Base

Great gym, very clean and lots of workout options but it’s just way too expensive. You know it’s a lot when your friends in NYC pay less for the same thing. Not really personal either. When I put my 30 day notice in, they could care less.

I like the gym, but it’s too expensive.
Don’t unsubscribe to their weekly newsletter email. If you do, you won’t get notice regarding monthly rate increases.

I’ve been working out at base for 4 years — best gym I’ve been to on the east coast. Membership is worth every penny. The gym is spacious, not crowded unless you go in around 6pm on a weekday in January, the people have good workout etiquette, they don’t spend too much time pestering you to sign up for classes, and they have a solid variety of equipment. Numerous squat racks, a couple (slightly misaligned) bench racks, dumbbells up to ~120lb, stackable boxes, lots of pullup bars, even a climbing training board. My only complaint is that their machines aren’t Nautilus.

Shout-​out to group class instructor Kara Hermes! Kara leads some seriously hard-​core kick ass sweat drenching classes. Kara is always upbeat, her playlists are constantly changing, and most of all she keeps her classes FUN.
Try a session of BURN, I dare you ;-)

My massage therapist Dominique is the BEST. Each session is always different and progressive. It’s the highlight of my Fitness week. I highly recommend her. Thanks D.

As far as gyms go, this is by far the best gym in the area. Not only is the equipment all up to date and always clean, they also offer a variety of classes from spin to yoga. The classes are always motivating without being intimidating. The instructors are always awesome. The staff is super friendly and always available to help with any questions.
To me the most important part of a gym is the locker room, and Base Gym is on point. The locker rooms are roomy and always clean. Have plenty of lockers. They also have a sauna and steam room which is a must have, for any gym. The showers are private and always loaded with shampoo, conditioner, and soap. If you use this place just for the locker room ammenitites it is worth it for me (which is sort of what I do).
Plus a juice bar and healthy snacks!!! All and all, absolutely the best gym in Jersey City.

I usually do not write reviews. But, for this one time I just have to. Base fitness is one of the best fitness centers here in downtown jersey city. Everyone is a pleasure to deal with, the place is always clean and all the machines work! Oh, And everyone is hot. Cheers.

I have been a member here for almost 3 years. The facility is great; I never had an issue with the equipment, locker room or spa. I’ve taken classes and had a personal trainer for all three years of my membership; my trainers were wonderful! They pushed me, made me work hard, were knowledgable, engaging and I saw results.
The reason for the low rating and the cancellation of my membership is the owner. He could not care less about the members at his gym. He’s well aware that he has a monopoly on this industry as the owner of the only gym like this in the area. He’s rude, speaks badly about members to other people, condescending, makes inappropriate comments to members (he did it to me once and I shut him down). I reached the point where I refuse to continue to patronize and fund a business being run by someone like him.
If you can utilize the gym and manage to fly under his radar and not interact with him then it’s a great place. However, he pretty much ties the hands of the people who work for him so if you plan to use any services there you’ll interact with him at some point.

⁶⁄₅ if it was possible!!! I wanted to go to a nice gym since the one in my building is kind of crappy. I went to Base and it was awesome. Very spacious and that made it feel not so crowded (it was Saturday morning). They had classes I could have done, a spa I would go to, free weights, machines! It was awesome! Everyone was vey friendly and everything was very clean! Great vibes from the overall experience! Definitely will be looking more into it

I worked out here 2 years ago when I lived in the city and recently moved to Weehawken, NJ. It is 20 – 30 minutes away but I loved this gym so I wanted to come work out.
I used Unilocal and found their free one day trial and was certain as has been the case with my 20 years of adult life and trying out 15 – 20 gyms since finishing college I expected to work out and most certainly join up today.
I got to the gym and was rejected and sent home. Even with the free trial. I was told by the check in lady that «you have to fill this out and then wait until someone contacts you»
No where on that free trial offer does it say that. No where on their website and as a matter of fact it is unheard of with fitness clubs. Usually they try to attract as many potential new members as they can. I stood there in disbelief as the girl matter of factly told me. Clearly I was not the first person this has happened to.
She informed me the membership advisor had left at 2, but I can come back tomorrow. No. First I have to wait until someone calls and now I can try tomorrow. Excuse me, Im not trying to land a job. Im trying to join a gym, where I am paying my money to use their facilities.
When I mentioned my old review and would update it to reflect this policy, she did try to make a phone call to get an exception. She was nice and clearly this is no fault of hers. I drove all the way from Weehawken (I know, not that far but still 25 – 30 min) with such high hopes of joining this gym and getting a good workout today. But that was not meant to be. Left rejected, so so disappointed and went back home.
If you are potentially looking to join this gym and are planning to get a membership. Please do not…
1. drop right in, as most people do for every single other gym. you will be sent right out
2. print out the 1 day free trial giving your email, tel number. you will be sent right out
You have to fill out the form, wait at home patiently like a nice little boy or girl until they decide to call you.

