text: PLUSESnnInexpensive monthly charge without personal training addonnClose to homenBrand new facilitynHuge floorspace tons of equipment lots of choicesnnMINUSESnnKinda rough neighborhoodnGlitches in some of the treadmills TV fuzzy and Closed Captioning turns into gobbltygoup when incline is used strangenStaff is unenthused about you unless you have a Personal TrainernStaff will not help you with the machines unless you have a Personal Training contractnThe pool looks cool but it is right by the front window so unless you want to feel like a walrus being observed at the zoo skip itnnMY EXPERIENCEnnWas told my husband would have to pay a downpayment if he also joined but then I noticed flyers taped to the walls saying family members can join without paying the downpayment Tony must be a bit shadynnWhen I did the math the downpayment was the cheapest overall for a year termnnNow they seem to have a selfscanner for your card at the front desk so you no longer need to obtain the attention of the desk clerk for hisher help with that UPDATE They pulled that out for some reason it only was there a couple of days now you have to get the attention of the front desk clerk againnnLadies locker room fine just a tiny bit messy at timesnnJosh seemed like a pretty nice guy and he is a Personal Trainer there but as soon as he was sure I was not going to sign up for Personal Training his eyes went dead It must be sad to work at a job where you only see clients as dollar signs and not people Anyway today during my fourth time at the gym I wanted to be shown how to use some of the machines and the front desk clerk said Josh would be able to help me in a few minutes However when Josh came to the desk he said he would not be able to tell me anything about the equipment unless I signed a contract for Personal Training I said I thought part of what I am paying for with a gym membership is at least to be shown how some of the machines work He said he could show me how ONE machine worked He said there are explanatory stickers on the machines showing how to work them which I cannot read without bringing my reading glasses along but I digressnnThey do not make their money on the monthly basic membership charges Their bread and butter comes from signing you up for Personal Training Pass I do not need someone counting my reps for me But I guess there must be some language in the contract that says they do not have to show you anything about the machines if you do not pay for Personal Training or maybe that is just the verbal hogwash they give peoplennDefinitely avoid rush hournnBAD NEIGHBORHOOD ISSUEnnIts not really that bad but there are pockets nearby and the light rail goes by there I think the best way to combat the scumfactor is for people of quality to frequent the area and be present in greater numbers This should serve to let the seedier elements know they are not taking this pocket over anytime soon This location used to be a Target store Target moved west and north to Christown Mall and became a SuperTarget That is also a kind of rough area as well There is room at this strip mall for some more quality retail to go in and if we all pitch in by being present it will happen eventually nnShow up sign up frequent the place stare down the riff raff demand better customer service you ARE a paying customer even if you do not have a Personal Trainer nag them about any equipment glitches until they fix them point out any cleanliness issues use the Club to lock up your car and try to park your car where you can see it out the window of the gymnnUPDATE Today someone is car was stolen from the parking lot Today was free guest pass day so a lot of members brought along a guest Evidently one of the guests stole car keysfob from the mens locker room from an UNLOCKED locker and went out into the parking lot hitting the key fob button until he determined which car it went to and stole it The police arrived several hours later and did not sound very optomistic about figuring out who the culprit was even though they knew the front desk had computer information on the ID of all the guests that were there today The police said they would have to follow all of those leads down and it would be difficult to prove who stole the car even then According to the front desk the person had not locked their locker which is really hard to believe in this day and age Maybe their lock was broken by the thief I wonder if there is any security camera footage from the mens locker room or if the gym even has a security camera on the mens locker room in the first placennSUMMARY They will not show paying customers how to use the machines but they WILL show nonpaying shady guests how easy it is to steal one of the customers cars in the parking lot by their lack of attention