Bally Sport

I was so sad to see this location close because it is only 3 minutes from my home and was a decent gym for a low price. Tory was a great class instructor and I appreciated him.
I was switched to 24 and told I could go to the Daly City location or another Bally’s. The closest Bally’s is in the City and I won’t work out if I have to drive that far. I visited the Daly City 24 and was disgusted. Not a decent gym at all– read the reviews. After cancelling my membership, I visited Crunch at Serramonte and was thrilled. I tried out a yoga class and the mats were clean, the cleaning staff came in immediately after and began cleaning the floors, and the towel service ensured I had fresh towels to lay on/​wipe with. The bathroom was big, clean, beautifully designed, and has my favorite Bliss products. I signed up and had my personal training session that came with the membership. The trainer, Kirby, was awesome and so positive. He really motivated me to respect my body. They offer lots of classes and are the best around.

It was a good gym for me.
Good:
— $ 10 monthly
— hella parking space
— big space
— punching bag
— some staff are helpful
— many workout class to choose from (spinning, zumba, boot camp, etc.)
Bad:
— some workout mats stinks and contain bacteria
— some equipment are aging
— Don’t get sucker in for paying personal trainer. I had a free personal trainer session when I started my membership. After the workout session, he gave a price quote, and it came to be $ 50 per hour. Like WTF? Did he assume I make $ 80,000+ annually? Hell no, that’s a total rip off. GTFO you rejected Jersey Shore douche bag.
This gym was not bad plus I knew many people go to this gym that I ran into. After I came back from Texas, I found out the gym was close «temporary» due to the hellish storm. Late, I found out that it close for good because there’s no point of restoring the old strip mall if they’re planning to tear it down in the future. All the Bally’s members are relocated to the 24hrfitness in Daly City, but that gym suck and dirty. Welp, it’s time for me to find a new gym.

Sad to see this place go because of convenience! That’s all.

WORST GYM I HAVE EVER BEEN TO!
Not only do they close my location…
THEY REFUSE A REFUND!
What a waste of time and money. Had a membership for ONE MONTH and used it once then they closed. And I am out money from my wedding fund!

For all of the negative qualities this place had, I’m really going to miss it. No other gym I’ve been to around here (as of yet) was as spacious. Neither have I seen the stackable plastic platforms I was so fond of in any other gym.
We’ll see what the millbrae 24 hr fitness and crunch have to offer. I thought the bathrooms could have been cleaner here, but this place was heaven compared to a lot of other gyms in the area. I’ll miss the crowd as well.
Is it really closing down?

This place has closed due to damage from the recent storm, and since they have also been bought out by 24 Hour Fitness, it is unlikely to reopen or move to Tanforan as previously rumored.
The management has been very poor over the years keeping its members updated. It took a week to hear from Management that this place was closed due to storm damage, and there was never any notice at all of the murder (a member bludgeoned another member to death with a weight bar) that happened here in September.
Recently, they have directed members of this gym to the 24 hour fitness in Daly City, an even worse gym. Despite surely knowing a merger with 24 hour fitness was imminent, the manager Marcel Massa was just last week trying to sell me on a 2 year membership! To top it off, canceling your membership is its own hurdle: you have to send a certified letter to their DC headquarters for processing.
Good riddance to this place.

Came to the facility today only to find it empty and no lights inside. Came to the door and saw that there was a red document posted on the door. RED TAGGED for being an unsafe facility. Apparently, the roof almost collapsed and the city deemed it unsafe to have any gym goers inside.
The locker room stinks, many equipments are always broken. Missing weights. THe next gym is in Alemany. That location will double till this place gets fixed, Wasting my membership fee by now being able to go here.
Worst gym ever.

holy crap! i figured out how to cancel through the phone! (this is still cool after 3 years)
–call and choose option #1, to make a payment.
–On account # entry, just enter 13 random digits, 3 times till it asks you to stay on hold for an operator. (this is the only way i have been able to reach an operator, as all other lines lead to a dead end)
–Attempt to cancel your membership, operator will state you will need to send in through mail, blah blah. If you have ever worked in CS, you already know you need to keep your calm with customers, and they are basically always right. Complain that you called in before and cancelled over the phone. They will tell you no, be persistent and what do you know… there is an option to CANCEL OVER THE PHONE as long as you pay your last months fee (which was $ 20 on a non contract).
$ 20 vs going to post office, to send a certified letter (cause you already know they are gonna pull something), having to wait 7 – 10 days (half month) for you to get BILLED AGAIN why you are trying to cancel.
exactly.

