just wondering how the club in the castro is. i just joined and im trying to figure out where the best place to go is. and if you know of anyone who would like to work out together, that would be awesome. im pretty much a beginner, so i would like someone who has been lifting for awhile. thanks for your help.

In the city of SF, here is the good, the bad & the ugly: (in random order)

Van Ness: very nice gym. except the spinning room...it's treated like the ugly step child -you have to bring headphones to hear the music and that system makes it full of static plus the cd player skips all of the time.

North Point: Best 24 HRFit in the city. They expanded a bit last year ... lots of parking.

Potrero: has potential to be numero uno but the weight area seems tight and the men's bathroom just seems like a very bad idea for a science project.

California (Really, it's on Sacramento): clean but who the fuck wants to go up and down three flights of stairs to go from machines to free weights?!? no parking ... has nice outside jacuzzi.

Market: too small. spin room has growth on ceiling tiles from leaking pipes...another bad science project.

Ocean: not bad...now that I think of it ... it seems pretty good, except the accoustics in the spin room suck & parking is tough (always full).

Marina: does that count as a full fledge 24 HrFit...it's even smaller than the Market one & the group X room is two doors down.

Out side of SF: seems like every one that I have been to ... and I have been to a lot from Santa Rosa, Sacramento, San Jose, various locales in Los Angeles, Dallas & Austin... are so much nicer! Bigger area's for all equipment and much better spin bikes in the spin-rooms.

Guess that is the price we pay for living in the city.