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LA Fitness operates a nationwide network of full-service fitness clubs. Its facilities provide cardio and strength training equipment, group fitness classes, swimming pools and sports courts. With locations across the country, LA Fitness delivers diverse fitness options and amenities designed to support a wide range of health and exercise goals.
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Updated review: Aug. 19, 2023
Problem solved coz they did actually write me a cheque which is ok but not exactly what I wanted. What I wanted was to continue my membership and don't cancel without my authorization.
Original Review: June 3, 2023
Decided to put my Goodlife fitness membership on hold to try something new. Signed up with LA Fitness for 2 months tryout, within 3 days I was told my membership has been canceled because payment never went through, I was like but ok here's my bank statement that shows payment actually got taken out without a refund. They said, "Wait for 2 weeks and you should receive a cheque in your mail but we'll give you a temporary 1-week visitor pass." I said ok, 3 weeks went by and no cheque. They said, "We'll get our manager to call you" and they didn't, I called them back and was told they will return my call in an hour and they never did. Summary: I paid for 2 months in advance but only get to use the service for 2 and half weeks. ** service. ** wifi that doesn't work. I'll never go there again or recommend anyone.
Reviewed May 22, 2023
They stole $700 dollars out of my account without receiving any service. I went to the gym and I was told it was my bank but my bank is telling me is them and the bank show me when they took the money back. I went to speak to the club manager some cross eye man. His name is Renato from the Hunters Creek Orlando Florida Club and I brought to him what the bank gave me to show them and he is acting like he does not have anything to do with the charges but I was told that he will be able to give me the credit and all he did was laugh when I asked him to give me the credit back. That man needs for someone to put him in jail for stealing money. He is a thief with a license.
Reviewed May 12, 2023
This is the most amazing club, all staff is super friendly and club itself is always clean. Very uplifting and positive environment which is really helps motivate me to workout. I would recommend this gym to anyone who wants to be surrounded by genuine people with a common goal of bettering themselves.
Reviewed May 10, 2023
This gym is horrible. There’s no customer service. They treat new guests better than existing guest. I can work out for free with another member but in my own I have to pay all kinds of fees aside from Monthly.

Reviewed April 22, 2023
The first trainer, kept canceling and changing classes, so I had to ask for another trainer who is more available. I was called a child and a nervous person by the second trainer, and when I complained to the supervisor, there was no consequences for the trainer. She’s freely working with more people on the floor in Aurora. I asked to stop the training contract, but they kept postponing. I absolutely regret my trust to this system and wasting over $300 a month for seeing a trainer for 30 mins per week. I wish I knew them before. They told me that this is an official contract and you can’t stop the payments. I’m terribly sorry for my trust.
Reviewed March 22, 2023
I signed up for membership about a year ago with LaFitness. At the time, the person who sold me the membership told me that I had to pay a one-time annual fee, and now a year later, they charged me another yearly fee. When I contacted customer service to obtained a copy of the contract where that is stated such, she told me that in 2023 the only way to get a copy of the agreement is to go to the location where I signed up, and they will print me a copy, and they don't email, fax, or mail it. This happened with the one located on Cameron street Silver Spring. Furthermore, the store manager's name was Shelbie, and she was pretty rude and claimed ownership of the location.

Reviewed Feb. 28, 2023
The LA Fitness in Fort Lauderdale (Cordoba Road) increases its bottom line by shutting down the hot tub for weeks at a time claiming it’s broken and the repair contractor either can’t fix it or is awaiting a part. They say they can’t hire a new contractor because the head office in CA won’t allow it. This has happened twice in a year and lasts for weeks and months. While the hot tub is down it isn’t necessary to heat the water to over 100 degrees saving electricity. Does it really take months to replace a part? Or is this a cost-cutting measure?
Reviewed Feb. 24, 2023
Signed up in person using my cell phone - Explained clearly that my dad is in town for 2 months and wanted to sign him up. Was very clear that we would be charged an initiation fee and 2 months charge - also had to cancel prior to Feb 17 not to continue being charged. Either the staff is incompetent and need training or company running a credit card charge. Customer ended up being charged an annual fee and later found out that our membership was never canceled even though done in person. 40 min on the phone arguing and threatening to go viral on social is they say that they would credit my account. Need to wait 2 days to receive an e-mail confirmation! Let’s wait and see. This type of business is not acceptable and should be illegal!
Reviewed Feb. 24, 2023
They keep calling requesting a new credit card. They tell us we need to go through some other process. They send us to someone else. We say, "Cancel our membership...." They tell us it is cancelled and then they charge the card again. There must be a law against this behavior. We had to actually cancel our card. It was attached too and they still call us...
Reviewed Feb. 14, 2023
27 Years ago, I bought a lifetime membership with Bally's Total Fitness, that would have given me nationwide access to all clubs. My membership started in NYC and was going well for the first 7 years. I relocated to Arlington, VA ("VA") and during that transition period, La Fitness bought Bally's Total Fitness, to-wit Bally's Total Fitness members were given a certain amount of time to grandfathered in. I missed the deadline by 1 day. As a result, I was compelled to start a new membership with Lafitness, at an increased monthly fee and restricted to the use of one club in VA
I recently relocated from VA to Maryland ("MD") and thus attempt transferring my membership from VA to MD, as it is an hour drive each way from MD to VA. I was told, I need to open a NEW MEMBERSHIP with the LaFitness in MD, which doubles my monthly fee. One of the managers in MD (Lanham Lafitness) literally told me, that I should cancel my membership and take my business to a competitor, because Lafitness has an influx of new members on a daily basis, and thus canceling my membership will not affect Lafitness one way or another.
After 27 years of continuous membership with Lafitness. I was appalled by the advice of the manager. As I am no longer living in VA, I now have to pay a $10 fee to use any of the clubs in MD (for the time being), even though I have a full membership. While being appalled by the manager's advice, I took it as an healthy advice to follow through on, especially when patronizing a business is not being appreciated.
Reviewed Feb. 13, 2023
I always wondered why this club had such bad reviews. Now I know. I've been training for a race Since the holidays and needed access to a swimming pool few times a week. Signed up at this club that is close to my house and paid all the fees and dues. It was fine for couple of weeks and all of the sudden their pool equipment broke and then it's been closed for over a week. I've tried several times and talked to folks including staff and managers and the answer I got was the vendor they are using to install the pump has been ghosting them!!! Can you believe a corporate gives you an answer like this?
I asked them why I'm paying while I can't use the service and their answer was that their membership fees are per club and they don't care about individual services such as swimming pool! Their customer service and level of arrogance is super bad and I haven't seen something like this before. I asked to speak with the regional VP and they refused to connect me or have someone who cares talk to me! I haven't seen a horrible customer service like this for a while and I'm genuinely disappointed. Please find yourself a different gym if you can.
Reviewed Jan. 5, 2023
LA Fitness continued to invoice monthly fees and charge annual fee after account was cancelled. Find a different club is the recommendation. Corporate customer service will not make good on refunds after your credit card has been falsely billed.
Reviewed Jan. 5, 2023
Signed up for "Family Plan".
1. The rep did not mention any annual fee despite I asked specifically if there are any other fees up front and after sign up.
2. Call local gym to cancel, said have to show up. Told them due to my working hours, I can't be there when the person in charge of the membership is in the office. They repeat the same thing -- ACTUALLY YOU CAN CALL TO CANCEL, JUST CALL THE REGIONAL PHONE NUMBER (ofc I have to look up online to find this info).
3. The rep that registered us verbally said "I don't have to be professional with me" when I had a conflict with them about why I am getting double charge -- this was the annual fee that he DID NOT TELL US ABOUT, and now saying HE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS THAT CHARGE AND SUGGEST ME CALLING LA FITNESS CENTER.
4. The same rep lied that he was the manager, BUT HE WAS NOT.
5. Call in the regional office, got the account freezing because the phone rep was much nicer.
6. Finally want to cancel it after 2 months for good because I have another gym. Called in the regional office, the phone rep said there is a CHARGE to unfreeze the account to cancel -- the previous phone rep DID NOT MENTION THIS AT ALL, if I would have known, I would have cancel it completely on the second trial.
7. Found out the charge to unfreeze the account is different between accounts in the Family Plan, despite being opened at the same date and billed the same amount monthly. The phone rep DON'T KNOW WHY, just repeatedly said the system calculate it to be like that. WOW. After consistently explaining my frustration with all of these fees, the phone rep decided to CHARGE my account WITHOUT MY APPROVAL to the fee to cancel the second account. She told me there is no other fees after her action of doing that. Wow. What an amazing company culture and policy.

Reviewed Dec. 18, 2022
A disaster, you do not know if this is LA Fitness or Esporta, or LA Esorta, or LA Esporta, everybody mentions the two entities, one bought the other or both bought a third, nobody knows for sure. I was one of the first clients to sign up as soon as the gyms started to open their doors during the pandemic. I signed up online at LAFitness.com, simply signed up, no rocket science there. And I have been going to every gym wherever I end up in the Phoenix metro area, no one ever questioned anything! Until the day that three poorly trained, very young girls stopped me, sort of being stopped on the highway if you do 100 miles per hour. The penalties and infractions they starting blurting were incredible, attempting trespassing, fines, penalties, they really got interested in breaking my day.
As I was paying the yearly maintenance dues, I said, "Let me finish my workout and I will be back to talk to a manager," (no managers on the weekend). One of the girls started looking for me and as soon as she found me, she explained that it would be better for me to pay the penalties, otherwise I would be thrown out of the gym. Enough said, to all the readers, Cheers.
Reviewed Dec. 14, 2022
My wife signed up for the gym membership and was hustled into a training plan. My wife was 61 at the time, and not in the best of shape. They put her on the 3x per week training schedule. After 3 weeks' worth of training appointments, she came down with Chronic Bronchitis. She has not yet returned to the gym. We've tried to reason with them but they are hard and fast cutthroats to the core. So, we're paying more than $3k for what? I cannot use the choice words suited for them but I would if I could.

Reviewed Dec. 8, 2022
I am an older person. After PT from surgery was over, I wanted to continue. Signed up for personal training with LA Fitness. They are not geared toward someone who has never used a gym, but it seemed ok, sometimes I was sore for a week or so after, but I liked getting help. But I hurt my back so that walking was difficult after one of the exercises and I've been trying since September (over 3 months in other words) to cancel my personal training contract.
I called and was told to come in person so I did. I was told it would be no problem, they would cancel. I called back to confirm and was told I needed a doctor's note even though it wouldn't make a difference unless I was completely paralyzed but I could still cancel for 1/2 my remaining contract. So I got a doctor's note and delivered it back in person. Was told fine, the contract would be cancelled. But nothing happened. I called in October to ask, "why?" This time I was told to fill out a form online and was emailed a non-working link to do so. So I called back, and again was connected to a manager to told it would be taken care of, just wait a few weeks.
After no contact from anyone, on November 15, I went again in person to the club with a letter detailing everything I've gone through to cancel. The Manager was not there, but later I got the new manager on the phone with reassurances that all would be taken care of and he was going to see if my entire remaining fee could be returned - but still nothing. Talked to three people this week alone and was told that today I would get a call for certain! Nope.
Reviewed Nov. 8, 2022
In August a membership and personal trainer program was signed up for at the a Fort Myers Gulf Stream center location. All payments were paid on time. As a result of hurricane Ian my son was forced to relocate, limited housing in Fort Myers and his job provided him a position elsewhere in the state. The closet Lafitness is 45 minute one way. So my son asked LaFitness to cancel his contract as not due to his fault but due to a Natural disaster he had to relocate. Lafitness refused and made him pay $585 to cancel his contract. Lafitness has no compassion for someone who was effected by a natural disaster. He was paid up to date.
LaFitness is a terrible non compassionate company, all they cared about was getting their piece of money. Plus when the local club was contacted “Dominic” said was he signed a contract and had to pay, when I asked for his supervisor he provided her name Tamara **, when we asked for her contact info he said he didn’t have it and told me to calm the ** down and hung up. The customer service is disgusting. They should refund the $585 it cost my son to buy out of a contract he couldn’t use as closest club was too far away. Don’t go there.
Reviewed Nov. 4, 2022
Josh, the general manager at the Woodbridge VA location, provided exceptional customer service. I moved out of state and forgot to cancel my membership. Normally, one has to appear in person to cancel, but Josh handled it quickly and painlessly over the phone. Thank you!
Reviewed Oct. 28, 2022
This is without a doubt the most deceptive business I have ever worked with. My credit card expired and they contacted me about updating my billing information. I told them that I was not returning because I have a gym at work. They kept hassling me about updating and I told them so many times to cancel the membership. They told me I had to come into the gym and I told them I was not going to do that. They promised to email me a cancellation form, but I never received it. I stopped getting calls so I assumed it had been canceled. That was a year ago. Now my new card has gotten compromised and I got a notification from the mobile app to update my credit card information. I NEVER gave them this new information, yet for a year now they've been billing me. I have no idea how they got my credit card information but I did NOT authorize it. Very deceptive and fraudulent practices.
Reviewed Oct. 7, 2022
I wanted to switch my single club location and add my partner to my membership. The first salesperson "had no power" to switch it, so the club manager came to advise him. As he left he leaned over and "whispered" in the sales guy's ear "start high, then go low"... I left to check out other options. Talked to a guy at another club who said my location switch should be easy and free! Unfortunately that club was too far, so I went back to deal with the people at the original club. After a week of back-and-forth nonsense my location was magically changed. The whole time they had assured me they would honor the deal I was offered for adding my partner to my membership. But then I was told I would have to sign him up online -still, not to worry, the offer price would be honored.
Still hopeful, I went to sign him up online. I clicked into the offer, and the link landed me on a deal that was $3 more per month. I called back. This time they said, "Sorry, we can't do anything. You'll have to call the main office". Called headquarters in CA. Their response was "We're sorry, we have no power to do anything." The first person was rude, so I called back.
The next person was more polite, but said, "No, we can't honor the price you were given, even tho you were repeatedly told by our reps that we would honor it. Best thing you can do is email our PR department." What? Why don't you escalate this on your end? Isn't that what should happen? This is an internal issue. Why am I spending hours chasing this down? Nope, "we have no contact with our internal PR department and there is no-one else to talk to here. You would need to email them." She gave me an email address for their pr department and sent me on my way. Wow. So the moral of the story?
