I got a membership here. The gym is pretty nice. Has a solid selection of machines (weight and cardio), and a pretty decent amount of both. It's always clean. I feel like at least 1/2 of the staff actually gets to know you personally by name which is... not necessarily going to help you make progress, but definitely appreciated.
It's totally overpriced though. For what it costs, it should 100% have more machines and a better selection. The selection is decent, like I said, but for the price it should really have like... everything. And the quantity is decent. But for the price, it feels bad having to wait for stuff when it's busy.
I can justify the price because it's a ~6 minute walk from my house. Add up the fuel for a 20-30 minute round trip drive you take 4-6 times a week (and the ~100 minutes/week of free time you save by going somewhere right next door instead of making that drive), and you have a pretty compelling argument to just overpay for the membership. I don't think I'd recommend it as a destination though.
Compared to my last gym in Virginia (Lifetime), Equinox costs a bit more and has a bit less. To say nothing of the pool (both in and out) that's completely missing at this location vs my old Lifetime. Equinox has an option that will allow you to use the pool at another of their DC gyms, if you want, but that's a: inconvenient and b: even more money.
The hours here are also limited compared to Lifetime, which opened at 0430 and stayed going until ~23:59. Not a big deal for most people... but if you do shift work like I do, you really do miss out on a lot of flexibility to go before/after work. Again, not a big deal on it's own... but for the price.... ....
If you're in the neighborhood already though, for work or for home, you can make reasonable arguments to justify the cost. It's a solid gym. It's just overpriced. read more