Eclipse Fitness

I like that there are more classes that used to be fee based are now offered for no extra charge. I like the variety of machines, but I do wish there were more trainers around to show me how to use them. I also would like to see Body Pump offered more frequently in the evening.

I am not not have I ever been a member, although I did take a tour once. I didn’t sign because I wasn’t impressed by either the spin room or the gym in general.
However, they need to correct their registration practices and policies. They have way too many clients, causing parking to overflow onto grassy areas, the crowded street, or White Castle.
As a resident of the community, I think they bring down the value of the community. Fighting the traffic and seeing such a messy parking area is not appealing,

I enjoy tis Gym for a couple of months, I can say it’s one of the best in the area.
The place always clean, the sahwers area the sauna.
You get all you need in tis Gym, I been in the area in couple of places, noting to compare.
Customer service John was the best, I’m happy I find the place to work out and enjoy every minute from the vibe, and the place.
If you come in, you better look for John give you the best promotion!!!

Located in Somerset County (one of the most affluent counties in the country), they have basketballs that are bursting at the seams and are falling apart. Pretty embarrassing if you ask me. They have one ball they keep behind the counter so they essentially are saying «we keep the crappy basketballs out there and have our only good one available for those who ask»
Friendly staff, ample space, nice locker room, nice equipment.
PLEASE buy better/​new basketballs! It’s one of the main reasons I joined Eclipse (indoor court)

For a gym that promotes a healthy lifestyle not one of their members that uses the parking lot or the road seems take any care in health. Nearly cut off and rear ended as there is not enough parking. Tried to objectively tour the gym and the staff seemed unprofessional as if they had better things to do. They seemed more concerned about my joining than answering my questions. Give this gym a miss — they also hired the two bozos that ran The Ladies of America Fitness that closed the doors on their valued customers like gypsies in the night!!! stay away

If you want to be pushed /​challenged by a trainer, they are very good at it. If you just need some encouragement, they recognize it too. It’s like anything else, you get out what you put into it.

Be very careful when handing your creditcard info. Myself and my son signed up for training in the amount of $ 1040 per month. Without my permission they had us both on an auto renew. I signed nothing indicating we would continue. Somehow they charged my card for over $ 2000 of UNAUTHORIZED training. Trying to get a phone call back in regards to this matter took 3 weeks and then I was informed that my son, a minor, kept going so I was responsible for payment! He’s 16! They took complete advantage of both of us. $ 2000 is an exorbitant amount of money to put on «auto renew» without a contract. The trainers get you signed up and basically steal your money. Gym is lovely but this is basically robbery…

Unbelievably poor customer service and billing practices. They auto charge your credit card without authorization or a contract.
When trying to reach someone who can who rectify, you are left on hold until someone tells you they will call you right back. Days and weeks go by.
Happened twice to my family.
They put their selfishness before their clients and folks who are sincerely trying to better themselves.

I’ve been a member for over a year now and it is a great gym but it could use certain improvements. Variety of classes is great, staff is friendly. I drop my son off at the kids club and he loves it (in fact he sometimes asks if we can go to the gym so he can play there, which keeps me going more!). Some of the machine areas need updating and their bottom floor is a bit unorganized. Overall, a great gym to go to — I definitely prefer it over most of the new franchised gyms nearby.

I joined Eclipse in March, 2015. The gym is clean & there are a lot of classes to choose from. The staff and trainers are very friendly. Trainers like Jessika make working out and being healthy fun. My favorite classes were Barre, Heat, and TRX.

save your money! this place is trying to be something to everyone and has spread itself out too thin.
Its rates are high for what you get, you can get the same classes at retro +. I left Eclipse and joined retro, now I have three close locations (greenbrook, edison and piscataway) that have more to offer than this place and I pay LESS! You arent even allow to use a jump rope at Eclipse.
The parking is a huge situation… only to get into the gym and find it empty. that is because moms stay for their peak hour dance classes. Not to mention the siblings of the dancers acting like its a romp around.
Then there are the trainers who treat the people who dont pay extra for their services like crap. They seem to forget that I PAY to be there and they are PAID to be there.
There is no enforcement of cleaning the machines after use. There are wet wipes around but not everywhere and I never see people using them. When you take classes, they have yoga mats to use. After the class they get piled up, dirty. The next class walks in and takes the dirty mats and uses them!!! Unwashed for years! Disgusting. there arent wipes available in the room so you know they’ve never been washed. Locker rooms are always trashed, Toilets dirty, sinks soaking wet.
I can guarantee you will not be happy here.

