With the amount of college students in San Marcos, this gym does a great job keeping the gym…read moreorganized, clean, and very well-maintained. There are a few people who try to not follow the mask protocols, but as of lately, this Gold's Gym has done a pretty decent job keeping those in check. Manager has a natural mean face, don't know if he's actually mean guy; just looks like it. Please have him smile more. I would recommend getting a membership here with the cheaper rates, professional staff, and the overall cleanliness of this gym.

For the love of God, please stop BLARING the awful music. NOBODY listens to it. Everyone is plugged…read moreinto their own music because yours is SO AWFUL. Not to mention, the decibels are at teenage boy levels. C'mon now. Do everyone a favor. If you can't play anything but a pimply-faced boy's Spotify homage to Deathcore-Metalcore, then just turn it off. Everybody's listening to their own music anyway.

I'm visiting San Marcos for Winter Break and wanted to get to a weight room. I found this place on…read moreYelp and decided to give it a shot. It's absolutely fantastic. It's basically the Platonic form of a gym. Yeah, you've got some cardio equipment, but it's basically a weight room that has free weights and machines for any exercise you could want. On the wall there's a chalk board with the male and female one-rep max records for bench-press, squats, and deadlifts. Guy who works there is friendly and helpful as well. Best of all is that if you're not a member, a day pass is only two dollars--and that includes sales tax. I am seriously excited about going back to the San Marcos Athletic Club day after tomorrow for Leg Day.

Paid for a year membership and didn't go for 3 months due to a car accident. Returned today and my…read moremembership card somehow disappeared and I no longer have a membership. Never had this issue at a commercial gym that actually tracks memberships in a computer and not a note card. Ridiculous.

I love it here. It's 24/7. Class rooms only for up to three people at a time and there's multiple…read moreclassrooms. You get a real workout in every time. And most classes can work within your schedule. I personally enjoy the Warrior class. It's intense. Very intense. But it gives such a good workout. The added heat benefits make me feel great. Would recommend this to everyone

I recently went out of state and worked out at 3 different Hotworx locations. I learned very…read morequickly how amazing the San Marcos location is. All 3 of the other locations had dirty floors, mold on the walls, the entire studio had a terrible smell, and the bathrooms were filthy. While the staff was nice, it was very clear to me they DID NOT have the same level of pride in their studios. I could not wait to get back home and work out at my studio where I know the studio is clean and the staff take great pride in their work!!

I feel like every time I show up there's a lot of condescension from the individuals at the front…read moredesk. Quite a few times I've shown up the people working the desk seem annoyed, have a quick remark back, or are never accommodating to anything I've ever had to say. Don't know if it's just me, but I've been to the YMCA, and other gyms around SM and I've never felt like such a burden to people representing a center like this.

I attended a conference yesterday at the San Marcos activity center. It is easy to find and a very…read moreclean facility. The people at the front desk are super helpful. I was there all day and noticed that despite tons of people going in and out the bathrooms were kept in immaculately clean. This is definitely a place I would recommend, if you need to hold an event. I noticed they have lots of activities and quite an active little place.

I enjoyed my base membership. However, I upgraded my membership to include a personal trainer & I…read morewouldn't do this again. The trainers were fine & I even enjoyed them, but the contracts for the training are misleading & it took me longer than I like to admit to realize they were sucking so much money out of my account & then mentioning that I had so many classes to attend. In some areas of the contract, it lists an overall cost & that you will pay in 12 installments (so it seemed clear), but in another area in finer print it mentions biweekly withdrawals...which led what I thought would be $130 training cost per month to increase to $390 some months. This was not inclusive of the additional monthly fee of $40 I was charged. When I wanted to cancel, they said I had to wait 30 days which will charge my card another $260 & rack up another 16 classes that I have to use up in 90 days (or I will lose what I paid for). Clearly, I didn't need to buy more classes since I had purchased so many unwittingly. So, now I just feel icky supporting a place with such a deceptive & dishonest system. The sad thing is that I would have stayed here indefinitely if I felt they were decent in their business practices. But, now I'll have to go to another gym.

Very dissappointing... After you join the trainers pressure you to get one of them, the cost of a…read moretrainer which i was interested in is crazy, almost 700 a month , plus membership. Then they keep drawing money out of your acccount all the time , what happened to 30 bucks a month. On top of all that they over sell the membership to a bunch of kids, from 5am-thru 9pm its packed , takes 2 hours to get real workout in. When you quit they charge your card when tell them your quitting and then with draw another 30 days payment , now i kjeep getting sales texts to come back. Thank God there is a real gym down the road for Real working out people , not just kids checking out dating partners . Ill never say anything good about this particular facility in SAN Marcos, read all the 1 star reviews ..

