Blast Fitness N. Shepherd

It was my first time at a gym and it was great, it was clean and it smiled will like a gym. People are nice and the fitness instructors are nice as well. I had a great workout and I can’t wait to go back plus for 20 buck a month you get a pretty go workout place.
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Employees: they are nice and greet you when you walk in and very friendly.
Environment: clean stations, bathrooms and area. Gym smell is better then musk and this gym don’t smell like that.
Cost: it’s nice you get a very good price for a great little workout place.
Also saw the bad rates I saw a new management sign and whatever this person is doing keep it up. I know how it feels to have a trashy manager.

I stopped by this location to check out the facility and was given a 1 day pass. I was told by a female employee, manager, that a 3 day pass would cost $ 10. I stopped back in today, 1 week later and the same employee told me it was now $ 20. She stated she couldn’t do anything about the fee. The facility and equipment is sub-​par. The employees are on their phone or the female that high grossed me was taking care of her kid again. I would assume this is normal. I drove 2 minutes north on Sheperd and visited LA Fitness. The facility at LA Fitness was exceptional and employees were extremely helpful.

I was a life time member for Bally’s, they closed down the center by me so I cancelled the life time membership. This was over 5 years ago. About 3 months ago Blast Fitness started sending me invoices with the name ABC Financial Services/​Blast Fitness Houston– North Shepherd on it trying to collect this years dues and next years. Blast gives email addresses and phone numbers to contact them but no one answers either. If you call the North Shepherd Drive gym they refer you to the collection agency (ABC) who also do not answer emails or phones. Stay away from them or you may lose your money.

Just cancelled today. But I’m gonna state my honest opinion because I been a member in this gym for a year. at first it was okayyy… Later on the gym’s A/​C was broken down for like a very long time, Then the restrooms weren’t clean and there was literally shit on the wall and pee on the floor as well as toilet paper everywhere and it smelled HORRIBLE… Nice workers, just not a nice gym. The machines are all falling apart and by the way those pictures aren’t of this location. I was almost dying in laugher when I seen this. Also men in the restroom walk around NAKED… Imagine Your under age son having to use the restroom with old ass men lurking naked and stuff… just ewh. I am in a relationship and this was disrespectful, Never did I want to see that.

I would give it ½ star… Gym needs lots of improvements… Remember you get what you pay for…

Despite all the negative reviews, this is an alright gym for loosing weight, it may not be the cleanest, but I have some good workouts here.
Pros: never packed, no criticizing bodybuilders, pretty safe (I left my phone on a bench accidentally for 30 minutes and still found it there)
Cons: non ventilated, smelly, a lot of missing pins, not much variety of equipment
Overall, it’s a decent gym, I recommend for anyone that can’t work out too often, as it’s pretty cheap. AND you can bring a friend to help if you go platinum.

Gross and filthy. Broke machines, Broke AC, Broke Heat and Broke Hot Water. No Soap.

It’s an alright gym for what you pay. It’s never crowded though there is few variety of equipment. Overall you can accomplish a good work out.

I thinks its really good! Everyone is friendly. I don’t get why people put so bad ratings. I mean like… yes it smells weird but thats because its a gym. People sweat i sweat you sweat. It seems like if people just came here to critic everything about this gym. Are you going to gym to work your but out! or to see whats wrong and right. And im 90% sure that all people talking bad about the gym already quit going to the gym because of lack of focus. Keep yall head in the game. Focus on what really matters.

I hate to even rate this place with 1 STAR
I was an original Ballys Club member, and prepaid for 3 years back in 2012, and during the years came BLAST and took over the gym. Immediately I saw a decline in the upkeep of the establishment.
BLAST shut down the steam room in the Mens area, so i figured they were remodeling or such. 2,4, now 6 months later they never opend it so I questioned why. their answer was that there were people doing things they shouldn’t in a steam room in explicit ways. Who ever those people were, should have been terminated from their membership, but I had to go 1 year without a steam room.
Who cares about the Steam room at this point, I want to be able to get a great workout if nothing else, well eventually machines started to get out of order stickers slapped on ‘em, and would remain out of order for weeks to months before operational. Then followed were the weight pins… i don’t know what could happen to pins but I can care less, JUST REPLACE THE DAMN PINS!!!
If anyone were to tour the facility, you would notice knocked over drinks and spill never cleaned, used paper towels not thrown away, and just filthy equipment which I have never seen wiped down by any employee in my 3 years of attending BLAST. I went to the YMCA with my wife just for one day and noticed a big difference… I saw employees wiping down machines, re racking weights that terds left out, and overall just a clean atmosphere. BLAST has to GO… LEAVE Houston ASAP!
The employees. MEH, probaly equivalent to those you find at a McDonalds drive-thru.RUDE and CARELESS to say the least. Neither one of them represent the gym in any positive way.
I’m glad my membership has come to an end. :)

First of all, the pics here are not of this location. This gym is disgustingly dirty. The bathrooms are grimy — the sinks, toilets, everything. The employees are unfriendly and sit up front talking and goofing off when they aren’t playing on their phones. The equipment is falling apart. There are just two pins for machines in one of the rooms. On top of all that, rules are never enforced. Dumbbells are scattered all over the gym, gym bags lie around, and nothing is ever put away. I moved and now attend Blast near Katy. Much better.

GREAT LOCATION!
The gym is actually a great place for a workout and very reasonably priced but if you need to shower before you return to work, wear disposable flip flops from a $ store.

