Retro Fitness

I have been here multiple times and honestly even though this is the closest location to my home, not my favorite retro to work out at. Front desk is very friendly and nice. Every time I come in, cleaning lady is wiping down the equipment so everything seems clean. Even though all retro locations have very similar equipment and layout, Wellington location appears to be smaller because of equipment placement. Every time I walk thru the door, the humidity and hot air slaps you in the face so kind of kills your desire to workout. They are open ²⁴⁄₇ which is a huge plus. If I could, I would give this business 3.5 star

The only advantage of this gym is that it’s open 24hours and the front desk employees are nice. However, there is too much broken equipment. So many machines are missing the metal sensors to monitor heartrate, some bikes don’t adjust the resistance right, and there are machines that still have signs that they’re pending repair. Gonna have to start making the trek to another Retro or just switch to another gym altogether.

Great gym with a smoothy bar. Good place for dead lifts. They also have a tire flip. Fun for an AMRAP!

I would advise you to stay away from this gym. Smelly gym with always broken equipment. WAY to many pieces of equipment in the small space of this gym also. It’s like a sardine can.
I have been trying to cancel my membership for weeks now and no one calls me back from this location. I even tried to reach their corp offices and nothing. TERRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE.
I asked once for a shake and was told to not even bother ordering them.
Nothing is ever put back and it’s just a big, smelly mess.
When I first joined I was harassed by the «personal training» manager. He went as far as texting my cell phone number he got off of my contract. When I brought my friend to help me out with getting familiar with equipment we were told this was not allowed and quickly asked to leave.
I wrote a review on their Facebook page and still nothing was done even though they acknowledged my unhappiness. This places sucks so much. Worst decision of my life was joining and getting stuck here.

The worst retro in the Bergen/​Passaic County area. Stick with N/​A and Wayne gyms. The cardio theatre is out of order half of the time and then when it is working the person in charge of replaying the movie never does it and you’re stuck watching nothing till they do something. On the tvs they have the hallmark channel but not espn. Unbelievable. Different prices for shakes/​smoothies all the time (Agree with some reviewers, they seem to make up prices)

Place looks decent, even though you’ll find a lot of broken cardio machines. I was signed up for a year, and in December i noticed an extra $ 39.99 payment that was not the usual $ 24 monthly payment.
I called the company and they said every December they charge you a yearly fee. I looked at the contract and it was in the fine print, but this was never mentioned anywhere on the website or when i signed up.
Also, beware that canceling is sort of a pain. Expect to pay for 2 more months (in my case 3 months) after giving them a letter asking to cancel.
Besides that, the gym is OK. Smoothies are good, and staff is friendly.

It’s cheap and open 24hrs, that’s why most people join. The staff are rude, and basically get paid to hang around and talk to each other. When you have an issue with equipment, expect the staff to not respond or acknowledge you. The only staff I see actually doing their jobs are the cleaning staff. I guess you get what you pay for and that’s why retro is so cheap.

I joined Retro about a month or so ago after being an LA Fitness member for years. So far I’m really happy I joined Retro. It’s open 24 hours and has ample parking. LA Fitness has neither of those. Also, Retro’s cardio equipment is always working and there seems to be a minimal amount of creepers around. Everyone here seems to really be about that fit life which I totally appreciate. Yeah it’s not as big and shiny as LA FItness but it has absolutely everything you need if you are indeed really serious about getting/​being fit.

This is based solely of my review of this ONE retro establishment. I usually go to Signature Fitness. However, I wanted to try another gym that is 24 hours. That is the only luxury that this place has. The gym itself is a little shitty. There are weights thrown around and the staff does not look like they even care to pick up after the place. I like that it has a theater where you can run in but that is where the amenities end. The only reason why I would even bother to leave signature its because I first joined with the intention that it was a 24 hour gym. I refuse to continue to pay 40 dollars a month for a gym I have to rush to get to after work. Retro has a variety of gyms you can visit for 20 bucks a month. While Signature only has one. I rather have variety on a decent gym than have one option at a luxury gym.

This place has really fallen into despair. Free weight discs are always strewn across the gym — even at 5−6am. Finding a pair of matching dumbbells is a chore and it’s often frequented and overcrowded by young high schoolers. The only redeeming quality now is 24 ops.
This place gets a 0, as in 0 fux given.

Nothing says retro like working out on a machine with a number of strands of pubic hair on it! There’s black mold by the windows. This is the most disgusting gym I have ever been in!!!

Great that the gym is 24 hour. A couple of the shakes are delicious, but you have to add extra protein to make them worthwhile, which gets expensive. Membership price is awesome.
The dumbbells go up to 140. They have a deadlift platform.
However, the plates are badly beat up. Dust is everywhere. Cable machines stick. The mens bathroom gets closed for long periods of time because the housekeepers are all female.
You’ll find yourself contemplating switching to a different gym very often.

