Attended a yoga session here and it was a nice experience overall because the temperature of the room was just how I expected it (toasty), instructor was not too demanding and the class was not at full capacity. As a novice when it comes to the art of yoga, it was well worth it. Headed to the free weight area and did not have to get in line for any equipment, pleasantly surprised at the selection and if you're a kettle bell user then you'll be in love with the amount. A bit disappointed in the locker room, it was torn up and not very pleasant to look at (shampoo/conditioner/body wash was filled to the brim, well done). Parking was ample and was easy to just watch TV and let 5 minutes pass on the treadmill (seriously though, why fanduel network??!?!) read more

If you are looking to start a fitness NYE resolution this is NOT your place to go. The facility is awful. I use to love Lifetime, but the club has fallen apart. The hot tubs and locker room have been a disaster and not working for months. Equipment has breakdowns often as well. The club uses a premium pricing model, but there is absolutely nothing premium about this experience. Take your $$$ somewhere else - lower priced clubs like LA Fitness, YMCA, etc. will get you the same value. read more

Great club. The classes are amazing! Especially the Barre Ballet classes. Staff is friendly and helpful. Yoga classes are very good highly recommend! read more

I can't understand why this gym is charging people $109/month. All the amenities do not/barely work. The steam room has no steam, the sauna's seats are broken. It smells putrid, the machines are bunched up next to each other, The workout area is tiny. At this point your paying $109 for a subpar, below average gym. PLANET FITNESS has a cleaner gym than these guys. read more

A LifeTime Fitness along side 35W. We enjoyed the pool area. Kudos to LTF staff Amanda (PT) who was helpful for welcoming us to this location & the helpful directions! read more

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The gym has a lack of weightlifting equipment which can cause you to stay at the gym for an extra 30 minutes just waiting around. This lifetime only has 2 adjustable benches which I have often had to wait for over 20 minutes for. The previous gym I was at, which was 1/3 of the price, had waaay more adjustable benches and I never once had to wait to use one. Whenever I need to use an adjustable bench, there is about an 80% chance I'm going to have to awkwardly wait for it. read more

This location is alright. I am not a tennis or racquet ball player and if I was, this gym would be higher rated. I have been going to LTF for 6 years now and am a platinum member. Not cheap but gets me in nearly everywhere when I travel. The pool is not swimmable if you do laps, some weight room equipment is set on an uneven surface which pisses me off to no end, cardio equipment faces eachother and is setup kinda weird. Overall, the place is large and has most stuff. I did have some issues with nasty locker room areas and busted locker doors. I made a comment and the ops manager contacted me immediately. Changes were made quickly and I respect them for that. There is a crowd on the weekend that always messes up the locker room. Spin classes are garbage here and I would like to help them with this. Go at noon if you want to bypass crowds. It can get nasty at 5:00 during the week. read more

Life Time - Typical view walking in. Busy at 4:30. I feel weird taking pics inside. - Gyms Near Me - Bloomington, Minnesota

Of all the gyms in this chain, this one is the best in terms of staff, friendliness of members and quality of their LifeCafe. The locker rooms are generally clean and the amenities are always stocked. I don't feel like I am going to catch anything if I walk barefoot around the showers either. It can be difficult to find a locker, however, as people tend to keep their keys and use a particular locker as their own personal locker 24/7. So the staff could be better at emptying lockers at the end of the night to prevent that from happening. Beyond that, it is worth the membership fees. read more

I became a member here because it was close to my job, I figured it would be easy to come here a few times a week after work. I really didn't enjoy the experience. The building is actually pretty nice, but the free weight section ends up getting very crowded at times. The biggest problem I had was with the guys who take up every useful piece of equipment by putting a towel on it and expecting no one else to use it while they were close by. I always seemed to end up coming here when a group of the same meatheads were using every single barbell in the entire gym at the same time. I got so frustrated on a few occasions that I simply left after realizing none of the equipment I wanted to use was available. There are three bench presses and only one power rack. Most of the time guys would be on half of these, while the others would be rendered useless since the barbells were taken out for other exercises. When I tried calling to end my membership they told me I had to come in. When I did so they told me I'd continue paying for the current month, which I understand, and an entire additional month after that. I don't know of many businesses that require you to pay for their services for an additional month after you cancel, this seems like a scam to me. I'm saving my money and building a gym in my basement. If you just want a place for cardio or like to play tennis/racquetball then this gym would be good for you. If you just want weights then go elsewhere. read more

