World Gym

Towards Mario Kokkonis, Thank you for your kind reply. I hardly would see you around so didnt have the chance to completely meet you, but when you or Eddie are not in the premises sadly gym is a mess. Hope you guys succeed and make a great future with the new gym franchise. Hopefully i’ll return sometime soon.

Great gym with lots of space but currently goin b through rebovations. Has enough equipment and weights to accommodate for the after work crowd that comes in. The place has street parking that’s not hard to get. Jenny makes the best shakes, and there’s a wide variety of those as well. There is a steam room in the locker room, which the whole place is kept clean. I’ve been to other gyms in the area and been disappointed with not having enough barbells to get my workout in. This place has hammer strength machines as well as the life style ones. Great for competitive bodybuilding, losing weight, or just reaching you fitness goals. I can wait til their crossfit area is done. Definitely worth looking in to, worth it. You don’t know what your missing out on, other gyms just do not compare. It’s easy to see for yourself, trial periods are free and I bring my friends to check it out with my vip passes.

SCAM SCAM SCAM Do NOT sign up with this gym-​read and believe the other reviews! Shady business run by greedy scum bags.
First of all, a little bit about me: I am very responsible with my money I have a near perfect credit score and I do not get overdraft fees.
I joined this gym January 2015. In April 2015, the day of the gym’s billing date, my debit card was part of a mass compromise and was canceled by my bank, as a precaution. The next morning, I went to the bank to get a temporary debit card. I called the gym as soon as I got my new card and paid the monthly fee, annual fee and $ 20 late fee for being 1 day late on my payment… a total of $ 90. I was told to pay the late fee (even though it really wasn’t my fault) to avoid getting charged more late fees for not paying my total balance. I was told I could come in 3 days later when the manager was in to fight the late fee.
When I arrived at the gym, it took them 10 minutes to find me in their system because my name was spelled wrong… even though you have to print your name and give them an I.D. when you sign up. Weird. Then, I told them my situation and how my debit card problem was out of my control. The girls at the front desk told me to call HQ to figure that out. Once I told them I was told by them to come to the gym and speak to a manager 3 days prior over the phone, they stalled, acted like they would never say that… eventually I got to see a manager. Funny side note, the FD lady said «the manager says he can see you now but u have to get a coffee with him after» funny. Hit on by the scumbag manager on top of everything else.
Got the fee waived, was asked why I didn’t go to the gym more, the manager could help me work out (in my head I’m thinking please stop talking). My new card was added to the system, and my next month’s payment was waived to equal out my late fee. Thought it was strange that I was told to pay the late fee over the phone and then to fight it after with the manager. In the end, the manager said he couldn’t do anything once it was charged, he could just give me a «free» month. Seems shady to me but WHATEVER.
June 2015 comes around and I’m charged on my new card but they put in the wrong expiration date so I was slapped with another late fee!
I’m also moving and understand that I signed a 1 year contract, so I was willing to pay the $ 100 cancellation fee until I realized that in the end after all my stupid fees, I’m only saving $ 20. I thought I could just let them take their $ 20 from my account every month but it looks like they’re just too shady to trust with that simple job!
I’ve had enough and am getting lawyers involved. I’ve heard horror stories about this gym and refuse to be another victim. DO NOT JOIN THIS GYM.

Been a member since September. And I love it! The music is great and the staff is very friendly and supportive. Their classes are the best and intense if you are looking to lose weight. The zumba instructor Lucercia is an awesome trainer, who is also encouraging and fun! I am always looking forward to attending her classes especially zumba. A big plus about american physique is that they also make shakes at an affordable price. Me and my friend love coming here!

this gym is a pretty solid place, the staff at the front are really friendly, they have a cute juice bar up at the front to protein shakes, so you can recover quick or get some energy before or after your workout
the gym itself is decently spaced and not too small or too spread out, you don’t feel like your on top of one another, there’s plenty of weights to go around so people don’t fight over that or have a long wait
the treadmills are fairly new and in decent conditions, between every few treadmills is spray to wipe off sweat and dirt when you finish your workout so its well kept
the ellipticals are fairly new too, they attach a tv to the elipticals and treadmills with a lot of channels so I liked that a lot
the music they played wasn’t too loud, i guess its to respect those who are listening to their own, but they could of played something to get people pumped up, but its not the most important thing
there is also a steam room and sauna which is a plus
the spinning room has tons of bikes, so anyone who wants to sign up can easily get a spot, I believe there is a charge for it.
I am looking forward to trying the zumba and aerobics classes, the room is huge and there’re is morning and evening classes to choose from
there is also towel service at the front desk so that’s a plus
theres several upper levels through the gym with some floor space, balls, mats and weights to do workouts unless you wanna do some benchpressing and weights on the lower floor
this gym doesn’t have any jerks or girls trying to get attention, so i like the environment there, nobody is trying to show off over there
gym is usually open until 11 on weekdays but closes earlier on weekends and holidays
they always have promotions for summer and new years so that’s the best time to sign up, where its 9 bucks a week :)!

