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There are no adjustable ab benches or adjustable decline benches. There is one fixed heavy decline bench. Have fun moving that around halfway into your routine. There are many women and disabled persons that can't use the existing benches effectively. I've seen members in wheelchairs have a hard time just maneuvering around these benches. It annoys me when most people - except 'lunks' - are struggling to move these benches. It's swell that PF caters to the 0.05%, but how about those 80% of us that want adjustable benches? This isn't an issue at the other Broadway Mesa location; nearly all benches are adjustable there.
Many of the weights on the machines and towers are labeled inaccurately. You'll primarily come across this in the 30 minute area. In the 30 minute area the weights are definitely heavier by about 1.5x-2x. The weights in-between towers also appear to have this inaccuracy.
There is no half-yoga ball captain's chair, just a standard one. Since the CC is an often used piece of equipment, you'd think there would at least be two. At the Broadway Mesa location there are 3 captain chairs.
There is only one rear delt / fly machine. Kind of silly, considering the machine serves two functions. If memory serves, there are two of these machines at the Broadway Mesa location.
There is only one leg press with free weights. Sure, members of the gym will often hog this machine in discourteous ways, but there should really be two of these machines.
There is no dumbbell rack in the stretching area and no floor mats outside the stretching area. The Broadway Mesa location has a secondary dumb bell rack near the stretching area.
There is no side lateral delt machine and no overhead press machine. Both of these machines are available at the Broadway Mesa location.
I can't name them all off for you, but there are quite a few duplicates of machines that hardly anyone uses.
The water machine is often broke and when it does work, it's often not filtering the water properly. It's just tap water.
I have been at this location from the start, and nothing has ever changed except the rotation of horrible music. Of course, I'm use to having to make due with what's available, so I just adapt my workout to these limitations.
I've giving this gym 3.2 stars, because in spite of all the issues I've mentioned, I would still qualify it as a good gym for what I'm paying. It's also the only decent gym close to me. If they corrected the bench issue (which is not a problem at the Broadway Mesa location) I'd probably give it a 4-5 star rating. If you're equidistant to these gyms, I would highly recommend the Broadway location over this one, as it is superior in almost every way.
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