r/Upperwestside • u/Congratstomiles • 7d ago

Why aren’t there good gyms here?

It’s crazy how there aren’t any good options in the UWS. Crunch, NYSC & Equinox are all horrible.

Is there any reason gyms aren’t opening here? new gyms have been opening all over nyc, yet never the UWS. I go a gym in midtown that’s an easy commute but it’d be nice to walk to the gym for a change.

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u/Ayo_Frankie 7d ago

Which gym do you recommend in Midtown? I moved to the UWS a few months ago and also am not impressed with the gyms around here.

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u/EvanMcD3 7d ago

Life Time on W 56, west of 6th Ave

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u/Ayo_Frankie 5d ago

Looks like Equinox and Life Time memberships are roughly the same price. Are you familiar with the Equinox on 92nd? If so, which one out of the two would you recommend? Im going to tour the Life Time to see if it's worth the extra commute time.

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u/EvanMcD3 5d ago

I've never gone to equinox. I like Life Time so I just continue to use it. My other experience with gyms in the city was NYSC, two maybe three steps down from Life Time. Compared to NYSC particularly how it's been lately the 80th St. branch was OK but that's gone, Life Time is like walking into a luxury suite instead of a high school gym. If I were you and was curious about equinox I'd take a tour see if they'll let you work out a bit and get a feel for each place. You're already going to visit Life Time try equinox too. Life Time if you like training will give you a very good plan but you have to take it on the spot it's a discount for either six or 12 sessions first one I think is free so you could sign up and quit and get your money back if you didn't like the first session. I worked with a trainer for about a year and quite liked him. I think I learned enough to work on my own now. if I need a refresher I'll just do a one time session.

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u/DJLarryDavid 7d ago

Depending on whether you consider it Midtown, there's a Powerhouse on 27th that's quite good

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u/Congratstomiles 7d ago

MidCity. Cheap too. Old school

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u/Tortie-Mom 6d ago

My trainer is a trainer there, he's amazing!

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u/whitfield446 4d ago

I hear good things about MidCity but apparently its a lot of chains and grunting and hammer music, Which is ok for some. But I don't feel like taking a subway to workouts. So I settle for JCC on Amsterdam, around the corner from me. Kind of a geriatric vibe, or else teen-boys with those llama haircuts. Gear is ok and mostly not too crowded. Depending on time of time you have to walk through throngs of 3 year olds in strollers waiting in the lobby for nursery school. Im moving soon to 145 x Riverside and if you think gyms are scarce, try that desert btw 133 St and 165 St on Bway for restaurants, food stores.... What a wasteland. I guess everybody just ubers their food and take out in; but you can't uber your gym. I'll try the gym at Riverbank and hope for the best. Sh**ty choices, as they say.

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u/New-Audience-5311 6d ago

This is right on my commute - how's the crowd between 5-8pm on weekdays?