Don't believe what you are told at this place. If you are going to join this gym get there is no human at the helm that will maintain the integrity of the place. The decision-makers are busily hiding from their customers in a building in Irvine, CA, and the peons in the gyms and call centers are neither given the tools or power to do their jobs, nor the training and supervision to ensure customers are treated with basic courtesy, honest and integrity. They wasted a lot of my time and lost my whole family's business.
Reviewed Sept. 27, 2022
DO NOT under any circumstances sign up or enroll for the personal trainer program. I have paid for 11 months of services and have yet to utilize half of my sessions due to personal trainer turnovers and their lack of availability. In addition, their trainers are college students who are studying to be trainers. The money you pay for a personal trainer are not for qualified or certified trainers. The two trainers they assigned to me were both in college. They were not available or able to work in the mornings or every evening because they were in classes. For the amount paid for a trainer, you would think that the trainers would be certified and qualified. I had tried to cancel due to their negligence and to poor quality services. In which they took away all my session. After paying the balance, they have yet to honor their part of the agreement.
I contacted their headquarters and left messages. In addition, left messages with a staff member at the gym. No one returned any of my messages until I canceled my payments and they wanted their money. In trying to rectify the payments, the VP of the department did not honor his word. He had someone else in the company handle this matter.
When the payments were made and the account was up to date, I was unable to schedule a session because they had no female trainers available that week. Also, the trainer they had assigned is no longer with the club and I'm unable to schedule a session. My membership is soon to expire and I currently have 37 sessions. LA Fitness do not honor their word and their services as agreed to the contract. DO NOT ENROLL IN THEIR PROGRAM.
Reviewed Sept. 27, 2022
Been a customer since 2008. Last week I was denied access to the Montgomeryville location bc I have "single location" membership (East Norriton, PA). Not what I signed up for when I joined 16 years ago; I had nationwide access but looks like somewhere along the way they took that privilege away, didn't bother to let me know, and of course didn't reduce my monthly fee. As a solution, they offered me to "upgrade" to the multilocation membership ($3-4 more per month), pay "first and last month" again (????), pay a registration fee (????) and also pay a "one time $49 fee" (????), all after being a customer for 16 years.
I asked to cancel my membership on the spot, they said I have to fill up a form, blah blah, I politely asked to process my cancellation right away, they validated my identity, no reason to have me jump through hoops. They told my "OK, I'm taking care of that right now, sorry to see you go". 3 weeks later my membership hasn't been canceled. Unbelievable.
Reviewed Sept. 24, 2022
They sold two 25 min training per week for $400 per month on top of my $35 membership. At the month and a half of my one year contract I had to go out of country. I talked to the manager in crossroad Irvine and asked him to freeze my contract until I come back. He agreed. When I came back a new managers did not honor the previous manager's words and agreement. Told me I have lost the time and I have renew my contract for another year. I told her she should first give me the time that I have lost then I will renew. Very rudely she said, "I am not honoring previous manager’s word." I disagreed and lost $600 “a month and half worth of training sessions “. For that reason and matter of principle I hired trainer out of LA Fitness. I have lost $600 and la fitness lost $4800 for a year. I would never suggest la fitness to any one. She was the rudest person I ever met.
Reviewed Aug. 23, 2022
I am pregnant and at the time I had a personal emergency and found myself really needing to use the restroom. My bladder felt as if it was overfilled and I decided to stop at LA Fitness located in west palm beach off of Military rd. because I am a member with an active and paid for plan there even though I haven't been in to work out in a while. I had to go really bad so when I walked in I seen the front desk person busy speaking with someone and I proceeded past her walking straight toward the restroom.
I did not sign in for the following reasons..(1) She was busy and the only one up there and I was only going to the back to use the restroom. (2) I did not need to use any equipment or anything else besides the restroom. (3) I knew I would have to go in my new phone and search for my membership in order to scan it and I reallllly had to go so I kept walking past the front. I was a little ways past the desk when she called from the front and stopped me yelling for me to come back. I explained to her what I needed to do and ask if there was a manager. She then stated she was a manager but didn't give her name. I asked her was there another manager I could speak with quickly that was above her and she pointed to a gentleman and said his name was "Paul" and he was a manager. He was seated right there beside where we were standing.
I quickly told him the situation and I wrote my name down for them to try to find while I went. I explained I would come right back out and finish properly checking in. Paul agreed and said ok since it was an emergency. They held me up for about a good 2 mins which made my urge worst and before I could reach the RR I had a small accident. I had some tricking down my legs in the process. Since they have showers right there, I decided I would just rinse off in shower and go back out to sign in afterwards...
It only took a second to go to the toilet and flush, wash my hands, and walk right there to a shower stall to jump in. I only had on a bathing suit cover with shorts. I would say Approximately 1 to 2 mins after I even reached the back I heard a woman's vc saying "MAM" "MAM" as soon as I turned on the shower. I didn't answer because I didn't know who they were talking to at first and then The front desk manager that I had met upfront came and pulled curtain back with her phone in her hand while I was showering.. I was in complete shock.
She said I had not scanned in and threatened to call the police. I snatched the curtain back and I explained that it was very rude what she had just done and that I was indeed a member and if she wanted to she and whomever else could call the police if they wanted to. She demanded I come up front and get out of the shower. I asked her 5 times what was her name but she refused to tell me. She stood there with her phone while I was naked...I was so nervous and ashamed that I could not even hurry up enough to get my phone out of my bag and record the situation.
I hurried and put on my clothes and as she watched with her phone in her hand. When I threw my cover back on I purposely took my time to find my membership in my email on the phone to prove to her because she was speaking to me so rude. She left after maybe 5 mins of standing there and another girl came Back and switched spots with her while I scrolled my email for my membership she so desperately needed to see.
Finally I found it and walked to the front explaining to "Alia" the new lady what happened. She agreed it was a bit extreme. Alia told me her name was AJ. I made it to front and Alia scanned me in while "AJ" watched. Paul then walked over and said "You were back there for a while." I noticed he didn't see her scan me in and still assumed I wasn't a member. I explained I would never ever step foot in another LA Fitness gym again. I called next day to get the name and contact of a regional manager but was refused by the same manager on the phone. When I asked her name she said "AJ". If I have to post this on a 100 review sites I will. She violated me in so many ways. I hope my reviews reach the right individuals. Thank you.
Reviewed Aug. 23, 2022
Never ever sign up for personal training with LA fitness. The sales guys are such liars and they will trick you into paying extra money in whichever way they can possibly make you pay. If they ever promise you about some special deals, before signing any contract, get that in writing from them or get some sort of a proof. DO NOT ever fall for their words and sign up for anything. The only way you can get some help is by contacting the corporate or speaking with the operations team. If you ever want to cancel, never go the sales guys, just directly speak with the above said people.
Reviewed July 28, 2022
My name is Justin, and I am a disabled Army veteran. I signed up for a gym membership and personal training. A couple weeks after signing up, I was hospitalized due to some medical issues and diagnosed with a condition that wouldn't allow me to workout for the foreseeable future. Upon discharge from the hospital, I contacted LA Fitness corporate office and emailed them a doctor's note saying I couldn't work out until my diagnosis cleared. They rejected this note as it wasn't specific enough. LA Fitness told me it needed to say at least 6 months that I couldn't workout. I got another note that specifically said no working out for 6 months, but again they rejected it. This time, they told me it had to say I couldn't work out indefinitely. Currently in the waiting process for receiving my third note from the doctor.
DO NOT sign up for personal training contracts at this gym. If you ever need to get out of it for whatever reason, they will screw with you and do everything they can to keep you under contract. Also, they absolutely refused to refund me for the month I was unable to use. LA Fitness does not care about their customers, only lining their pockets. They treated my medical issues like a joke. The personal trainer I had at my gym tried telling me I should just keep coming to the gym and doing light workouts, completely disregarding my doctor's orders. I explained to him my situation over text message and he completely ignored me; no response whatsoever. The trainers also do not care about your well being. DO NOT use this gym. Awful business.
Reviewed July 26, 2022
The gym shut down during Covid and they froze my account. They told me they wouldn’t start drafting out my account until I enter the gym and scan my card to work out. I never entered the gym and they took over 300 dollars from. Beware of this place!!!
Reviewed July 24, 2022
As a result of my back surgery my physician advised me to get a personal trainer for two months. My wife and I went to LA Fitness in Newington, Ct to make arrangements. The gentleman in charge of personal training told us we could get a 6 month contract and that he would also put in the contract that we could cancel at any time. When we got home and read the contract we were in shock. The contract was for one year to the tune of $2,211.04. We never signed anything that had this figure on it. We can only cancel if we pay half of the contract.
Reviewed June 24, 2022
I drive down to the Woodbridge location and find out they are closed with no notification on the door, e-mail or App. Extremely disappointing and demoralized. Loss confident whether they will be closed during my next visit without a notification. I guess you will need to take additional step by calling to make sure they are open before driving down.
Reviewed June 3, 2022
Thursday May 26th, I went to the LA Fitness at 5331 W. Sublett Rd., Arlington TX. to meet with **whom, I thought was a personal trainer and who would be discussing personal training sessions with me. The meeting was not with ** alone but included a “VP” John. John walked me through a few exercises with ** observing, explaining what it would be like with a trainer. This lasted about 20 minutes after which we went to a desk where John proceeded with his pitch by quoting different packages, while scribbling the number of sessions a week with the price down on a piece of paper upside down for him but facing me.
With each “no” from me he offered a new package quickly. I was sure the package I settled on he said was for six months with six sessions a month. After saying yes (instead of getting up and leaving), John left and ** proceeded to go over the contract, saying it was for 12 months. By then I was so overwhelmed that we just went through the rest of the contract.
When we had completed the contract, ** said he would have the trainer Teresa contact me to set up my first session and that he would also be emailing me a copy of the contract. On 5/31 I placed a call to ** requesting a copy of my contract (which I had yet to receive) and a call from the trainer. As of today June 3, I still have not received a copy of the contract, and I had ** confirm my email address. I am going to try and get a hard copy today. The trainer did contact me on 6/1.
I am very unhappy with the manner of high-powered sales techniques, as well as the lack of follow through on their part. I felt pressured, like I was dealing with a car salesman, only there were two of them. I wish I could get out of this contract and into one that is more affordable, as this current contract is going to impact my budget more than expected. I realize that I should have stopped it before it was finalized, and I take the blame for not doing so.
Reviewed April 29, 2022
I joined LA Fitness last summer because it was close to my home. Less than 6 months later they closed with no reason stated which is of course their right but they should not collect new membership fees without notifying members. They not only kept my membership initiation fee, they continued to bill me after I canceled my membership saying it had not been processed.
Reviewed March 23, 2022
LA Fitness is the perfect blend of a "serious" gym and "casual" gym. A good mix of equipment, not too many loud weight-droppers, and generally clean and organized. Is it worth joining? Absolutely not. My wife canceled her trainer when the gym shut down for covid. We find out almost a year later that they had still been charging us because she apparently hadn't submitted a written request. She tried calling corporate and got yelled at, only to find out a week later when talking to our local branch that there was no record of her calling at all. So contractually they'll make you jump through all of these flaming hoops if at any point you want to stop paying them, but if your card expires you'll start getting calls constantly from LA fitness from many different locations until it's resolved. I think I got 13 calls in one day before I had a work break that let me actually pick up.
Find that your location is a little short on equipment? You can ask the front desk and they'll tell you that they work from a fixed template so they can't order more equipment, unless you ask why your location doesn't have a raquetball court like another location even though you pay the same rate... at which point suddenly that "fixed template" line isn't relevant. They're also one of the more egregious cases of charging you a ton for sign up fees so that you're disincentivized to leave. And don't even get me started on how little they enforced covid rules around masks and cleaning up at my gym. If there's any other gym chain near you, even if it's a slightly longer drive, go there instead. Their locations are nice, but eventually you'll get ripped off or hit with corporate double speak.
Reviewed March 23, 2022
Deactivation of account is a true hassle. I will have to cancel online and then take a print out and mail it in. What era are we living in? And the cancellation time is 2 months. This is a true corporate scheme to loot customer money. Please hire a developer and create an immediate Account cancellation feature.
Reviewed March 8, 2022
Please do not buy personal training at LA fitness. They just enroll you in contract for 1 year, tell you all good things initially, tell you if it doesn’t work we will talk and make things right but none of them are responsible and no way out except to pay half of the training. They said they will freeze the account and that’s a trap... They just do it for 3 months. I had abdominal surgery. I couldn’t go. They said they can’t freeze more than three months which is again a nonsense stuff. It’s just a trap, please don’t fall for it. I wrote this review as I was fed up and they signed me up by saying all nice things but actually, it’s all trap.
Reviewed March 1, 2022
LA Fitness, ESporta…It doesn’t really matter what they choose to call themselves these days—they’re still a greedy and deceptive corporation that takes advantage of good, hard-working people to make a buck. DEFINITELY DO NOT SIGN A CONTRACT WITH THEM!!! After you sign a one year contract for membership and personal training (like I stupidly did), they will rake you over the coals.
About two months into my personal training term, I had a change in employment that caused a reduction in pay and I could no longer afford my personal training. I called the gym to express my situation and request to downgrade from two personal training sessions a week to one. They were completely unsympathetic and noncompliant, telling me that no changes to my contract were possible until my term expired, which was 10 months away! So I went to my bank and got my debit card canceled. LA Fitness harassed me over the phone (I’m talking like two phone calls a day) to tell me that my payment was declined.
Finally, I gave in and returned the call, and I once again reiterated my situation. All they were willing to do for me was to place my account on hold for two months. Being the non-confrontational and honest person that I am, I consented, feeling like the right thing to do would be to fulfill my contract. In hindsight I wish I had just blocked their number and let it be, especially after what I’m about to share next…
Later in the year, I accepted a new job which would require me to move away. I gave my trainer notice a month in advance that I would no longer be able to attend the sessions and wanted to cancel. He said he would take care of it. Well, after I had moved I noticed that my account was still being drafted $360 a month!
