Banana Bread
March 2, 2020 09:17
Rating this from a fitness center perspective: When you walk in, you're supposed to tell a security guard where you plan on going prior to going in the facility. Once in, I didn't experience a super friendly front desk attendant. In fact, she seemed a bit dismissive, I was using a discount pass for the place and she had no interest to talk to me anymore than completely necessary. I asked about the personal training sessions ( the discount pass supposedly includes 2!) and she said to talk to "them" back there and that's where you pay for it. What? I reminded her of the pass I was using and this meant nothing to the girl.
About the building, half of the first floor is actually a school and obviously, off limits to fitness patrons. There is a small walk- up café that is completely shut down on weekends and open until 2p weekdays. The lobby itself feels like a business office, not necessarily where I'd want to walk in with loud colored fitness apparel or swim cover ups!
The indoor pool area is smaller and was a bit strong smelling in chlorine, perhaps due to the lower ceilings. The outside pool area looked fairly large and comparable to a Y facility. The shower rooms housed a compact sauna as well as a steam room. I have heard mixed reviews on the cleanliness of steam rooms in general, and according to another review, this one evidently doesn't always work ( just something to be mindful of.)
The exercise studios are upstairs, there are 2 of them. The person who showed me the rooms actually told me the wrong room numbers, that was interesting since they do work there (?). Neither seemed different than your basic setup, a bit outdated in décor. What really stood out was, the overpowering smell of Fabuloso cleanser in the workout area upstairs. If you've ever used this cleanser, you'd be able to spot that flowery smell anywhere. I thought to the bleach commercials, where the spokeswoman is talking down about flower scented cleansers and says, "If you want clean, use (bleach)!" I would think there is some germicide that should be used, and perhaps is, in addition to the Fabuloso.
That's the whole place, fitness wise. I got the impression they didn't want discount folks in there and first impressions say a lot. If you live nearby, hey check it out.. there be different workers on staff, an energetic front desk person that would also tell you about yhe 7 day pass you can use to check out the facility, it wasn't even offered and my pass was only for 1 person.