How do you stay in shape? While some people prefer the convenience of anytime fitness at their home gym, many find it easier to reach their health and fitness goals with a gym membership. If you are looking for a great place to workout, check out our top searched list of gyms.These health clubs offer a wide range of gym equipment, such as exercise machines, free weights and fitness balls. If it is your first time at the gym or you are unsure how to use the fitness equipment, ask for an orientation. The staff at the gym will be happy to show you around.
Most of the gyms on our list also offer personal trainers, who will help you learn proper exercise methods. Learning the correct form of weight bearing exercises will help you target the muscle and make each repetition count. Trainers will also work with you to develop a fitness program that will help you meet your weight loss and fitness goals.
For a fun way to exercise, jump off the elliptical and try out an exercise class. The gyms on our list offer a ton of group classes that are sure to be fun, motivating and blood-pumping, like kickboxing, zumba, spinning, pilates and more.
What is your favorite gym? Let us know! You can find more gyms on AOL Search and locate one near you with AOL YellowPages.
Top Searched Gyms on AOL Search:
1. 24 Hour Fitness
2. LA Fitness
3. Planet Fitness
4. Curves
5. Bally Total Fitness
6. Gold's Gym
7. World Gym
8. Work Out World
9. Equinox Fitness
10. Powerhouse Gym
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I love CURVES too!!!! IT'S FUN AND FAST...PLUS YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO DRESS UP OR PUT ON MAKEUP TO GO TO THE GYM. THE SUPPORTIVE STAFF MOTIVATES YOU AND ENCOURAGES YOU. THE NEW CURVES SMART PUSHES YOU TO WORK HARDER WITH EACH WORKOUT!!!!!
By Tina Orgain on Jan 8th 2009 at 9:42AM
I had a Gold's membership hated going there, I really think you have to be in love with yourself because god knows there is no room for anyone else. Bailey's the price wasn't bad and am thinking about going back there but the thing with Bailey's is you have to ignore everyone or your 45 min workout ends up being 3 hours. I find if you want a nice body, eat small meals eat every 3 to 4 hours and super sets, nothing gives you more results then super setting and kick boxing. Feel the burn and don't forget to rest so muscle's can build up because even after your workout your still burning calories
By Nimue on Jan 8th 2009 at 9:56AM
there is a small, but great, all women's gym in the dyker heights section of brooklyn. it is located on 13th ave & 70th street. it is a fully equipped gym: treadmills, ellipticals, stationary bikes, pin loaded weight training equipment, free weights, and exercise balls. they offer a sufficient amount of classes in pilates, dance-a-size, total body boot camp, yoga (2 levels). all classes are included in the membership. they offer personal training, also. every member receives an orientation session with their registation, however, at any time a member can get the help they need with the equipment so that they can maximze their workout routine. the group of women range in age from mid teens to 90 years old!! the average age is about 40. it is open 7 days a week. i highly recommend everyone checking it out. the staff is wonderfully accomodating.
By Ann Marie on Jan 8th 2009 at 10:08AM
I have read all the comments here and I would like to say the common denominator here is Gold's Gym with their unethical business practices. Here in North Myrtle Beach, Gold's closed unanounced overnight on January 3, and put a sign on the door transfering memberships to a place down the street under a new name in a converted conference/ball room as a "temporary" location. Nobody's happy. Very unethical and cowardly. A previous poster said it right Gold's is a joke! It has become more of a car dealership than what it was intended to be in 1965. Let me say for the record however Myrtle Beach's original Gold's is still up and run by great people Ted and Nancy Capp. But this is the only one.
By John1to1 on Jan 8th 2009 at 10:08AM
I can't believe NYSC isn't on the list. Their trainers are educated, they keep their certifications up to date, they keep their equipment up to date. That's the gym to go to if you want to change. There's so much I can say about how great NYSC is but the bottom line is no matter what you want to do, lose weight, firm up, get healthy that's the place to go.
By Donna on Jan 8th 2009 at 10:10AM
Planet Fitness is the place to work-out. It is very affordable, and judgment free. Oh and its equipped with a "lunk alarm"
By Matt on Jan 8th 2009 at 5:30PM
Those are gay clubs just as much as they are fitness clubs.
By Wartime on Jan 8th 2009 at 10:15AM
There's no need to spend a lot of money on going to the gym anymore. Just go to " RETRO FITNESS ". They have the most modern equip in a beautiful retro decor for a measley $19.99 a month.
By geochipt on Jan 8th 2009 at 10:19AM
The energy of a live class can be super motivating but for me it's not always convenient. I have found that the fitness community at www.allnewyoufitness.com keeps me motivated and challenged. My next house is definitely going to have to have a decked out gym!
By Coni on Jan 8th 2009 at 10:24AM
there's no need to spend a lot of money on the gym anymore. just go to "RETRO FITNESS". they have the most modern equipment in a beautiful retro decor all for a measley $19.99 a month!
By geochipt on Jan 8th 2009 at 10:27AM
I TOO AM JUST SITTING HERE READING THE NEWS ..ONE TOPIC ON WOMEN'S FITNESS CAUGHT MY EYE .. CURVES IS A COUNTRY WIDE WOMEN'S FITNESS CENTER .. THAT DOES NOT ALLOW MEN TO JOIN ..
HOW DO THEY GET BY WITH THIS BLATANT GENDER
DISCRIMINATION ...??
