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24 Hour Fitness
1850 Ocean Ave San Francisco, CA
415-334-1400
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45 ratings |
How does "24 Hour Fitness" rate compared to other health clubs in San Francisco , CA?
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24 Hour Fitness
350 Bay St San Francisco, CA
415-395-9595
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18 ratings |
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24 Hour Fitness
100 California St #200 San Francisco, CA
415-434-5080
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19 ratings |
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24 Hour Fitness
1645 Bryant St San Francisco, CA
415-437-4188
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50 ratings |
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24 Hour Fitness
303 2nd St #200 San Francisco, CA
415-543-7808
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24 Hour Fitness
3741 Buchanan St San Francisco, CA
415-563-3535
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10 ratings |
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24 Hour Fitness
1200 Van Ness Ave San Francisco, CA
415-776-2200
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19 ratings |
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24 Hour Fitness
2145 Market St San Francisco, CA
415-864-0822
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23 ratings |
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Bally Total Fitness
3995 Alemany Blvd San Francisco, CA
650-985-2400
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Club One
350 3rd St San Francisco, CA
415-512-1010
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13 ratings |
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Club One at Embarcadero Center
2 Embarcadero Ctr San Francisco, CA
415-788-1010
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13 ratings |
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Crunch Fitness
345 Spear St San Francisco, CA
415-495-1939
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Crunch Fitness
61 New Montgomery St San Francisco, CA
415-543-1110
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15 ratings |
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Fit Lite
3800 24th St San Francisco, CA
415-642-2424
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Fitness USA
3251 20th Ave #137-B San Francisco, CA
415-681-2500
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15 ratings |
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Gold's Gym
1001 Brannan St San Francisco, CA
415-552-4653
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24 ratings |
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Gold's Gym
2301 Market St San Francisco, CA
415-626-4488
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39 ratings |
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JCC of San Francisco
3200 California St San Francisco, CA
415-292-1200
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23 ratings |
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Sportsclub LA/San Francisco
747 Market St San Francisco, CA
415-633-3900
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22 ratings |
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The San Francisco Bay Club
150 Greenwich St San Francisco, CA
415-433-2200
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22 ratings |
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UCSF Milberry Fitness Center
500 Parnassus Ave San Francisco, CA
415-476-1115
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12 ratings |
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USF Koret Health and Recreation Center
Turk & Parker Sts San Francisco, CA
415-422-6821
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11 ratings |
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World Gym
290 De Haro St San Francisco, CA
415-703-9650
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14 ratings |
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YMCA
333 Eucalyptus Dr San Francisco, CA
415-242-7100
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70 ratings |
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YMCA
Building 63 on Presidio San Francisco, CA
415-447-9622
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40 ratings |
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YMCA
360 18th Ave San Francisco, CA
415-666-9622
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17 ratings |
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YMCA
387 Golden Gate Ave San Francisco, CA
415-885-0460
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15 ratings |
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YMCA
169 Steuart St San Francisco, CA
415-957-9622
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32 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 BRENTWOOD, CA wrote about a local health or fitness club:
Prices are reasonable; many excellent classes are offered. Gym should update facility. Sound system needs..........
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Subscriber from LAFAYETTE, CA wrote about a local health or fitness club:
well run operation.......
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Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote about a local health or fitness 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 about a local health or fitness club:
Great environment, abundant equipment, knowledgeable staff.......
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Subscriber from ORINDA, CA wrote about a local health or fitness club:
friendly staff; good variety of equipment; I like the movie room with the bikes and..........
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Subscriber from LIVERMORE, CA wrote about a local health or fitness club:
Comfortable for senior citizens and people with disabilities. Staff very well educated. Work well with..........
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Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote about a local health or fitness club:
Clientele tends toward the aged.......
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Subscriber from WALNUT CREEK, CA wrote about a local health or fitness club:
Not as crowded as some other fitness places & non-pressure environment - much appreciated........
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