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I've been sitting on this for quite a while (almost 2 years now in facts, though I wrote most of this last year) because I was unsure how I wanted to go about this. As such, some of my information may be a little outdated, I know they were opening a second location at one point since I was there and I'm sure some of the details are a bit different now.
Let's start with an overview. Evolve is a purely class-oriented fitness center. This isn't someplace you come to just work out and do your own thing, you reserve a spot in a class through an app and train through a session that's guided by one of the 3 trainers. There are two rooms, one is larger than the other, and your training will be a rotation through various exercises, circuit-style, for 45 minutes.
I took part in a 6 week challenge. You set a goal (I believe it was 20 lbs or 5% body fat) put down a down payment of $500 and if you hit your goal you get your money back. They gave an offer at the end to put the $500 toward a discounted membership whether you hit the goal or not.
They measured progress with a scale with a bioelectric impedence feature. The reliability of these scales at sensing body fat percentage can vary significantly, but then so can calipers if the person isn't very good at it. It suggested that my body fat kept rubber banding over the course of the 6 weeks, which was odd since my personal caliper measurements showed a steady decrease (albeit of only 4% over the 6 weeks). I started at 18% body fat (165 lbs) so getting down to 13% was probably unrealistic to begin with. Either way I did not succeed with the challenge and was out $500. I really want this to be an unbiased review, however and I want to make clear that my experience was 90% positive. If you have the money for a membership here I think it's a great place but I probably shouldn't have put myself in that position given that my financial situation was a little rough at the time.
Pros: the trainers are great at correcting form and pushing you to do better. It's a great place to learn new movements and to burn calories. The workouts are very focused on calorie burning, compound movements, full-body workouts, a focus on hard and fast activities, changing it up frequently so your body doesn't become efficient enough to reserve energy. Overall, the training and camaraderie were the biggest strengths of this gym. I really can't understate the value of the form correction too. It really helped me and still influences my training two years later.
Cons: the nutrition plan. I know how to train though there's always plenty of room for improvement, what I was really hoping for was a way to reconcile my love of good food with my nutrition goals. I'm not a heavy guy, I've always been quite skinny but I know I don't eat a balanced diet in any way. I want to eat more healthily without sacrificing flavor. Evolve Fitness claimed to do that and failed quite thoroughly on that point. Rather than taking foods and cooking them to their strengths like rising then with coarse salt and pepper the recipe book has a bunch of sad imitations of less healthy foods, like vegetti and cauliflower pizza "crust". Over the past 2 years I've finally figured out how to make healthy food tasty but Evolve did not help me.
The other con is that once it became clear that I wasn't planning on becoming a member, Blake (the owner, with whom we did the weigh-ins and everything) completely ceased to care. The last weigh in he seemed completely checked out. It really gave the feeling that he was just pocketing the $500 and moving on as fast as possible. Blake overall seemed like a great fitness instructor/personal trainer but there was always something a bit inauthentic about him. Really, he's just a businessman, and you're his money source. As long as you're continuing his cash flow he'll care but otherwise he loses interest.
Tl;dr: If you have the money, it's a great place. Don't expect the nutrition to be revolutionary. It's just the usual cauliflower pizza and zucchini noodles, but the training itself is great.
Overall a good experience. Spent about 7 months here and saw good results, but then flat-lined and struggled. The gym is on the pricey side, but it is small group training sessions up to 6 days a week, so you can get your money's worth if you're committed. Really enjoyed the workouts and sessions and made good friends with coaches and other members. Main frustration was with lack of communication on the nutrition coaching/personal coaching when results started to taper.
Workouts - 5/5
Nutrition coaching - 3/5
Responsiveness - 2/5
Blake and his team at Evolve are amazing. I was looking for a community and a gym home and I found it here at Evolve. If you are looking for a high intensity workout, that is not Crossfit, you've found your gym. Blake has hand sculpted each workout using a variety of techniques researched and proven to get you the best results. Along with nutrition coaching, trainers with a wide variety of experience and a physical therapist on site, Evolve will give you the results you so desire...As long as you put in the work to commit.
Can't speak highly enough of Evolve and the whole team there! I've known Blake since 2012. He is an AMAZING trainer and an even better person. I've been lucky enough to cross paths and work with him multiple times over the years and can't stress just how much of a first class professional that he is. Don't hesitate at the chance to join Evolve if you have it! 5 starts isn't enough for this place!
