Eco Gym

The concept and promotions sound nice, but don’t be deceived.
Terrible customer service and a contract that is very difficult to cancel and will suck you in and your wallet like a black hole.
Last year, we started a membership, and it came with a binding contract of 1.5 years. My dad would start grad school this year, so we agreed that we would be able to cancel the membership in September when he began classes.
However, when we went in September, they absolutely denied it and told us that it wasn’t possible to cancel the annual membership until the year finished. Absolutely ridiculous.
And it’s even suspicious that you can’t quit anytime you want, like YMCA.
For $ 60 a month, we’re talking $ 720 for a year. You could just buy a fitness machine with this.
Finally, today, we had it. We were finally able to sign the cancellation request form, but even through this the owner swore at us and literally BEAT HIS FISTS TOGETHER in front of my dad.
Excuse me? Are you trying to threaten customers?
If we didn’t stop now the contract would automatically renew and we would continued to be charged probably for years – what a financial nightmare!
Run AWAY from this place and never sign the contract.

I have gone to most gyms in the Naperville area and this gym is head and shoulders above the rest. It may be smaller than Lifetime and X sport, but as an avid weightlifter, they fulfill all of my workout needs and more. This gym was the first gym around the area with TRX straps and a full cage to attach the TRX straps. The biggest plus regarding this gym is their staff. Everyone is friendly, is willing to answer any questions, and treats every member with respect. Five stars, great gym.

its a fitness studio best fitted for kids and beginners. the equipment is tinker-​toy like and its tough to get a good workout. Again, kids and beginners would be suited ok. For fitness enthusisasts, there are better, and cheaper options. x-​sport has professional, experienced trainers, a ton more of great equipment and its easy to get motivated. Also, its only $ 10/​mo. The boxing gym across the street from eco is also a great option.

New to Naperville and looking for a new gym. Called the place, no answer. Show up since Unilocal said «Open» but the door was locked –_​–
I’m assuming this gym does things differently from others and that’s why it’s a little confusing but since I had my mind set on this place it’s a little frustrating. I’ll update my review if that’s the case.
Hopefully not all the gyms are the same way out here…

Don’t ever sigh up for this gym. They will lie to you when you need to cancel and you’ll need to bring all bunch of stuff just to cancel the membership plus you will probably called them like every other day just to even get to that point THIEFS and lies
We told them to cancel our membership like latterly 3 months with calls and guess what oh yeah sir you didn’t give us this or bring that so they were charging us money every month for the pass 2 months and I even talk to the manager Anthony and he said no problem sir you’re all good no more charging and then I open to looked my account guess what they are charging me again LOL. So one thing I can tell you all DON’T GET MEMEBERSHIP THERE they will tell you anything you want to know to get you in but to cancel oh boy good luck in that

Wow… what a gym and concept! I came in here on their 7-​day trial as I’ve been trying to find a new gym after leaving Lifetime. If this place were easier to spot from the street, it’d probably have twice the membership it currently has. This place is clean, incredibly equipped, and best of all– environmentally friendly.
As stated, I came in here on the 7-​day trial pass. One thing I loathe about looking for a new gym is the annoying salespeople that harass you to join. The people here couldn’t be nicer, or more polite. They’re only staffed 6 days a week from like 11 – 6 or something, but there’s a biometric entrance so you can work out ²⁴⁄₇. The staff, managers, and trainers are all just wonderful.
The facility itself is laid out really cool, and they have extremely modern equipment that’s as good as new. There’s a variety of free weights, machines, and cardio equipment. Additionally, there’s a group fitness room where they have a few classes a day. Also unique (to me, anyway) is the hyperbaric oxygen chamber therapy. For a small additional fee each month, you can use the hyperbaric chamber and pump your body full of fresh oxygen. It’s a rush to try… if you don’t do anything else here, at least give this a try.
Overall this is an exceptional gym. It’s so nice to see some alternatives to the corporate behemoths in town. I wish they’d open a few more to make it more convenient to get to, but I’m glad I got the opportunity to try it out. Definitely check this place out– they’re exactly what a great gym should be.

