Rio Sport&Health

Fantastic gym! Prices are very reasonable, good variety of equipment and space inside, and helpful and attentive staff! ⁹⁄₁₀ times I go, I never have to wait to use any equipment and I always have a pleasant experience! Highly recommend this place!

I’ve been a member of the club for several years. I have tried many of the other clubs in the area but this club remains at the top of the list. Richard, the Membership Director, is the man.

If I could I would give them a 0. The ONLY good thing about it is the location. The gym want way DOWN HILL since I join in 2008 it use to have really great shampoo, conditioner, deodorant.
You see staff members ON their phones expecially in the Kids Klub they barely watch their children and I always chit-​chatting. And also it seem like every couple of weeks something is also broken

This gym has gone wayyyy down hill over the past few years. I use to think it was amazing. I hear there closing sometime next year so maybe that’s why they act like they don’t care anymore. «Spas» are gross and could really be cleaned better/​more frequently. Also what the person I signed up with told me vs what corporate told me was completely opposite of each other. This gym really needs to step it up or they can look forward to loosing more clients to other gyms. I will now be a member of Lifetime Fitness and I highly recommend it! Goodbye!

Great gym with plenty of machines and very friendly staff. The equipment is in good condition and I never had to wait more than a minute to use any of the machines.

Cane to Gaithersburg for a few days and checked out this gym. Its huge. Super clean and has everything you need. Go see adam walker the manager. He was super nice.

Great facility, has an entire room dedicated to cardio machines so there’s never a wait. It’s really clean and the air is always running so you never feel stuffy.

Very beautiful gym, has a lot of space and lots of equipment for every muscle group. Has an awesome basketball court and is in an awesome location. I would definitely recommend coming to this gym especially with their stellar prices

This is a great gym with every amenity you can possibly think of. It has a wonderful view and a lot of natural light, that just motivates you to exercise. No shortage of machines or cardio equipment. Overall great gym.

What’s there not to love about this gym. Awesome location, beautiful view, great equipment, bright and super friendly employees. Took the body combat class that was challenging and fun.

Great gym with countless amenities including racquetball, basketball court, lap pool, sauna, etc. Even with all those amenities nothing beats all the various types of machines and weights, which guarantees no waiting to work out!

When I reached out to Rio Sport & Health, the manager, Tommy returned my call right away and was able to acquire 2 representatives to attend my company’s wellness fair with only 1 days’ notice. The trainers, Marc and Molly, were kind and professional. They spoke with each person that approached their table with amazing knowledge and a friendly demeanor. I thought it an especially nice touch that they offered an amazing raffle prize for our employees. I got so much positive feedback from the employees that the team leader says she will be contacting them again for future wellness events. Keep up the AMAZING wellness work Rio Sport & Health, you are doing great things for this community!

Amazing gym. Don’t waste your time going to other places or the other negative reviews. Rio is clean, amazing classes/​trainers and tons of equipment!!! Love this place.

Great consistent facility to work out in. Plenty of squat racks, dumbbells, and benches free even during the busy hours. If weightlifting isn’t your thing there are tons of treadmills, bikes, ellipticals, and group classes going on too. Shout out to Tommy for helping me get started here.

Unilocal employs two part-​time administrative assistants to remove many of my reviews. I have to grind extra hard to write reviews faster than they can remove them.
I apologize for the repeat. Is it too late to say I’m sorry?
The men’s bathroom is not boofin. It actually smells like Indian food you chana masala guys. Speaking of India, the yoga instructors at Rio don’t have us do all that stupid sanskrit chanting.
This a prestigious gym. They offer so many classes. This is the second best gym in the United States (Lakeforest Sport & Health being #1).
I consistently came to Rio Sport & Health for the morning yoga one year ago. Joyce was kind enough to let me be her guest until the management got salty. If you already belong to another Sport & Health, it costs $ 39.99 to add Rio to your membership.
Rio Sport & Health is a good gym for listening to your trap music. Don’t you open up dat window!
Take one of those spinning classes with Lauren B. She’s really nice on the inside but during her classes she really pushes you to go above and beyond what is possible. Sorry I sound like a basic chick. She gets you in top shape for Ocean City summer weekends where you can drink all those Red Bull vodkas at Seacrets and all that Marco Polo pizza. And Lauren reprimands me all the time for not attending her classes. So then you feel obligated to go, but she does it out of love for fitness!
I appreciate the abundance of free towels! The shampoo is on point. They’ve even got an electric scale.
Parking: I’m telling you… park a few levels below the main entrance to the gym. It’s faster! You breeze right up the two flights of stairs.
I highly recommend this gym.

Now I am being charged from Suburban Credit Corporation.
I did not use the «service» claimed as I did not ever receive my contract from Sport & Health (Consultant verbally stated that he did not remember if he gave me my contract or not which i ensured he did not)
— I did not ever use the membership after the 3 day trial and was not aware of being a member until further discussing with the manager (Which shows on the gym data base = 0 visits after the trial)
— The manager is aware of this situation from a month after I had come in for the 3 day trial. This just shows me the manager does not CARE about my situation although stating he understood my predicament
— After relentlessly trying to push for a solution, I received poor and unprofessionally late solutions even prolonging over 3 months from contacting the gym. Any promised calls by the manager for a certain date were not received or you can say a call by the GENERAL MANAGER only after being charged again — this is unacceptable.
I have then taken this to my bank who had approved to charge back Sport & Health as they approved my claim.
So Sport & Health, you must understand that I do not acknowledge this membership as valid. You may be wasting your OWN money by being charged fees by the Suburban Credit Corporation… Plus the total amount should be way less than it should be.

