Fit 'N Firm is the best! Everyone from the staff to the members know each others names. The staff also is really dedicated to helping you reach your goals. They take time to motivate you and hold you accountable to your workouts. They also will help with nutrition as well! I highly recommend them!

Newell is the best - the rest are just pretend

I love Koko fit. I get a personalized workout whenever I want. No need to schedule time with a trainer.

KoKo fit club is by far the best place to workout....staff is friendly and your workout is personalized towards you. All the equipment is easy to use and you stay on the same machine the entire time. If you want a gym that you can be relaxed in instead of the pressure of a big chain gym try this one out!!

Powerhouse gym is a great place to workout. It has the feel of a friendly neighborhood gym, but with the equipment and class offerings on par with any of the larger gyms in the area. The trainers are exceptional and the gym also offers so many additional programs and benefits to membership. I would never go anywhere else.

Impact Training surpasses everything else. Its such a supportive, fun environment with a great staff, great space, top-notch equipment and personalized attention you won't find anywhere else!

BFIT4U IS THE BEST ZUMBA FITNESS CENTER IN HILLSBOROUGH!!!!

Denise Tweedie (Owner/Instructor)  has been working in the Health & Fitness industry since 1998.  She earned her Fitness Specialist certification from Raritan Valley Community College.  Denise holds certifications as a Health Fitness Specialist from the American College of Sports Medicine, Personal Trainer from The American Council on Exercise and Group Exercise Instructor from the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America.  Other certifications include Kickboxing, Mat Science and Group Cycling.  She is a licensed Zumba®, Zumba Gold®, Zumbatomic® and Zumba Toning® instructor.

The fitness center has a family atmosphere that will keep you coming to have fun and loose weight at the same time!

Come and meet Denise, she's an awesome woman and will motivate you to meet all your fitness goals!

Love, Peace & Zumba!!!!

Bfitforu is the best place to get healthy AND have fun doing it. The owner is very knowledgable and very nice. She makes it fun to get active. She even makes me laugh while doing weights. I used to make excuses to get out of going to classes but not here. Now I want to go.

I love going to The Power House Gym. It's so true they know you by name and the staff is very helpful and the gym is very clean. It's not that I enjoy exercising but I do it for my health and fitness. After a zumba class or any of the other good workouts I feel all charged up. I have been a member of a handful of other gyms in my life and The Power House is on the top of my list.

Powerhouse is Number 1....They are the best gym in the area. The staff is extremely helpful, knowledgable and I always get greeted with a smile & hello when I walk in. They offer a great variety of classes and the instructors are the best. I truly enjoy all that Powerhouse offers...I will be a lifetime member...-:)

BFIT4U is th BEST!!!! Come join the FUN with ZUMBA!!!!

Powerhouse- owners Ken and Melodi are fantastic, caring people and highly experienced trainers. When I am in town that's where I go!!!

Powerhouse gym is the best! The gym has the best equipment and a great variety of classes! The instructors are all awesome and you get such a great workout. Ken, Melody and all the staff are friendly and helpful! I teach spin at the and I love working there!

No gym beats Newell Strength.

Poll? this is a joke! Powerpuos and Impact getting 61% of the votes???
Too funny - it is so obvious what the owners have done , as if anyone on this board is now thinking to themselves , ooh, let me quit my gym and now go where everyone else goes - WHY? if you are not happy at the place you go to, then make a change by checking the others out. not because of this loopy poll. And ask yourself , if so many people are so happy at People house and Intact, why would i join where there is a crowd? duh.

POWERHOUSE IS THE BEST GYM IN TOWN! !!IT IS FULL OF STATE OF THE ART EQUIPMENT!!! GREAT CLASSES AND GREAT TRAINERS!! I LOVE PHG!

Powerhouse Gym has great equipment, a huge selection of classes, spinning, and a great staff that is always helpful.

The Y friendly helpful staff, great classes, pool and equipment. Something for everyone!

