Anytime Fitness

Beware, Beware, Beware. Do not use your hard earned money to buy a membership here, you have been warned. I had to immediately cancel membership because of member safety concerns.
Members are allowed to sell firearms and weapons in the main workout areas. This is not a joke, and is the reason I canceled.
I left immediately after hearing a loud ELECTRICAL SNAPPING sound over my full volume earbuds; I look to my right and there is a 6’2″ muscular black man with a cattle prod/​stun gun engaging the trigger and waving it in the air. It was approximately 7:30pm, with a full gym. Since everyone was thoroughly intimidated, a few left and others carefully watched this guy out of the corner of their eyes. It seemed as though this completely brain dead shmuck got the clearance from staff to sell these weapons in an open gym floor, which was later confirmed by a phone call from the female franchisee owner
Numerous complaints were filed for corporate and the management, and they should be sued for neglect. What good does a security system do if you let some random low IQ meatball turn your workout area into a weapons retailer without fair warning.
If you doubt me, call corporate
(651) 438‑5000 and ask for complaints related to weapons being used IN THE WORKOUT AREA. They will supply you with all the complaints related to members and if they cancelled their membership, and how many have done so. You can also contact them by email
(
) as corporate is much more understanding than the deplorable, unprofessional and uncaring staff at this Anytime Fitness location on 4^th street.
Their mailing address is as follows:
12 181 Margo Ave S Ste 100
Hastings, MN 55 033‑8421
If this helps one person avoid the trouble A.F. are willing to make members go through, while willfully and knowingly jeopardizing their safety in the process, then all is not lost. Please be safe and don’t let the price or their smiles fool you, your safety couldn’t be any more of a serious matter.

One of the worst anytime fitness I have ever been to. The staff does not have good customer service. I accidentally left a pair of glasses there. And asked them to look at the tape and see if anyone took them. Because they were not there when I went back. And they didn’t contact me back to let me know what happen. I am pretty sure they didn’t even look at the tapes. I don’t recommend signing up at this gym. I also don’t recommend setting anything down in the spots where you can put your keys. Because it will go missing. There equipment is good but besides that I wouldn’t recommend this anytime fitness.

The place smells like old gym socks. With as much as they brag about being the most popular gym in the area, you’d think they’d invest in a better ventilation system. Or at least a couple gallons of febreeze.
Had high hopes for this place and was let down. Same sketchy pricing structure as other corporate & franchised gym chains. They tell you there’s no contracts and it’s month to month, but good luck trying to getting out of your contract.
Rude staff. They really don’t want to be bothered by actually talking to anyone. Customers are treated as a burden. If you really want a gym membership there has to be a better place around.

I saw the low number of stars this place had and to be honest I was dreading working out here a little. However, its location was really convenient for me to stop at on my way back to Tampa from St. Petersburg. The people that think that this gym is small would lose their minds if they visited some of the Anytime Fitness locations I normally train at that are much smaller. This place can’t be too small if they’ve got two smith machines, a power rack, and a squat rack. I wish this place was closer to where I live because you could have a great leg day here. They’ve got a machine for standing calf raises, which I’ve never seen at an Anytime Fitness in the Tampa Bay area. It’s also unusual to see a hack squat machine. I had a great workout here and was able to use my credit card to buy a protein shake.
The one complaint I had was with the entrance. To get inside you have to go behind the building where you’re funneled into a boxed-​in walkway to get to the member’s door. If it was the middle of the night I’d feel a little uncomfortable with this. I was initially going to give the place three stars because of this but I was so happy with the equipment here I couldn’t do it.

Go to LA Fitness just down the road. It’s the same price now ($ 29.99)and you don’t have to constantly wait around when doing non-​cardio things such as lifting weights. Very small little gym and I wasn’t really impressed. Lacking quality equipment… I’ve been to many gyms in the area and this by far is the worst. Most of the staff were pretty rude and non-​accommodating as well. They ran out of the t shirts (you get when you sign up) in my size and instead if ordering more and telling me to get it later they were all like, «all we have is XL, do you want a t-​shirt?» When I first went to the gym, I wanted to try their machines and see if they had any quality stuff like Hammer Strength machines so I asked this lady in her 30’s up front if I could try out the gym to see if it met my standards and she said with a huge scowl on her face, «you want to work out for free?» She did let me workout there but in retrospect, this should have been my first clue not to sign up here. Lastly, when I canceled, they tried to get me to stay and kept dropping the price for me, they took the price all the way down to $ 20 a month.(I recommend saying you will cancel so you get a lower rate.) I politely declined and canceled my membership. Next month, I was charged my normal membership even though I cancelled before my next billing date and they even told me I wouldn’t be charged again. I went back in and they said they would fix this for me. After repeated calls to them and having been charged a SECOND monthly fee I finally got a hold of the owner who was probably the rudest of them all. He told me I didn’t cancel my membership… I stared at him in bewilderment for a few moments then explained to him that I canceled my membership 2 months ago and had been calling in every week to get refunded for their error. He looked confused and started grumbling to himself and told me he would give me my refund in 5 – 7 business days.” Had to wait an entire month later and thankfully, they didn’t charge me for a third month of membership but get this… They refunded me for $ 8 instead of $ 60!!! I went back in again and talked to the owner yet again who was very grouchy to see me, this time I wasn’t nice and demanded my refund. He called up someone and told me he had it taken care of. I received the rest of my refund two days later, what a nightmare. Sounds like a swell gym eh?

I’m not too crazy about this place compared to other Anytime Fitnesses and gym facilities, however it serves it’s purpose. The equipment here is a little older than other locations and not as user-​friendly. It’s also not too large for the crowd it gets during the peak hours– right after work.

This gym is pretty small for the amount of people that are there. If you are just going to do cardio you should not have a problem getting a machine. If you are going to do some weight training you may be waiting on a squat rack or bench for a bit

This isn’t a lavish LA Fitness. No swimming pools, no basketball courts, not a lot of space. I sometimes feel like I’m getting in other people’s way when I there. But if you know your way around a gym and you have the ability to go in off hours, this is a great gym for you.
I like several things about this gym. #1. The cost is fair. The monthly membership is low, there isn’t an enrollment fee and there’s no locked in commitment. You can also pay a lump sum for a year and it makes the cost even lower. #2. As the name states, you can go there anytime. There’s a side door for members only, so no matter what the hour is, you can workout. 2AM?- you can workout. #3. It’s never too crowded, no matter what the hour is. I’ve been in there at all hours and I never felt like it was too cramped. Before and after standard work hours are the busiest, of course. #4. It has all the workout equipment I need. Cardio machines, free weights, machine weights. It’s all there. You might need to move some stuff around, but everything you need is there.
If you live close and need access to weights… the low cost makes this place a winner.