Vigorous Fitness Clubs

I went to checkout the gym and the person at the front desk asked a Victoria to give me a tour because someone was unavailable. During that tour she was extremely rude and disrespectful and was short when I was asking questions about the gym. She acted in a manner that I was less of a person and not worthy to talk with her about «her business» in which she stated multiple times. Victoria overall professional level with «her business» was not what I expected, as a fellow PT I honestly would say that I’d never want to work with her in any gym.
Victoria should be evaluated as a employee and a PT, because with my personal and military experience she would not make the cut in any environment that I recommend or work at. She made it seem as if I couldn’t afford going to this gym not knowing my situation and I felt very belittled. And when I did ask her about the price she said 89 dollars down and 100 dollars cancellation fee, and when I asked about a military discount she chuckled at me, so with all of that sarcasm and disrespect I received that day This gym was crossed off my list of gyms to go to and I will tell all my counter partners and fellow employees and veterans who need a gym, NOT TO GO TO THIS GYM!!!

I can’t say enough nice things about Vigorous Fitness Clubs. Especially now that they’ve redone the place and added more machines — wow! It’s awesome. The staff is friendly and sweet, always willing to help and answer questions. I love that it’s not a typical gym like Retro or Planet Fitness. It’s not overly crowded and there aren’t guys leering at you like in the other gyms I’ve been to. $ 40 a month for such a clean, nice facility is a pretty sweet deal. I would recommend Vigorous to anyone looking for a good gym in Middle Village

I adore the concept of Vigorous Fitness, because I find that class based workouts are much more effective. Every time I go there, I always come out with many calories burned and a sore body!
However, I do see room for improvement for the gym itself. They should have more of a variety of classes and more classes throughout the day. Also, it is very expensive. $ 89 down and $ 89, with a $ 100 cancellation fee.

I am so happy to be a member of Vigorous Fitness Club. I recently finished my first Spartan Race with a team of amazing and supportive people. It was such a great experience to be surrounded by these positive and amazing people. First let me start by saying that the members and staff of this gym have become my «FitFam». I have made so many wonderful acquaintances and friends here that support and cheer for each other. This gym is not like your typical gym. This gym is like being part of a fitness team all the time. The classes and instructors are all excellent and there is a wide variety of classes and trainers to choose from. They now have very nice equipment for members to use on their own, however I think many people come here for just the classes. I take many classes on a weekly basis and I do use the equipment and enjoy the cleanliness and availability of any machines I want. I have enough experience with gyms to be able to say this. Vigorous is a very special and unique type of fitness club! If you stick with it, you will see results! Throughout the years, I was a member of Living Well Lady (I worked there as an instructor), Lucille Roberts, Bally Toal Fitness (for about a year), World Gym (for a very long time), Coliseum Gym (for a long time), and NY Sports Club (for a long time). Vigorous has been (and continues to be) a great gym for me. I definitely feel stronger and more fit. I highly recommend this fitness club.

I was waiting to post an actual review because I wanted to try different classes and try to get to know everyone beforehand. I joined in March after purchasing a Groupon for 10 classes and quickly decided to join after taking two classes and mostly the fact that they are so close to home. Now, my reason for staying is mostly due to every instructor being fantastic, effective, helpful, and fun. Every instructor is different and they all have different styles and workouts and energies, it’s really one of a kind and so motivating and inspiring to be apart of.
I joined a couple gyms in the past and the staff is so detached from their members that it’s very easy to fumble around and give up if you’re not confident in your workout. At Vigorous, they’re not only involved but they’re welcoming and you can clearly see how much they care about their members and treat them like family.
I disagree with the review that said a couple instructors weren’t helpful or friendly – get to know everyone and don’t be afraid to ask for help or clarification after the class, they never turn anyone down. As for offering modifications on a couple classes… make your own! You’re not going to get kicked out for not doing a squat while you do curl ups or whatever.
Anyway, I’m happy and yes I do see amazing results! I go 3 – 4 times a week because I work a lot but it’s definitely worth it and I’m definitely stronger and closer and closer to where I want to be.

