Life Health Fitness – Astoria

I used to come to this gym 3x a week — great location, clean, and great staff.
yall changed!
why would you let Greg go! Regardless of what happened, I would hope you would keep up your great classes you used to offer. Your quality of instructors has gone WAY down, and the people you have hired are un-​qualified and un-​friendly, and not great leaders. You nickel and dime your customers and more loyal customers will leave.

Wanted to update, the wifi has been going strong for awhile now. They got shades for the windows so we aren’t longer staring into the sun while on the cardio machines. I think the reno work might finally be done and the place looks great.

Price is way to high for me. The girl at the desk didn’t feel like showing me around. She was too busy flirting w the big juice heads that were that. I am disappointed. It’s not even a big gym, w so many gyms in the area, they charge city price. No thanks

I’ve been in many Gym’s in the City and outside of the country this one is of the best. Good equipment awesome classes. Staff is always friendly and professional. I always feel motivated with energy. Facility showers and equipment always clean. Price is very reasonable.

So I am sitting in my living room sipping coffee and enjoying my sore body:) I bought 10 coupons to try as LHF classes before making a commitment.
I took the Real Ryder spinning class today. I have been spinning since 1995 and have never had a workout like this. Those Real Ryder bikes are no joke and the instructor at today’s 9:30am class was awesome!
I should also point out Customer Service has been above average, especially Anca who has been helpful and professional.

Good overall basic gym with good staff and personal trainers that have positive energy. The moment you walk into the gym you feel good positive vibes coming from the people I would recommend this gym for anyone trying to live an overall healthy lifestyle or accomplish any fitness goal

I love this gym. The bathroom and showers are always nice and clean, towels are fluffy and the people that go here are adults. They come to work out, the are respectful, they mind their business. This place has been undergoing lots of changes and renovations and it looks great. BUT, WHAT IS WITH THE WIFI?!! It was weak and crappy for like a month since the big renovations ended especially near the treadmills but its now been GONE for weeks. There is currently NO WIFI at the gym for members and it’s been that way for a while. Lots of us like to stream while we workout. We shouldn’t have to try to use Starbuck’s free weak signal to do it while we are in a gym we pay for.

I used to go to ballys and then switched to retro fitness. Unfortunately I wasn’t please so I went online and found this gym 4 years ago and have been coming here since. This is the best gym ever. Never felt so comfortable. The environment is amazing, clean, friendly. Trainers are amazing! They give u tips and help you when u need it. They even provide classes such as yoga, boot camp, Pilates, etc. at different times to make it convenient for everyone. Customer service in the front desk is always on top! Super friendly and hospitable staff. The best part is they expanded and made it bigger and brought in new equipment. Best gym ever. I would give them a billion stars if I could. Recommend it to everyone.

This gym has everything I want but cuts too many corners. If they address these issues, they could be the great gym I suppose they used to be (judging from past reviews). I seriously hope I can come back and write a much more positive review then. But for now:
— The machines, especially cardio machines, are never cleaned properly. So there’s a funky layer of grime all over them. Take a look at the bases of the climbers, the bikes, the ellipticals: they are all really dirty. The solution is simple: just clean them regularly. Like with a bucket, a brush, and some all-​purpose cleaner.
— The towels are horribly stained because the gym washes them in-​house, instead of using a towel service (which would never deliver towels in such a poor state). When I step out of the shower and hold a towel to my face, I don’t want it to see nasty stains. I don’t think that’s setting the bar too high.

This is by far the best gym in Astoria.
I actually walk 30 minutes to it even though I have 2 gyms across the street.
It’s looking amazing especially now after they renovated and expanded it. It has loads of light which is awesome, since most of the gyms are basementish and boxed off. The new colors are gorgeous and the machines.
Loving the new martial arts studio as well.
I love coming to this place to work out. Period.
Plus it doesn’t hurt that they make the best protein shakes and have super polite staff.
If you are working out anywhere else you are missing out.
Definitely recommend this place!

Awesome gym !!! 24 hours on weekdays, staff is super friendly, the way they operate their gym (from cleanliness, maintenance, variety of equipment’s, the studio room, and the layout of this place. It has been 2 years since I joined here and it gets better each time.