Terrible. I’ve worked out at this gym under a family membership 2 years ago, but wanted to do a trial run before I commit to an individual membership. Specifically, I wanted to see if facilities have improved or gotten worse (e.g. I remember the shower stalls being pretty bad, and certain things like the jacuzzi would break down intermittently). Instead, the manager on duty forbid me from trying it out — citing the bullshit reason that I’ve been to the gym before. I was however corralled into a sales room where one of their sales staff try to strongarm me into a yearly membership (of course they don’t do month-​to-​month).
Fun stuff. TBH despite my misgivings about this branch I was leaning towards going here instead of nearby LA Fitness (where they were a lot more friendly!), just because of the bigger pool + steam room. However, after that experience, ugh. What a stank attitude.

I have been working out since I was 18. I worked in a gym for 5 years and have had memberships to several. I just moved to Rockville from Los Angeles and was looking to replace my old gym.
First, the salesman was nice. No nonsense, no high pressure. He was actually really chill. I liked that. Wish I could remember his name, but he was a skinny white bald guy.
The gym itself is very close to my home which was a plus, but that doesnt help any of you reading this. The location is beautiful, but its at the RIO so parking is kind of a pain in the ass. If you want a short walk from your car to the gym, you have to park on the roof. Good luck getting back down to get out, especially on a Friday night when everyone under the sun is there for the movies. I’d rather stab myself in the face with a rusty fork than go there ever on a Friday night.
The gym is pretty clean. Its obviously very old and really could use a remodel, but its gigantic. even after working out there for a month, I discovered a whole floor of cardio equipment that I’d never seen before.
Probably the biggest pro this place has going for it is that its never very busy. Im not sure if thats because I’m used to L.A. gyms where you have to wait 20 minutes to use anything, or if this gym is just not very popular.
Now with as big as this place is, they really dont have a lot of equipment to choose from. They dont even have an arm curl machine. They have a wannabe arm curl machine that I cant stand, that twists your arms the wrong way, but like really?
They do have towel service though which is really nice. Plus steam and sauna. Big pool, jaccuzi, basketball and racketball courts (though you have to access them through the training area which is an obstacle course in its self.) They have a kids club, and even some golf thing (not really sure what it is).
Oh the elephant in the room though is the juice bar. They have this super good setup for what looks like it would be a juice bar for protein shakes and smoothies, but its like abandoned. Right when you come through the front door across from the check in desk sitting there like some bad kid in time out. «keep moving people, nothing to see here». You’d think they’d make a pretty penny if they’d actually use it.
The price is $ 40 a month which isnt too extreme, the only problem is that you can only use 1 club. They have an absolutely gorgeous club right next door to my work near north Bethesda, but if I wanted to use both its $ 70 per month. no thanks! So I had to pick do I want to work out close to home, or close to work.
Gyms out here are nothing special. I would definitely recommend this place over the alternatives like L.A. Fitness, Golds, or Planet fitness (gross). Washington sports club is a joke, Didnt even want to include it in this, but I guess I should.

Before joining, text «your name and RD» to (301) 850‑1007 for a chance to win a free membership, free 7-​day trial, and to receive membership joining deals.
I’ve been a member for about a week and I’m loving it. I joined at the end of the summer so my rate is $ 40/​month, first month free, and no one-​time fee. If you are interested in going to multiple Sport & Health clubs in the area, the rate increases depending on the number of facilities you want to use.
They have a multi-​level facility — bottom floor has studios for group exercise classes (aerobic and cycling), main floor has locker rooms (separated by gender), second floor has treadmills, elipticals, bikes, and rowing machines (but it’s visible to people passing by in the Washingtonian Rio complex), third floor has weight lifting equipment (including free weights and circuit training equipment), and top floor has cardio equipment and door that leads to the 25-​meter heated indoor swimming pool. I have yet to discover the racquetball, squash, and indoor basketball court. Reservations for the Racquetball and Squash courts can be made ahead of time.
The locker rooms are spacious but don’t smell the best. Within the women’s locker room, there is a bathroom, room with mirrors and hair dryers, lockers, sauna, steam room, and showers. I never bother fighting over or stand in line for a shower after the group exercise classes. The swimming pool looks fairly nice and clean and I plan to take some swimming lessons here.
For Zumba class, you have to request a wristband at the front desk before class (recommended 15 – 30 minutes ahead depending on the day) since the class is full when it reaches 70 people.

I have been a member twice at this particular Sport & Health. I have been a member for the past six months and just ended my membership. Not sure what is going on with the management but they are not taking care of the facilities at all. The bathrooms and showers are filthy. The steam room has been broken at least six months now. I have even called corporate and nothing has been done about it. Women are using old cleaning bottles, filling them with water and pouring them into the steamer– certainly a cause for health concerns. Each December Sport & Health chargers an additional fee of around $ 30 to pay for new equipment. Since two years ago when I was a member, there is no new equipment. Members are just numbers for them and they aren’t willing to make any changes even when safety is at issue!