Choice Fitness

Been using it for about two years now typically it is fine for my needs. Recently, someone stole my winter boots, too large to place in a locker so I place on top of the lockers. Management seemed unmoved by the situation and the need to protect the integrity of the establishment. Thievery is rampant and so is incompetence.

This place is seriously wonderful. After I decided I wanted to join a gym, Choice was the obvious, well, choice. I got the gold membership online, so I paid 40 dollars the first month and 20 dollars a month going forward. With the gold membership, you can use all 7 locations; for someone who lives in Methuen, works in Lowell and Westford, and goes to school in Haverhill, it’s perfect. I usually go to the North Andover one because it’s so large, and it’s close to both my work and my home. The protein shake bar has a ton of options, and the cardio section is huge. The locker room has changing stalls, bathrooms, showers, and a dry sauna, which are super convenient for people who are coming from/​going to work. For someone as busy I am, not having to go home and shower and change before and after a workout saves me a ton of time.
If you join Choice, be sure to sign up for a fitness evaluation with a personal trainer– it’s free. When I had my evaluation, I met with one of the managers for the training company, Pure Core. The manager, Ethan, booked my evaluation for 7 – 8, but he ended up working with me for three entire hours, until the gym itself closed at 10. Not only that, but he gave me his contact information so that I could always get in touch if I had a question. And on top of his amazing customer service, he even took the time to show me what kind of workouts I should be doing. He spent over 2 of the 3 hours just talking to me to find out my goals and explain everything to me, and even though I only worked out for 30 minutes, I worked up quite a sweat, and I adored having his help. He was kind, hilarious, and REALLY made me feel comfortable. Best part? He didn’t even pressure me to get ongoing training sessions. At all. He made it clear that they had plenty of options if I wanted to, but that even if I didn’t sign up for more sessions, he’d still be available to answer my questions any time. When I decided I did want to sign up for more, he worked with me to look at my budget and see how many I was comfortable getting. What other 20 year old would sit with a client and make sure that they could fit the sessions in their budget without financial strain?
This is a wonderful, clean place that I would absolutely recommend to anyone and everyone who is serious about getting healthy.

Used to be an awesome gym. They recently added a rather large crossfit area which appears to be mostly unused and takes up a huge amount of space, meaning all of the equipment that had previously been used was just crammed into a much smaller area causing overcrowding. There’s plenty of crossfit gyms in the area, I joined Choice because it wasn’t one.

I can only say great things about CF. The staff, the atmosphere, the prices! I’ve been a member for multiple yrs now and I’ve never run into issues. There is a variety of machines/​weights and plenty of them. Plus, almost everyone leaves with a smile on their face especially when the staff says «have a good day.»

Great place. They have very wide variety of equipment. Great staff always welcoming.

Its a very cheap and clean place to work out. Plenty of machines and weights all for about 20/​month.

This place is totally suck including Insane policies, bad customer services, discrimination and cleanness. I am been with them about 1 year and i am thinking to cancel my account. Plus, my whole family is going to cancel with them too and join latitude. It’s a little more expensive but we don’t need to deal with the bad customer services and all of those. Well, thank to Robin who working at the front desk for 8 years that she asked my to cancel my account just because i am not happy with their services. She told me” Here is my name and if you don’t have my owner number i can give it to you to complain about my customer services and i know for sure that you’re not gonna win”. I am so shocked. I haven’t talk to her owner yet, but by what she said i think her owner is going to have the same attitude like her.
Even i need to pay for the cancellation fee, i am still happy to pay and get out there.
NOT RECOMMENDED.
OH! BY THE WAY, you can’t use the one in Haverhill, ma if you don’t have gold. Then, if you have gold, you can only bring your guest to only the place that you sign up and your guest can’t come on certain hours (busy time) and they need to be local.
In the Sauna room (Stream room), Most of them are naked and 1 out of 3 time i have been there the sauna room was not working.
There are a lot more reasons that i need to cancel this shitty place.
Thanks,

Can’t beat the price for such a friendly, clean and convenient Gym.
Oodles of cardio options, large strength training /​weight lifting floor. Never a wait for a machine or piece of equipment. The room where folks stretch or do ab workouts is a little on the small side but unless it is peak gym time, you don’t have to get up close and personal with your neighbor.
There are definitely some serious athletes here but not too many muscle-​bound intimidating bodybuilders. This location does not offer yoga /​zumba /​aerobics classes but for a slightly higher monthly fee you can join all 3 Choice Fitness locations (to include Haverhill and Methuen) and Haverhill offers studio classes. I spend 95% of my time at the North Andover location because it is just where I feel most comfortable though I live only about 3 miles from the Methuen location. North Andover is the newest club and I just find the location so convenient and conducive to running other errands — bank, Market Basket, shopping in Downtown Andover (especially on Saturdays).
Locker rooms, showers, saunas and bathrooms are SPOTLESS (though if the changing stalls in the ladies’ locker room had benches or more hooks it would make showering and then zipping off to work a little easier).
The staff is really friendly and willing to help if you need it — but if you don’t they are pretty hands off too which is nice.
There is a custom built personal training outpost affiliated with the gym and the trainers are fantastic. Definitely don’t miss your new member session with Custom Built and if it is in your budget buy a couple of months personal training — it will increase your confidence 100 fold in terms of getting the most out of your workout.
I highly recommend this gym!