I am with my wife in Istanbul for 3 weeks, been all over the neighborhood of Sisli looking for a good gym that we can use during our short stay, we have looked up and visited several of them and all were far from just good with one or a combination of: no weekly or monthly subscription, for certain customers only, old equipment that made my feet sour, too tight and dark gym like a prison cell, very noisy, not clean and tidy, poorly designed, bad atmosphere, very expensive (up to 200 TL each just for 2 weeks), no one speaks any English or other language apart from Turkish ... Etc. Till I stumbled on MACfit Fulya after installing the yelp app which was a bit far down a very sharp steep, my wife was tired of going around wasting time but I insisted on seeing this one more gym.
So we went to the place, and behold the professionalism from A to Z: the place is well designed and built, equipped with all what LifeFitness could possibly offer from 2013 models onward, very clean and tidy, very nice atmosphere and decoration, I mean these guys are pros and they mean business. The best of all is, I was accepted with my wife for a bit more than two weeks with only 80 TL each. I mean that was their minimum monthly payment for one year subscription!, I mean these guys did not mind us in, they have invested a lot in the place and wanted to see maximum wheels spinning. I respect that.
A lot of the hosts and trainers speak fairly good English, they were cheerful and friendly.
We joined the gym online and we got our account opened, where we could see the full group excersize schedule, training sessions, and what is coming and then join if we wanted to. Personal trainers are available but for an additional cost, otherwise we could use every machine in the gym.
A few things that are worth mentioning on the downside although I was not bothered much: the place is a bit far from the closest metro station or bus station, we have to take the taxi to the nearest one with an average cost of 10 TL per trip, specially when the walking option is out of question because the place is located in the very bottom of a big hole so sharp steeps all around that can make knees sour if not used to it, and we are not used to it!
But overall, this was by the best deal we could ever get given our situation and we are grateful!! read more