TITLE Boxing Club Boston Assembly Row — Local services in Somerville

What a fun class! I haven’t worked out much since I lost my job as a kickboxing instructor. It was tough when my gym closed down over a year ago! I miss the community. A bag at home just isn’t the same…Im accustomed to a standing bag, planted fighters stance, and hearing Jab cross, lead hook rear hook, lead upper cut rear upper cut, double back fist, lead front kick rear round house!

So a hanging bag, shifting around the bag, and combos in number form is new for me. Miss the kicks. I’ve done ducks but not dips and slips. It definitely helped me feel less lost that Aaron would call out the combos by the name of the punches and not just the numbers! He gave me solid feedback on my defensive moves, gave me an extra combo off the bag so a buddy drill was nice. He was smooth with his words too. I had some cheesy rhymes I loved as a coach like let’s get those peaches ready for the beaches or start slow find your flow!

Aaron was very professional helping anyone who seemed lost get the combo down, and made sure that everyone on the mat got some kind of feedback to improve on form for safety and to get more out of the work out! I liked he gave extra challenges like pushing people to hold the plank as long as they can and don’t quit. Being mindful to verbally say how much time is left was helpful to hang tight a lil longer.

I don’t know if it was in the class plan or if he threw in more freestyle with a good amount of shadowboxing but it was great to offer more dealers choice sort of speak! Members I’ve worked with enjoyed getting creative with shadowboxing and I liked joking they punching an imaginary friend since punching real people is frowned upon… the movie buff in me couldn’t resist a drop dead Fred reference!

Aaron definitely had a playful tone, precise with his instructions, and really kept the room engaged! He had a great balance of alternating the class on when to focus on power and when to focus on speed. Plenty of great reminders to keep your hands up guarding your face, don’t stop, don’t forget to breathe… I’m guilty as a coach id remind members to breathe and I would breathe correctly in my demos for class but when I take a full class I often forget to breathe with my strikes…

Aaron also had a well rounded variety in music to appeal to the room! I loved the class ended with the theme song from Dan da Dan! Working out in fasted state was harder than I thought but Aaron made it both fun and challenging! I know I’m going to feel sore tomorrow.

Sad to see the kickboxing classes gone off the schedule though… if I remember correctly Aaron was one of the coaches to teach those and I meant to try it, but didn’t get to… feedback from a member I use to coach told me that kicking the hanging bags aren’t the same… I’ve tried myself and see what she means! Maybe the gym would consider bringing kickboxing back if the gym got a couple of standing bags since they are safer for kicks and in my opinion a better starting point for someone who is completely new to boxing or kickboxing. Plus standing bags are just safer in general for teens and elderly and a good stepping stone to get the form down before attempting a hanging bag.

My only feedback for Aaron is encourage members to give fist bumps! Members were engaged with him but not so much with each other. Encouraging members to high five, fist bump, or tell members to tell their neighbor they’re a bad ass adds to the community vibe. Other than that it was impressive how he made sure everyone on the mat got personal attention with the coach leading class so no one felt left out and everyone appeared to get what they needed out of the class!

Definitely will treat myself to another drop in class soon! I would have totally asked Aaron more questions if i didn’t need to run off for my sweathouz contrast therapy I scheduled for after class, because he seemed very knowledgeable, approachable, and has a great vibe to him. Loved the high energy class flawlessly and confidently delivered by Aaron! Also great hair and...

This club is awful. I asked about canceling my membership months ago, because my work moved and that location was not convenient for me. Instead of working with me they told me I needed to come into the gym to cancel it.

Fast forward 4 months after my card expired 3 months ago and I have two charges for the gym on my new account. So obviously upset I reach out, and they tell me I can mail a letter to cancel. Where was that option back in June, Mr Bishop when i told you it would be hard to get to the gym to cancel?

Anyways I just checked my account again and found a 3rd charge to my account. Three charges in two days with no notification, especially after I told you last night and back in June that I would like to cancel?

I would have maybe some day again like to think that Title would be a place I would revisit but your customer service and the way you treat your clients is absolutely dreadful.

Using words like please and than you in your email doesn't make you professional Mr. Bishop, it makes you a condescending little jerk.

Cheers!

Diana

Edit: ryan you're hilarious. I was swearing at you! I told you in that email that I was very upset and confused as to why my card was charged twice knowing I never provided you updated card information. You're a joke! You lied to me about the cancellation policy telling me I needed to come to the gym when I indeed could have mailed you a letter of intent to cancel. I would have cancelled back in June using that method if it was provided as an option to me but it wasnt because you're shad and Please don't tell me I should have referred to a contract I was never sent or given. Since we last spoke,october 13th, and you provided me my contract I have sent you a certified letter of intent to cancel my membership. Again.. thank you for making thos process so unbearable that I had to leave a bad Google review, when in fact I have only used this platform for nothing but...

I’m sure it’s got better... I moved and transferred my membership to the North Andover location in November (2018) I have always enjoyed the franchise. I love the work out. This location has a few good trainers left who bounce around to the north station/ newbury location. The other staff through out the gym deliver a lack luster performance/enthusiasm. The shower had a string to keep it from slipping to be super hot. The automatic paper towel in the bathrooms rarely worked after one dispersement. One day I went into the bathroom and it was pretty gross. I did complain and the owner apologized and offered me a free bag to which I declined. I rather the gym just fix the problem. Towards the end of membership the people who are at the front rarely picked their heads to welcome me and instead had head buried in their phones. To make matters worse- The last time I went there my ID fell out of my gym bag and a staff member called me to tell me they found it. I drove over an hour to pick it up and watched the staff member shuffle through a stack of other cards and said he couldnt find it. He then proceeded to say he must of gave it to the other person who’s ID they had. I was just left wondering if it was a internal employee who was bitter about a previous complaint I had made. Needless to say my ID was never found and all I got was an email stating mistakes happen. I’m blaming myself for losing my ID in the first place but for a company to take possession over something they found and then tell me they don’t know where it is makes me question the integrity of the club. Gyms should be accountable if you are paying anywhere from $99 to $149 a month. I hope nothing but the best for this gym but I advise to tour the gym and try out a class...