Very nice facility. Mediocre trainers. Poor management. The locker rooms are great. They come with towels, plastic bags for your dirty gym clothes, you always have a locker and are equipped with washing products. They were always clean. Gym is big and has most machines and equipment. I went to lifetime for a year and a half and then terminated my membership. For (at the time, I understand now the prices have gone up) $143 a month I could go to any lifetime. You have to play extra for personal training and classes. I opted out. There's an elitist attitude there which made me feel uncomfortable. They brought in their own style of CrossFit called Alpha training. I was kicked off my machine in the morning during my workout because they needed ALL of the squat racks for class. I guess my membership wasn't as valuable to them. read more

I have had the same experience as Maura A. I have been a member at the club since it opened, but now can't seem to get them to STOP charging my credit card. I too put my membership on hold, and came in with a form two times!! Really a shame, because otherwise, I did enjoy the time at the club early on, but lack of cleanliness and rude behavior on the part of some staff ultimately swayed my decision to go elsewhere. I just want them to stop charging me!! read more

Lifetime in Berkley Heights is the WORST gym in the area. I have been a member for 2 years now, and have hated every moment of it but because of their absurd rules, I cannot cancel or get any money back from packages I purchased. I only purchased these because of my hard sell trainer, who has been essentially useless except to stand next to me and bark orders. She can't even get her shit together enough to email me my starting BMI when I signed up for the 90 day challenge. On top of that, my father past away last year, yet I still have to pay for his membership because he can't come in and cancel. The administration is rude. The managers are useless. The food is overpriced. The rates are absurd. It overall a shitty gym. Especially given it costs a small fortune to be a member. read more

Your life must be very privileged and boring if you can find anything to complain about at Lifetime (except the fees or administrative issues). The facility is beautiful, well-maintained, and has many amenities. J.R. Watkin's bath products in the shower, hot tools hairdryers, tampons, hair ties, towels... Lifetime provides you with everything! The exercise machines are well organized and each one has an HDTV that you control. The pool is a bit small, but the space is doubled in the summer when the outdoor pool opens. They have multiple yoga, pilates, etc., classes scheduled everyday and are included in your membership. You can also go to other Lifetime locations for free. The cafe has great smoothies (although I wish they would add some more dairy-free options), AMAZING sandwiches, and healthy side dishes. They even have a salon here. People like Cara S. are the type of uppity people that can make you feel uncomfortable at the gym, but I enjoy the mix of people- right down to the women who wear huge diamond earrings in the hot tub. It's Jersey- have some fun and lighten up, they have to run specials to bring in new members, it's a business. read more

Been a member here for 10 years. Decided to cancel and was just told I have to either come in to the club in-person during office hours or send a CERTIFIED LETTER by mail. Seriously? read more

Everything you need. Great spin classes. Happy members here for several years. Roomy and very posh. Trainers only help you when paid. We recently returned to Summit YMCA because their trainers will tell our 7th & 8th graders if they're doing an exercise incorrectly, where no one at life time would. Y not as posh but better priced and have same stuff. read more

I have been a member of this gym for approximately 8 yrs. It is a good gym but not perfect. My complaint, however, is regarding their staff and lost and found. Over the years, my kids have forgotten bathing suits and other gear in the women's locker room, never to be returned. One time I walked away from my daughter's bathing suit to use the sink and when I returned, the locker room attendant put it in the garbage. This weekend, a makeup bag full of makeup and brushes went missing and the staff was completely unhelpful. I don't know why someone would take someone else's makeup. Perhaps it was thrown away? I am beginning to think that is the policy because an item like that would not likely be stolen. When I inquired about it again this morning, the employee was very rude. I should not have been brushed off as I was today considering how expensive this gym is. read more

I like this place so much it feels like a vacation. The pools the service. I love being there

The one star is for the sales & physical trainers. My consultation consisted of talking about how great a trainer she is to have working with me. Then a sales pitch for equipment & programs. NEVER broke a sweat. Facility is top notch & u Definitely pay for it. Go to a Y or Connections in Summit. read more

HUGE globs of black hair in the showers. Don't people shower any other time than at Lifetime....

