Anytime Fitness

This place is not the greatest. I am a member of the Washington club and have used this one a few times when it snows because it’s closer to home but I must say, it feels good to be home! Stay away snow lol!

Updated review posted 1÷16÷16:
The shower valve has been fixed/​replaced. Well done! Providing feedback seems to have worked in some regards. Not so much in others… I spent about 2 hours there today with the manager present the whole time. Bathroom was gross again with urine on the toilet seat and poop stains in the toilet. About 10 full garbage bags were piled up in the back of the facility in clear view… I presume waiting for somebody to take them to the dumpster out back. If this was my bedroom growing up my mother would be disappointed in me. This is common sense stuff my friends. I guess some things will never change until somebody is running the place that genuinely cares about more that suckering new people in to sign new contracts.
My initial review posted 12÷26÷15:
I reluctantly still go here because the location is convenient.
The good:
— for me the location is great because it’s on my way to work
— the environment is nice with a large glass storefront which allows you to watch what’s going on outside and keep your mind occupied while you’re doing cardio
— for an Anytime Fitness type gym, this location has a more open floor plan with more space
The bad:
I WILL GLADLY UPDATE THIS REVIEW WHEN THINGS IMPROVE
To me this place lacks the fundamentals of a well managed business. Fitness and Health Center 101 — keep it clean… they are failing. Let me explain.
— in comparison to other gyms I have belonged to, including other Anytime franchises, this place is dirty. If a mop doesn’t reach, it doesn’t get cleaned. Under the equipment legs and weight racks the lint piles up. I belonged to another gym where I would see the OWNER himself regularly wiping down all the cracks and crevasses of equipment. I miss that place.
— POOP STAINS and spatter. Every day in the mens restroom. Sorry to put it so blunty but this is the truth.
— management shows up and disappears into the office. A quick trip to the restroom would reveal that it’s out of soap, toilet paper shards and sock lint are in the showers, and poop spatters are in the toilet from the night before… but no, they have more important things to do.
— management shows up and disappears into the office. All of the towels for wiping down equipment are saturated with cleanser and sweat from the night before… they could change them out for the morning crew but nah, that can wait a few more hours too.
— management will call you to ask about your satisfaction and suggestions. They won’t address your concerns but they will try to rope you into a new contract. They just did this to me last week.
— the Men’s shower valve has been broken for 6+ months so you can’t adjust the water temp. I could fix this in 20 minutes with my girlfriend’s $ 15 tool kit… but it’s not my business. This was one of my suggestions when management called me last week. It’s still broken and I’m not holding my breath that it will ever get fixed.
I hope this feedback helps understand what you’re getting into. Of course there are other franchises around so if this one doesn’t work out you have options. That’s likely my next step if things don’t change.
Take care

Crap! You cant leave a zero star review so this gets a one star by default.
This is not my «Home» anytime fitness but my wife and I have visited a few times.
Every time we are there we are approached mid workout by an employee who rudely interrupts us trying to «sell» us on a training package. It’s so annoying. We don’t even belong to the club.
Add to that no Shampoo in showers. No blow dryers.
Not sure how this place keeps its franchise license.
Glad to keep going to my home club in Richmond or the one on Van Dyke north of 29 mile but going to avoid this one like the plague.

In all honesty, I wish I could give this place negative stars. I’m not one to leave reviews on places unless my experience is outstanding or extremely dreadful.
Unhappy doesn’t even cover how I feel. When I first signed up, it was all high pressure sales and I basically couldn’t walk out until I signed a contract. Naturally, I was talked into putting the most money down for the cheapest monthly rate. I was kind of annoyed, but nudged it off because I wanted to get in shape! Before I was finally allowed to leave, I was told I would have to come back in a few days for my ‘fitness assessment’. I thought to myself, okay, I’m supposed to get 4 personal training sessions (that’s what my original contract said), that must be a part of it. Was I wrong. I walk in a few days later and after working my butt off, I get sat back down in the office and talked into personal training. Wait, I thought I get sessions for free? Because that’s what I was told when I signed my life over. «Oh no, the four free sessions come off on the end of your contract with us, that’ll be 30 dollars for today.»
They told me everything they could to get me to join with a personal trainer. I tried explaining I don’t have time, I go to school. I want to just come to the gym on my own time and workout. They explained to me they were all about the clients and I NEEDED IT. I was foolish for not canceling my contract right then and there, but I agreed to do PT once a week with Derek.
Next week, I come in to train. It goes okay, but still unhappy with the place. Come in the following week. Derek isn’t there. I get approached by another woman, Melissa. She explains that Derek is no longer there and that she’ll be training me. Well, I didn’t ask questions and Melissa and I trained together for about a month. One evening I was training and Melissa tells me she can no longer train me and that she was leaving. I was livid. Not with her, but the company because once again my training was being switched around and there was absolutely nothing I could do.
I figured, well, this place is ‘all about the clients’ so if I’m unhappy I can just cancel my PT and then I will be happy. Not the case. At all. I sat with the ‘manager’ and ‘district manager’ I spoke my mind and tried explaining ONCE AGAIN that I was unhappy and wanted something to be done.
I was given excuses and told their hands were tied because I signed the contract. Yeah, THE ONE I NEVER WANTED IN THE FIRST PLACE.
Overall, this place is an absolute joke. The turnover is so high you’ll never know who you’re going to see. Now I am stuck in a contract that I never wanted and they’re going to force me into training with someone that may not even be there next week. STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE. All they care about is taking your money!