!MPACT Training has changed my life. I travel 30 minutes from Warren to workout with Hillarie Scannelli at !MPACT because she is AMAZING!!! I have been going to Hillarie for 6 years. Her experience with fitness and nutrition is unsurpassed. For a TOTAL approach to fitness try !MPACT Training.

Be Fit Anywhere runs a top notch exercise program tailored to the clients needs. The improvements I have made after 3 months are short of phenomenal. Godelieve really knows how to target the exercise program to my individual needs.

Powerhouse...Awesome staff, tons of machines, free weights and classes. Best gym around!!!!!

Everybody is different. I am glad we have many workout choices in Hillsborough. I feel like a fish out of the water in a big gym no matter how good it may be. I love Koko because it is small, the employees are friendly, the equipment is computerized, the program is tailored to my needs, and I get instructions and feedback from the Koko computer monitor on each exercise as I do it. That is perfect for me.

Powerhouse is the BEST in town. I have tried other gyms in the area and none can offer what Powerhouse can. The staff is the best, the gym is the cleanest and the members are great. Thank you Powerhouse for being a top notch gym!!

No doubt, Powerhouse gym is the best! Variety, commitment, great equipment, just name it. No more "here and there". It's here and period. It has it all.

Powerhouse is the best!!! The staff members are so nice and its true they always do greet you with a smile. All of the instructors are excellent!! They give great instructions. I'm proud to say that I go to Powerhouse. Go Powerhouse!!

Retro Fitness!!!!

Very much a fan of !mpact. Everything is positive and up beat. You are never judged, just welcomed when you walk in. Everything is geared towards your abilitly. It's about you and how to improve yourself, excerise, nutrition and a positive attitude!

Everyone has different needs. I'm not one for packed gyms so !MPACT Training is the spot for me. This place has showed me how to train like an athlete and have fun while doing it. Working out is no longer a chore, but a necessity. I feel great when I leave and I'm always looking forward to my next visit. The trainers truly care about you and your individual goals, your not just a number. Your challenged, pushed, motivated and inspired within their walls so my vote is 100% !MPACT TRAINING :-)

Jussy, thanks for the english lesson. That is my point , exactly , so why bother stacking this poll with an obvious attempt to circumvent ( big word bro) the fairness of one vote per person with whomever happens to wander in... not directed to do so by the owners of either of these two place. 1) statistically it is not legitamate, and 2) my spelling errors where done purposely to point at and make fun of these two immature acting businesses. I dont care of they do choose my gym - which , if I had a choice , i would dump , if something like a LA Fitness came into the area and offered what they do in Berkley Heights... lol , or is it Berkely ? I will await Jussy to correct me.

Impact Training is TOP NOTCH. Hillarie Scannelli is an amazing woman and an inspiration to women and men of all ages. I've recommended friends who are now hooked on her phenomenal total development bootcamps, which I would attend every single day if I could. Not many people can say that about exercising! This is not a gym, it's a very personal, focused work-out with far more attention to your global well-being than any experience you can get at a regular gym. Once you give this a try, you won't go back to a treadmill in front of a T.V., guaranteed. Impact gets my vote, and I couldn't be happier to spread the word.

Jim J
Powerhouse consistently gives back to the Hillsborough community. The team focuses on the clients needs and upgrading to the latest fitness models to meet individual goals.

Sue, i am very happy for you. Perhaps , if Impact, and Powerhouse did not go out of their way to stack this unscientific poll , i would leave the negative comments alone. but considering the low class way they went about boosting their image, as if it would all of the sudden bring a deluge of wannabe's rolling in just shows what "slime" will do to make a buck. I will be careful to look for any falling houses.

What I'd like to know why Yoga Matt on Route 206 isn't on the list? They offer semi private lessons for Yoga, TRX, Rip Trainer and Kettlebell classes. I've been going there since they opened last May and all of the instructors and owners are fantastic at keeping you motivated and driven.

i thought i did make my choice clear. Newell is an excellent place and the staff are far and away superior in knowledge of biomechanical training techniques . combining core with cardio and strength and muscle elasticity

There was a township committee meeting last night and tomorrow the planning board will meet. If you want to work out your government skills and help shape-up the town consider “Working Out” at a couple of our government meetings too!