The facility is great BUT beware if you want to cancel your membership. They require 30 days before the 1st of the next month which is not made clear when you sign up. I cancelled my membership and am still being charged a "hold fee" every month. I kept my cancellation paperwork but it's my responsibility to bring it to them to prove that I cancelled my membership. My kids were signed up for the camp during the week of Hurricane Irene when the club closed. Still waiting for my reimbursement after dozens of emails and phone calls. I have always belonged to a gym (DC, NYC, Denver) and have never had to deal with this before....the club is shady. read more

Let me start off on how unprofessional and unfair this club is. As a member of this club for 3 years I would not expect to be treated like this. I come to the gym mostly every day. Recently, there was an incident in the free weight area where I was working out with my boyfriend. Anyways, a man I have had slight problems with for his inappropriate language (don't know his name) was walking toward his friends, while talking to his friends he points at my boyfriend and said "look at this asshole" and then he rushes to my boyfriend looking like he was going to attack him, gets to his face and starts yelling! and his trainer didn't even say a word, I wonder why? Didn't want to lose his sale? And all my boyfriend was telling him was to stop talking to him and just to walk away. Like seriously we are there to work out not to socialize or start drama! So we moved away and start using a different machine and you can clearly hear him talking to his trainer about us and then once again he comes rushing back to my boyfriend and says "watch what I'm going to do to you" At this point I'm shocked that the trainer hasn't said anything! The man demands that either my boyfriend leaves or he leaves.. but who are you to set theses kind of rules? How come the trainer doesn't say anything to someone that is starting problems?? Instead he tells us to shut up! How rude! Another member of the club has seen everything and tells them to leave us alone, we aren't doing anything and that he's getting fed up with the drama this man is causing. So we finished our workout and left for the day. The second morning my boyfriend receives an email from lifetime stating that his membership has been cancelled. So we go to lifetime and try to speak to the manager about the situation and why? she's nowhere to be found after waiting for 20 minutes she comes to the front. Then we're trying to talk to her regarding the email. So she just tells us that his membership has been cancelled by corporate and she has no idea. we were expecting to sit down with her in private and talk to her instead she starts talking in front of everyone that's coming in and out the gym plus the employees were there and we felt very uncomfortable talking to her there. This is a private matter not for everyone else to hear. Also, she kept talking over us and talking to different people at the same time as we were trying to talk to her, so she took our phone numbers and said that she was going to call us the next day and that she was going to try to help us out and contact corporate. So when we left we contacted corporate and they said that she was the one that actually requested cancellation of his membership due to the fact that another member (which was the man) told her that my boyfriend threatened him. WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?? At this point my boyfriend is trying to contact her and she completely ignores him hangs up the phone on him, and the only thing she said was if he keeps calling or if he shows up they will call the cops. So, the third day I go in trying to speak to her and she acts like she doesn't know what's going on. I told her how come you haven't called us and she said that it wasn't her responsibility to and it was none of her business. Once again she speaking to me in the front. I felt very uncomfortable and she seem not to care about what I was trying to explain to her at all. I told her that they should check the cameras and that you can't just believe what one person says if there's more people involved in the situation but she didn't care. This time she told me that she will contact me via email but not by phone. What a piece of shit general manager lifetime athletic has. They should train there employees more customer service! Where do they hire these people from? Uneducated. FWI: Beware of the sixty year old pervert with the slickback white hair and a navy blue T-shirt that he always wear. If you don't like his inappropriate comments, and if your a pretty young lady with a boyfriend he will hate you forever! I never thought of going to management and complaining about this creep because we are all adults here and you handle things on your own. This isn't school were you go running to the teacher. Boy I was wrong! And for lifetime athletic not to give a loyal member the opportunity to even speak is beyond disrespectful and discrimination. I just cancelled my membership and will not give lifetime athletic another dime or any refers to any of my friends. Like they say don't ever judge it's book by its cover! THEY TRY AND SAY THIS IS MORE THAN JUST A GYM BUT THEY SURE DONT ACT LIKE IT. read more

I love this place and have been a member for 2+ years. The gym floor has plenty of weights and stations and machines so there's rarely any wait time. Love the rock-climbing wall, when it's open. The people who work there are all great, the Cafe and Spa are both wonderful to have. The outdoor pool in the summer months is one of the big reasons we joined. However, a major reason for joining was the indoor pool and the ability to be able to use the lap pool to resume my swimming regimen. It is beyond my belief that when I arrive after work to swim, ALL the lap lanes are off-limits to paying members because local swim teams are using them--for hours. I find it very very unfair to us paying members that we can't use a pool that's supposed to be included as part of our membership fees. It's be like arriving at the gym to lift weights only to find that the local weight-lifting teams have cordoned off the entire floor for themselves. Swim teams should not be given such preferential treatment over paying members, for whom the polls play a big part. Let those teams practice in the early morning hours, like I used to in my school days, or very late at night (after 9pm, not from 4-8pm). read more