I called LA Fitness to cancel, and the person answering the phone told me that he didn’t have the power to cancel but that he would write down my name and number and have the manager call me back. I gave it a week, but of course I never got a call back. So I called again, and explained my situation to another person, who informed me that I needed to speak with the manager (they provided her name) within such and such hours. So I called the next day within those hours and asked for her by name. She told me she wasn’t in charge of accounts and that I needed to speak with a different manager, who wasn’t in that day (surprise, surprise).
I tried again and asked for that other manager, but he was never in when I called. Eventually, I got fed up with the whole run-around they were giving me over the phone and I went there in person and asked to speak with the manager in charge of accounts. Of course, he wasn’t in. So, at their request, I wrote a note addressed personally to him and including my name and phone number in which I explained in some detail my situation and that I needed this issue resolved. Two weeks went by. No phone call. So I reached out to my personal trainer. He said he spoke with the manager and that I needed to cancel in person. That would have been helpful information to hear from the other five people I spoke with on the phone!
Fortunately, I was in the area today and I went in person during a time when I knew he would be there. I sat down and reiterated my situation for the umpteenth time and told him I had called multiple times and even provided a handwritten note to be given to him. He said he never received it and that this is the first time he’s heard about it. I think either he lied to me OR none of the staff members who received my complaint by phone or in writing thought it important enough to relay the message to the powers that be. Anyway, he said he couldn’t do anything for me and that he would need to speak with the VP of LA Fitness.
My mom, who was also with us, asked, “My son called time and time again to get a hold of someone and he never heard back. How do we know you’re going to call the VP and follow up with my son?” He said, “Well, you’re just going to have to wait and see.” That has to be the most unconvincing response I’ve ever heard. Rather ironic, isn’t it, that they were completely RELENTLESS about getting in touch with me to resolve the issue with processing my payment method, but when I needed to cancel or get refunded it was IMPOSSIBLE to get any response. Long story short, I will be calling corporate and complaining because the shenanigans at my formerly local club have escalated it to the top. If anyone is reading this who is even slightly considering joining with LA Fitness or ESporta…DON’T!!!
Reviewed Feb. 26, 2022
To whom it may concern,
Please kindly read below story of the experience and be advised I will publish this experience as review for LA Fitness in anywhere across the USA so people can judge and make proper decision, as staff are important pictures to represent any company; I After being about 4 yrs member of la fitness at road to Six Flags at Arlington tx,took a guest who is member of fitness connections in Dallas Texas, to my home gym at road to six flags in Arlington Texas.
Upon arriving to the gym we had to wait as no one was attending the front desk till a girl came, After introducing myself and my guest a very rude front desk girl who later introduced herself as a manager (probably younger than 25 yrs old), told me that I don't have a guest privilege which is $20 east extra per month and I cant take a guest.
I told her I am a signature member and my family pays about $90 per month and after 4 yrs this is my first guest I ever took with me, and I always get emails from la fitness to encourage taking guest for free trial (which is a way to gain new members), and this gym is my home gym. She told me NO rules are rules. I told her go ahead and *** cancel my membership and she called another new girl (as I am at this gym for almost 4 yrs, I saw her being trained and worked there for last 2 or 3 months as sales rep), who turned out being completely a B and instead of helping to gain a potential customer (my guest), she encouraged me to cancel because la fitness don't care but rules are rules. Later I asked her name and she was introduced as Amaya. I used to be a GM 20 yrs ago in fitness industry and I absolutely believe this is not the policy of la fitness.
The argument escalated and they called the personnel trainer I guess in management by the name of James. I showed him the emails I get from la fitness encouraging to take guest for free trial and he was super nice and helpful. Also showed him a free pass which is published on la fitness website but these staff didn’t honor it and gave me so much headache. James helped my guest to get the guest registration through the app. Then he asked the rude girl Amaya to process the guest pass but SHE DECLINED! I guess she thought my guest is upset with the greeting and she didn't see a potential. James asked another girl to process the guest pass and my guest was allowed to use the facility after all these dramas!
Lifetime fitness is about 10 mins from me and with $79 compared to $49 I'd pay, I'd get more respect and I always go to their facility with my friend. Does it worth to stay with la fitness for $30 a month if la fitness treatment to value the customers like this. I'd like to be contacted by the management and if this is not Addressed probably cancel my family membership.
Reviewed Feb. 24, 2022
The worst idea I ever had was to give a gym a chance. I lost my job last month and had 2 months left on my 6-month personal training contract. I decided I should just pay the last couple of months so I don't have to deal with the hassle. WRONG. They will make it the worst possible experience on you to cancel AT THE END of your contract. No one will help me. Everyone talks about how I have to go in and "Talk to the manager" to cancel. This is the worst thing in the world.
Not to mention that the $500 a month I'm paying for 8 30-MINUTE sessions is ridiculous! $62.50 per session. Can't even use them all because they don't have availability... and do you know how much they pay trainers PER HOUR? $12.50. Not ok. They are getting my $120+ per hour, regardless if I go or and not and that's all their trainers get from it??? That's crazy. I have never been so irritated and angry at a company in my life. This is ridiculous and people need to know not to let places like this treat their employees and customers this way. This is not ok.
Reviewed Feb. 9, 2022
Highly disappointed. I have signed up for 6 months for personal session. But they billed me even after that for 4 classes every month. When asked they said that the personal director before did not do good job by not informing us to downgrade. So we had 37 sessions in our account which are going to be wasted because we cant transfer or get refund for and we are going to different location.
Reviewed Feb. 1, 2022
I have repeatedly asked mgmt to enforce mask wearing since half of the gym don't even wear it as a chin strap. The manager doesn't think there is one in Yonkers, New York location. There are half of the treadmills and some other cardio equipment that have been broken for months and not repaired and the the pool leaks onto the gym floor. The mgr doesn't like to answer any questions and half of the employees do not wear a mask either.
Reviewed Jan. 26, 2022
I was living in Pittsburgh for 6 months and unfortunately signed up for personal training. I was informed upon signing that I could easily cancel since they knew I was moving. Now that I have moved this is not the case. Since I am living with family the first month I do not have a utility bill with my name on it which they “need” to cancel my membership. I’ve spoken to 4 different people at my location since and received conflicting information between everyone.
I was charged $220 on Monday and was informed I would be reimbursed since I would not be using my membership anymore/froze my account for the time being. I even called corporate and now they are saying I can not get my money back. If I had known this ahead of time I would have never signed up in the first place. I liked my trainer but LA fitness seems to only care about making money and taking advantage of their customers. Everyone who works there gives misinformation and it seems they will tell you whatever you want to hear just to sign up. I will not be using them ever again.
Reviewed Jan. 24, 2022
The worst management ever, don’t let them convince you to do the membership for the personal trainer stupidly like me. I gave to the manager my medical certificate which shows I can’t work out anymore, that was the end of November and they are still charging me $250 every month even though my membership is cancelled already. The worst service ever!
Reviewed Jan. 18, 2022
Had a horrible experience with getting into personal training contract without knowing the contract would be held up for a year with no exceptions. My trainer was no longer available and did not disclose the terms. No resolutions made - just a huge pay out for no services. Very disappointing! Be aware! Awful customer service!
Reviewed Jan. 14, 2022
DO NOT BUY PERSONAL TRAINING IN ANY LA FITNESS!! They will lie and scam you to sign a contract. They do not have enough personal trainers and do not have availability. And when they claim they do they will no show and waste your time!!! Everyone claims they're a manager and do not let you cancel. I spoke will Hiba N (manager), Will **(regional manager). He lied saying the only way to "Cancel" is to make a new contract. He was so easily able to cancel my old contract. It does not even make sense. He is rude and has an attitude. Hiba does not even answer the phone to schedule. This is the worst company and waste of money and time! Please don't do it!!!
Reviewed Jan. 5, 2022
Do not purchase. Do not purchase. Do not purchase or engage LA Fitness personal training, on a long term basis. When presented with the companies ineptitude in the personal training area, they were intransigent and unwilling to accommodate or back up the services which they purport to offer. An unwieldy situation has been ongoing for many years, with multiple 'supervisors' who provided mixed messages and broken promises. The company is structured to squelch customer concerns and to take the proverbial money and run. A word to the financially wise should be sufficient.
Reviewed Dec. 31, 2021
Joined in June 2021. No contract. Tried to cancel membership on August 4th 2 months later. Did not like the hours cleanliness or the staff. Would give them a zero if I could. Each time I tried to cancel which was 3 times they told me I would have to go to another club because that is where their operations manager was. In the meantime I had to cancel credit card because it was lost or stolen my last day in the club. They continue charging me till December. This business only cares about taking your money.
After reading all these reviews hopefully there’s a lawyer out there that starts a class action lawsuit against this large corporation taking advantage of people. I was warned by other people about their tactics and still gave them the opportunity. Totally regret it. Don’t make the same mistake. I have even read reviews from people that work for them that they try to get people to join at the highest membership price. Very shady corporation. Do yourself a favor and stay away!
Reviewed Dec. 29, 2021
As member of LA Fitness center for the past 10 years, this makes me really sad when I put this out to public. But people have to know During COVID time, around Dec 2020. I was kicked out of gym for not wearing mask while I was running the maximum treadmill speed of 12mph. Which is completely fair so I went and bought my own treadmill for home use. But when I left I told them to suspend my account and close my mother's account. But they continue to charge my account after kicking me out. How is it ok for them to kick me out of a gym then turn around charge my account anyways. After a while I let it go cause didn't have the energy for it.
Fast forward now I learned that they have been charging my account for my mother who have not been there since covid started. They claimed it was just frozen so the charge started in August again went through December. Look at this people here!! When they kick me out of gym I have told them to cancel it in numerous conversation in person and over the phone with LA fitness. I have told them to close her account since she ain't coming back any time soon. LA fitness are attempting to take advantage of people by making cancelation policy a lot more complicated on purpose.
You can sign up on walk in front desk but you cannot break contract when you walk out at front desk!?! You don't need manager approval when you sign up but when you close account you need manager approval. You can sign up without corporate approval but to close your account you have to contact corporate's office. You can sign up over the phone but not break contract over the phone. They harvest on your impatience and negligence to deal with all the obstacles they created. Simply Greedy and it is disappointing.
Reviewed Nov. 8, 2021
I was convinced to freeze the account instead of cancelling. Frozen account was charged and charges were never refunded. Calling them up for inquiries or refund is a waste of time, they will keep reflecting till you give up.
Reviewed Nov. 1, 2021
The LA Fitness in Howell, NJ is one of the best fitness facilities in the Ocean Monmouth Counties... I was a member of Tilton Fitness until they closed and found that LA Fitness has similar amenities to Tilton (Sauna, Pool, Physical Training, a variety of exercise classes) LA Fitness in Howell has all of that... The price of the membership is excellent and the staff is very responsive and friendly... I feel very comfortable at LA Fitness.
Reviewed Oct. 17, 2021
I am so disappointed at LA Fitness Company that made me to decide to write this review to warn current or potential customers how they do business. I was on and off member until March of 2021 when I canceled my membership. Prior to this the membership was frozen for many months and I was charged $10 on monthly basis. In February of 2021, although my membership was frozen, I was charged annual fee. Since I canceled my membership I expected that the annual fee will be refunded back. However, that never occurred. I went to the facility to ask why the annual fee wasn’t returned, and I was given telephone number of the corporate office to call. In my conversation with a manager I was told that I couldn’t get my money back. I sincerely believe this is stealing and there should be some kind of prosecution.
Reviewed Oct. 2, 2021
I have worked out with personal trainer at LA Fitness in Mesa since Jan of 2019. In November of 2020 I had open heart surgery. I had further complications and battled for 10 months for my life and eventually recovered got in Sept 2021. During that time I paid for over 60 personal training sessions. I contacted my trainer so I could start working out again and he told they had erased all of my sessions.
After a month of trying to recoup my sessions I was told that i needed a letter from my Doctor which I got and provided LA Fitness management. I was told that they would restore my session in approx a week on my LA fitness APP. However the sessions showed back up on my app. When I called today to find out why, they told me that someone in management had changed their mind would not approve restoring my paid for training sessions. When I asked who I could speak to, I was told that they don't know who made this decision and therefore did not know who I should talk to.
This is the most unethical, incompetent and dysfunctional management team of any company that I have ever done business with. I am left with no choice but to drop my membership and take them to small claims court. I would give a zero rating if possible. WARNING do not pay in advance for personal training with this unethical company, They will steal from you if you get sick.
Reviewed Oct. 1, 2021
WORST GYM EVER!!! DO NOT SIGN WITH THEM!!!! THEY ARE NASTY LIARS!!! Back in May I signed up for a regular gym membership. Then Jay, (the personal trainer) talked me into signing up for a personal training plan. May I add (a senior citizens plan, when I'm 28 years old.) He had me quickly sign everything because he was in a rush to leave that afternoon.
I am well aware that I signed a contract so I am responsible. However, it is rude of Jay to tell me "Well you signed it so now you have to pay!" Aside from the fact that he lied, he promised me a friend's pass and I was supposed to be weighed every so often. None of this even happened and when I questioned the staff about it they did nothing. I then spoke to the manager and explained my issue he told me I can cancel the personal training with a doctor's note. I went ahead and got the note. Jay then comes to me and refuses to submit the note to corporate claiming corporate will not accept the note because it doesn't have the proper wording. If you ask me, he does not have the right to make that decision. Jay does not work for corporate. Corporate has to be the one to refuse my doctor's note.
With that, not that it is any of jay's or corporate's business, my note was from my neurologist. I suffer from seizures and have been since the age of seven. My doctor is currently changing my medication. Jay has no right to bully me into staying committed to a contract that he lied to me about in the first place. I was originally a member of CKO Kickboxing when I lived in NJ. I never ever had an issues with them and I was with them for over three years. I completely regret signing with LA Fitness. The staff is rude and nasty and I dread going to their gym to work out every day. If I am paying for a gym I expect to be treated with respect and most importantly, I should be paying for a plan that is not going to put me at risk.
Reviewed Aug. 30, 2021
My kids signed up for what was supposed to be a two-month summer membership. LA had a promotion that immediate family does not pay the initiation fee. Instead LA gave them a contract with a $49 initiation fee + a monthly fee that they have to come in IN PERSON to cancel! Their personal training costs a lot of money but LA pays the trainers a low wage, and most are minimally trained (when they improve they go elsewhere for higher pay). You pay a lot but don't get very much in return.
