This particular gym franchise and fitness19 in general are engaged in fraudulent advertisements.
Fitness 19 advertised 5$ per month subscriptions and when I inquired all the details about this offer they sneak in the details that its only from two days of the week. I would not do business with anyone this dishonest.

A clerk who was canceling my membership very conveniently misunderstood that I was canceling the whole family (including a separate charge for using the child care center). I am continually billed for the gym that no one in my family has used for 3 months because "my husband is still a member". The manager (Anthony) is very rude and stated that "I had a personal vendetta" against Fitness 19. Buyer Beware!

I am reading all of these complaints and it seems like it is a lot of people complaining not because Fitness 19 did anything wrong but because they did not get there way... looking at the Fitness 19 website www.fitness19.com they have over 100 gyms nation wide with only a handful of complaints it seems like they may be the best option for someone looking for a gym and the people on here complaining because they had to pay a last month or because they would not get a better deal on adding a family memeber? are they not the best price anyways? why complain when you are already getting a lower price than the competition? dunno just seems like a bunch of people with petty problems that have no outlet other than to complain on the internet about a gym that is giving a better product and price than any of the competition.

My husband and i were fitness 19 members for about a year. 6 months ago are son became increasingly sick and due to outstanding and overwhelming hospitals bills we were no longer able to pay for many things including our gym membership. I sent a letter to fitness 19 in july to cancel our membership. They called me in august saying they never received it and that i had to pay for that month. I refused and sent another letter stating it was my 2nd attempt to cancel. They are now charging me for two months. I explained to the manager chris our situation in tears and he could care less. There is no corporate number if you have problems like this you are just on your own. DONT SIGN UP. Even with a medical emergency they refuse to care!

I signed up for a new gym membership with Fitness 19 on June 7, 2008. I was told that my initial membership costs would include a one-time activation fee of $49 and the first and last month's dues at $17 per month, bringing the total to $83. All dues thereafter would be $17 per month. My contract stated that I would be charged on the 15th of each month, which I took to mean that on the 15th of June, I would be charged the $83. However, when my first credit card bill arrived, I was charged $100 (The $83 initial costs plus the next month's dues of $17). After analyzing the situation, I determined that my dues for the first "month" were actually for only 8 days, not a whole month. What I believe happened is they charged me $83 on June 7, $49 for my activation fee and $17 per month for what they told me was my first and last month's dues when in reality the first month was only 8 days from June 7-14. Then I was charged another $17 on June 15 for the next month, bringing the total on my credit card bill to $100. I am disappointed that they misled me like that. They should have been honest with me and claimed that the first "month" would only be 8 days or until the 15th of the month, or they should have charged for the next month's dues 30 days after June 7 when I signed up or prorate the monthly dues based on the June 15 date. Charging me on the 15th of each month doesn't make sense because if that's how they do it, then all new members should sign up on the 16th of each month to get the full month for the dues they pay and wouldn't it make more sense to charge on 30 days increments from the date each new member signs up? It is fairest to the customer that way. That is my main complaint.