Jen Carter
December 14, 2017 17:04
Used this gym out of lack of options. The manager is great, very friendly and will resolve issues as he can if you bring them to his attention. The rest of the staff is hit or miss. One male trainer approached me and told me I should smile more (I was kind of amazed at his lack of self awareness, tbh). They all have visibility of the pool area but do nothing to enforce the "rules" of the pool - primarily the one that prohibits children from using it as the community diving pool. Let me paint a scenario - 3 lane lap pool, the only other people are hanging out on the submerged stairs, their kid is swimming around in the same lane. I pick the lane furthest away, so he can still have room. At this point he decides he needs my lane, too. Not today, kiddo, not today. I very politely asked him to try to stay in the other lanes (on two separate occasions), but should not have needed to wrangle someone else's child out of a fitness swimming zone. I'm just trying to live my life and swim my laps. Most of the cardio equipment is dated, if you are trying to run on an incline you had better make sure your balance is on point because those suckers sway like palm trees in the wind. Last but not least, there are rules posted about things like listening to your music - like, hey...maybe put some headphones on? Not good enough for the LA Fitness bros. They brought a full on boombox into the free weights area and blasted their music for the room to hear (over our own headphones). This happened basically every Saturday I was in there. Again, behavior that went totally ignored by the staff. The hardest working person there is the lady who maintains the women's locker rooms - she is great and super nice. Long story short - this place could be great if the staff actually did more than scan your keyfob, but I am definitely hoping I don't have to use an LA Fitness ever again.