Decent facility that has recently upgraded its equipment. If you are just going to work out and not use any of the personal training or classes provided, then this is a perfectly serviceable and never too crowded option in Jersey City with nice light and an open, airy feel. I enjoyed working out there for a few years with never any complaints or problems.
The reason for my 1-​star is the management. Since they brought on board the aggressive and totally unpleasant head of personal training, my experience not only went from good to bad, both myself and my husband felt intimidated to work out there. Both of us were working with a personal trainer who was fired with no notice. That in and of itself is not a problem. As business owners ourselves, we know that sometimes you have to make these decisions. It was the way that this was handled. We had just bought a personal training package worth over $ 2,000 and at the time of purchase, we let management know that this was solely based the availability of our trainer.
I actually quit the gym directly after our trainer was fired after a very unpleasant phone conversation with the head of personal training. I was only using the gym for personal training services at this point so it was right for me. My husband stayed on with the agreement that my remaining year membership would be transferred to him since we have been such good customers of the gym. Today, we noticed that they were still charging us each month for a membership and called the gym to ask them to stop payment on our credit card and let my membership take over for the next few months. We were told by the head of training — who immediately got aggressive with both of us – that they were not going to honor our agreement, even though I have it in writing in an email.
Our treatment has been completely amazing. We’ve probably spent upwards of $ 10,000 with this gym on membership and training fees in the past 3 years. Please be warned if you enter into any long term agreement with this establishment as they do not have the kind of business ethics you would expect from a gym of this size.
Oh – and their spin classes are appalling. I have been to several classes run by several different teachers where they didn’t even get on the bike during the class.

I’m a current member at Base and just wanted to take a moment to say how much I love this gym! I primarily take the group fitness classes but the cardio and weights equipment is also top notch. There are plenty of machines– I never need to wait for what I want to use. Also love that there is a significant amount of space for stretching and floor work– many gyms overlook this. The locker room facilities are also very clean and have everything you would need to freshen up after a work out. There is also a smoothie/​juice bar if you need to grab a quick pick me up.
All the group classes I have taken are pretty solid but I would like to gush specifically about Sweat & Surrender class with Dawn on Tuesdays and Sunday’s. I travel a lot for work so I am always working out at different gyms and studios (including FlyWheel, Soul Cycle, Equinox, Peloton– to name a few) NOTHING compares to this fabulous class with Dawn! It is a spin class that incorporates ab and arm workouts on the bike and immediately after 30 minutes of feel good stretchy yoga– perfect combo! I feel so amazing after this class! She is also energetic and encouraging in the most genuine way. And she loves 80s music– huge plus in my book!
The management really cares about members opinions– if you have feedback they always seem to do what they can to address it. Also they have an app that shows the weekly group classes and notifies you when there are special events at the gym. I’m an app geek so this is super helpful for me. So happy this place is close to my home!

Best gym ever!
Lots of great equipment and pretty spacious. It’s typically quite busy after work, but I’ve never really had much of an issue not getting to use a certain machine. It’s also a very clean gym — the last gym I went to was a mess.
Also — George’s spin classes are the best!!! I HIGHLY recommend checking them out if you wanna work your butt off and feel the burn the next day. I consider myself to be in good/​great shape, and even after going to his classes since January, the classes still kick my butt sometimes. For those who say they’ve never worked up a sweat doing spin class here… you must not know what a hill is.
All around great gym and I will continue going here as long as I stay in the area!

