Previous owner was great. But there were new owners a few years ago. The new owners discontinued free classes, keep the gym cool during winter, warm during summer. They did the least they could get away with for cleanliness during covid (not even the minimum standards displayed at the corporate Anytime Fitness website). Germantown is of the most expensive AF locations around, with money-grabs when you join, when you cancel, and once or twice a year for "facility upgrades".
If your membership is too old (and they want more money from you), they will cancel your contract in the hope you will resign for the new/higher monthly rates. They also implement billing every two weeks! (note: that is more than twice a month) instead of typical monthly billings for other gyms. This is just a psychological trick to make the membership look more affordable to you. Since they hit you for $100 or more for signup, and another $50 or more to cancel, they really don't care if you figure out that you are being manipulated into paying well over $1,000 per year. When you figure it out and cancel, they just made an easy $150 on you - for nothing.
Their personal training programs are unreasonably expensive - particularly as it is common for them to have UNcertified trainers. The programs lock you it pretty tight and the contracts are completely in the owner's favor - in fact, if you read closely, they do not promise the buyer anything they can count on.
It is a nice place, but WAC is far SUPERIOR (sauna, multiple swimming pools, great locker rooms and showers, spacious workout areas, terrific and far friendlier staff, towel service, huge variety of equipment, and more) for roughly the same cost (and no ongoing money-grabs).
You can get the same workout at Planet Fitness for $10/month with a $50 annual fee. Snap Fitness is around $40/month.
For this new Germantown Anytime Fitness franchisee, it is simply all about the money. No matter what level of fitness or experience you want - you will find better value someplace else. No question about it. read more