LA Fitness
Reviews
To those of you that complain about LA Fitness on East West connector......STFU!!!! like really its an old gym because it was built in 2001 it is now 2015, and dont blame the staff for the way it look blame the MEMBERS!! You guys come into the gym and don't take care of it, don't you think the staff members get tired of picking up weights and trash after you?? Many of you get off work and come in with attitudes as if the employees did something to you, so how do you expect them to give you respect when a lot of you barely speak back. And for guest passes.....it is called a GUEST PASS for a reason!!!! guest passes are for you to come in and try the gym out, if you want to use the pool or basket ball court it does cost extra bc that perk comes along with being a MEMBER not a GUEST!! And while I'm on BASKETBALLS whenever LA Fitness buys new balls they get stolen if you have a problem with the balls that are left behind bring your own!!!!!!!
I go because it is close to the house and working out is important to me--but it is not a classy location. The staff is not especially friendly--I have been going there for 5 years and not one of them says hello or knows my name. I can get past it being an old facility and am looking forward to the new gym they are building down the street. The biggest problem I have is that the basic rules of gym etiquette have never been enforced in all the years I have gone there. Most of the ''trainers' leave weights on the floor and do not unload their plates when they work with clients. The vast majority of members do not unload their weights and the staff does nothing about it. My experience is that if I ask a member to unload so I can use a machine when they are done there is about a 50% chance they are going to give me an attitude and act as if they are doing me a big favor. I used to unload the plates myself, but I have had several surgeries over the past two years and I cannot unload the 45 lb plates anymore so when I go to this location I change up my routine to work around the equipment that is loaded with the previous users plates. LA Fitness corp. has a theme of 'club pride' where staff are supposed to round frequently to be sure weights are put up and hold members accountable for doing so--but that not how this location has been run, despite several management changes. Recently went a couple of months without any 10 lb. dumbbells--they all just 'disappeared' . Forget about there being a hairdryer in the ladies locker room--those 'disappear' as well. If you just want to get your workout and head home to shower this location is fine--but if you want a clean well maintained gym where staff and members are friendly and considerate of others you need to head to another location.
I wish I could give this gym 0 stars. Filthy. Everything is filthy. The staff is unprofessional and switches as often as I switch shirts. The basketballs they rent out look like the balls you would find in an abandoned field. They can't invest in new balls? Spend the thousands to construct a court but won't spend $20 on a ball with tread? I use this gym for the sauna. Basically, I pay $40/mo for access to a sauna. They have a monopoly on saunas in this area. I'm certain that if another gym gets a sauna, this LA Fitness would die. Oh... And they're constructing a second LA Fitness about 2 blocks away from this one...... I think that says it all. Don't get a subscription to this gym unless you enjoy paying absorbant amounts of cash for a poor gym subscription. (or you need a sauna)
The new location is open and is awesome. There is a space reserved for those who work with personal trainers. The new equipment is state-of-the-art. Damien is one of their best personal trainers and I recommend him highly.
This gym does not have all the classes or stuff that I need, but I learned to go to other LA Fitnesses.But wait, there is a new LA Fitness getting built across the street. So all of you whinny people have nothing else to complain about. OMG... its an old gym. What do you really expect an old gym to look like. if you were working out you wouldn't even see it. You would be to damn tired to care. I lost 30 lbs in under 5 months, do you think i stopped to look at the rust in the corner. No, I looked in the mirror at my ass that had started to spread, that's why I can get back into my favorite jeans. Is that not the whole purpose why we go? As far as the extra workout contract. Grow up people, nobody twisted your arm to get it. If you purchased it with in the first 72 hrs of joining the gym then I could have sold you a block of ice in the middle of Alaska. Oh, and almost rapped, you call the police at the scene of the crime not when you get home. Every body has that little square thing with buttons on it. You know, a phone. You don't take down a multi-million dollar beast with a one star complaint. Learn how how to report a serious situation correctly. You let the Guy get away so he can do it again...Great Job! For those of you who say the staff is not friendly. When did it become a restaurant and they work off tips. Its Ok to ask them how there day was or how its going. I've been to 4 LA fitness in two states. everybody I run into is nice to me. Why because I treat others like I want to be treated.