My honest review of AF City Hall

Since AF opened their new outlet at City Hall, I’d seen a few posts promoting how big the gym is (apparently 10,000 sqft!) with loads of new equipment. I was super hyped up and was thinking to change my membership if the experience was decent. However, I left feeling disappointed and felt that my current gym is a lot better (despite having fewer equipment).

Here’s what I think AF City Hall did really well in.

✅ Huge variety of equipment, several lat pull down, row machines and 4 squat racks. From different variations of leg hamstring exercises (seated leg curl to lying leg curl) or different types of grips for your lat pull-down, you can pretty much find them. There’s even a booty machine and a hack and v squat machine.

✅ Variety of classes. There’s pilates and boxing classes held frequently during peak hours and it accommodates quite a huge number of people. Makes it convenient to pop by after or before your gym session.

✅ Spacious cardio area with stair master. This is great for those of us into cardio, there seem to be sufficient machines for the crowd - I went around 7pm on a Tuesday night.

Here’s what I think made my experience felt like a meh..

❌ Limited free weights. Yes, the weights go up to 60kg but it’s hard to find a suitable weight for ladies when it’s crowded. All the 3 to 5kgs weights seem to disappear and were rarely returned to their stations.

❌ Not sure if it’s just me but some of the new equipment feels weird? The lying leg curl’s cushion was way too hard and I felt that the hack squat provided limited support for my lower back somehow. The booty machine was also oddly placed right beside the yoga mat area and the tyre machine.

❌ I’m quite particular when it comes to cleanliness so it kind of disappointed me when I can’t seem to find sufficient spray bottles and having to use equipment that were stained with sweat from the person who used it before me. Luckily, I brought my own towel to lay over so this wasn’t much of an issue. Perhaps because of the crowd, the toilet wasn’t that well-maintained and there was a slight stench.

Overall, I felt that my current gym, although cozy and with much fewer equipment, provided me with a much more comfortable and joyful workout experience than AF did.

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