The best thing about System Fitness is that it's close to my house.
The worst thing is that it's always under renovation. Unfortunately it's possibly the slowest renovation job on the planet, and it's starting to get on my nerves. The water fountain in the studio has been dangling off the wall, faceless, for about three years. Paint cans in the women's changing room. Stack of 2 x 4's in the hall. Plaster patches in the washroom.
Apart from that it's not bad for a neighborhood gym. Lot's of equipment and TV's, and a selection of classes - some excellent, some just plain annoying.
A big box gym has recently opened down the street, and some disgruntled members have left for the slicker operation. I've thought about leaving, but I've chosen to put up with inconsistencies of SF and it's sloppy management because it's got big windows, and I like to look at the park when I'm on the elliptical trainer. A gal can get a lot of mileage out of a big picture window. And I'm that kind of gal.