

You are your child's parent or legal guardian; you agree to this membership, the membership terms and the gym rules on their behalf; you are responsible for all payments, including any fees under the gym rules, even if they pay with their own card; you are responsible for their behaviour and for that of any adult you name to train with them; you have completed the health questions honestly and will tell us if anything changes; we can contact you about their membership and safety.

When your child turns 14 we send you the 14 to 15 agreement to sign. Until it is signed, these rules stay in place.

Agreement: age 14 to 15

This agreement is for your child, aged 14 or 15, and you, their parent or legal guardian. Please read it with them.

When they can train alone

Monday to Friday 8am to 5:30pm (last entry 4:30pm); Saturday and Sunday 10am to 2pm (last entry 1pm). If they are training alone, they must have left by the closing time. We send them a reminder in the app 10 minutes before, and our team gets a list of anyone still in.

With an adult

Outside those times your child can only train with you, another parent or guardian, or a named responsible adult you choose, who is over 18 and holds an active, paid Vibes Gym membership. That adult stays with them for the whole visit.

Induction

Your child must have an induction with a member of our team before training alone.

Equipment

Your child can use cardio machines, resistance machines and free weights they were shown at their induction. No maximum or near maximum lifts without a spotter, and no equipment marked "16 and over".

The gym is unstaffed at times

Our team is on site Monday to Friday 8am to 8pm; Saturday and Sunday 8am to 2pm. Outside those times nobody from Vibes Gym is on site. The gym is covered by CCTV at all times. There is no on site emergency alarm. In an emergency, call 999 and, if needed, leave the building to get help.

Saunas and sunbeds

Your child must not use the sauna or the sunbeds, and must not go into the sunbed rooms. By law nobody under 18 is allowed in them.

Getting in

Your child must not use anyone else's pass, tailgate, or ask members to let them in and then leave them. If they are found in the gym after the closing time without a responsible adult member, their access is paused until we have spoken with you and them.

Behaviour and strikes

Your child must follow the gym rules and the instructions of our team. Staying after the closing time counts as a strike. First strike, we tell you in the app and by email; second strike within 6 months, access paused for 7 days; third strike within 6 months, we may end the membership. Anything dangerous, abusive or damaging can end the membership straight away.

What you agree as parent or guardian

As for the 11 to 13 agreement, and you understand they may train alone during the times above. These times fall inside our staffed hours, but our team is not on the gym floor all the time and does not supervise them 1 to 1.

When your child turns 16 we send you the 16 to 17 agreement to sign. Until it is signed, these rules stay in place.

Agreement: age 16 to 17

This agreement is for your child, aged 16 or 17, and you, their parent or legal guardian. Please read it with them.

When they can train

Once you sign this agreement, your child can use the gym at any time their membership allows, including 24/7. Until it is signed they can only come in Monday to Friday 8am to 5:30pm (last entry 4:30pm) and Saturday and Sunday 10am to 2pm (last entry 1pm).

The gym is unstaffed at times

This is the most important part of this agreement. Our team is on site Monday to Friday 8am to 8pm; Saturday and Sunday 8am to 2pm. Outside those times nobody from Vibes Gym is on site, so your child may be training with nobody else in the building, or only with adults they do not know. The gym is covered by CCTV at all times. There is no on site emergency alarm. In an emergency, call 999 and, if needed, leave the building to get help. By signing you confirm you are happy for your child to train when the gym is unstaffed.

Induction

Your child must have an induction with a member of our team before training outside staffed hours.

Equipment

Your child can use all equipment. Heavy free weight lifts should only be done with a spotter or in a rack with the safety arms set.

Training sensibly

Your child must scan in with their own app pass or membership number, never share it, never let anyone follow them in and never bring friends in on it. They should choose exercises that are safe for their experience, especially when the gym is quiet or unstaffed, and call 999 or leave the building to get help if something serious happens.

Saunas and sunbeds

By signing, you consent to your child using the sauna during staffed hours, following the sauna rules. Sunbeds are 18 and over only, so your child cannot use them or go into the sunbed rooms.

Behaviour and strikes

First strike, we tell you in the app and by email; second strike within 6 months, their access goes back to the junior times above for 30 days; third strike within 6 months, we may end the membership. Anything dangerous, abusive or damaging can end the membership straight away.

What you agree as parent or guardian

As for the other junior agreements. On their 18th birthday this agreement ends and your child holds the membership in their own name, as set out in the membership terms.

We contact you by email, phone, text or WhatsApp about your child's membership, access, safety, rule breaches and changes to junior rules or hours. These are service messages. Updates and offers are a separate choice, never pre ticked.