LA Fitness

If you plan to get there early in the morning you will grow to hate this place. At least 5 times in the past year the opening person, especially Sunday mornings, just does not show up. I am writing this at 10:00a in the parking lot because they open at 9:00a and no one showed up. This actually happens a lot. I’ve been a member for 4+ years and have seen the staff turnover at least 4 times, no consistency.

Is a Great facility, a lot machines so I don’t have to wait, is very convenient, looking foward to back again

Most unorganised club I have ever been too. Unhelpful employees and fitness instructors ever. Just rejoined and thought it would be better. Oh how I was wrong. I can see why most people go to LAC. Guess I will be joining there soon. Disgusted.

This location is huge so I never have to wait on the machines I want to use. The front desk staff are very friendly and always make me feel welcome. Great gym for any fitness level!

This gym is huge but it is dirty, they do not take good care of the equipment. The trainers are not very friendly but the staff at the front desk are great. I have been a member here for almost two years and I can tell that the attendance is going down. This is sad because it has great potential. It does have a great walking/​running track.

For context I am a rather regular person in terms of athletics. I work out several times a week here. Now no gym is perfect and LA Fitness is no exception. I will say, this is an excellent gym though. While I will not dwell on comparisons, I moved from Michigan where I went to a «signature club» and Louisville’s LAF ranks above in my opinion in terms of the workout experience, but lags behind in terms of the locker room.
It is huge! Tons of machines and great variety. When I go before work I get the pick on machines that I want to use. After work (5 – 5:30ish) is is not difficult to find a machine, but I don’t always get my first pick and the weights area is generally crowded. There is a movie room which I like.
Environment is great. Lots of large windows so there more daylight than the typical gym. THe design is cool and feels good to be in. Fitness rooms are great, staff is friendly and helpful. I rarely find equipment that isn’t working properly. When I do I tell desk and they are pretty good about checking on things. Most treadmills /​bikes/​etc have tvs. The track is an excellent indoor track. The pool is great (you need to get a key from the desk to enter through the locker rooms). Men’s locker room is excellent in terms of looks, but could be maintained better. In the morning it is clean, but if you go at lunch time it has clearly seen a crowd. There were signs up that they were hiring a custodian, so I hope it irons out, though I hav enever seen anyone actively cleaning while i’ve been there. Showers are functional but definitely leave something to be desired. The sauna room however is great. Good size, but it does lack a light which is helpful to keep people from trying to sit where someone already is. There is a steam room that was recently repaired though I’ve never used it.
One disappointment as a cyclist is the biking room. Now it is a great room in terms of design, the classes are fine, but the bikes are not my favorite style of stationary for spinning. Like every gym I’ve been a member of there needs to be more weights in the 10 – 30 lb range. In michigan they stopped putting them out because they were stolen regularly.
The mid-​morning fitness classes are excellent (though filled, cause they are good). I see the same staff people there regularly which is a good sign. My four star would easily become a five if the showers were updated. Descent price though I don’t know what it would look like if you needed a family membership. I’ve not done training here, so I can’t speak to that experience.

Recently switch from a Cincinnati Ohio location to this location and all I can say is what a let down. Machines are constantly broken/​under repair. The free weight section is extremely messy and can be dangerous to someone who is not paying attention, not to mention many weights from 10lb to 30lb are missing or can be located throughout the gym. Its a bare minimum of what I expect for my money. Definitely wish it were still under Urban Active management.

From Urban Active to La Fitness:
I will not spend to much time on the old Urban Active, because by default if you are reading this review you want to know about joining LA Fitness. I waited about a month since the transition from one gym to the next to write this review.
In short, LA Fitness cleaned house on many levels: they rotated around staff, they branded a new mission statement, they are doing major cleaning, and within a month I have seen a difference in customer service and repair of equipment.
As a note LA Fitness does not offer tanning, but my only complaints so far is that they no longer have after work out smoothies and the training sessions can only be bought in year packages, unless you pay 100% upfront.
The Taylorsville location offers two floors of work out on. There is a great indoor track that is ¹⁄₁₀ a mile long. There is an Olympic size swimming pool that is open at all times, expect when there is a water aerobics class. There is a separate spin class room with about 40 bikes. There is a small workout room for ladies only, because let’s face it not all of us want to bench press beside some hot guy. I have never used the Racket Ball court or Cardio Cinema room, but those features are well maintained. My favorite features about LA Fitness are the class schedules, the class types, and the ability to attended classes at other locations.
Finally, there is a great LA Fitness iPhone app that tracks your visits, has location hours, and class information. This gym fits perfect with my healthy but busy lifestyle.