I can't rave enough about how great this gym is! The trainers care about you more than you want them to. They are so devoted to helping you achieve your goals that they push you hard to overcome your self-imposed barriers. I love this place!!! I had a VASA membership a year and half ago and despised their system after only a couple months. But I was stuck and had to move out of state for a couple months just to get out of it. They were profit-based, and I hated it. But Evolve is individual-based. They truly believe in helping YOU and encouraging YOU to be better, stronger, healthier, happier, etc. And they succeed:)
When I started going to Evolve I had my doubts, but my family had been going for over 6 months and I saw a difference in them, so I gave it a shot.
As a bicyclist, I hate running, I hate squats, I hate anything that I perceive as making me slower on my bike, so I had a lot of things to hate about Evolve. They were relentless in their push to improve my fitness.
The Real Food Challenge was also rough. Again, as a cyclist, they messed with my diet, they made me eat real foods, nothing processed. Gels were out, Cliff Bars were out, and again they were relentless in their push to eat real foods and improve my health.
So with these relentless pushes I kinda fought back. Initially I was slower on the bike. I couldn't finish a ride. My carbs were too low and not long lasting enough. So what happened. I contemplated quitting. I communicated the problem and Blake gave me solutions. A few tweaks here and there with the food plan and I was on the road to a lot of changes. The relentless pushes began to pay off.
So, how did I know it was working? I lost weight. 9 pounds. I gained muscle, people started to notice. The compliments have been coming in. I can't credit Blake and Evolve with the nearly 60 pounds I lost over the last three years, but I can credit them with getting me over that plateau. Getting me below the 183 pounds I never thought I would drop lower from and building more definition and strength that has led to faster times on my bike and record breaking (for me) climbs to the top of Emigration Canyon.
This quote from a co-worker: "You just keep getting fitter. You need to stop with this." Yeah, I'm not going to stop. I'm going to keep going to Evolve.
I loved my experience with Evolve Fitness. I started out in the six week program to help motivate a friend of mine and ended up staying on as a member. The coaches their are fantastic and they care about your results as well as your physical limits. All of them make it a point to make you feel welcome and keep you motivated. I saw amazing results in my physical abilities (ran 2 different spartan races with no problems) as well as an increase in my energy levels. It broke my heart when I had to buy a new car and couldn't afford to continue on as a member. As soon as I'm out of school with a full time job I will definitely join their family again!!!
I loved my experience with Evolve Fitness. I started out in the six week program to help motivate a friend of mine and ended up staying on as a member. The coaches their are fantastic and they care about your results as well as your physical limits. All of them make it a point to make you feel welcome and keep you motivated. I saw amazing results in my physical abilities (ran 2 different spartan races with no problems) as well as an increase in my energy levels. It broke my heart when I had to buy a new car and couldn't afford to continue on as a member. As soon as I'm out of school with a full time job I will definitely join their family again!!!
I had a great experience with Evolve Fitness! The two trainers that I had the opportunity to work with, were excellent! Should they notice I could handle a heavier weight, or needed to decrease in weight(Due to a bum shoulder.), they would encourage me to give it my all for the 45min sessions! Blake worked with me on a few occasions to better work out my nutrition plan, and helped me to feel like I was making the first gains in muscle and loss in fat in over a year! If you are motivated, diligent and willing to work hard, Evolve Fitness and their team can help you meet your goals!
I had a great experience with Evolve Fitness! The two trainers that I had the opportunity to work with, were excellent! Should they notice I could handle a heavier weight, or needed to decrease in weight(Due to a bum shoulder.), they would encourage me to give it my all for the 45min sessions! Blake worked with me on a few occasions to better work out my nutrition plan, and helped me to feel like I was making the first gains in muscle and loss in fat in over a year! If you are motivated, diligent and willing to work hard, Evolve Fitness and their team can help you meet your goals!
Great facility and instructors. Their coaches really care and will help you get the results you want.
do not believe in this service being free for the 6 weeks challenge as i have not received a refund. As promised And have texed and called the owner several times without a response. As a result i did not sign up for futher training do to the lack of the owners response to my text along with the cookie cutter nutrtion information. That i could not get further guidance with as they say 70% of the results is diet. I also did not receive that information until i asked for it already 12 days into the 6 weeks. Just understand the owner will not respond, keep his word, or gives you any guidance,
Any good reviews are essentially paid reviews. He won't give your money back unless you've written a positive review .The "free" 6-week challenge is a sham . He has no idea how to cater to a vegetarian/vegan diet. Charges you if you showed up late, yet during the 6 weeks I was there, he no-showed to my initial consultation, three of my classes the trainers were late and one class a trainer didn't even show . If you don't finish the program he said he would donate your deposit of $400 to the Underground Railroad - this is a lie, it goes into his own pocket .Let me be clear (because he will not be), finishing the program means you lose the 20 lbs or 5% of your body fat, this does not mean if you follow everything they say to the tee and finish the program without quitting, even if everything he eludes to makes it seem that way. He said he will contact you throughout the program to check on you and work with you, I heard from him once (when he wanted to ask if I was going to purchase a membership). He is virtually impossible to get ahold of, lacks commitment to his clients and is unable to follow through with his promises. Terrible business model. Don't let him use your lack of confidence as a means to make you think he is going to help you change your life around . Please notice he has deleted the capability to leave reviews on facebook because there are a whole bunch of us that were lied to.