I recently moved to this side of town and was looking for an affordable gym. Im superised to see so many bad reviews.
I have no problems at all with this gym. Its pretty spacious, they have lots of equiptment and I am able to get an optimal workout in everytime. They also offer classes, I have not attened any though.
The only con is no towels avalible or fans on the machines. Other than that, I really like it here. I just bring my own towel. Staff is very nice aswell. Great gym. Esp for the $

Let me start off by clarifying that I DO NOT have an active membership to this Blast location, but did when it was Bally’s. I thought it would be worthwhile to tour this fitness facility, since I have interest in a new health membership. I would not use this gym for free. The bathroom area was disgusting, shower area had a tremendous amount of mildew/​mold, and soap dispensers in the sink area had no soap. My goal in visiting a health facility is to stay healthy. If staff will not properly clean a bathroom and locker area, which are breeding areas for germs, they will not sanitize work-​out equipment.

I do not think I will be able to put into words how absolutely terrible both this facility is and the management/​filthy greedy owners. This place was constantly dirty, smelled terrible and worst of all, never even had the amenities as promised or advertised. To make things worse, it has taken a total of 8 months to cancel our membership. The greedy thieves have taken almost $ 300 from us for ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. It is nearly impossible to cancel and each month when I get my bank statements I want to cry when I see their name.
Since then, I have seen multiple websites such as the one below listing scams these people are doing all over the country. Don’t be a victim and what ever you do, don’t give them your credit card!

I’ll add my voice to the many complaints listed above in hopes that corporate will do something to fix this gym. Good points– rates are cheap and the gym is never crowded. Bad points– equipment is either broken, shabby or dirty. The whole place is so dirty it makes your skin crawl. Bally’s used to keep it clean, not Blast. I don’t think it has been touched in months. Occasionally, you will see a staff member vaccuming down the center aisles, but it’s never mopped or the equipment wiped down. Out of service equipment sits that way for weeks. And how much could it cost to have weight pins in all the machines? Staff members walk by trash on the floor and don’t do a thing about it. It’s a crying shame how low this place has sunk.

I hope I at least burned 10 calories typing my letter to Blast. Here it is, easier than writing another review. Hopefully someone else that Unilocal’s and goes to this location will also email them so we can have a decent gym to go to without it costing an arm and a leg.
I am very disappointed with my membership with Blast. I was going to the location in Memorial and y’all closed it. The N. Shepard location is 3 minutes from me and the Memorial was 20 minutes away. I drove out of my way so that I could enjoy all of the amenities of the club. You closed that location and left me and my neighborhood stuck with a gym that might as well be a truck stop.
The restrooms are NEVER clean. Ever. The last time I was there all but one of the restroom stalls had urine or feces in it. Toilet paper on the floors. The one stall that was decent didn’t have toilet paper so member had to get it out of one of the disgusting stalls. There is dust and grime caked on from it looks like 10 years ago. There are old shower curtains hanging in the showers. I haven’t even looked in a stall because I don’t even want to know what is going on over there. I know these are old curtains btw because I had a membership there back in 2000 when it was Bally’s. Same ones, just dingy.
I’ve told countless employees about the restrooms and I get a look like «that’s not my job.» No apology. No one going to clean them either.
You got rid of the half price beverages there. The only perk I can enjoy for my 20 dollar a month membership. I was charged 30 dollars in late fees, I had my card stolen and the manager told me there wasn’t anything he could do about it. he apparently doesn’t know how to do anything. Is he paid to just stand there? No customer service skills at all.
There are 10 year olds hanging on equipment and working out. This is against your policy. Why isn’t someone doing something about this? There was a little old lady wearing CROCS on a treadmill! And they were too big for her! She almost fell, she was slipping. No one said anything to her and they were looking right at her. Isn’t that a liability for you all?
The equipment needs to be fixed. There are machines that have worn down padding, machines that do not work. The floors are dirty too. I know you are making enough money to fix these issues.
Why wasn’t this gym power washed when you took it over from Bally’s? there is no excuse for this disgusting gym that I am left to visit because it is the only one left in my area! I have three personal training sessions that I haven’t used because you closed down the decent location and left me and everyone else with this shit hole.
I expect a response. I want an email and a number of someone that has control over this place. At regional or district or corporate level. The management there does not care.

What can I say that has not already been said?
I frequent this location every now and then with my friend because she has a membership with the gym and it does allow for her to bring a guest complimentary. As a perk, that is wonderful. This is where the positivity ends.
At this location, it is dank, dirty, and small. The employees are there to just collect a paycheck and nothing more. For example, my female friend informed one of the personal trainers that one of the restroom stalls had fecal debris and it needed to be cleaned right away. First, he asked, «The men’s?» She calmly informed him the women’s. Afterward, we left him. As we proceeded to start our workout, I saw the same personal trainer not stop once to inform any other staff member that the women’s restroom was in need of cleansing.
Another thing that put me off was the disregard of the rules that are clear and how the employees are not enforcing said rules, i.e. children under sixteen are not allowed on the gym equipment and wear closed toe athletic shoes on the gym equipment. The employees were too busy on their personal phones to deal with safety.
I am sincerely hoping that not all of the other locations are like this. The only suitable location is the one that the corporate office shut down. If that is not the case, I don’t see Blast! Fitness being a viable choice for gyms for very long.

This place is a bit small and trashy, but you get what you pay for. Good luck with canceling!

Blast doesn’t want my money.
I just found out that my credit card info was not transferred when Blast took over Bally’s. Fine. Can I still keep my payment plan as I had kept with Bally’s for 8 years? No! According to Blast, there is absolutely nothing I can do to retroact my $ 12.98/mo auto draft. New flash — you’re not very popular around here so you shouldn’t turn down loyal clientele. Your loss!