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July 21, 2018 14:37
Ok gym to get a good workout, but starting to show its age. Recent remodel only brought in newer versions of some cardio equipment and some interior design type settings to floor and walls, otherwise it doesn't do much for functionality of the gym. No updates to weights or facilities like locker rooms, sauna, pool or bathrooms. Pool water gets cloudy more often than I've seen at other places and there's no rules or etiquette enforced for exercise or attire in the pool. People often occupying all lanes for recreational swimming rather than lap or actual exercise use. Seeing people in tshirts and gym shorts is not uncommon, and even more than a few times swimming or soaking in only underwear. The sauna is low heat or out of order about 30% of the time and there is NO sauna etiquette posted or required like at other gyms, so it gets pretty filthy. No shower or rinsing required, people in street shoes and clothes, people hanging their sweaty clothes to dry by or on the furnace, wringing out their sweat on the porous wood where one seats, bringing in weights and listening to music on phone speakers, and people taking selfies with no regard to others in the background. Crickets and roaches are now common in the sauna. Locker room itself is not kept clean, with trash and used paper towels all over the benches, floors and empty lockers. Same deal with phones in locker rooms where people taking mirror selfies with no regard to who's buck naked changing in the background.
Staff are really just sales people, there is no culture of service unless you're buying a membership. Night staff just manages the front desk and can get pretty rude by closing time because they want to leave on the dot, often with threats of locking doors to lock people inside and more than a couple of times, with threats of revoking membership if not out right at closing time. Haven't seen it lately, but for a while, also women staff going into the men's locker room with little to no warning 5 minutes before closing to pressure members to leave on time, often with people still changing, and yelling at members like they're cattle and not paying members. All this mostly pertains to my years of experience at this gym at night hours, 5-2 hours before closing which has been fairly consistent. Though daytime visits haven't been that much different either.
In short, decent gym for strictly business workout, but if you require customer service, clean facilities and a considerate gym culture, this is not the place to go.