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Who Rates Best (& Worst) in the San Francisco Bay Area? Now You'll Know.
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Decided to get in shape? You have many options, one of which is to join a health and fitness club. We'll help you weigh the options and costs...and give you ratings of local fitness clubs.
From Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine
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Whether or not club received a checkmark for quality ( ) |
What percent of customers rated club "superior" on our survey for "overall value for your money" |
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24 Hour Fitness
24727 Amador St Hayward, CA
510-264-3275
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14 ratings |
How does "24 Hour Fitness" rate compared to other health clubs in Hayward , CA?
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Butterfly Life of Hayward
1645 Industrial Pkwy W Hayward, CA
510-784-1073
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How does "Butterfly Life of Hayward" rate compared to other health clubs in Hayward , CA?
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24 Hour Fitness
3839 E Castro Valley Blvd Castro Valley, CA
510-733-6448
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34 ratings |
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24 Hour Fitness
40910 Fremont Blvd Fremont, CA
510-226-6900
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28 ratings |
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24 Hour Fitness
2072 Addison St Berkeley, CA
510-548-4653
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20 ratings |
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24 Hour Fitness
373 Gellert Blvd Daly City, CA
650-756-3303
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24 ratings |
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24 Hour Fitness
21271 Stevens Creek Blvd Cupertino, CA
408-777-2908
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30 ratings |
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24 Hour Fitness
359 Sun Valley Mall Rd Concord, CA
925-674-8412
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47 ratings |
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24 Hour Fitness
2632 Somersville Rd Antioch, CA
925-753-1553
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13 ratings |
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CHECKBOOK provides subscriber comments on their experiences with the firms they use. Please remember that individual subscriber comments are informal. Subscriber comments may give you insight into the types of features and problems that exist in a service field, but are not the best basis for selecting or rejecting a specific firm. To assess the quality of a firm's performance, we recommend that you give more weight to the percentages of favorable ratings. Those percentages are generally based on much larger numbers of consumers' ratings (the number of consumer ratings is noted above).
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As You Can See Below, Some Health Clubs Get High Praise from Their Customers. Some Others Don't. So Choose Carefully.
Here Are a Few Samples of the Thousands of Comments CHECKBOOK Has Collected on Hundreds of Different Health Clubs.
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Subscriber from RICHMOND, CA wrote
Another Club: This facility has just completed a major renovation. They spent a lot of money on..........
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Subscriber from EMERALD HILLS, CA wrote
Another Club: Wonderful community, sufficient facilities, classes are getting better and better........
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Subscriber from SUNNYVALE, CA wrote
Another Club: The hot tub and pool are too frightening to use. Compare the pool to Milpitas..........
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Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote
Another Club: Good value for the money for basic workouts, but there are no fancy features or..........
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Subscriber from LAFAYETTE, CA wrote
Another Club: Too many services require extra payments.......
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Subscriber from SAN MATEO, CA wrote
Another Club: Best swimming pools in the area........
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Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote
Another Club: This is really just a tennis club with a workout area seemingly added as an..........
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Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote
Another Club: Small facility, but not crowded at 6 a.m........
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Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote
Another Club: Dressing room too small and aquatic aerobic classes too crowded........
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Subscriber from DALY CITY, CA wrote
Another Club: THEY HAVE A VARIETY OF CLASSES TO CHOOSE FROM.......
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Subscriber from PALO ALTO, CA wrote
Another Club: Senior Staff person Michelle is responsible for extraordinary level of friendliness and social involvement available..........
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Subscriber from CLAYTON, CA wrote
Another Club: Maverick's has been promising their customers new equipment and a remodel of their facilities for..........
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Subscriber from PETALUMA, CA wrote
Another Club: I have belonged to other fitness centers before, and Aim Fitness is the best. The..........
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Subscriber from PALO ALTO, CA wrote
Another Club: What a nice place. A friendly staff is primarily concerned with helping me get healthy...........