A great 24 hours open gym.
Several times the gym gets crowded in the late afternoon and you have to wait your turn but few people are friendly and willing to take turns if you ask. If you see a person hogging weights, chances are you’ll wait more than 30 minutes.
If you want to be alone and see no one around the gym then enter late at night. I rarely see people working out around 2am to 5am. It may be risky if you’re bench pressing with no one around unless you can try to get the staff at the desk whose working late at night.
It won’t hurt to ask the staff cause they’re very friendly.
It ticks me off how people just leave the weights and move on to the next work out. There’s a sign that says «If you can lift then re-​rack your weights» and I don’t think few people there can lift if they can’t re-​rack their weights =P
It makes it hard to know whether the person is done using weights or just taking breaks, which I can understand why people will just go ahead without asking if you’re done or using weights. Other than that, it motivates me how these people cannot re-​rack.
The weights will be all over the place but the staff will take care of that in the middle of the day and around late at night. No offense but the staff jobs may be easier if people know how to put weights back instead of leaving them around.
There’s a locker room with three showers. There’s only a body wash soap in the showers. The staff can provide towels for you if you need to take a shower. Just ask for a big towel. The small ones are used during your workouts and you can take one as you walk in. Lockers are a bit dirty but we need them as long as we’re able to keep our stuff safe. Bring your own padlocks. You can put your bags or things next to you or in a corner while working out but don’t put it in a path where it blocks other people’s way. I once stepped on an iPhone while bench pressing and this guy starts yelling at me. Not my fault so I’m not worried.

I don’t know why anyone would ever choose drugs over the euphoric state that the LH and F can give you
Love it

I think I’ve had a membership at every gym in NYC and I was never completely satisfied til I met life health and fitness. I enjoy all the class options offered throughout the week and the Staff members are super bomb + friendly! …I live in Maspeth and take the trip down to Astoria just to workout, it’s totally worth it

I don’t know why anyone would ever choose drugs over the euphoric state that the «get ripped» class gives you.
It’s simply a no brainer :)
The bootcamp and yoga are great too!

this is the best gym i’ve ever been a member of.
i’ve tried most of the chains (nysc, crunch, blink) and in terms of convenience, equipment, and clientele, life health & fitness blows them all out of the water.
plenty of machines and equipment minimize the waiting time. I’ve never had to wait or lightly stalk a person so that i can jump on something when they’re done.
it doesn’t feel like a meat market here. people are generally there to get their workout in and get out which i appreciate so much because I’m just never gonna be one of those people that are down to socialize at the gym. (how don’t more people find socializing while sweating totally uncomfortable???)
plenty of space for free weights/​body weight exercises. a lot of gyms have a dozen drooly bros chilling in the weights section ²⁴⁄₇ but again most people are just concentrating on their workout here, not you, and even better that I’ve seen tons of chicks lifting heavy things right alongside them.
staff is great and helpful.
for the first time ever my morning workout is the best part of my day cause of this gym– go here. orrrrr pay $ 15 a month at blink and workout next to staring drooly bros, wait 30 min for the squat rack and then have some drooly bro ask you if you’re almost done as soon as you get on it… you get what you pay for

Great place to go workout! The gym is open almost ²⁴⁄₇ a week. The weekends are limited to 10pm and 24hrs on the weekdays. The gym is kept clean and and the service is top notch. The staff keeps the gym well maintained and clean. They staff at the gym are very polite and make you feel welcomed. The gym now offers mixed martial arts classes as of recently. The gym has various classes and even a sauna. Love the gym it is small and has enough weights for all weight class types in terms of what is trying to be done for the day.

This is a nice facility with a decent amount of space. The cost is very reasonable and is strangely never busy! I haven’t gone at all times of the day, but the traditionally busy «after work» hours are still slow.
Some staff members are friendlier than others, but no one has ever been rude (more like ambivilent.)
I give it 4 stars because I could use a little more variance in some of the machine/​station options, but definitely a gym to consider if it’s convenient for you.

It’s really unfortunate that I find myself writing this review but I am so disgusted with their buisness practice that I must share my experience. I will start by saying it is a lovely gym facility, the classes are great, and everything is very clean.
I signed up for this gym at $ 45 a month membership fee. In February of 2014 my apt was broken into and I promptly moved, no longer feeling safe living there. In the craziness at the time I forgot to call the gym and cancel my membership but I did cancel all of my credit and debit cards that could have been compromised when my laptop was stolen. In August of 2014 (6 months later) I recieved a call from a debt collector expressing that I owed almost $ 600 dollars in unpaid membership fees.
Why someone at the gym COULD NOT pick up the phone and call me in March expressing that my payment had bounced and I owed them the $ 45, I do not know. What I further do not understand is why the amount was forwarded to a debt collector before I was contacted? I NEVER ONCE recieved a phone call or email from the gym. Had this been brought to my attention in the 1^st place I would gladly have paid them the $ 45 (1 month) or $ 90 (2 month) or even $ 135 (3 months) that I owed, taking full responsiblity that it was my fault for forgetting to cancel my membership. In the end I had to pay $ 260 to a DEBT COLLECTOR. WTF. The only person benefitting in this situatuion is the debt collector and I am absouiltely DISGUSTED that a company would want to run their buisness this way. (posted Dec ¹²⁄₂₂)
UPDATE (Jan 2015): The debt collectors called me back a few weeks after settling the account and said that the owner went back on his agreement with me. He was counteroffering his original agreed upon price and now would accept nothing less than $ 350. He stated that the previous offer had expired because I had waited too long to settle up. Sorry if everyone doesn’t have a spare $ 260 dollars to drop on the spot. I paid the $ 350 just to get this asshole off my back. Very very OUTRAGED with the way this was handled.

