Blast Fitness Providence

I joined the gym in October and trying to Cancel in November. The gym is disgusting I don’t think they wash the machines down at all. Machines are broken and they want me to pay the annual 49. Before they cancel my membership. REALLY? This place doesn’t even deserve 1 star!

I been coming to this gym since it was open and the
Biggest problem her is the lack of maintenance on the machines they are horrible. The personnel is great I’m friends with all of them but BLAST needs to tight their belt because they a slaking and if a gym opens up around here they are fucked.

Forced transfer from the Cranston location that closed suddenly without notifying members. Not impressed. They owe me $ 20. Call 888−8217−9262. They are still charging members for a closed location and did not notify members location closed. Contacted Attorney General.

This gym is GROSS. I was forced there when the Cranston location closed. The staff is uselss, none of the equipment works, and they have ten of the same useless machines and none of the good equipment. I feel as if the air is toxic with the dirty members. I have never seen so many ghetto people in one place and I feel if you smile at this people they will rip your head off. I get people go to the gym to lose weight, but these girls are so fat and nasty (biggest gross butts I have ever seen) walking around in half shirts. There was no toliet paper in bathroom and the girls section is a joke. Everyone is ontop of each other. I felt like I was applying for free food, so gross and nasty. I was raised in a low income area and happen to be hispanic, so its not a race issue. This is more a collection of the worse people in RI put in one room. I will never walk in there again, I feel I could get very sick or shot.

The gym is great, but the customer service is severely lacking and, frankly, for the cost, it’s disappointing.

My friend always takes me along when she heads to Blast. They allow members to bring someone along (for free). I think this is a great policy and helps encourage individuals to go to the gym. The employees are also friendly and helpful.
The facility is massive (it is an old Stop & Shop location). This means that you have no trouble finding parking or available machines. All the equipment is high tech and every treadmill has a television screen. There are both a main floor and a women’s-only area. They also have a daycare and locker rooms (complete with a sauna.) If I did not get a membership through Brown, I would be signing up for a membership at Blast.

I have never written a negative review, but I have to write one when it comes to this WOW. Every day, there are literally at least 3 or 4 machines out of service, as well as 2 or 3 cardio machines out of service. Pins are constantly missing from benches and weight stacks, and dumbbells are never put back where they are supposed to be. Also, if you are a platinum member, and they take away one of the perks, don’t expect to be able to switch to gold, unless you want to pay 60 dollars. I have heard people excuse this gym by saying you get what you pay for, well, Golds Gym is only 20 a month, and it is so much better. Everything works, plenty of weights and equipment.

The only reason I gave the extra star is because of this gym’s proximity to my house. Outside of that, Jonny P. is spot on. I switched to this gym because it’s close and had a women’s only room. I’m more comfortable working out away from dudes, so it was a big deal when this place opened up. However here’s where this gym falls excruciatingly short of being worth it:
1. The number of machines that are out of order. Pins missing, adjustment knobs missing, cable machines stuck in place, etc.
2. The entire collection of machines in the Women’s only room (WOR) are mislabeled. They are not marked with proper pound measures so you have to guess how much you’re lifting at a time.
3. Dumbbells are never around when you need them. No barbell rack in WOR. No instructions on machines to show fitness novices what muscle that specific machine works.
4. Though staff is friendly, they do not offer up any piece of mind except «Uh yeah, it’s stuck» when asking what is going on/​when it will be fixed/​etc.
I can go downstairs and get most things done, but the that really isn’t the point. This location is essentially brand new. It has no place being in such disarray.
Sure, you get what you pay for. I’m pretty sure I pay for a membership to a gym with working machines. I didn’t expect outlandish amenities for 21.00 a month. I will be looking for something else ASAP.