I switched from another local place and it's been the best decision I've made. The facility is huge…read moreand I rarely ever wait for any machine, bench or dumbbell. The staff is great and easy to chat to. The fellow gym goers are also great and I've made quite a few good connections already. The classes look great, though I haven't done one yet, I'll get to one eventually. One staff member suggested a new Pilates class for my wife as she is ailing a fractured patella. I love this gym and look forward to it every time I go!

They don't tell you that you are signing a 2 year contract and there is a $100 cancellation fee.read more

dirty. bathrooms are filthy. employees last about 9 months then a whole new bunch of employees come…read morein.

Awesome old school gym with newer services. Gave up up the big boston chain during COVID because I…read moredidn't feel protected or safe. Todays fitness was Immaculate. And equipment, when rarely faulty, was repaired immediately. Best part... there was enough space and equipment to get through my workout without having to be jammed in on top of someone. While the other places have managers who don't give a darn the owner is present daily and watched over his facility and the care and attention I. The gym shows it. I'll be driving out of my way and staying here. Thanks for keeping the small gym feel in a big gym!!!

Facility is gorgeous! Spa, Cafe, Stretch, and Chiropractor get a "10". Opportunity for improvement…read morew/front desk & concierge. Not fully trained & some have limited customer service skills. Honestly, if you can't find something to do in this place, you are not breathing. Plenty of equipment, classes, pool, basketball, pickleball, squash...

The manager's behavior was completely unacceptable. Jessica, who works as a Membership Concierge,…read morespoke in a rude and disrespectful tone and showed no interest in listening or resolving the issue. Her way of communicating does not meet the standards I would expect from Life Time Fitness. As a customer for 5 years, it is especially disappointing to be treated this way. Over the past few years, this place has not felt the same as it once did. In the beginning, it felt like a family -- now it doesn't anymore. After this experience, I understand why.

This is by far the best gym you can go to. The people here are super nice and you work so hard…read morehere. I recommend Mike boyles.

The very best strength and conditioning facility in the country. Don't believe me? Men's Health…read moreagrees (http://www.menshealth.com/mhlists/america_s_best_gyms/Mike_Boyle_Strength_Conditioning.php). If you live in Boston, you'll need a car to get out here. It is not a normal gym, as you will sign up for group classes set on specific days and at specific times. Once you do, you'll be in a small class (usually less than 10), with two trainers giving you plenty of attention. Speaking of trainers, they recruit the best and the brightest, including my trainer, Anna Tocco, who is a ball of energy. It works out to be about $20 a session. You'll work up a sweat, but not simply for the sake of sweating - over the course of each 4 month session there is a plan to make you stronger, better conditioned, and less injury prone. You'll be doing the same workouts the pro athletes there are doing (when I was there, the NFL combine prep was in full swing), which some modifications of course (and obviously not at the same weights). They make great use of the astroturf for sprinting amd plyo work. Plenty of olympic weight racks. Penty of slideboard work too, which is awesome. No question, this is the gold standard.

I have just one complaint. Shouldn't employees clean the machines instead of tapping on their…read morephones all day? They are sticky and drops of sweat on the computer boards! Some members clean up after themselves, but not very thoroughly!

Still hot as hell no ventilation. As humid as a rainforest with people's sweat…read more Please put on the AC it's unbearable, guess it's time to go somewhere else

I really enjoy this gym--my boyfriend and I have been members for some time now and the only…read moreproblem we ever had was with the TVs on the elliptical/treadmills not working (this was resolved long ago, thankfully!) They have a good number of cardio machines and weights along with a back room where you can watch work out programs (we really like this feature and have used it a few times). They also have bathrooms with showers (male and female). It's generally pretty quiet so we rarely have a hard time getting machines. The only reason I am docking them a star is because of their staffed hours. I understand they cannot be staffed 24/7, and I've personally never had a problem, but on a few occasions my boyfriend and I have been in the gym and noticed people loitering outside. On one occasion we left and the gentleman outside (who had been waiting outside for around 25 minutes) asked us if there was anyone inside and we said no. This was a Saturday and apparently he had called and they said they would be there from 11-3 (same hours posted on the door), but there it was 2:00 and no one was there. A similar event happened on another Saturday but it was earlier in the day, around 11:45 when we left the gym (again hours said 11:00-3:00) but no one was there. The poor guy had waited outside for quite some time and had obviously gone out of his way (we saw him go to his car, we can luckily walk over), only to find that no one was there to show him around/sign him up. Saturdays are obviously a busy day for sign ups/inquiries because a lot of people probably work late on weekdays and can't make it over. I think it would be a good idea to post signs on the door if the place won't be staffed as promised. Otherwise great gym! Maybe call ahead before you head down to sign up and make sure that someone will actually be there, though it seems they leave early sometimes so you never know?

