My bar on gyms is horribly high, so my expectations on anything fitness related is also horribly high. I have been exposed to the best of the best in Las Vegas (Lifetime Fitness) and Pure (Hong Kong) over many years. I am a gym rat and thus kind of a spoiled gym rat at that. But my Midwestern roots coupled with knowing it does not take fancy equipment and cool towels provided by my gym to kick your heart rate into HIIT or athletic benefits, I do not need high end to get in a good workout. On this note, I provide Evolution Fitness a solid 3+ on Yelp and would absolutely recommend. When I am in town, I will be back.
Drive around to the backside of the standard box building where the Wabash Valley Tumbling Gymnastics operation is housed, park, enter and head up to the second floor. You walk right into the Evolution Fitness space.
CONS:
-It's small, it is not a gym, it provides really only classes. Personal training can be provided, but I do not know these details.
-It is not a gym, but a fitness facility. As such, work out and go home. No shower, no deodorant/mouthwash/Avian mist/special touch of any kind to spruce up in bathroom after class, no towels.
-Work out area for training is small, but doable. Only 12 spin bikes tucked in a corner.
-No windows in space, so no access to any natural light.
-Nothing warm and fuzzy or outside the box about this space or the facility.
PROS:
-It is only $5 a class! Let me repeat, $5 a class. So inexpensive and no fancy membership required. It is so simple for an out-of-towner like myself who drops into Terre Haute from time to time to keep physically active.
-You can go to their website and sign up for a class in advance and pay by credit card. Easy, simple, gtd spot (and with a class with only 12 bikes, you want to make sure you have a spot).
-I have only attended one spin class before dumping Evolution Fitness into Yelp and the instructor was Laura. Owner as well, she was really quite upbeat, on point with queing and walked the walk and talked the talk. I hate an instructor who is simply walking around kind of barking orders as a form of motivation. Laura did not ask anyone to work harder than she herself was working out and I liked that.
So for Terre Haute, this spot is OK, but not necessarily outstanding out there in the world of boutique athletic options in which Evolution Fitness would be categorized. But visit their website, check out their classes and judge for yourself. The only thing it will cost you is $5 and an hour workout. read more