This place is chock full of fitness amenities. I'm gonna get me a membership! 90 Day challenge here I come read more

Life Time - Awesome place for fitness - Gyms Near Me - Berkeley Heights, New Jersey

Yes, it's more expensive than most gyms in the area, but for families with young kids it is actually a bargain. our 2 'junior' members are $10 a month. That includes use of the pool (indoor and out), fun in the gym with us, and a special on site child care center with a computer center, climbing gym, gym for kids only and play areas for toddlers. We have been impressed with the staff. Facilities are very clean. Only downside is that the outdoor pool can get very crowded on weekends in the summer read more

Only two and a half stars for a gym that costs more than a hundred dollars a month should tell you all you need to know. First, the good. The best facilities, classes, and hours in the area. The bad: The music is almost non-existent in the weight area, and often offensive in the classes. The ugly: I've been robbed by this place three times! Credit card fraud by trainers twice. And when I looked into it a bit, for the purposes of filing a class action lawsuit, a lot of people report having suffered similar fates here. Oh sure, they'll have their PR hacks post a response to this, about how I should get in touch with them. The fact is that I have, with the documentation to back up my claims. It seems that this is just business as usual for this place. My advice: Use a separate credit card for this gym. It's a hassle, for sure, but this way you get access to a really good gym, and they don't get access to your life's savings. read more

i was Joining this club and was provided a price after my guest pass expired the manager changed the price and said that the sales person provided the incorrect pricing. I have many E-mails with the sales person and the price was always the lower price until it was time to join!!! DO NOT JOIN THEY ARE NOT TRUST WORTHY AT ALL. PRICE WILL CHANGE AT THE LAST MIN. read more

I have been a member since Dec. 2014. Just this month I have had a nutrition session with Liz and had an amazing experience with her!! She was extremely knowledgeable and recommended a few slight changes to my diet. She also recommended a supplement to add to what I am already taking. With those 2 small changes I have noticed some huge changes in my workouts and also in my every day energy level. THANK YOU SO MUCH LIZ!!!!! Daniel read more

Read this!!!!!! Let's start off by saying the facility other than being super dirty is great. The pool is closed time to time because of human feces. Half the people have ring worms highly contagious by the way. I can't believe a trainer could train someone with a tank top on showing excessive ring worm rash without considering other members. The employees their are extremely judgmental they are all jealous of people who actually get results. Everyone working their is related in some way either they are family or they are screwing each other. Oh and they are literally having sex in the facility. The trainers have no results what so ever I been there three years and they have not changed and neither has there clients. If you want to pay for someone to just stand there and tell you to jump up and down be my guest and if you think you will get any results you are mistaken. Some trainers are on steroids and still have no gains and you know who I'm talking about. The guy with all the massive pussing zits on his back and this trainer still wears tank tops omg!!! I seen his zit explode all over the machines gross. If you are not part of there little cliq and get results they will hate you and judge you because they are extremely jealous. The trainers just want your money for doing nothing and they will literally come up to you and ask you for money while your working out. The locker rooms are filthy their has been an incident where a women has taken a shit in the shower!!!! Is this where you wanna bring your kids?! If you are successful the employees will keep nagging you about what you do, how you can afford coming here and how you have so much time to be here, so annoying. I can't believe the amount of drama at this place and this is all because of a woman named Ashly who literally is the worst manager I have ever seen. She is a lier and extremely fake. All she does is run around doing nothing and acts as if everyday is bring you child to work day. If you have to speak to her she is nowhere to be found someone has to call her because she's at the child center with her kids. Now let's talk about the members, some member literally come there to socialize as if this is a social club. They will stand there and watch you workout and talk about you. How rude is that ? If your a pretty girl get ready for all the old men to come up to you and give you inappropriate compliments and if you reject them they will hate you. This also goes for the trainer there they will violate you and ask you over and over to train you on a specific part of your body like your butt. I find that very inappropriate! If they see you getting results they will accuse you of using steroids because they don't believe you can get results from hard work and dedication, so they kick you out I have seen this happen to members there. What they can do to improve this club is train the employees to be less judgmental, jealous and establish some boundaries in regards to employees dating. I have seen one of the employees go up to a couple telling them not to kiss In front of other members. I was shocked!!!! Who are you to tell someone not to kiss mind your own business and How can you say this when trainers are kissing each while on the clock. Also, why is there a guy cleaning the women's locker room when their are children in the locker room? This is a shame what a great facility only ruined by untrained employees and management. You can try and go there and avoid all this as much as you want and mind your own business as I have tried but drama will find you !!! If the employees don't like you they will follow you and harass you until they find a reason to throw you out. Also they keep sending me some stupid magazine that I never asked for and keep charging my credit card for this even though I'm no longer a member. read more