Be careful with the billing process here. I cancelled my membership and kept receiving charges. I was put in touch with the owner, Soph, who responded initially and then ignored my messages when I asked him to refund the charges that were made after my membership was cancelled.
It is a good facility, the staff is nice and the membership price is fair. But there are both cheaper and superior gyms in Astoria where you don’t have to worry about keeping your card on file and wasting your time trying to fix their errors. That’s how they reward members of several years at Life Fitness apparently.

This gym is as good as they come. Spacious but not cavernous … Cleaning crew is always in the space … The staff is helpful w I need advise on using equipment … My fav trainer resides here Brooke Taylor … The vibe is easy going and professional … Highly recommend this gym… Your body will thank you

I’ve been coming here for over a year now. This place still rocks and I’m still lazy.
Just wanted to add that Katherine’s yoga class on Monday nights is amazing. She’s very earthy and new age-​y, but I dig that. She believes in you and your body’s abilities, which is lovely. I’m still too weak to do some of the more advanced moves, but I do try. Falling flat on my face has never been so relaxing.

I really like this gym. I did my research of gyms within the vicinity of my neighborhood based on reviews, price, location, and crowds.
Life Health & Fitness offers a good variety of classes ranging from spin to yoga to kickboxing. There are also pay classes that they have on weekends and some weeknights.
They offer towel service. The gym is very clean from all of my experiences, whether it was going at 5:30am or 9:30pm at night.
My only complaint is that there are always those jerks who don’t put their weights away. But I have seen them speak to someone for not using equipment properly.
If you want to do a free pass before you commit to signing up, I think the pass is 3 days long which isn’t too bad.
Most of the employees are friendly and will greet you when you come in and when you leave (unless they are talking to someone working out on the elliptical next to the desk lol).

I had some really terrible experiences with billing at this gym. At one point, they literally associated my credit card with the account of some person I didn’t even know. Privacy issues much? How does that even happen?
Not to mention being double billed randomly due to changing payment methods, resulting in overdraft fees. When I called to correct the double billing, I was told my account was in arrears and I had to seriously bring in bank statements like 3 different times to PROVE that I had paid more monthly fees than what were due. I don’t know what is wrong with their record keeping system, but I literally do billing for a living. If you can’t read a ledger, hire someone who can.
After all the billing BS, I told the owner I wanted to cancel. I was blown away when he told me that he was going to charge me some astronomical amount to cancel my contract. So basically I have to watch my bank account like a hawk to make sure I’m not being billed too much or too often, and you guys charge me randomly for the accounts of other people, and then you won’t even let me cancel my membership like any reasonable business owner would? Wow.
Please note, only the owner is a dipshit. Everyone else on the staff is either reasonably pleasant or actually nice.
I stayed with them until the end of my contract since they refused to give me any other option, and then an extra month or two while I hunted for a better gym. Seriously, customer service is everything to me when I’m in a contract with some establishment. If you’re going to treat your customers like garbage just because you CAN since they’re hostages of your membership obligations, you are terrible at business and you should feel bad.

I joined this gym a little over a month ago and I LOVE it. I originally worked out at NYSC (various locations) and never really enjoyed the experience.
The atmosphere at Life Health & Fitness is really fantastic. First, it’s a huge space with lots of machines, and room for weight training (including a huge studio that is available for use when classes aren’t going on). It’s always clean.
The women’s locker room is also really spacious and clean.
The staff are all really friendly and welcoming and helpful. There are just positive vibes all around here which I think is really important when it comes to fitness– especially for someone like me that is working toward a very specific goal and needs the motivation and inspiration.
I haven’t tried any of the classes yet but I plan to and it seems they have a wide range of options (including boxing, yoga, life cycle, boot camp, etc).
I also am working with one of the trainers here, Hunnika. I have worked with a trainer previously (at NYSC) and didn’t enjoy it at all– there just wasn’t a connection and I found it hard to stay positive and motivated.
Hunnika is amazing– she’s kind and really intelligent about all aspects of fitness and nutrition, and she’s super positive and motivating in a very genuine way. All of my workouts with her are really informative and helpful but also fun and I always look forward to training with her.
Love this place!