FILL ME IN ON IT PLEASE I CAN SEE ME
NOW STARTING A FITNESS CENTER WITH A LIST OF
PEOPLE WHO AREN'T ALLOWED TO JOIN ... LET'S SAY ONLY WHITE ANGLO SAXON PROTESTANT MEN ARE ALLOWED TO JOIN .
THE ACLU WOULD BE ON ME SO FAST I WOULD NEVER TO BE
ABLE TO OPEN THE DOORS OF MY BUSINESS !!
FEELING LEFT OUT ! JHF
By houstonxx2 on Jan 11th 2009 at 4:53PM
For those of you concerned about working out in a "hot body" gym (because you're not there yet!), research your area for wellness centers or gyms associated with hospitals. They don't tend to draw the "meat market" crowd, yet can provide excellent services and equipment. I love One Nineteen Health and Wellness in Birmingham, AL, and have lost almost 100 lbs. since joining, and am now a fitness instructor myself.
By Tami on Jan 8th 2009 at 10:27AM
I TOO AM JUST SITTING HERE READING THE NEWS ..ONE TOPIC
ON WOMEN'S FITNESS CAUGHT MY EYE .. CURVES IS A COUNTRY
WIDE WOMEN'S FITNESS CENTER .. THAT DOES NOT ALLOW MEN
TO JOIN .. HOW DO THEY GET BY WITH THIS BLATANT GENDER
DISCRIMINATION ...?? FILL ME IN ON IT PLEASE I CAN SEE ME
NOW STARTING A FITNESS CENTER WITH A LIST OF
PEOPLE WHO AREN'T ALLOWED TO JOIN ... LET'S SAY ONLY
WHITE ANGLO SAXON PROTESTANT MEN ARE ALLOWED TO JOIN .
THE ACLU WOULD BE ON ME SO FAST I WOULD NEVER TO BE
ABLE TO OPEN THE DOORS OF MY BUSINESS !!
FEELING LEFT OUT ! JHF
By houstonxx2 on Jan 11th 2009 at 4:50PM
All of these gyms all serve some sort of purpose, but most of them are largely a waste of space. Try crossfit.com and see if there is one in your area. As long as your not trying to be a professional bodybuilder this is the best chain in the nation. I am not even a member, because there was not one close to my house untill last month but i had found them and gymjones.com on line and modeled my workouts after them and spent about $500 on all that i would need to make a very effective down and dirty home gym.
By rock3r15 on Jan 8th 2009 at 10:38AM
Alright if anyone has read or skimmed most of these entries please read this! Hospital associated gyms can be very beneficial and have a friendly environment, but are almost always very expensive at around $50/month or higher. Xsport, LA Fitness, Gold's, Bally's etc. are fairly pointless unless you have an ego you just have to share (plus these are the worst places to get taken by sales associates). Bodybuilders think they need one, but since genetics are about 90% of becoming a prosperous bodybuilder those few just need to buy a set of weights for their basement. Talk about the most unimaginative exercises ever. Curves, Women's Workout World, and Planet Fitness all have a certain place in this world for the affordable and friendly environment craving type. And it is great that they are there. Most middle aged women will not workout anywhere except for an all women's gym, so if that is what it takes so be it. I know Planet fitness is not a women's only gym, gym but the weights are so limited ther and the cardio so abundant that it is really only good beginners, maintainers and females. Again not a bad purpose, but now for everyone who is not allowed in to that second to last category and is beyond the purpose of the last choice, there is still the Alternative. And it really is a sort of alternative gym. Crossfit (crossfit.com). If you don't hve one near you, just look at all the free videos they have on their website and spend literally only a few hundred dollars (wait for a sale on Kettlebells and make your own medicine balls with a beach ball, sand and duct tape) and you will have a home gym superior to any membership out there. Plus crossfit has an online community to help keep you motivated and provide competition and daily workouts. There are other web based fitness communities out there and feel free to search them up, but most that i have seen are simply all about trying to look "hot". Don't let appearences affect your workout, your workout WILL effect your appearence.
By rock3r15 on Jan 8th 2009 at 11:00AM
This is to the manager of Planet Fitness. I am sure that most of the things you are saying about your gym which include the savings are true but your gym and its employees lack professionalism and responsiblity. A friend of mine was there recently and got all of her belonging stolen out of a locker. Her purse was missing which held her passport, money, $800 money order for rent, and countless other valuable items. The best your staff could do was give her $2 to get on the subway. What they should have done was call the police, filled a report, and made sure that this woman was compensated because it happened in your locker room. No need to worry though after having told this story to a good samaritan on the street he instructed her to go back to planet fitness and call the police. The police officer made sure she was compensated for most of the money lost, but I assure you she will never return!
By Rachelle M. on Jan 8th 2009 at 11:02AM
I agree with the Gold's haters on here. It was the worst experience of my life. They treated me like crap and my 3 year old was expelled from their kids care because he said he would blow up the building with his laser eye. I mean if he actually used his laser eye I can see a problem but whatever! Don't leave your kids with the incompetence at the gym in Shallote NC.
By dparr44 on Jan 8th 2009 at 11:02AM
I prefer to use the YMCA. I know where it's going to be next year and they have a swimmable pool. Now lap swimmer wants to use an overheated minipool!
By Carol on Jan 8th 2009 at 11:12AM
i am just a kid but my dad exercises almost every da at golds gym
By merrillandteresalanders on Jan 8th 2009 at 11:20AM
i love golds
By merrillandteresa on Jan 8th 2009 at 11:27AM