2/5 Dan C. 8 months ago on Google • 22 reviews
UPDATED
REVIEW
2:
I’ve
now
been
to
four
other
Blink
gyms,
1
in
Brooklyn
and
4
in
Manhattan.
This
is
hands
down
the
busiest,
even
though
it
actually
has
more
squat
racks,
lift
platforms
and
leg
press
machines
than
any
other
gym
I’ve
been
to.
The
biggest
difference
I
notice
though
is
in
the
gym
culture
—
all
stuff
I
mentioned
before.
Can’t
force
people
to
have
good
etiquette.
If
I
were
managing,
I’d
replace
cardio
machines
with
more
dumbbells,
add
a
squat
rack
and
smith
machine.
UPDATED
REVIEW
1:
The
gym
managers
have
made
two
improvements
that
have
really
made
a
difference.
1)
There
are
now
2
dedicated
deadlift
areas,
including
a
deadlift
bar
and
one
more
barbell
(only
one
area
pictured
here).
It
can
still
be
crowded
but
this
really
made
a
difference.
2)
they’ve
changed
the
layout
and
the
gym
doesn’t
feel
quite
as
crowded
anymore.
I
spoke
to
the
front
desk
about
stolen
clips
(I
counted
13
missing
clips
last
Sunday)
and
they’ve
been
trying
to
stop
it.
I
don’t
understand
why
someone
would
steal
them
and
render
most
of
the
machines
useless.
Nevertheless,
I
do
think
it’s
on
Blink
to
make
sure
whoever’s
doing
it
gets
banned
from
their
gyms.
Try
signs,
cameras,
lockable
clips.
OLD
REVIEW:
I’ve
gone
to
this
gym
regularly
for
quite
a
while
now.
It’s
almost
always
busy.
Equipment
is
often
broken.
People
hoard
dumbbells
and
barbells.
I
don’t
blame
people
as
much
as
I
blame
the
environment
—
when
you’re
given
scant
and
often
broken
resources,
you
either
share
or
adopt
a
hoarding
mentality.
Management
can
implement
simple,
inexpensive
changes
to
improve
the
situation.
Encourage
sharing,
putting
weights
back
properly,
putting
stronger
safeguards
to
make
sure
people
don’t
remove
clips
from
machines
(see
photos),
encourage
proper
usage
of
machines.
I
give
them
credit
for
rethinking
the
layout
of
the
space
recently
and
while
that’s
helped,
I
don’t
think
it’s
enough.
It’s
hard
not
to
blame
the
clients
but
if
you
allow
people
to
behave
like
this
gym
is
their
own
living
room,
some
really
will
take
advantage.
Yesterday
was
awful
—
I
came
in
for
40
minutes
yesterday
and
did
only
3
exercises
because
there
were
so
many
stolen
clips.
People
were
walking
from
machine
to
machine,
taking
what
few
clips
were
left
with
them.
Craziest
thing
I
ever
saw
here
though
was
a
guy
using
the
Roman
chair
as
a
land
mine.
I
wish
I
had
a
video
but
I
could
barely
believe
what
I
was
witnessing.
I’ve
seen
many
of
these
complaints
echoed
for
a
long
time
on
posts
with
other
great
suggestions,
like
eliminating
some
cardio
machines
for
resources
people
use
more.
Please
show
your
customers
you
care
about
their
experience
here.
There
are
still
broken
machines
(currently
two
cable
pulleys
and
a
leg
press
machine)
and
some
others
constantly
feel
like
they
need
some
TLC.
It’s
barebones
but
I
get
that
they’re
trying.
For
how
many
people
use
this
gym,
it’s
worth
doing
more
regular
maintenance
and
encouraging
good
gym
etiquette.
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