THIS PLACE IS TERRIBLE. Oh and if you sign up and end up agreeing with me, you have to send a letter to cancel your membership.
No one should go here.

I am really shocked that ballys still continues to get away with their shady activity all these years, I guess I got away when canceling my membership unscathed in comparison to the poor folks who were charged a ton of money for inadequate personal training. The irony is that gyms were created for health benefits and decompression from daily work grind.
The best I can do to support the evidence of such poor customer service is to review and award this horrid fitness company the measly one star that it doesn’t even deserve. Oh, and shame on many of the staff, (NorCal and SoCal locations) for being so self absorbed and rude!

Cheap prices $ 9.99 –21.99 a month
–Lot of equipment but sometimes things are broken and it does not get fixed for a while
–Clean locker room, showers and bathroom
–A good number of free classes
— Always new employees
–Its closing in December

So this is based on the experience I had during my 7 day trial.
I was staying at my parents house for the summer. I figured I would look into getting a membership to a gym that I could use when I was here plus once I went back to school. So I did a trial for a few different gyms to see what would be a good fit. Seeing that I have never been to Bally’s I thought I would give it a shot.
I went in and the receptionist seemed nice enough. Nothing to fancy with the greeting. She told me to go ahead and sign up on the computer and someone will come talk to me. I forgot the young man’s name, but he went through the basic «let me sign you up NOW» talk. I told him I wanted to check everything out first. How can I commit when I don’t know what the other gym goers are like? Or what time is best to come to actually get a work out in? «Ok so it’s Tuesday… I’ll give you until Saturday to decide if you want to join.» No. 7 days is SEVEN days.
Ignoring the timeline I went in almost everyday. That is until the uncomfortable staring and hitting on me started. When a gym has to post not to stare at other people… that’s a problem. I guess guys haven’t seen a girl go through a legit weight training routine. Plus NO ONE cleans or puts the weights back. Come now people, that’s just common courtesy.
Anyways I give it a one star review because the bathrooms were nice… yup that’s it.
Look else where friends.
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Edit:
Let me be clear. I in no way was looking to free load. A nice gentleman felt the need to write me a compliment that I believe was intended to make me feel bad. Alas, I didn’t care about him. But I did see the need to clarify I suppose.
I’m training for competitions in the future, thus I have good form and know how to properly lift weights. If someone is not lifting properly or if I’m off, I welcome people to let me know and I do the same. Safety reasons. That, however doesn’t excuse the hitting on portion of my review. When a girl says no thank you, THAT’S IT.
A woman who has to go to a gym like curves (not hating on them just making a point) because she doesn’t want to be hit on or wants to just work out in peace means the gyms environment you are attending is all wrong. (Also the fact that this gentleman deemed it was worthy to make the suggestion to go to curves shows me that they are one of THOSE guys. You know what I mean ladies.)
Since this was MY opinion and I felt this way, take it with a grain of salt. Deem it helpful or not. Either way, I didn’t enjoy this gym at all.
Thanks for reading this far if you did :)

I was going to join this gym because of the convenient location and the great membership fee. The facility is big and there is ample parking. Equipment seems pretty up to date as well. However, I like to attend group exercise classes so instructors are very important to me. When I saw the schedule, I was excited because they have many classes at convenient class times. My favorite class is the Les Mills’ Body Pump class that I’ve taken at 24 Hour Fitness and Gold’s Gym for many years.
I attended a class here at this gym on my free 1-​week membership. I think it was a 4:30pm. It was the worst Body Pump class I have ever taken. The instructor was totally off with his cueing. With Body Pump, instructors receive a dvd for each release that teaches them the choreography that is set to certain songs. This instructor («J») did the choreography incorrectly and way too fast. I was incredulous that this guy was teaching this class. If he was just doing a cardio class or personal training, that’s fine. But to teach a copyrighted Body Pump class, there are standards, beats and time that an instructor has to follow.
At first I thought maybe he was just off for the first song. But it soon became apparent that he was entirely off for the whole class. I couldn’t take it any more so I recorded some of the class and showed some of my gym buddies. They couldn’t believe how horribly he was cueing, plus he was doing the moves too fast, which could be very dangerous. After that one experience, I left Bally’s and never looked back. I’m amazed they are employing instructors who can get by teaching a certified class so incorrectly. Bummed because everything else about this gym seemed positive. They need to monitor their instructors and have someone who knows Les Mills choreography to do the evaluation. Someone who knows LM choreography will know what to look for.

