Best deal in Bayonne.
I was a member of BFCC (community something 22nd & Ave. E, formerly YMCA), Impact, City Gym and Forum one time or another. I looked at Planet and New York Health Club after Impact closed. I moved to Bayonne in 2005. I've been lifting for 30 years. I don't need my hand held.
I'm perfectly happy with an iron head gym. Given that I of a certain age and knee condition, I need a high quality elliptical to develop the concentrated effort I need (criticism of BFCC ), an adult set of free weights (criticism of Planet), something walkable (criticism of NYHC) something that is economical (criticism of NYHC) and is open (criticism of Impact).
This is a nation wide franchise that is well thought out. The only thing actually "retro" is the Flash Gordon decor, and bright yellow does take that in a different direction. It is wired. I think there is a radio station set up in Arizona (franchise home) that streams the music on the PA. It probably streams the movie that is set up in a theater with ten cardio machines (showed a "Matrix" and the latest "Three Musketeers" on the two days I checked). I don't use aps that want to look at my contacts, but there is one.
The elliptical is the latest. There are about 30 settings, including constant Metabolic Equivalents (METS). I can watch Bloomberg or CNBC, set it up to 8.5 for ten minutes, get my heart rate solidly into the 90%+ range, then back it off to 7.8 and run off 500 calories in half an hour. There is some sort of I-Phone cable off it, but I'm Android.
They have all the free weights. My days of 130 lb dumbbell bench press are over, but the rack goes to 100 lb+. They also have equivalents to most of the machines you've seen. There is one weirdy in the abdominal area that really gets low abdominal as well as a leg raise, something I have not trained with in a while. I need to see if I feel it day after tomorrow. They have 8-10 abdominal machines. I do miss an upright abdominal machine (easier to breathe), but they have two similar prone machines.
I have not looked to see if there is parking in the back- if you are out by seven am no problem with the street, or the city lot a 1/2 block away towards Ave. E.
Update-
Not open when I arrived 5:45 on December 31, 2014- nothing posted for the holiday, I asked about Holiday schedule before Christmas. Waited outside twenty minutes- outgoing message still says not open yet, no Franchisee Complaint number on the national web site. I guess I get to work a little early today. Knocked off a star- I've never arrived to find a gym closed that wasn't out of business.
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