LA Fitness

New to this area and I was trying to find a new gym and came with my daughter today to see if we could get a guest pass. This is a normal thing in Illinois, but here they wanted to charge me $ 15 for a day! Are you kidding me? I mine as well by a membership which is $ 30 more. I guess they want to sucker you into a membership because they are a mediocre gym (at best) and not willing to let you try out services to see if you want to make the commitment.
The guy at the front desk could have been more helpful, but I’ll blame that on lack training. He just kept telling me I would have to pay $ 15 for the day or $ 30 for a week.
On top of that– they do not offer towels, juice/​smoothie bar, or quality cardio equipment. I couldn’t even buy a water bottle or energy bar there. There were also a sign at that front desk warning guests about a recent crime spree of theft happening in their parking lot.
I guess it was better off they didn’t offer me a free guest pass.

Gym is not that bad. But some management/​marketing staff make you pay for training by telling all the false stuff. I suggest you not to buy any training contracts with out reading/​understanding the terms n conditions on paper. DO NOT BELIEVE in their words period. Trainers are good. This is probably the worst gym in town (when it comes to training contract). Few of my friends had same experience. (Not everyone writes a review*)
I hope this helps.

*******DO NOT BUY ANY CONTRACT ******
LIARS! Every word they speak is a LIE. The membership is only for this particular location, and doesn’t work else where. The Physical Training thing is a big lie, and save yourself and don’t buy it. The Trainers are good, but the contract is a big lie and SCAM. They will tel you anything and everything, and lure you into buying one their never ending contracts. You can’t break it, if you do, you have to pay 50% of it, which is like 1200 $. I wish I’ve believed the text on papers, rather than the words of those filthy humans!

I made my first visit to this gym last night. I am training for a triathlon and need a pool to swim in. The guy at the desk charged me $ 15.00 for a guest pass and would not accept cash. I had a $ 20.00 and they said they had no way to give me change. I gave them my credit card, but was not thrilled about doing so. I got ready to swim and entered the pool area. It was closed due to a water aerobic class. The guy at the desk should have told me this since I said I wanted to swim. Since I needed to get a swim in, I decided to go to another gym. I went straight back to the desk where I was refused a refund. I bet I was not there for 5 minutes. I went with another member and after they way he saw I was treated, he canceled his membership. I was amazed how I was treated for possibly being a potential member. The guy at the desk kept saying «Have a nice day» very sarcastic and cut off my conversation. I told him he helped me to make a gym choice decision. He could have cared less. Interestingly, other people have also said how my treatment was not right and what a greedy place it was. I bet a dozen people heard and saw what the guy did. I cannot imagine how this place stays in business. I went to the Y and swam for free. If you are considering this place, reconsider! My impression of the men’s locker room was not good. It was not what I would call clean. Maybe the punk at the desk should be put in the locker room to clean it. It might be a better decision by management instead of having him at the front desk.

I see some reviews on things and it is easy to see that their experiences are skewed by either not being familiar with gyms, bars, etc. or exceptional matters, so I feel like I have a good-​objective– viewpoint on this particular place. Been a member for about 7 months after coming from Anytime Fitness. Among other fitness centers I have been to (Purdue Co-​Rec, Gold’s Gym, Lifetime Fitness, Snap Fitness, Planet Fitness), and this LA Fitness location leaves a lot to be desired. I can see how some people who exclusively do classes would be happy, as it is an isolated group. For the rest of us who use free weights, machines, cardio, bball courts, sauna, it has been mediocre at best. This place is dangerous for other lifters, unsanitary, and frustrating to visit. I even have a discounted rate and am choosing to go elsewhere, I can’t believe people stay here for full price. Then again if you have a limited past of gyms, you might think this place is the tops. Trainers who seem unqualified and not looking out for the greater good, which is safety in the gym and personal growth, are abundant here. A member who even has a service dog, that is a distraction and hazard, has exclaims to other members how he doesn’t need to bring him anymore but does anyway (for attention I am guessing). Guys who exercise dangerously by doing squats outside of the rack, interrupt people doing free weights by talking or interfering with their space, and dropping dumbbells is at ridiculous level here. The men’s locker room/​sauna is offensive. The bathroom literally smells like livestock manure and sawdust. I’m going to assume the sauna is rarely cleaned based on the catfish bait smell of the bathroom area across the hall. If I lived on the northside I would be at Lifetime fitness in a heart beat, until then Planet fitness will do just fine. No guys with little man syndrome, they seem to run a mop once in awhile and you’re not working out among ISIS. On a better note, the people at the front desk have always been polite, so there’s that.

