Vip Fitness Studio

Small. That’s the first thought you get immediately walking into this gym. Looking back on it now I think it was funny when I first walked in and wondered if I needed a tour, I just turned around in place and completed the worlds fastest tour. I tried out VIP Fitness for about 3 months since it was close to home and they had a good promotion going at the time I decided to try it out. I have gone at random times through out the day during my time here and for the most part this gym is deserted. Most of the members that come mostly stick to the cardio machines or do the boot-​camps that you can sign up for. I can’t tell you how much that sucks especially when you need a spotter and no one is around. Only time the gym gets signs of life is when there is boot-​camps, but that also closes off a relatively good portion of the gym where you do stretches and heavy lifts that need rubber plates and rubber floor area so you’ll have to wait until they are done.
They do have a squat rack, rubber plates and floor mat so you can drop the weights when needed to while doing Olympic lifts or etc. Dumbbells go up to 120 lbs, which is cool and a bit over the normal 100 lbs you see at most gyms. But the dumbbell area is in a small confined corner that can easily get overcrowded with more than 3 people in there. They do have free weight flat/​inlcine bench and a smith machine bench. There is also a boxing area that isn’t the one you see in the pictures provided here in Unilocal.The area you see with the heavy bag in the picture is the dumbbells area and the heavy-​bag and speed-​bag has been moved to a closet. Seriously, my closet is bigger than this room, there is no space to move around the bag for footwork and if someone wants to use the speed-​bag while you are on the heavy-​bag there is no way you can make that work without bumping in to each other constantly. They also have rubber truck tires that you can flip, they’re not too big and I think the heaviest one was 160 lbs.
The parking lot is spacious so you will have no trouble finding a spot. The locker room was on of the best parts about this gym, it was without a doubt the cleanest locker room/​bathroom I have ever seen in a gym. They don’t have a water fountain but do provide you access to a Brita water jug to fill your bottle with at the front desk if you ask. I never did their boot-​camp classes so I can’t tell you how much it costs or what they offer exactly, I’m sure they will be more than happy to talk to you about it. The folks that work here seem ok and tend not to bother you and leave you to your workout. They never pressured me in to a boot-​camp or signing a year long contract. The only detriment I see for them is that there does not seem like there is room to grow, and it can easily get over crowded if business picks up and they have no room to expand. All in all this a good gym for an introvert or shy gym goers that just want the basics, social butterflys will have a very depressing workout.
Thanks for taking the time to read my long review. If you have any questions that I can answer feel free to message me. Cheers!

I like that this gym is usually empty and I can get my workouts done as fast as possible. There are also rubber plates which are helpful for heavy lifting and I can drop the weights when needed. But since nobody at this gym even lifts, they do not have a proper power-​rack with safety pins. This is crucial for anyone trying to make any REAL gains safely when lifting alone. Squatting, floor press, bench pressing alone, rack pulls, and overhead press. The equipment is also very limited and it seems they keep removing items to make space for their bootcamps. I do like their no contract, and cheap deals though. And lastly, there is no water fountain.

Small, cheap gym that provides what you would expect.
Buyers beware of annual contracts. If you do not cancel 30 days before the expiration of the contract, they will charge you an extra $ 35 processing fee (read: a penalty) for not cancelling in time. Not only is it devious and unethical, it doesn’t even make sense to penalize a paying customer that continues to pay past their contract expiration.
I know gyms can be shady, but I’ve never seen anything this shady, and at least with the chains you can get your money back if you argue your point. This one did not.
As a side issue, at some point during my membership I had to cancel my lost credit card which was attached to the account. They charged a fee for the funds not being available for automatic debit, which is fine. I called to ask for a courtesy reversal of the fee, and they happily agreed and the money was put back on the account. That would have been a happy ending, if the fee was not then charged back to my card with the following months dues. I didn’t bother calling back.
@ response: No mine was no initialed at the location, although that’s not the point. The point is that it’s a penalty for not cancelling on time, which is as bizarre as it is unethical. No other gym I’ve been to has done this.