I purchased a 7 day guess pass to this location. I was genuinely impressed with the overall experience. The staff was welcoming and professional. Henry, Brian and Adrianne were very kind, welcoming and attentive. They have great customer service skills. The facility was clean and well-maintained, with a wide variety of equipment to choose from--everything from cardio machines and weight training equipment. They did not have a glute machine and the weekend hours were not convenient for me. I personally felt 8:00 AM is a little late on weekends to open (personal feeling). Overall, I did not mind paying 75 dollars for a on week pass. The gym was spacious, very clean including the bathrooms! Definitely a well maintained facility. read more

Great experience from the time my wife and I walked into LA Fitness Rogers Park. The GM Henry O was not only welcoming but passionate about getting us started. We are excited to be apart of the community. read more

I need a gym to workout in until LA Fitness opens one of the gyms currently under construction. One is a Signature Club on Touhy where HH Gregg use to be and the other one (or so the story goes?) is going to be by Seafood City on Foster Ave just east of Cicero Avenue. (3 blocks from my house) Since neither of the locations above are opened yet I decided to check out this location @ 7529 N Clark Street. What I saw was what looks like a ginormous facade. On the north end there is a 2 story space w/LA Fitness signage plastered along the top band of this 2 story space. Spanning to the south of this 2 story facade is another sign w/LA Fitness in it. It gave the impression that this club was enormous. What I found out when I entered the 2 story entrance was was a big empty space THE PROS * Huge Parking lot * Easy access for those that don't have a car w/either the Clark Street Bus or the CTA train line just to the east of the Gym. *Nice layout in locker room w/benches all the way around giving plenty of space to change. Many of the other LA Fitness lockers have a bench in the middle leaving very little room to change if there are several people at the same time THE CONS * The 2 story atrium is like FAKE NEWS. This atrium space has a stair to the second floor entry to the gym but there's nothing else there. * Tiny lockers are too small to fit your winter coat, suit coat, gym bag and change of clothes wo/cramming things into the locker. The potential solution is to bring another lock. * The entire gym is on the second floor organized the length of the second floor from just south of the 2 story atrium entry the entire length to the south read more

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This rating is less about the gym and more about the staff. I had a weird experience with a personal trainer, who did a good workout with me but the conversation after felt very hostile and badgering. I said the training program wasn't feasible for me he went on to say a lot and said and I quote "if you going to the gym twice a week you might as well cancel your membership". He seemed very agitated and proceeded to also say that "no one is shackling you to this chair. you can leave whenever you want", when I said I still wasn't interested in the program and also said "i hope you stay consistent but I highly doubt it". Just an overall bad customer experience. I still like the gym but that interaction really through me off. read more

LA Fitness closed the near by Xsport which was a far superior facility albeit not as large. This LA Fitness needs a remodel bad. Locker rooms appear to be from the 1980s, coed sauna and steamroom, some really old equipment and no free parking . Hope they have a plan to improve this dump read more

After moving to the area a couple of months ago, I'm now able to fully give my opinion on this LA Fitness location (I go regularly). For starters, it's conveniently located in a shopping center. This LA Fitness is a 2 story walk up with huge windows which allows a lot of natural light. Depending who is " on staff" you may get a friendly greeting or not. For all the Covid freaks out there, yes they social distance, check temperatures, and provide sanitation. The locker room is clean for the most part. I do like the abundance of sanitation stations with cleaning solutions. One major con is most of their yoga mats are chewed up! For the cost of membership, I'm sure that can be replaced. If you a regular gym rat, this location provides the basics for day to day. If you are looking to treat yourself to wider amenities, go elsewhere. read more

I'm in the lobby with my 7 year old daughter outside is subzero temps I'm waiting for my father to come get my daughter so I can go in workout we In The lobby watching cartoons the staff knows us or so I thought we watching cartoons on phone we not theyr 5 minutes some random dude who doesn't announce himself has no name tag no emblem that says he works in la fitness comes up to me standing over me while I'm holding my daughter watching cartoons and says sir do u have an id ? Are u here to work out ? I dont know who he is where he is from I never seen him before I tell him sir why do u need to know to which he replied aggressively because I axed u because I said so he than later informse he is a manager and I better do what he says or else I start to film him he starts to panick calls security I explain the situation to security show them video the baffled by this so called managers stupidity long story short I get kicked out outside in subzero temps along with my daughter read more