So now I have been a member for a couple of months and so far the lunch classe I enjoyed the most was a yoga class with Jeffrey I think his name is. I’m not a serious yogi but some of the people in the class seemed pretty advanced so I think its considered a good class.
I tried a spin class and did not feel like I got much out of it. My cycling shoes have delta clips and these use SPD so I did the class with regular sneakers. The music selection was good at least but I didn’t really work up a sweat.
I tried the Barre class on Friday and I will say it is… uh maybe loosely inspred by Barre. It didn’t really feel like a studio barre class. more like a cardio with a little barre flavor?
Also…they do have some cold pressed juices offered at the snack bar but its mostly smoothies more like jamba juice style.
The one thing that I do LOVE about this gym is Base Body the massage studio. I see Amy once a month and she is amazing… and you really cannot beat the price. Actually… if I can still get Base Body services without being a member I will probably cute the monthly gym membership.
Hope this helps.

LOVE THIS PLACE! Nothing but positive things to say about this gym. Tons of cardio equipment, three squat racks!!, multiple cable towers. Haven’t ever had to wait for equipment.
Staff and gym-​goers are friendly. Lots of group fitness class time options.
Really gets the fifth star for having the little things — free coffee to fuel those AM workouts, refrigerated damp eucalyptus towels for post-​cardio, plastic bags for sweaty clothes in the locker rooms, lotion/​razors/​qtips. They’ve thought of everything!

Great gym. I really love that everything is in one spot. I love the $ 49 massages. I love the juice/​protein shake bar. Great all around. they should prob add more free weights as they grow. It’s a big space and they have the room. Really good vibe, even with the cross fit weirdo’s. but i’m really into fitness and I love this place.

Very very happy I joined Base. I was a member back in the Club H days 5 – 6 years ago. Not much has changed in terms of the positives. I see a lot of the same trainers/​staff and some new faces as well. Everyone has been super friendly — especially Janet, who works the front in the morning. She is just so sweet!
I haven’t tried any classes or anything, but would like to see if the spinning classes are as good as they once were. Looks like Robert is still an instructor… which is awesome because he used to be the best. They just don’t have a lot of options for spin in the morning.
The prices are very reasonable and everything is super clean.
I also haven’t encountered any douches (yet) — MAJOR PLUS.

The classes at Base are really amazing! Where else can you go in jersey city that will have spinning class, yoga class, barre class, Zumba class and crossfit classes! Erica’s barre class is amazing, she makes it such a fun experience with great music which changes at every class. Susan and George classes are great as well! My only issue with this gym is that it is so incredibly dusty, I’m sure it’s hard to keep it clean with the numerous people that come here but still I wish they improved this — I need to take allergy meds before I come here. Another thing: steer clear of their massages, I decided to treat myself to one and it was awful because the massage room was not insulated so I heard blasting workout music throughout the entire massage. Definitely NOT relaxing!!!

I’ve been going here for about 5 months now, and I have to say I’m very happy with it. The atmosphere is very nice, the equipment is well kept and clean, and the staff are friendly. It has never been too packed when I’ve been there, perhaps because there are so many different areas of the gym. Aside from the main weights section, there is a machine area, a room for classes, a room with tires, ropes, and that sort of equipment, a spin studio, and a yoga /​mind & body studio. Most of the second floor is dedicated to cardio equipment, of which they have pretty much any machine you can think of. They just recently opened «BaseBody» as well, which is their in-​house massage studio. The locker rooms are nice, with steam rooms, saunas, showers, and complimentary lockers.
As far as cons, the first I’d say is that the juice bar is quite expensive. The only other problem I’ve come across is that there aren’t many weight benches by the dumbbells, so they are almost always taken. I think that a couple more could definitely be squeezed in. Overall, I’m very happy with Base and think I found the best gym in downtown Jersey City.

I found The One.
I’ve been searching for a gym for months. Some of them I’ve tried over and over again but it just didn’t click. Cheap ones, $$$ ones, near ones, far ones; the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Then I went to Base and joined that very same day.
The atmosphere isn’t drab or institutional– it’s like a trendy, swanky hotel. Lots of light, open space, and flowers. What gym has flowers? And it smells like a spa, not B.O.
The staff is friendly and helpful. They don’t seem like they hate their lives.
The weight area is limited, but they have tons of cardio machines. The classes are real– not just half-​a$$, a real workout.
They have a juice bar, an app, and free 2 hour parking. What’s not to love?
I now look forward to going to the gym.