Kamikaze Kate
May 28, 2018 15:35
Clean with good equipment and tons of machines. I go to Crossfit for most of my working out, but I maintain a health club membership through my insurance for days that I can't make it to crossfit. I get access to a variety of different gyms in the area and in the past I'd been going to LA Fitness. One day I showed up to workout before work and it was closed for remodeling, so I decided to try out Youfit instead.
I was pleasantly surprised by the variety of equipment they have. I am not really into machines but they have tons of those, if that's your thing, and LOTS of cardio equipment. They have 2 rowers (I like rowing so I usually do that), they've got kettlebells (LA Fitness does NOT have those unless they just added them in the remodel), they've got free weights, they've got benches, even a couple of squat racks which really surprised me.
The atmosphere is nice there; I admit that I always feel intimidated in bigger gyms but the people at Youfit seem pretty chill and you don't have to wait around for equipment. Everything seems very clean and there are always paper towels and disinfectant to clean up with. The color scheme reminds me of mini golf or chuck e cheese or something but hey, I like it, and it's not like it matters what color anything is as long as you can get a good workout in.
If you're wondering, like I was, if you can deadlift at this gym: I have, and no one bothered me about it. It was a little bit squirrely for me to set up for it since you'd need to put 45#s on the bar to get it the proper height off the ground, and it took some effort for me to slide them onto the bar, but once I got it, I did my set just fine.
The cons: membership. The price is great- $10/month or $20 if you want access to all the Youfits and classes and the ability to bring a guest. I pay $25/month for my health club pass through my insurance. It would be cheaper for me to cancel that and get Youfit's traditional membership, but I've read the horror stories. With my health insurance, I can call up and cancel whenever I want- no hassle, no fees, whatever. A traditional membership for this gym would be more complicated. To be fair, I'm pretty sure all commercial chain gyms function this way; it's not specific to Youfit. But you can read the horror stories on here and on Yelp and other places and it just seems super obnoxious if you decide you want to cancel.
Also I wish they had more trees in the parking lot to provide some shade for your car in this awful Texas heat but that's pretty minor. Overall, I'd say this gym for the price is definitely worth it from what I can tell, and imo is just as good as LA Fitness if you don't mind the lack of a pool/sauna.