Life Time Athletic

Great family club, lots of activities for kids. Friendly staff, café, and lots of tennis. This was a purchased club so not as extravagant as other athletic facilities, but it makes up for it in the atmosphere. Newly upgraded weight equipment and not much waiting. Does not have a water slide or separate kids pool so the pool is a little cold for kids, does have a 1′ wading pool for the littler kids.

Facility is beautiful and very clean.
I love the indoor pool it’s beautiful! The outdoor pool is small and very crowded, because of the irregular shape you can’t swim laps. I really wish they would replace the outdoor pool but because it doesn’t generate income, it will never be replaced.
I’ve belonged for over 20 years. Miss the original owners, when the place had class and warmth.
A lovely fitness instructor who had a huge following and had been an excellent devoted employee for at least 15 years, when the new owner took over, this employee was removed from ALL classes, because of cronyism, and forced to do private lessons only. I know at least 40 people that were hugely disappointed !
On other issues, I’ve placed written suggestions in the suggestion box, included my phone number, and have never received one response.
Another thing. I was on crutches for 2 months, the ladies locker room handicap shower stall has NO hooks or place to hang a towel. The hooks are outside the shower across the walkway, about 4 – 5 feet away– brilliant !! Then I tried the family bathroom shower which is awesome, but they don’t stock it with the same items as the main bathroom. I didn’t know this until I was fully undressed and in the shower, on crutches too.
I ordered a turkey sandwich and asked for mustard and was told I would have to pay 50 cents, OMG!

The previous owner of this facility knew that a sizable percentage of people who workout at this club toil away in offices with little access to daylight. Because light from the sun is healthier than light from fluorescent tubes, an investment into a Solatube daylighting system resulted in the entire upper level of the facility being lit with natural light.
Recently, Lifetime decided to do a re-​roofing project. Unfortunately they chose a contractor that doesn’t work with skylights. All 47 skylights were removed 10 short years after they were installed, plunging the entire building (including the already nearly windowless fitness space) into the same dingy fluorescent lighting I work under all day. Make no mistake about it, this is a HUGE downgrade.
If Lifetime is truly the «Healthy Way of Life Company», then why would they remove a healthy feature of the facility? If they are going to remove such a significant feature from the facility, why charge the same price? It is tragic that an investment which was intended to last the lifespan of the building was removed by short-​sighted, myopic thinking. It is dishonest to take away features without informing members but continue to charge the same rate.
I loved Lifetime and how clean the gym is. But if you work in an office like I do, I’d advise checking out other options if you desire to shake off the winter time blues with a sunny workout!
PS: This club was highlighted on MPR when they installed the Solatubes and other initiatives to «green» the facility. It is a true shame that Lifetime simply doesn’t care:

The facility is clean, modern, and brimming with 1^st class amenities.
Indoor & outdoor pool, indoor & outdoor tennis, beautiful studios, pilates, and the typical cardio and resistant training equipment.
The locker rooms are state-​of-​the art, offering a steam room, sauna, shaving cream, mouth wash, lotion, hair spray, deoderant.
The café has a full menu, including beer and wine.
The staff will bend over backwards to accomodate you.
Highly recommended!

I am a member of LTF and use a few different facilities. This one offers a lot of services (and that is why it is so expensive) but the attitude of the desk staff is a mixed bag. I went in recently and was surprised at the snobby attitude. This particular person would not be someone I’d like to face if I had a real problem. Maybe she was having a bad day, but my goodness, she seemed to really want to humiliate me. The front line staff at Highland are much more chill and helpful.

Debated and debated over joining another gym, but we signed on the dotted line and joined yet again.
First off, I must say that the closing of the DT St. Paul club sucks because it was close, but the other locations are really nice so whatever. We’ll get over it.
My membership enrollment advisor, Katie is pretty good at what she does. I arrived earlier than expected for my appointment and she got me right in. Explained everything well, gave me a tour and was genuine and pleasant to deal with. She still calls to follow up and I appreciated her not pushing me into joining. Very good at what she does!
The club itself is nice and reminds me more of a hotel or country club.
The indoor pool was a big bonus as its a salt water pool and it’s fairly warm. There are bunch of lounge chairs surrounding the pool and tables for families to bring the kiddies to splash around in the leisure part of the pool or the the little kiddy pool.
–Spa Café
–Gym
–Pilates area
–Plenty of elypticals, weights etc
–Personal Trainers
–Outdoor pool– not overly huge, but will be nice in the summer.
–Wi-​Fi
–Lounge area
–Tennis Courts– but extra
–no track at this one, but many of the other ones have a track.
The reason I won’t give it a 5 is due to the bothersome attitude by some of staff at the spa. When calling to inquire about some pricing, I was met with attitude, heavy sighing and a promise to have someone call me back which didn’t happen. So I opted for some place else. Not a great way to sell and promote services.
Despite the spa which wasn’t a huge reason for joining, this facility is pretty nice with the majority of the staff favorable, friendly and its clean!