Exercise Nation

The most broken and busted equipment I’ve ever seen at a gym. The previous incarnations of this gym location were nicer and they had their machines serviced frequently. There are a few machines I’ve noticed that have been busted for 6 months! Inexcusable.

These people are shutting down next week and we are just finding out!!! Really? ?? And the options available suck! Summer starting off rough :(

It’s tough to rate this place justifiably with stars because although there are many things I can complain about, I also can’t ignore the fact that they only charge $ 10 for a no contract monthly membership!!!
They have almost everything you need for general fitness (treadmills, stationary bicycles, ellipticals) and weight lifting (barbells, benches, ONE squat rack, smith machines, dumbbells up to 80lbs). When the gym isn’t too crowded, it’s fairly easy to get a workout in without waiting for a machine or bench to clear up. But it does get inconvenient when you go during peak hours (which are after normal work hours during the week days),
BEWARE POWERLIFTERS: you will want to avoid this place. There are no rubber plates and they do discourage any loud slamming of the weights. I get away with placing a pair of yoga mats under the weights when I deadlift over 3 plates on each side, but it does get annoying having to improvise in that way.
The Men’s locker room is fairly clean most of the time but could really use a renovation. There are only two toilets and one urinal. The showers look pretty dirty even after they are cleaned so I avoid them. There is a small sauna, but l’ve never used it.
One of the water foundations have been broken for the longest time. Not really an issue if you don’t mind walking to the only other one by the men’s locker room entrance.
There is a «yoga» room with hardwood floors. The mats they offer are pretty disgusting (torn up and dirty). I would really appreciate it if they replaced them with new ones. I use this room for stretching and ab exercises.
In conclusion, there are many things in this gym that could use a renovation or improvements. For $ 10 per month I don’t think you’ll find a better gym. Yes there are better gyms, but obviously at a higher price. For me, I am content with what Exercise Nation offers for my weight lifting needs so I will continue to be a member here. I just wish they had more squat racks!!!
Oh, and it’s open 24÷7…

THE WORST MANAGER OF THE YEAR.
SHE IS THE MOST STUCK UP AND UNFRIENDLY MANAGER I HAVE EVER SEEN.
If you are planning on getting good customer’s service, then stay away from this place. Manager is stingy and unfriendly. Immediately downgraded after talking with her; which you probably end up doing too! She will try to argue with you if you come up with any complaint and walk her into room after when she’s done arguing which is cute and funny.

The only upside to this gym is that it is 10/​month with no annual commitment.
Aside from that a lot of the equipment is clearly salvaged from other gyms, there is only one squat rack, and it is hard to find a barbell to use most of the time.
Even so, I never complained bc of the value. Today however I dealt with an employee who was very nasty and unprofessional. I was dead lifting on my last set and happened to drop the weight too hard. I acknowledge that was my fault. The events following this however left me very disappointed/​angry and I am seriously considering alternatives. A female employee who clarified her name was MELISA with ONE S, approached me in a very hostile manner sternly calling me out in front of everyone working out. She unpleasantly exclaimed, almost like a parent scolds a child, that I needed to stop dropping the weight and even went as far as to try to tell me that I wasn’t doing it right. From her appearance there was no validity in her statement seeing as she clearly does not work out. A simple tap on the shoulder asking me not to drop the weight would have sufficed. Even fellow gym goers around me asked me what her problem was after this altercation had taken place. Afterwards I approached her in a very civil manner and told her that I didn’t appreciate the hostile manner in which she called me out in front of numerous people. Instead of a simple apology her snobby attitude continued at which point she informed me that her name was MELISA spelled with one S and that I could talk to whoever I wanted, with an attitude of complete apathy. The whole situation left me with a very foul taste in my mouth as I go to the gym to relax, not expecting such negative interactions with employees who clearly have underlying issues of their own.

