No doubt it’s a great location and a great place to go every day and work out but some of their policies of the hook, even though I have the highest membership there with $61.99 a month with allowed anyone come with me at any time but what is the time I take my son 12 years old they turn him back. Didn’t have to go back home with him.
Farshad Sharifi
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September 11, 2024
It was my first time to register in this gym and I get paid 59 dollars per month. In the first month, they took 200 dollars from my bank card. When I asked why they talked to me, I said no, and the next month they charged 200 dollars. I say this is not business, this is theft
Chad
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August 01, 2024
Wildly mediocre gym with ok to bad equipment and lots of hidden fees. Avoid vent if you can. ABC fitness is a significantly better gyms that cares about its customer base. My experience at the YMCA was even better than here when that was more my vibe.
Bring your business somewhere more deserving. Vent has fallen off.
Emily Discenza
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June 20, 2024
Disclaimer: This review pertains specifically to the Niskayuna location, but I want to caution prospective customers that the unwelcoming and uncomfortable environment created by their staff remains consistent across all of their locations.
It is genuinely very upsetting for me to be writing this review as I have gone to the Niskayuna location 4/5 times per week the past 2 years. I have liked this location so much, that I drive the 30 minutes from my home in Clifton Park to come here.
I do not look like the stereotypical gym goer as I am a midsize woman, but I have fallen in love with strength training and bettering myself through working out. In fact, going to VENT not only became the place where I workout, but also socialize as I have made some friends in the 2 years I have been going here.
When you have gym friends, your conversations revolve mostly around workouts, supplements, form, etc. I love that I have this since there is always something to learn from the people around you/ask someone to spot you. I usually meet up with one of my said gym friends so we can workout together.
Yesterday when I left the gym with my friend, “Teresa, the manager” pulled us both aside and accused her of training me. Teresa not only threatened to revoke our memberships, but also how we are taking income away from their trainers who make a living working in their gym. Her evidence is that she was “watching us on the cameras” and that my friend standing next to me and watching as I perform a set, encouraging me to do more reps/weight is “a violation of their policy”. Teresa continued to make generalizations that my friend must be training me since my body does not look exactly like hers. To quote Teresa said to me, “you look a lot different than her to just be working out together”.
Maybe Teresa should be directing her eyes and cameras elsewhere- perhaps on the constant stream of underage children who are allowed to roam this gym unsupervised, especially the middle school-aged boys who record people illegally, or even the people who break other rules such as littering the floor with gym bags, working out in improper attire, or hanging on machines for 60+ minutes during super high traffic times.
Teresa made my friend and I feel deeply humiliated- especially when she suggested that my friend must be training me since we look “entirely different” and that if I needed a trainer, that I could pay to use one of the ones that they have on staff. VENT advertises to offer a “welcoming fitness environment for everyone” when in actuality the supposed leaders of their brand target people who look “different”.
It's pretty difficult to ReinVENT yourself in a community that fosters negativity, discrimination based on body type, and a lack of support. Thank you for making me feel extremely targeted and ostracized, not just in one of my favorite places, but also in my own body and the supportive community I've built here. There are plenty of other gyms where fostering a welcoming and inclusive environment is the norm, and people of all shapes and sizes are valued. I urge anyone considering a membership at any VENT location to reconsider.
A. K.
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June 06, 2024
The Bad:
Vent has turned into a TikTok/Instagram video shooting studio, where multiple people with phone tripods will use pieces of exercise equipment for nearly an hour, just so they can record 1 set of reps for social media. Taking it one step further, video recording and photography in the locker room and sauna is common; this is an invasion of privacy.
If you go any time other than early morning, the gym is inundated with people sitting idly on equipment playing with their phones. It's not uncommon for someone to do this for 30+ minutes.
The sauna, while just deep-cleaned, is typically very dirty. This is mostly because they allow people to wear street shoes in the sauna, which tracks in grime and bacteria (great way to get Staph). While hard to control, they should at least attempt to keep street shoes out of the sauna like other reputable facilities ( e.g. YMCA).
The Good:
Staff is generally friendly, they have loads of equipment, and the shake bar is a nice touch.
