Retro Fitness

This location constantly changes the fitness class schedule without informing the members! You show up for a class and the room is dark. The employees say that class isn’t today or it was cancelled or the time has changed! Send a notification to members or at a minimum post on your Facebook page. Probably explains why the Twin City location is packed and Bayonne is not. Rude!!! Kickboxing is the best thing you got.

I love it here. Great instructors and good classes. I know one girl that teaches Zumba doesn’t really teach, she just gets you to watch her (which is annoying) but other than that, I love it. It is better than planet fitness in my opinion and the staff is always friendly.

Yeah! I made it through my first week at the Gym. I recently joined this gym for several reasons.
Since, I moved to Bayonne, 10 months ago, I have been looking for a good gym that can measure up to my old gym. My old gym had a very supportive programs that help me stay motivated and focused on reaching my goals.
Let me say that I am your average girl and not an athlete. I am not into weight lifting or machines, therefore Planet fitness was not for me. I also checked NYSC because of the swimming pool, but they have several bad reviews and only 2 stars on Unilocal.Therefore, I decided to check retro fitness. The name ‘retro’ has never been appealing to me and has kept me from joining them before. For some reasons, I picture people in mismatched neon leggings, stretching and listening to disco songs. ‘Sorry, (^_​^). Well you know what they say, only fools never change their minds. One day, I walked in, to check them up, and they changed my mind. Here are the positive and negatives things that i have observed so far:
Pros:
1– Affordable– No need to break your bank to sweat a bite: They had a deal, the day i walked in and it was $ 19.99 /​month + group classes+ Tanning+Day care, for 12 months, and no enrollment or processing fee.
2-​Very accessible by public transportation (light rail, Bayonne bus).
3-​Clean and acceptable locker room
4– Great machines– newer than those at Planet
5-​Training program, which I was very interested in
6– Trainers are very professional and great. I had my two sessions with CL and i must say at the beginning I was very skeptical, since he did not conduct the fitness assessment.
7– the staff seems nice
Cons:
1-​the room used for group classes is a bite small— and it is hard to take big steps and move freely without running into your neighbors. It almost feels like being a tuna in a can.
2– the room used for Group classes could use at least one industrial fan. It gets really hot, unbearable, and difficult to breath during Zumba classes.
3– No nutritionist on the site (*_​*)
I joined Retro the day I walked in, after joining i cancelled my appointment with Forum.

Staff is very nice and accommodating. Did a split class today of boot camp and spin. The boot camp was intense and I was able to break a good sweat in a short time. I then slowly crawled my sore legs upstairs to spin. The spin instructor Maddie was so energetic that it made it fun and the music was on point. The spin workout was also great as it was full body and incorporated much of the beats of the songs. Big ups to Tony the manager who is constantly on the floor ensuring all members are having the best experience

Zero stars!
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Had a year contract with these assholes and then they automatically renewed my contract without my consent. When I went down to cancel they convinced me to freeze my account then unfroze it WITHOUT my consent and now I am being charged for 3 month PLUS late fees for a gym I havent been to in a year and a half! «Manager» told me he couldnt wave the late fees unless I continued going to their gym but if im canceling then I have to pay… HORRIBLE customer service HORRIBLE gym. Dont get sucked into this SHIT Establishment!!!

Clean. Plenty of cardio equipment and the staff seems pretty cool. Still the place only has 1 squat rack!!! Toss one of the 50 treadmills for a squat rack please. 19.99 a month ain’t so bad though. My last gripe is a 20 $ joining fee and 42 $ maintenance fee. The sign up fee prob would be that bad if they did the sign up for you, but they give you an iPad and make you sign up. I’ll get over it, eventually.

Im a jersey city resident and this retro fitness location is closer and more easier for me to reach at traffic hours, they denied me a guest pass that i already filled out on their website by choosong the bayonne club. So its available online but once you go in with print out its not redeemable? Come on, the employees say its the manager wishes, reguardless of what that stores manager or owner wants they still have to abide by Retro Fitness credo. Your hanging yourself by not wanting more members, bayonne is slow as it is.

Awesome. New machines, super clean, friendly staff. Wish there was parking, but haven’t had a problem on the street so far. A lot of youngish kids are there at night, kind of wandering around, doing something, and then rejoining their pack to talk. This should be monitored. The last thing serious people want while working out are kids hanging out taking up space. Had to workout in cardio theatre for 25 min waiting for movie to restart. Had to stop working out to ask front desk to please press play which they then did. Please, Retro, get a curtain like other retros for the theater room. It’s too bright to zone out.

Awesome gym– Huge! 3 floors– Full of top of the line equipment, friendly staff. Guy cleaning up weights and wiping equipment constantly. Cardio movie theatre, an ACTUAL MOVIE THEATRE with cardio equip., pretty cool. (Playing” Draft Day” when I was there). There wasn’t a spin class going on at the time and thought there was (my mistake) so a staff member informed me they had virtual spin bikes! I jumped on a bike, chose a virtual class and bang, instant spin class! They said they had virtual group fitness also for when no live class was going on. I checked out the free weight floor as I’m usually a free weight guy, loads of weights and TONS of dumbells! I work in the area so and decided to give Retro a try. They said if I join,(had a guest pass), I can work out at any Retro no extra charge? Great if true, lots of Retro Fit. around… Awesome gym, grabbed a Smoothie Shake on the way out and it was great too! Would recommend.

nice facility. great equipment but exercise equipment is poorly placed. Free weights are down in the basement but you are limited to exercises and if you want to superset you have to go upstairs to hit a cable and come back to hit free weight. who designed this? someone that doesn’t work out? a yoga instructor? I’m curious. I just want to do a snatch and jerk…