The gym needs a huge upgrade. I have been to others Anytime Fitness gyms across the country and…read morethis one is among the worst. Only reason I go there: close home and I like the guys who work there.

Emily & Jeremy are knowledgeable, patient and motivated to help you achieve your fitness goals. As…read moresomeone who doesn't know her way around a gym, I never felt overwhelmed or out of place. They both made it easy and fun to workout- never making it feel like a chore. I have been to their gym for individual sessions, participated in classes and utilized their personal training sessions in my home (so convenient!) and I have had great experiences with all the formats of their services. Highly recommend! HFF is the best!

First gym that I enjoy going to! Personal service is terrific and the classes are great. You know…read moreyou have worked out when you leave but it is fun! Emily & Jeremy are knowledgable and motivating! And the other members are friendly and helpful!

LA Fitness gym in Stoneham is a pretty decent gym with Pros and Cons…read more I recommend LA Fitness gym for the facility. For the benefits... the gym is big and spacious, has nice amenities (sauna, pool, and hot tub), and recently got a big remodeling makeover. The facility looks much nicer. For the downsides... the gym is not a very friendly and sociable place; and not a place to make new friends. And the staff at the gym is usually friendly when you're signing up but after you're a member they ignore you. Stoneham might be a geographical location of unfriendly people. Before I joined LA Fitness gym, I went to BSC gym in Woburn for a good 7 years before the location closed down shortly after the pandemic. Boston Sports Club gym was awesome! A staff member would always say Hello when you walk in the gym when you scan your card. I used to say hi to dozens of people at the gym and chat briefly occasionally. Lots of staff, trainers, members and me were connected on social media Instagram and would view and click like each other's posts and stories. BSC gym was the best gym I've been to! LA Fitness gym has a very different atmosphere of people. Normally when you walk in during the evening hours after 6pm to scan your card, they ignore you. One staff member walks to the other side of the desk and turns around so he won't see you, another staff member usually walks over to the customer service area when people walk in, and another staff member sits at the computer occupied on his cell phone. The only person that says hello to members that walk in is the Operations Manager Nicolas if he's not overly busy, is the only friendly person there, and leaves at 6pm. When I used to go in after 6pm, I didn't get a hello for at least 3-4 or 6 months and ignored daily by the front desk staff. Nowadays, I basically try to get in before 6pm while Nicolas is still there and it's a pleasant atmosphere; and before the antisocial staff comes in to cover the check-in area for the night. Also, one day on the gym floor last year I said Hi to a staff member (Asst GM) and he walked right passed me and just ignored me. Maybe he was having a bad day, I'm not sure. Also, a lot of LA Fitness staff are afraid to be connected to one another on social media Instagram. Most of them have 1,000+ Instagram followers, probably 100's of people they don't even know. But when a member sends a friend request to be connected and get to know one another, they get nervous with adding you. It's also not a friendly place with members. There are only a few people I say hi and chat briefly with and a majority of them are former BSC members that started going here too. Most members try not to make eye contact when you walk by them and some are occupied on their cell phones. One day when I was working on chest workout for the day, the first machine I always use is the incline bench press machine and there's only 2 of them. Both of them were occupied by members and both of them were using their cell phones while I was waiting behind them. I looked up at the clock and they were using their phone for a whole 5 minutes then finished their last set and left. I leave my cell phone in the locker when I workout so I'm not distracted and not delaying other member's workouts. Also, when another member left the bench press machine, he left his cell phone there. I used the bench press after him and thought he might come back to grab his phone but he didn't. I brought it over to him when I finished working out and asked if it was his. He grabbed the phone and threw it in his bag and said it was his. Very rude and not even a thank you. I should have just left his phone on the floor and he could pick it up from lost and found if someone turns it in. I've been trying to ask around people I know to join the gym as referrals so I have more familiar people there to say hi to. Unfortunately, most people are happy with their own gyms or it's too far for them. Aside from being a very unfriendly location, it's a very nice facility. I recommend LA Fitness gym for the facility.