I wish I could recommend Vent. It has a lot of potential, but until they get a better hand on cleanliness (preventative) and patron behavior, I would seek other options.
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No doubt it’s a great location and a great place to go every day and work out but some of their policies of the hook, even though I have the highest membership there with $61.99 a month with allowed anyone come with me at any time but what is the time I take my son 12 years old they turn him back. Didn’t have to go back home with him.
It was my first time to register in this gym and I get paid 59 dollars per month. In the first month, they took 200 dollars from my bank card. When I asked why they talked to me, I said no, and the next month they charged 200 dollars. I say this is not business, this is theft
Wildly mediocre gym with ok to bad equipment and lots of hidden fees. Avoid vent if you can. ABC fitness is a significantly better gyms that cares about its customer base. My experience at the YMCA was even better than here when that was more my vibe. Bring your business somewhere more deserving. Vent has fallen off.
Disclaimer: This review pertains specifically to the Niskayuna location, but I want to caution prospective customers that the unwelcoming and uncomfortable environment created by their staff remains consistent across all of their locations. It is genuinely very upsetting for me to be writing this review as I have gone to the Niskayuna location 4/5 times per week the past 2 years. I have liked this location so much, that I drive the 30 minutes from my home in Clifton Park to come here. I do not look like the stereotypical gym goer as I am a midsize woman, but I have fallen in love with strength training and bettering myself through working out. In fact, going to VENT not only became the place where I workout, but also socialize as I have made some friends in the 2 years I have been going here. When you have gym friends, your conversations revolve mostly around workouts, supplements, form, etc. I love that I have this since there is always something to learn from the people around you/ask someone to spot you. I usually meet up with one of my said gym friends so we can workout together. Yesterday when I left the gym with my friend, “Teresa, the manager” pulled us both aside and accused her of training me. Teresa not only threatened to revoke our memberships, but also how we are taking income away from their trainers who make a living working in their gym. Her evidence is that she was “watching us on the cameras” and that my friend standing next to me and watching as I perform a set, encouraging me to do more reps/weight is “a violation of their policy”. Teresa continued to make generalizations that my friend must be training me since my body does not look exactly like hers. To quote Teresa said to me, “you look a lot different than her to just be working out together”. Maybe Teresa should be directing her eyes and cameras elsewhere- perhaps on the constant stream of underage children who are allowed to roam this gym unsupervised, especially the middle school-aged boys who record people illegally, or even the people who break other rules such as littering the floor with gym bags, working out in improper attire, or hanging on machines for 60+ minutes during super high traffic times. Teresa made my friend and I feel deeply humiliated- especially when she suggested that my friend must be training me since we look “entirely different” and that if I needed a trainer, that I could pay to use one of the ones that they have on staff. VENT advertises to offer a “welcoming fitness environment for everyone” when in actuality the supposed leaders of their brand target people who look “different”. It's pretty difficult to ReinVENT yourself in a community that fosters negativity, discrimination based on body type, and a lack of support. Thank you for making me feel extremely targeted and ostracized, not just in one of my favorite places, but also in my own body and the supportive community I've built here. There are plenty of other gyms where fostering a welcoming and inclusive environment is the norm, and people of all shapes and sizes are valued. I urge anyone considering a membership at any VENT location to reconsider.
The Bad: Vent has turned into a TikTok/Instagram video shooting studio, where multiple people with phone tripods will use pieces of exercise equipment for nearly an hour, just so they can record 1 set of reps for social media. Taking it one step further, video recording and photography in the locker room and sauna is common; this is an invasion of privacy. If you go any time other than early morning, the gym is inundated with people sitting idly on equipment playing with their phones. It's not uncommon for someone to do this for 30+ minutes. The sauna, while just deep-cleaned, is typically very dirty. This is mostly because they allow people to wear street shoes in the sauna, which tracks in grime and bacteria (great way to get Staph). While hard to control, they should at least attempt to keep street shoes out of the sauna like other reputable facilities ( e.g. YMCA). The Good: Staff is generally friendly, they have loads of equipment, and the shake bar is a nice touch. I wish I could recommend Vent. It has a lot of potential, but until they get a better hand on cleanliness (preventative) and patron behavior, I would seek other options.