Best gym in the area! 100x better than Retro. I am genuinely sad I have to cancel my membership because I am moving. But Theresa was a huge help when both signing up and canceling my membership. The layout of the gym is great with almost all of the cardio equipment upstairs and the free weights and machines downstairs. The classes were my favorite and I am definitely going to miss Zumba with Lloyd and Body by Chehade with Tony on Thursdays

Love the classes here… Staff was friendly. The my zone stuff is pretty cool. I never trained by watching my heart rate, def an eye opener!

Look at other gyms. Was a member here but things have changed and not for better. Mens locker room needs a significant facelift. Cleanliness is an issue throughout. Equipment breaks frequently. More focus on selling membership vs serving those already there.

I don’t live in the area but I came to this gym for a few days in May 2013 and again for 3 days over the holidays while visiting family. I really like this gym. The classes are great (I’ve taken spinning, Body Pump, Body Flow & Body Combat). The spinning bikes are admittedly pretty old but I still got a great workout. The people at the desk are extremely friendly and helpful, the instructors have a lot of energy & the members seem pretty friendly. I didn’t get a chance to use any of the equipment but there are a ton of cardio machines & lots of weights & equipment. If I lived closer, this would definitely be my gym! Check it out!

I have been going to this gym for a few years now, and I have to say I really enjoy my time here. The Staff over all is very pleasant, I haven’t ever had a bad experience with any of them. It is pretty family oriented they have a play room for younger kids or you will occasionally see the kids working out with their parents which I am all for considering the obesity problem with a good portion of the younger generation. Also the members come in all different body types, this place its not just a macho meat head environment you really have a very diverse membership while yes you do definitely see very in shape people (I myself am trying to become one of them) you will also see a good amount of people there who will really need to work hard and diet… a lot … So no one should feel intimidated by giving this gym a try. Over all the members are very friendly, you definitely have your regulars that come in 5 – 7 days a week and after a while you get to know who they are and yes right around January we joke about how incredibly crowded it gets there for all the new years resolutioners and typically around middle of February or march it starts to tapper off until May or June when everyone has to loose that 10 – 20 lbs for summer. Yes machines break but I mean come on its a gym… its not exactly like the machines are invincible or get worn out, I mean every gym I would expect this happens in and they are pretty good about getting them fixed with in a few days. The men’s locker room has showers, steam room, and sauna and of course lockers. I would recommend anyone try the gym out and see for yourself. If you go on their website you can print out a week free trial and try everything out from the free weights to the cardie machines and even most of the classes (some yoga classes you have to pay for separately I think, they could have changed that … I have no idea) They also have a tanning booth (I have never used it. but its there…) Parking can be a bit tricky especially around 6 pm Monday Thur Wednesday it seems that those 3 days everyone remembers they have to work out but by Thursday most everyone except for the regulars seems to forget that the gym is there. but you can park on the street if you must. I have to agree with a previous post that the only thing this gym is missing is a pool and hot tub in the men’s locker room … (they used to have one I really wish they would bring it back) But over all comparing this gym to others in the area for the price and what you get you really cant beat it.

So I have been looking for fitness facility for a few months. I’m a member of Golds Gym and I like it but this gym in on my way home and not as far as Golds.
I stopped in a few days ago and asked for a tour. The gym is spacey, clean and overall– I really like it. What I wasn’t too fond of was the staff.
The lady who gave me my tour was Sooooo pushy to sign up! Like extremely pushy to the point I kind of lost interest in signing up as a full member. I signed up for a trial because I liked the gym and wanted to try it out. Lets just say that this lady called me twice in one day to ask me to sign up officially and wanted my credit card number immediately I haven’t even gone to the gym to try it out or actually get a work out in, how can I want to sign up for a while?! I think this gym is really nice but the staff needs to relax and let members sign up when their ready. A gym membership is a contract thing, no need to rush us!

