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    5.0 (1 review)
    Open 4:30 pm - 8:00 PM
    Updated 1 month ago

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    The Shop

    The Shop

    5.0
    (2 reviews)
    6.3 mi

    The Shop Topeka is a Cross-Fit style gym that empasizes results instead of looks like most common…read moregyms. The Shop's exercises are comprised of group workouts. The Shop's dynamic group workouts emphasize mobility and body control, whipping lethargic muscles into shape without the crowded mechanical mishmash of big gyms. Small groups of 4-12 range in age and abilities but unite under a common flag of functional fitness, employing a slew of sandbags, free weights, and other forms of forceful resistance to usurp despotic fat cells. All classes are led by certified CrossFit trainers, whose battle-tested ethos shines through in a swiftly alternating, circuit-style workout format that shuns routine for a diverse range of movements including lifting, sprinting, jumping, dragging, throwing, and scuttling. These high-speed workouts are designed to accommodate military personnel, police officers, firefighters, and all professions who often work under stress and fatigue, emboldening participants to bulldoze mental blockades and drink from untapped sources of personal endurance. Ambitious athletes can master their muscles in up to five classes each week, selecting from the multiple class days and times on The Shop's schedule, with one-hour workouts typically beginning in the early morning and evening. A 2,400-square-foot complex capably houses most workouts, though trainers also arrange weekly programs of trail running, hill sprints, biking, and baby-elephant shot putting around the Topeka area. If you want the treadmills and mirrors, this isn't the place for you. If you want to feel better than you have ever felt and look better in your swimsuit this might be your place. Unmotivated people need not apply.

    The shop is a fantastic Box/ Gym/ workout…read more I was visiting family and had just started crossfit the month before. Everyone in The Shop was very welcoming and helpful despite my inexperience. From the coach to the participants, it couldn't have been a more pleasant experience, well other than the kickass workouts. I can easily see that this gym works for everyone from beginner to fitness freak. The Shop is the real deal. I plan on attending again, the next time I am in the area.

    GreatLIFE Central

    GreatLIFE Central

    1.5
    (27 reviews)
    1.0 mi

    If I could give it zero stars, I would. Yes, you get quite a bit for the cost but I am NOT a fan of…read moregym's that are unreasonable when it comes to their membership terms. My father got sick and therefore, we needed to take care of him. I emailed the billing office to explain the issue and the guy I dealt with was rude and didn't seem to care. We couldn't get out of our contract because we passed the time frame of 2/28 to have something in writing. So we paid $74 a month for a membership we couldn't even use because we relocated to help take care of my dad. That money may not be much to most people but it was a lot for us and I would rather go to a place that has no contract/cancel any time than this establishment. I will say however that Cindy was SO NICE and wonderful in helping me in making sure my membership would not auto-renew passed the time frame listed since they do auto-pay only.

    The men's locker room has been in need of basic upkeep and renovations for a few years now. The…read moredoor between the locker room and the pool is broken. Since fall 2024, the glass door to the steam sauna has been removed from its hinges, resulting in the gym closing the sauna. Many surfaces throughout the space are completely rusted through. Parts of the ceiling are collapsing and are spotted with what appears to be black mold. The length and consistency of this negligence are both disturbing.

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    Southwest YMCA

    Southwest YMCA

    2.7
    (7 reviews)
    5.7 mi

    As a single dad this is the perfect place to take my son for swimming, and a little finish up with…read morethe play area. He's six, but started taking swim lessons at three. He's a little fish now. Doesn't need floaties though if he gets near dad he like suction cups to me. During open swim some of the parents simply drop their kids off while they go work out I assume. The life guards tend to be younger maybe high school so not super assertive. Sometimes you get rough play, but not often. They have two slides one for little kids, and one for larger. Great place for lessons! I go with a friend when my son's in school to workout. I feel the gym to be very clean, and properly maintained. Polite members and staff. Hot tub is great! Thankful for the facility!

    Worst gym experience I've had in a long time. Was visiting town so called asking if they had kettle…read morebells; they responded saying they had a whole set. So wanting to get a good KB workout in, I go pay my $10 daily pass fee and go find their THREE kettle bells, up to 30 lbs... I immediately go back to the counter wanting a refund so I could go to a real gym(literally less than a minute) oh we can't give you a refund but we can give you a daily pass for later. After much frustration I try to workout there and started doing some cleans. After a couple drops of the bar(which were bumper weights and on a pad) the manager come over and asks not to drop the weights because they'll break. If you're really looking for a gym to lift and get a good workout, do not go to the SW YMCA in Topeka!!!

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