Sports Club LA/Irvine, worth it?

I joined a couple of months ago and have been enjoying it. All the reasons that you stated helped me in chosing this club. I have used LA and SF so far. I have not tried BH or Irvine. I have the Exec. membership so I can use any of the clubs.

Adam

 

It is well worth the money...great gym... Plus there are lots of good looking chicks.

 

I worked out at Sports Club for a short time before I realized that it was a little more "exclusive" that I liked. I went back to my membership with the Spectrum Club that I have had for 20 years. People are a little more down to earth (IMO).

Brad

 

Spectrum is owned by the same people who own Sport Club's. It is just a step down, but still exclusive. You won't find any of the things that you mentioned at these clubs. Their equipment is top notch and they aren't any crowds. It is expensive enough to keep the youngsters and the meat market crowd out.

Brad

 

Great gym if being "seen" is your thing.

 

I know this is somewhat of an old thread, but it was the only thread I could find about Gyms here in So Cal. I am looking into joining one but I am not sure which one. There is a Golds Gym really close to me but what is this all about not wanting to be seen there if you are out of shape? Are people that are not already in good shape looked down upon if they go there or something?

 

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I am having good luck with LA Fitness. Would be decent place for that bridge period you all are talking about before you jump in with the big boys. It's a step above 24 hour and 10 steps above Ballys. Seems like higher fees equals less crowded and nicer facilities. Occasional soccer mom there but hell that ain't always bad!!! LOL

 

I enjoyed my membership at the 24hour fitness ULTRA SPORT. Big difference between that one, and the other 24hr fitness gyms. Great facitilities, never crowded, nice locker rooms as well, and executive changing rooms. I worked across the street from Sports Club LA/Irvine, and must say its a pretty sweet gym as well. I would go there to eat lunch on a rather frequent basis. Also I would say the Ultra Sport is pretty exclusive as well. We had some regulars who would roll up in an Enzo, SLR, and CGT, alternating every day of the week. Ok so it was one guy (a billionaire) who owned all of them. But seriously since it's right below Lakeshore Towers there are always some Fcars, Lamborghinis, Porsches, Bentleys, etc. You name it, I saw them all outside the gym. Oh yeah and the gym is great too. They make the best protein shakes ever there. One last thing, someone told me that the equipment over at Sports Club was a little older than the stuff at 24hr Ultra Sport.

 

I agree. I have had great experience with LA Fitness thus far.

 

I used to work out at 24 hour at Fashion island and stopped mainly because it's over-crowded. I now work out again at the Balboa Bay Club where my family are members and now it's no more than 5 people usually on a weekday night. Can't beat that...

 

Count another plus for La Fitness. I am completely satisfied. the best perk for me is if you dont want to do weights or cardio that specific day, there is always raquetball/basketball to give a shot to change it up. Usually always a game too. If you want to take it another step there are tournaments and leagues that are well organized.

I'm all over the socal area and usually dont have a problem finding a gym to kill time in case of traffic or anything else...

 

Can't use cellphones, hate it. Good experience overall, specially in the BH location.

 

Great club, yes - that is until you want to leave.

Was an LA Fitness member for over a year before I finally decided to "take it to the next level" since I felt I'd plateaued on my own, and signed up for personal training. All was well at first - easy sign up, good trainer assigned to me and very reasonable. After a little over a year, my trainer left. The people they assigned to me from that point were useless - either totally non-interested or WAAY over the top in approach. So, prior to leaving on a business trip in June 05, I decided I'd stop the training.

Can't stop training at the facility you signed up at - have to send their form to the corporate office, which I did. Left for business trip (6 weeks away from home) came back to find my credit card still being billed.

Sent another form, 30 days later, still being billed. Sent a written letter to cancel with copies of form. 30 days later STILL being billed.

In November 2005, I decided I'd had enough - cancelled my membership to the gym totally. 20 days later, received confirmation that my request was processed. Billing for gym membership stopped - but guess what? They still billed me for training sessions. December sent another letter advising that I was disputing charges, wanted my money back going back to June and if they continued to bill me, I'd pass it to my lawyer. In January, got nasty-gram from accounting saying they'd send me to collections for the money I disputed. (But they finally got the message that I wanted to cancel my membership.)

Finally got someone on the phone who stopped collection proceedings, but couldn't help with anything else.

Now having lawyer write a letter.

Not a happy LA Fitness customer.

JM