I have been at Exercise nation since it was Planet Fitness. Since then, I have seen this gym decay into a depressing, half-​functional operation.
You honestly can’t beat the price of this gym. $ 10/​mo sounds a bit ridiculous. but I can say that after coming here for a long time… you get what you pay for. This gym is NOT an ideal place for serious lifters.
For beginners/​casual clients: expect quite a few of the treadmills to be out of service at any given time. There are still many of the weight machines which are available and usually functional. I have not trained with the personal trainers, but they do seem very friendly and encouraging for you to reach your fitness goals.
For bodybuilders: there is a pretty good selection of dumbbells and the cable machines are usually working, but sometimes go out of service.
For power lifters: currently there is only one legitimate squat rack, and only TWO full-​sized 45lb barbells… If you come at busy times, expect to wait, share, or be rushed through any of your barbell movements. This gym is NOT friendly towards serious heavy lifters, but then again, it’s $ 10…
So overall, here are the pros & cons:
PROS:
-$ 10/​mo
–open 24 hours
–adequate selection of dumbbells and machines for resistance training
–plenty of cardio machines, usually functioning.
–aerobics room is generally not crowded
-$ 10/​mo
CONS:
–General feeling that this gym is getting worse and worse, dirtier and older in a bad, not-​movie-​like way
–cardio machines seem to break pretty frequently
–currently two full-​sized barbells (which are poor quality themselves) and only one squat rack… come on, man.
–no weight dropping/​loud noises for serious lifters (NO MAXIMAL LOADS FOR YOU!)
The biggest reasons I’m giving this place 3 stars are because it’s 24 hours and $ 10/​mo. You are welcome to try this place, but you have been forewarned now! :)

Clean, well equipped, AND open 24 hours /​7 days. The price is unbeatable. The trainers are knowledgeable and always willing to help. Short of an Olympic size swimming pool (hint, hint… lol) you really couldn’t ask for more.

Ok, so this place has great gym equipment, but the customer service for the staff suck. I joined with the fee of $ 1, which was excellent, but had to cancel due to the government shutdown. I cancelled before the October 5^th timeframe, and was still charged the annual fee of $ 29, and the monthly fee of $ 10. No one told me that I had to cancel by a certain day. So I went back to get a refund, Manager name James, rude as hell, straight up said no. He gave me the corporate point of contact, Joyce, no phone, just email. And of course, haven’t heard anything now for 2 weeks. If you think this is for you, look somewhere else. The staff aren’t educated on any of their policies or rules. NO REFUND for me.

Can I say that you are the best gym I’ve ever had a membership to? Unfortunately I’m moving away so I don’t go here anymore, but I wish you guys had more branches!
My background: not a hardcore gym rat. I go around 4−5X a week. All I need are my basic weights and cardio machines.
If that’s all you need, then this is THE perfect gym! It’s $ 10/​month. No commitment, $ 13 sign up fee. Clean. It gets sort of crowded after I get off work (6pm-​8pm) so I go around 9pm or later. Friendly staff. Lots of parking spaces.
They also have classes too, but never tried them.
The only suggestion I have is to install a punching bag and a speed bag.

It’s been a lil over a year since my last review, so I figured its time for another review. Most of the staff is pretty friendly. Kevin goes above and beyond his job description, plus he’s hilarious. At the gym they are slowly adding new pieces of equipment in, which is great. Oh how I would love if this gym had a spin class. And they have decided to change the name since the customers don’t like it. Where they do that at! LOL. I personally hate the name. Monday I will be working out with the trainer Nolan, pray for me :)

I joined a few months before it changed from Planet Fitness. I was a bit aggravated by the change and lack of notification but I think it was a legal requirement. There is 1 guy who I think is the manager and he works hard to keep things running but it’s clear he’s the only one putting any effort into the place and it’s simply too big of a job.
Problems: They started offering towels– BAD idea! They are simply overwhelmed by the additional work and space it requires to offer such a ‘service’ and most days they have no clean towels anyway.
One toilet in the ladies room is always out of service and there’s an area with an exposed hole where there’s some pipe work being done in the main part of the gym which has been there for months.
Several machines are out of service for weeks/​months at a time but there are plenty that do work, so it’s fine.
Service DID worsen with the change from Planet Fitness and no, this gym is NOT OPEN ²⁴⁄₇! No, no, no. It opens at 5am on weekdays and 7am on weekends– not so good for folks who work on weekends.
Why I go: It’s cheap and it’s right up the road from where I live and I can go home to shower before work.
It’s still good to have someone else buy and maintain equipment I don’t have room for at home.

