I Don’t Heart NY >> 24 Hr Fitness Exposed

I Don’t Heart NY

This is a review of my first stop in at the NYC 24 Hr Fitness on 53rd St. I hesitated on trying this place out but how my day played out it just made sense to workout here vs. another location. Talk about a confusing place! The main workout area was actually located in the freakin’ basement. The locker rooms were shoved to the back, stuck behind the weight machines. In fact, the entire layout was waaaayyyy to confined for me and I’m not even claustrophobic.

This whole “confined” thing only got worse once I jumped on a treadmill. I felt like I was burning up and gasping for air. Thank God that the place wasn’t packed when I was there. I can’t even imagine trying to run 3 miles with every single treadmill slot filled. What was going through the minds of the 24 Hr Fitness head haunchos when they were deisgning this location is beyond me.

Things only got worse from there. I took a shower after getting done with my run and I quickly noticed how dirty the place was. A significant amount of film covered the walls of all the shower stalls indicating that it had not been cleaned in a good while. Mildew on the interior of the shower curtains. I’m not even going to go on. It far below satisfactory. The craziest part was that there was an attendant in there (this being a “premium” 24hr Fitness site and all) and she was just sitting around. She showed no interest in the condition of the place nor of being of help to the members. Not good.

After collecting myself and leaving the locker room, I headed up to the Juice Bar for a protein shake. You’re not going to believe this, but they only had SOY protein! You’d think that these people would know that soy protein is pretty much poison and shouldn’t be consumed by humans, regardless of what the vegan crack-pots would have you believe.

I’m just glad that this isn’t my main gym. I’d not be able to remain a 24 Hr Fitness member if it was. There were just too many detractors for me and this place isn’t exactly cheap, so the quality of the gym doesn’t measure up to the standard expectations and that’s a recipe for disaster if you ask me.