The Fort NYC

Hands down best gym in NYC. Shout out to my trainer Conor for turning me into the animal I am today.

Incredible place to either begin your strength training journey, continue it, or up level it (massively)! Highly recommend The Fort for small group (what really feels like personalized) sessions with professional, welcoming, encouraging, and knowledgeable trainers (a wonderfully diverse group of coaches who are your cheering squad along with your session mates) who offer focused, structured, and variable training programming which both builds a base and uplevels your capacities, physical and mental. Four standouts for me are: 1. Accessibility - The Fort is a best-in-class inclusive space for those training with a disability. I am deaf/hard of hearing and each trainer eagerly accommodated my needs and ensured I could participate fully in an easy-going-no-big-deal we do this for everyone manner that made me feel both taken-care-of and also one of the group. 2. Inclusivity - As a woman, I felt supported, included, and safe training here - many of my sessions were all women (by chance), and the mixed sessions felt comfortable, even when skill and experience levels varied widely. This is one of The Fort’s many secret-sauce strengths - creating opportunities for all to train and gain together. 3. Training Programming - The training changes week over week/days over days so that you’re both skill-building on core strengths but also upleveling new strengths/skills in a way that is challenging but doable. I exceeded prior training meaningfully without ‘blowing out’ my body (avoiding intense soreness that compromises subsequent day training). It’s genius. 4. Onboarding - One of the best onboarding processes I’ve experienced, a perfect blend of a concierge who takes care of everything and a highly-efficient technology driven process. Made scheduling and trying new class formats so easy and truly felt like they care if you’re there. 10 stars! No notes!

I want to commend The Fort on their customer service. I joined and bought a package only to find out later my health issues were going to take too many modifications to make training at The Fort possible. They did all they could to be inclusive but it wasn’t possible. The instructors were great and accommodating and The Fort even reimbursed the remainder of my package when I figured out I wasn’t able to keep up without injury (which they did not have to do). I would recommend this place to anyone. Great community and great workouts.