You should definitely consider a membership at Lifetime Athletic in Berkeley Heights! Ask for Nate when you come for a tour and he'll give you the best membership deal in town! read more

Life Time - Gyms Near Me - Berkeley Heights, New Jersey

Fantastic facility but way too crowded for the cost! I was a member of Lifetime Fitness in Berkeley Heights NJ for about 3 years. While the facility is outstanding and includes everything one might want from a gym, the place is always packed beyond capacity. This is evident if you ever want to use the facilities that most people gravitate towards. For instance, if you desire to sit at the outdoor pool in the summer you better be there very very early! If you arrive anytime past 9am than seating is difficult if not impossible. The same can be said for the free weights area. There are literally so many people in this area that you often cannot get to use the weights needed for your next set. In addition for the free weight area in particular people are just messy! This might not be anything more than an annoyance and a display of rude behavior but the staff doesn't even seem to care. People drop weights right where they use them very frequently. This results in not only a messy situation but honestly at times it is downright dangerous. Finally, I found that very often many of the cardio machines are broken and often not even labeled as such. I can tell you it is an incredible annoyance to go through 4 machines before you find one that works. I know that my review may seem a bit nit-picky and that I am pointing to problems that exist in most gyms but, most gyms don't cost well over $200 a month for a couple. When your paying 10 times the cost of the gym down the street you expect something 10 times better and sadly Lifetime is not that. I am currently looking to sign back up for a gym membership after about a year off. I want to sign myself, my wife and my daughter to an agreement and I would love it to be Lifetime but I just can't do it. As I said the facility is great but the value and staff just isn't. read more

I love this gym. It is a great facility. The staff is always wonderful, and offer lots of support to gelp you with your goals. read more

Lowering my review for poor customer service. You have to go in person to cancel membership. They won't do it over the phone or via email, or let another family member who attends daily (we have 3 family members signed up & 2 go every day & the other is trying to cancel because they never go) sign off to cancel it in person. Funny, because the account is paid for by one family member, not myself, & I was able to sign paperwork on their behalf a few months ago to renew a membership. So it's ok to renew a membership, but not acceptable when canceling? What kind of customer oriented business makes someone drive 40 minutes to cancel in person when it can easily be done many other ways? And they were very rude about it to top it off. We're looking into switching locations. Not going to let the rude management here take credit for our money, as much as we like the programs! read more

Berkeley Heights has done it again! Great advice from Juan and amazing trainer who will possibly be my next train there and then another great experience in the café today with the young lady by the name of Rachel very pleasant very kind and had some amazing suggestion on the products and smoothies good job Berkeley Heights read more

Lifetime Fitness at the Florham Park, NJ location is fantastic! I had been a member of Sport Club LA in Rockefeller Center which was then bought out by Equinox. It was very expensive and incredibly convenient to where I was working but it pales in comparison to Lifetime in Florham Park and to be honest the service went waaaay down when Equinox took over and got super crowded... not to mention Lifetime is about 50% cheaper with 200% more amenities. Speak to Jen Duran in Member services - she is fantastic! I specifically came to yelp to review the LifeSpa, which is the spa located directly inside of Lifetime. I was apprehensive as I am a chronically finicky person when it comes to getting my haircut. I was spending a LOT to get it done in the City and happily so because I loved what she did for me. After starting work in NJ I just did not have time to be in NY during the day or any normal time of evening for a haircut so I looked to my gym because it was so convenient. Initially I booked the haircut thinking I would just get a blowout because "what if it's horrible!" .... BUT Antonia, who I saw, was fantastic I felt immediately comfortable and resolved to do the trim. I'm a believer - I will happily go to Antonia for my trims and blowouts too. This gym is a God-sent specifically Antonia... Thank you for making me a believer ;) read more

