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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 4 November 202633 issues · 81 checks

This review found 33 issues worth fixing on thegymking.com, 11 of them high impact, across 81 checks. The most urgent: fails Core Web Vitals for real visitors. Your full playbook turns these into prioritised fixes alongside reviews, competitors and channels.

  1. Homepage
  2. Phone render
  3. Links and pages
  4. Google PageSpeed

Google PageSpeed Insights (opens in a new tab), mobile

Real-visitor load time (LCP)75th percentile, phones
3.6 s2.1 sMay 16Oct 313.4 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 16, 20262.3 s
May 23, 20262.3 s
May 30, 20262.3 s
Jun 6, 20262.3 s
Jun 13, 20262.4 s
Jun 20, 20262.5 s
Jun 27, 20262.5 s
Jul 4, 20262.6 s
Jul 11, 20262.6 s
Jul 18, 20262.6 s
Jul 25, 20262.7 s
Aug 1, 20262.7 s
Aug 8, 20262.8 s
Aug 15, 20262.8 s
Aug 22, 20262.9 s
Aug 29, 20262.9 s
Sep 5, 20262.9 s
Sep 12, 20263.0 s
Sep 19, 20263.1 s
Sep 26, 20263.2 s
Oct 3, 20263.3 s
Oct 10, 20263.3 s
Oct 17, 20263.3 s
Oct 24, 20263.4 s
Oct 31, 20263.4 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
312 ms191 msMay 16Oct 31238 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 16, 2026205 ms
May 23, 2026224 ms
May 30, 2026244 ms
Jun 6, 2026258 ms
Jun 13, 2026263 ms
Jun 20, 2026262 ms
Jun 27, 2026254 ms
Jul 4, 2026250 ms
Jul 11, 2026246 ms
Jul 18, 2026246 ms
Jul 25, 2026258 ms
Aug 1, 2026272 ms
Aug 8, 2026286 ms
Aug 15, 2026295 ms
Aug 22, 2026298 ms
Aug 29, 2026297 ms
Sep 5, 2026296 ms
Sep 12, 2026292 ms
Sep 19, 2026287 ms
Sep 26, 2026283 ms
Oct 3, 2026270 ms
Oct 10, 2026256 ms
Oct 17, 2026246 ms
Oct 24, 2026243 ms
Oct 31, 2026238 ms

Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab): real Chrome visitors over rolling 28-day periods.

One score from every part of this review. How it works

Full-page screenshot of thegymking.com (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. thegymking.com at 0.4 s0.4 s
  2. thegymking.com at 0.8 s0.8 s
  3. thegymking.com at 1.1 s1.1 s
  4. thegymking.com at 1.5 s1.5 s
  5. thegymking.com at 1.9 s1.9 s
  6. thegymking.com at 2.3 s2.3 s
  7. thegymking.com at 2.6 s2.6 s
  8. thegymking.com at 3.0 s3.0 s

Speed

7 to fix70
  • Main-thread work: 5.4 s

    A phone's processor spends 5.4 s on main-thread work while loading, 2.4 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • 8 third-party services on the page

    8 third-party services load with your homepage (Sentry, Google Tag Manager and Shopify and others), adding 1,010 KiB and 1.0 s of main-thread time.

  • Mobile performance score: 70

    70/100

    Your mobile performance score is 70. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • Improve image delivery

    701 KiB

    2 images could be 701 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.

  • Sentry adds 612 ms

    612 ms

    Sentry costs a phone 612 ms of main-thread work and 32 KiB of downloads while your page loads. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    357 KiB

    About 357 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.

  • 2,809 HTML elements

    The page has 2,809 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    200 ms · 249 KiB

    30 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (249 KiB).

  • Render-blocking requests

    200 ms

    3 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 200 ms.

  • 5 long tasks on the main thread

    5 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 151 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Minify JavaScript

    12 KiB

    12 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    11 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 11 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.

  • Chained critical requests

    Critical files load one after another instead of in parallel (3 chains). Preconnecting to key origins and preloading the hero image shortens the chain.

  • Minify CSS

    2 KiB

    2 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.

1 checks passed
  • Server response: 29 ms

    29 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 29 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

8 to fix33
  • Fails Core Web Vitals for real visitors

    Real Chrome users on phones do not pass Google's Core Web Vitals on this page (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)). Google uses this in ranking.

  • Real-user FCP: 3.2 s

    3.2 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 3.2 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Time to Interactive: 18.3 s

    18.3 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 18.3 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 5.3 s

    5.3 s

    Your largest element takes 5.3 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.

  • Speed Index: 7.4 s

    7.4 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 7.4 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Real-user LCP: 3.4 s

    3.4 s

    Real visitors wait 3.4 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user INP: 237 ms

    237 ms

    Real visitors wait 237 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Largest content (LCP) got 48% slower for real visitors

    +48%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.3 s to 3.4 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Tap response (INP) got 12% slower for real visitors

    +12%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 205 ms to 238 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

5 checks passed
  • Real-user CLS: 0.01

    0.01

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.01 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Real-user TTFB: 245 ms

    245 ms

    Real visitors wait 245 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • First Contentful Paint: 1.7 s

    1.7 s

    The first text or image appears after 1.7 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.

  • Total Blocking Time: 175 ms

    175 ms

    Scripts block the page for only 175 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.001

    0.001

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.001, good is under 0.1).

