Uhm yeah, let's cut to the chase here. I HATE THIS GYM.
Actually, my friends like this gym. They all go here, so I signed up our family.
First of all - I hate the sales staff. The guy I spoke with was this meaty jock named Dustin. He was rude, arrogant, and wouldn't stop calling me to sign up with them. In fact, later when I did come in, they assigned me not to Dustin, but to some Korean guy, because well, I'm Korean. They even told me that I ought to sign up at this gym because I'm Korean, and because lots of Koreans come here, I'll be able to meet lots of other Koreans and make loads of brand-new Korean friends. (actually, that's called church) I was completely repulsed. I mean, who do I look like - some newly immigrated monkey who can't speak English and make my own friends?!
And ok, I understand that they work on commission. I know this because when I sat down with the guy, I caught him looking at his sales on his computer. But I hate being pressured, and they sure as hell tried to pressure me into joining, first by charging some crazy high initiation fee (well over $200). I was able to knock down that initiation fee to $100 by telling them that some other neighborhood gym was having a $100 initiation fee special... then I ran into some fishy problems, such as me not being able to obtain more than one gym membership card. I was there to sign up my entire family, yet they refused to give me more than one card to enter the building with. Instead, I was register my phone number, and my family was to give the front desk my number every time they wanted to come use the gym. (Oh, what a load of BS... that's not even a family membership then; I could easily give my phone number to anyone on the street so they could come in!)
Despite the fishyness and the sucky sales staff, I signed up anyways, because La Fitness is close to my house, and is reasonably priced. Turns out I shouldn't have bothered - I barely used my membership, probably because my experience with the staff left a bitter taste in my mouth, and made me think that gym = bad.
As far as the actual facilities go, it's small. Tiny pool, not enough machines, treadmills don't have personal TVs, etc. The only positive was the spinning classes, but even those were really good only if you happened to get a good instructor.
Later, when I tried to cancel my membership, I of course was charged an extra month because you have to cancel by a (I forget exactly) certain date each month... and the cancellation involves actually sending in a form via snail mail. You can't do it online, on the phone, or in person at the gym. It's obviously another way to try and suck another dollar out of you.
One extra star for the spinning classes. read more