I love this Berkley Heights location!! The staff are always friendly and welcoming! The Lifespa is Amazing!! From the friendly front desk coordinators, Lynn and Susan and the Manager Kathleen to all of their talented Hair, Skin, and Nail techs!! My favorite class to take at lifetime is Yoga on the second floor with Vanessa on Tuesdays. She knows how to get us all into the flow of Moving and Breathing and Being. Ending her amazing class with a 20 minute meditation to bring you back to hearts center. She is also an amazing massage therapist with alot of love to give!!! Call the BKH Location to find out what times would work best for you to give yourself some YOU TIME! Love & Light read more

So I am pretty regular at this club , place is good nice and clean . My complaint is with the stooges they have working in the Cafe . Totally clueless , disrespectful and just awful servers . You can order the same shake 2 weeks in a row and will receive 2 totally different tasting drinks . Awful consistency , someone needs to train these ppl as to what is going on . read more

I liked this gym a lot before i ran into Flex fee problem. I put my membership on hold, which is what they call "Flex". I was not in the gym and did not know that if pregnant, you could avoid "flex" payments. Therefore, I was paying flex payments. That is understandable that the gym would not inform me. When I learned of this situation post deliver, I asked for credit. I explained that I"m a single mom and that it would be very helpful. A lovely woman whom I asked to give me credit pre and post delivery said she'd do so. This was expressed to me orally. Being naive and a new mother attending to her child, I didn't think to ask for any authorization code, an email confirming same, etc. I also should have as well as obtain full names of any parties assisting me or in the chain of command because the buck was passed a few times, not getting the original party I contacted responding to my queries. So, I didn't have the exact name of the party who said so (though I thought I had her proper first.) Well, lo and behold, I kept getting charged the $10.80. When I expressed concern, the managers would not credit me. Really, the cool thing to have done on the part of Lifetime would be to just do that. The amount of money they'd be out is negligible in order to keep a customer happy and to report positive experiences to others. I'd like for them to 1-follow through with what was promised 2-believe the customer 3-answer emails directed at them (at least 2 were unanswered). Now, they have a Yelp complaint for all to see and a lost customer, which is a shame, because I really enjoyed the gym and the parties who work there. Suggestion to the customer: before you go on flex, ask for a list of contingencies. You may not know you'll become pregnant or have any medical issue and pay flex for no reason at all. Man, I wish they would give me what would cost LIfetime about $130. It would have been so worth it for all parties. What would be so cool is if they contacted me expressing understanding. Maybe they will and I will report same. They know who I am... read more

Beware of the sales scams! My friends and I signed up with one of their sales reps, Dimitra. She offered us a one week trial period and our actual activation date would be a week later. Lifetime's policy is that you can get a full refund within 14 days. So we asked Dimitra: if we cancel within 21 days, we'll get a full refund because the first week is a trial period. Dimitra answered clearly, YES. After three weeks, we liked the club, but it was too pricey. So we canceled, expecting a full refund. Weeks later I get a phone call from one of their sales reps, Jackie. She says that because we canceled more than 14 days after our actual use, she couldn't refund us the THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS. I told her that in the words of the sales rep Dimitra we were in the clear for a full refund. Conveniently, Jackie says Dimitra doesn't work there anymore. I pointed at the multiple forms that show our activation date as being within two weeks of our cancellation. Jackie ignores it. The club was trying to get $300 from us for 3 weeks of use. My friends and I called bullshit. After weeks of back and forth Jackie finally called a MANAGER who realized that Lifetime DOES INDEED OWE US MONEY and said we'd get a full refund. Hopefully, they'll keep their word. We haven't gotten the money yet. It takes four weeks. Another scam they pull is freezing your membership, which means that you pay $10 a month but you can't use the club. The point is that you don't have to pay their outrageous $200 joining fees when you start using it again. They fooled one of my friends to join and then IMMEDIATELY freeze his membership. Eventually he decided the club wasn't for him. So he spent $200 in joining fees and $10 a month for 6 months for freezing and only used the club once. Bullshit. I don't have enough crap to say about the people that work here. I couldn't believe the sales reps and their fake attitude, scamming me and my friends for $300 and keeping a straight face. Their facilities are great and they obviously cost a lot. Too bad they have to rip you off to squeeze out some revenues. EDIT: BTW, their palace like pools are only 4 feet deep. read more

