I was able to do a cycle workout with Anna for a conference and it was a great workout. The whole…read moreestablishment was super clean and I loved the different areas being in different areas. If I lived in Philly this would be a great gym to be a regular at. During the class Anna was great and I had a great burn. At the end they had samples of a protein shake to try and it was delicious!

I joined the gym because of the classes and I am not disappointed. I enjoy the WeFit and…read moreWeStrength classes.

First month at City Fitness and it's already worth every dollar. The gym is well-equipped with…read moretop-tier machines, free weights, and accessories, and the class selection is extensive. What really sets it apart are the amenities, red light therapy, sauna, steam room, and a meditation space, all included with the studio membership. After your workout, it feels like a built-in spa experience and adds a lot of value overall.

A good value, no frills option. The facilities are clean. They have most of the standard machines…read moreetc. The biggest issue is that the hours are fairly limited.

I quite enjoyed my time at he Bellevue for a while that it's done a complete 180 in the last…read moreseveral months. The good: Very big and nice facilities with amazing great variety of equipment. A TON of group fitness classes if you're into that including free reformer Pilates classes (if you can get in.) Issues (that are unacceptable in general or just completely insane to have at the membership price point...these are things you deal with a budget gym or someplace you go for free): Constant elevator issues which cause lines and long wait times during peak hours. And for the last 6+ months they've only had two of three functioning if that. You know it's an issue, fix it for goodness sakes. Good luck if you rely on parking here. The entrance are closed half the time causing you to have to detour for a good ten plus minutes to get in and then exiting you're stuck behind trucks delivering in the alley they've left "open" for you to get out. And yes the validate but they randomly increased the price from $11 to $12 one day. Not a huge deal but why not tell members in advance? It's just sloppy. The sound systems are suboptimal for group classes especially in the HIIT studio. It is a vibe killer for sure. The spa that we were promising was coming soon when we joined in November of 2023 is still nowhere to be found. The locker rooms are adequately maintained but there are so many privacy issues. Often there are signs that there will be men working in the women's locker room. And the phone use is NUTS. People are on video conference calls! How is this allowed?? The cafe hours stink for early birds. If I'm done with my workout before 7am and I want coffee, I'm SOL. It's also insanely expensive. I cannot speak for the food there because I won't eat it after I saw a mouse in the cafe area while I was working from there one day. Treadmills are constantly broken. They added a bunch and now there's somehow less available because they cannot seem to maintain them. Out of service for a day or two is one thing but it goes way longer than that. Good luck and Godspeed accessing an assault bike or a ski erg between 10:15 and 2pm on weekdays. They're fully monopolized by the turf class and the HIIT studio is used for classes including mat Pilates (??) Generally speaking maintenance seems to be an issue. A pedal was hanging off one of the two assault bikes on the main floor this week when I was using it. A tread was sticking a few weeks ago when I started to run on it. I couldn't strap my foot into a rower the other day. It doesn't seem like it would be too much to ask that they keep their eye on this. I do feel like it used to be under control but had fallen off a cliff recently. Too many people here are shooting footage for social media. I cannot complete a workout without being concerned I'm in the background of someone's selfie-video or photo shoot. Hotel guests have full access to the gym. It adds to the insane crowds on the weekend and needs to get in check. Many of the trainers and instructors are great but a handful of trainers that either do personal training or turf classes are flat out RUDE. I was treated disrespectfully and even bullied by one of them while minding my own business just trying to complete my workout. This is embarrassing for the gym and needs to be addressed. Ultimately, I could no longer justify being a paying member with so little care shown by management about the member experience. Perhaps spending less time posting less on social media and more time listening to an addressing member feedback would be helpful.

There's a lot about this gym that's phenomenal, but the phone use in the locker room and sauna…read moredrags this place way down. This is a serious privacy violation, whether someone is intentionally taking pics not. (Sometimes they are taking pics.) Most people have camera permissions enabled on their phones for lots of apps. A sauna or locker room is a place where there is a reasonable expectation of privacy, but the phone use means you do not have privacy here. It gets worse: the same people using their phones in the sauna are usually the ones who wear their dirty socks and gym clothes in there (sometimes even their sneakers), and you can even tell when it's empty, because the wooden benches are dirty from it. Gross. This isn't an occasional problem with only a few offenders. If you walk past the sauna (it has a glass door) you'll often see 4+ people in there scrolling their phones. The gym does have a couple of signs telling people not to do either of these things, but the signs are ignored. At $200 per month, this is considered a high end gym. The other high end gyms (Fitler, Equinox) in this area don't have the same problems, so I don't know what's going on here. I guess someone started doing it, no one stopped them, and now others see this and think it's ok? This is a shame because the equipment here is good, there are tons of great classes, and the space overall is very nice.

Overall a good place to work out with the option to get a protein shake afterward. I wish there…read morewas more space and more machines to work out on because sometimes you'll find that two people are waiting for a machine before you get there. A lot of Temple students fill the gym during the afternoon, around 3 pm and onward. The parking situation is also another headache, it is limited to two hours with the threat of towing and is located a slight walk away. No on-site parking.