While I already reviewed this gym in the past, I wanted to comment on my latest experience, which was amazingly positive. Today I completed my very first Spartan race as part of the team from this gym and I can definitely say that I would not have been able to cross that finish line without the help of the trainers and the members here. The trainers, Roy and Victoria, helped us train for this race and encouraged and pushed everyone to keep going when we thought we could not go any further and made sure that we all made it through to the end.
This is an excellent gym with great members, a great staff and a totally positive environment. Great spin and boot camp classes for all fitness levels. I am very proud to have a membership here and I would absolutely recommend it to anyone looking to challenge themselves.

So I had previously written a really nice review and meant it. But apparently this gym is run by a pathetic bunch of high school children and I’m shocked but this has to be written. My cousin and I, first of all, were always all for this gym. We loved it we told everyone to come here literally to the point of it being annoying. We had no idea what kind of people ran it until we started training for the spartan Race, and we were told by a trainer the day of our race that Victoria and Sean had been talking about us at BRUNCH with other members and staff. That our names were specifically brought up, that I COULDNT DO A JUMPING JACK?! And also somehow felt the need to bring up the fact that I have breast implants. Congrats. A lot of people do.
I mean wow. Said about my cousin and I that we are too giggly, that we were not capable of finishing the race (which we did by the way. Well over 13 miles. And we were fine.) it was said that we would be a «liability» like are you KIDDING. First of all we had been preparing, second of all we did not get a good luck or even a congratulations after the race so I believe the things that were spoken. After we were told all of these things that were said about us we decided that we didn’t want to work out there anymore and switched gyms. We calmly walked into Vigorous and said we were canceling where Victoria rudely laughed and showed off her lack of customer service skills, showed no compassion or even giving a sh*t about why were canceling only kept saying you should’ve told me Blah blah, not in a caring way, kept smirking, finally said «any last words.» Was texting the whole time. Just a disgusting amount of rude. We explained that we had heard of a lot of things about us from staff and we don’t come r a gym for drama so we were canceling. Especially considering all we did was tell everyone how great the gym was. So it was whatever, we finished the paperwork and left. And we felt relieved. Then we get a rude irrelevant email from Victoria, and another from Sean (not even acknowledging what was said). Just bullsh*t. So we hadn’t responded because we really don’t need drama. That’s why we quit. We’re adults we have lives and real things and friends to focus on. Not gym drama. I mean really ?! So then we start to get unfollowed and blocked lmao on Instagram by every staff member of the gym. Oh and by some member who thinks she’s important lmao. Plus they want to send bullsh*t emails but not respond to our valid emails. As gym members who literally had done nothing but promote this gym since we joined. It’s just a whole level of pathetic that merited me changing my positive review to the one they deserve. Disgusting. Petty high school drama. Grow up. Honestly

