Best Gyms with Cardio Machines near Maywood, New-jersey

Clean, big space gym, plenty of cardio machines for use, pool is always maintained. Plenty of people who can guide you in how to use machines or training. They have a juice bar/food inside the gym. Free classes for gym members. Also plenty of parking!

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I really enjoy this gym. It is clean with lots of equipment and a beautiful pool. Here is my honest review. Pros: Large with plenty of room for distancing . The disinfecting wipes are always full and there are rarely any issues with unclean equipment. The facility doesn't have that "dirty gym" odor. Machines are fixed quickly and are generally in good shape. The facility is wheelchair accessible with good trainers. They frequenly run safety drills with a rapid staff response . Unfortunately after a year here, I am on the verge of going somewhere else for the following reasons. Cons: Everyone is plopped on the equipment and texting away. This is an issue in the free-weight area and in the rest of the gym. There are plenty of staff members around, but ZERO enforcement of the cellphone-equipment hogs. I watched a woman set up the squat rack, sit down, lean back and text away for 20 minutes straight. It is extremely frustrating. I absolutely love the pool. Unfortunately the cellphone issue extends there also. Parents are constantly taking videos of their children in lessons, while catching myself and others in bathing suits. I am NOT comfortable with this. Again, zero enforcement . The lifeguards are wearing sneakers and boots while working. This makes it nearly impossible to rescue someone quickly . They also do not enforce a "no street shoes policy" for parents who stomp across the deck without a care in the world. This incredibly unhygienic. A gym connected to hospital should be doing better. Perhaps an ankle height water spray at the entry/exit would solve the issue. The pool has been crowded, made worse by private lessons that take up an entire lane or even two. Can these lessons be condensed or moved to the actual children's pool? The cafe in the lobby is excellent. However, the hours are odd and the grill is only open until 1pm. Not sure if Hackensack runs this or if it's an outside company. I really want to stay with this place and expect better of the facility. PLEASE keep this place decent, enforce the rules and don't let it become a P. Fitness or YMCA.

I am only giving this a 2-star (and not 1-star) because the facilities are nice, relatively clean and the swimming pool well maintained and salt-based so chlorine won't eat up your skin and swimsuit. However, there is a strange 30 day membership cancelation policy (nowhere to be found on their website) whereby if you decide to cancel your membership at any point in a month, they charge you for the next month, then cancel, even if you are not planning to use their facility for that next month! I have not experienced that sort of policy in no other fitness center and serves well the business model for the revenue or member retention numbers but it screws up the members by having to pay an extra month even if not using the facility - which is simply crazy. Disappointed. EDIT: Response to their reply: The cancelation policy was not clearly communicated to me. The person who initiated my membership, Luis Ferrulli, knew right from the beginning that I needed to use the swimming pool till the end of February. He then asked me to put a note on my calendar and call him to cancel my membership at the end of February (so they can receive money for March!!!) Ridiculous. He also put on the official cancelation report, which I persistently asked because I stopped trusting them, that I am canceling for “medical reasons” which is a lie but I assume this lie makes him look good to his boss (not my fault or the facility .. but medical reasons). Stay away from this poorly-run, customer-money-eating, not-caring business. Read the rest of the 2 star reviews below -

I’m a member of this gym. I don’t even know where to start. I came home from a hard day at work and suggested that we take our kids to play in the pool. It was supposed to be our first time. We got floaters we brought them to the pool and our kids were super excited and guess what they only allow kids to swim and have fun on Sunday. We asked politely to let us just hang out a little bit in the hot tub and regular pool, but 3 guys like bouncers appeared and started saying that there are RULES RULES RULES. I know there can be rules but when you little kids wanted to splish and splash 💦 and was so excited to just hang out and have fun with their parents. There was no reason why they wouldn’t let us use the hot tub. I want to directly speak with the person who created this rule and see why this is the rule and why guys at the pool was so aggressive and made us feel like we are trying to commit a murder. My son threw a tantrum and it took us 2 hours to calm him down. One of the worst experiences we have experienced in any pool or gym we have ever been. Maybe I’m little bit overreacting but I am a father and I love mg kids