Since I eat so much, I need to go a gym 3-4 times a week - Yes, I really do even if I don't look like it. Not all gyms are created equal. LifeTime Fitness is no exception. Here are my + and - of this place: + Why I love this place: * Pool. I cannot find another place where I can swim on a consistent basis especially during the frozen tundra of MN which covers about 9 months out of the year. * Free towels. * Hot tubs are big - unfortunately at this location it is not CoEd... * Pretty decent daycare so you can work out. - What I don't like: * $$$$$$$$$$$ compare to other gyms * Rediculously crowded between 5-6:30pm(especially the parking lot), especially on Monday/Tuesday. * This is NOT a really good place for lessons in Martial arts or swim lessons. It is what it is. * It gets it fair share of men/women like to 'doll' it up and spends like 10 minutes working out compare to talking to each other for the other 30-40 minutes. read more

Lifetime Fitness completely changed my life. Between working crazy hours, graduating college and moving cross country I ended up not being in the best shape. Lifetime was near me so I figured I'd give the 7 day trial a shot...and I was instantly hooked! I met with a personal trainer to discuss my goals and they recommended to me doing a Bootcamp class. I tried it and loved it and ended up doing this class 3 times a week for 2 years and shedding 40lbs! One of the downsides to Lifetime is the turnover. I had amazing trainers that taught me so much about living a healthy lifestyle, but they would only last 6 months - 1 year. After I lost my 3rd trainer I decided I needed something a little more stable and have switched gyms. They also rely heavily on commission - those boot camp classes? An additional monthly fee on top of the membership price.They also are inconsistent with their programs - they started a run club at this location but within months they discontinued it without really giving a reason. Overall it's a good gym to workout at but if you're into personal training/classes like I am be prepared for constant change and turnover. read more

Great location. Small but clean and the childcare workers we're really friendly while we were visiting.

The club is nice enough, with a decent amount of equipment. The stretching area is small but not so heavily used as to be a problem. I use a personal train and he is professional, motivating and well versed in how to improve one's health. My 2 reason for the below remarks are the constant advertisements piped in on the sound system and the narrow stair cases to get to the men's locker room. The stairways aren't so bad just seem to be a fire hazard and annoying when some is coming the other direction. My biggest gripe of the constant stream of advertising a personal interest stories bombarding you as you try to focus in on a workout. When I'm wearing ear buds is no big deal, but if I forget them or I'm working with a personal trainer it can be distraction. Some other things to consider are a shortage of free lockers, 75% are reserved for monthly rentals, though if you look ling enough there has always been one open. The tennis courts are very nice but a little dark. The Pro's all seem upbeat and enthusiastic. This is why I gave this club 3 stars and not one, the staff members have all be very nice. read more

This is the Lifetime Fitness I visit during the day when I workout over lunch. It's conveniently located right off of 98th Street and 35W. This was formerly the Northwest Athletic Club - Racquetball & Tennis location. There is a very large tennis court and several racquetball courts. When Lifetime took over Northwest Athletic, they gutted this club and redid the interior decor and completely upgraded the feel of this location. While it is a smaller club it still has a large selection of equipment to choose from as well as a knowledgeable training staff. They, of course, feature Lifetime Zumba and LifePower Yoga classes as other Lifetime clubs do. There is also a childcare center which is convenient for those with children and from row parking for women who are expecting as well as those with young children. If you're going after work, come early! The closest parking fills up quickly! read more

Very rude front desk staff in afternoon time..If you don't look like them the front desk surely tries their best to humiliate you. The older lady and the gentleman who may be manager and assistant manager questioned my membership despite being in the club several times and were on mission to embarrass me. They don't own up to their mistakes. I am not sure why corporate doesn't look into this locations behavior towards customers. Not sure what was her problem was but I've never been greeted so rudely at any other location. On the positive note, club is clean and the front desk person in the morning greets you with smile and respect. Managers need to learn from her and embrace diversity. Visit Plymouth location to benchmark if you want to grow and learn to embrace diversity. read more

I really only went for the Yoga classes. Hot yoga on Tue nights and Vinyasa Flow Yoga on Sat was fantastic. I stopped going after my car was broken into in the parking lot a little over a month ago. I know its my own fault for leaving a bag in the car but the way the GENERAL MANGER (Tom, I think is his name) handled it was less than desirable. To be fair when it happened I ran back into the building up to the font desk and told a bewildered front desk person what had happened. A membership sales guy over heard (I think his name was Matt, nice guy) and told him to call police then went out with me to my car and waited for the police with me. He told me the general manager would call me first thing next morning (it was 8:30pm when this happened). The general manager did not call the next day. I called HIM at 4:30pm the next day. He was pretty unfazed by my explaining I was calling because someone busted a window on my car and stole my bag. He said he would get back to me. He did a couple days later and told me in a very bored tone that my car was too far away from a security camera to see anything but they would give me 2 months free and also reminded me that they need a 30 day notice to cancel the membership. I didnt cancel until today because I did LOVE the yoga classes but I never went back after my car was broken in to because I just dont feel safe going to a place where the general manager seems bored with a theft report. It makes me feel like it either happens all the time or he just doesnt give a damn. Long story short. The general manager ruined my experience and now I need to find a new place to do yoga. read more

