Bally Total Fitness

Pros: Lots of choices
Cons: not always clean, staff not well trained

Bally Total Fitness is a perfect combination of all the options I look for in a gym. There is a wide variety of activities and classes. This is a gym that meets a lot of different needs and could accomodate an entire family of preferences. My husband...

Pros: Friendly, helpful staff, variety of equipment, facility layout, varied ages and body types, atmosphere
Cons: Some facilities are nicer than others, staff experience varies a lot

I've never considered myself an "exercise person." Instead, I've always reveled in my sedentary ways, proud to be sluggish and inactive, not like "those people" who jogged and stayed fit and wore tight spandex shorts while rollerblading and looked great...

Pros: Locations everywhere
Cons: none

I have been going to Ballys since the chain was called Holiday Health Spa. It was around 1981 when I first joined. Since Holiday sold over to Ballys, there has been very much improvements to the clubs. They offer a variety of classes and have all...

Pros: Excellant Childcare, Nice Staff, Excellant Porters
Cons: Sales are mostly female, gets busy around 5pm, employee turnover rate.

I work out at the Bally's location on Barnes Rd in Portland. I found it very clean and it has very nice staff. Every time I walk into the facility I see atleast 2 porters cleaning machinary, bathrooms and more. They have a smoothie bar, clothes, bars ...

Pros: Great equipment, 360 locations
Cons: can be crowded, there is a contract

Summer is coming, are you ready? Have you tried on that bathing suit yet? Need to lose a few pounds? If you, like most of us do...... have a few things to work on then Bally Total Fitness is THE place to be!
Bally total fitness has...

Pros: cheap, good equipment
Cons: none

I just joined my local Bally's fitness club and I would like to tell you just how great these places are. Not only do they have several treadmills and stairmasters, but they also have a set of free and machine auotomated weights! This place will...

Pros: Everything
Cons: Some people have trouble with membership contracts

I just started working out at Bally Total Fitness this month. I really like the club's environment. It is very clean and there are janitors on staff during the operating hours to take care of the facility and the equipment. The staff at the front desk...

Pros: Great equipment, clean, good staff, good classes, everything!
Cons: There's not one in my college!!

When I decided I wanted to join a gym three years ago, I looked at all the gyms in my area. Since I live in an Urban area, there were many gyms to choose from. Out of all the gyms I considered, there was no contest: Bally's Total Fitness was by far the...

Pros: once past 3 yr-very cheap, nationwide
Cons: not 24 hour, crowded,yucky pool,spas

I've been a Premier Plus(top) member since 1992
Unlike some of the other folks listed below I paid
about 450 bucks upfront for a 3 year memebrhip
which amoritizes to about 12.50 bucks a month..
In 1995 i then went to a renewal...

Pros: Bally Total Fitness Centers provide a 3 fitness basic program.
Cons: The only home support program is simply equipment that you buy to use.

The Bally Total Fitness Centers offers general and specially designed, exercise routines. The Aerobic program targets building endurance, lung and heart conditioning and helps one to burn off extra fat.

I was most impressed with their...

Pros: Has more than the typical gym (Powerhouse, World Gym) for a fraction of the cost.
Cons: Attracts many casual who are more interested in socializing and/or do not become familiar with gym etiquette

If I were to have written an opinion of this club 18 months ago it would have received one star only because there is not rating of zero. But because of the outstanding commitment to a job well done by Mgrs. Sherri O. and Trevor S., the complexion of the...

Pros: great machines
Cons: none

Are you over weight? Do you feel depressed about your looks? If you answer "yes" to both of these questions then I recommend that you stay in fit and join at once. Once you walk into the doors you can feel your heart beating and your body...

Pros: Variety of people, tons of equipment, nice staff and facilities are VERY clean.
Cons: Can be expensive

I have been a lifetime member at Bally's for over 9 years and I love it. For a year or two I stopped going (got lazy) but I started up again. The thing that I really love about Bally's is; more equipment than you could ever dream of, free child care,...

Pros: I like it
Cons: NO CONS

I joined Bally Sports Club in CT about six months ago because I got a great deal. I Have been these almost every day ever since and I cant get enough.

I joined the sports club instead of Total Fitness because I wanted to be able to swim....

Pros: Great facilities, across-America locations, respect for older memberships
Cons: Hired staff, certain maintenance issues, petty schemes for additional revenue

I've been a member of my local gym for 16 years now, and when Bally's bought it out nearly 8 years ago, I wasn't so sure I would like the forthcoming changes.
Well, in those 8 years, Bally's has grown into an excellent fitness-minded corporation....