Lady Of America

If you were looking for small Gym this is the place for you. Instructors are amazing. zumba classes are fun. They also offer hot yoga and spin and Pilates tower. Friendly members and well informed staff. Need to get healthier. The women here can help you do that.

Instructors — 4 Stars
Spin Room/​Front Desk — 2 Stars
The Spin classes at this gym are really fun! I tried them with a Groupon for 10 classes. They give you a paper punch card that you need to punch for every class. You also need to sign up for classes in advance since they often fill up pretty quickly. I wish they offered classes through ClassPass! The instructors are awesome! I’ve enjoyed classes with both Leslie (super fun choreographed movements to music) and Tyrone (more bootcamp style with total body toning bonus exercises). The spin room could use a few improvements, like updating all of the bikes to schwinn’s, maintaining the bikes (found a couple loose screws once), and cooling the room down more. They have about 50:50 new and older bikes. When you sign up for class, you actually sign up for a particular numbered bike, but when you get to the class no one sticks to that, so the regulars get the new bikes first. The front desk can also seem a little disorganized at times.

This gym is unprofessional, filthy, outdated, the list goes on and on. After being a member for over 4 years I made the best decision and cancelled my membership, the only reason I hung in for so long was for the instructors.

Servicers beware. It’s a challenge to get paid from this place.
After not getting paid in a timely manner the first time I repaired equipment there (about 2 years ago), I repeatedly called and stopped by, finally getting the check. I vowed never to return. Her new manager Kim was great, though, and a professional, so for the next year or so as long as it was not interaction with the boss things went well.
Kim left and I didn’t want to go there when Shpresa called (more than once because of my reluctance to go) but she PROMISED to pay me in a timely manner. I believed her, cautiously, because I’m an idiot. Obviously, I’m the end of the line service-​wise!
I did service on their fitness equipment and spin bikes (other reviewers will comment on the age and condition of the stuff, don’t take it from me) over a few days and hours around 9÷13÷13 and installed parts that I laid out the money for (against my better judgment).
For 6 Kaiser spin bikes: brake cables and jackets @$ 45 each. Labor $ 200 first hour, 95e/​a
Travel $ 30 (pay for parking each time I go plus repeated trips up there). Tax $ 50.88
For three hours, travel time and parts the bill came to $ 740.88
I left an invoice. What was I thinking? I knew this was going to happen.
I’m still trying to get paid. Repeated emails, phone calls and requests get ignored. Finally spoke to Shpressa, the owner, and she said the bill is too high… all these months later. She says the stuff broke right after I left, but they didn’t bother to call me to tell me that. She is upset that I am treating her like just another customer.
I’ve emailed her with the intent to settle for less but still no response. By the way, in my estimation that is not accurate (stuff breaking right away after being repaired). I have many years of experience doing this, everyone knows me and I have service contracts and repeat customers – including LOA, when Kim who since quit used to negotiate my bills on the spot and cut a check at the time it was presented.
She warned me about this.
I fixed their stuff. Looks like I’ll have to go to court which is such a big waste of time but summer is my slow season and if I have nothing else to do then I will.
Shpresa, please call me and let’s get this settled like businesspersons.
If this is resolved without going to court I will remove this post.
***update, September 2014: I’ve initiated a lawsuit. What a major pain in the ass. She begged me to come and fix her crap and this is my reward. Gotta air it out on Unilocal.
***Update, Feb ’15: won the case (of course, and I take no pleasure in any of this) but still no check even though penalties are piling up and will continue to do so. I won’t accept any of her laughable lowball offers after all the time I’ve put into this, especially considering I offered to settle a year and a half ago: figuring in time during the original call, court papers filing/​waiting for the hearing and now post-​trial follow-​ups it’s going on 8+ hours. Ugh.
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Update, Summer ’15: Finally paid (though she sent a check for less) after hiring a Marshall.

Horrible