Stopped in because I was visiting from out of town and needed a place to deadlift. I love old school, warehouse like gyms like this and Center City is a great example. The owner must be some sort of unhinged collector of machines. Plenty of equipment, including machines I'd never even seen before, space for all the lifts, high weight dumbbells, specialty bars, solid jump boxes, it's great. I'm particularly jealous of the belt squat and reverse hyper, two unusual pieces usually only found in performance or powerlifting specialty gyms. They appear to have a powerlifting team with at least a couple guys putting up 700 kilos, and gear for olympic lifting. Unsure if they had a shower or not, as I didn't need to use it. I went in the morning and had no issue with other lifters, I'm not sure how busy...
Read moreI was a member of Centre City Gym for over a year. During last visit for a quick workout before closing, I was repeatedly asked to pay, despite not realizing my membership had expired. While I was working out I was approached three times regarding payment. After my workout, I went to fetch my credit card intending to resolve the issue, but was followed by two staff members and asked again. This left me feeling uncomfortable. When I returned to pay, I overheard the same individuals making comments about people spending money on other things instead of gym memberships. Despite this uncomfortable experience, I still paid for the renewal. However due to this experience, I will not...
Read moreGoogle reviews would be more useful if you had the option to give 0 or 0.5 STARS. The owner of the gym is disrespectful. Asked for clarification regarding a situation and he was very impolite about it over the phone. Came in-person to receive service and he was still very impolite. Such a dandiprat. He needs to go learn proper etiquette or better control his menopause issues. Also, there is not enough space whatsoever. All of the machines are way too close to each other and the dirty rags are a bad idea to clean workout equipment and machines. The gym should have sanitizing wipes or paper towels. The machines are rusty and difficult to use when...
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