I cancelled my Lifetime membership when I moved overseas in September, 2011 - or at least I thought I did. Instead, I recently received notification that my savings account is empty. Lifetime has been charging me a "health" fee for the past 52 months because I called to cancel from Spain instead of in person at the gym. I haven't used any Lifetime services since then. When I realized the mistake and called, Member Relations refused to refund me one penny (I've talked to three people). In fact, they're going to charge me again next month and "there's nothing I can do about it." They have all of my money and the power to keep it. I have no money and received no good or services in exchange for them taking it. Research other options before signing a contract with this corporation. They truly do not care about you. read more

This is the first suburban Life Time location I went to. I go more often now to St. Louis Park, but this remains a good option, and at a cheaper price. (Note: If you buy a single-club Gold membership here, it actually includes both this location and Bloomington North. Unusual perk.) ACCESS / CONTEXT This location is better than Bloomington North, much more expansive, although it does have more limited hours (closing as early as 9p on weekends). While others are right that the bones of the building are older than some of the exurban clubs like Savage and Lakeville, the interior is at least as new (I believe it was renovated in 2008 or so). In terms of access: you're in good shape if you're driving a car, although parking does get tight during the usual after-work hours. (But even then, there's overflow parking across the street -- and "only in America", a shuttle to bring you 50 ft to the entrance.) It's very close to the South Bloomington Transit Center, but it completely squanders that asset. The designated walking route would be going around the Dupont Center office building (that's between LTF and 98th) and then walking through the LTF parking lot. That sidewalk is very poorly maintained during the winter, so most people use an informal path on the east side of the Dupont Center building. (You can't miss it -- it's right after you cross the SB 35W ramp.) But how lame is that? Life Time has a relationship with the Dupont Center owners -- since they use their ramp for overflow parking -- but have taken no action to accommodate the obvious flow of transit users. Bicycling here is difficult, unless you're coming from the south. If you do make it one piece, there is at least a decent rack near the entrance. INSIDE -- WORKOUT FACILITIES I like the exercise floor. I particularly appreciate that there are freestanding fans around, which I do not find at many other clubs. The spacing of the cardio equipment is more generous than I find at other clubs, which is nice. I also appreciate (although some many not like it) that you can avoid the TVs if you want. At some clubs, you don't seem to have any choice but to be bombarded with Fox News or MTV. The weight area is decent, although there are only one or two squat racks, which seems a little short. I have not tried group fitness at this location, so I can't speak to the quality of the studios or classes. There is a pool, which is not too crowded, but it's only about 1/2 or 2/3 standard length, so it can be a little annoying for lap swimming. It's also a pleasant lukewarm temperature, although hardcore swimmers may not like that. INSIDE -- LOCKER ROOMS The locker rooms are pretty nice, although I do note an unusual problem here of other members leaving wet towels around the showers. I'm not sure if it's the members or the staff to blame for them piling up, but it's gross. It has a sauna, steam room, and hot tub in the locker room, all pluses. It's also the larger, Northwest Athletic-scale locker room, which is also nice. It feels less dense/crowded, even during busy hours. As other note, free towels available, plus lotion, mouthwash, and body wash/shampoo. No conditioner. There is also a bathroom on the workout floor, but unfortunately it's not kept very clean (the men's one, at least). read more

I just tried the barbell strength class last week at 945 with Linda. After trying many yoga classes and using a treadmill ad nauseam, I found this class refreshing, fast paced and extremely chill. It was neat to be asked if there were any new people in the class and then invitingly told what equipment as needed. Of course I pushed it a little too hard thinking that what I had been doing on my own was enough. Let me tell you, I was wrong! That class challenged me in ways I have been needing the in the last few months. I came from working out at home with videos, to training for a marathon, to doing yoga and now a barbell class. Of all my fitness experience, I would say this has been a highlight of my fitness in the last month. I know it's scary to walk into a new class, but this one was worth the fear and anxiety of trying something new. Linda was amazing and so were my classmates! I look forward to doing it again! read more

Careful, instructors make it up as they go. No modification for those of us with joint issues. I was afraid to do 25% of the workout.