Horrible first impression! Here is an email I'm sending, sums up my first and last day here. Today I went to LA Fitness website and signed up for a guest pass. Shortly after you (I suppose the manager) gave me a call, proceeded to ask what time I'm coming in to which I said 7pm, you then emailed me the guest pass just for me to arrive at your gym a few hours later and be turned away. As I approached the front desk once I showed the guest pass the associate this evening stated "unfortunately you can't work out here as we are not taking guess passes due to COVID." As you can imagine, I stood there confused as it was issued today by this facility and none of the those reasons were mentioned by you when you personally called me. So as I'm standing there, your going to have to give an explanation as to why I showed up here. The associate stated that before ending your shift you mentioned to her that I was coming in but we are not taking guest passes. So wait- didn't you send me the email below that states " Attached is the Guest Pass you requested. Please bring the attachment to the club and allow us to show you the club and activate your complimentary Pass." At this point I am extremely upset and confused (and questioning if this girl is even being truthful) that my time is wasted - you were better off not calling or emailing me anything. I stated to the associate the phone call you made to me and the email sent of the guest pass in case there was some kind of confusion. She is looking at me as if it's my fault and I'm crazy. Unbelievable and unprofessional. If guest passes can't be used this could have been avoided by simply giving me a phone call back if in fact you made a mistake. You left it to the associate to handle and that didn't go so well which is the reason for this email. You mean to tell me that you knew I was coming in, per the associates words, so what did you expect me to do once I got there, not workout? She then gives you a call and you all "allow" me to workout. Well wasn't that supposed to happen anyway? If what the associate said was true, you could have had the decency to give me a call and say you know what due to COVID we can't take them (btw the website currently doesn't state any of this which is why i was able to sign up). But no this was not said at 1:18pm this afternoon and you even asked what time was I coming in. So what is really going on here? Why email me the very thing I can't use the same day all of the sudden? Again horrible first impression....and if she wasn't being truthful that's an issue needing to be handled. Don't waste people time. Here is a word of advice. If there is a change in what you stated as a manager you handle it accordingly and if you didn't you may want to clear things up with the associate. I could have gotten a babysitter, traveled long distance but none of that was taken into consideration. After my first 10 min there, the confusion you and your associate caused, why would I even consider signing up nor feel comfortable working out at this facility if a guest pass can't even be understood. I was embarrassed but you all are handing out guest passes having people get dressed up not to honor it. Thanks Eldon Williams for giving me a call just to issue me a useless pass and waste my entire evening. I had high hopes that I would be signing up but I'm extremely happy for the guest pass experience as it gave me a decision to not move forward with a membership. Aeriel read more

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So the outside looks cool and modern. You go inside the building, and confusingly take the stairs up (they have an elevator, but we're here to workout, no?) Walk a few feet until you see the familar LA Fitness wallpaper, and you'll know you're going in the general right direction. The staff seemed friendly, although my interaction was minimal. My initial impression, walking in, was that this LA Fitness was spacious, but I realized how deceptive the place is. Much like how there's restaurants out there that append an "Express" to its name, to indicate a smaller version of what you would expect, this place should be called "LA Fitness Express". Let me explain. This place consists of several offices for the staff to lure/sucker people to a gym membership, a classroom, an area with punching bags (first sign that this was a former Bally's Total Fitness) and rows of cardio equipment. On the east side of the gym was all the free weights and most of the upper body machines. There's an extra layer of floor cushion for this area, for those people who like to drop weights like its hot. The free weights area was a little underwhelming. The big issue is that this place has zero squat racks! There was one power rack, that thankfully no one was using to do curls, which I was able to snag, to do squats. Because there's one thing about this asian guy -- never skip leg day, and definitely work on them glutes whenever possible. Genetics aren't on my (back)side so squats are key. They also only have one heavy duty leg press machine, and two pulley machines. Probably the best indication of how small this gym was, is that usually places overcompensate the lack of equipment with flat benches. This place only had three. The equipment itself was somewhat old, and clearly inherited from Bally's. The plates were also interesting, and I've never seen before. And usually it's indication of whether this was an LA Fitness from the beginning or a Bally's: Bally's has the round plates, LA Fitness likes the hex plates. This place, was a hybrid; it used pentagon plates. So not necessarily a nightmare to do deadlifts with (hex plates suck), but not necessarily as good as using round plates. In either case, I can't see where you could even do deadlifts here anyways. The plus side was that there were plenty of rows of dumbbells, and overall, the gym was nicely spaced out. And on a Thursday afternoon, the place was not swimming with muscle heads. Also, there's a nice open space area, with about 50-feet of undisturbed section, where you can do walking lunges, which was awesome. I did what I had to do, with what I got. I would rank this place several notches above a hotel gym, and a couple of notches above a Planet Fitness. This place had all the equipment you need to get in a really good workout, its just that you have to be lucky enough to be able to get dibs on the one piece equipment they had to offer, unless you're in it to do cardio. BATHROOM REVIEW: Locker rooms looked very modernized, like it was renovated recently. I don't know the history of this specific LA Fitness, but from the locker rooms, I figured this was newly renovated. The lockers had the dark-grain modern wood look and overall, the locker room was pretty clean, sans the one large naked dude sitting in his towel, staring into space (no joke). read more