I initially really liked this gym. But it became too expensive for me to stay and I wasn’t using the membership as much as my schedule got busier. I had a one year contract and when it expired I did not renew. I was bombarded by phone calls to renew my membership and I never called back. After I didn’t return their calls, they started leaving me threatening voicemails saying I hadn’t paid my membership dues and they were going to have to take legal action if I didn’t settle my account. This is funny because I never renewed my account so I don’t know what they wanted to charge me for and I KNOW I paid my membership fees while a customer because I had the payments hooked up to my bank account so they were automatically taken out each month and I made sure to go back and double check. And of course the charge was right there so I know I paid. Not sure if they were just trying very aggressively to get me to call back to convince me to stay a member but wow… a little far.

Just to note that the actual gym will open up in May 2012. This is a review of the sign-​up process and the preview center that is available for members to work out at right now. I will update my review once the gym-​gym opens.
The concept of this gym is perfectly timed. In a moment when Mother Earth is on everyone’s mind, who wouldn’t love to work out and contribute to decreasing the use of fossil fuels? Maybe this crunchy granola girl who carries her own bamboo forks, bamboo spoons, bamboo knives, glass straws and reusable bags to avoid using any sort of plastic. ;)
The sign-​up process was a snap. Called and talked to Chris who explained the gym’s concept and asked me to come in. Sign up was painless and easy and thanks to Sanjeev (see below) there was zero pressure about personal training. I expected to be attacked for cash upon entering to workout but I get a hi and am left to my own devices. No matter how bad my form is the trainers are biting their tongue.
The catch with the inverted membership dues is that in order to get lower than my current monthly I would have to work out six days a week. Ick. With my schedule, getting there twice a week deserves a medal. A gold medal. Even worse is that a friend of mine told me he is paying the same amount for XSport which has a pool…
I do like the cardio equipment. Fun touch screens, Ipod hook-​ups and even a fan to blow my workout stank all over the place! The times that I have been there have been full of moms, college kids, average joes but no juice heads yet the smallest dumbells they have out are 20s. If I lift those my shoulders will look like a linebackers’! Not pretty on a girl my size. And lastly every time I have worked out there has been someone’s (yes, I’m pointing fingers!) Ipad hooked up to the speakers. That Ipad is blaring out nothing but rock. I am not bias. I love screaming me some Paradise City but when I’m working out some David Guetta is a must. Time to make a «Music for the Gym» playlist boys!

Everyone at Eco Gym makes it a point to know you by name and keep tabs on your progress. Issues I’ve had with other gyms are nonexistent here– no one pushes you to buy personal training sessions or more expensive packages or anything like that. In fact, I’ve gotten tons of advice on exercises I should use, supplements I should take and food I should be staying away from, all completely free of charge– you can’t get that anywhere else. My boyfriend who lives almost 2 hours away enrolled with Eco because he loved it that much. Coming from someone who once hated gyms, this place is totally worth every penny. The trainers are approachable and really do care about you, the machines are top of the line and unlike anything I’ve seen at a gym before, the environment is distraction free (no kiddie pools or blaring TVs) which makes it easy to focus on what you need to do, and most of all, it actually works! Bottom line is this: I’ve never enjoyed working out, now my week isn’t complete without at least 3 good workouts. Being a broke college kid, I never thought I could afford a gym membership, but Eco Gym made it possible. I’ve tried every Zumba class and home workout video you could name, but only Eco Gym helped me lose 15 lbs. Overall, I couldn’t be happier with this place :)

It appears my 1^st review of this place has been read by some people who were a bit unsure of this startup business. Chris, one of the founders of Eco Gym read my review on Unilocal and reached out to me to inform me that they had made some changes to their approach to signing up new customers. He also persuaded me to spend some time trying out their club. I already have membership at another club, but I agreed to sign up for 6 personal training sessions w/​Heather at Eco Gym and agreed to write another review in a couple of months. In the meanwhile, I have upped my rating from ** to ***, to reflect their responsiveness and humility. Stay tuned for more.