I just moved back to the area from college and I was looking to join a gym with my mom. We found a groupon for vigorous fitness that would allow us to try 10 classes for $ 49.99. Since the gym is a walk-​able distance from our house, we decided to test it out.
When you first walk in the gym, it is beautiful. There are lounge chairs spread out, a fitness circuit area in the middle and the cardio machines along the side. Ok, I thought, this is a promising start. We walk to the front desk and introduce ourselves to Victoria, who takes out information and gives us a card to keep track of classes that expires in 30 days. We did not get a tour and I did not find her particularly friendly. We went to her V Fusion class and it was a good workout, but she did not correct anyone’s form. When we asked her, she said that the classes on the schedule marked with a B are the ones that the instructors go around and correct form. The V Fusion class used some heavy weights and barbell exercises and someone could really strain their back if they don’t have good form. I don’t understand why you wouldn’t walk around the class. Also she didn’t offer very many modifications which was a problem for my mom who is a little older and trying to get back into shape.
After this class she asked us if we wanted to join. My mom and I both looked at eachother and then looked back at her. We just planned on using the groupon. We finally got shown the gym the second time we came and it is small. There are weights upstairs, but very few machines. It would be a hard gym to workout at if you don’t have experience off pf exercise machines. There are bathrooms but no showers. They don’t even have a water fountain. The other classes I went to with Denise, Roy and Vicky, I did enjoy. There are good instructors here and they have classes for kids. I never got to use any of the equipment on my own because the groupon was strictly for classes. I find it interesting that we were asked to join a gym multiple times we were there, but were not allowed to get the full experience.
Ultimately the reason I decided not to join was because of the customer service. If you are a small gym, you really need to learn everyone’s name. I mean my mom and I came for 4 weeks and it would be nice to be greeted by our name when we came in. The last day we were there, they asked us again if we wanted to join. We said we didn’t and that we were going to shop around. Then Victoria and Willy said, «Good luck with that!» (In kind of a sarcastic tone). I think Vigorous needs more luck than me and my mom do. We did give your gym $ 100 for a month, you can at least be sincere in your goodbye. The hours are some of the weirdest hours I’ve seen at a gym. It starts at 8, closes from 1 – 4 and opens again from 4 – 10:30. Given that my mom works for a living, it would be great if the gym would open a little earlier than 8 so she could do a class before work. Anyway, there are way too many gyms in the area for me and my mom to end up at one with no shower or water fountain, poor customer service and weird hours for $ 69 a month. Looks can be deceiving sometimes.

This is a gym where I went to a friend’s fundraiser over a year ago. It is very far away from where I live and I have absolutely zero intention of ever joining the gym. However, I must have filled out some paperwork with my phone number on it while I was there, because I’ve been called by these people every few weeks for OVER ONE YEAR. I told SEVERAL of the employees not to call me and they all apologized and reassured me that they would put me on the «do not call list», but every month like clockwork I get a call from them. Today I finally figured out how to block numbers on my phone, so this number is blocked, but I’m so pissed off about how they run their business that I had to write this review. I hope they realize that harassing people on a regular basis does not help their business’ reputation.

This gym is truly a gem in the community. So many diverse classes and a warm, helpful staff that will guide you with your fitness goals. My personal favorites are the week day yoga classes with Kristen and Denise and the Vfusion cycle with Victoria (just make sure to call ahead and reserve a spot!).
This establishment is a need be for an outstanding fit life

Love this gym. Great location & super clean. If you are looking for a place where you can break a sweat while having fun this is the place for you. The classes are phenomenal, along with personal training and machines to do your own routine there’s no way you won’t be hooked. Just attending one class four times a week I’ve seen results in less than a month. Additional perk-​Staff build relationships and are extremely friendly!

This is what I have seen so far. Upstairs (weight area, etc) is quiet, It is clean and there is good music playing, which meant I didn’t need my headphones. This is good!
The class I intended to take was Sculpt with Jean Claude, but it had already started when I came in. So I decided to wait for the Cycling class afterward. The class started late, and ended on time?
I felt like I lost out. ;-/​
What I did notice is that they have classes for kids! This is good to get you kids and little ones (youngest 7) into fitness and good habits. The instructor is a Board of Education Gym Teacher and Basketball Coach. So he is completely kid friendly.
But this gym is mainly private instruction and classes. They don’t have a lot of space for you to «go-​out-​on-​your-​own». I mean, people already spread out at the gym, in this space three people, is already «crowded», by all other gym standards.
Another downfall is that there is _​no showers_​. When I asked the young lady, (yes young lady) where the showers were, her response was; «Well we have none, because when you work out, you can just. like…leave». Yes, that is what normal people would do. Whether they showered or not, they would leave anyway, in this case they leave stinky. Some people like me don’t like to leave stinky.
Another thing, I don’t know who decorated, In the lounge area, there is a Green poly/​micro suede couch, with a cottage style coffee table,.. .. .and a black leather crystal tufted bench?
okay I’m done… I swear.
All in all it’s a good gym, From what I see for now, it has all the basics you would need. Not everything you want, but everything you need.

Can’t go wrong with this Fitness Club. Nicely done, many different classes and most of all Gregoria & Vicky is there from G-​Inspired. Best trainers I ever met. Must go place!!!