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Subscriber from MENLO PARK, CA wrote
Another Club: First-rate health club devoted to one-on-one personal training.......
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Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote
Another Club: Good equipment, clean facilities, and friendly staff. Definitely worth the extra cost over 24 Hour..........
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Subscriber from EL CERRITO, CA wrote
Another Club: My only real concern is the incidence of theft from lockers. It happened to me..........
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Subscriber from GREENBRAE, CA wrote
Another Club: I can't rate the quality of instruction since I haven't received any since I first..........
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Subscriber from PLEASANTON, CA wrote
Another Club: great place for indoor tennis.......
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Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote
Another Club: Instructors are great but classes are crowded........
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Subscriber from ALAMEDA, CA wrote
Another Club: An excellent, old "no frills" gym for guys (mostly) who just want to work out...........
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Subscriber from SAN RAMON, CA wrote
Another Club: Classes are available for all levels of fitness and all age groups........
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Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote
Another Club: Home away from home. Feel like I am in great care........
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Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote
Another Club: I've belonged for 27 years and consider working out there important to maintaining my health........
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Subscriber from SAN RAFAEL, CA wrote
Another Club: Excellent facility but expensive!.......
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Subscriber from PALO ALTO, CA wrote
Another Club: Currently remodeling.......
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Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote
Another Club: Excellent individual instruction, although pricey........
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Subscriber from EMERALD HILLS, CA wrote
Another Club: I really like going there. Everyone's friendly and helpful, and the locker rooms ,bathrooms, workout..........
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Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote
Another Club: This outfit uses high pressure to try to sell you more than you need. They..........
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Subscriber from CUPERTINO, CA wrote
Another Club: "The Y" is a friendly, reasonably-priced fitness facility. I use the weight room and pool...........
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Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote
Another Club: PARKING is ABOMINAL.......
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Subscriber from WALNUT CREEK, CA wrote
Another Club: Everyone is very friendly here, no pretensions. They have a complete set of weight and..........
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Subscriber from LOS ALTOS, CA wrote
Another Club: Friendly staff, typically not crowded, clean locker rooms........
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Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote
Another Club: The staff is very helpful and friendly; it's a pleasure to go to the gym..........
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Subscriber from SAN RAFAEL, CA wrote
Another Club: OK if yoga is what you want. Too much emphasis on yoga, shortchanging other classes..........
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Subscriber from LOS ALTOS, CA wrote
Another Club: Instruction related to swim lessons only.......
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Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote
Another Club: A great neighborhood gym, not fancy but they know their stuff........
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Subscriber from KENTFIELD, CA wrote
Another Club: Excellent quality at a high price...staff could be more approachable.......
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Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote
Another Club: If there was adequate competition service and equipment might improve........
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Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote
Another Club: I've been going here for 4 years--great staff!!.......
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Subscriber from PACIFICA, CA wrote
Another Club: PAC lost its lease and was forced to move to smaller, cramped quarters. A good..........
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Subscriber from LARKSPUR, CA wrote
Another Club: I joined Curves for the first time in January. It has been a wonderful experience...........
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Subscriber from PETALUMA, CA wrote
Another Club: Great, local, friendly club with great instructors and trainers........
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Subscriber from MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA wrote
Another Club: They moved group exercise classes back into the main gym this year. It meant spinning..........
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Subscriber from SANTA CRUZ, CA wrote
Another Club: great value for the equipment........
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Subscriber from REDWOOD CITY, CA wrote
Another Club: Had an unbelievably bad experience with these people. Lots of my friends are members, had..........
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Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote
Another Club: A great if basic neighborhood gym for anyone who lives or works in the Inner..........
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Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote
Another Club: Dirty & disgusting. Towel policy never enforced so equipment is often soaking wet with dripping..........
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Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote
Another Club: Excellent place to go for exercise and meet nice women. In my experience I have..........
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Subscriber from SO. SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote
Another Club: Not a lot of weight machines. The personal training staff is excellent........
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