Gyms in Chicago that AI assistants recommend

Name: AI assistant recommendations: Gyms in Chicago, November 2026
Creator: AIGROW
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Equinox is named most, in 69% of 36 answers.

The ranking

AI Recommendation Rate

1Equinox69%
95%: 53 to 82%
ChatGPT
8%
Claude
100%
Gemini
100%
Questions
4 of 4
Avg. position
1.1
Named in answers to
- What is the best gym in Chicago?, from Claude and Gemini
- I want to join a gym in Chicago. Which ones would you recommend?, from Claude and Gemini
- Which gym in Chicago is good for beginners?, from Claude and Gemini
- Where can I find a gym in Chicago with good group classes?, from ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini
Also written Equinox Lincoln Park, Equinox Gold Coast, Equinox Chicago
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2East Bank Club67%
95%: 50 to 80%
ChatGPT
83%
Claude
92%
Gemini
25%
Questions
4 of 4
Avg. position
2.9
Named in answers to
- What is the best gym in Chicago?, from ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini
- I want to join a gym in Chicago. Which ones would you recommend?, from ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini
- Which gym in Chicago is good for beginners?, from ChatGPT and Claude
- Where can I find a gym in Chicago with good group classes?, from ChatGPT and Claude
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3Fitness Formula Clubs56%
95%: 40 to 71%
ChatGPT
100%
Claude
58%
Gemini
8%
Questions
4 of 4
Avg. position
4.3
Named in answers to
- What is the best gym in Chicago?, from ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini
- I want to join a gym in Chicago. Which ones would you recommend?, from ChatGPT and Claude
- Which gym in Chicago is good for beginners?, from ChatGPT and Claude
- Where can I find a gym in Chicago with good group classes?, from ChatGPT and Claude
Also written FFC Gold Coast, FFC, FFC Union Station
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4Chicago Athletic Clubs50%
95%: 35 to 66%
ChatGPT
50%
Claude
100%
Gemini
0%
Questions
4 of 4
Avg. position
3.4
Named in answers to
- What is the best gym in Chicago?, from Claude
- I want to join a gym in Chicago. Which ones would you recommend?, from ChatGPT and Claude
- Which gym in Chicago is good for beginners?, from ChatGPT and Claude
- Where can I find a gym in Chicago with good group classes?, from ChatGPT and Claude
Also written Lincoln Park Athletic Club, East Lakeview Athletic Club
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5Life Time39%
95%: 25 to 55%
ChatGPT
33%
Claude
83%
Gemini
0%
Questions
4 of 4
Avg. position
2.6
Named in answers to
- What is the best gym in Chicago?, from Claude
- I want to join a gym in Chicago. Which ones would you recommend?, from ChatGPT and Claude
- Which gym in Chicago is good for beginners?, from Claude
- Where can I find a gym in Chicago with good group classes?, from ChatGPT and Claude
Also written Life Time Chicago, Lifetime Fitness, Life Time River North, Lifetime Fitness Chicago
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6Planet Fitness31%
95%: 18 to 47%
ChatGPT
25%
Claude
50%
Gemini
17%
Questions
2 of 4
Avg. position
4
Named in answers to
- I want to join a gym in Chicago. Which ones would you recommend?, from ChatGPT and Claude
- Which gym in Chicago is good for beginners?, from ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini
Is this your business?
7Lakeshore Sport & Fitness28%
95%: 16 to 44%
ChatGPT
50%
Claude
8%
Gemini
25%
Questions
4 of 4
Avg. position
2.2
Named in answers to
- What is the best gym in Chicago?, from ChatGPT and Gemini
- I want to join a gym in Chicago. Which ones would you recommend?, from ChatGPT and Gemini
- Which gym in Chicago is good for beginners?, from ChatGPT
- Where can I find a gym in Chicago with good group classes?, from ChatGPT and Claude
Is this your business?
8Studio Three22%
95%: 12 to 38%
ChatGPT
8%
Claude
33%
Gemini
25%
Questions
2 of 4
Avg. position
4.9
Named in answers to
- What is the best gym in Chicago?, from Claude
- Where can I find a gym in Chicago with good group classes?, from ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini
Also written Studio Three Chicago
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9F45 Training19%
95%: 10 to 35%
ChatGPT
0%
Claude
0%
Gemini
58%
Questions
4 of 4
Avg. position
3.4
Named in answers to
- What is the best gym in Chicago?, from Gemini
- I want to join a gym in Chicago. Which ones would you recommend?, from Gemini
- Which gym in Chicago is good for beginners?, from Gemini
- Where can I find a gym in Chicago with good group classes?, from Gemini
Is this your business?
10Midtown Athletic Club Chicago19%
95%: 10 to 35%
ChatGPT
58%
Claude
0%
Gemini
0%
Questions
4 of 4
Avg. position
3.7
Named in answers to
- What is the best gym in Chicago?, from ChatGPT
- I want to join a gym in Chicago. Which ones would you recommend?, from ChatGPT
- Which gym in Chicago is good for beginners?, from ChatGPT
- Where can I find a gym in Chicago with good group classes?, from ChatGPT
Is this your business?
11XSport Fitness19%
95%: 10 to 35%
ChatGPT
17%
Claude
42%
Gemini
0%
Questions
3 of 4
Avg. position
5.9
Named in answers to
- What is the best gym in Chicago?, from Claude
- I want to join a gym in Chicago. Which ones would you recommend?, from ChatGPT and Claude
- Which gym in Chicago is good for beginners?, from ChatGPT and Claude
Also written Xsport Fitness, XSport Fitness – Chicago Loop
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12LA Fitness17%
95%: 8 to 32%
ChatGPT
8%
Claude
0%
Gemini
42%
Questions
2 of 4
Avg. position
2.8
Named in answers to
- I want to join a gym in Chicago. Which ones would you recommend?, from Gemini
- Which gym in Chicago is good for beginners?, from ChatGPT and Gemini
Also written LA Fitness Chicago – Lincoln Park
Is this your business?
13Crunch Fitness14%
95%: 6 to 29%
ChatGPT
0%
Claude
42%
Gemini
0%
Questions
2 of 4
Avg. position
3.6
Named in answers to
- I want to join a gym in Chicago. Which ones would you recommend?, from Claude
- Which gym in Chicago is good for beginners?, from Claude
Is this your business?
14Barry's Chicago11%
95%: 4 to 25%
ChatGPT
8%
Claude
0%
Gemini
25%
Questions
1 of 4
Avg. position
3.3
Named in answers to
- Where can I find a gym in Chicago with good group classes?, from ChatGPT and Gemini
Is this your business?
15Quads Gym8%
95%: 3 to 22%
ChatGPT
0%
Claude
0%
Gemini
25%
Questions
1 of 4
Avg. position
3
Named in answers to
- What is the best gym in Chicago?, from Gemini
Is this your business?
16CorePower Yoga8%
95%: 3 to 22%
ChatGPT
0%
Claude
8%
Gemini
17%
Questions
1 of 4
Avg. position
4
Named in answers to
- Where can I find a gym in Chicago with good group classes?, from Claude and Gemini
Is this your business?
17Orangetheory Fitness8%
95%: 3 to 22%
ChatGPT
0%
Claude
25%
Gemini
0%
Questions
2 of 4
Avg. position
6.3
Named in answers to
- I want to join a gym in Chicago. Which ones would you recommend?, from Claude
- Where can I find a gym in Chicago with good group classes?, from Claude
Is this your business?
18CrossTown Fitness6%
95%: 2 to 18%
ChatGPT
0%
Claude
17%
Gemini
0%
Questions
1 of 4
Avg. position
5
Named in answers to
- Where can I find a gym in Chicago with good group classes?, from Claude
Is this your business?

