LA Fitness

The equipment is relatively new, a lot of people most of the time. Good luck trying to get in the squat racks, the fitness models who think they own the place come in and take over them all and don’t consider anyone else might want to use the four that they have.

Location is very convenient to my primary residence, however the construction on Gunn HWY makes it such a frustrating experience getting to and sometimes from the club. Over all the facility is clean and everyone minds their own business which is good if you like solitude. I normally go during off hours, so cannot comment on the high traffic

Moving from NY to Palm Harbor and wanted to try out LA Fitness before joining. I even printed out a guest pass. I was DENIED BECAUSE I HAVE AN OUT OF STATE LICENSE. Well, of course I do, I haven’t moved yet. My experience has been that all gyms and boutique gyms allow you to try the class out for free. I went to Palm Harbor CrossFit which I had been to several times and signed up. I would not recommend LA Fitness

Why 1 star? Because they attempted to bully me into getting a membership.
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I recently moved to Carrollwood, and planned on visiting all of the gyms in the area before I made a decision about which one would work best for me. There were six gyms in total, and LA Fitness was my first stop.
It was by far and away the worst experience.
I walked in, and mentioned that I’d like to get more info on memberships, and possibly look around. I was sent over to a guy sitting at a desk.
He talked to me for a minute or two, before mentioning that one perk that comes with memberships are free sessions with a personal trainer. He says that one personal trainer actually lost 100 pounds recently, and then calls that trainer over. It was all extremely rehearsed.
The trainer comes over, shows me a «before» picture of what he used to look like. He then says he’s available on Monday at 6pm for a session. This does not appeal to me whatsoever, but I humor him and look at my calendar. It turns out, I can’t make it on Monday.
He offers a couple other days that I couldn’t attend even if I wanted to. I eventually end the back and forth by saying, «to be totally honest, I am going to go check out a few other gyms, and if this one seems to work the best for me, I’ll be back in later to sign up. For now, I’d just like to look around.»
The trainer gets pissed off at me, and starts trying to intimidate me into getting a membership. He says, «bro, you aren’t going to find a gym better than this one, and you definitely aren’t going to find someone better to work with me than me. I can tell you that right now. You can go look around all you want, but this is the best gym.» This is all delivered in a tone and with the body language that he’s about to fight me.
I walk out, and will never enter an LA Fitness again. If I were a manager, he would have been fired on the spot. Trying to alpha male me into a membership is the most horrific sales method I’ve ever seen. Does this actually work on people?

this is the biggest bunch of crooks. they lie lie lie lie until you just give up!!!

This LA Fitness was on my route this afternoon, so I thought I’d simply stop in here to workout rather than make my usual visit to the location in Hyde Park.
I inaccurately thought I had never been in this one previously. However, once I walked in the front door there was clearly a reason I deleted this from memory and never returned.
Why LA Fitness kept this club open when they took over Lifestyle Family Fitness, I have no idea.
It was freezing cold inside and the layout of this club just makes it feel even colder than the actual temperature.
While the bathroom areas of the men’s locker room were exceptionally clean, everything else about being in here motivated me to get done and leave.
All the cardio equipment is pushed off into a dark corner, which is hard to imagine considering how dimly lit this entire place is in the first place.
Also, the variety of cardio machines is subpar. Two modern machines that I regularly use at Hyde Park were not even available here.
Looking over at the front desk and sales area, I never saw more than two employees at one time.
To say this location is not very inviting and welcoming would be an understatement.
I can only guess that LA Fitness maintains this location because the rent is so cheap in a dying plaza that only features a Walgreen’s and the token JJ Smoothy near a health club, but working out here on a regular basis would make me ask for a significant discount off my current monthly dues.

10 months later, it’s mostly the same.
I had some really helpful staff members give me the same great, employee discount I had years prior with no initiation fee or contracts. It seems as though this place has gotten better trained staff since last I was a member.
As far as the equipment goes and the general atmosphere, it remains the same, which is very unfortunate. This club basically has not changed since Lifestyle Family Fitness was bought by LAF. Where are all the member fees going?
This place needs a major update. Until then, it’s still a 2 – 3 star rating from me.

