Fusion Gyms — Local services in Philadelphia

I have never been to a gym where I never had to wait for a squat rack or bench press until I joined Fusion. Even at peak hours, I never had to wait for my compound lifts. Uncommonly I may have to wait or choose a different lift if I am looking to use one of the dumbbell benches during peak, since there are proportionally less of them.

For whatever reason, their central air is not working so they have two large HVACs at the emergency exit doors. Probably a fire hazard. Not sure while they can't just fix the central air to do away with those (there is extensive piping in the ceiling).

One unfortunate aspect of this gym is that there are a lot of people with phones on tripods recording themselves work out. Sometimes they are interacting with the phone as if they are streaming on tiktok. Not my thing and would rather not be in these recordings.I guess the acceptance of this would be a perk if you are looking to make fitness insta/tiktok content.

12/2024 Update Gym has gotten a bit busier at this point. Starting to be difficult to find benches in the dumbbell area during peak evening times. Dumbbells not being put back properly. Locker room also starting to get a bit wrecked already. Most of the lockers (which have touchpad based locking mechanisms) are busted with most of the battery doors + batteries missing. Still the best option around the city with parking but wish they would take a bit better care of things to...

The gym is nice on the inside but some of the staff are horrible. I had a situation at this gym with one of the trainers Ciera and was treated unfairly… a new trainer by the way & they act like you can’t speak your mind on how you feel I just feel like it was all wrong and it’s all about the money because as soon as the lady Tracy revoked my membership- she goes on to say that I can go to any of the other locations except the south Philly one she’s very biased and you can tell this her first time having some type of authority but she uses it to her advantage & that trainer lied on me & I know that won’t be the first time she does it. Christian was cool until he rolled his eyes while I was explaining my side of the story which they didn’t care to hear because they said they have jobs & couldn’t listen to me all day. It’s like what I had to say didn’t matter they believed the trainer and I had text messages to even prove I never threatened her. The only one I respected is the guy with the little braids in his hair I don’t know his name I wish I did but when I asked him questions he didn’t lie I felt like he had my back but he couldn’t say much because he didn’t wanna lose his job. This gym is a influencer gym all they do is make videos and take pics and they don’t wipe off the machines & it’s all about the money I’m actually glad my membership was revoked because I’ll save over $200 bucks...

I really liked this gym until their central air broke. It’s been two months now and it’s still broken. They have temporary AC units but it doesn’t make much of a difference on days where it’s above 85 degrees outside. It’s been very uncomfortable to work out at this gym during summer. They had signs up during beginning of July that the HVAC system would be fixed by the end of the month. It’s now almost September and the signs are taken down but it’s obvious that their HVAC system is still broken. It a beautiful space with nice equipment and kind staff, but the poor air circulation/high humidity/high temp in the gym makes it unbearable to work out and causes overexertion from overheating. When it gets crowded after 5pm, it gets even hotter in there. There’s also been a few times I had to leave the gym as soon as I got there because I would find out that the toilets/sinks and water fountains aren’t working due to plumbing issues. Most of the time, the bass from the gym’s music is so strong and loud that I can hear it through the noise cancellation on my AirPods which can be really annoying because I can’t hear my own music. For the price that you pay for the membership, you wouldn’t expect these kinds of issues to happen consistently. I really hope these problems can be resolved because I want to stay as a...