Lynne Brick’s Owings Mills

First of my post has absolutely nothing to do with my gym experience itself. This is my first gym membership and I must say it wasn’t a bad one. I enjoyed the classes whenever I would go and the treadmill. Due to the recent rioting and overall madness going on in Baltimore I was very uneasy about going out the door unless absolutely necessary. I contacted the gym and tried to update my card info because had gotten a new one. They told me I had to come in. Then more and more stuff kept happening this time in my personal life. So I was told I would have to basically pay up or my account would be in «recovery» after being notified that I had missed payments because of my new card. I told them I would be in that Friday to update my account and the person I was in correspondence with basically told me that wasn’t going to be good enough. She could not stop my account from going into «recovery». Which I know for a fact is NOT true. I got a new card before and THAT person was willing to work with me. So I remembered that I was intially told when buying the membership I had the option to buy out of my account if I wanted to. I asked the person how much it would be and they said $ 125. I said ok and went to the gym to buy out of my membership. I told the unbelieveably nice African American young lady would had always been pleasant to me why I was there. I said I want to cancel my membership because anyway I was moving in a few months. The manager Stephanie told me I was going to have to pay my remaining balance plus a $ 50 cancellation fee and $ 50 moving fee. I also needed to provide proof today that I was moving. Really? I explained to her that I want to just get out of my contract because I was moving so I wanted the buyout option. So this woman tells me I am going to have to pay a $ 50 moving fee anyway. So let me get this straight, I am not keeping this service at all, but you want me to pay an extra$ 50 because I am moving after I had already been told I would just have to pay $ 125? I told her she wasn’t making any sense and that not what I was told. I am not booboo the fool! She kept trying to convince me that this was what I was going to have to do. Eventually she came to her «senses» and dropped it. Then proceeded to go into that nervous small talk people do when they no they are dead wrong. I just kept giving her the mmmhmmm face. I paid my buyout fee of $ 125. and left. Needless to say I will definitely NOT be back ever,

I am really disappointed that I went to this gym on Thursday with the intention to join and they let me walk out the front door without a membership. After a year of them calling and emailing me, I decided to join after a close friend of my asked me to join and work out together so we can live better quality lives.
I walked in and stated I want to join and was asked to sign a waiver-​to walk less than 10 feet to an office to talk about the membership. I elected not to fill out the form and the manager Stephanie refused to give me any information, citing a policy that I need to fill out paperwork so she can give me the info.
After going back and forth with her I stated– are you willing to let me walk out that door and join Gold’s gym because I wouldn’t fill out a waiver to sit in your office? She shrugged her shoulders and I left. As a hardworking professional, I certainly do not have to subject myself to idiotic policies when I clearly stated I wanted to be a customer. Unbelievable! LA Fitness-​here I come!

I love it. I have been a member of 4 other gyms since I moved to Maryland in 2011. I finally found the one. I did not realize how uncomfortable I actually was in some other gyms until I came here. There is a real sense of community, active participation in classes (wide variety, some are PACKED, and you can tell the instructors love leading the class), the manager is professional, polite, and kind. Even the people at the front desk are nice. My trainer, Becca, I kinda hated her at first because she kicked my butt. But I get it now. I thank her for giving me the kick in the butt I needed.
It was a little weird to me to pay 19.99 per two weeks, but I’m used to it now. The place is very neat and clean, and you they have towel service for people who pay 1 – 3 dollars more than that per two weeks. I opted out of the towel service.
Chloe signed me up. What really made me go for it is the fact that she was professional, nice, and wasn’t acting like a pushy salesperson. She also teaches zumba there.
There’s a daycare, but I don’t know much about it. All classes are free, except for some of the specialty ones (e.g., kickboxing, barre, TRX, bootcamp, and possibly one other one I am forgetting), those are I believe 10 or 15 dollars per participation.
I hope that parking doesn’t get worse when the Wegman’s is finally built next door… it can be difficult to park between 5 and 7 in the evening, peak time. The lot is shared among Weight Watchers, Vitos, Lenscrafters, an electronics store (maybe RadioShack?), Mezcal, and Supercuts.

This is a quaint little gym. Since it’s women only I do feel a little more comfortable with working out and doing whatever, but it is small. They have a good variety of machines, most of which are easy to use.
Everything however is in one room. Which mean the free weights, weigh machines, cardio, and the group ex area is all in one big open space. Everything is out in the open for everyone to see, save for the cycle room which is its own room. I’m not sure how having the group ex area wide open is when you yourself are just trying to do your own thing, but I imagine it’s annoying.
The staff here is friendly, and they have a day spa.

This gym is a little overpriced, but has a variety of classes. I’m a runner, and am in good shape. I also belonged to LA fitness which has a body pump class. This body pump is too slow for me. There are too many rest periods and their duration is excessive. However if you are a woman looking to get back into working out or lose some weight this is a great gym. Everyone is really friendly and the locker rooms are clean and fresh daily. If your super-​athlete, look into merritt or lifebridge.