Images and page weight

1 to fix70
  • Page weight: 4.2 MB in 384 requests

    4.2 MB

    Your homepage downloads 4.2 MB in 384 requests on a phone: other files 1.6 MB (261), scripts 1.2 MB (79) and images 1.1 MB (24). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • About 1.2 g of CO₂ per visit

    1.19 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.19 g of CO₂e: 143.4 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

3 checks passed
  • Images use modern formats

    Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.

  • Images load when needed

    Images below the first screen wait until the visitor scrolls to them.

  • Images are sized for phones

    No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.

Accessibility

7 to fixGoogle 9092
  • ARIA attributes must conform to valid names (1 element)

    ARIA attributes must conform to valid names: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated critical by axe-core.

  • Elements must only use permitted ARIA attributes (1 element)

    Elements must only use permitted ARIA attributes: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.

  • 1 text element with low contrast

    1 text element doesn't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (2 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination (1 element)

    Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • 8 links without text

    8 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.

  • 3 form fields without a label

    3 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.

2 checks passed
  • Every image has alt text

    All 37 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 52 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 57 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 52 passed and 5 failed. 7 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

2 to fixGoogle 10083
  • No H1 headline

    There is no <h1>, so neither visitors nor Google get a clear main headline.

  • Title is long (68 characters)

    Your title is 68 characters, so Google will cut it off around 60: “Gym King | Womens & Mens Gymwear and Lifestyle Fashion | Gym King US”.

  • 292 internal links, 9 external

    The homepage links to 292 pages on thegymking.com and 9 external pages.

6 checks passed
  • Meta description: 150 characters

    Your meta description is 150 characters: “Gym King is a leading UK brand for lifestyle and performance fashion, from everyday tracksuits to high-performance gymw…”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://thegymking.com/en-us.

  • Structured data in place

    Structured data found: BreadcrumbList, Organization and WebSite.

  • Open Graph tags complete

    Open Graph tags are complete, so shared links show a title, description and image.

  • robots.txt in place

    robots.txt is in place and points crawlers to your sitemap.

  • XML sitemap found

    Your XML sitemap is reachable at https://thegymking.com/sitemap.xml.

AI search readiness

100
4 checks passed
  • AI answer engines may read the site

    Your robots.txt lets the crawlers behind ChatGPT search, Claude and Perplexity read the site and cite it in answers.

  • Organization data: 5 of 6 facts

    Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo, sameAs (social profiles) and contact details; description would complete it.

  • Text is in the HTML

    Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (847 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

  • llms.txt published

    The site publishes https://thegymking.com/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.

Other pages

4 to fix81
  • 1 linked page hidden from search

    https://thegymking.com/en-us/products/victory-jersey-bundle-mens is marked noindex but linked from your homepage. If it is meant to be found, remove the noindex.

  • 2 pages share a meta description

    https://thegymking.com/en-us/pages/best-of-gym-king-mens and https://thegymking.com/en-us/products/victory-jersey-bundle-mens use the same meta description. A description written for each page earns more clicks.

  • 1 link to non-canonical URLs

    Your homepage links to 1 page by a URL that isn't its canonical one, for example https://thegymking.com/en-us/collections/mens-bestsellers-2, whose canonical is https://thegymking.com/en-us/collections/mens-bestsellers. Linking straight to the canonical URL saves crawlers a detour and keeps ranking signals on one address.

  • 1 page without an H1

    https://thegymking.com/en-us/pages/rewards has no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.

  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 136 found) and read each the way a search engine does.

4 checks passed
  • Linked pages load

    11 pages of 15 loaded without an error (the rest turned automated requests away).

  • Every page has a meta description

    All 11 pages that loaded have a meta description.

  • Titles are unique

    Every page we checked has its own title.

  • Every page has a title

    All 11 pages that loaded have a <title>.

Best practices

2 to fixGoogle 9687
  • 7 small tap targets

    7 of 32 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.

  • 4 JavaScript errors while loading

    4 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to fetch”.

1 checks passed
  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

2 to fix83
  • Thin social proof

    Social proof on the homepage: a star rating. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.

  • No direct contact details

    No phone number or email link on the homepage, so ready-to-buy visitors have one fewer way to reach you.

  • No risk reducer

    No guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card) is mentioned, which is often what tips a hesitant visitor.

  • About 336 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 336 words of visible text.

  • Urgency cues

    The page uses urgency cues (a countdown or limited-time wording).

4 checks passed
  • Clear next step on the first screen

    On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “SHOP MENS” and “SHOP WOMENS”.

  • 33 calls to action

    The homepage has 33 calls to action, for example “Shop All”, “Shop New” and “Shop Fleece”.

  • 5 short forms

    5 short forms (2 fields at most) are right on the homepage, asking for an email.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and Microsoft Clarity.

Privacy and tracking

  • 9 trackers load before any consent

    9

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Criteo, Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Microsoft Ads and 4 mores (measured from a US location before any click). A consent tool (CookieYes) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.

  • 20 cookies set on arrival

    20

    Opening the homepage sets 20 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).

  • 46 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 46 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

1 checks passed
  • Consent tool: CookieYes

    A consent management tool (CookieYes) loads with the page.

Security, domain, email and software versions

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Upkeep, stack and company

Stack

Framework
Bootstrap
E-commerce
Shopify
Analytics
Google Tag Manager | Microsoft Clarity
Hosting
Shopify

Hiring

Hiring
1 open role
Job board
careers page

Company

Employees
60
Headquarters
Malton

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