Form Fitness Brooklyn — Local services in New York

I had left my initial review of Form several years ago, when I’d been going for about 3 months. It was my first strength training gym experience and I’d left 5 stars, with my original review primarily going on about how amazingly great my trainer was there. I ended up being there 2.5 years and then intermittently for a bit as I traveled a lot.

Speaking with others who use trainers at similar gyms, talking with other clients at Form, and personal experience expanding beyond the few months of my original review radically changed my thoughts on the Form experience (every aspect outside my trainer, which I remain very grateful I found through Form).

The marketing of it being ‘inclusive’ is highly debatable/contrived - while they do welcome people of all genders/sizes/ages/every other diverse adjective, that doesn’t guarantee they’re treating everyone with respect or even basic politeness. I’d been going 3x a week in-person for 2 years - the owners/that specific crew would barely acknowledge me, even if it was just me walking in between clients/while they’d just been hanging out. It just felt odd in addition to rude and unprofessional. Isn’t that basic human decency to acknowledge someone? Especially when you’re owners and, as such, may want to try being welcoming or at least show superficial friendliness. Primary trainers/owners give off weird cliquey mean girl energy as well (unless you’re one of their clients maybe?).

Several of the primary trainers would express blatant passive aggressiveness (at times just aggressiveness) towards my trainer while we were in a session. Not to sound like a broken record, but these instances were uncomfortable, awkward, and unprofessional. What a wild choice to be so openly unpleasant to a trainer while they’re in the midst of training a client.

tl;dr: vibes and toxic energy. unprofessionalism and rudeness. If I hadn’t adored my trainer I wouldn’t have went there beyond a 5 pack max and then likely given up on personal strength training altogether.

2 stars instead of 1 solely because Form introduced me to a trainer who’s everything and more I didn’t even realize I needed from a trainer 🙌

To potential clients, def check it out if it speaks to you, just be mindful my experience is in no way unique. To those mentioned above, none of this can come as a surprise but assuming defensiveness will be the only takeaway over self reflection but...

The trainers at Form Fitness are the gold standard. Every trainer in there is so proficient in what can work for your body and they make it their mission to create a wonderfully warm and welcoming atmosphere. They will make adjustments for ANY BODY. As someone who has worked out with trainers at most of the major gyms around NYC (Equinox, Crunch, NYSC, etc) and not committing to any of them in the past, I can tell you that Form Fitness is different. They’re not trying to sell you something you don’t need or force you into doing anything you don’t feel comfortable with. They care about your goals, and work with you to create an action plan for how to get you there. They care about their craft, about you as a person, and are some of the most compassionate people I’ve met. Also everyone who works out there is dope + fun. Go there - I have nothing but glowing things to say after going to Morit for 1.5 years and to Form Fitness since...

I am so grateful I found Form and Francine when searching for a personal trainer. The thoughtful approach behind owners Morit and Francine creates an environment free of judgement and one where clients can truly reach goals with individualized plans. Francine’s knowledge is incomparable and has allowed my own confidence in strength training to deepen. I appreciate Francine’s “training for life” mentality and have gained a balanced and sustainable lifelong relationship with movement. I’ve also been inspired by the way Form connects with their community (especially during the pandemic!) and find their social justice minded approach to fitness and empowering strength for all to be unlike anything I’ve seen in a gym. Thank you for...