(WSB photo, January 8)
One month after those trucks brought in the equipment for Westwood Village‘s new gym Fitness 19, it’s finally about to open. Thanks to Christopher for the tip that Fitness 19 has announced it’s opening its doors tomorrow (Wednesday, February 7, 8 am), after passing its SFD inspection. As we first reported one year ago, it’s opening in the three-years-empty 24 Hour Fitness space on the breezeway. According to its website, the fitness chain has locations in 12 states.
I’m REALLY glad to see this opening up. That space has been without an open gym since March 2020 and it’s really cut down on Westwood Village customer traffic. All of the retailers there, especially QFC, Big5, Starbucks, Toshis, and Marshalls get a lot of business from gym members. It’s also good for the general security of the mall to have hundreds of members coming and going from 5am to 11pm.
Hoping they will participate in the Silver Sneakers program like some of their other locations.
The gym looks nice, but it’s a bit overpriced at $20 a month for membership Plus a $60 annual fee and $130 sign up fee. I used to be a member of a Fitness 19 gym in California and since canceling they constantly text me to sign up for $1 down and $9.99 a month.I’m going to hold out and wait and see if they lower their prices to try to attract more members. I’m already a member at a boutique gym, but it would be nice to walk in from time to time and do my own workout.
Their current rate is $18 a month with a $71 fee. It’s vastly cheaper than any other gym on the peninsula, in Burien, Southcenter, or Renton. The equipment is excellent and every piece is brand-new. Great value. Using it this evening was like driving a new car home.
I don’t know where you typically work out but $20 is a great deal if the equipment is decent quality. Most boutique gyms are going to be at least 3x the cost, CrossFit would be at least 5x the cost, even an at home system like Peloton/Tonal/etc has a monthly fee twice that much.
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