Blast Fitness Burbank

I’ve had a membership with this gym for a few years now and occasionally make It to this location.
2 floors of decent machines that are not as clean as they could be, some need servicing ASAP.
Service is nice but again contact with the people working there is minimal.
Not a huge gym enthusiast and only go to be able to keep eating, easy to keep me happy, few properly working machines and the TVs must always ALWAYS always work, and I’m a happy man,
And again you only pay 11 buck for basic membership,

Went to the gym for about a year on and off. Thought the staff was nice and pleasant and enjoyed the woman’s only section. I wish their locker room was connected to the womens area like the Bridgeview location though.
Two issues I ran into which lowered my review:
1. My bank information was hacked so I called to let them know. They asked if I could make payment another way but I do not have any other credit cards. I informed them once my new information arrives I would call them and they still charged me for late fees. I had to call repeatedly to remind them of my situation. The person I spoke with acted like it was my fault that my info. Was stolen and try continued to try and charge my cancelled card. Eventually they did erase the late fees.
2. I tried out the free personal trainer session. I was on the heavier side and the trainer was very rude. She constantly reminded me that she was 14 years older than me yet had less body fat than I did. Also let me know about when she had ACL/​MCL surgery and only gained 4lbs. During her recovery period. That’s great for her but not everyone has the same body type or metabolism etc. I found it to be very discouraging and rude for her to constantly compare lifestyles and body types when she should have been encouraging me to keep going to be who I want to be, not her. She told me to call her for more sessions, but I never did. I don’t find motivation in being insulted.
I enjoyed the rest of the gym, only canceled my membership due to a gym opening right next to my work and made it more convenient.

$ 11 bucks a month. Sure why not? I have been a member at their gym for close to two years and since its inception, it has only become run down, dirtier, and overly packed! Seriously, it’s way too small for the amount of guests that are there on a regular basis. The only reason why I still have this membership is because it is less than four blocks away.
Try the location in Bridgeview, it is much cleaner and in all honesty, better clientele. The staff in the Burbank location are always on their phones. The actual clientele that show up do not clean their equipment and they don’t pick up after themselves. In defense of the gym, I don’t expect all members to pickup their weights, but it would be great if the staff picked up the weights.

Overall much improvement for an early am workout. Opens on time! Recommended to those who want to get their workout done before their workday begins.

Can you guys contact your corporate office, and see if they forgot about the location at 6057 s Western???
Because it seems like no one care about this location. It’s like it’s running itself, because the workers there sure don’t give a DAMN. it’s dirty, and has a lot of broken machines.

Great spot to work out, the staff is really great and the members are as well. I wish I could rate the facility 6 stars but sadly I can’t keep it up and continue to be the best; Keeping chicago fit!

Awful personal trainers.
Booking a personal trainer has been a disaster! It took me a week to get an appointment scheduled– that should have been the giveaway. Then I get the online receipt that shows they charged me for the wrong thing. 5 days of calling and leaving messages and I still can’t get my call returned. So I show up for my first session and, low and behold, the gym is closing for the long weekend.
At this point I’ve:
1. Been billed inappropriately
2. Can’t get my money back
3. Can’t get a personal training sessions
4. Can’t get a trainer to return my call, despite countless messages
The people at the gym are nice enough but don’t have anything to do with the trainers, they can just take messages.

Group class was cancelled 2 times in 2 week period. Also if you want to be there when they open you will be waiting for a long time. The staff never gets there on time. I had to wait 4 times in my car before someone opened the door at 5:00am.

They have plenty of machines to do all my workouts. They also have a weight section with good enough free weight for me because I’m beginning. But the only thing I don’t like is that the machines are not well kept. They are dirty and instead of towels there only paper towels to wipe down. The place needs some TLC. Even the sinks in the bathroom are falling apart but either way I’m just going for the workout. There’s a women section upstairs as well which is nice for those who want privacy. They have tan booths but I wouldn’t get in them because they are like those port a potties.

DO NOT JOIN BLAST ! They are lying stealing bastards! They are conducting unethical business practice and are stealing from the people. They are trying to force old members of Ballys to pay Blast.