Reviewed Aug. 25, 2021
Do not sign up with LA Fitness, they will charge you an annual fee even when the gym is closed due to the pandemic and you do not actually use it for one year. They also unfreeze your account and keep charging your credit card and when it declines they charge you a fee for every attempt, and they keep ringing it up to boost the amount of money they make from the declined card. They will cancel the account without paying off the fee so they just keep stealing money until you can pay it or go into bankruptcy.
Local club managers claim they can't do anything and just tell you to come back with another card and head office tells you to go to the club and deal with the manager so the customer is just a ping pong ball getting passed back and forth while everyone washes their hands of the problem. They basically hold you hostage and refuse to let you go until you pay them off, but if you don't pay them off they just keep charging you like a loan shark. Go to any other gym to stay clear of LA Fitness. I will be making a complaint with the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services and with the Better Business Bureau and continue to post what kind of thievery they call a business that they're running.
Reviewed Aug. 18, 2021
LA Fitness promised to refund my membership since I cancel it right away and recharged my card a month later. If they were honest I would at least use my membership and the gym. This way it was just stealing.
Reviewed Aug. 15, 2021
The instructors complain that the payment they receive is lousy. As a consequence the quality of the classes is bad. In most cases the instructors are not professionals. There is no variety in the classes offered by the gym. I pay the same price for the enrollment at the gym since a long time ago, however the quality of the gym has dropped a lot. There are machines and bathrooms broken.
Reviewed Aug. 14, 2021
Customer service is nonexisting. Aside from part how you are unable to cancel membership, the other thing is that they do nothing to enforce sanitary rules. People swim in shoes! Underwear or fully clothed, this happens in several locations in Arlington and Hyattsville MD, I reached out to customer service and management they did nothing nor ever reply on emails. I also requested to cancel membership, they didn't.
Reviewed July 19, 2021
Apologies in advance voice texting. Purchased a personal trainer contract many months ago. Within two months found out I was ill, have had two surgeries. My doctor wrote a letter stating that I was permanently disabled and unable to work out with weights or any exercise in that environment. Have sent all documentation to LA Fitness between five and eight times. Every time I speak with somebody they will pacify you, act very concerned, act very customer service oriented, it's all lies and delay tactics. One excuse was they couldn't print my doctor's note. My husband was a member for over 20 years and he will be going in this week to cancel his membership along with my standard membership. He has had multiple people added on during his 20 years of business.
The director of our local LA Fitness has lied to us. Now corporate office has lied to us, and they have continued to charge my bank account even though I have a doctor's note and ever express to them I haven't been able to 20 months. If you have any desire to do any personal training or even just general exercise and fitness, I recommend going to any other company besides LA Fitness. Once they have your card number or checking account number they disregard any pertinent information regarding your file and charge the monthly fee without hesitation.
Reviewed July 11, 2021
This place is so bad, they let people into the locker rooms with bolt cutters, all my belongings, credit cards, keys everything stolen. If you want a real easy score just head over to LA fitness and tell them you left something in the locker room. NO PROBLEM. The front desk is too busy eating lunch. It took forever to even get them to call authorities but it was really a waste. The authorities have free memberships so hey, girl hey. If you have to go, keep your belongings with you at all times. I MEAN ALL TIMES!! Trust NO ONE. The front desk are letting ppl steal and getting their cut on the backside. Which is why there is never any video.
Reviewed July 6, 2021
I belong to the LA Fitness Signature Club in Hyde Park, Chicago. Unfortunately, even though my husband froze our family membership account in person in May, 2020 due to the pandemic, I continued to be charged my portion of the monthly fees and only found out about it recently. Then, I found out my daughter was being charged $10 a month. I find their customer service in California to be slimy, underhanded and dishonest. They would only reimburse me for 6 months. I am furious and I recommend that every client beware and check your accounts!!!
Reviewed June 23, 2021
While I enjoy the gym, I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND personal training unless you feel like wasting your money. I paid for 6 months of training as soon as the gyms opened up in June 2020, I have been a member of LA Fitness for several years but never did the personal training, so I wanted to give it a try. I started training with Levi, who was great, while the gym was working on getting more trainers. Then they got Sydney, who was also great; however, shortly after arriving, she left.
It was ALL DOWNHILL FROM THERE. I first was scheduled to train with a lady who was 30 minutes late to my 30-minute session; she approached me when an excuse of how her first sessions normally run long, so that is why she was late and asked me if I was ready to train or what...um OR WHAT. I was furious, I went to the service desk, and they apologized and told me they have a better trainer, their "Master Trainer" for me to work with. Ebert (or something like that). I was scheduled with Ebert, and when I arrived, he was not there. The front desk assured me that Ebert was told I was coming, but he was not there, nor did he answer their calls. Again I was furious. After that, I was told that other gyms had better trainers, I wanted to cancel, but they ASSURED me it would get better. I have NOT TRAINED again and yet was still being charged $200 per month.
Well, in February, before my last payment, I refused to pay it; I told EVERYONE that called me I wanted to receive some value for the $800 that I had already paid before I paid anything else. So what was the corporate and gym's solution? They canceled my personal training, removed all my paid for sessions (24 sessions), did not refund me any money, and have not followed up on the issue that I have made 3 attempts to contact. I have been to other LA Fitness locations, explained what happened, and they were in disbelief; however, no resolution has been made. My most recent attempt was June 2021... a waste of money and a waste of time! So, to make a long story short, save your money and time or invest in personal training elsewhere.

Reviewed June 11, 2021
Purchased a national plan. For a year and a half the gyms were closed and they only offer a 3 month freeze? Now they want me to renew?!!! And of course nobody ever answers the phone and STILL blames covid and safety with reduced staff that closes at 2pm pst. Complete **.
Reviewed May 28, 2021
During the signing of the agreement I was told there is no annual contract; Later I signed they said it is a year contract and I need to pay $1600 to early buy out or $3200 to complete the cycle. Their trainers are dumb. They see videos on Youtube and ask you to do the same. I was betrayed and I request everyone be cautious with this fraud company.
Reviewed May 22, 2021
I've tried to cancel my membership so many times. I even went in a couple of times to get it cancelled and they haven’t and they’re still taking my money so this gym is **. The company as well straight dog **.
Reviewed May 19, 2021
Saturday May 8, I joined LA Fitness, Clifton, NJ. Monday May 10th, I attended a courtesy personal training session. At the end of the session, I agreed to training program, once a week for a year. My first scheduled session was Monday May 17 at 8:00 AM, I schedule it with the salesperson and confirmed with the trainer.I arrived at the club on time, but the trainer did not show up, I called him. He was very rude. At 9:00 O’clock I met with the training manager, she was ruder than her trainer and she tried to tell me that it was my fault and this how it is going to be, if I do not show up I will lose my session but if they do not show I have to accept it and go back to the app and reschedule it.
I ask her to cancel the training sessions. Her answer was no because I signed a year contract, and I must finish it. What, What contract. I was not told about any contract, I signed membership papers similar to the one I signed when I joined the club with no contract. I signed on their computer, I was never read, or giving a chance to read anything, I was never received a copy of whatever I signed, and I was never told that I am entering into a contract, also when I asked about cancelation, I was told that I can cancel any time. Whether I have, had, or not have a contract, the trainer, sales representative, and the manager were deliberately in violation of the agreement.
I visited LA Fitness website to get a number for a customer service, and I was referred to the Clifton club, then I contacted La Fitness via email, I informed with what happened especially that I never been told that I am signing into a contract and I asked them for courtesy cancelation. May 18, I received their answer, and I was stunned with it, they informed me again that I am under a contract until 4/10/22 and I need to continue with the personal training membership assuming as is or do a buyout for $1,000. It is clear it is a scam, and I am sure I am not the only victim. Be aware.
Reviewed May 10, 2021
I called last week to cancel. I was told I was cancelled. Today I see I'm charged another monthly payment of 34.09 plus annual fee of 49.00 thus overdrawing my account. I was told now they cancel only in person so I went in, but they refuse to return my funds. These company is a rip off and I filed a claim with my bank to protest these charges pending. I only had a 6 month term which should have expired. Crooks. Never again.
Reviewed May 6, 2021
If I could give 0 stars I would. I paid their membership for the last 6 years. I didn't use their services for almost 2 years now and continued paying them. Needless to say that I tried cancelling but they didn't allow me to do so "because I had to go to the gym to cancel". If I'm not going to the gym, what makes them think that I have time to go personally to cancel? I stopped paying them and now I'm receiving numerous calls asking to pay, they don't want to cancel saying that I owe them 1 month because they were not able to process my payment (but I have not gone to the gym in almost 2 years, how do I owe them something).
Now they attempted to charge me again and they are going to say that now I owe them 2 months. If they were a little bit smarter they will let you cancel, because at that way whenever I'm ready to go back I would probably use them again, but after this, for sure I am not, neither my family. We will have to look for another one, whenever I'm ready to use a gym again.
Reviewed April 5, 2021
We have tried several times to speak and email customer service department regarding our membership. They refuse to acknowledge our emails. This fitness center’s customer service is absolutely MIA. We will be looking elsewhere and spreading our experience. The lap pool is too warm and dirty (dead bugs), btw pool is indoors.
Reviewed March 31, 2021
I met with the assistant manager Dominique to have my measurements done. I told him to cancel my next 2 sessions because I had to cover a shift for one of my nurses that week and the following was my daughter’s birthday. Then I was told that I lost my sessions because I didn’t cancel. I went to see Dominic and he lied to our faces saying we told him not to cancel and we should have called the trainer. He is rude and condescending and is trying to con me out of my money/visits!
Reviewed March 26, 2021
Avoid this place. I’ve been trying to cancel my membership for over a year and they keep charging me fees. I’ve tried everything from speaking to manager (Osiris), calling, and emailing and they just give excuses and keep billing me.
Reviewed Feb. 23, 2021
I moved to another city without an LA fitness nearby. I figured I could do the normal thing and cancel this online considering it is the 21st century. It is impossible to cancel online, it is impossible to cancel over the phone, it is impossible to do anything with anybody that works for this company. Do you have to print out in mail a cancellation to this company. I don't mean email I mean an actual envelope with a stamp. So jump in your DeLorean head back to the '80s and cancel your membership with this company. This is stupid, this is archaic, this is primitive. They do this to lock you in and keep billing you. This is extortion on their part. You have to take time out of your day to either go to their facility which there is not one within 150 mi radius of me or mail in a cancellation. Get with the times! Quit being so obtuse about this cancellation policy. I know you want to keep stealing money from people even when they're not nearby.
Reviewed Feb. 5, 2021
I bought a prepaid membership to LA fitness right before Covid for 3 years. I chose LA fitness because of the kids club. The clubs have been closed close to a year and LA fitness stated they will not refund my membership but I must wait until the clubs reopen in my area. Clubs have opened and closed in the area without my awareness, but the kids club remained closed. I asked for a refund and they told me it is non-refundable. They are untrustworthy and I will fight this until the end.
Reviewed Feb. 1, 2021
Sadly, 2020 and the Covid pandemic clearly showed the true colors of this company. I renewed my membership and signed up for personal training in mid-Feb 2020. Really bad idea. Three weeks into my training, I caught Covid and had to freeze my membership. As everything was being locked down and I was still recovering, I got charged again for training on March 15, when I thought my membership had been frozen. Clubs then got shut down two weeks later. July comes around and I get charged AGAIN for training. I called my local club and was told someone would be in touch. No return call. I called again five days later and was passed around until someone gave me a number for the corporate office.
I sat on hold for 30 minutes with corporate, only to have my training frozen yet again. BTW, they only freeze in three-month increments so you have to keep up with it or else you get charged. Called back in Oct 2020. Same thing...long hold time and my training was frozen again. Where am I at with this? It's been a year and I have shelled out $1,448.91 for an annual membership plus personal training. Most of which, they have been unable to deliver OR I have been unable to use in 2020. It's hard to believe it has been almost one year since all this crazy started.
To top it all off, next week I have to call back again, wait on hold so I can freeze my training for another three months. While I understand everyone is trying to survive these crazy times, a company not being willing to budge at all and try to come up with a solution for customers during a global pandemic is crazy to me. I won't be going back.
Reviewed Jan. 15, 2021
Personal training is a BIG SCAM!!! No one should buy it. Not only the fee is super expensive, but they also have the worst customer service that I have ever seen in my life. When I asked whether I could cancel my personal training membership, the staff rolled her eyes and talked to me in a very rude tone. The worse thing is when they reopened their gym under the pandemic in 2020, they forced you to go; otherwise, you would still be charged. I don't understand why those people don't show any sympathy if their customers weren't feeling comfortable going to their gym with the fear of being infected by someone else! I feel if someone is infected by others in their gym, they should be responsible for the medical fee.
Reviewed Jan. 8, 2021
I was told numerous times I was not able to cancel my membership over the phone. I went in to cancel my membership because I do not go as much with the pandemic. I walked in, someone was at the desk, I waited. The man behind the counter wore a mask and had his face in the computer or socializing with whomever was in front of him.
The custodial worker directed me to another window, so that’s where I stood. Still, the man with his face in the computer began to speak not to the man he was socializing with me but to me. Without looking in my direction or asking what I was there for. I did not hear him nor was I sure he was even speaking to me. He got aggravated when he asked my phone number and I didn’t respond because again, never made eye contact or spoke directly to me. He was too busy socializing. Once I gave him my number to look up my account, it was a click of a button and a “you’re all set” still no eye contact, I wasn’t asked if I wanted a receipt.
I was so taken back I told them they were rude and I left. Once I got back to my vehicle, I realized I never received a receipt. I went back in, only to find the same three men standing there. Socializing. I asked for a receipt and I was told it was emailed to me. It is now the next day and I still have not received a email of my cancellation. The man behind the front desk did every little thing before he printed the paper although he was already on the computer.
I asked why I couldn’t of canceled it over the phone if this was all it took, a click of a button, you didn’t need to confirm with my ID, my name at least... The member or friend of the front desk guy chimes in “well it’s illegal.” The LA fitness in Springfield MA has very poor front desk staff. They are not friendly and they are very rude. Socializing is a priority over doing their job. Their customer service skills are very poor. I was handed the paper and nothing was said as I left. I will not recommend this gym anymore due to its poor front desk staff.
