Blast Fitness West Roxbury

I’ve been going to this gym for some time. Im not someone who makes a big fuss over the imenities that a gym has so this review isnt to complain about how much its not like LA fitness. At this gym you have your usual machines and they just upgraded a few of the ones on the main floor. Theres also classes but I only like the Spin Classes with Konda (i think thats her name, shes great either way). My biggest complaint about this gym is the womens only section. I like to lift but im still pretty new to it so i get shy and i dont like to lift in front of the big guys and girls at the main weights section. In the womens only section, i have to constantly go out and go find weights in another part of the gym. Also the space is limited so sometimes there could be up to 7 girls crammed into that section doing free weights. Sort of annoying, but again, not anything i cant deal with. I wish they had a leg press and smith machine in the womens only section so i can do squats and leg presses. I do wish that the facility got an upgrade because the locker rooms are sad and the sauna doesnt work. The stair master is broken every other day so its just a lot of maintenance needs to be done. the staff is wonderfu, nice, professional and theyre not overbearing, they just let you do your thing, which is a HUGE plus.
There is daycare, but i dont have kids so i dont know what that is all about.
Its just a basic gym at the end of the day. If youre looking for luxe, then go spend 200 a month at lifetime or bsc. If you want to just get a workout in, for a low price, this gym is what youre looking for.

I didn’t have a good experience with Blast Fitness!!! I have been a member for 1 year, from ⁰⁵⁄₂₀₁₅ but my pass was frozen from ¹²⁄₂₀₁₅ up to ⁰⁵⁄₂₀₁₆ and I wasn’t over there. On ⁰⁵⁄₂₆ this year I wanted to cancel my membership (it’s takes 30 days for to cancel!!!) and found out that I have to pay annual fee ($ 49.99) because it falls within those 30 days!!! so if you will not cancel the membership with at least 1 month before your annual fee due date you have to pay annual fee. It’s ridiculous!!! So I will have to pay more than $ 100 just for annual fee even if I used gym for 7 month only!!! Think twice before join this club!!!

It is a lot better and cheaper then the old golds gym that used to be here way back. It is good for cardio weights, women classes, it has daycare, flat tv everywhere.

I realize that this business model is set up so that they carry a large percentage of their membership that does not use the club or does not follow the strict rules of cancellation that you are required before ending your membership.
They have been through multiple managers over the last year. I first canceled my membership many months ago being told by the manager/​front desk person it was all set. A few months went by and I realized it in fact was not canceled. After speaking with the front desk person I was informed that they have had allot of turnover and I should have been told that I had to also fax a copy of a form to AFC financial the company that handles the withdrawals for Blast fitness. I faxed it twice with receipt. I was then informed that I owed both February’s payment and the yearly fee.
Via email. I returned the email as stated above after I received an email that my membership was now canceled but I still owed February’s fee.
This is a scam it is set up so even if you do everything that is required they will try and steal more money from you. Good luck if you sign up at this gym!

Wifi rarely works. Staff are not friendly. I appreciate the parking lot, daycare and their very small all girls section.

I cannot believe that they offer classes for only $ 22/​month. I have gotten into SHAPE since starting at this club. The reason Body Pump! I originally joined the club for the Zumba classes, they are super fun and there is a lot of camaraderie. Over the summer I was introduced to BodyPump, by the fabulous Laura. It has definitely changed the shape of my body. I got a little BodyPump obsessed and tried to find other gyms which offered the classes. The only one convenient to me is Healthworks, which costs $ 100 MORE PER MONTH.
PROS
Inexpensive
Zumba
Body Pump
SPINNING
CONS
Floor in the group X room needs to be replaced.
Sauna doesn’t always work
Parking lot is a mess
WIFI doesn’t always work.