Dont care what the guys above me say… No working tv no problem… I don’t go there to watch tv i go to work my ass off… Tv and couches are for lazy and fat people… Who needs a tainting machine when already color… I watch tv on rest day or when im outta the gym i get my taint during the summer… Yes we need more bench press and more weights cause lotta them are missing like the 17.5 … Other than is fine … Im been working out at this location for a couple of months and im getting pretty big… You haven seen any changes well put down the damn burger and get a salad… You want a change you gotta make change… Fat boy

For ten dollars it’s A-​ok with me. (I have the 20 dollar platinum though)
Does it look like the pictures up above? Sort of.
It is clean and the people there are friendly. Good luck finding a machine with a working t.v. I am not going to complain though; For the price and you want to workout it works. The classes are super fun though. Always on time and a good number of people that attend it, never crowded in there which is awesome. I haven’t used the babysitting, but I plan to. There is always someone taking care of the children and they don’t just sit there and ignore the children.

Member for a bit over a year now, slowly things been changing. No longer 24 hours and no sign of it ever will be again. Sauna in men’s room disappeared… no sign of that making a come back either. Finally, the platinum member discounted drinks… GONE! Just hope the whole building doesn’t disappear anytime soon. The tv’s on the main floor poor quality picture most the time, 2^nd floor I find myself having trouble finding a treadmill with a working TV at times so I go for the one already on so there’s no surprise. That aside good place, lots of space, very clean, friendly staff. Good selection and equipment to choose from.

I’ve been coming for a few months and every time i come there is something broken, missing or filthy. You could reply and say you get what you pay for but charter fitness is the same price and never had anything close to this gym.
Things that are messed up;
Lockers are half broken. Hinges doors missing etc.
Dumbells missing weights 70– 100. There is a spot for them so it’s not like they never had them. Asked about it and got I run around reply of I don’t know I just got here.
Bathrooms are always completely destroyed. Use your imagination.
When a machine breaks it will stay broken for a long long time. .
Elevator has been broken for as long as Club has been open. Yes I know it’s a gym I do take stairs.
Thats all I can think of as of the moment. As soon as my contract is over I will be Changing. Take these things into account because it will aggravate you.

If you join this gym just keep in mind that while it is only $ 10-​$ 20 a month, there is equipment that is always broken. I would rather spend a few more dollars for a better gym.
When I joined this gym it was open 24hours. All of a sudden, it wasn’t 24 hours anymore and they didn’t even send me a letter or give me a call. I just happened to go around 12am-​1am and there was a letter on the door stating that the gym is no longer 24 hours.
The next time I went, there was a lady standing at the door holding a paper up that stated the whole second floor was shut down because of the rain.
So I basically was throwing away $ 20 a month. And I thought it was a good deal because it included tanning but the tanning machines are the crappiest tanning machines EVER and I never used them, I never brought any guest, I never even got to go to this gym because I normally go after midnight but it wasn’t even open anymore.
Canceling this membership has been hell and you better update you payment information if you lose your credit/​debit card because they will send you a letter after they have charged you a $ 30 late fee. If you send them a cancelation letter, make sure you send it certified because they will keep charging you and say they never received the letter.
This place isn’t even worth $ 10
Oh, and sometimes they’ll have paper towels and cleaning solution to wipe the equipment down, and sometimes they won’t.

Ok, honestly I usually come alone. Having Tv’s on the cardio machines was definitely a nice perk for me to join. I know, I know I’m there to work out not to watch tv. But, like I said, it’s a perk. I really like that there is a women only area. The sauna and the variety of machines.
Now the bad. Tv’s never work!!! Just static. Maybe 1 out of 30 work. :(so much for my perk! Please let me have the wifi password :). A lot of the women I’ve seen don’t wipe down equipment. That’s super gross! Sauna is tiny! Maybe up to 3 – 4 people. And it’s always full! Best time to go in, Saturdays night. I’ve seen women in the sauna with their young kids in there. Like 4 year olds!!! Wth!!?
The gym is good to go to during non peak hours. Like others say, you get what you pay for…

It’s a pretty good gym. While there are plenty of treadmills and other cardio machines, they lack in other equipment. The women’s area is usually missing a few yoga balls and they only have about 3 yoga mats. No biggie since I have my own but still. There always seems to be an issue with the paper towels and disinfectant spray… Not sure why they can’t seem to get that together :/ (gross!!!). The crowd is o.k. Typical gym atmosphere. You have the meatheads, and the people who just want to keep in shape. I do love the fact that it is close to home, there is a women’s area, (because I like my privacy) and the monthly price is awesome!