Reviewed Dec. 12, 2020
I have a membership for 29.99 a month at the Evanston location and I cannot say I have been happy with any of their trainers. I was given 1 or 2 free personal training sessions however, after every session they have kept me there for an hour trying to force me into buying their personal training packages that are extremely expensive and are a scam as they don't even give you 30 minutes of their time. Even the country club I attended had better prices for a full hour of fitness with a trainer.
After rejecting their proposals to try and sell me the training packages one of the trainers has had significant tension with me ever since our meeting. For example, he is rude in his tone of voice and constantly uses sarcasm to greet me and being at the gym while someone is constant glaring at you are trying to let you know they don't like you from one of their staff. Although 29.99 is not extremely expensive I feel it is very expensive for their mediocre facility in addition to their poor customer service.
Reviewed Oct. 22, 2020
LA Fitness' business model is to guilt you into purchasing a membership, banking on the fact you'll hate it enough that you won't use their facilities, and then making it as hard as possible to cancel in hopes that you'll continue paying them a ridiculous fee for literally the rest of your life. Their monthly rates are stupid expensive and they offer nothing but old saggy naked men and sweat-drenched machines in return. The gyms are overcrowded and falling apart and once you're signed up, good luck canceling.
Want to cancel online or over the phone because you moved? Too bad. The only way you can cancel is either in person at the LITERAL gym you joined at OR you can write a LETTER and mail it to them, no phone or email allowed! A LETTER! What year do they think this is? The most offensive thing about this place is how blatantly obvious they are about screwing you. No effort to hide the fact that it's a scam because you're too stupid and lazy to actually print a form out, sign it and mail it. Well, jokes on you LA, I mailed my letter today and it only took me 3 years to do it.
Reviewed Oct. 13, 2020
I work out at the LA Fitness located on Ridgeway Rd. in Memphis, TN. On the COVID Protocol, the person at the front desk doesn't remind those who are leaving uncovered to put their masks on as they leave the premises. There are signs on the front door stating that the masks are required when entering and leaving the building. The signs are written in English, and none are written in Spanish. There are many Latinos who work out there, and do not speak fluent English. The Latinos are usually not covered upon leaving and that might be because there are no signs posted, in Spanish. There is Latino music constantly playing in Spanish, but there are no signs posted in Spanish. This short sightedness can cause this spa to be scathed by the Shelby County Health Department.
On ADA Compliance, the main workout area is on the second floor, but the elevator to the second floor has been shut down for nearly a month, with no explanation. This causes those who have mobility problems to struggle to climb the stairs up to the work out area and down, to leave and go home. I have seen members who have to use of wheelchairs turn and go home when they see that the elevator is shut down. The downstairs workout area is reserved for Fitness Trainers and students, only, with no others allowed.
Reviewed Oct. 1, 2020
Before they open up again I called in to cancel my membership but after 3 months I found out they were still charging me and now they refuse to give a refund saying, "You can only cancel by going in person and mailing". I called in while they were still closed and the staff I spoke to told me it was cancelled and now they give me this crap excuse about why it didn’t.
Reviewed Oct. 1, 2020
Despicable, unethical company. When COVID-19 started, I requested a freeze on my account because I have health issues that put me more at risk of hospitalization (or death) if I were to contract COVID-19. They told me they would freeze the account at no charge to me. They had to shut down shortly after that due to the pandemic getting worse and state-wide restrictions. This month I found almost $150 worth of charges on my credit card for my brother and my membership (6 charges in total). Apparently they sent out an e-mail (which I didn't receive) saying they were reopening and then just started charging people.
After calling my local gym and the corporate office, they still refused to remove all the charges, stating they are "a business". I told them I was not informed they would be reopening/charging me or else I would have cancelled the membership. I also explained that nothing changed regarding my health situation and that I never asked them to unfreeze my account that has been frozen since March. They still refused to refund me the full amount. We are in the middle of a global pandemic! I will be reporting them to the Better Business Bureau. I'm appalled and disgusted.
Reviewed Sept. 23, 2020
Only took 3 months to get a membership cancellation on Wed, Sep 23, 7:53 AM. I sent my original email on Tue, Jun 23, 12:00 PM. Then hazard suited up to go to the location on July 21 to find that the manager "was at lunch." Got a call on my drive home which culminated in an 8 minute, 56 second discussion about my desire to cancel my membership amid his sales pitch. He finally acquiesced and said it was cancelled and I would get a notice via email in a few days. Guess it's my fault for believing him and not following thru to verify my membership was TRULY canceled.
I have been a member of 4 gyms over more than a decade and everyone is more concerned with their bottom line than any individual. Thank you, LA Fitness, for hammering home that fact. I will find any other way to exercise, outside of a gym membership. I will never, ever go to a gym again. The $21.98 inappropriately taken from my account for July, August and September will serve as testament to why gyms are an extortionist practice. I will be posting these very comments anywhere that leaving a review is an option. Have a nice day.
Reviewed Sept. 19, 2020
Be careful giving LA Fitness your credit card. They add charges that you never agreed to. They don’t speak to you on the phone when you have issues with billing. Ok fine so we had to go in person to cancel our contract but had to pay to get out of it. Which we did for a agreed upon price and then they changed our credit card triple that. Not an honest company.
Reviewed Sept. 2, 2020
I have made numerous attempt via email, phone calls and direct mail to cancel my membership and every time they told me it will be cancel and my bank would not be charged but still they charge me. I would like a quick response from LA Fitness regarding this matter.
Reviewed Sept. 1, 2020
My name is Sophia and I have had the unfortunate experience of entering into a training contract with them. I reviewed the contract with a lawyer less than 24 hours after signing and found I had 3 business days to get and mail the cancellation form to cancel outright with a refund. I was finally able to get it, LA Fitness wouldn't allow me access it on my online account, I had to contact the gym for it. I mailed it less than 24 hours after signing and they received it within their 3 day period which doesn't really matter because I just had to mail it within 3 days. I have heard from no one about my cancellation and am very frustrated because I followed all of their crazy protocols to take care of it. The business is shady. Use any other gym, I'm honestly surprised that LA fitness is even still in business.
Reviewed Aug. 25, 2020
My wife bought me a membership 6 years ago. I never signed one document and they are billing me for 6 years ago. You can not reach them and now they are calling me for collections since a credit card. They refuse to cancel my membership unless I go into the store. I never stepped into their store or signed any paperwork.
Reviewed Aug. 18, 2020
The manager who is located at the Bear, DE site handled herself in a unprofessional manner. She would not listen to my concerns and told me that my membership was revoked. Months before this, I tried to cancel but they told me I would have to come in. I don't have time and wanted to cancel over the phone. After downloading the information on the website and mailing it corporate they still didn't cancel my membership. However, they kept charging me the $30.00 a month. When I went in today on 08/18/2020 to cancel the manager on duty at 10 am EST would not let me speak and was very rude. She refused to help me and said I owe $30.00. I told her she will not get another dime from me. She said she will not help me any further and walked away. This is unethical and the raging sensitivity is alarming, especially during these trying times. I will let everyone know to stay away from the LA Fitness!
Reviewed Aug. 14, 2020
I have been a loyal member of LA Fitness for two decades (that's 20 long years people) and for a long time they were really good. Great staff, great classes, great members and I was a member at a time when I really needed it in my life. In the last 10 years it has gone WAY downhill. Classes were cut and not replaced, classes that existed were terrible with teachers who were not nice, the staff turned over and the new people are mean as snakes. When COVID-19 started and the governor closed the gym down our memberships were all put on hold which was great, but when they opened back up (with no prior notice) I had already decided that I wasn't ready to go back into a germ-infested gym and I wanted to put a hold on my account - so I did and LA Fitness charged me a full month anyway.
Less than 3 weeks later the gym was mandated to close again and I was charged again in spite the closure. I called the gym to complain and talk to a manager about a refund and someone named Kelly who was the supposed manager was super nasty to me because I wanted a refund on an overcharge they committed. He was belligerent and hostile and right there I decided I was done so I cancelled my membership. Now, Kelly told me he would credit/refund my money and that was over a month ago and it hasn't happened. LA Fitness will tell you to call (but nobody answers - it's a recording) and they will tell you to email (which I sent over 30 emails over 60 days and not one response). All so they can avoid refunding your money because they are going bankrupt.
So, after multiple civil attempts to get my dues back which were overcharged, I went to my credit card and filed a dispute. I also went through several hoops to get my membership cancelled as well because there is no way I'm ever going back to an LA Fitness - they couldn't pay me to go back. These people are the worst at customer service - especially for a 20 year member. Do yourself a favor and go to a small boutique gym or better yet - walk or run outside in the fresh air (with a mask - 6 ft. apart from others). These people are horrid.
Reviewed Aug. 4, 2020
Elmhurst (IL) L.A. Fitness is ok, but their corporate office is awful. I mailed them a cancellation letter (to CA) in April, they never processed it. Kept on billing me monthly $30 plus billed my annual fee $50. They finally refunded the monthly fee but not annual feel. While on the phone with corporate I was polite, calm, and professional with the rep, Sarah, who insisted she cannot do anything about the annual fee. I asked if the company is ok with losing a client forever and what negativity comes with that due to reviews and word of mouth. She responded that she cannot do anything and hung up before I was done talking. Awful business attitude.
Reviewed Aug. 3, 2020
I haven’t been to the gym since March when covid started to get real bad in south Florida. As soon as they all started to open my account had 6 charges on it. Some I got refunded. Then I froze my account till November. All of the sudden Aug 1 at hit and I get charged $360 for personal training on a frozen account that I’m not even going to use. And they refuse to refund me and will use it as a CREDIT in NOVEMBER when my ACCOUNT is NO longer FROZEN?!?!! ** I want my refund. Or close my account altogether. It’s like they are incapable of doing a simple billing job. I’ve called, was on hold for a long time (understandable). I’ve emailed and they aren’t giving my money back. LA fitness Sunrise Florida.
Reviewed July 29, 2020
I became a member on March 1st, 2020. Paid all upfront fees about $170 for me and my Husband, only used the club 8 days because of the quarantine. In June they charged us an annual fee that we were not informed of when we became members. We tried calling the 1800 number no one answers the calls, they only rely on what’s written on paper, I signed the membership agreement but unfortunately I relied on what the sales rep disclosed fees on a blank paper and the annual fee of $90 was not mentioned. We have paid them over $300 and only used the club 8 days.
Is a total scam, if you plan to use this club make sure you read the small letters on the agreement because their sales reps do not mention it I guess is because they just want to make sales, If he had mentioned an annual fee I would have never enrolled. So you pay first month, initiation fee, last month and annual fee but the annual fee they charge you two or three months later, the scam on their behalf is charging three months later the annual fee and not telling you verbally at the time of enrollment. Pure Scam!!
Reviewed July 9, 2020
It's very easy to join, but be careful, they make it almost impossible to cancel any time or during this covid-19 time. First they ask you to come to store which you don't want to go due to corona virus, then they give you corporate phone number to call that no one answers and put you on hold for hours and then they tell you go to google and get the form that does not exists, then they tell you that they email you the cancellation form which never comes to your email, although all other LA Fitness advertising come to your email! The manager is very rude. It took me 4 hrs since this morning tried to cancel my membership and was not able to do it yet. They have no respect for your time. All they want to do is to collect membership and annual fee. I highly recommend any other Gym than LA Fitness.
Reviewed July 7, 2020
Hello! I arrived at LA Fitness in Clearwater where I was attended by Joseph ** and we told him that we are foreigners, that we wanted to work out for two months, as we will be returning to our country. That was two weeks before they closed Gym because of Covid. He charged: registration fee, 2 months in advance and he warned at the time that we would not need to pay the annual fee, as we would freeze (we would only use two months).
There were undue charges on the card. To resolve it, we had to go to the Gulf to Bay unit several times and speak to Mr Joseph **. The first time, he asked us to call the central and besides waiting two hours to be attended, our problem was not solved. We returned to the gym, and the attendant said they would refund the amount unduly charging.
I sent an email two days ago to Mr Joseph because there was no return from him or LA Fitness emails and I was informed him that the annual fee would not be refunded, The feeling of being cheated was great. I learned that the word does not count and in the next transfers, I will ask for it all by email or added to the contract. Completely dissatisfied with the service.
Reviewed June 30, 2020
6/30/2020 current time 5:32 PM CST: I called and got half of the explanation of what I was looking for. They transferred me to management who can determine if I can be credited the monthly charges because of Covid-19. I am waiting for about 1 hour and 50 minutes as of now. It's so long I decided to wait to see if it will just hang up on me since business hour will be over soon. It's unreal, I wonder if Covid-19 can last LA Fitness wait time. We will see.
Reviewed June 24, 2020
In dark times like this one big corporation should shine and this is not the case of LA Fitness, tried to close down my membership sending a cancellation for through the mail cause that's the only option available in 2020 for this guys, never had an answer just to see my bank account almost three months later been billed again, wrote an email explaining the situation, never answer, tried to call corporate customer service one and a half hour over the phone, no answer, if you guys can take care of your clients please fill for bankruptcy like any other company do in this times of covid 19, but don't trick us and charge fees for a service I at least stop use months ago, still no answer and I will proceed to send another cancellation form (again) and again till you guys cancel my membership, just "Not fair. "
Reviewed June 18, 2020
Updated on 06/20/2020: Finally talk to the manager ** on 16339 SW 88 St, Miami Florida. So, the situation is they can do anything about do that all gyms charged annual fee on the second month according to him. The issue is that the personnel will not tell you that. Also I found out that my credit card got charged yesterday but I cannot do anything about. The funny part is that his answer was, "You can come one more month." Is that a joke. I cannot believe that a corporation like L.A. Fitness will have only one manager in this location and will be only interested in charging the customer and not resolving the matter.
Original review: I have subscribe my daughter for 4 month contract. Then I paid 1st and last month at the entrance to the gym. They have my credit card on record by now. Second month they charged a annual fee that they did not told me about. Last month they did not charged so we are good on the contract. Two month later they charge again. At that point I go to the gym to resolved the issue. They told me only ** (manager) in 16339 SW 88 ST, Miami Florida can resolved the issue but he is not there. Next day same story. I called corporate 39 minutes waiting listen to a music then line hangs up. Very frustrated situation, they have people to put you on contracts but nobody to resolved your hostage credit card.