I’ve been going to this gym for a year but since I had to recently move it has been a sad farewell.
Overall it was a good experience, I have always been able to get a workout machine even during the peak hours, the staff is friendly and there are a lot of choices for weights/​machines etc.
The cons is that it isn’t the cleanest place but still manageable. I really hope they will stop charging me the monthly fee now that I have moved away, it was a hectic process getting them to understand that I was moving and wanting them to stop charging my credit card. Fingers crossed that next month I won’t have to call them to erase a charge.

Love this gym as soon as I stepped in I felt like I was home. The fact that they have a donkey calf raise machine, & anterior tibialis machine, sets them apart from most gyms. You also can’t beat the price.

An ok gym, but it’s too small and too expensive.

The facility is nice, but be very wary of the charging practices. I signed up for a one year contract that charged me every month.
Before signing your name to a contract, pore over the details first. Also, this may sound silly, but be sure that the staff properly enters your contact info (address, phone number #, etc.) into their systems.
I traveled overseas earlier this year, and I had my wallet stolen. So, obviously, I had to cancel all of missing credit/​debit cards — one of which was the one that I used to pay for my AP membership every month.
To my own error, I forgot to inform American Physique about the change once I returned home.
Some time later, I received a letter from AP collections indicating that they made countless efforts to reach be by mail and telephone about a balance due.
Well, as far as mail, the address listed on the correspondence was incorrect. I’m just lucky to have a new mail man that took the time to make sure that the letter belonged to me. So, if any other correspondence was sent to me in the past, I did not receive it. Common sense would dictate that my address was wrong (the street name was not even a word). I had to call corporate to correct them about the address. I also asked corporate about the phone number they had on file. Wrong Again! I do not know what staff member entered my vital info, but it seems that person did not check to see if their input matched what was written on the original contract. I guess they did not care as long as the debit card number went through…
Word of Advice Before You Sign the Dotted Line:
This is important. If you have a one year membership contract, do not think that the charges will stop once the membership year has ended. American Physique will continue to charge you until you send a certified letter to their corporate office located in Bellerose, NY (address below) specifically indicating that you wish to cancel your membership once the membership year has past.
Even if you change/​cancel your debit card w/​o notifying AP, they will continue to charge against you. So, expect to receive a bill with membership charges, late fee charges, and unable to charge fees in the distant future.
Also, another word of warning, be sure to send AP corporate a certified cancellation letter more than 30 days before the end of your membership. If you do not, they will charge against you one more time for the win.
So, buyer beware. Really read the fine print. Even if they offer you a one time charge special for the year, read everything before you sign (that includes the fine print at the back of the contract). If you plan on using AP (at only this location of course) from the cradle to the grave, you do not have to worry about this; but, if you think that you may move from the area in the near or distant future. Be careful. You do not want to end up being the gift that keeps on giving. Hide yo’ kids. Hide yo’ wife; and, apparently, hide yo’ wallet.
Corporate Address:
American Physique
245 – 13 Jamaica Avenue
Bellerose, 11 426‑1414

Overall the place is great, its clean, new machines, shake bar, saunas and great classes. Its also cheap.

Its a good place i personally like the cardio machies im always able to do something new and the saturday work out classes are good i try to always make them. overall its a good place for a membership as long as you always change your workout u wont get bored idk how the trainers are so cant comment on that its always clean and the ppl there are friendly

I joined & paid cash for the year, then got rejected when i tried to go work out. Turns out that the guy that signed me up no longer worked there & took my $$ with him… All i had was a piece of paper with his initals saying «paid in full» & it took me 2 – 3 months of constant fighting with the main office because to them, they had NO record of me paying. I then requested the guy’s name & info so I could at least file a police report since he STOLE my $$ but they refused. They finally gave me the «benefit of the doubt» and credited my account. However, I kept getting stopped when I scanned my membership card to go work out & had to constantly tell them to read the remarks on my acct…, The WORST service I have ever had in my life.

AVOID AT ALL COST!!!
This Review Is not for the Gym itself but for Some of the upper Level Staff.
I joined this gym in November 2008. Signed up for a yearly Contract. I got my wallet stolen a few months later with my debit card. i gave the corporate office my new Card info a few days later but when i returned to the gym they said they never received my new info. and they billed me a late fee and refused my entry into to the gym even AFTER I TRIED TO PAY ON THE SPOT. I contacted corporate and they Inputed my info. everything should be cool now right? NO! I went back to the gym and AGAIN was denied entry. my credit card info wasn’t updated and they still had my stolen credit card info on file. After numerous calls to corporate to see what what was up. no one ever got back to me. I even went in person to pay and to change my info NOPE. I HAD to go through corporate .
I had to go Away For a few weeks and when i returned i received a letter in the mail billing me for 300 Dollars in membership and late fees! are they kidding me? I tried to pay them, on numerous occasions but they refused and wont admit THEIR mistake. They now have me in collections for over 800 dollars. and are still trying to bill me after my contract was over in November. Im currently thinking of taking them to small claims court to fight these charges. These people are SCAM Artist and make their money by bringing clients like me into collections. BEWARE. they are better gyms in the area.