Get involved!

The Committee meets every 2nd & 4th Tuesday unless otherwise noted, 7:30 p.m. at the Hillsborough Municipal Complex, in the court room.

The Planning Board meets at 7:30 p.m., prevailing time, the first and second Thursday of the month, unless otherwise specified

http://www.hillsborough-nj.org/Cit-e-Access/TownCouncil/?TID=45&TPID=5233

BFit4U is a Fitness Zumba Studio like no other studio in Hillsborough.
Owner/Instructor Denise Tweedie's Love for fitness and helping people radiates through her studio and in her members. The studio provides encouragement, high energy, fun and a family friendly atmosphere.

Before I discovered BFit4U , I did't like to exercise . Now it is part of my daily life and it gave me a healthy outlook on exercise. I travel an hour to come to the studio to exercise on days I'm off from work. This is how much BFit4U has influenced me in staying healthy and having fun while doing it.

Peace, Love and BFit4U

POWERHOUSE GYM!! Last weeks workouts
Mon- Full body weigt workout- 1 hour spin (610 cals)
Tues- Run on treadmill 6 miles 10 min abs
Wed- TRX w/trainer 30 min on EFX
Thurs-Yoga
Fri-Boot camp
Sat-Spin
Sun- My day of rest!!!!!!! :)
I love that POWERHOUSE has everything I need in one great location!!!

Powerhouse Gym offers great classes, an variety of equipment and the best trainers around. The staff is friendly, knowledgable, willing to help and always greet you with a smile. The classes are varied and offered at times to accomodate all your needs. Most importantly - they constantly give back to the community!!

Powerhouse Gym is my favorite because I can go in and have the gear to do whatever workout i'm feeling, OR I can have a trainer assist me for a reasonable price and make sure I get in a killer workout. The off-hours are great for a calm workout, but the busy times are great too because there are so many great people there to really boost my energy. Great vibe.

Powerhouse Gym is my choice for a full gym experience complete with a friendly helpful staff!!

Newell Strength --Womens Boot Camp!!!

I've been going to Powerhouse for over 6 years now and no other gym in the area can compare. The price is right, this gym gives back to the community, the whole gym is clean and constantly kept up with, etc. I love it so much, so far, two of my children are members with the other 2 not far behind. Whatever you need, Powerhouse has it!

Question for IMPACT. Considering that your operation is a one on one training operation , and there are, for the sake of discussion, 72 hours to work out a week. 12 a day for 6 days . If 345 people voted , individuals that is , not 20 people hitting the key 17 times , how do you train them individually? three times a week @ one hour a day mean you have to doing 12 one hour sessions . How many do you train in each hour. divide by 2, and you have 172.5 people , and then you would have 17 people in each one hour class... DUH..

that is why if I was The Patch , i would drop this because these people , like the ones about the Italian Food could not be trusted to act responsibly.

Did it occur to you at all that the people at Impact could have actually been training people for two decades, building up an enormous amount of dedicated clients who might be participating in this vote? And did you actually bust out a calculator for the above bullshit? So impressive.

I agree with Sue. I have been training with the owner of !MPACT for over 6 years and they have a huge client base. In addition, !MPACT Training also specializes in group training, such as bootcamps and sports training for kids and young athletes. They have a very large number of clients because they do more than one-on-one-training. The owner also does sports nutrition counseling for teams and they have been following this blog too. So it is not surprising that there are so many supporters out there. !MPACT has nice supporters so let's try to stay positive and just focus on spreading the fitness bug.

WOW!! All the negativity that is being spewed here is EXACTLY why I go to !MPACT Training...Hillary brings out the BEST in people and apparently the "others" do not. Love and Peace to all...

I have been training with the owner of !mpact for over 4 years. People travel far to work out with Hillarie, the owner. I know someone that traveled from PA. The client base travels far for her and some people may not go weekly, others see her multiple times per week. She runs 2 week camps for kids, trains teams at RVVC & works with NFL combine athletes on nutrition. Her client base is huge and everyone sees results- I'm sure that's why there are crazy numbers!

