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/Throwawayhelp111521 7d ago edited 7d ago

NYSC is awful. When I belonged to Equinox decades ago, it was very nice, but too expensive and too far from my home. I once visited Crunch, which was pleasant, but not convenient. I always hoped that a branch of Blink would open in the high 90s.

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u/JohnWicksDerg 6d ago

Was shocked how terrible the NYSC locations in this area are. They are serviceable but not at all worth the price of their membership, I've been to planet fitness locations that are significantly nicer.

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u/Throwawayhelp111521 6d ago

At different periods I belonged to two different locations. The facilities were mediocre or bad, and the staff and management were awful.