Synergy Performance Health

Love the woman’s locker room/​bathroom. The showers are clean, private, large enough to move around in & multi heads with awesome water pressure. Soap, shampoo, conditioner, lotion, hair dryer & even disposable toothbrushes are available.
First impression of the entry is horrid, the receptionist barely looks at you and to get a smile from anyone in the reception area is rare.
They need to redesign the reception area and work on their people skills.
Once inside the gym the trainers are very friendly and supportive. A+ on their interaction with all the clients working out. The equipment is top notch with room to work out without feeling cramped.
I love to get my final cardio in at a gym so I can sauna afterword. I don’t judge others for their workout program. Obviously that is not the case for all who go to this gym.
I do not go to a gym to «hook up» or get my ego stroked over my workout. So far «Total Woman Gym» is my favorite in the SFV.
This is the most expensive gym I have visited so far.

Be warned of Synergy Performance /​Sweats. I joined at $ 39 per month while it was with in walking distance to my house. In the fall, when I’m out side and not in the gym, they moved without notice and stopped billing me. 3 months later they send out a bill for $ 64 per month.
You would have thought they would let us know about the move. Instead I had to track down the new club, with a new name. I checked out the new, further, club and didn’t like it. After many phone calls, I finally got someone to accept the $ 39 /​month for the last 3 months (a time when I didn’t use the club and they were in the new location) per our contract and canceled.
Now, a year later, I’m still getting harassing phone calls from Abc Financial’s collection agency, Heritage. I now have to go back and prove that I paid the correct amount and fight them that their records are wrong and that I was being over billed.
They’ve missed billed, moved and I canceled and still I can’t get them to leave me alone.
I haven’t been in their club for over a year. They seem to more concerned with collecting than providing a service. Ultimately, this will probably appear on my credit report and I’ll have to explain it each time I try to buy a car or house. Why would anyone subject themselves to such a predatory business model?

The following has been submitted to the Better Business Bureau
Company Information:
Synergy Performance Health & Fitness Center
Phone: (818) 333‑1690
Complaint Text
I had initially signed up for a health club membership with Powerhouse in West LA via GlobalFit. After joining Powerhouse, I agreed to be billed an additional $ 25 per month in order to participate in the classes that the gym offered.
After Sweat Clubs/​Synergy Performance Health purchased Powerhouse this year, my billing rate increased to $ 49 per month without my consent. In addition to continuing to pay for GlobalFit access, my account was being billed for classes that Sweat Clubs no longer offered.
I view this as a breach in the agreement I had made with Powerhouse, to purchase classes that ceased to exist. I had spoken with a person at the club early this year and was assured that classes would begin again. I view this as both deceitful and dishonest on the part of the club representative, especially considering that the club was shuttered just a few weeks ago.
I feel that my account has been mismanaged as a result of the transfer of ownership and am requesting a refund for the $ 49 per month I was billed for the first five months of 2009.
I have submitted my complaint to Synergy but have yet to receive compensation for being double billed.
Complaint Department
BBB of the Southland, Inc.

I used to be a member of 24 hour fitness. I used to also «work out» exclusively on the treadmill. I used to think that being in shape meant burning calories through cardio.
I used to be wrong.
Synergy is like the anti-​24. The cardio machines they have don’t have limits. The people who go there want to lift heavy things, work out properly, and get the job done. No one is there to get discovered by a Hollywood agent or pick up a date. Your fellow gym members recognize you, and say hello, then get back to business, because you’re not there for afternoon tea.
It’s a gym. A real gym. If you’re tired of upsales and hordes of people who don’t know what they’re doing and aren’t willing to learn, check it out. It’s a trainer’s gym, which means it’s full of people who are hell bent on improving themselves.
The bathrooms each have two private shower rooms, so you never have to group shower. Each shower had 7 different shower heads coming out of the walls and ceiling, so you can choreograph the perfect shower for you. They also each have a steam sauna.
And, I have to tell you, the water pressure in the showers is amazing. The only other shower that came close was the Gold Spike in Las Vegas, and it’s not worth dodging homeless people for mere water pressure.
But, this gym makes me want to work out every day, just for the shower.