I’ve been going here for 3 months now. I must say I love the fact that it’s never packed. They have had some machines out of order for a while when I first started but since the new management (I started during the transition) they are fixed much quicker with the exception of the sauna. FIX THE DARN SAUNA PEOPLE! Also, I love the stair master and hate to see people on «MY MACHINE» would love it if they had more stair masters.
The classes are usually fun and Instructors are generally friendly and fun! Also, there is a variety of classes which I like.
PROS for me:
Never packed
Good classes
Womens only area (small but good)
Childcare
CONS:
Not enough stair masters
Sauna is ALWAYS out of order
Not enough drinking fountains
Not open late on weekends

Pros:
11 bucks a month
Never super busy
Has free weights and barbells
New management
Wifi works
Cons:
Floor mats are uneven in areas (barbell rolls away from you now and then)
I hear the cardio machines are dirty
People don’t like to rack there Dumbbells sometimes (get over it, every gym has some sort of racking issue)
Hard to find clips for barbells
Broken equipment
I don’t have experience in their classes or locker rooms, I try to avoid those areas no matter where I go.
All the cons I can careless about other than the broken row machine (or I’d give 5 stars)
It’s a hole in a wall for sure but that’s what I like. If your looking for a place to lift some weight and train and don’t mind wiping down your equipment before using it then it’s a good spot for you.
If your looking for a smile and a greeting at the door from staff or get butt hurt for having to wipe down your equipment before and after use then this probably isn’t the place for you.
Planet fitness is right down the road. Go their to walk on your treadmill. They like cry babies over there. They’re all about that «judgment free zone».

Thank God! The Wicked Witch is dead. The two blowhards who have owned Blast for the last several years are gone. Jimmy and George, the previous owners have reacquired the gyms.
They have pride in their product and will return the facilities to a standard.
Will get 5 stars if men’s sauna is refurbished.

This place is disgusting. I have gone at different times of the day and I have only ever seen the same poor guy attempting to clean. No AC in the summer was the cherry on top. Multiple broken machines, broken weight equipment, wifi that doesn’t work. Just don’t bother, you’re honestly better off not going at all. Would do no stars if I could.

My friend is a member and invited me to come to blast. While working out, I felt extremely uncomfortable. I’m not a germaphobe, but no one washes down the machines and all of the mirrors are smudged and look like no one has cleaned them in years. Also, all of the equipment looks like it is from the 70s. Most seats are ripped, and there are random holes in the floor. Make sure to watch where you step since no one feels the need to put their weights back. For 10 $ you might as well go to the planet fitness down the street. I’m surprised people actually enjoy going here.

I went when it was WOW and it was great. I returned this year and what the Hell happened? The AC doesnt work. You can barely breathe in the summer and it smells awful. Sink doesn’t work. There are only about five working treadmills and they are worn out and awful. There is no. signal in there so i paid extra to use the wifi to listen to music, and it never works. If you ask about it they just shrug. I wish i had not signed up bc now i am stuck in this festering hell hole for a year. I might break my own leg just to. get a dr. Note to let me out of the contract.

This gym is awful in so many ways. Machines are always broken and never seem to get fixed and the air conditioner barely works in the summer. They also make canceling your membership difficult. I was moving so I went to cancel my membership but I couldn’t because you can only cancel it when a manager is working. I work during the week plus I was packing for my move so I did not have time to go back into the gym and cancel. This should not be that difficult but lesson learned.

Like someone previously mentioned, broken equipment, wifi that doesn’t work, the sauna has been broken for over a year. When mentioned to the night time manager, he just mumbles and shrugs it off. Staff is unprofessional. I’ve seen multiple arguments between two employees, swearing. Just not okay when you’re representing a company.
Also, I wish the staff would enforce people to wash the equipment after they use it. There’s multiple signs posted, but no one obeys the rules. I contracted hands foot and mouth disease from this establishment. A virus that rarely affects adults. This place is disgusting. The people are gross. I love swamp ass on all my workouts. I hope everyone checks their bank accounts, because you will get over charged from this place.

I have been a member of this place since it was Gold’s Gym. It has gone way down in quality. Too many broken machines, ripped cushions, the sauna in both men’s and women’s rooms are broken. The floor mats are buckling — a shocking sign of neglect — and the buckled area is removed but not replaced. CHEAP and DIRTY.

The equipment is always broken, promotes wifi but never works and here is no service in the building, employees are pretty obnoxious and the fitness classes are at off hours definitely isn’t catered to working people. The only reason I stay is because it’s 1 mins from my job and I really only have time to work out before work or durning lunch.

Unfortunately this is one of the worst of the worst. I’ve been working out for over 25 years in all different settings and types of environments. Safe your money, spare yourself the misery and join somewhere else. I don’t even know how much longer this place can afford to be around. Many of the other locations that were affiliated with this specific location have already closed down.

