Mark Brown
May 5, 2018 20:45
This was once a great club, and I was a member for the last several years. Alas, I finally quit my membership as it has gone down hill so far. They've changed names, but it's still the same ownership, management, and people. They used to have one problem: a mishmash of dumbells with missing weight groups. It was fairly annoying, but they finally got around to addressing that. However, they realized the money to be made in boot-camp style training classes. They took out the basketball court and converted it to a special class room. Fine, they need to make some money and people are willing to pay. BUT... then they decided to:
a) cancel all the normal classes
b) shut down the hot tub
c) shut down the sauna
d) shut down the steam room
e) take out water dispensers (which they eventually restored a couple)
f) take out tanning booths
g) take out hydro-massage beds
h) ignore upgrading or cleaning up their locker rooms and showers, which are one of the eyesores/problem areas of the gym (it's just old).
They upgraded some of their weight area stuff, but some isn't any better or actually worse in a few cases. So all-in-all they just stripped it down to a basic gym with pay mo $$ for boot-camp training, and make a few equipment upgrades. People left in droves at one point, so all the people I'd say hi to, encourage and receive encouragement from, all left. They have some older equipment you can't find anywhere else, and some of it is really good stuff. Too bad they just stripped down their amenities and in the process cleared the membership of friendly people.