I called today to get more information on their membership… I asked the person on the phone what are my options. She puts me on hold and comes back minutes later asking me «what’s your name and phone number». I asked her kindly if she can give me some membership info first… nope, «Heather has to call me to discuss». Fine. I provided my info and waited… no call. I call back and inform her that no one has called me so she finds Heather for me and puts me on the phone. I tell her I’m new to the area, looking to join a gym… before I head out I wanted some information on the membership and the costs. Her response is «let me invited you to come see our gym and we can talk about costs after». I tell her i rather get some cost info first… her response is «typically we rather you come in person and see the gym first». Again, I mention that I’m looking for cost info first. Like a ROBOT, she says I HAVE TO come in, she refused to give my any pricing info… at that point… I asked her «are you going to give the information I’m requesting or no»… she got quiet and said I can come in.
At this point I thanked her and hung up. It doesn’t matter what the cost is anymore… who would ever want to join a company where employees are sales robots and have no value in customer service.

Stopped in today to check prices and they let me work out for free. A bit old school with a cool set up. Boxing ring and ball court were a nice throw back.

We’ve been going to Eclipse for about 7 months now, and we want out! Unfortunately, this has proven very difficult — first they tell me we can’t cancel by phone and I have to come in person, so I hope in my car to drive there and find there are no mangers and I had to leave a note. They call the next day to tell me I can cancel after paying for 60 more days, then they call back to tell me that we signed up for a full year (we didn’t) and can’t cancel at all.
Of course, the people who signed us up 7 months ago are long gone, because they have such high turnover on their staff. We had a trainer leave with no warning at all — we showed up to train, and there was no one there to work with us.
As some have said, the parking is also pretty bad, especially in winter weather. The equipment isn’t in the greatest shape, either, and there’s no pool. I’d look elsewhere for a gym.

I’ve been a member for less than a year but I have so many issues with this gym I wish I joined somewhere else. First, I’ve noticed that when the cardio equipment is broke (which happens alot) they take forever to get it fixed, if they fix it at all. The parking lot sucks and like others have said the staff is not very friendly. Which is fine cause I’m not there to socialize but again like someone else mentioned is saying hello when I hand you my card to scan so hard or your welcome after I say thank you? Speaking of socializing, there is so much of that here. Which sometimes is a nuisance especially if you wanna use a machine and someone just sitting there having a conversation. Also, they must be trying to save money cause they keep it so hot in there. Hello, this is a gym, can I have a little air conditioning please.

I’ve been going to Eclipse since I think 2004ish. I pay what I think is reasonable for a gym, it sure isn’t 10 $ but it offers so much more, basically all it is missing is a pool!
Over the years I have had some issues they have messed up my payments several times [resulting in their credit company harassing me nonstop], the parking can be a pain [although I have found ways around that], and once i hurt myself and there was nobody to help me or offer any assistance. Moreover I wish they bring back bodyJAM. They canceled it because ZUMBA is so big and not a lot of people would show up to bodyJAM [i think because of the dance difficulty], but the few of us that did really enjoyed that class… no matter how many requests, it hasn’t come back. i gave up.
Overall though — it is an EXCELLENT gym. As one person states, if the gym wasn’t packed, I would think that was a problem & I totally agree.
The classes ROCK! I wish they had some between 11 and 4 also but hey what can you do? I especially enjoy bodyATTACK, bodyFLOW, yoga, & bodyCOMBAT. I have found the class instructors very nice but some of the other staff off putting. HOWEVER I am not there to socialize or make friends, I am there to work out so this doesn’t bother me. Although a smile when I’m checking in would be nice!
I think it is clean and nicely decorated, it has all the machines you need and usually doubles of some in different areas.
And to let you know how much I do enjoy going here, i drive minimal 15 – 20 minutes to get there [it far surpasses the 5 other gyms closer to me].

Ive been a member for a year, ok gym, definately has venifits if you have an open scheduele, parking lot sucks though during the busy times, the female employees are very snobish, not the trainers. the female empoyees are very pretty but give way too much attitude towards a conversation. their charges for protein shakes are crazy, they dont even use real fruit! but other than that they have great classes, but they need some between 12 and 4.
Literally, no one cares about you there, i hurt myself working out and looked for someone to help me near the free weights, absolutley no one.