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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
6 Petaluma Blvd N Petaluma, CA
707-789-9050
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14 ratings |
How does "24 Hour Fitness" rate compared to other health clubs in Petaluma , CA?
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Petaluma Valley Athletic Club
85 Old Corona Rd Petaluma, CA
707-789-9898
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How does "Petaluma Valley Athletic Club" rate compared to other health clubs in Petaluma , CA?
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Redwood Club
719 Southpoint Blvd Petaluma, CA
707-778-8788
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14 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
359 Sun Valley Mall Rd Concord, CA
925-674-8412
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47 ratings |
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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
2632 Somersville Rd Antioch, CA
925-753-1553
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13 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
21271 Stevens Creek Blvd Cupertino, CA
408-777-2908
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30 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 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 EL CERRITO, CA wrote
Another Club: Personal trainer quality is hit or miss........
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Subscriber from CONCORD, CA wrote
Another Club: I'm not thrilled with the place. Handicapped shower has not been fixed after two months..........
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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 SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote
Another Club: This place is overcrowded. The courses tend toward militaristic training almost exclusively, and the music..........
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Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote
Another Club: Emerson is a small facility that requires you work with a personal trainer. Their trainers..........
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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 JOSE, CA wrote
Another Club: Instructors are great but classes are crowded........
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Subscriber from REDWOOD CITY, CA wrote
Another Club: Not the fanciest gym, but clean. Extremely friendly staff. Lots of equipment, no waiting........
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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 BIRMINGHAM, MI wrote
Another Club: I really want them to do well, but their cleanliness is a bit to be..........
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Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote
Another Club: Excellent individual instruction, although pricey........
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Subscriber from SARATOGA, CA wrote
Another Club: This club offers an excellent selection through their Group Exercise; their staff and instructors are..........
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Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote
Another Club: Beautiful setting with extremely hostile and incompetent manager. Renovating men's locker room took a half..........
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Subscriber from SANTA CRUZ, CA wrote
Another Club: great value for the equipment........
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Subscriber from EL CERRITO, CA wrote
Another Club: The staff and members of this Curves are friendly and supportive........
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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 MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA wrote
Another Club: Poorly managed - similar to Mountain View facility. Poor maintenance, but a little better than..........
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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 SUISUN CITY, CA wrote
Another Club: A good variety of equipment, but could be better maintained, and organized on the floor........
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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 SAN RAFAEL, CA wrote
Another Club: New ownership followed by the biggest rate increase anyone can remember. I am told they..........
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Subscriber from EMERALD HILLS, CA wrote
Another Club: Good classes. Dirty facilities. Good price........
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Subscriber from FREMONT, CA wrote
Another Club: Good value for the money. However staff provide improper information as to what equipment to..........
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Subscriber from FREMONT, CA wrote
Another Club: They really should change their janitorial service and get cleaned better. They are also missing..........
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Subscriber from WALNUT CREEK, CA wrote
Another Club: OK if you want only high power military style programs. In spite of promises when..........
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Subscriber from LOS GATOS, CA wrote
Another Club: Indoor climbing gym.......
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Subscriber from CONCORD, CA wrote
Another Club: It was a really great club. It has gone downhill recently with new managment. However,..........
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Subscriber from FOSTER CITY, CA wrote
Another Club: Great pools but too expensive. Should have lower rates on some classes for members........
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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: Excellent place to go for exercise and meet nice women. In my experience I have..........
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Subscriber from LIVERMORE, CA wrote
Another Club: A great women's only health club. I have been there since 1999........
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Subscriber from SUNNYVALE, CA wrote
Another Club: Too many TVs.......
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Subscriber from CUPERTINO, CA wrote
Another Club: Need to spend more time/money on maintenance!.......
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Subscriber from NAPA, CA wrote
Another Club: A bit overpriced and the cleanliness has slipped over the last year........
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Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote
Another Club: An excellent gym. Great facilities. Good value........
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Subscriber from PIEDMONT, CA wrote
Another Club: Beautiful facility==well kept.......
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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 ALBANY, CA wrote
Another Club: The facilities are adequate, but more machines would be nice. That said, I'd rather they..........
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Subscriber from PLEASANTON, CA wrote
Another Club: Many classes and training are at an additional high cost. Confusing as to what is..........
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Subscriber from EMERALD HILLS, CA wrote
Another Club: Old equipment, small facility, very expensive. Has weights, pool, tennis courts, and indoor basketball courts...........
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Subscriber from SAN RAFAEL, CA wrote
Another Club: Totally uninterested in the desires of the clientel.......
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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 LAFAYETTE, CA wrote
Another Club: Too many services require extra payments.......
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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 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 SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote
Another Club: I love my health club! After more than a year with 24 Hour Fitness going..........
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Subscriber from SUNNYVALE, CA wrote
Another Club: For families with kids only. Not enough equipment for achieving elite fitness. Pool inadequate for..........
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Subscriber from PALO ALTO, CA wrote
Another Club: Not cheap, but a good facility with pool and nice weight room; staff helpful if..........
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Subscriber from SAN CARLOS, CA wrote
Another Club: Wonderfully run facilities with courteous staff, fantastic (well-kept) equipment and lots of great classes........
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