I have to agree with a lot of the reviews on here. This location went downhill once it became an LA Fitness. Now this gym is dirty, machines need repair and it’s crowded with more douchebags than ever.
The most noticeable issue with the gym is the lack of cleanliness. Locker rooms are disgusting, machines are not clean and meatheads leave sweat all over the machines and benches. The gym also has a poor layout due to a lack of open space and way too many machines cluttering the gym floor.
If you go to this location, I highly recommend going before 5pm Mon-​Fri. After 5pm this place is packed with douchebags and meatheads that grunt and yell leave sweat on the machines and benches and don’t put weights away after usage. The staff is completely useless and do not enforce any policies. I cancelled my membership late 2014. I simply had enough of the big box gym BS that is typical at LA Fitness.

It’s a shame I can’t rate them below one star!!! I have many issues with this business. Avoid them like the plague if you’re smart!
1. I also noticed that no one and I mean NO ONE wipes the sweat off the machines. And I noticed this after some of the Bucs players got sick from their gym equipment. I mentioned this to the front desk guy, Marko and he said he would tell management; result was NOTHING! Not even the Trainers working with people wipe down the machines. Shouldn’t they set the example?!
2. I went through 3 personal trainers and I’m paying $ 420 a f’cking month. They have fired 2 of the 3 trainers I trained with but their operations manager Tony still claims they have a great personal training product; is firing your bad trainers a «good product»?
After going thru 3 trainers I want to cancel my contract and go elsewhere but per LA Fitness and Tony, I can’t! There is no option in their contract to cancel if they don’t deliver on their personal training. Basically they can have a retarded rabbit train you and that’s not a reason to cancel or refund your money.
I asked Tony if their trainer had murdered me if they would let me out of the contract?! Tony couldn’t answer. I asked if LA Fitness would seek payments from my estate if I was dead?! Tony couldn’t answer.
So basically if your stupid enough to sign their training contract then they can treat you anyway they want, they can have any trainer, train you, no matter their skill, ability or quality. They can give you a crap product and because you signed a contract there is no way to dispute it if they give you a bad personal trainer.
Oh wait, there is an option to cancel and it’s wonderful. You can buy out the balance of your contract for 50%!!
What a deal! They don’t deliver on their contract, you receive poor training and the. You have to pay to get away from them. That makes no sense at all!!!
Please don’t give them any business or your money, you will not be happy with them, their dirty gym, disregard for your health or rude employees.

I’m a member of the gym for the mere location, otherwise it would not be my first choice. Other than location, an important trait in a gym is cleanliness and LA Fitness is by far the dirtiest gyms I’ve been too. From the moment you walk in, it smells like sweat. Enforcement to wipe down the equipment is not adhered to and if you take a class, bring a towel. It doesn’t seem like the floors have been wiped down… ever.
Another thing I will caution is the TV’s on the equipment. Make sure to move the volume down to 5. The default will blast your ear drums.
There is a decent schedule of classes and the gym is large so it is what it is. As I mentioned, the location is convenient and right on my drive home. So as I drive by, it’s hard to not take the time for a quick cardio run.

I didn’t take any classes here, and I did not workout with a trainer. This review is for the equipment and the front desk staff only. I was only in town visiting and needed a 3 day pass, the staff was happy to help me, although I did have to pay a fee. Almost everyone was nice about it. Mostly I really enjoyed the cleanliness of the facility, the equipment in general is pretty updated and I didn’t have to wait long for any machine. They do seem to have limited cardio equipment availability, but if was only a problem during peak evening hours.

This place is an absolute joke. please don’t ever sign up here. The staff are rude. The classes are at unusually random times. And the instructors are terrible. The cancellation policy is a nightmare even though they claim its no commitment. The place smells terrible and there is nothing to clean the machines with. Locker rooms are outdated. Really can’t think of a good thing to say about this place. Save yourself the trouble and never give these punks a dollar of your money.

‘As far as gyms go, it’s a good place to work out. I went around 2:30 and there were people, but you didn’t have to wait for machines. Yes there were a few broken and inoperable pieces of equipment. The layout is a very poor usage of space, with 2 large areas, seldom used. I can understand one for classes, but 2 is excessive for a small gym, like this gym.
It had all the usual equipment and most were well marked with the proper way to use it and what parts of the body it benefited. Some of the better machines, that most people like to use they only had 1 or 2 of them, but good amount of bikes and treadmills and of course lots of free weights.
It was well maintained and well staffed. A staff person came over and knew I was looking at where to start and made me an appointment to meet with him as a personal trainer, with the first visit being free to acclimate me to the gym and set up a routine to work so I can concentrate on the areas that I want to concentrate on.
I didn’t go in the locker room, so I can’t give you any info on that, I’ll check it out next time.
Machines were clean and staff was great. I am a displaced Bally’s member, so they had to go through all that to switch me over. I had a good experience. I really wanted rowing machines are they don’t have any.
What’s a girl to do? I guess if I want to row, I need to get a canoe.

