I signed up for the Nazareth Powerhouse Gym before they had even opened (this was almost 2 years ago). They charged me a membership fee right away even though I was told nothing would be collected until the gym opened, which was MUCH later than I was told. They also grossly overbilled me for three months. I signed only a year contract with them when signing up and marked the box to not have my membership renewed automatically and yet I am still being charged every month. I even went and canceled my membership and still I am being billed. Never go to this gym and never sign anything since apparently they don't follow their own contracts.

Nazareth Powerhouse Gym opened in January of 2008 in Nazareth, PA, and as my wife and I were moving to Nazareth in July, we decided to join in May of that year. The club's setup was fairly spartan at the beginning, with only one main room holding all of the work out equipment - treadmills, weight machines, free weights, and spin bikes - but when we signed up, we were shown rooms in the back that would be developed into rooms to support the different kinds of equipment. The locker rooms were nice, with individual shower stalls and lockers, and so signed on for a year's agreement.

Fast forward to February of 2009. Nothing had changed in the gym - no rooms developed for spinning or other classes, and there was no indication any work to do so was going forward. Several times, I complained to management that there was insufficient ventilation for the spinning classes - there was only one small 12" box fan provided for most classes, which is simply not enough when there are 10 to 15 individuals participating in a spinning class. Nothing changed. Many of the instructors for classes seemed disinterested, and the cleanliness of the locker rooms had slipped a notch or two.

Finally, in March, my wife and I started looking at alternatives. In a last ditch attempt to stick with a local business, I called and spoke to a manager at the club on March 11th in attempt to find out what they planned to do to make the club more attractive, especially considering the things that had been promised when we signed up. I was informed at that time that the club was actually moving the very next day to a new location about 5 miles away. This was the first I'd heard of this, despite recieving other emails from the club on other subjects. I went in that afternoon and cancelled my membership, and was told that they understood, and I would not receive any further billing. I joined another local gym, and thought that was the end of it.

Instead, on April 1st, I found that I had been billed again. Upon contacting the club (which has still not reopened since the closing on March 12th!), I was told they would contact ABC, their billing company. I called ABC myself, to discover that no cancellation of my membership had been forwarded to them.

I'm still trying to sort all of this out, but needless to say, I won't be recommending this business to anyone I know. It's a shame, because I wanted to support a locally owned and operated business.

STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE. OWNER Mike Leone has not followed through on any promises.

The gym closed without advance warning and stuck a lot of people for membership fees. They say they "moved" but there is no gym in operation at the "new" location. They blame "zoning" problems but this seems like a serious case of poor business management.

Rumor has it they were pretty behind on rent at the old location and needed to move quickly. Seems like they didn't do much up-front work on the move and tried to move an entire gym in 4 days, WITHOUT zoning permits. Are you kidding me? The "new" location at Rt 22 and 191 near Cigars International is a boarded-up building with exercise equipment outside the building and a poorly-worded sign stating the gym is moving in a "new direction". I'll say they'removing in a new direction...down the tubes.

The Township forced them to stop citing concerns about the type of business it is and also some safety concerns with the new building. This info is per gym employees.

I was forced to cancel my credit card because they over-charged me and did not follow through on my refund. They took $270 from my wife in January for a 1-year membership and $30 enrollment fee and there is no way for her to get a refund because the phone goes unanswered.

Stay away from this place until new ownership takes over, if that happens.