Reviewed June 9, 2020
DON'T PAY FULL MEMBERSHIP - ONLY USE MONTHLY PAYMENT OPTION!! The facility has been closed for about 3 months and there is no note on the door to say when the facility will reopen. I read recently the pool facilities will not be reopening. The only reason I joined was to use the pool at that location only. I paid full membership price and there is no refund. When I call the facility - the phone disconnects you as well. There is no one to reach at LA Fitness. I joined 3 months prior to the shut down and I have lost over $800.00 in dues. I can suspend my account but that costs as well. I'm working part time then I will be unemployed for 3 months with a knee replacement. There is a job loss with my spouse at well. If there is someone who can help - please get a hold of me. My phone is **.
Reviewed May 30, 2020
In order to cancel your membership you have to go online and print cancellation form and then mail it to their California address. Really --- in today's world you have to mail a form in order to cancel your membership. You can't go to the gym or submit form electronically --- yet they can continue to take your membership fees electronically and email you information.
This is crazy and only supports their ability to keep taking your money electronically --- especially if they later say they never received the cancellation form. They also only use a PO Box to send forms -- so you cannot even send it FedEx or UPS. This is horrible!
Reviewed May 25, 2020
LA FITNESS IN BROOKHAVEN ATLANTA.
1. Place to crowded, especially the swimming pool and basket ball room. Too many kids in too many swimming class. Three days a week.
2. Scale has been moved to public places so men and women use only one scale (too cheap) with all their clothes on (not accurate measuring weight loss progress).
3. Treadmill earphone outlet either too loose to plug in or not working.
4. Zumba classes music too loudly, harmful to eardrum.
5. Lock room has only one hair dryer. After writing them, one more hair dryer was added.
6. Several water shower compartments were malfunctioning. Water is not hot from 6 to 8pm weekday due to too many people taking shower.
Pro:1. Front desk people are polite.
2. Zumba classes teacher are energetic and friendly.
3. Each treadmill has its own cable TV.
Suggestions:1. Add waltz, belly dancing and Tai chi classes.
2. Swimming pool water should be 6 feet deep instead of 3 feet deep.
Reviewed April 20, 2020
It's like a family. They have classes and they have a pool and sauna that are really nice. Equipment and basketball court and personal training available. They don't give hard time about freezes either.
Reviewed April 19, 2020
The one I go to is new. All the equipment is good, and at the time I go there is enough for everyone to use without being on top of each other. The pool only has two laps, but people share and we are able to make it work. The whirlpool is excellent. The locker rooms are fine, but they do not have enough people cleaning and members dump their towels all over the place. Overall, I am happy with the gym.
Reviewed April 14, 2020
Great people who share info gratis, help learn about muscle applications, very clean with TV and machines that are kept in working condition. Good parking is helpful. The price of my membership is unbeatable.
Reviewed April 13, 2020
Not all LA Fitness are nice.. 4949 147th Street Hawthorne CA is the best.. Used to be a Gold's gym.. Clean except for jacuzzi and floating debris and lukewarm 50 percent of the time but good seating.. Tv... Big area to relax. Nice people for most part except for lady wanting to minister to me... And girl a couple of times saying there's the ugly girl in the sauna to her friend but on the whole it beats really dirty ugly 24 hr clubs with snotty personnel and tons of harassers in the locker room and cold pools like in Hermosa Beach.
Reviewed April 12, 2020
Fully functional gym, both training and machine plus free weights. Equipment is not state of the art and gets a lot of use. Decent overall maintenance. My site has a pool and spa. While not used by me appears to be reasonably maintained. General housekeeping is nominal with limited staff to service equipment and clean. Members need a mother to pick up after them - equipment is used and not returned to racks. Paper towels and water bottles left in treadmills after use. Many time hand cleaner stations empty. Complaints are not handled in a timely manner by the front desk.
Reviewed April 11, 2020
The total performance of gym hasn't met their current advertisement or commitment, let it be know neither has they lived up to my expectation of their comments before I signed up. The cleanliness and availability of eqpt., unmonitored locker room showers, spas, seem like they only cleans once a day.

Reviewed April 10, 2020
Trainers are $280/month (four 25-min sessions/month, but many times they are more like 15-minute sessions) + possible hidden fees. Membership is $34/month negotiable. You can get a free week trial before giving any personal information and enrolling. Watch out with the salesman, I was charged extra sessions on some months and he won't take no for an answer when offering extended plans and memberships.
Don’t enroll for an extensive period of time as there are no refunds nor trial time, once signed the contract there is no cancelation. I was sold something totally different than I was offered. Ask for deals, promotions, and discounts since they will duplicate their starting price. Their prices are negotiable. Also, make sure you ask for a free week trial at the gym before you enroll in anything or give any personal information and credit card.
Personal trainer is completely overpriced... $260/month for 4 sessions of ~18 minutes each. The first sessions you don’t even get to work out as you are being asked questions. Annoyingly, they warmly welcome new customers with completely unnecessary ‘sales strategies’ where you have to pay upfront fees plus your last month of enrollment as a non-refundable-deposit. The WIFI is terrible and there is no phone reception, the LA Fitness app freezes every time.
Reviewed April 10, 2020
I love LA Fitness and the people who work there. I am frustrated that they charged us a full month's membership and then closed down 5 days later due to Corona Virus and refuse to refund us...they give us only option to have a free month put on the back of our membership or give a three month membership to someone. After repeated request to have a refund I just get an email that is obviously a form letter with the same options. Other than that, the gym is amazing.
Reviewed April 9, 2020
I paid 3 years advanced and got a really good deal. I go there almost morning. Most locations open at 4:30 am, perfect for us early birds where I can get home after a workout, walk the dog and get ready for work and the day.
Reviewed April 8, 2020
The Bear, Delaware location is managed well and the employees are respectful and polite. There is a vacant room that I would like to see it used for aggressive sports training like boxing; other than that I've recommended LA Fitness to several of my neighbors.
Reviewed April 7, 2020
LA Fitness is a very clean gym. Equipment is always operable depending on which location you go to; you may run into some staff members that are pretty snobby. They have many locations throughout the states. If ever you need to cancel or suspend you membership that is where the issue is. You are required to mail a piece of paper requesting a cancellation to their California office. It just so happens they never receive said paperwork that is mailed to them, and customer service is absolutely no help.
Reviewed April 6, 2020
When you walk in to a LA Fitness it feels like a fully loaded clubhouse with friendly people. They are all the same. Some even have outdoor pool. Bathrooms and locker rooms are very clean and spacious.
Reviewed April 5, 2020
Good price and would be a decent value for the money if it weren’t so disgustingly filthy. Not unusual to find the same dirty tissue and sweat stains on a treadmill for months, fingernails on mats, etc. Trainers are a joke - they stand around & chat a lot with their clients instead of motivating them.
Reviewed March 27, 2020
Here’s what L.A. Fitness saw fit as an action during this time: although all gyms are closed (indefinitely), and after sending a letter of ‘support’ Friday March 20, 2020 that we will not be charged monthly or annual fees until the gyms will open again, three business days later I was charged the monthly fee. After I sent an email to inquire, thinking it was an honest mistake, and after not receiving any reply, the next day I was charged a $52 annual fee, in addition to the monthly fee... This is not the time to think about gym memberships… When every business right now is doing so much for the community, freezing accounts, mortgages and rents, helping and supporting each other, this greedy company is charging their members, while closed. Why did they even send the letter then?
After a few attempts to talk to customer service, I ended up talking to this corporate person, who told me that it was not a mistake, that there will be no refunds, and that if they don’t reopen the gyms next month they will add a month after I cancel my membership… Like that is helpful in any way? I mean, what are they charging us for right now, and why can’t they follow the ethical conduit that most businesses follow during this pandemic time. We all lost jobs and businesses, and I never write a bad review no matter how low the situation, but in this case I honestly hope that someone will see an opportunity to take legal action against them, since this is a type of action/business that should not be permitted in America right now, and I am obviously not the only person upset about this.
Reviewed March 24, 2020
Enjoy the gym, but LA Fitness is doing the unspeakable-trying to steal money from their members. They are trying to debit credit cards while the gym is closed during the Covid-19 pandemic. The gym has been closed since last week, the doors are locked, and they are continuing to charge members. LA Fitness also collected the last month upfront so they owe all members a minimum of one month, and weeks. LA Fitness is looking to fatten their wallets while then USA is fighting a health crisis. Greedy bastards.
Reviewed March 8, 2020
I have been going to LA Fitness certified personal trainers for 7 years. There have been fewer and fewer certified trainers available. Until now there are none at the two gyms closest to me. In fact of the 10 gyms in my area only 3 have certified trainers. In contrast, there were 5 trainers at my local LA Fitness when I first signed up. And they even stayed for a year or two! I am very disappointed and will cancel my personal training account.
Reviewed Feb. 20, 2020
I’m a new Marine on RA (recruiters assistance), and I was looking for a gym to use during my two week duty. When I went in to the LA Fitness in Greece NY, Patrick, the man at the desk, set me up so that I am using the equipment at both facilities near me free of charge during this period.
Reviewed Feb. 14, 2020
This is the LA Fitness in Corona, CA - horrible customer service, staff degrades you, managers named Dylan and Dylan and some supposed vice president of training Laylonnie.... File a compliant to them, they don't give a crap about you. Speaking with Laylonnie.... There many times I thought I was speaking with a robot. That's how unprofessional they are. They are just robots. Strange. Anyhow if you would like to be ripped off, degraded, and when you try to resolve anything with the robots they keep trying to make you think that you aren't trying to resolve the issue so they can get you off the phone. Due to the situation that happened I asked for a 25.00 credit and they can't even do that. Anything I tried to resolve with them, they couldn't do. They will not help you just take your money. I paid a ** ton of money. These people are scum!!!!
Reviewed Jan. 31, 2020
DO NOT sign up with LA Fitness! I repeat, DO NOT sign up with la fitness! They will STEAL your MONEY! The only reason I signed up with la fitness was because of Kids Klub. Every time I drop my daughter off, there’s a problem. They’re not well staffed in the Kids Klub! 8-10 kids per adult and 1-2 are usually crying. How in the world can you call that well managed? This makes me worry about my daughter's well being while I’m working out. Their staff & corporate office will tell you, “according to our roster, there’s always two people on site”. Which is total BS!
The manager was also unprofessional and extremely rude! Her name is Nicole at the Alicia Parkway location. I canceled my membership since they did not follow through with their part of the transaction with providing adequate care for my child. I asked for all my money refunded (first, last, initiation fee, annual fee) since they couldn’t provide what I signed up for and they said no. It’s called a breach in the contract! Nicole was very arrogant about not returning my money too. I asked the front desk twice for assistance to help the woman (Ellie) working in Kids Klub, they couldn’t have cared less, and were rude to the woman (Ellie) working in Kids Klub. They yelled to Ellie that there’s no one to help in front of other customers. The lack of professionalism was astonishing!
I saw at least 3 staff members at the front desk just standing around. I do not understand how a company can take anyone’s money without providing the service that was originally agreed upon! I’ve only had the membership for two months now, and they already charged me an annual fee. You would think they would waive the annual fee until the following year but nope. They did not mention this when I signed up either. They are wonderful until you’re signed up and they got your money. Once they receive your money they do not care about you or your family.
At the end of the day, this company doesn’t deserve your business. They’re incompetent, rude, and constantly short staffed. The manager (Nicole) running the place needs to be better educated/trained so she’s prepared to handle customers in a professional manner. A professional manager/supervisor usually attempts to save a client but not at Alicia pkwy la fitness. Nicole lacks basic customer service skills. Thank you Nicole, you just sent my business to 24 Hour Fitness! Needless to say, I will be contacting my bank about this!
Reviewed Jan. 31, 2020
My wife and I joined LA Fitness at University Parkway in Sarasota about 3 months ago, after receiving multiple calls from the sales Manager Melanie. She was very kind in the beginning and my wife and I decided giving her a try, then we were offered the membership. We said that at the moment we didn't have the money to sign in. They said that was not a problem, we can join and pay later, (which we did one week later) then we can try it for two months. We also were offered a "Complimentary Fitness Assessment" next day. We took it (about half and hour) and the we were invited to sit with our trainer for more than an hour and they tried so bad to get us in a training contract. I had the same feeling that when I have been offered "timeshare" too much pressure.
I explained I really didn't need it and also at that moment in my budget I didn't have money for it. A guy name Ryan, one of the trainers, was even so rude that he dared to tell me that if I live in Lakewood Ranch, how I could not afford it? To make a story short three months later we are trying to cancel our membership. Now they are charging an "annual fee" after being only two months. My wife decided to get training in the Lakewood Ranch Branch. After only three weeks she injured her back. She took a letter from the doctor saying that she was not able to make any physical effort, so were told that only with a letter from her doctor. We went to Melanie the Lady at the University Branch who took the letter and told us that the Training contract was canceled, but they are still charging my wife account with $200 a month! After $400 already paid for only three weeks of training, and they keep charging the monthly membership fees after I refused to pay the annual fee for being only two months in the Gym! WATCH OUT! DON'T LET THEM GET YOU! Their tactics are DECEPTIVE, IT IS EASY TO SIGN BUT AFTER THAT THEY GOT YOU FOREVER!
Reviewed Jan. 27, 2020
Signed up for personal training in August, since this time unfortunately my younger sister has been diagnosed with cancer, I have to cut back drastically on work in order to help my family. I have not been able to use this service since October but still continued to pay $678 monthly. Today I went and spoke to Derrick at LA Fitness. I advised him of my situation and explained I could no longer afford the service, nor would have time to utilize it. He was quick to point out that I signed a one year contract, understandingly I then inquired about lowering the frequency of sessions from 3 times a week to 1 in order to lower my payment, I was refused and was told to come back next august and they would lower it when I renew.
Reviewed Jan. 12, 2020
What can I say for a company that charge so much to the members to use the Gym. It’s a joke. The place is dirty, old machines, broken air conditioning 90 % of the time, broken machine that takes months to fix. Smell horrible everywhere. I wish Crunch will open one across all the LA fitnesses. Get this Cheap corporation out of business for good.