I frequent la fitness in miami (including a signature la fitness) and this la fitness was awesome… nothing compared to home… The bathrooms smelled and were clean. Nice amount of equipment. Nicely distributed and a big separate room for abs… Classes. Or anything you like to do in front of lots of mirrors. Will come back when visiting the family again.

I’ve been attending this gym for 3 months. I love my trainer & I love the location however the cleaning crew is completely rude! They spray chemicals in your face while
Working out. I’ve asked the lady 4 times to stop cleaning hence my allergies & asthma. Yet she sprayed directly in my direction. She’s so rude. I’ve brought it to management attention twice now. Ridiculous how fucking hard is it to clean all the other space or hey perhaps the floor in the training are that hasn’t been clean in nearly 6 months! Well it appears that way. Next call is to corp. I hate being disrespected when i pay $ 400 month for Training &membership. Oh the operations manager shouldn’t even hold that position with the uncivilized condescending attitude.

I have been going to this gym since it was LFF. I am an avid group fitness attendee. LA Fitness got rid of Les Mills. Many of us were very upset but I decided to give their classes a try. It has now been over a year and the place has really gone down. First of all, what is going on with the group fitness A/​C? It’s working three days and broken for five it seems since back in May. That is an accident waiting to happen with not only sweat making floor slippery but with us ladies overheating to the point of feeling ill. Why is it taking so long to fix it for good instead of just patching up the problem. I feel that LA fitness does not care about group fitness. The got rid of the 5:45 am toning classes and know there is only spinning Monday through Thursday at 5:45 am as the ONLY option both at Gunn Highway and the Lutz location. I don’t care to do spinning 4 days straight and you don’t even ask us what we think before making these changes. The classes in the evening are not varied… how many zumba classes do you think we need in the afternoons? Look at your numbers and class diversity. Ask the people who support the classes and continue to support this gym before you make changes that come from «Corporate.» I am ready to cancel my family of 4 membership and I am really disgusted of not being heard and worse, feel like no one gives a damn.

I used to love this place. I signed on when it was brand spanking new (it originally opened as a Lifestyle Family Fitness). The equipment was great, the staff was awesome and best of all … the locker room didn’t smell! (I have this thing about gym locker rooms … if I can smell it … I know there is something not so healthy growing in there). Now that LA Fitness has taken over, equipment is constantly in need of repair (last week I counted 6 machines that had «out of order» signs on them) and the locker room is consistently dirty. I won’t even comment about the smell. There is never any soap, paper towels are always empty (how are people washing their hands after using the restroom?). You get the picture. If you have other options … best to pursue them. Since it’s the closest gym to me that has the equipment I like, I’m a bit of a captive audience. But I’m on the look-​out for a better option!

Wow, I have been coming here for 7 years now. I love this place but I can only come when there is not a lot of people in the gym. This is a popular gym in the area and tends to get crowed during peak hours and you are not able to get the machines you like.

This place is gross and terrible. The men’s restroom never has paper towels. The staff, particularly the General Manager, Anthony. He brought in the wrong clientele, he wouldn’t let me downgrade my membership because he didn’t have authority, I asked who his manager was, and he said he didn’t have a boss.
The TVs maybe 3 channels with NO espn, nbc, abc, espn2, etc. What’s worse is 3 weeks ago 2 guys were caught having sex in the men’s restroom. I’ve been going to a different location. The drive is worth it.

This is formerly LFF elite location (where they film all their commercials) so compared to other local gyms it’s pretty nice.
It was recently bought by LA Fitness, although no obvious changes have been made. This location dies not have a pool or courts, but the equipment is fairly new it’s kept clean.
They do offer a wide variety of group fitness classes, and LA has an app where you can check out class times.
As long as you can get around the meatheads that this location attracts, you should enjoy it.