tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047951599825887753.post5457549918521553898..comments2024-03-17T19:25:12.889+01:00Comments on TravelMarx: Spinning at LA Fitness in BallardTravelMarxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03225272761579994072noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047951599825887753.post-47754683030093896102009-10-04T21:24:34.094+02:002009-10-04T21:24:34.094+02:00October 2009
Paper towels and spray bottles (iterm...October 2009<br />Paper towels and spray bottles (itermittent) are available now. One spin instructor makes some disinfecting wipes available before and after class for our use which is nice. All is good...you know spinners can be a very tempermental lot.TravelMarxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03225272761579994072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047951599825887753.post-62275729152279154772009-07-25T17:53:26.560+02:002009-07-25T17:53:26.560+02:00Yes, it is good to voice concern. I agree. The fee...Yes, it is good to voice concern. I agree. The feedback numbers are on the LA Fitness web site. However, to me it seems that some things are obvious enough that they don't require a letter like these: 1) Don't open the club at 8:00am and schedule a class at 8:00am. 2) Make spray bottles for cleaning freely available. In a 5:45am spin class recently there were no bottles of cleaning fluid. When the instructor went upstairs to ask she was told there weren't any. Huh? I see them there every other day. 3) Responding to feedback for clocks (I'm guessing) they installed these huge clocks. The problem was they all read different and wrong times for about 1 month. In spin class we could look at three different clocks by they were all different times. Strange.<br /><br />For the record, billing so far as been fine. No problems there. Overall, I like the club and use it often just a few kinks here and there still.TravelMarxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03225272761579994072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047951599825887753.post-76599989208842153442009-07-07T16:19:11.485+02:002009-07-07T16:19:11.485+02:00Its all a bunch of lies, I bet if there is a probl...Its all a bunch of lies, I bet if there is a problem with the Gym you type a letter, and they will fix it a.s.a.p, I've been with LA Fitness and I love it, no double billing, numerous machines plenty of aerobic hours and rooms the best profesional trainers,and when I go on vacation I freze my acct imediately and resume by just clicking my card...I love LA Fitnessmdnetwork3https://www.blogger.com/profile/11562582950485591463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047951599825887753.post-20520604555242979392009-05-09T18:25:00.000+02:002009-05-09T18:25:00.000+02:00Wild Dingo: This spin class is working for me. I d...<B>Wild Dingo</B>: This spin class is working for me. I don’t want to ride the streets at 5:45 am in my neighborhood/city. I ride them enough – see “1000 Miles to Work” – commuting and that’s enough adventure for me.<br /><br /><B>Bryan</B>: We’ve had good luck with the instructors we’ve had so far for spin and yoga. But I’ll agree with you on many of your issues (lockers broken, machines full at peak times, etc). It’s a good tip to review billing charges carefully. Thanks. Overall, we’ve be happy with the gym because we’ve gotten in better shape, we work out with friends, and the monthly cost is reasonable.<br /><br />On a related note: a friend asked the front desk if there was a suggestion box and there wasn’t so the friend said “my first suggestion is that you get a suggestion box”. I still laugh thinking of that. And they recently removed paper towel dispensers (at least by the spin room) because people were using them to wipe TV screens down and apparently scratching them – we were told. The replaced the paper towels with foam dispensers – how these substitute for paper towels I don’t know. To be continued.<br /><br /><B>John</B>: I don’t know what the gym is doing specifically to prevent the spread of flu. I would guess they can certainly improve by making spray bottles for disinfecting equipment more readily available. I take the normal precautions while in public: avoid touching my nose, eyes, and mouth. I clean off equipment after use and sometimes before. I don’t usually take a shower, so I avoid the locker room.TravelMarxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03225272761579994072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047951599825887753.post-76862624057462788962009-05-09T16:23:00.000+02:002009-05-09T16:23:00.000+02:00I have been a member of LA FITNESS for quite some ...I have been a member of LA FITNESS for quite some time but this applies to any gym. <br /><br />I want to ask... what is your gym doing to prevent the spread of the flu.. The LA Fitness I have used for 15 years or so has done nothing different - maybe less. Because the Gym environment is a perfect breeding ground I think they owe their patrons a higher standard. What say YOU?Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12864948320534676918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047951599825887753.post-33926057347293598132009-05-04T03:36:00.000+02:002009-05-04T03:36:00.000+02:00ah! just ride your own bike at 5:45, heck you can ...ah! just ride your own bike at 5:45, heck you can even stay in bed later since you can leave from the house... then join a YOGA studio. duh. i never understood the need to do cardio indoors. regardless of weather, there's always room to get enough cardio in via running, walking or riding outdoors, and get some strength training in either yoga or pilates. but that's just me. i barely do any cardio lately...and really need to get back to running the dogs or walking very fast more than 1 or 2x /week.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047951599825887753.post-28163501773407419682009-05-04T02:39:00.000+02:002009-05-04T02:39:00.000+02:00I’ve been at this gym for 6 months now and can’t s...I’ve been at this gym for 6 months now and can’t stand the headaches that they have given me. LA Fitness has a practice of double billing clients hoping that they won't catch mistakes. They ignore cancellation and continue billing despite numerous attempts at cancellation. This is even with their so-called "cancel at any-time" policy. Their gym looks nice, but the lockers are always broken, the machines, treadmills and swimming pool is always full and their staff is mostly distant and focused on themselves instead of maintaining the gym. <br /><br />Class instructors are 50-50. Some are professional, but there are many that have just started and risk injury with their lack of knowledge. Also, the b-ball court is extremely small with no room to move and there are only three lanes of swimming. No wonder much of the local news grimaced at LA Fitness’ huge corporate building taking away Ballard community space in exchange for big business dollars.<br /><br />Give it a try if you like, but watch your bank account, have back up documents and a third party overseeing communications along with other legal steps to ensure they don't take full advantage of you like they have most of their clients.<br /><br />I like to work out close by, so 'm currently shopping for other options close in the area.: <br />- Olympic Athletic Club<br />- 24-hour fitness<br />- Prorobics<br />- CrossfitUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03613086820844567805noreply@blogger.com