Life Time Fitness Bloomington South is where I go for Friday night Zumba and Saturday morning Dance Jam group fitness classes. Their instructors are TOP NOTCH. Great playlists with great energy in a big studio with plenty of room for lots and lots of excited students. Their hottub in the women's locked room has been out of commission for quite a while (and the "caution/construction" tape looks like a high school teepee'd the area) and sometimes it's tough to find an open locker but those are really the only pieces of constructive criticism I have for this location. They have a Café with supplements, drinks, food and (my favorite) SMOOTHIES for your after-workout treats. The front desk staff are always friendly and helpful too :) read more

This is a good lifetime, but it still could be better, the passage ways are cramped out side the locker room and the weight/machine/treadmill area could be a little bigger or better organized since not everyone can see a tv. read more

This location could use some work. Pretty dirty and run down all around. Not up to the LTF standard. Like 20 or 30 towels left on the courts after pickup games at night. Although this is more of a clientele issue, the towels will be left for almost their entire next day. One of the urinals has been broken for over 2 months and just never fixed. No hot water in the sinks in the bathroom. This location isn't busy though which is nice. Front desk staff is amazing. I forget who the lady manager is but she's so nice. read more

The locker rooms are nice, great women-only hot tub. Fitness classes are good, if you try out different instructors and plan your classes based on who is a good teacher. I highly recommend the hop hop class but wish they had a more intense version available. The girls (I go weekly) seem to really love the class and I see it growing in the future. This place hasn't changed physically in four years. Here are some EASY WINS LIFETIME: 1. Put small trays in the bathroom stalls so people can set down their phone and keys of water bottle. 2. Attend your teachers fitness classes to see what it's like as a first timer and teach the instructors how to be more inclusive. I'd bet over half of the women that don't attend classes WANT to but it feels too "Oh you're new." 3. Offer more weekend classes. Why can I only do a class if it's at 9am? That's just lazy of your team, when I pay $100/month I expect to be able to take a class at 12, 2, 4, 6 --you know, reasonable weekend times to expect from a business targeting people who work 9-5 m-f. 7. Let me charge a water or smoothie to my account. Step up your game and be more thoughtful about your brand Strategy. Take a cue from luxury spas or hotels, iTunes or on demand - just make it easy for me to charge! If you did any user testing you'd know that requires changing, locking up your bag, buying water, putting card back in locker & Then finally working out. Process is too long. 8. Sell socks, hair binders, tampons, advil. (vending machine in women's locket room) 9. Stop building narrow hallways in Minneapolis. We have gym bags and big winter jackets and its too tight. 10. Underground or heated parking would increase Midwest sales by 40%. (I'm lying but I feel pretty confident about it) Bottom line : convience = more people in gym read more

No family changing area. Parents with opposite sex children will find it difficult especially if those children have special needs, or are too young to be alone in their same sex locker room or but too old to be in the opposite sex changing room. There is an area in the pool you could use to change or shower, but it only allows for one person at a time so it's often full with long wait times, there's no toilet, and no way to dry your hair which is not good in Minnesota winter. Very sad read more

Now that I cancelled my membership, I decided it's time to update my review of this gym. I increased the star rating by 1 simply because of the stellar staff at the Bloomington South location. Of course Lifetime is gonna try to get you to change your mind about canceling, but I communicated to the staff that my mind was made up, and they (both the front desk lady and Ryan) were helpful and honest in assisting me with my cancellation. You do have to cancel in person and they do not make any exceptions so be sure to plan ahead, but that is standard issue with most gyms. I had thought you needed to give a full 30-days notice, but it seems they will also take a 15-day notice. Be sure to check if that's still the case before you plan to cancel though. If you want to cancel with more than 30 days notice, they will have to enter some special thingy in their system, but it can be done. My membership was canceled on time and I was not charged for any time longer than I wanted, so if you need to cancel, pick this location. The reason I canceled was not Lifetime's fault; I was simply tired of paying money to go to a place where lots of snooty rich people hang out to show off. This and other Lifetime locations would certainly be fun to enjoy the amenities with a friend, but I would not recommend this gym for going by yourself to make friends - if you want to do that, check out the Highland Park location. Now I do my own workouts at home and outdoors, which is much more suited to my simple lifestyle. read more

The pool and hot tub in the women's locker room needs to be shut down and replaced. The stairs leading to the hot tub have literally separated from each other! Both the pool and hot tub are rusty. The ceiling above the hot tub in the women's locker room leaks into the hot tub and there is often "things" floating in the water. The women that go to this facility shave and shampoo in the hot tub even after a sign was put up to discontinue this behavior. The pool is very cold especially in the winter. None of the rules posted are enforced by the staff. The drains in the women's showers are often full of hair. More often than not used towels are left lying on the floor, on benches or in an open locker. read more

I recently played in a racquetball tournament at LifeTime Fitness in Bloomington. I left my $200 tennis shoes in the locker room and realized after returning home (150 miles away) that I'd left them there. I immediately called, described the shoe color, size, brand and asked them to put my name on them and I would have a family member who lived in the Cities pick them up. I was told they could not put my name on the shoes but they had a strict policy in which if you lost something you had to describe it exactly before you picked it up. What a surprise when the family member stopped to pick them up they were no longer there. All they had to do is put my name on them, stick them in the lost and found box and keep them for a few days. I stopped in person to talk to them, called and it was the most ridiculous situation I've ever come across. This LifeTime Fitness needs to get their act together. Some of the worst customer service in a gym that I've ever run across. read more