On June 15th I tore my biceps tendon off the bone in an accident. I had surgery on Monday June…read more20th. I was at home recovering for a week, trying to make it back work wise for the second week and finally in the 3rd week I started to think about mundane things such as my gym membership. I called up management and asked for a credit for the previous month, to put a freeze on my membership moving forward until i could recover and was told they were looking into it. I received a voicemail letting me know that the month that I was initially injured was impossible to credit, and that the charge for the next month, due in 3 days was "too late to stop or credit". I called today to discuss and had the General Manager Andy Alvarez tell me that he would have his supervisor call me back. I asked for his supervisor's name and was told his first name only initially as when I asked Andy for his name, then finally and reluctantly was told Joe Henderson. I explained that I would likely be cancelling my membership after over 4 years and was told that was fine. No care at all for my experience, my injury nor my 4 year membership. I am genuinely surprised and did not expect for this situation to end up with my cancelling my membership, but I can't in good faith give my money to someone that treats their customers with such blatant lack of care. Besides the gym being extremely limited on many basic machines and other equipment, it is also run by people that will hesitate to give you their full name during a complaint by a customer. That is ridiculous and unacceptable in almost any industry. This experience will be shared by me to anyone that inquires about my recovery, in addition to friends and family on a Facebook post to come. I can't believe the complete lack of care for my situation, but in reading other complaints on here it seems to have happened before. Update-my situation was resolved by Joe Henderson to my satisfaction. I have updated my review but still feel that leaving this post for future reference by other members may be helpful.

New manager is awful, after canceling my membership when I came in and brought a guest the…read morefollowing day (which I never had a problem doing before I cancelled my membership or with previous management). She made a big fuss and was talking really aggressive about it to me trying to make me look like an idiot for no reason. All because I canceled my membership with them. Would not recommend to anyone unless you wanna pay almost 60 dollars a month for a small but decent gym. Overall the management before was a lot better.

Best gym!!!! I've been a member of this gym for almost 2 years while living in town, and I still…read morewant to continue commuting from San Antonio to this gym (while I still work in San Marcos). The staff members are great, the equipment is excellent, and if something is out of order, they fix it right away.

First visit ever to a Club Pilates location. Introductory class was thirty minutes and very…read moreenjoyable. Everything was well organized and VERY clean. Looking forward to joining very soon.

I am a big fan of pilates, and this studio does a great job. The staff are friendly and helpful. I…read morewould highly recommend.

I cannot say enough good things about this place! Phoenix Fitness is about quality, not quantity,…read morewhich is a rare thing these days. For one thing, Rocky is one of the most supportive, encouraging, and positive people I have ever met. She usually teaches the A.M. classes, and really pushes us on the TRX bands while watching our form. Sharee runs the afternoon TRX along with Rocky or Georgie and has a different routine, which helps switch things up. She is really good with instruction, especially for beginners. I love the TRX classes here and always leave drenched in sweat. What a way to start your day! I've been meaning to take their Boot Camp and Mobility classes, but life gets in the way. I hear they are just as awesome as the TRX classes, though. They also offer Zumba and Yoga during the week. Zumba is offered every day of the week, except for Sundays. Sylvia and Julianna know how to shake it! I tend to run into things and people, but it's still fun. Not only is all the staff friendly and helpful and super awesome, but the members are as well. They have become my support group in my quest for a healthier life, and help push me when I want to give up. I have a lot of fun and am working toward my fitness goals at the same time! I love this place!

I loved the friendliness, quality, and the atmosphere. I took Fanny Priests postpartum yoga class…read moreand she is my favorite in town. I decided to sign up for personal training sessions to help with getting toned after having a baby. The sessions were good but I felt like it really wasn't geared towards post natal clients. I signed up for sessions 6 weeks before our out of state moved (never moved that far before!) I paid for my last 4 sessions up front and ended up missing two because of the move and was out $80. I suppose that was my fault but still wan't too happy about losing the cost of two workout session. If I was told up front there was no refunds I probably would have tried harder to to make those sessions before my big move or I wouldn't have paid for 4 upfront! I wish more would have been explained to me!

Okay. So I've been doing Zumba since 2011 and for the most part, I burn a nice ~200 or so calories…read moreper class. I'll sweat a little, but my hair usually stays in place and I can easily move seamlessly back to work after a lunchtime session. And then I found ZQ Fitness. Let me tell you, the instructors at this studio mean business and they will kick your butt (lovingly, of course!) According to my Fitbit, I hit 9000 steps and burned 450 calories this lunch hour. I was sweating profusely for an entire hour afterwards. This isn't your old lady Zumba at the YMCA, this is a serious "I'm huffing and puffing and my muscles are burning like hell" workout. (There were definitely a few times I thought I had walked into an 80s aerobics class haha!) "Wait, so if you suffered so much, why did you give ZQ a 5-star rating?" Because it was boatloads of FUN! Sylvia, the owner, has amazing amounts of energy for a 50-year-old (and she moves and looks like a 30-year-old, seriously!) I was the only new student this class but I was greeted warmly, chatted with a few of the other students before class, and cheered along with everyone else at the end of every song. The passion is infectious here. Everyone is supportive, nonjudgemental, and genuinely happy to be there. Cheers and claps punctuate every movement. You'll work hard, but you'll be encouraged every step of the way. The disco lights are just the cherry on top ;) Some quick tips: 1. Buy the $55/mo unlimited membership. There are 2-3 classes every day, and they're $6 for a drop in... but the membership is so worth it. 2. Follow them on Facebook for the most updated schedule.

Worst Zumba experience of my life! The people were extremely nice but they literally screamed the…read moreentire class. I am not talking about letting a few well placed whoo that went along with the music to pump you up, I mean the entire one hour class they were yelling, hooping, and hollering to the point of ridiculousness. I thought it was a joke at first but it just kept going! Then I thought ok they will get tired after a few songs, nope they screamed the entire hour. It was so distracting I could not even hear the music.