**EXHIBIT 31.2****CERTIFICATION**I, Ronald G. Eidell certify that:1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Bally Total Fitness Holding Corporation; 2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material factor omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of thecircumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to theperiod covered by this report; 3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included inthis report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results ofoperations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in thisreport; 4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing andmaintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e)and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange ActRules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures,or caused such disclosure controls and proceduresto be designed under our supervision, to ensurethat material information relating to theregistrant, including its consolidatedsubsidiaries, is made known to us by others withinthose entities, particularly during the period inwhich this report is being prepared;  b) designed such internal control over financialreporting, or caused such internal control overfinancial reporting to be designed under oursupervision, to provide reasonable assuranceregarding the reliability of financial reportingand the preparation of financial statements forexternal purposes in accordance with generallyaccepted accounting principles;  c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’sdisclosure controls and procedures and presented inthis report our conclusions about the effectivenessof the disclosure controls and procedures, as ofthe end of the period covered by this report basedon such evaluation; and  d) disclosed in this report any change in theregistrant’s internal control over financialreporting that occurred during the registrant’smost recent fiscal quarter that has materiallyaffected, or is reasonably likely to materiallyaffect, the registrant’s internal control overfinancial reporting; and5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed,based on our most recent evaluation of internal control overfinancial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the auditcommittee of the registrant’s board of directors (or personsperforming the equivalent function): a) all significant deficiencies andmaterial weaknesses in the design oroperation of internal control overfinancial reporting which arereasonably likely to adversely affectthe registrant’s ability to record,process, summarize and report financialinformation; and  b) any fraud, whether or not material,that involves management or otheremployees who have a significant rolein the registrant’s internal controlover financial reporting.        Date: September 11, 2006 /s/ Ronald G. Eidell   Ronald G. Eidell   Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer