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How could thay have actually gotten worse?. How could this place actually have gotten worse? It sucked as Balley and it sucks even more under LA Fitness. Take this review with a grain of salt because this is only MY experience and I'm sure that other people are just fine with this place. But I digress; Now, forget about the disgusting showers and locker room, forget about the old elliptical machines and treadmills. Forget about the ANCIENT stationary bikes that have so much crud build into them now. And lets focus on the miserable employees like the one who decided to clean the dust off of the top of the lockers RIGHT ABOVE ME WHILE I WAS TRYING TO CHANGE. Or the ones who run and hide when the paper towel holders are empty. Or the hard-guy-stud personal trainers who pay WAY too much attention to the hot women there. Not like I blame them, but it's VERY unprofessional to see them hanging on the hot chicks and some of them look really uncomfortable when this happens. I can go on, but these are my main complaints. Oh, like the fact that you can't watch any philly sports there because they don't have cable. What kind of phill-area establishment doesn't have Phillies baseball or flyers hickey or 76ers basketball? They have like 8 frecking tv's and none of them have cable. It's all satellite so we can't watch comcast sports!…
This budget gym trims the fat off its patrons at streamlined facilities..
The Scene
Most Ballys stick to the basics for their design. Televisions broadcast silently above multiple rows of cardio machines; mirrored walls act as the primary decorative components.
But thanks to high-energy television ads and low-impact membership premiums, this national fitness chain has steadily attracted a clientele bent on saving money while losing weight or gaining muscle.
The Workout
Using fairly standard strength-training equipment and/or racks well-stocked with free weights, the best of the trainers here, who are classified at four different levels, can be as skillful as those found at costlier gyms. For group classes, signature exercise options include Spinning and Powerflex, as well as a number of patented routines inspired by Tae Kwon Do.…