I signed up at this gym two weeks ago bec of the reasonable price, but my concerns are poor ventilation, cleanliness and poor customer service. When I came as a walk in, Marcel, the gen mgr, which I find him, rude and mean looking. When I signed up, he said I have 1 hr free with a trainer to show me around and how to use equipments that I am interested in using.
On my hour free with trainer, Shaklala, he didn’t show me around. We went straight to do some exercise and seems not in the mood to train. He is more attentive to the other people around us. My free hour training only for 20 mins. I even told the other mgr, I think his name is Edris about why less than an hour. He said its only an assessment, its not really one hour. #smh.
Bec I really want to lose weight, I decided to sign up with a personal trainer. I saw a friend of mine and she recommended Rob. So, I signed up with Rob. He is a good trainer. Im happy with him.
I think the place is filty and stinks. I understand, its a gym, sweaty people around and expect the smell, but this can be improved by good ventilation. On my first day of free training, when we did a floor exercise, I got bug bites in my arms and back, I noticed it when I got home. The following day, I told Edris about my bug bites and I asked him, how often do you fumigate the place. He couldn’t answer me.
Another concern of mine is other gym, even YMCA, they take your blood pressure and weight before you start your training with the personal trainer. Why is Bally’s not doing this? I hope it’s not about cost bec its going to be more costly when they get sued.
I guess it’s true, what you pay is what you get in this place. #smh!

After a few tumultuous months, I think it’s time we end this so I’m dumping you. I’ve actually started seeing Bayhill Gym in San Bruno. Yes. I cheated on you and I don’t regret it.
Here’s the deal. If your gym is that great, let people cancel at your gym. Do not make them jump through f’n hoops. You made our breakup that much worse so while I didn’t cry or eat bon bons and watch Lifetime to get through it, I certainly haven’t forgotten how dreadful it was to finally leave you.
You get one whopping star and only because negative stars are not an option. So let me just say that it is complete and total BS that a member cannot cancel their membership at the gym. You guys create obstacles so you can get a few more months out of those who wish to leave. That really p’d me off so for $ 200+ here is a review just for you. It took me ten long months which equals about $ 200. And I’m making my review extra long so it will take up space on your page :) See how helpful I can be when I’m not happy.
Your gym seemed pretty cool. Lots of machines, nice locker rooms, a great bring a friend incentive and those things I liked. However, I was rarely greeted nicely upon entering your gym and why would you even put those fans on at all. Just say they are broken but do NOT put them on the lowest setting when you don’t have or use AC.
I’m not a size three and when I work out, I flippin’ work out which means I’m hot and sweaty. I don’t wear my LuLu to look good and play around. So when I’m uncomfortably hot because there is no AC I start to not like going to your gym. I left with a headache every time. That was the biggest thing. I have been to many gyms and yours is the only one that was that hot to work out in. AND I asked my sister-​in-​law who won the Arnold and is a fitness model if a hotter environment offered any benefit just in case I was missing something. I was not.
So I go to your gym to cancel about two months after I actually stopped going. I was told that I get to send you a letter that will be ignored unless I send it certified. Great. So I work all the time and instead of canceling my membership at the place I was somehow able to obtain it, I have to not only remember to make this extra trip to the USPS but now I have to specifically make time for it. Let’s just say it. I lagged and now I’m downright resentful.
Fast forward eight months and I have now successfully cancelled (I hope) my gym membership with you. So help me God if you charge my account one day after my 30 day cancellation requirement. Oh wait. That makes it 11 months.
So if you are looking for a gym, drive the extra mile or two and go to Bayhill Gym in San Bruno. It’s not as pretty but it sure is much more comfortable, you can cancel there, they are nice and they are a good gym.
This is what I get for going with a corporate gym. I didn’t know about Bayhill. I really hope you guys read your Unilocal reviews and act upon them.