Open a row to see each assistant's share of its own answers. Questions counts how many of the four produced the name at least once; position is where it came in the answer's list, 1 being first. 10 more names came up in a single answer and are counted above but not listed.

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28different names in 36 answers, 10 of them only once. The assistants change their minds from one answer to the next.

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AI Visibility Index · November 2026

Asked about gyms in Chicago, ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini named Equinox most often, in 69% of answers (its AI Recommendation Rate), then East Bank Club (67%) and Fitness Formula Clubs (56%). Across 36 answers they named 28 different businesses, 10 of them only once. Each of four buyer questions was asked three times, in English, in November 2026.

The AI Recommendation Rate is the fraction of the 36 answers that named a business. The range under it is a 95% confidence interval: where two ranges overlap, the gap between those businesses could be chance.

Names are printed as the assistants wrote them. We have not checked that any of them is good, open, or real.

69% of answers named Equinox

Answers: 36
Businesses named: 28
Named only once: 10
Named by 2+ assistants: 12 of 18
Named again on a rerun: 63%

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What each assistant said

The same questions, the same number of times, and often different names. Each column is one assistant's top five from the ranking above, with the share of its own answers that named them.

#	ChatGPT	Claude	Gemini
1	Fitness Formula Clubs100%	Equinox100%	Equinox100%
2	East Bank Club83%	Chicago Athletic Clubs100%	F45 Training58%
3	Midtown Athletic Club Chicago58%	East Bank Club92%	LA Fitness42%
4	Chicago Athletic Clubs50%	Life Time83%	East Bank Club25%
5	Lakeshore Sport & Fitness50%	Fitness Formula Clubs58%	Lakeshore Sport & Fitness25%

Questions about gyms in Chicago

How AI assistants recommend gyms

ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini named Equinox most often, in 69% of 36 answers, then East Bank Club (67%) and Fitness Formula Clubs (56%). The names come from what the assistants answered to four buyer questions in November 2026; we have not checked that any of them is good, open or real.

Not always. ChatGPT named Fitness Formula Clubs most often (100% of its answers), Claude Equinox (100%) and Gemini Equinox (100%). 12 of the 18 listed businesses were named by two or more of them.

Each question was asked three times. Of the names an assistant gave for a question, 63% came back in two or more of those runs; the rest came up once. The 95% range beside each rate in the ranking shows how far it could move by chance.

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The questions

Asked word for word, three times each, to every assistant. The prompt is the one the free scan uses. No web search, no location and no chat history, so every answer starts from the same place.

1What is the best gym in Chicago?
2I want to join a gym in Chicago. Which ones would you recommend?
3Which gym in Chicago is good for beginners?
4Where can I find a gym in Chicago with good group classes?

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The full method

What it measures: Which names these models produce when asked cold, from what they learned in training. It is not a review, a rating or our recommendation, and a business missing here may simply be one the models were never shown.
Why the ranges matter: 36 answers is a sample. Asked again next month, most shares will move by a few points; the ranges say how far they could move by chance alone.
One business, several spellings: Branches, legal suffixes and spellings of one business are merged, and the other spellings are printed under its name. Names that might be two businesses are kept apart.
A name is wrong: If a business here is closed, misnamed or yours and you want it removed, tell us. We correct or remove it when the page is next published.

Where the assistants look

The sites read most often, with web search on, before the assistants answer about this category in the United States. From the AI Source Map: 11 answers.

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