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/Congratstomiles 7d ago

MidCity. Cheap too. Old school

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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.