Look, you know the deal by now - generally speaking gym staffs operate like those horrid car salesmen from the 70's; they're bottomfeeders, scoundrels who must upsell you and from whom you cannot disentangle yourself soon enough when you no longer need their services, right? Well, Lifetime Fitness crushes those vile stereotypes in two significant ways: First, their facilities are to die for. This is not so much a gym as it is a resort at which you go to work out. There is absolutely nothing disgusting about the facilities (except the opulence itself and the fact that Faux News plays on entirely too many of their numerous TV screens). Second, you simply don't have to pay for anything you don't want to. Included with a standard membership is access to all the machines, all the weights, the squash courts, the basketball courts, the climbing wall and any of its three pools (one of which is outdoors). You get free towels, as well as a a free session with a trainer. Also gratis, should you desire it, you get to sweat next to scantily clad men in the pool sauna - most women there, wisely it must be said, bypass it in favor of the heated whirlpool. All of this sets you back just under one hundred clams per month, which is pricey for a mere gym, but this Lifetime is no mere gym, it is the Cadillac of gyms. It's large and luxurious and, dare I say it, it feels obnoxiously so at times. And, of course, the staff does have a corporate slickness to them and they will prod you towards buying yoga mat underside protection, Lulululululuemon jockstraps and whatnot, thereby exchanging that sleazy 70's car salesman look for the 80's sleazy car salesman one, but as I said, you can always say no, and once you're signed up you can happily ignore them and enjoy such perks that come with such a costly membership that you simply cannot get at any other gym in New Jersey. I enjoyed being a member there when I lived nearby and I'd sign up again in a heartbeat if moved back to that area, for this is The Mount Olympus of gyms. Grand. Magnificent. Fit for Gods more so than mortals. read more

Nadine at the LifeSpa was great. Very useful for athletes looking for someone to assist with recovery.

My first impression of this place was WOW. Going with a friend of mine so he can "refer" me was one of the reasons why I decided to give this place a shot. After my workout they had me sit down with one of their sales reps and get schpeeled...and I agree with the other members who mentioned they do try to scam you. I knew going in my company offered a discount and what my coworkers were paying. He tried to tell me that wasn't true. He even looked up one of my friends accounts and said he pays the same that I would be paying which is BS!!! (the moniter was turned towards him so he thought he could be slick). I simply got up and walked out. The next day I called the manager who stated we do have a discount and signed me up. I get the whole sales tactic but don't lie!!!! The gym, well it's really amazing. Minus the occasional meathead for the most part it's spacious, clean (very clean infact). Tons of machines and free weights. Tons of tredmills and other machines. Although it's pricey you do get a lot. There is a large cafe as well as Spa (haircut, massage). Lot's of classes, bb court, rock climbing and 2 pools!!!! 1 indoor and one out. read more

If your going to join be warned the sales part of is not pleasant. We are not rich but when a tank of gas costs $60 we chose this instead of going out. The pool, rock wall, child care, basketball court and huge well equipped gym room are excellent. The fact that it's 24 hours just makes it that much better. The downside is the summer, we stop our membership because of the huge crowds and the staffs inability to cope with it. Please clean the garbage cans in the summer instead of letting them overfill. The last thing, the men entering the family locker room to cut through to the pool, creepy in this era of child molesters. Can you guys restrict entry to the family locker room if you don't have a kid? read more