Before you criticize !mpact training I think you need to go and check out what they have to offer. They are a completely different kind of training facility. Hillarie has been a personal trainer for many years and does have the clients to back up these votes. Her clients include a diverse group of people from pre teen athletes to pro athletes. At !mpact training they are more one on one involved then a regular gym. At !mpact, Hillarie is right there motivating you showing you the correct way to work out and she teaches you all about nutrition. !mpact offers training for all members of the family.. My son attended her speed an agility class over the summer and loved it. He is now going to start her Kids Total Development training class. I’m glad that The Patch did this poll. Each gym has something different to offer. Please read every response and think to yourself what kind of people you want to be working out next to. The negative or the positive people who will help motivate you. If your looking for a total life style change then it’s !mpact training.

Impact training is not a conventional gym, it is a fitness center where people come to get a great workout. Impact has state of the art equipment as well as a friendly staff that will do anything to help you reach your fitness goals. I personally know of alot of gyms that it is hard to get on a machine or get a good workout because of the amount of people working out at same time. At Impact this doesn't happen because it is structured and organized. The votes are not the issue here because the people who attend the Impact workouts have families that attend thier family nights so that is extra votes. There is also thing called aspiring members who are voting because they want to workout at Impact. I hope everyone has read into Impact an is considering going there. Great workout and great people.

And as anyone can see, !IMPACT has loads of votes and comments on this page. I don't know any of these other pro-!mpact commenters (except for my comment- see same name). It just goes to show what a huge network the owner has made. I have not been there for over a year but it's a program that has changed my life and helped me keep at an ideal weight because of what I learned there. Its my first choice for a work out spot!!

The poll is very helpful. It is clear that Impact has a very strong following. Not surprising since the clientele was well established long before the new location opened. Impact is different from the rest of the places listed; not a gym but a health facility dedicated to fitness and nutrition. Also not surprising that NFL players that were trained by Impact's founder Hillarie Scannelli recently came out to support the grand opening which I suspect accounts for all of these votes. Sammy I would recommend that you and others reading this should visit and see what all the excitement is about. Remember Impact is new and different. It's not a gym. Impact is dedicated to fitness, nutrition and finding out how to make that work for each of us. One new client at a time.

Tom, Sounds like somebody needs a side order of French Cries with that post. As I read through the posts and the slander and all hoopla, I find it funny that they there is even a comparison drawn between Powerhouse and !mpact. They are 2 totally separate types of gyms with the same PURPOSE in mind: get people in shape. Powerhouse is an enormous facility that encourages walk ins and a large member base. !mpact is a TRAINING FACILITY, you can’t walk in and just jump on a treadmill and start working out. What is the need for all this ignorant comparisons? You can say all you want, it’s a free country, PURE GREED?? Really?? Have you ever even walked into !mpact or met Hillarie Scannelli? It’s a family run business that believes in helping others of all sizes and physical abilities reach their fitness goals. Funny part is, If these other gyms did have 1700 plus members, where were they during the voting? hmmmm, maybe there is a reason they DIDN'T vote. Maybe they are pissed they are stuck into a contract, maybe they don't care, maybe maybe maybe. Here is a definite, !mpact's folks love the service and personalized care they get from a knowledgeable caring staff. Period

McG... please stop. You protest too much. I will grant you all the postive waves. She is great. the family is wonderful, the treatment is superb. Guess what, the same can be said for Newell . He does the same thing , but he is not resorting to a desperate and a low class attempt to market their services . Invading The Patch to further your greed is greed. But good luck in your endeavors. If you are the marketing person or partner or relative - congrats , you did great , you won. but what ? go and figure , what did you win? LOL

Sammy, Not trying to make enemies and I think you are still way off on the greed thing. I only invaded or started to post when !mpact was completely slandered for no apparent reason. I am sure Newell is fantastic, I don't know the facility and only wish the best to them and all the other gyms in Hillsborough trying to make it in this economy. Honest thought, I protest where I see fit. why not bother that JM or any of these other people that posted the EXACT same comment like 5 times regarding stuffing the box ect. Just saying, no worries no hard feelings.