Pros:
+ Cheap cheap cheap.
+ Mostly clean.
+ Good cardio loft area with plenty of treadmills.
+ Reasonably priced personal trainers.
+ Good spin & yoga classes.
+ An amazing yoga teacher.
+ A one-​year membership with spinning classes (they charge extra) cost me $ 499, and they threw in a month extra for free.
Cons:
— The women’s locker room gets disgusting. Used pads on the shower floor? I’ve seem ‘em!
— No towel service.
— No locker rental.
— CLUTTERED weight area.
— Disorganized management.
— They WILL tell you whatever you want to hear to get you off their back. Some of the sales guys are so effing slimey.
— Super crowded.
— This is a total «beeeeefcaaaaake!!» gym, complete with creepy male clientele.
— They charge extra for spinning classes.
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I used to be a member of NYSC and decided to find something that didn’t cost an arm and a leg, and was closer to home. I skipped Richie’s Gym which sounds like a craphole and went in to AP Ridgewood instead. Their crappy «under construction (forever)» website was promoting a free one-​month pass, so I went in to sign up for that.
Turns out it’s not free at all. You have to pay $ 25 for the month pass and it comes with 2 personal training assessments. So they flat out lied on their website –more on their sales techniques in a minute.
The gym itself is a big warehouse style loft with a nice set up. Weights on the main floor, a personal training room, a yoga studio, cardio /​stretching /​spinning up in the lofted areas. It looked neat and clean with plenty of sunlight streaming in. There are TVs on most of the cardio machines, and the spin studio seemed nice albeit extremely cramped.
So even though I was wary of the whole lying-​to-​get-​people-​in thing, I shelled out the $ 25 and did a month-​long trial. I signed up for my 2 sessions with a personal trainer and started working out there.
The cardio floor is a-​OK. The machines are pretty dated, but this is definitely not a chain gym where they can replace machines every other year. So it’s fine. They work and that’s that.
The stretching area is kind of a joke. There are, maybe, 2 smelly old mats that you can use so if there are 3 people in the stretching area, 1 of them is S.O.L.
Same goes for the yoga class. They offer a class but zero mats, so half the class shows up and does yoga on either the smelly old half-​mats –NOT proper sticky yoga mats, but just some foam things that are half the size of a normal mat — they have stacked in the corner. It’s a disaster waiting to happen. Someone WILL eventually slip and break their neck. There are no yoga props either, so if you need a block to help you out, you’re on your own.
The weight floor is horrendous. They have tons of machines. So many machines that you have to duck and weave your way through to get to the locker room. When it’s crowded, you have 1 guy on a machine and 6 guys standing around watching him.
And oh my gosh, the ogling. It’s a beefcake /​macho /​t-​shirt muscles kind of gym, I get that. But these dudes will stare at you until you feel UNCOMFORTABLE. And the management doesn’t do a damn thing about it.
The locker rooms start out clean if you get there before everyone else, but by 9:30, the place is a wreck. There are literally puddles of water outside the shower and steam room with no rubber mats or anything. People will splash water all over the sinks and it doesn’t ever get cleaned up. There aren’t any paper towels so you can’t clean it up either. I’ve seen a used sanitary pad on the frikkin’ shower floor. There’s a hair dryer, but it’s never worked, so you’re on your own for that one too. It’s a budget gym, but COME ON.
It’s not really crowded in the mornings, but it’s totally packed at all other times. Sunday’s a good time to go because everyone’s at church and you can get a decent workout without being gawked at.
Despite all of this, I ended up paying upfront for a 1 year membership. Why? Because it ended up being 55% cheaper than NYSC and it’s a short walk from my apartment. That’s why. I’m willing to suck it up for that.
My husband also just joined for a year for my sake, and his sales guy was totally schlocky and a complete liar. I asked him when the new class schedules would be issued. He said they’d arrive the next day and if they didn’t arrive, he’d drive to go pick them up personally because they’re overdue. Right. That was 2 months ago. Guess what? There are no new class schedules. Shocking!
On a positive note, I have a great personal trainer at the gym and his rates are very reasonable. Much more so than NYSC!
The bottom line is this: you get what you pay for. Don’t expect much from this place, and hope the savings are worth it.

I’ve been coming to this gym for almost 5 years now. It was really beautiful when it opened! Now, a little less so. There was a renovation of the cardio bank, where individual TVs were attached to each machine. That took a really long time. For 6 months there were no TVs at all and nothing to look at. Not a joy ride on the treadmill! Over the past year there seems to be less concern about the physical upkeep and keeping the machines clean. They usually do a thorough cleaning on the weekends, but in the evenings there are no paper towels, frequently no spray to clean the machine after you use it, the hair dryer in the women’s locker room does not work, neither does the paper towel dispenser. All this should be a basic minimum requirement for cleanliness in the gym. It’s not impressive to see signs on the shower and sauna stalls telling members not to urinate in the shower. Makes me really want to risk taking a shower in there!
The price for a membership is very reasonable, much better than Bally’s tip-​off. But they haven’t been able to keep up with the gym usage and keep the supplies available. I don’t even see anyone checking to see if there are towels or cleaning spray. I’m still a member because the gym is minutes away from my house, but I’m expanding my options.