-1 LA Fitness Stoneham underwent a remodel. They removed…read moreequipment that was well-liked and restricted a significant portion of the space and equipment from use, effectively eliminating it unless you opt for personal training sessions, as this area is exclusively for them! The spa remains out of service since they reopened after a two-week shutdown for the "remodel." Consequently, from September until now, we've been unable to use the hot tub during one of the coldest starts to New England's long winters! When I inquired about updates from any of the managers, including the Operational Manager, I received a response of "No Update" and a dismissive attitude, as if I didn't care at all!

This is one of the best places i've ever been in Massachusetts, nay, the United States. This was a…read morebeautiful experience that made me feel renewed. Going into the pool was like a baptism. It was very cheap to get into also. An all around perfect YMCA

Happy to see that this YMCA's website now finally does allow you to see how much membership…read morecosts---for a while they required you to share email & phone info in order to receive that info, after which they'd bombard you with nagging calls & emails if you didn't sign up immediately. Whew. Whoever came up with that bright idea, I hope no longer works there! I came back here out of curiosity after a good 1-2 years away after discovering the Waltham Y, which is about the same drive time from where i live (Arlington) but is open later and has a sauna which this Woburn location lacks (they do have a steamroom), and is generally a much more pleasant environment. Now it appears that Woburn Y has extended its hours so that it closes just 30 minutes earlier M-Thu (9:30pm), 1 hour earlier on Fridays (7pm), and the same time on Sat/Sun (6pm)...so they're almost there! Everything is about the same as I remembered, except they have moved the one squat cage in the main functional fitness/cardio central area to the front workout room next to two other squat cages, where all the free weights and the one pulley multi-station is, making it even more crammed/crowded than before. The weight plates are strangely mismatched, which makes things a bit awkward if you are using one of the squat stations at the same time as folks are on the other two squat stations as well as the leg press machine, all of which share this random (3 different kinds!) weight plate collection. Now, God help you if you come here to lift weights during the peak 5-7pm period: I swear, it's just as bad as Planet Fitness in terms of being packed in there like sardines! Must be hell whenever there's a flu, cold, or covid bug going around. Oh, and remember what I said about "too bad this place lacks a sauna"---well, actually it DOES have a sauna: i.e. this front weights area, where the AC either doesn't work or is kept at 82F!!! Yep, while the main central area was probably a very comfy 68-72F, pretty much everybody in this cramped little space was sweating buckets! Luckily the day I went, everyone must've remembered to use deodorant because nobody particularly stank...but I can imagine how bad it must be on those days when somebody does! It seems like this Y's management has made a conscious decision to relegate lifters to second-class status, keeping the largest and most pleasant space in the center of the gym, with floor-to-ceiling glass views of the swimming pool and main street, for the "functional fitness" and dubious Life Fitness strength machines users. I'm guessing it's for cold, hard dollars-and-cents economic reasons, i.e. to promote personal training. People who lift weights usually know what the hell they're doing and are far less likely to shell out $50-70/hour for personal training. So I did notice a number of personal trainers with their clients in that central area, but for the most part the it was far less densely packed than the front weights area. Sigh, capitalism...

I don't understand the negative reviews here! Just joined this gym today and did my first workout…read more I was looking for a place that's affordable, clean, conveniently located (I'm a few blocks away), has plenty of equipment, and doesn't pressure you to sign up for personal training, classes, etc. That's exactly what I got. At $19.99 a month (with no long term contracts), this is perfect for me. I can use the ellipticals, the bikes, the treadmills. And at this price, if I go three times a week, I'm still getting my money's worth. If you want glamor and glitz with a price tag to match, go to one of the "fancy" places. There are plenty of them out there. But if you're looking for a place to get in a workout without the nonsense, then check out this place. You won't be sorry!

Old equipment, extremely bad air quality.read more