First, the pros: the front desk lady is really friendly and helpful…read more The floor equipment looks brand new. A lot of ellipticals, treadmills... Parisians must be mostly into cardio. Unfortunately, the cons: men's locker room smells strong body odors and like shit when someone just took one, the lockers are weirdly shaped, no soap to wash your hands and in the showers. I did not take a spinning class but but spun on my own in the spinning room: the bikes sucks as you can not go faster than a jog without feeling there is something skipping inside the bike... Poorly designed spinning bike.

Nice gym. Exactly what I needed from Miami. No frills. Nice girls upfront tolerated my non-existent…read moreFrench. Not perfect, but for 5.00 euros I worked out and got a free locker to hold my belongings and overcoat.

In the Place d'Italie area, this is the oldest, largest (multiple rooms on 3 levels), most…read morecomplete, and most expensive sports club. Some of the rooms look dark and a bit depressing, and some of the equipment are ancient (albeit still functioning well), but hey, which gym has so many machines, a steam room, dry sauna, and a swimming pool? A guard makes sure you have a swim cap and body-hugging wear (no shorts or trunks) before entering the pool, although I saw someone wearing something that looked like a Uniqlo Airism brief. They provide a single towel for both gym and shower, and you should bring your soap and shampoo.

Eh, I end up coming here anyway because it is really conveniently located for me, but no, no and…read moreno. This place needs to step up their game big time. Where to start? Well, after weeks of closing (without refunding or compensating its members), this gym has undergone several major makeovers. They opened a huge biking section (Cycle Club XIII) a year ago, and they also opened a crossfit gym (not free - costs a lot extra in addition to the 80 or 90 euros you pay monthly to access this gym), and they also redid some of the studios downstairs for group classes. Was that enough? No, not really. The rest of the gym is kind of falling part and super old. (They built the gym over an old movie theater). At one point last year, water was constantly leaking from the swimming pool and everyone in the cardio room feared for our lives thinking that the upper level pool was gonna cave the ceiling in on us. It seems that they spent all the money we give them on improving sections which will give them more money (the Cycle Club - which has some classes which cost extra, and which attracts outside members, as well as the crossfit box). The equipment at the gym is old and outdated. Some of the machines may be broke. The air conditioner is old af and barely works (well also this is France, you can't really expect AC but come on, it's a gym). There is basically NEVER hot water at the showers. Keeping this in mind, I always try to plan my gym trips here around times when I know I can slip back home and shower, because no, I'm not a fan of ice cold showers in the middle of winter. The gym sits there and lies to our faces saying that the cold water problem comes from the Italie 2 shopping mall it's linked to but noone is stupid and we don't fall for that. I've gotten my hair done at the hair salons in the mall and they all have hot water and agreed that the excuse given is crazy. Call me crazy, but I think that for 90 euros a month, hot water could be expected to be included in that price? I usually come to do classes here, and on several occasions, I have arrived only to find that the class is cancelled but no heads up was given. There is a Facebook group for the gym, and they very easily could have let people known with a simple post. At one point last year, there was extreme flooding (a pipe burst) in the downstairs area and the class studios and entire downstairs section were closed for a few days. At another time, there was perhaps I think some sort of vandalism in the cycle club area if I remember correctly, and thus the biking studio was closed for nearly a week (as a repercussion). I mean if you were counting on doing classes and/or going biking, that could be a huge inconvenience. I guess like any gym, this place can get super extra crowded after work, which kinda sucks, but is to be expected. The best part about this gym are the coaches, who for the most part, seem to love what they do and know how to motivate and inspire. That and the convenient location for me are what keep me coming back despite the fact that this isn't my favorite CMG.

Clean gym, decent size but when it's rush hour (after people get out of work) there are no machines…read moreavailable. Also gets really stuffy inside. Average to higher end for the price of a low budget gym (there is a 50 euro subscription fee which is killer not in a good way), no pool, no sauna, pay to shower.

Neoness does not have a squat rack, only a smith machine. Avoid if you're serious about…read moreweightlifting.