Retro fitness is a great gym if you go between 10-4 and not while they have classes. There is a…read morewide variety of equipment and machinery that you can use like squat racks, bench presses, isolation machines, cardio stuff, free weights, etc. That's if you go between those times. If you don't - good luck with that! After everyone gets home from work the gym is a mad house. Around 6 there are so many people you can hardly get a workout in sometimes, forget about doing the exercises you came there to do. The combination of the large variety of machines but few of each, huge amount of people, and limited space make it sometimes impossible to get on all of the machines and equipment you came for. For example, there are three stair masters. Now there are two because one has been broken for over a month (full disclosure: they did put up a sign saying they are working on it). Those are some popular machines! You literally have to wait behind them and hope the person on them gets off so you can get on it during peak hours. It can be pretty frustrating when your leg day has to turn into back day because hulk hogan won't get off the squat rack. That said, the people who lift there are all pretty experienced. I see a lot of athletes from different universities and body builders, both men and women. One time someone came over and helped me with my squat form. That was really nice of him. Unfortunately, that kind of setting can be intimidating for some people (like my gf). I think that's silly though. I did the trial of small group fitness classes. It kicked my butt! Great workout for sure. But the trainer sees me around the gym all the time and never says hello. I'm not feeling the love. The rest of the staff often yells to each other really loudly. Some trainer was yelling for no reason, just talking LOUDLY, with her clients during my workout today. It was really distracting and annoying. I don't need to hear your conversation from the other side of the gym. I think it's unprofessional. To be honest I'd leave the gym but they have me stuck in a year contract. I need a gym that I can rely on for a good workout, working machines, and good service!

It really pains me to write this review. I've been taking classes at RippedPHL since shortly after…read morethey opened. Of the various treadmill workout studios in the area that have come and gone over the years, it consistently was my favorite. It had been in my regular rotation for a while until they changed the Thursday night class that best fit in my schedule to a strength only class. Since I really like the treadmill portion I hadn't been here in several months. During that time they made some changes, and the class names changed. I was hoping it was just the names, but unfortunately that wasn't the case. I'll start by saying that I'm a runner - I run regularly, most often on trails with lots of hills. Although I am squarely a back of the pack, party pace runner. Ripped's treadmill programs have three options of increasing difficulty. They also have a high incline hiking option that I was excited about when they launched, but never ended up trying once I saw that it hits speeds of 4.0 MPH and higher. That's not a realistic hiking pace for me, especially when you're at double digit inclines. I've always found level 1 of the running programs challenging, but doable. Now, however, level 1 is significantly harder. When the first treadmill interval kicked off, instead of the usual 3.8 MPH warm-up pace, the level 1 warm-up pace had jumped to 4.5 MPH, which is a pretty significant increase. And it just got harder from there. At one point the speed was at 6.5 MPH, which used to be a flat road sprint speed for level 1, but this time we were mid-hill on a 5% incline and going up from there. The second tread set started off with 5.0 MPH as the warm-up. For level 1! That's not a warm-up for me - that's my race pace. I had to completely tap out with this new program. I know some people like the challenge of striving for goals out of reach and find that motivating, but I'm the opposite. If I wanted to try something harder and currently out of reach I could try levels 2 or 3. Finding myself completely unable to keep up with the lowest level option as someone who identifies as a runner outside of class, let me feeling really bad about myself. I used to leave these classes feeling tired and challenged, but confident and accomplished. I left this class feeling defeated and bad about myself. At a time when it seems like a lot of studios are making an effort to accommodate people at all levels of the their fitness journey, Ripped appears to be going in the other direction. And yes, I realize I can modify and reduce the speed or walk when I can't keep up, but those numbers I'm supposed to be attaining and failing to reach are right there in front of me challenging how I feel about my performance. One of the benefits of fitness classes for me is the boost they provide to my mental health, and that isn't going to help me think positively about my fitness journey and performance. If your approach to fitness is different than mine and/or you're further along on your fitness journey in terms of performance, I encourage you to try RippedPHL. It really is a great studio - the instructors are amazing and the front desk is always awesome and welcoming. And I'm assuming their regular members asked for this update and like the harder programs, which is why they've made the update. I wish the studio the best, I really do - we've lost too many fitness studios in Philly recently. But I feel like I stepped off the train for a minute and it sped away and left me behind. So I'm going to have to explore other options that work better for me for where I am on my physical and mental fitness journey.

This was located on a third floor walkup in Rittenhouse. I was exhausted by the time I got to the…read moretop of the stairs, but I guess that is a good pre-workout to get you ready for the class. Malik was the instructor. For someone that wants to get into running I really think that this is a great motivation. Everyone is on treadmills and the intensity of the speed and workout varies during the workout. Each treadmill is state of the art and they have large vivid screens that were streaming images of streets of NYC. It was engaging to watch. You would alternate from the treadmill to the workout benches and on the benches there were different weights that you could use for activities like dead lifts and sumo squats. There was also a variety of stretching exercises. The workout room was a bit cramped and dark for my liking but maybe that is something that just takes some getting used to.

