24 Hour Fitness

Pros: They're pros at guerilla marketing, high pressure sales, and intimidation
Cons: Yes, they are cons too. Some of them look like ex-cons.

Nothing illustrates the old saying "there is no such thing as a free lunch" more than a visit to 24 Hour Fitness. At 24 Hour Fitness, nothing is free. I'm not just talking about memberships, I'm talking about basic human rights... like the right to...

Pros: Fitness Fanatiscism raised to mythical proportions.
Cons: The,"Do i look fat?" fitness junkies are future Guess jeans models.

So, you wanna be fit and healthy 24 hours a day now,eh
?You just can't enjoy "down" time,unless you are flexing,pulling,stretching,grunting,straining,exerting,or otherwise struggling against your surroundings? Do ordinary...

Pros: I didn't get that far.
Cons: Pushy sales techniques

After walking in to a new 24 hour fitness I was asked if I needed some help. Yes, I said I am interested in looking at the facilities and getting prices for possible membership. The man gave me a clip board with an 8 1/2 X 11 sheet of paper on it and...

Pros: Location.
Cons: Smell, cleanliness, bad staff, no concern for complaints.

For those of you that live outside of Sacramento, you probably relate Folsom to Folsom prison. However, it is a very nice suburban city. You would expect a decent 24 hour fitness club. I started working out at the Folsom club in 1997. It was a little...

Pros: clean
Cons: immature staff

The 24 hour fitness club in Lakewood WA has an extremely young staff that is ignorant and immature in their dealings with customers. The workout atmosphere leaves little to brag about to others. From the pastel wall colors to the elevator music that...

Pros: Good machines
Cons: Long waits at peak hours, poor customer service

I joined the SF location which was close to my work. I did enjoy going to the gym, it used to be very crowded in the afternoon and the bathrooms were not very clean. Anyway even after canceling(San Carlos area) with them 45 days before (actual is 30...

Pros: Many locations
Cons: Poor maintenance, cleaning and trainers.

I joined 24 Hour Fitness several years ago at the Van Ness location in San Francisco, CA.

The things I liked about the gym when I joined:

1: It was a convenient location. Centrally located, I could work out on the way to/from...

Pros: Cheap membership dues (in my case at least), many locations.
Cons: Lack of leg and shoulder equipment, very little free weights, won’t turn AC on.

This review is about the 24 Hour Fitness locations on Mason Road and Fry Road in Katy, Texas, and all of the "sport" clubs in general. I joined the Mason Road club back when it was World's Gym about 8 years ago, and it was fantastic even after 24 Hour ...

Pros: Close to home...hmmm I think that's all!
Cons: Parking, VERY RUDE STAFF!, unclean bathrooms, janitors that sit around and do nothing..

OK so I joined about 4 years ago in San Mateo, CA (20 miles s. of San Francisco) and lately I've been going at least 4x/week. I've been paying the $34 ever since I started with them, along with a $250 enrollment & processing fee. I like to go after...

Pros: Acceptable group clases and good facilities
Cons: Can't cancel easily
Crowded
Expensive trainers
Aggresive-selling-tactics

I joined 24 hours fitness on January 2009, and by May, I decided I wanted to cancel my membership... well... you can't do it online, you can't do it at the gym, so you have to do it on the phone, for which you have to call between business hours (pacific ...

Pros: Lots of west coast locations easy to locate via their web site
Cons: Everything else. Steadily declining chain. Here's why.

I have been a member for two years. In that time the clubs near me have 1) stopped giving out free towels, 2) stopped being open 24 hours, 3) disconnected all the stereo devices attached to the workout equipment, and 4) had turnover high enough to spin...

Pros: None really.
Cons: Inconsistent clubs, horrible customer service!!!!!

I have been an all club member for the last 7 years. Recently I TRIED to close my account due to the fact that I am pregnant and want to join a gym that is closer to home and offers prenatal classes. So I called on July 19th to cancel my membership. The ...

Pros: Cheap
Cons: Dirty, often broken equipment, disinterested and outright rude staff.

Rant: I have been going to a 24 Hour Fitness now for 3 years for 5 days a week. In all that time you would think that someone would have learned my name at least. I went to a small gym before this one for several years and unfortunately had to move jobs ...

Pros: Cheap, many locations, my trainer
Cons: Customer DISservice Reps, old clubs, Club is filthy (Lynnwood, WA)-showers will make you puke!

Pray that you never have to call their Customer Membership Disservices number. The Reps are combative, ill informed on policies (or trained that way), rude and on par with collections agents. When you call their main membership number, you will find ...

Pros: Most facilities are have good equipment.
Cons: Forced upgrades (expensive) to use other clubs and BAD customer service!!!!!

I have been with 24 Hour Fitness for over 11 years in San Diego where I originally joined Family Fitness which was an excellent club until it was purchased by 24 Hour Fitness. Recently I moved to Santa Monica and tried to work out at the 24 Hour Fitness ...