City Fitness

📍 11 S 12th St, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107

Gym members consistently highlight the reliable availability of the steam room and sauna at City Fitness East Market, noting these amenities are operational the vast majority of the time. The women's locker room is described as sparkling clean and well-equipped. Some members note that the steam room is occasionally cleaned at inconvenient times without prior notice, and a few mention that some patrons do not follow rules, such as wearing shoes inside the steam room. Beyond the sauna and steam facilities, this gym offers a high-level wellness community in a stunning, open-concept space bathed in natural light from 30-foot windows overlooking Market Street. The facility is praised for being very clean, spacious, and featuring great, top-grade equipment across a 1,500-square-foot functional training area, a floating mezzanine for cardio and turf, and four boutique-style group exercise studios. Members appreciate the helpful and friendly staff who often know them by name, and many enjoy the smoothie bar. The gym also provides four Hydromassage chairs and tailored fitness programs through the CF THRIVE program, which offers small class sizes for personalized attention. While the cardio equipment is considered decent, some members feel it could use an upgrade, and classes can be difficult to book without planning well in advance.