CKO Kickboxing

CKO is great! All around a great place-​great workout-​great service-​great music-​great folks! Jimmy and Mark are great and my 2 fave trainers! The women trainers are good but I feel my workout the next day after Jimmy or Mark! If they were there every weekend I would be there too so I make it there when they’re there as much as I can!

Sometimes when something is too good, you selfishly keep it to yourself. But it would be unfair to withhold spreading the word on a business that’s truly wonderful.
I was persuaded to join CKO by my parents. Soon after obtaining their membership, they began treating it as a religion. They quickly dropped a significant amount of weight, their spirits were lifted, and they were hooked.
Still, no matter how much they kept pushing me to try it, my mind reminded me of the stigma behind kickboxing: «it’s for women. Point blank.» However, I was out of shape and dying to break the routine of a typical gym visit: ‘bi’s, tri’s, legs, repeat.’ I need to be excited to workout, rather than desperately remind myself, day after day, how bad I needed it. So — Screw it, I took on a free trial class.
HOOKED.
Which wasn’t my first thought, btw. I left the class in desperate need of a place to lay down and die peacefully. The workout was incredibly demanding — pushing me from the second it started till the minute class was over. Granted, the class was populated by more females than males and some of the music wasn’t exactly in tune with the catalog on my ipod — but none of that mattered. The routines are punishing and the music is loud. You’re never bored and you’re never not burning calories.
The next day, every inch of my body was screaming at me. And I couldn’t wait to go back. I immediately signed up and loved every minute of it. When you can’t wait to leave work in order to punish your body, you know you’ve found a great place. Unfortunately, because of the location of a new job — I had to move to Brooklyn, far away from this branch. And I couldn’t miss it more. If you live around here and are considering signing up — stop thinking and do it.
I highly recommend it.

I have been coming here for about a year now and I really enjoy it. All the instructors and employees are very nice and personable. The workouts are killer and the gym is big enough that you are not on top of the people around you.
The only reason I didn’t give 5 stars is because although extra classes are offered (ex. Strength) it’s an additional fee. Membership isn’t inexpensive to begin with (around $ 70 per month), so not a fan of that, at an extra $ 20 a class.
The new babysitting room is very nice and spacious. That’s a free service for members.

I came here for a fundraising event and what a great event it was! The class was 90 mins and it was high energy. (I did not participate, but I did watch most of it) You can definitely see everyone was sweating and getting a great workout. They had a big turnout and had the room to hold everyone. They have events from time to time again and it’s a good thing to see. Hopefully soon i’ll get in on a kickboxing class myself :)