I am repeativitly getting emails from LA Fitness addressing me by my first and last name saying I have missed payments in my membership. I have never been in an LA Fitness. Someone signed up in my name, with my email, while I was overseas in the military. LA Fitness has been completely incompetent in dealing with this. The first time I called stating my situation they said they don’t sent emails. I called back after a private session was booked in my name. (Then they said someone must have the same name, highly unlikely as I have only met 3 other people with my first name and no one outside my family with my last name). LA Fitness said they would remove me from the emails. I get another email and track down an unsubscribe link and click the slections to unsubscribe. I am still getting emails. In all I have gotten 10 – 15 emails I. The past 2.5 mths. I can’t believe a company can be so incompetent that they can’t figure this out. I can’t imagine using them as a gym if they are this difficult to stop getting false emails from them.

This gym is great for me– the location is accessible and their classes are wonderful! Especially the spin classes by Kristen and Steven which is the number one reason I joined. Body pump classes are great too!
I do wish they kept their equipment cleaner. On the treadmill today I saw it was covered in sweat spots and I’ve never seen an employee cleaning machines. Also would be nice to have individual TVs like most other gyms.

When I walked in my initial impression was that this place looked nice. I came on a pass with a friend to play some racquetball and as I turned in the pass I was entered into their database. That’s fine I suppose but with in the first 10 minutes I was bombarded and interrupted by three different staff members about joining. Complete turn off to the gym with in 10 minutes and just when I thought it couldn’t get more irritating I went to change. I noticed the spa was closed down as well as the over powering smell of piss and feet. Sorry but there is no other way to describe the odor. Bathroom was gross. The gym had very typical equipment but I noticed nothing special. Pool was small. The racquetball courts were actually the only part of the gym that I enjoyed. I didn’t even claim my last two free visits.

Filthy gym. The men’s locker room is carpeted and it reeks of used sweaty geriatric diapers. The sauna is out of order every other week and is a disgusting filth magnet. They hold aqua fit classes (apparently for retired folk) during prime time hours, where they just bob up & down in the pool for an hour, scheduled the same time as the LA. F in Greenwood, so good luck finding anywhere to swim laps between 6−7pm. This place is nasty!

Pretty good gym. Front desk guy in the morning is nice. Plenty of machines to choose from along with choice of classes. Favorite part is the sauna and jacuzzi!

Stevens cycle class kicked my butt! Very clean and a good variety of machines.

The Southport LA Fitness is pretty good. Plenty of machines and treadmills. I’ve never had to wait for a cardio machine. They have a good selection of classes and locker rooms are clean. I do try to stay away from the Broad Ripple LA fitness. It usually has an awful smell when you walk in and is typically overcrowded during peek times. I do wish one would open up in Downtown.

It’s an L.A. Fitness so you know what you’re getting. Gets pretty crowded on weekdays around 5 PM.

As if the same treadmills and stair masters being broken for weeks at a time isn’t bad enough, I show up today and ALL 4 urinals in men’s room are taped off AND the sauna is out of order. What a joke. What amazes me is that depending on where I am on a typical work day, I use the Glendale, Avon, Fishers, and Lawrence gyms. All four of those gyms have very few issues with broken equipment or cleanliness. For some reason the Southport location is constantly disgusting and in a state of disrepair. Hopefully someone with some authority reads this, as my 3 year membership will be expiring in November. If there aren’t major improvements I will certainly have to look elsewhere.