The fiancé and I had the best deal for a membership that anyone has ever heard of — $ 20/​month with no initiation fees for one person PLUS a friend. So essentially, we paid $ 10/​each/​month for use of any Bally’s gym in the peninsula. Also, we did a 3-​month challenge where if you went to the gym 36 times within 90 days we got an additional 3-​months free. That ultimately equated to $ 5/​person/​month. Not bad huh?
The place is relatively clean with a lot of machines. Although, during the peak hours all of the cardio — namely treadmills — were filled. They have all the typical machine weights and free weights. There’s a decent sized space for people to do stretches and look at themselves in the mirror whilst they lift the free-​weights. I do think it’s kind of awkward that the TVs display notes in between their normal programs, like «don’t stare at other people» or «please do not make grunting noises»
For the money, this place was a pretty good deal. It wasn’t the fanciest place but it did the job. While it was in a strip mall there were some benefits to this. Lots of parking for one and if you wanted to grab a cold drink at CVS next door it was convenient.

Had to contact the national consumer fraud department in Washington DC to deal with this horrible company. After all this hey finally agreed to let me pay for half of the personal training agreement plus some mysterious $ 40 fee (of course.) Again this has been the worst experience dealing with a company I have ever had in my entire 33 years.
On a side note I noticed that Ballys is responding to people about facility concerns here on Unilocal.This gym is in extreme need for ventilation!!! There are ceiling fans on the lowest setting (which Doesn’t seem to do anything at all) and no windows to open. Every time I try to work out it gets so hot I feel like I’m going to pass out. Please get some more fans and more ventilation in this facility before someone passes out hits their head! If you even care.
Horrible gym but there is really no other option around so I Think a lot of people feel stuck. But they could really use a complete overhaul and to work harder to make their customers happy.

This gym is like a time capsule from the 80’s. Sorry. What can I say. I came from the San Jose location and this gym is hella outdated.
However, there are some upsides to it. For example, it’s very spacious, it doesn’t get too crowded… AND that’s about it. Lol…
This place needs more machines. New machines. They gotta lot of duplicate ones but that’s it. They need more cardio machines, a pool, a sauna, a steam room, a hand ball court, bball court, a track. Lol ok I’m asking for too much but dang. They’re TV’s could be upgraded at least. It’s so hard to see the subtitles on the screen when they get cut off in that tiny tv box. Just sayin…
Also, I’m that type of person who puts her cards/​barcode/​scanner things in her phone so I don’t have to carry my wallet, and this gym’s computer scanner system isn’t up to par. I hate having to give my phone to the front desk person to input my info.
So when that time comes when the renovations starts I’ll change my review and star rating. Until then, I’m just going to be nice and give them 2 stars for effort.

Signed up about a month ago and have been going about 3 to 4 times a week. No major complaints yet. The place could use come revamping, but I don’t expect much when paying $ 19 a month and being able to take the classes and bring a friend for free every time. It gets the job done.
Just a tip, when signing up, they WILL push personal training on you… Hard (that’s how they make their $ now from charging so little for membership). Be prepared to put your foot down if you aren’t interested. Watch out for the manager… He’s a tall lanky guy who looks like a high school gym teacher… He’s a bit pushy to say the least.

Not sure exactly how I feel about this club. It’s a big downgrade from Bay Club and Equinox, but now I am saving a lot of money! I came to Bally and opted for the «cheapest» membership at $ 10/​mo + $ 29 annual fee. It’s very affordable but the treadmills and ellipticals are a bit out of date. The place is always crowded when I go between the hours of 5:30 — 7:30pm. The few weight machines that I know how to use are usually busy but no problem getting a hold of a treadmill. People almost never put back the dumbells on the rack, so I hardly use those. They have classes that are always full (I heard ppl wait as early as one hr to get in the classes), so no thanks!
The members/​users are fine (overall good ppl and no snobby girls in their teeny lululemon outfits), but most of the employees there don’t know what they are doing. They always refer me to talk to their manager.
The thing I hate the most here is they always try to sell you stuff. From day 1 when I walked in with my free pass, they told me not to activate it & buy memebership today to get whatever free (I forgot). After joining, I got a free training class and of course, they tried selling packages. Recently, there was a problem with my account. I walked into the office and… (you guessed it!) they tried selling me an upgrade! Even after you say no to their first selling question, they will have many more. Just be aware and JUST SAY NO!