Best place to work out and get in shape, it's not a gym. Each session is 45 min. You get personal attention from the trainers. They push you and motivate you. No machines, you are the machine. Also custom nutrition.
Best place to work out and get in shape, it's not a gym. Each session is 45 min. You get personal attention from the trainers. They push you and motivate you. No machines, you are the machine. Also custom nutrition.
I have enjoyed being a member for the last month. Having several physical issues with limitations. The trainers helped to set up a perfect workouts for me with out me feeling out of place. So even if you have never been in a group training class I believe most will love them at evolve. The trainers, workouts and the environment is fantastic..
However do not believe in this service being free for the 6 weeks challenge as i have not received a refund. And have texed and called the owner several times without a response. As a result i did not sign up for futher training do to the lack of the owners response to my text along with the cookie cutter nutrtion information. That i could not get further guidance with as they say 70% of the results is diet. I also did not receive that information until i asked for it already 5 days into the 6 weeks. . I did enjoy Dusty's training class he was very good.
I have enjoyed being a member for the last month. Having several physical issues with limitations. The trainers helped to set up a perfect workouts for me with out me feeling out of place. So even if you have never been in a group training class I believe most will love them at evolve. The trainers, workouts and the environment is fantastic.
I have been a member of Evolve for over a month and have been very impressed. It is a top notch facility that focuses on you and your fitness goals. Every trainer I had was professional and pushed each participant to their individual limit. I have never left a session and thought "that was an easy day." Blake, the owner is an excellent guy. He quickly learned my name and was personable and motivating. I like the small class sizes and the individual focus. Highly recommended.
I have been a member of Evolve for over a month and have been very impressed. It is a top notch facility that focuses on you and your fitness goals. Every trainer I had was professional and pushed each participant to their individual limit. I have never left a session and thought "that was an easy day." Blake, the owner is an excellent guy. He quickly learned my name and was personable and motivating. I like the small class sizes and the individual focus. Highly recommended.
Blake and the team know their stuff. Good hard works outs that are NOT going to injure you. I recommend this for all levels of fitness. I lost weight and gained muscle. It's great.
I was a little leary getting back into the workout game after having 2 kids and living a super busy life, but (although intense) Evolve has been a really good transition back to an active lifestyle. Workouts are tough, but only take 45 min, so I'm getting a lot of "bang for my buck" when I'm at the gym! Not interested in going back to multi-hour workouts at other gyms without results.
So fun to look in the mirror and see muscle tone I didn't know was in there!
I've also loved that classes are small and I quickly start seeing the same people again and again. Instructors know me by name and worked through any challenges I've brought to the table.
Love this place! Blake offers small group classes as well as personal one on one training. He tailors all workouts to your personal needs and helps you with nutrition as well. I've been coming here for 3 years and would not change it for any other gym. I've gone through one pregnancy and I've lost more weight than before I was pregnant ;-) And even gained some muscle. Blake is awesome and always willing to accommodate any schedule and works with you on a personal level to help you achieve your goals. You can even try out one of the classes and see if it works for you! Great staff and excellent customer service.
I have been going to Evolve for the past 4 months and I have never felt better. I see a huge difference already. Not just physically but mentally as well. I have gained so much confidence within myself and the positivity around me. Evolve is an amazing place and I can't wait to see more changes in my life throughout the years.
I cannot speak highly enough of the support and space at Evolve. Blake and his trainers adjust the training sessions to meet each member's needs but still push them to realize their strength. The focus is not only on the physical but also on the nutritional needs to make goals happen. I am in the best shape of my life and feeling great.
Small classes (or personal training) by the most knowledgeable trainers I've ever met. They genuinely care about you and your goals, and will help you achieve those goals. Hope to see you there sometime.
If you are committed to making a change in your physical fitness, look no further. Evolve takes a scientific and pragmatic approach to personalize your transformation and fitness journey. I can say they live up to their motto "If you're in, we're in". It is encouraging to know that they want you to succeed as much as you do.