Nice and clean with everything you need for a good workout. Everyone keeps to themselves and staff…read morealways say hello and goodbye. Big locker room and spread-out equipment so never feels too crowded.

I tried to sign my granddaughter up one day through the app, she went with a friend as a guest. I…read moregot my credit card bill 2 months later for a little over $200. when I called the manager, they said they found the missing number from my credit card the next day and just automatically applied it. and then I called the senior manager and she said that there was nothing they could do even though we haven't been back since she went 2 times with her friend as a guest, and they didn't notify me that they found the number. Customer service was terrible!

The staff at front desk who refused to give us straight answers about prices so we joined another…read moregym

Our ships from the Naval Academy pulled in for the weekend and I was looking for a nice gym to…read moreworkout versus going out into town and eating overpriced food I didn't need with money I didn't need to spend. The gym was very easy to locate and has an awesome online site and easy access getting inside. I met Zack who let me in and got me signed in, showed me the gym and explained the rules. The gym was very classic and resembles what you imagine in your head as a true gym. No one was annoying with taking stupid videos or flexing in the mirror. Everyone was just working out and keeping to themselves. Location, customer service, and amenities were phenomenal. I will most certainly be back next time we pull in.

Good class! I worked up a sweat and was sore after. The bathroom is small for the amount of people…read morein each class. The receptionists are pretty helpful depending on who's there. The music is very loud and it can be hard to hear the instructors.

If someone tells me they do Barry's consistently, I just know they're a DAWG. You can cheat…read moresolidcore, you can cheat corepower, but you can't cheat Barry's. You gettin a SWEAT. My only issue is I really can't make out 70% of what the instructor is saying. I find it so hard to discern if she is talking to the people on the floor or the people on the treadmills, let alone what she is actually saying... but I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer so take that with a grain of salt. I just kind of look over at what my girlfriend is doing, and do +1 speed or just go straight by feel. I love the mix of weights and cardio, and there is nothing like pushing yourself on a treadmill to see your top speed. There is something so freeing in making the mental decision of "I'm either going to hit this speed or I'm going to hit the floor in front of this whole class. No in between." You can also order a smoothie to be ready right when you finish class, which is such an elite touch. Having my Slutty PB smoothie waiting for me after I just left my soul in the Barry's Red Room is what life is all about. Remember earlier when I said I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer? Well I just want to clarify something: I am sharp...and I am in the drawer. IG @jnov_ Tiktok @jnov_reviews

Tanya at the front desk is amazing! Love her personality. Cait is learning from her, she will also…read morebe great

When is the steam room going to be fixed? Was supposedly new in January and has has been broken…read morefor months now. Men's locker room has many lockers with broken doors, hinges, and locks that never move - is anyone going to look into that?

This one was tough, probably should give it a 3, but gave it a 4 due to good staff and most of the…read more"negatives" being things kind of out of the businesses control. I've been a member for 2 or 3 years now and have seen various iterations (some of you will remember when weights were in the basement). The good: - staff professional and friendly - clean - equipment kept in good shape - solid class options - fair price for what you get The not so good: - too small for the number of members. This part is kind of out of their control, but I think they should honestly consider capping the membership. I pretty much don't go after work, just way too crowded. If you're able to sneak away from work and go during the day it's amazing. - locker room setup; the sauna should of course be in the locker room. There are no large bath towels at this location (only small towels) so you're forced to sit in the sauna in your clothes (at least athletic shorts). I've never showered at this location which is pretty unusual for myself....but again it's because I don't want to bring my own towel and then take a sopping wet towel home. Maybe I'm wrong? Maybe you can request a bath towel?? but I'm pretty sure you cannot. I think that's it for the not so good, but honestly the crowdedness is enough to have me considering other gym options. But I have liked being a member overall and would recommend to people in the area.

City Fitness is extremely unethical in their billing and sales departments! I have been in the…read moreindustry for over three decade. I worked for 24 Hour Fitness, NY Health and Racket Club, NYSC, Bally's, and 12th St gym. Some of the sales people, like Dom at Spring Garden, will say anything to sell a membership. When I went into the Spring Garden location with my 11 year to discuss with him correcting how he misrepresented the gym with my membership sale. Dom told my son when he is eighteen he will sell my son a membership. No class! City Fitness prides themselves on having the best. The truth is the best instructors are either at the new Sporting Club at the Bellvue or on their own. The Precore equipment they outfit their gyms with is trash. Planet Fitness supplies its gyms with Matrix equipment. Far superior, and they added 6-8 new plate loaded pieces that are top of the line. Before joining City Fitness consider ALL other option. Just my humbl and very well experienced advice. Stay fit and stay real