Blast Fitness Bellaire

this gym is awesome. open 5 am and closes late. got enough free weights to keep a crowd of people busy and lots and lots of treadmills. you can’t beat the rate at $ 10 per month and they give you a payment schedule so you know when the charge will be put on your debit card. also, big showers compared to other gyms that expect you to duck behind a small screen where you can still see the other showers. this place rocks! unfortunately, they don’t play much rock music so bring your own

I have only visited the gym when my hotel gym was under renovations
The gym was packet and there was not enough free weights for three people let alone the 20 people there.

Closes way too early. (I get off @ 10) Specially weekends when more people can go. 50+$ annually we have to pay are really unnecessary. Zumba room should be available at all times. Definitely going back to 24 hour fitness. Bye Bye Blast.

Wouldn’t recommend it bc their management is messy and they don’t clarify everything they say
I registered and they said they would send me a confirmation email with the fee of subscription but they sent nothing then I asked about canceling they said you come here and cancel as simple as that
After a week i had an emergent situation that required me to move to another place so I went to cancel and they wouldn’t cancel unless I pay the annual fee
Or I get someone else to continue through my subscription but I or that person still have to pay the annual fee of course
I have no objection on this but they should’ve written it or mentioned it the first time I went
Also when I registered I asked if it was possible to pay cash and they said no
An update
What happened later is that I went with a friend to transfer my subscription to him
They told him that he could pay cash!
They made me pay the annual fee and they replaced my credit on their registry with a gift card he got
It’s all messy and dishonest management

Do not join Blast Fitness at any location and never give these guys a credit card. They have been billing me for years and I can’t get them to stop. Avoid these guys at all costs if you value your sanity.

Overall, I’m a satisfied customer of Blast Fitness. I was also a member of the gym when I resided in Chicago, IL. However, having said that this location is the worse of all of the Blast locations that I’ve been to. Usually, I go to either the Barker Cypress or N. Shepherd locations. I decided to take the Monday Spinning class at this location yesterday (9−29−14) instead of attending the Tues./Thurs. class that I normally go to at the Barker Cypress location. The registration process is to call the morning of the class to have your name added to the class roster for the 6−7pm class since it’s in high demand and there are only about 10 bikes. I’m standing in front of a bike and a Spanish woman comes and hangs her bag on the handle bar of the bike that I’m standing in front of and actually had my arm on. I said I’m sorry I’m using this bike. She then asked if I’d called ahead and registered for the class. I responded yes and informed her that I was aware of the registration process and had called that morning to have my name added to the list. Well her and the other Spanish onlookers that were also her friends begin to converse in Spanish (about me I’m assuming) and she said well we’ll see when the instructor comes she’ll have a list. EXCUSE ME??? I was aware that this location was primarily Spanish before attending; however, I didn’t realize that they aren’t very welcoming of other races (I’m African-​American) or perhaps it’s just unusual to see other races attend this location. The instructor came and verified that I was indeed on the list. I felt very unwelcomed/​uncomfortable but was not leaving because I pay the same monthly membership fee as the other class attendees and I’m entitled to attend a Spinning class regardless if they have the same «crew» that usually attends as long as I followed the appropriate procedures. This was no doubt the most unfriendly class that I’ve participated in at Blast. Furthermore, the instructor gave the majority of the instructions in Spanish. Last I checked I live in the USA where English is the primary language spoken. Again, I understand that this location is primarily populated by the Latino community and I’m okay with that but I felt the instructions should’ve been given in both English AND Spanish at the very least. Needless to say, I do not plan to visit this location again in the future. It’s also not as clean as the other locations. There was a horrible smell in the sauna in the women’s locker room and the women’s locker rooms in general were very unkempt. Hopefully the Bellaire location will be opening SOON!

What an awful experience! The gym itself was fine, but the one in my office building closed. No others nearby so I wanted to cancel my membership. They told me that I had to go to a location in person to do this. No locations within 20 miles of my home. One finally opened about 20 miles away and I go one saturday (after months of paying for a membership I can’t use). They tell me I can’t cancel a membership on Saturday, only on a weekday when a manager is onsite. I haven’t found myself in that area on a weekday, since I work full-​time. I have been paying for this membership for two years now, and I’ve only used it twice. RIDICULOUS!!! CUSTOMER SERVICE IS AWFUL!

Very nice! I enjoy all that the gym has to offer. The classes are really nice! Equipments are plenty. Though I wish they would fix the stairmaster, it’s one of my favorite machines to use. Great customer service and good people around. Gonna try out the sauna next time I visit!

I would seriously recommend any to think twice of a Bally’s (now Blast membership) and their actions speak volumes to how customers are treated today
Now on to the story. I had a Blast charge go through my account on the 30^th of January — at the time since my account was locked because of fradulent charges I attributed this payment to such and reported it to the bank for I had not had a Bally’s
membership since I left for Vienna, Austria in 2009.
(later receiving a letter in March — note I have no received no communiques from Bally’s/Blast prior to this and this letter had nothing to do with my account but rather a gym closing. I said maybe they just ran this charge through without my permission because obviously I received this letter for a reason — probably on a client list and so I called and what did I find out but that they did run this charge without my permission and nor will they credit me the total because
1) I did not call in January — note they ran the charge through on the 30^th so I had yep 1 day to call
2) it is now March and I explained I had fradulent activities in my account, received no communiques from Bally’s/Blast and was only calling because of this gym closing letter I received
Incredulous how some companies will handle their business to fleece people at all cost. for they know I’m not using the membership and I used to maintain a year to year — over 2 years ago — that I would re-​up at the gym but now they are Blast (& not Bally’s) they just blatantly run charges through
Horrendous