Club Fitness New York

When my fiance and I first looked at this place, a young girl (Laura?) helped us, but when we went back to sign up, the guy kept nixing all of the perks that she had promised ($10 off/month for each person, 13th month free/no registration fee). My fiance finally had to be pretty forceful to get what we had been promised and I still double check the charge every month to make sure they're not ripping us off.
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1. The Smith machine is unevenly calibrated. Now this can happen, but I've been reminding them weekly that it should be fixed...6 months later it's still not fixed. Now, I understand that it can take a while to get a technician, but they are a GYM. Given the number of people in the weight room, they should have the weight machines tuned up at least every 2 months.

2. They don't have room to work out with fitballs and the fitballs they do have are the cheapo kind--not durable/too squishy--so you don't get a good workout even if you do try to use them.

3. The facilities are beautiful, but I get the idea that they spend a lot on the facade, but not much on the equipment maintenance. It's great to look pretty, but if the equipment is sub-par....

4. They need more water fountains. You should have at least 1 water fountain/floor at a gym.
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All in all, it is a gym and I get my workouts done, but if I had to do it again, I'd join the "bare bones" gym down the street. There aren't as many amenities (spa, sauna, beautiful entryway, beautiful dressing rooms) but the equipment is above par and I'd rather spend my money in an establishment I trust.

Watch out for this place. Watch for professional thieves at this gym. It's beautiful and all, but better be careful of your belongs.

Watch out for this place. I got my watch stolen out of my locker. My locker was locked with my own lock and I came back from working out and my lock was gone and someone stole my watch out of my bag.

After discussing with the people at the gym they did nothing but then... offered to pay me back my year membership. After days of calling them to get my check....they told me they will not pay me back my membership and basically told me to go bye bye!

All I wanted was for them to post signs that say "There has been a thet, please be careful" thats it...and they wouldn't do it because it will hurt their business...I think the members have a right to know what has happened in that gym.

Just be careful with this gym...

This gym is so beautifully decorated that it definitely does not have that typical gym feel to it. It always smells fresh and is very clean. The attention to detail with the design is fantastic! They have every machine I could imagine and then some. The staff is very helpful and while you're getting assistance, they never try to push personal training services on you (which I would love, but just can't afford). Another bonus is that it's never too crowded. You never have to wait in liine for a machine, but you don't get the feeling that there aren't enough members either. Cat, the spin teacher is awesome and very motivating. I've belonged to 4 gyms and dropped out of every one, but I'm in this one for the long haul.
If I could have a wish list for this gym, it would be more dance classes (there are currently 2) and a swimming pool, but I know that's a tall order. If it were open 24 hours it would be ideal, but their hours are very reasonable. Otherwise, this gym is perfect for me!