Best Fitness Center near Albuquerque, New-mexico

I wish I could give this gym a higher rating but I have been going to the gym for the past year and management is horrible. When asking the GM Cathy to help me with my late fee she gave me smirky responses, like “I’ll wave the fee but it will come out of our employees check.” I did not feel comfortable after that day plz get back to me

I can only speak about the aqua center. Have explained to the staff that It is often very low in water and on 4 occasions, someone has filled it when we are in it (mid-morning). Then, it’s too cold to reap the benefits. We suggested that someone fill the hot tub prior to closing daily and allow it to warm up in the night. No such luck. Nothing there has improved. In fact, it appears to be getting worse. The pool area is rarely monitored or staffed so people sweat like pigs in the dry sauna and then get in the pool or hot tub without showering. Hot tub often looks dirty and instead of emptying it and cleaning it properly, I think they throw more chlorine in it… so much it burns your eyes. Pool equipment is often strewn about because members don’t put things away and there is often trash on the floor…wet Kleenex etc. Ugh.

The platonic ideal of the obnoxious gym. Music blasting at 80 dB (I just checked) so that I can't hear what's playing on my noise cancelling headphones. Often accompanied by bro blasting his own boom box. No one wants to deal with him. Sales reps walking around pushing shots of pre workout supplements. An aquatic area that needs to be soaked in bleach. Water fountains that have been saying for weeks that the filter needs to be changed. Machines in disrepair and weights missing. But it has new paint so that justifies the $50/month fee? Honestly I'd be much more forgiving if I could listen to my own music without going deaf. This volume is obscene.

Have any of these issues been resolved? I have been looking for a new gym and everyone recommends defined fitness but I don’t see justifying that amount per month for a facility that doesn’t live up to the price. Please get back to me.

Overall is a great gym with good energy. Almost anytime you go it’ll be busy but everyone has good gym etiquette and will let you work in. Is a gym for more serious lifters. Only complaint is the price ($50/month) and hours (closes @10PM).

I’ve worked at another local gym and worked out at a good handful of local gyms. Chuze is just a different level. The class offerings are expansive and the amenities are far beyond other gyms in Albuquerque. The price options are highly competitive for the benefits of each level.

EDIT: In response to the owners reply, I spoke with a rep today prior to writing my review and they explained the “infrared sauna” logistics to me. I understand that but it doesn’t change the fact that I prefer (as well as other gym members who showed their dissatisfaction) a sauna that actually feels hot. I don’t care about anything else concerning that. When I’m in a sauna, I expect it to be hot. This gym is okay and comparable to Planet Fitness. It’s crowded no matter what time you go which isn’t a bad thing; just something to be prepared for. The gym is clean and I’m always greeted upon entering. The low rating is due to the sauna. It’s not like your traditional sauna so it doesn’t get hot at all. At most you’ll get a lukewarm experience. I’ve been to all Chuze gyms in this area and the Winrock location actually had one sauna room that was hot like your traditional sauna. They all have different equipment so it’s hard to say which location is the best. I like some equipment options that the others don’t have. Overall Chuze is your average gym with nothing standout about them.

Unfortunately too crowded to get any sort of workout in. I tried at all hours of the day. They should increase equipment or stop accepting new members because they are beyond capacity. I can also echo what others have said about the sauna being not hot at all. The people at the desk are nice though.

The staff is great but the New years resolution crowds have packed this gym at all hours of the day making it difficult to workout with lack of available equipment. Also the parking is constantly overfilled and spilling into Twisters. Either build another Chuze or build a bigger parking lot.

Beautiful gym but I signed up mainly because I had access to the sauna. Their sauna has super bright fluorescent lights inside, super disappointing. I’ve never been to a sauna that’s brightly lit, usually they have dim lights or no lights inside. The chuze off central has a no light sauna and it’s 100% better but it’s farther from me. If the saunas weren’t lit like a Walmart inside I would give 5 stars