No computers on the spin bikes, no TVs at each treadmill. The sign lights on the outside haven’t worked for over a month. It’s like corporate has forgotten about this location.
However, this location is seldom as crowded as many of the other locations. Because of this (I’m just guessing) it’s also not as hot. It might not be as hot because there are woods around it instead of concrete (who cares, right?). It’s never been dirty and when I leave I’ve seen them mopping under the spin bikes and sanitizing stuff. I usually go here between 6:30 and 9. The thing that really sets this location apart from the others is that they have FANS in the aerobics room and the spin studio. It makes such a difference! I’ve never had any problems in the parking lot. The other cardio class instructors are fun and will give you a pretty good workout. If you like to follow up your workout with a shopping trip, there’s a Super Target nearby. There’s also a Starbucks next door if you’d like to negate your calorie deficit. Once, there was a woman in a black velvet leotard and green witch-​skin-​colored tights that came to a zumba class. She danced (in her mind) seductively with the wall of mirrors the entire time and I had to work REALLY hard not to laugh loudly… I almost had to leave. I want to see her again, yet I don’t.
If you live downtown-​ish, this is going to be your closest LA Fitness to get to. You can shoot straight down I-​65 and it’s just off the exit.

This place is reasonably priced and has a lot of equipment/​features. It used to be much better, but has gotten very dirty and crowded. Management doesn’t care about your concerns and neither does corporate. Many classes have been cancelled without notice and I think this is due to employees/​instructors not being paid adequately. The ladies locker room is nasty. It used to be relaxing to sit in the sauna after a hard work-​out; now — not so much. An additional con: I know that everybody pays a different membership fee and sign-​up fee. There is no set price, but everyone gets the same product. It’s a haggle farm. It’s messed up– that doesn’t sit well with me.

Excellent gym

This is my LA Fitness of choice, it’s usually not too packed and they have the kind of elliptical machines I like here that for some reason the Avon location does not. I like that it has a large locker room with lockers big enough to store a gym bag, purse, jacket, and boots without having to jam the door shut. The sauna is also a great feature. They keep the showers cleaner here than at the Broad Ripple location — I never see pieces of someone’s weave stuck in the drain here.
I think all LA fitness gyms are built basically the same, so this LA fitness also includes racquetball courts, a spinning room, pool, aerobics studio, and basketball court. They have also recently opened a small juice bar which serves smoothies, you can buy bottled water, snacks, or a lock if you forget yours (which I had to do once and was so happy they had them!)
I have never had an issue with the cleanliness of the machines or the facility at this location, but I also do not expect to have a personal assistant following behind every patron with a towel and a bottle of lysol. I wipe the machines off before and after I’m done using them for my own personal peace of mind, and the dispensers have never been empty when I’ve been there. I understand the previous reviewers disappointments, but they take you on a tour when you join, did she not notice before she joined that this is a $ 30/​mo. gym (and I think a really nice one for the price)…it’s not the East Bank Club!

My husband and I were members at this gym for a little over a year… just recently canceled our memberships. The gym didn’t live up to the expectations that we had for it, based on our initial conversation/​facility tour with the former GM (I think his name was Brian… he isn’t there anymore). He told us several things which ended up not being true:
A) We asked about cleanliness. I am not a germaphobe, but several people I know had recently been infected with MRSA and I didn’t want to end up in the same boat. No worries, said the GM… the members are great about wiping down their equipment after using it, we have hand sanitizer/​equipment cleanser available throughout and the staff is great about cleaning regularly. I would say that approximately 15% of the clients wiped down their equipment and quite often, the hand sanitizer/​equipment cleanser needed to be refilled. LA Fitness does not do a good job of keeping this place very clean.
B)We asked about equipment. I wanted to know about kettlebell weights and my husband asked about racquetball equipment. The GM said both were readily available whenever you wanted to use them. Not so. You provide your own rackets & balls… completely fine, but at least be honest about it up front. The kettlebells that were supposedly always available were next to impossible to find. They were often locked up and you had to ask a staff member to give them to you… the staff is nearly impossible to find. Or, they were available somewhere in the gym, you just had to hunt all over the place to find them. Same case with many of the other weights/​dumbbells because nobody (the clients and the staff) ever bothered to put them back where they found them. It was so frustrating to run all over the gym just to try to find a stupid 15 lb weight because it wasn’t in its place on the rack!
Also, LA Fitness has on-​site personal trainers available. When we initially signed up, one tried to sell us on his services and was actually borderline inappropriate… making a comment to me, in front of my husband, that he «knows a woman’s body» and would love to train me. Disgusting!
This facility has great potential as it is very large and offers a variety of equipment, but the staff really needs some drastic improvements. A completely disorganized mess. I would never dream of renewing my membership here.