C V
April 3, 2018 12:54
I just had the WORST gym experience in my life! I want to start off by saying that I first started working out at Youfit back in 2015 at the Pinellas Park location, and then in 2016, I started working out at the Youfit in St Petersburg. I never had any problems working out at either of those gyms--other members were polite and the staff seemed to care about all of its members equally. Well that is not the case in Largo! Apparently Youfit in Largo only caters to the steroid-using muscle meatheads! I was lifting weights and decided to do tricep pushdowns on the pulley. Well, all of the pulleys were being used except for one, so I went over and started to use that pulley. That's when some musclehead behind me said that he was using it. That surprised me because I could see that he was already using another pulley. I mentioned that to him and he said that he was using both. So I asked if I could work in on this one because he was tying up two pulleys. He scoffed and quickly started using the pulley that I asked to work in on. That was insanely rude! Even more absurd is how management handled the situation. I went up to the front desk and told them about the incident, so the manager went and talked to the guy. The manager then explained to me that the guy was doing a super-set and that I just jumped in front of the musclehead. Are you kidding me? I did not see anyone using the pulley...why would I assume that someone was holding it for a superset?...and why should the musclehead's superset be more important than allowing everyone to be able to use the equipment? Also, the musclehead never told me he was doing a superset, he just responded rudely and unsportsmanlike--I can't read minds. The manager made me feel like I was being rude for "jumping in." In my mind, I was not "jumping in" because no one was using it, and when the musclehead told me he was, I simply asked to "work in." After talking to the manager, I went over to the pulley because it looked available and I thought it would be okay. Nope! That's when the musclehead started yelling at me and saying that he has been a member of this location since it opened and there was now another pulley open and I should use that one (I honestly didn't think he was still using this one!). Well I guess he thinks he is entitled and more important than the rest of us and the manager seems to agree with him because while the musclehead was yelling at me, the manager came over to me and told me that he was revoking my membership for causing a scene. Are you kidding me? I was not the one yelling at another member for trying to use the equipment. All I wanted to do was "work in." But apparently you can't do that at Youfit and if you ask to, then you get your membership revoked. The manager then told me to follow him up to the front desk, so I did. I told him that I needed to go to the locker room to use the shower and get my belongings. He said that I could not do that because I would be "trespassing." He threatened to call the cops if I went to the locker room. I told him that I was indeed going to shower and get my belongings and to go ahead and call the cops and have them escort me naked from the shower. I was able to use the locker room without incident, but when I left, I asked for the corporate number and the manager told me that I was not allowed back at Youfit. Don't you worry--I will NEVER go to Youfit again. There are plenty of other gyms, and unless you want to be intimidated and bullied by roid-ragers when you try to use the weight equipment, then i highly suggest you look elsewhere!