CFX North Riverside — Local services in Proviso Township

As a member, you are expected to be FREE SECURITY. billed me $15 cuz 3 ppl showed up in vestibule when I electronically opened the door. And the strangers came in behind me. Apparently I was supposed to stop them! 3rd stranger scanned his app even tho door was open. He knew, I guess.The two chicks, who MAY/MAY NOT HAVE HAD MEMBERSHIPS, walked in without scanning. Cuz door was open of course! They bill me for it. Mind you, I didn't hold door open for them. I just open door and walk in, and as I say, fail to be free security I get punished. One hour my working wages gone, as if I never worked for it. Disappear. You know what they should do is fine people $5 who leave their weights scattered on the floor, litter, and moan at the top of their lungs on each rep. Put some order in facility. But no. You would think with all this extra money, maybe $30-$90/night from scamming member, maybe they fix their equipment with this but no. So sit up bench and leg press machine bench are loose and tilt and wobble left right. You end up almost falling off decline sit up bench upstairs. Is that bad, throw it away or somebody get hurt. then with leg press bench, is not that bad yet but you push several hundred pounds, assume you want seat to be stable...come on brother is lunatic...I imagine somebody hurt themselves at gym and gym probably say you sign contract say you no sue.....yeah man but don't forget you are GYM. People pay for you to rent them GYM EQUIPMENT. We as members have right that All gym equipment be safely operating, under repair with warning sign, or thrown in the trash. No in between. Equipment should not be out there with the rest of the machines as if they work. I am a fairly light individual. 170lb tall srelatively thin, I imagine if someone on a weightloss journey were to use sit up bench upstairs they would bust their ** severely. When you go down decline whole bench tilt almost45 degrees, I fear someone overweight fall on their head, perhaps injure their feet ligament that hold them in place at top.Twist their spine. Gym would say sound like a you problem. In boxing room, wall dented in there is powderthat comes out. Very maintained. On stair master, one time I step on guy say "don't go on that one, it skips a step."Told me go on another one, another guy a more experience guy comes goes on the one in the corner that "skips a step." he'll go up three or four stairs up then do a shuffle on each rotation. Brother is nuts. THE GOOD: I love gym has dungeon feel. High ceiling. Not too bright. Not too packed, do what you need to. Equipment is spaced out, you not crammed. Good supply work out machines. Specifically for back, several rowing machines vertical and horizontal axis you operate with free weights or stack weight, cable or manual grips. Good spine day. Cardio rowing machines too. Free weights; two or three sets of popular low weight dumbbells, typically not all taken. $30 membership for 247 access to all locations great deal. Most all gym goers good people. Only one weird fitness couple come in to film, and one group of college boys that moan their names in their ears on each rep. ATTA BOY. casually squats a thousand pounds. Sucks to lift when they lift. MY PROBLEM with this gym is specifically what management finds Important And Not Important - They are hypocritical: They won't dare instruct Their Staff to be security, and tell lunkheads to quit moaning and breaking sound barriers and that they should (reasonably) shut up orleave, but they do instruct paying members to be security and (risk safety) block people from entering. As for money, they will Scam You Via Legal Contract to get 15 unconsensual bucks up out ya, keep it coming in, but they won't dare Spend The Money to make sure all equipment has pins for the weight stacks, all benches are stable. As for the one man staff, they sure do spend lot of time on cell phone zero time cleaning. Sometimes wrappers littered, bottles. Dumbells where you need to walk. Don't trip. There are careless young men...

I just moved to Chicago and I went to the gym daily in my hometown. Trying to find a reasonably priced gym that was close by was a headache. Gyms in Chicago all lean towards trendy fitness centers with amenities I will never use (I don't need a sauna, hot tub, juice bar, or massage parlor) or they're class run only (crossfit, weight loss, 5-10 people per group, etc). I think group classes are great to supplement independent cardio and resistance training but there's no such thing as a one size fits all class that will target you and your goals specifically. You either need independent personal training, or to workout on your own. I needed a gym I could walk in to, say hello to the front desk attendant, work out, and walk out the door. Charter Fitness is that gym.

I visited the Bridgeport location and the North Riverside location and was given a tour of both. The general manager of the Riverside location was very welcoming and professional. The Bridgeport location attendant was also very nice and professional. Bridgeport is slightly closer to me, but it's smaller and while I didn't see it during peak hours I would imagine it getting pretty cramped. The Riverside location isn't enormous either but seems more than adequate, and I have yet to wait on a bench or station to use. I can't comment on late fees, billing issues, or anything related to that since I signed up to auto pay and don't need to worry about late fees. Good luck finding a gym or any sort of subscription plan that warns you your payment is due in advance. Read the plan information before you sign up, and you won't have any issues. If you pay for your utilities, it's the same situation.

I signed up for the $20 a month plan and can visit any of their locations which is nice. My only complaint is that they close somewhat early on the weekends, at 7:00PM. I appreciate 24 hour gyms but if no one is there to supervise it can be a problem with members letting their friends gain access to the gym for free, or to sit on benches or workout equipment and get in the way. Having a fully staffed gym to monitor use and gate non-members...

I truly and genuinely hope that this review makes it to someone from CFX who cares about their facility because this place has become a total disaster. The women restrooms are very nasty, they are always nasty and dirty marks everywhere. The floor is beyond description, there are so many hair balls and mounds of dust everywhere. Overall, the paying people also you all need to do better and put things back where they belong and help this place keep clean. Then, you have what I call paw patrol in the front Chase and Skye whom regardless of checking in with the open path app as you walk in they want you to check in all over again. But, they pick and choose who they want to check, hence I am observant and notice that they will check some people in twice and some they do not even bother with. But this place needs some major cleaning, which is my main point because all the machines are dusty, there is dust everywhere and the showers are never touched either. The staff in the front seem to have this "attitude" in the front and can be confrontational with some people who walk in with questions. If you want to attract customers and bring in revenue you have to be presentable not only in your people but within the facility because no one wants to come into a dirty facility that smells...