Reviewed Jan. 11, 2020
When joining LA Fitness, I inquired about their cancellation process to be sure I wasn't joining a gym that would lock me in as a member for life. I was told that cancelling was an easy process and that I could cancel at any time. Lo and behold, I am becoming an eternal member. When calling the local fitness club in September, I was told I could find the cancellation process in my LA Fitness account information.
I followed the steps and expected to hear back regarding the cancellation of my membership. I did not, so I sent an email and when I heard back, I was informed my cancellation was never received. Shame on me for not making a copy of the cancellation form or keeping my post office receipt. Calling the fitness club and requesting to cancel a membership isn't an option, although they tell you it is. Requesting to cancel via email isn't an option either. I am attempting to follow the cancellation process once again, however this time I will send the form via certified mail. Another issue, when requesting to cancel, you are not able to end your membership before the next billing cycle, but rather they hold you hostage for an additional billing cycle.
Reviewed Jan. 8, 2020
They signed my daughter up for a contract over 500 dollars a month knowing she wasn't in a position to read the fine print and we have spent multiple hours trying to get out of it. They took our credit card number without a physical card in hand and signed us up for a long term contract that we have been unable to get out of. Regardless of a Dr's letter and multiple calls to corporate with bad attitudes we still are being bulled month after month for 500$ plus 24.95 plus an added 30 dollar charge. I'm sorry. Who spends that a month? The branch is West Goshen in Pennsylvania and I have the corporate ID numbers of several people I have spoken with who will not help us in any way. I have never encountered such horrible customer service in my life. Furthermore taking advantage of a family with a child who has an ongoing disease.
Reviewed Jan. 3, 2020
I was at LA fitness at fletcher's creek in Brampton, Ontario this morning. I was there for a cycle class this morning. Every time when there is a class members prefer to leave the door open, reason being it gets really HOT during the class and with a lot of people's body heat. This morning one of the janitorial didn't allow me to leave the door open, I asked her the reason, she said she can't do anything. She was told by manager to keep the door close when there is a class. I went to the manager and explained him the situation, I didn't was anyone or myself to faint during the intense class. Manager was very very very RUDE, and gave me a reason for AC to kick in when door is closed, which makes sense and I agree. He also gave this reason that people working out outside the class have complained that they hear a lot of music and noise that disturbs their work out.
I request to LA fitness Management, please allow us to keep the door open during the class. Otherwise if something happens to anyone then management can be in big trouble. FYI, classes at LA fitness are intense with instructor. Some of the instructors are crazily intense which is good for workout. But please allow to leave the door open, if not full door, but at least half or quarter part.
Also, please make sure your managers have manners to talk to members, make sure that they have their morning coffees so they don't misbehave with any member at the Gym. I literally had to tell that manager, "You don't need to fight with me, I understand your issue but you need to be considerate to members." He also said he will come to the class to see how hot does it get. Which apparently he never showed up to see. I did talk about this to the other members of the class and they agree with my comments, I am not sure if they have talked to the manager or no.
Reviewed Dec. 31, 2019
I had a contract with LA FITNESS for training sessions that expired on November 27th 2019. As I lost my contract I went to the facility in Noblesville to ask when was my last payment due and if I had to do anything else to cancel my contract. The person who talked to me (Alejandro) told me that I had nothing to do, once my contract was up I was not going to be charged anything else. I asked him, do I have to cancel my contract so I don't go on a month to month basis? He said to me "no, you don't have to, once your contract is up, then you are done". Trusting to his words I didn't do anything else and what it is my surprised that on December 27th I see that they withdrew $420.00 from my account when they said this was not going to happen...
I went to the gym to ask about it and first of all; Alejandro said not remembering having talked to me on November but when his manager started asking him questions about it he suddenly remember what he talked about with me but still could not remember having talked to me... (seriously?) Second, they then showed me that on my contract said that if I did not cancelled my contract then I would go on a month to month basis... Didn't I just went on November trying to avoid this???? They gave me false information, you cannot tell me read the contract because I didn't have it and that is why I went to asked them for this information...
Let's say that that was true (which is not) the month to month payment was due on the 27th, I went on the 27th and told them about it... Shouldn't they have just canceled it and refund my money back? Any other business does that!! While posting on Facebook this story I came across other people who have gone through the same experience with LA FITNESS; it seems this is a rip-off scheme they have going on and no one puts a stop. Even if it was written on the contract; they should have given me that information on November when I went talking to them and they gave me false information.
Now, they charged my account and told me like making fun of me... "you still have sessions you can use for this month"... as if I want to set foot ever again at that place! Customers cannot be rip-off this way; If I say to refund my money for a service you haven't been provided, they you refund my money, no questions asked! Obviously they didn't give me my money back and I will not go there and use my training sessions as I didn't agree on them. I don't know why customers have to be forced to pay for something we do not want. Hopefully someone can put a stop on this.
Reviewed Dec. 31, 2019
LA fitness is a corrupt place to workout, they will persuade you into signing up for membership and deceive you that the care about your fitness but in reality they are just interested in your money and they’re ready to take all your money from you. I don’t get it, is easy to sign up for a membership but when you want to cancel it, they will give you reasons and try not to cancel your account and will keep billing you.
For my experience, I opened an account on 11/18/2019 and they told me I am paying first and last month which was $70, after my first month I didn’t like the place mainly because the place stinks, and the bathrooms sucks, their equipment are old and there’s a freaking a lot of people and there’s no space to train. Not only that but also they Close the gym almost anytime without informing you, and change their schedule time as well, is not worth it so don't waste your money.
On 12/31/2019 I went there to cancel my membership and they said I should go home. Is done, I went home and saw that on my app it was still active. I called in and they asked me to come back in and cancel the account and I did that and they said they can only cancel it on 02/17/2020. Which doesn’t makes sense, because they are going to charge until February, but they didn’t mention that to me when I was opening the gym membership, I’m so done with LA Fitness. I will never ever advise anyone to open an account with them, they’re corrupt and liars.
Reviewed Dec. 22, 2019
In actuality, the classes they claim they offer are not necessarily even offered in the relevant city/province/country you live in. I did the research and found out that many of their classes are only offered in a few states in the USA like Cardio Jam and HIP HOP. I am in Canada [Ontario specifically] and I did a country wide search and noticed based on provincial postal codes and US postal codes that very few of their gyms offer those classes that they list.
Cardio Jam is in New York and Philadelphia and Georgia, perhaps even in LA but not in all the US states and certainly not in any province in Canada. That goes for HIP HOP classes as well. Also a few others are not offered at all in Canada. I did not know this when I joined. I wanted to try all sorts of different classes and found out that selection is actually quite limited as to what they do offer even though I go to 5 different LA Fitness locations in Toronto to try different instructors classes. After two years I have decided to leave this gym.
Reviewed Dec. 21, 2019
They discriminate against skinny people - or make you pay. They lock up the lightest weights in the training room, then tell you that you have to pay $200-$300 extra/month to access them. On top of that, the front desk person told her manager that I called her a "**." When I asked another employee who he said heard it, she admitted that I didn't. He wouldn't allow me to ask the accuser. After spending almost an hour (patiently - I was meditating!) waiting for a resolution, the manager got on the phone when I approached.
Reviewed Dec. 20, 2019
WORST GYM ever. Don't join. They talk you into joining but then when you would want to close the membership, you are in a big mess. They would keep taking your money. Talking to customer care or managers don't help either.
Reviewed Dec. 19, 2019
I join LA Fitness because it was the closest gym to my job and I wanted to look better for my future wedding in 8/2017. As of 8/2019 I have no longer been able to attend due to clash with schedules. You have to placed on their website that you are canceling and then send a letter to a PO Box. I have done the process twice. No one has received. I proceeded to change my credit card to prevent them from charging me. I didn’t see another option. Somehow they contacted my bank and my bank gave them my credit card number because they claim they saw the I was charged for this monthly and they thought they couldn’t get a hold of me.
Bottom line is I have been in gym for a while; Bally’s, 24 Hour Fitness and now LA Fitness but LA fitness is the only one who makes you jump though fire loops to cancel and even then they won’t cancel. LA fitness took over the Bally’s total fitness. They have not updated any of the equipment. It takes months to get equipment fixed when it breaks. They have cockroaches crawling on your legs as you are showering in multiple gyms. Most of the lockers are broken and it’s super easy to break into them. Worst gym ever. All they care about the money. Anyone considering joining this gym don’t. You will regret it forever. I am sure Louis Welch could afford to pay for membership he doesn’t need but we can’t or shouldn’t have to. This people are horrible. Think twice. I will go back to 24 hour fitness. Clean, better instructors, they help you easily and have no problems letting you go until you are able to come back.
Reviewed Dec. 14, 2019
12/6/2019. I and my son are members. Had a meeting about a personal trainer's ongoing bullying, he is in total denial. Truly I don't think management there believes him, but we settled on no communication to diffuse the situation. He sat in a chair during the meeting slouched and called me dude when addressing me. I'm 30 years his senior. The other thing is his friend who videotaped my son for the sole purpose of ridiculing. Which is a clear violation and an offense to have his membership revoked. Will be let off with a warning. The personal trainer was party to this. This is my gym. Who thinks this person needs to have his membership terminated and who knows how to get this to the highest of channels to get it done. Just to see the trainer is sickening, he should be transferred immediately now that people are aware.
Reviewed Dec. 12, 2019
We joined the personal training at the LA Fitness at North Richland Hills under heavy sales pressure. We clearly indicated to them that we would be out of country soon and they repeatedly promised all monthly charges will be postponed. The charge for November 10 was to be rescheduled for later but they went ahead with the charge anyway. We became sick upon return back to USA and conveyed this to John at LA Fitness and expressed displeasure at November charge. John promised December will not be charged. Guess what, they charged us anyway. We have told John we do not want to continue and CANCEL. But no use. They don't care that we are both retired and on limited budget. They don't care that my wife is sick and bedridden. PATHETIC!!!
Reviewed Dec. 8, 2019
I paid for a personal trainer that quit after one session. No one told me or the other clients. My next trainer wouldn't even talk To me during sessions. We only had one. I couldn't cancel payments. I was told that I was cancelled but continued to be charged. I went battled with emails and sent in my form to cancel AND STILL CONTINUED TO BE CHARGED! THEY OWE ME HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS for training I never received. Finally I closed my bank account.??? Bad business LA F!
Reviewed Dec. 3, 2019
After been taking showers for a month I start development Athlete's foot. It is a fungal infection that affects the upper layer of the skin of the foot, especially when it is warm, moist, and irritated. It is as also known as tinea pedis and ringworm of the foot. The fungus that causes athlete's foot is called Trichophyton and is commonly found on floors and in clothing.
Reviewed Nov. 28, 2019
My story starts this way. I went to LA fitness in the month of July! I wanted to take a regular gym Membership! But they had a deep conversation with me, about why I am joining and everything for a long 1 and half hours! I told them I have my marriage in February, and that is the reason I wanted to join! So they asked me to take training sessions!
Then came Daniel, who works in LA as a fitness trainer! He talked to me about the benefits of having a trainer and everything and he told me a price for 12 months! I clearly told him I am a contractor, and I move places! So I won’t be able to make 12 months and it’s way too expensive! So he made 160$ for 6 months! He said, "Your marriage is in February, and there are exact 6 months for it! So this would be perfect plan for you!" Then I said, "Ok! I want to do 6 months!" He made me sign a contract saying it to be 6 months (but the contract showing 12 months, which I came to know yesterday Nov 27th)! I was not aware of this 12 months saying in the contract! Even Daniel and other trainers talked to me saying 6 months all these months from July!
I got a new job in Thomasville, GA! And I have to move to Tallahassee! I told the same to the people in LA and asked them to cancel my membership. From that day they started showing faces to me! At first they said, There are more 2 months, and you have to pay 160$ as a buy out, in November initial weeks!" I told them, there is no LA fitness in Tallahassee! If there was one I would have definitely joined that club there in Tallahassee, but why should I pay, if there is no center in Tallahassee, and that’s not my problem! They said, "You have signed a contract, and you need to pay 160$ as a buy out!" Daniel said, "We can trying cancelling without you having to pay!" I gave my new job offer letter to him as a proof that I am moving out! And he said, "We will definitely make this happen, I will talk to my boss!"
Weeks were passing! I was constantly asking him for an update! He said, "I am trying! But no answer!" On Nov 25th I went to ask for an update! He said, "I am trying, we will close tomorrow for sure," and I told him I have a training session at 8:30 tomorrow, and asked if he will be there! He said, "Yes, I will be there and we will close it!"
On Nov 26th when I went to Gym at 8:15, Daniel was already left! So I asked Eli **, about the updates! He said I am not from fitness trainers (but at least he could have mentioned why is it getting delayed)! He started talking like, "I don’t know, you should have come earlier. People already left" and started questioning me like, "Who asked you to join the gym? We didn’t told you to move to Tallahassee" And all this stuff! Is this the way you talk to people who come to your Gym, and putting all the hard earned money on your business? I pay 160$ for fitness and 56$ for membership! Do I deserve all these words from him, after doing more than 1000$ from 4 months? I was so disappointed with the people there, Eli as well as the front desk girl, I don’t know her name !
Finally yesterday Nov 27th, 160$ got deducted from account! I thought ok now it got deducted! And the buy out amount is over! I am free from the membership! But I wanted to confirm this first from the corporate that I am out of these two training and gym memberships! And also wanted to complaint about this guy Eli ** and his misbehavior with me! So I have reached out to LA fitness Corporate!
A lady picked up the call, and I asked her about my membership cancelation! She said, "Your gym membership has been cancelled and you will not be charged 56$ next month!" And then I have asked about my training fitness membership! I told her about my 160$ which got deducted and asked her to consider as a buyout and cancel the membership! And then I heard this shocking news. She said, "Your contract says 12 months!" My mind got blank, and I said no it’s 6 months! Everyone in the gym knows it is 6 months! And I have signed 6 months! She said, "Ma'am I am reading whatever I see here!" I was so shocked and rushed immediately to LA fitness!
I first asked Daniel what is my buy out! He said 160$! I asked him, "Are you sure?" He said, "Yes. Let me check!" And after checking he saw it to be 12 months, and immediately changed his words! "So your contract says 12 months! You have to do more payments till June 27th!" I asked him, "How come it says 12 months! We both discussed that day that long, and you have decreased amount to 160$ For 6 months and how come it is 12 months and not 6 months!" He didn’t utter a word! He simply said, "Let me go ahead and cancel this for you!"