We were members of this gym for two months. When we signed up, we were more excited about the price and hours rather than the gym itself. The mens bathroom was absolutely disgusting. Only a couple of the sinks worked. One of the two toilets was «out of order» the entire time we were members. There was a hole in the ceiling that leaked water into some of the lockers, (legionnaires disease anyone?) I never used the bathroom other than to relieve myself. In fact, I never saw anyone using the showers. I never looked at them but I’m sure they lacked like everything else.
The equipment is okay. I’ll give this Spunk two stars for this. I wiped everything down before and after working out on it. Most of the machines and the floor around them are covered with gooey gym gunk. This shows how lax the staff is about cleaning. Most of the machines need major detail work. They’re pretty gross. The machines are, for the most part, outdated. If you’re looking for a state of the art facility, you won’t find it here.
The staff is pretty bad with the exception of a few who actually smile and say hello. There are a couple of people who don’t seem too well-​versed in customer service but you do of course get what you pay for. I had two incidents where I was pretty irritated by a staff member being rude. It’s just uncalled for. I didn’t do anything but join their smelly gym. I would of complained but it would of taken me half a day to go down the list of things that bothered me about the place. It’s obvious whoever owns this place is probably way in over their head.
We ended our Spunk membership and joined the Maryland Athletic Club which is the best gym in the state. It’s clean, the staff is amazing, they offer services on top of services, and they have state of the art equipment. Of course they’re not open 24 hours and they cost 10 times as much as Spunk but it’s all about health. Why skimp when it comes to taking care of your body? I would not recommend Spunk Fitness.

it;s $ 10 a month so what do you expect. if you are a serious gym rat go elsewhere. at least twice a week i am told to keep it down from the weights clanking. once i was the only one in the gym and i was told to keep it down… REALLY? it was once a planet fitness and follows the same motto saying they don’t judge pplthat is unless you’re a serious weight lifter then they judge you. my advice is that if you’re serious about fitness go elsewhere. if you’re the novice who really just wants to use a treadmill now and then and lift very little weight then this is the place for you.

This Spunk Fitness location was previously the Planet Fitness in Ellicott City, of which I had been a member for about 8 months. I pay a little extra for the black card membership with PF so that I can go to any of their locations, and had been more frequently going to the Glen Burnie gym with my girlfriend rather than going to ellicott city. Now, I had been there recently and saw they were renovating the gym and painting, which seemed like a nice gesture. I was hoping they’d finally update some of their cardio machines, as a few were getting pretty beat up.
But, as it turns out, they were getting ready to switch ownership and become what is now a Spunk Fitness gym. And really, that’s all well and good. Why I’m pissed is because I never received any notification that the gym was changing ownership, nor that my Planet Fitness membership was set to be invalid for all other gyms, since I was no longer paying a PF franchise for my membership. When the Glen Burnie location told me all of this a couple weeks ago, I was floored. Planet Fitness still lists Ellicott City as a member gym on their website, and my gym fees had been charged as usual, so what gives?
I went back and checked my records, and sure enough instead of a $ 20 charge for Planet Fitness, there was a $ 20 for Spunk Fitness instead. Which, to be clear, is both a breach of contract and fraud. Luckily, the other PF gyms in the area heard about this mess, and only needed a copy of my cancelled spunk fitness contract to let me transfer membership without paying additional fees, and gave me the rest of this billing cycle gratis, since I’d already been charged at the other gym.
So, quite frankly, I wouldn’t trust these shifty jerks any father than I can throw them. Won’t ever be back again.