Oh Sammy, I am not a relative but have trained with Hillarie. Low class?? Hahaha thats a laugh! That is what you are doing by posting negative things about other gyms. No one said that Newell doesn't do the same superb services. Stop all this ridiculous posting!

Hey Hallarie!! It is your neighbor Melody from POWERHOUSE gym Congratulations!!!

Thank you to our friends/members at POWEHOUSE GYM!! Your votes were SO appreciated!! :)

Ken,Mel,Madison and the Powerhouse family!!!

I wonder if the owners of any other fitness center in Hillsborough get up at the crack of dawn to bake a nutritional breakfast cake and set up coffee for their 6:00am training clients? And how many people receive an email in the middle of their workday telling you about all the healthy things you can do this week to make your hard work in training even more beneficial? And I wonder how many people know just exactly how your muscles work or what they need to keep them strong and flexible as we get older? Impact clients do. Personal, even in a group setting, is what Impact offers, and you cannot imagine the time and dedication that they have put into this venture.

PS: Sammy, every time I logged in to read your stupid comments I clicked on the poll five times. Bite me.

Hi it's Hillarie, Owner of !MPACT Training. First, let me say Thank you to I ran a business for 12 years out of my home - over 200 people and traveled to work with sports teams - so lots of those players & parents were a part of this poll. And YES, I provided Sports Nutrition Training for NFL Combine Athletes through TEST Football Academy - which is why I have a lot of friends/contacts in the NFL and was able to have some players at our successful Grand Opening last week. This was a really silly poll - it doesn't mean anything. All the gyms in Hillsborough are doing a great job - and everyone has different needs. I'm happy !MPACT has a lot of fans, and I hope we continue to grow. I'm really excited our website has been smoking with hits so I guess this blog, positive or negative, created some chatter - which is good. With regards to Newell Fitness, I actually thought about contacting Kyle to see if he was interested in a partner/business before I opened !MPACT. But then God brought Dan DelGuercio in my path - a great trainer who wanted to take this journey with IMPACT. God has a plan for us all and feel blessed with all He is bringing my way. All the best to Hillsborough gyms. Peace and Blessings. Hillarie

Sorry my note got chopped up a bit since I had so much to say haha! My first line was saying THANKS to Powerhouse for their classy response. Thank you Ken and Melody!

My first note also said that I thought Powerhouse and Newell Fitness were doing a great job. It also said that I would have responded sooner but a recent mentorhsip in San Diego tried to teach us to resist the need to indulge in negative blogs. It was so hard NOT to comment -- especially when some of the comments were untrue and kind of hurtful. I just wanted to say thanks to our clients and fans -- and I think all our gyms in town are providing something different. It's all good, guys.

Hillarie, congratulations to you and your new location! Wish you, Powerhouse, Newell Strength, Koko Fit, Yoga M.A.T.T and all other fitness establishments great success. We have a common goal in helping our community feel healthy and strong to enjoy a quality life. Working together, delivering our strengths, I believe we can achieve that goal!

Be Fit and Be Well,
Godelieve Babey

Thank you and good luck to you at your facility too -- thanks so much for your comment.

Hillarie - much continued good luck to you and your new location. I sincerely hope it is a success, thus adding to the richness that is living in this area.

My disagreement is the overwhelming vote for two establishments one that changed hands a while ago and yours. As a student of logic and statistics , if it walks and sounds like a duck than it is a fraud and the fact that one poster here admits to stuffing the ballot box with five (5) more votes to spite me is LOL funny.

i never questioned your abilities nor your business quality , just the act of either you or someone working for you , took the lead ; both you and Powerhouse had exponetially too high scores relative to the rest and that is that.

Maybe some day you and Ken will put it all together and make one great enterprise.

Thanks a lot Sammy -- I appreciate your note and understand your thoughts. Looks like I need to congratulate Ken over at Powerhouse though. We knew we had more votes but the contest involved some kind of point system so Powerhouse tunred out to be our real winner. I was off line and just found out so congrats Ken and Mel.