They finally fixed the stair-​master after 5 months. This gym is not the greatest but you get what you pay for. What blew me off was that they replaced all there flat screen tvs. They should’ve used that money on some equipment or update there equipment. The cardio machine are dusty and an accumulation of sweat and dirt on the ellipticals. I would recommend this gym if you’re starting to work out and work your way out of that gym when you reach your peak

I’m originally from dedham, I used to go to the WOW/​Blast in W. Roxbury and then the two companies split (but they’re both still under the god-​awful ABC Fitness billing company), and I moved to Waltham.
Spoiler alert: WOW Waltham (and pretty much any other gym in the world) is lightyears ahead of Blast West Roxbury.
As someone who experienced the single ownership of WOW West Rox, and then the joint venture of Blast/​WOW, and then just Blast, it’s a shame to see such a great facility go so far downhill in a short amount of time. The cardio equipment, when it works, is «usable» at best. The treadmills are lumpy, which makes it feel like you’re running on hard, uneven sand. There are two stairmasters, one which was broken for at least a year and then I left so I’m not sure if they ever fixed it.
There is ALWAYS a handful of stationary weight machines that are broken or out of commission, sometimes with no sign or indication that it should not be used. There were a couple of times that I told the front desk attendants of various issues with machinery or equipment, and I either got a «ya we know» or «k thanks.» and never saw anything done about it.
Which leads me to my next issue: the staff is horrible. From the front desk attendants to some of the class instructors to the personal trainers. I don’t know what credentials Blast requires to work for their company, but it’s very obvious that client service is not one of their top priorities, if a priority at all. I used my «free personal training session» last summer, and the first appointment that was scheduled I was not only ditched, but I went to the gym at 7 am to find it closed with no sign on the door. texted the trainer and apparently the building was having AC issues. Again, no sign or notification from management. From my experiences, and those of my peers, I’m not even sure there is a manager, the conduct is so poor.
When I finally had my training session, I met with the trainer who was in her mid thirties, and seemingly a bit overweight. As she was taking my information down, she was breathing heavily and seemed annoyed with my presence. Maybe she was having a bad day, who knows, but when I sign up for personal training, I’m (maybe selfishly) assuming that my trainer would be in better shape than I am. Yet here I was, telling the trainer about my struggles with getting back into my former college-​athlete shape, and how I had lost about 10 pounds so far on my own, and her response was (without even looking at me), «ya, probably water weight.» While I don’t claim to be an exercise physiologist or nutritionist, I know that busting my own butt in the gym (again, as a former college athelete, I’m no workout noob) and restricting my diet for 8 weeks to lose 10 pounds on my own was not «water weight.» That comment sent me over the edge.
She finally handed me off to and another trainer for my actual workout piece of the appointment, and this girl was great. She was strong, lean, serious, yet motivating. She put me through basic base line strength and agility testing, the entire time pushing me to my limits yet complimenting me on my form– THIS is what a trainer should be. After the workout I circled back with the original woman and she wanted something like $ 400/​month for the personal training. As much as I would have loved to have the other girl as my trainer, I don’t know a single person, especially a recent college grad, that could afford that kind of training, especially at a gym that solicits its clients based on its convenience and value. I’ll stick to having my Exercise Physiologist for a best friend train me for free, with optimism and motivation, not degradation and snarkey comments, thank you very much.
I was going to cancel my membership with Blast and go to a gym closer to my new home, but I figured I should at least give WOW Waltham a shot and see what it’s like. Having my membership transferred/​grandfathered in to WOW in Waltham was easy, convenient, and free, which I really appreciated. I mailed in a copy of my membership agreement and payment history, now I just have to wait a couple of billing periods to make sure they’re not double charging me for the two gyms.

Blast Fitness is a dump, but that is not my main problem with them. They make it impossible to quit! I have been a member for 3 years and finally got fed up with the filth. After repeated requests for canceling I have found they are still charging my bank account! Corporate headquarters told me that I must first repeat my request at the club, then write headquarters with a 30 day request! I have heard from 2 other people that they continue to charge your bank account because the fee is so low many people do not notice. Think long and hard before you join this club!