Visited Lifetime Fitness this morning for a tour with a sales person, which puts me on the edge anyway. But the guy was rleativly pleseant and as far as I can tell honest. The club itself is nice, the machines seem to be well maintained and a good selection available cardio and strength. They have 2 indoor and one outdoor pool. All very nice no complaints there. The group class studies seem to be nice and equipped well, but more geared towards women. The Yoga studio was dark and calm, which is I think is a good idea and away from the noise. My only complaint was with the spinning studio, the bikes were old type of direct contact resistance bikes and not equipped with magentic resistance system. Even my $25 gym has magnetic resistance bikes. Major drawback for me as I like cycle classes. And they have a basketball court, climing wall and chhild care, but nothing I am really intetrested in. All in all a nice gym, seems clean and very nice locker rooms. When it came to price they only have 2 options $119/month for basic membership or called ONYX and $149/month for high end. The basic one apparently gives you access to everyhting, so I am not sure what the advanced membership give you additionally. But comparing this gym to my basic WOW gym for $25/month where I have regular, equipment, but no pool. I have to ask myself is the pool worth another $90/month. I was member of a similar gym with pool, but they only charged $60/month. So I had to say no due to the unrealistic high price point. Lifetime gyms argues you pay for the experience, meaning they provide towels, it is clean (I take this as a give in any gym) and people will know your name. So if you value this for a lot more money than this is your gym, but not mine. read more

The way the business is managed is horrendous. Especially canceling your membership... the best is that you can't call and cancel your membership, you have to go out of your way to cancel your membership... better yet, you still have to pay the month you cancel and the next following month because of their absurd rules. The gym is what I like to call a nickel and dime gym.. they'll rip yu off anyway possible. read more

GM Chris Truffaut makes himself available and makes it easy to select upgrade options. No fuss no muss in a clean classy club

Very expensive but worth it. My fiance and I love this gym. We feel that the money we spend on this would just be spent on meals out that are bad for us so we accept the trade off. If you have kids I don't know how you can not be a member. Honestly...this place bends over backwards for parents. For the most part the place is clean, you don't feel dirty showering there. They have spacious vanities and I have never had to box someone out in order to get mirror space after a pre-work morning workout. Additionally, the price keeps the new year's resolution and casual gym goers away so I have never had to wait on equipment and the weights are always re-racked so there are no hunting trips to find those. LOVE LOVE LOVE. The downside: Summer pool use is next to impossible. If you want a chair by the pool your options are to get there at 10 am and be waiting for it to open or to come after 3 pm. You will not get a chair under any other circumstance. The soccer moms who bring a whole pack of kids with them get off on setting towels on the chairs around them to "save them for the kids". These kids will only use these chairs for the three seconds it takes them to scarf down nachos and have their sun screen reapplied by their mother. I had to have a member of the staff ask one woman to move her towel so i could have a chair and she flipped out on the staff member and threatened to go to the manager about how she was being treated. I am dead serious. And all of this just isn't worth it. The place is packed with kids and the opposite of relaxing. You are better off buying a beach badge for manasquan and sitting in parkway traffic to get there. You will get a place to sit faster and it will be quieter. read more

My take on this place is going to be different than the reviews I've read. My only experience was for a birthday party at the rock climbing wall for a couple children. I was impressed with what the facility looked like. We just don't have facilities like this where we live. When I first walked in I looked for a men's room. Not finding one, I went to the locker room. I was lost in the locker room. Seriously! Nice locker room. Although I have to admit, I just walked right into this place without being checked. I don't know where the security is and when I would have been stopped. Anyhow, the party was nice and everyone had a good time. I've never seen a gym this large. I would welcome working out here at some point to get a better handle on the facilities. read more

Great gym, like a country club. Too many kids in the summer months and over breaks. Tons of equipment, lots of classes.

I have been joined on and off to this gym since it has opened. I'm not sure why the reviews are so low. The facility is beautiful and incomparable to any oyher gym in the area. The cafe offers some really great food but I would not recommend the smoothies. I love the asian tuna salad and their pizzas pretty good too. The salon is pretty well priced (for the area) and the staff there is very attentive. As mentioned in other reviews, it is a bit pricey for a gym membership ($120/month) but if you use all the amenities and you go often, it can be worth it. It's also nice that you really don't need to bring anything except a change of clothes. They provide you everything from sweat rags and towels to lockers with locks to razors and tampons. This is the most convenient part of the gym in my opinion because I always forgot stuff when I went to my old gym. My only complaint is that I'm not a fan of the sales manager Bill here (not sure if he's still there... Do not confuse with Billy who is younger and much nicer). He constantly told me he couldn't do things for me when i was signing up(like postdating my signup date), but when my mom went to JJ with the same requests, he was able to get it done even though Bill was the one who had to sign off on it. I would recommend signing up with JJ if you want to be taken care of. Overall, I would definitely recommend this gym if you plan on using all it has to offer. read more