There are definitely better gyms out there which makes me want to rate this place a three, but considering I pay $ 21 ($ 19.99 for the Platinum membership and $ 1 for the multi-​access club pass which you have to pay) a month I really can’t complain. You also have to pay a $ 49 annual fee, but the good news is they take your monthly dues and this annual fee around the same time. My monthly fee of $ 20.99 is deducted on the 14^th or 15^th of every month and then my annual fee of $ 49 is deducted every year on February 14^th. I want to say that the annual deduction date is the same for everyone at the club.
Cardio is on the second floor and while there is an overabundance of cardio equipment, most of the equipment is spoken for during the peak times or at least when I get there around 7:30 and 8pm. Cardio equipment is as follows (based on my guesstimate without actually counting):
25 – 30 ellipticals
25 – 30 treadmills
15 – 20 stationary bikes
2 stairmills (where the stairs move)
5 stair climbers (stand there and move your legs up and down)
3 mountain climber machines (the motion feels like mountain climbers from gym class)
Free weights are plentiful, but much like the cardio equipment it is often in use. Their dumbells only go up to 70 or 85 lbs. at the most, so if you’re one of those big meatheads throwin up hundo dumbells you’ll need to either tweak your workout or seek elsewhere.
The crowd is ok. I feel like there are a lot of high schoolers here as a lot of the kids are running around in their sports memorabilia from their high school. So either they’re still in high school or they just graduated. I don’t have a problem with working out next to kids, but some of them roll pretty deep and it can really take up a lot of the equipment. I saw one group with like six people. Still, everyone seems courteous and I haven’t had any problems with sharing equipment yet. *knock on wood*
The hours here are Monday through Friday 5am-​Midnight and Saturday and Sunday from 5am-​10pm. Daycare M-​F is open till 8:30 or 9 and only till 1pm on Saturday and Sunday. They used to be 24/​7, but stopped doing that for whatever reason. As a little nugget of information, this place has been dead the last few times I went here on a Saturday around 7pm.
«Supplement Discount.» This is hands down the shadiest part of this gym. They try to sell their platinum membership as this exclusive club by including that we get half off of their «supplements.» Now here’s the head fake… They have an automated cooler on the first floor stocked with all these supplements, but you don’t get a discount on those supplements. You only get a discount on the water in the cooler behind the front desk. So if you’re a Platinum member then you get a liter of water for $ 1.50 rather than the $ 3 they charge everyone else.
Contracts. This was a big deal for me because I have war stories involving gyms and contracts. I really dragged my feet from getting back into bed with a gym and the auto-​debit (which you have to do to be a member), but I made them point out and highlight that if I am ever dissatisfied with the gym or I just don’t feel like being a member, all I have to do is come in with written notice and give them a thirty day notice. Not bad considering with Bally’s you basically had to move to Mars to get out of your contract.
In summary, if you can deal with the large crowds during the peak times, you can be flexible with your workout (as your equipment is highly likely to be in use when you need it), the head fake advertising, and you can get over the auto-​draft then this place is well worth the $ 11 (Gold membership) or $ 21 (Platinum membership) a month. It’s really more like a 3-​star gym, but the ease of getting out of the contract and the price you pay per month knocks it up to a 4-​star gym in my opinion.
***UPDATE*** I knocked them down from four stars to three because I’m just tired of all of the kids here taking up equipment they’re not even using. I sound like an old man when I say that, but a lot of these kids come there in groups of 4 – 10 and take over all of the equipment. The good news is that they have another location around 79^th and Harlem and it gets A LOT less crowded there. This gym has a lot of potential and is close to home, but there’s just too many kids here working on their beach bodies rather than serious lifters.

