Gym in Boston that doesn't suck?

November 6, 2008 9:57 AM

Can anyone recommend a gym in Boston (near 02110) that doesn't require a contract (ie. month to month payments) and isn't awful?
posted by mattlee to Sports, Hobbies, & Recreation (4 answers total)

The Y has month/month rates (I think @ $40/mo) although there is a signup fee. The facility in Cambridge is supposed to be really nice, in Central Square. I used to go to the BSC there in Central, but I did have a contract, I believe. The BSC facilities are fantastic, though, I really liked that gym a lot. When I worked in Central Square many of my coworkers went to the Y and said it was very nice.

I'm not sure what Y facilities are closer to where you are, although if you're close to the red line, the Cambridge Y is right in front of the Central T stop.
posted by pazazygeek at 10:33 AM on November 6, 2008

I'm a member of the Curley Community Center at L St and Columbia Rd in South Boston. Although it doesn't meet either of your constraints*, it's cheap enough ($70 per year) that you might not care.

* Although it depends what, exactly, you mean by awful. It's a long ways from something like Boston Sports Club, but it's got a well-stocked weight room, a few dozen okay treadmills and ellipticals, decent spinning classes, and a gym. No pool or racquetball or anything like that.
posted by Plutor at 10:35 AM on November 6, 2008

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posted by Plutor at 10:38 AM on November 6, 2008

By comparison it won't be as cheap as others, but if you're serious about fitness try CrossFit Boston.

Not so much if you're just looking for a place to walk in and do a regular kind of routine.
posted by eek at 3:54 AM on November 7, 2008