A Google User
August 3, 2018 17:52
I switched to this gym from Healthworks in Porter where I'd been a member for five years. I live just a few blocks away and can walk here, and while the BSC definitely feels run-down and the weights are crowded during peak times and the equipment is frequently broken or dangerous-looking and the AC doesn't really work and the management seems to not care about anything, I got a deal... $20/month forever! Healthworks had absolutely terrible management as well, and it was appalling how little they cared about often dangerous conditions, given how much they charge ($80-$120/month). If there's gonna be pathetic customer service, at least I'm not paying much for it! Ayyy.
I've also been a member briefly a few times at VIM in Central, and while the facility seems much nicer, it's gotten very expensive. The killer is that the VIM under HMart is totally un-usable to me due to the air fresheners they pump through the facility. The air quality is extremely poor, and I go there to... you know... be healthy and breathe hard. For some reason the City allows HMart's cooking exhaust to go into VIM (??) so you're inhaling carbon monoxide, food particles, and toxic air freshener if you go there... be warned! So, BSC it is for now...
Anyway. The BSC could really use more benches given how many people lift here. The cardio area is pretty unusable not really due to anything that's BSC's fault, it's all the dudes sweating while wearing toxic cologne. Hold your breath going past that locker room for sure! One other thing: joined BSC at the beginning of June, and the steam room has been broken since then (It's now August 3). Hoping that will be fixed by winter because if I can't get my post-training steam on in the cold, that'll be the end of this affair. :)