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So at first glance your like okay, basic gym needs. Weights, machines, treadmills. Fine. Used to be 24 hours and now they significantly cut down their hours. Probably because people have realized its a dump and business has gone downhill. O did I mention that all their lighter free weights and bars used in the classes are all locked up? Yep. O and no medicine balls. Also, most of the machines upstairs have TVs. They also mostly don’t work.
When I first started going the air conditioner, showers and water fountains were ALL OUT AT THE SAME TIME. Absolutely ridiculous.
To get out of the agreement you have to jump through hoops. I moved all the way across town and have to go to the gym to personally get a waiver. Fine. I go and it has to be signed by a manager who is conveniently not there. Drive an hour to come back tomorrow? Dont think so. Can they just sign it and fax or email it to me? «Ugh I don’t think he knows how to do that.» Basically, they’re idiots.
Besides this you have to pay 60 to cancel and it conveniently has to be 30 days WRITTEN notice. First of all, everything about this company is in the stone age. Hand written note? Are you kidding? That’s why we have the internet and email. O and 30 days? How convenient. Just enough time for them to get you to pay for another month of membership that you’re not using the gym. Fabulous.
Per the agreement, if you’ve moved more than 25 miles away they can waive that 60 fee. What, I’ve only moved 23.5 miles away? Can’t help you. Are you kidding?
This gym is an a complete scam. They draw you in with the low monthly rates and then make it so hard to get out of it that you almost just want to pay the 20 just to not have to deal with it. Everything is through mail and handwritten notes. The staff is unknowledgeable and pretty useless. They are not willing to work with you and are overall plain frustrating.

Brand new facility (nestled behind the BEST BUY and Kohl’s). At first you may miss this location since is is directly across Michael’s Crafts. Oh yes this is the location that I have been waiting for. I am hammered by the ease of joining and the fact that it is on a month by month basis, of course you do have to give them a month notice if that’s the case. I like the fact that is is a 24 hour, 7 day a week, 365 day a year open facility. Yes, the workers have informed me that even on Christmas they stay open.
This location (as well as others) have a sauna (*more like a tiny 4 wo/​man fish tank display in the restroom), Four Showers, a first floor (bulking up area) with Tanning facility (2 tanning booths to be exact). For the person who really doesn’t want to walk up the stairs, they do have an elevator (personally this takes away from the whole experience (but then again someone who can’t climb stairs will love this), but I digress about this. The second floor is pretty good. They have every kind of equipment at the bigger gyms but their equipment actually has televisions to watch healthy shows or news. There is also a dock per machine for your ipod but of course you have to provide your own set of ear phones, which of course is not a bad deal.
Now, for the ladies, on the second floor there is a section of machines that only you will be able to access. Yes, ladies your own private gym! This should be good for those who don’t want to fuss of having guys oogle you. But this can be a good thing too for motivation. (purely a joke haha).
So far the only fault of this gym is that the workers have very little knowledge when it comes to questions. I know they have Internet Wi-​Fi but every time I have asked (5 workers so far), they have no idea how to answer me. It seems of course they will not be offering the WI-​Fi option, but other gyms have this. And I am really good with the cracking of the passwords so I am sure I will be having it soon.
And ladies (or some men) they do have babysitting on the first floor for those of you who insist on bringing the little brats… Oops my bad, the little bundles of heaven sent angels with you to the gym. I really think its cool that they have noise proof windows because one thing I don’t want to hear is the screaming of those «heaven sent angels» again I digress… (HAHA)… Also, if you go with their platinum version you get to enjoy the follies of their classes. So far they are not up and running but expect them so, Pilate’s, yoga or Zumba much?
Enjoy the gym but remember to follow the rules and one is (#5 on their board), NO GRUNTING! Due to this being extremely annoying. Oh yeah, you have to be dressed in gym wear meaning no jeans, work boots or for that matter (and this is my plug) NO DIRTY TEE SHIRTS! He he. Carry on.