Body Shop Fitness & Salons Inc in Potsdam, NY

So I was on a business trip. It's hard to get my workout in on the road, but I found this place and they had a drop in rate. So I thought I'd give it a try. First they advertise all of these amenities, but when I asked for a masseuse she wasn't there and apparently you have to book two weeks out. WTF? Then I worked out on some exercise machines. It was a push day and there just weren't enough machines to do those sets. Now if they had free weights they were hidden because 8 never saw them. I like to finish up with some cardio. Now these they had plenty of. So I chose a bike and set to spinning. And they have an app to listen to TV on your phone. Wow that's great. Set up my headphones and started laughing and working out to Modern Family. Until the sound didn't sync up to the show. It was like watching a Chinese Martial Arts movie dubbed over in English. Remember those on Saturday afternoons? So that sucked. And then the bike shut down so there went any stats that was being recorded. Ok so that was enough. Decided I'd go get a manicure since I saw her there when I walked in. Oh no she left 10 minutes ago. How about we post the hours so your customers know And to tip it off no towels and no lockers either? Where do your regulars change! So hopefully I never have to go back to Potsdam again. If so I'll go find a big rock to work out with. This place was not worth it.

This post is only regarding the fitness facilities. I expected the gym options to be dismal upon seeing the rest of North Country, but this gym has a pretty great selection for powerlifting and cardio. They offer dumbbells from postage stamp sized all the way past 100lbs, places to squat and bench, you can make room to deadlift (they even have a hex bar for DL), pull-up stations, leg raise rig, concept 2 rowers, ez bars up to 110, and benches that can be made flat, inclined for incline press etc, preacher curl, and so on. Their machines are in good condition and include some less commons for a smaller gym like: leg press, calf machine, ab crunch etc. Their cardio machines are standard treadmills, stationary bikes, elliptical, stair thing, and as mentioned before, rowers. They do not mind burpees or jump rope in the dance room when there are no classes running. Chill place with everything you need.

I called and made an appointment for a manicure for 3 people but when we arrived she was working on walk ins for well over an hour and made us wait. I find this completely ridiculous and will not be bringing my services here again. A business should know when there are appointments made and make the walk ins come back later.

I won a package that included massage, facial, hair do, manicure and pedicure a few years ago Massage was great the room was a little too cold for me Facial - not the best the ingredients burned my face so I could not continue hair- do not know how to work with very thick curly hair --- they left waves manicure and pedicure was mediocre didnt do too good of a job but everyone was pretty friendly

I have a full year membership, so by default I'm a fan, though I am having doubts about renewal. It's a fairly small gym, with weight machines, cardio machines, a weight room and a class room. I can never make the classes because it's straight after work or early in the morning. If you need tv while cardio-ing, then you need to bring a radio that tunes into the tv frequencies, I don't really care for it so it doesn't bother me. I don't do the tanning & salon, but they have that too. In fact, most of the cars in the parking lot are tanners, the gym area is usually empty. The weight room can get crowded, but it's not bad. The gym doesn't smell bad, and if it does you can prop open one of the doors. The worst is when somebody axe effects the entire locker room and then it's just plain nasty. I don't shower in the gym because the water smells kinda funks, but they do have hand sanitizers all over the place. One thing that annoys me is the limited weekend hours, especially on Sunday, when it closes at 3pm.