Horrible. The workers are so rude, the weights are so dirty. When I complained. they just ignored me. It gets really crowded so it is hard to lift. Changed my membership and changed to powerhouse which is so much better! Save your money.

The only good thing about this gym is that it is cheap and ²⁴⁄₇. However, doesn’t have all the amenities that a typical gym has and limited equipment.

It’s a good gym as far as equipment and crowds. The rush hour is quite tolerable, and there are plenty of machines and benches considering to client base. The tanning package is an additional $ 10/​month (stand-​ups) and is definitely worth the price — there are hardly ever waits.
That being said, I started coming to this location 4 years ago, then in Nov 12 had to move away for a while and rejoined this September. Now I’m not sure if there is new management or just a change in hiring philosophies, but I’m noticing that the cleaning staff, which was once a very efficient, thorough, professional operation has been reduced to hiring teenagers who barely look old enough to be employed doing a very sub-​par job.
One of the reasons you have a cleaning staff is (get this) to keep the equipment clean. I have been noticing the change in staffing the past couple weeks, but today I was just struck by what I saw. I came to the facility at 11 am today, Wednesday 9÷25÷13, and immediately noticed that two of the teenage cleaning staff (one boy was very short with a dark complexion and the other a very tall african-​american boy) were hanging on some of the ab equipment, pretending to clean, but very obviously watching the movie (She’s the Man) in the Retro Theater. This went on for at least 20 minutes, with the only time they broke this being when a member of management came towards them, however, the would immediately resume upon her leaving. There was also a very tall white boy working cleaning, and though he didn’t spend the whole time cleaning one machine while watching the movie, he also didn’t seem to know what he was doing. He would meander about, wiping this, wiping that, climbing on top of seats and benches to literally blow the dust off the top to let it settle in the air.
**Management — PLEASE READ** I used to tell people all the time about the cleanliness of this facility, however, if these are the new standards you are keeping you can forget about that happening in the future. Please show your new hires the proper way to clean equipment, show them a preset order to clean, so they’re not mindlessly wandering to whatever looks good, and for heaven’s sake, make sure they’re actually cleaning and not socializing or watching the movie. Gyms are a breeding ground for bacteria, and if this facility isn’t going to be cleaned appropriately, we can all expect a **VERY** bad flu season.

This gym is a rat hole! Nothing against the people who work out there, the layout is terrible, the equipment is dated and not working.
I belong to Belleville Retro and have worked out in the new North Arlington location and these two locations are light years ahead of Wallington.

I was going to Gym since from Feb 2011 until Aug 2011. After that I moved out of state and asked them to cancel my membership. I was told let’s continue your membership, it will be cancelled automatically but instead of that, it got renewed and retrofitness kept on charging until I noticed and while I was in the middle of resolving the issue with Retrofitnnes, my account got transferred to collections and these guys started asking me 10 times more than what was the bill. These guys have ruined my credit history with out my fault. I would never recommend retrofitness to anyone. If any one needs proof, i can be reached at
. And what collections guys are telling me to extract money is «I am Indian, you are Indian and you must be worried about your credit history» so make payment ~200 $ ” No one seems like looking into the matter, just saying pay money which I don’t owe

Retro Fitness is a small, relatively-​clean gym that offers it’s services for a very reasonable price… that’s all fine and well, however if you do encounter any difficulties and need to speak to the management, be prepared. I have seldom seen such poor customer service and a general lack of people skills; I’m not sure how this man can be the manager of anything, he couldn’t even manage to speak to me properly! I was insulted and my conflict was left unresolved when I hung up with this miserable individual. Now I’m in limbo waiting for the bookkeeper to get to work to so I can call back and see how I could have possibly accrued so many fees when I had resolved my conflict in person a month ago. The manager at Retro Fitness has wasted and ruined my whole morning once again. I wanted to retain my membership since it is such a good deal but I don’t think I could continue doing business with such a mismanaged company.

Watch out for this gym.
Before you join, be sure to read the contract as well as the FINE print. It takes close to an act of god to get out of this contract (once you sign).
I moved 4 states away… I provided them with proof of the move, copies of the changed address, gave them their ridiculous 60 day notice, etc, etc… they still held me to the contract.
The Manager actually argued with me and was not the nicest guy in the world. The owner was kind of worse (in a weird way). He spoke to me once, told me he’d take care of things and call me back. Well, I’ve since called him a number of times, still trying to get that call back. Very unprofessional.
It’s also kind of apropos to the people that work out in this gym. Their young and kind of… well, you’ve seen the show «the jersey shore». The mirrors are getting more use then the equipment. Plus, avoid eye contact.
In summary, bad management (overall not kind) and if you are looking for a gym to work out in, seek elsewhere… please trust me.

For the Money you just can’t get any better than this. Got the membership initiation fee wavied for signing up before jan 3^rd. I was going to World Gym but for 30 bucks a month it’s not worth it!