He cancelled and gave me a paper! And told, "You are all set. 160$ is your buy out and money won’t deduct from your account anymore!!" I said ok and took that paper! In that paper it is saying final billing date is June 27th 2020! I asked him the same, he started saying, "No don’t worry, you are all set. It won’t deduct and all!" I asked him what if it deducts, and what can I do legally if it gets deducted? He started mumbling, because he doesn’t have an answer! He was just saying no it won’t deduct and all! I asked him, "I just want to see in a paper that today was my last billing, because I don’t trust you guys anymore." He made me wait for few minutes and saying, "I am helping you out and all!" He later said, "It won’t deduct, but I can’t do email"! I said, "I don’t trust you anymore and I want to have that in paper!" He started back firing on me. "You signed it for 12 months and it will deduct till the last billing!"
Just before this he said you are all set! And now after me asking for a written proof, he Started saying rudely, "You have signed for it! It will deduct!" Such a liar! I got cheated! And I Mean It. LA fitness is just for making money, by talking some cock and bull stories! They made me a fool! They just can’t fool people with their words saying it to be less months and actually making us sign 12 month contract! Be Aware people, before signing the contract! And also be aware with this fraud business! I am feeling helpless. Don’t know how to come out of it! Now their team took my case and is looking into this! Don’t know how far they will help to resolve this issue!
Reviewed Nov. 14, 2019
Hey guys, I am a innocent who is stuck with this LA fitness. Did you hear "stuck". I didn't know a gym can cause me so much trouble. No one clarifies what are the deductibles and when you get paid, you can't ask back. They tell you cock and bull stories. So I needed to cancel my membership so I paid that month fee and cancelled the membership but you know what I got charged again and they expect to pay late fees and when you argue they tell you signed it. So please be aware of this scam. This is not signature club. It's a scammers' club making some random money. Customer satisfaction at the end of the day is 0%.
Reviewed Nov. 13, 2019
LA fitness will not refund your money back, even if it's 1 day late past the 3 days and unfortunately, because of a newly diagnosed medical condition, I am unable to attend the gym at this time. They have no remorse and make no exceptions!
Reviewed Nov. 12, 2019
LA Fitness and their shady membership policies. Be Aware…I had “Family membership” at LA Fitness, and in August of 2019 I cancelled the ($94.38) “Family membership.” First I logged in to my LA Fitness online “Family membership” account and cancelled it and then I took the extra step of mailing in the cancellation form. Three months later I noticed the ($43.39) LA Fitness charge on my banking statement. Called LA Fitness and they stated that I had successfully cancelled my membership but not my son’s membership. Wow, my “Family membership” automatically become an individual membership, without any notification or correspondence from LA Fitness. Be aware…!
Reviewed Nov. 9, 2019
I have been a member of LA Fitness for several years. I go to the "680 Hacienda Dr, Vista, CA 92081" phone number "(760) 732-0072". I occasionally go with my roommate, named Madelyn (also an LA Fitness member), Madelyn is not as experienced in the gym as I am and I therefore point out or model how to correctly do the movements when I feel she may be doing them incorrectly. However, I want to make it very clear that we are working out TOGETHER; I complete a full exercise and then she completes and exercise. I am not a personal trainer, I am not certified as a personal trainer, and I do not make ANY income as a personal trainer. I am merely helping my friend DURING our joint workout together to ensure that she does not injure herself.
According to the LA Fitness membership agreement, outside persons who are unaffiliated with LA Fitness are not allowed to conduct personal training inside of their facilities. This is understood, and after speaking with several managers at LA Fitness I have been told that I am NOT in the wrong to workout WITH my friend and to assist DURING the workout if we are BOTH working out together. However, an employee at the "680 Hacienda Dr, Vista, CA 92081" location name "**" (the director of personal training) has continued to harass me stating that I am not allowed to "instruct" persons on how to properly conduct their exercise movements, even though Madelyn is my roommate and friend and we merely go to the gym together because we are FRIENDS, not based off my ability to train her or be a personal trainer, which I am NOT.
I decided to make a BBB claim after the employee ** approached Madelyn and myself on 11/9/19 threatening me that my membership was going to be revoked as of today, 11/9/19. However, immediately afterwards I spoke with the VP "Josh" who was present at the location, who stated my membership was not going to be revoked and "not to worry". As I have now been told by other managers there as well as the VP of the location "Josh" that my workouts with my friends are not violating the contract, I believe that this is now harassment since ** continues to approach me in the gym.
Reviewed Nov. 1, 2019
I can see why this gym has a rating of 1 Star. I recently went to an LA fitness on 22nd street in St Pete. I was minding my own business when Tyler a personal trainer told me I would have to move. I explained that I was there first and would be done in three minutes. He then got another manager clearly his friend or girlfriend and another clearly steroid using male, I’m not even sure he was an employee. Eventually someone hit me below the eye with a rope from behind (coward). Long story short I am a 52 year old male just trying to get in shape. If you want to be bullied, intimidated and assaulted this is the place for you. Stay away!!!
Reviewed Oct. 15, 2019
I have very mixed reviews about the personal training experience at LA Fitness. To be fair, it was OK. However, it did not "balance out". It was not worth the money spent each month and if you get a good trainer, you are lucky. If not, it was horrible. I was in both camps during my time with this. In my informed opinion, the rest of the trainers appear like jerks, acting like they are the most in shape person in the world and the everyday guy working out is not worth his time. It's not for the middle of the road guy who wants to work out to look better and get healthier. Save your money. ($300 a month in a locked in year contract.) You can do it on your own at your own pace.
I got pressured into signing a membership to personal training and once I got on the hook, it doesn't really matter how I felt or even if I showed up at all. They didn't care. They got their money! Getting a time to work out with the trainer was very difficult too. If it's booked, you are out of luck. I became insignificant to them. Save your Money! It's not worth it!
Reviewed Oct. 15, 2019
I've been a member for quite some time now but just recently started the cycle class. I was taking **'s class 2-3 times a week for the last couple of weeks. Up until last night I felt like I was improving and keeping up with the rest of the class until ** asked me to switch seats (front row) with one of his "fast runners" in his words! I said "if I don't then what," he said "then the class won't start". I felt this was so unprofessional on his behalf. He is supposed to be a motivator, he's supposed to pick you up and encourage you, not make you feel like you're less than. I was so disgusted, I couldn't even finish the class, I had to walk out and I will never take any of his classes again. Final words...beware of the clique that he has formed!
Reviewed Oct. 15, 2019
We signed up for the "Silver Sneakers" fitness program through my Medicare Supplement insurance. It was one of the benefits offered by the insurance carrier. We visited a few of the different fitness centers in our area that accepted the "Silver Sneakers" program. Each fitness center has a certain program that is usually a free and also some other items that are extra if you so choose to use them. That is understandable for certain items. I have no problem if a fitness club has those type "extra" benefits offered to their club members. I know Planet Fitness has a Black Card membership that gives you massages, etc for an extra monthly fee. Some franchise clubs were nice but the LA Fitness had an indoor pool and that was something I was looking for.
The first go around with the Customer Service Rep/ Trainer was okay. They walked us around and showed us the different areas and pointed out the different machine areas- legs, shoulders, arms, etc.. We said we would talk about what club to sign up for and call them back if we wanted to sign up for an LA Fitness membership. I asked him for a business card and he said they do not have any business cards. "You can look online for our phone number".
We (my wife and I) decided to join the LA Fitness club. The indoor pool was the biggest plus for her. We knew when the Customer Service Rep/ Trainer was going to be in the next day since he told us the hours the day before. We walked in and sat down at one of the 6-8 desks with him to sign up on the computer. THEN he goes over to the wall and gets out more papers and talks about using a Trainer for workout sessions. Some crazy priced workout plans that were about $45-55 for a 25 minute session. AND they were more expensive if you did not sign up for a 6 or 12 month plan. There were 1, 2, and 3 days a week "Trainer Programs" to sign up for. No way. "We are on a limited budget," we said. Then he said "what if I can get the price down a lot?"
He went to get his "sales manager" and he came back and sort of berated us for not getting these "Trainer Programs" and how we could end up getting injured by not doing the machines properly. We signed a "hold harmless clause" paper on the computer 5 minutes earlier. He went on and on about the huge benefits of having a Personal Trainer, yadda, yadda, yadda. It was also a "use them or lose them" type sessions. If you did not use them up in whatever plan you picked you could not get any money back nor use them into the next group of personal training lessons. No thanks.
The next thing that was irritating was when we actually came in for the first time after we signed up. We thought perhaps the trainers would actually show us the machines since we were members. You could not get them to come out from behind their sales desks. They walked to the edge of the workout floors and pointed to the different machines as to what they were. Like they were glued to their desks and the front non carpeted area. Almost like they are forbidden to actually show you what machines are for, and what differences there are in each machine.
Different manufacturers' machines that work the same muscle group sometimes operate with different rotation points and different types of grips. When we were doing the tour the Customer Service Reps always were talking AT you not to you. Even when they were sitting at their desks all they wanted to do was watch who was on the workout floor or walking past the front sign in desk. Looking past your face and who was there at the club or coming in.
This place (LA Fitness) feels and operates nothing like the advertisements and brochures seem to show. They seem to only care about is selling "Personal Trainer Sessions". If you need any help with knowing how to use a machine all they say is "the instructions are on the machine". Yet if you are a new member all they want to do is sell, sell, sell, and push their personal trainer sessions. I thought those days were long gone from the "high pressure sales tactics" of the old gyms and all the different types of yearly gym memberships those places tried to push on their members. We will be joining another "Silver Sneakers" gym shortly.
Reviewed Oct. 12, 2019
I would like to make seniors aware that LA Fitness has an unscrupulous, undocumented policy concerning prepaid memberships that are switched over to Silver Sneakers. My husband's membership was prepaid when he turned 65 and got a Medicare supplement with Silver Sneakers coverage. LA Fitness gladly switched his membership over to Silver Sneakers but then refused to reimburse us on the remaining unused prepaid membership. They indicated that they were going to hold our money in case we ever decide not to have Silver Sneakers anymore.
I told LA Fitness verbally and in writing, that we have no intention of ever having a Medicare supplement without Silver Sneakers and that I wanted reimbursement now. LA Fitness has ignored my verbal and written requests. Additionally, the manager at LA Fitness became hostile towards me (totally unprofessional and definitely not customer supportive). I am now working with the Attorney General's office to resolve the matter.
Reviewed Oct. 6, 2019
Had over $400 worth of free diving gear stolen from a locked locker at your Akers Mill Rd location in Atlanta. Blank looks from "Management". I had heard from other members of the same happening to them, but I brushed it aside. My mistake.
Reviewed Sept. 30, 2019
Stolen Necklace by an LA Fitness employee (Huntington NY). If you don’t mind getting personal property stolen by employees this is the place for you. My necklace was turned in by a Good Samaritan and was dropped off at the desk, was put in a secret location and by coincidence disappeared the next day. I wish I could give this place zero stars. There was no accountability and no cameras in this facility. It’s too bad. I enjoyed coming here but now it left a bad taste in my mouth. This location and it’s headquarters are run by a bunch of rats??.. It’s really is true in life. You get what you paid for and at this place you pay for and that’s crap service!!
Reviewed Sept. 27, 2019
I was a member at LA Fitness in Burlington Ontario from ~ 2012-2017 but left as I was going out of the country. I put my membership on hold for 2 months before cancelling it after realizing that I was being charged half of my monthly fee. At the time I paid $99 for initiation fee and $29/month with no annual fee thereafter. In August 2019, I rejoined but was unable to get the $29/month deal. I spoke with an agent over the phone at my selected club and agreed to $125 and first and last with 2 months free and no annual fees thereafter.
In September 2019, the first month was charged to my credit card. I called and was told there was no mention of two free months and removal of the annual fee after the $125 was paid. Despite my request for a full refund and to have a new contract drafted directly with the club I wish to attend, they only agreed to refund me two months and the annual fee which is about half of what I paid so far. My request for a full refund was denied by management. I asked for my call to be escalated to management and this was also refused. I am planning on visiting the club and simply cancelling the whole thing as I am not satisfied with their offer.
Reviewed Sept. 24, 2019
I sent my son into LA Fitness in Brick, NJ as a Family Member. Website clearly reads $25 initiation fee and $29/month. My son clearly said he wanted a Family Membership with me and the least expensive rate. He was sold by Mike, your General Manager an initiation fee of $250. So I called last week and spoke with Anthony to get the refund and nothing was done. Today, I spoke with Joe and nothing is being done. Every run around you can imagine is being tried. I need to bring him in to join, you need to speak with the operations manager some other time, on hold, etc. One good thing, they taught my son a lesson in Corporate Greed and fraudulent sales tactics.
Reviewed Sept. 24, 2019
Worst fitness center ever. You can not even cancel your membership if you do not have access to a printer. You must go to the center and personally cancel your membership. So please read your contract. They will automatically renew your contract and charge you forever. They are thieves and very unprofessional. Forget the gym and take a walk.
Reviewed Sept. 9, 2019
The customer service and membership services with this company, are absolutely the worst I have ever dealt with. They make it almost impossible to cancel your membership-to the point that I believe they will just stop talking to you and you will have to pay. But of course, on the front end, they tell you that you can cancel at any time. Beware of this company, they have no moral compass and are difficult to deal with, at best.
Reviewed Sept. 7, 2019
I joined LA Fitness to participate in Aqua Fit, a health requirement to control my diabetes. For the first 3 years, no problem. Great instructors. Recently, they have restricted the class to 10. More than that had been coming consistently for 3 years. Now if I don't get to the class 45 minutes early, I may not get in. The solution, hire a lifeguard is just not being considered. Very poor customer service. If you are a senior, stay away.
Reviewed Sept. 3, 2019
Signed up three months ago for $200 initiation and $20 per month. Sales guy said that is all I would pay ever. Third month in they hit me for $50 equipment maintenance fee. They said I should have read the fine print and not relied on the words of the salesperson. What a scam! Never join LA Fitness.
LA Fitness Company Information
- Company Name:
- LA Fitness
- Website:
- www.lafitness.com