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The gym is okay. Their predatory policies are awful. First of all, they pressure you into buying the most expensive membership. Obviously you don't have to pick that one but the dude talked insanely fast and it was still a bit annoying he was trying it. Second of, it is INCREDIBLY hard to cancel your membership. You can't do it online, you can't call, you literally have to go into the gym to do it and ONLY on weekdays between 9am and 4pm (they're open on weekends mind you, so we all know why that's the time they picked). This is an awful business practice and if they had good services they wouldn't have to make their business model trying to trap people into a subscription they're not using anymore. Don't go here. You can do home workouts or walks/runs that are just as healthy for you. And burn even more calories. This place sucks, isn't even that nice of a gym, and should seriously change their policy on membership cancellation. I'm very very glad I finally cancelled mine (found other methods of exercise I like better). I just wish I'd done it sooner. read more

What I like about this gym is that it's almost always pretty empty. There is never a shortage of any of the machines there. The studio is also almost always empty so you can do your body weight workouts with some privacy in there as well. The staff could be friendlier. At my previous LA Fitness gym, I felt like I was quite familiar with a lot of the staff there just because they were always welcoming and walking around to get to know their customers. At this gym, you can pretty much expect no interaction with any of the staff there. Also, the machines here look like rather older models and there is very minimal floor space to stretch and do your own workouts if the studio is occupied. I'm pretty low maintenance when it comes to the gym because I go there to do what I gotta do, then I leave, so I am okay with the fact that this isn't the greatest gym. read more

On  6/12, I signed up for a membership with the understanding that I would have until 6/19 to cancel. On Tuesday, 6/15 I went in to seek a fitness consultation and inquire about training. I spoke with Noe M. I expressed a desire to train once a week, and receive a workout program I could follow on days where I would be exercising on my own, in addition to nutritional guidance. I was assured all of this could be done, and that on Friday I would get to work out with a particular trainer who would be made aware of my goals, and would have a workout program + nutritional guidance ready for me. This ended up not being the case. When I came in on Friday, the trainer I was supposed to work with was not present. Instead I wound up working out with a much older lady whom I could barely hear and who had no prior knowledge of my goals or what I was looking for. Having such an experience occur on your first day of a program does not inspire confidence. When I expressed a desire to cancel my membership + program because of this, Noe M. contacted me today and accused me of wanting to back out because I "couldn't handle" the training*. I am not willing to patronize a gym whose staff does not know how to engage constructively with their customers. I paid in good faith upfront for a program that was not meant to start the way it did. read more

Compared to the location which used to be at Jersey & Touhy, this place is huge! So for me it's pretty damn good. Most times I've visited so far have never been busy. There are many folks working out and there are plenty of working machines to be used but they have never been to full capacity. As far as my workouts so far, I've never had to wait for a machine and I've found most machines in working order. Can't quite understand the crappy reviews. For the rate I'm paying which was grandfathered from my old Bally's card, it's better than the cheaper places. Clientele is composed of working public coming off the CTA and those from around the neighborhood. Some other reviewers mention local crazies. I've been lucky not to see any of that, I've only worked out with meat heads and lovely Loopers. read more

I figured being moving from Rogers Park for 2 years and coming back there would be changes to this place but there hasn't been much. The positive is that at least the front desk staff greets you more, which it wasn't really like that before. Some of the machines I knew were not working are working now with an addition of a leg machine, rope and heavy bag. There is a female trainer I see that works with older women and she seems to be doing a good job. The positives stop there. People are still nasty; not putting the weights back and staff should be walking around and ensuring this. Rarely anyone wipes the machine after they use it. Some of the staff stay in the office on their phones, eating take out orders (really?) and do not much else. It takes a lot of will to walk through the atrium and climb up those stairs because it usually smells like piss and whatever else but that isn't their fault. Please upgrade the treadmills to have better workouts with a setting where you can jog/run. Add 3 Octave ellipticals for a maximum cardio workout (like the LA Fitness in Edgewater, which has more up to date machines). If this happens, this gym would get more members, no doubt. Sorry, my star rating still stands. read more

I signed up for this location based on proximity and price. As other reviews mention, this location is smaller and doesn't offer as much. There is no pool and everything is on one floor. The machines are a bit outdated and I wish they were open longer. With that being said, I don't have any complaints. Most of the staff are kind and the other members are pretty friendly. There is a huge space for free weights, which was the biggest selling point for me. It can get crowded sometimes but the wait isn't too bad and the room where classes are held is open to work out in while classes aren't in session. For cardio, there are plenty of treadmills, bikes, and elliptical machines but only three stairmasters and one row machine. They also offer lots of classes, like yoga and zumba, which seem to be pretty popular. Overall, I would recommend it over other places I've viewed. read more

Relatively small gym. Used to going to 24 hour fitness gyms that are much larger. However, it does have all the essentials. Also, because it's in a small neighborhood, I've never had any problems with having to wait for a machine or weights. There's also a sauna in the men's restroom/locker room. In a very convenient plaza. There's a jewel-osco right next door that I can go to right afterwards to grab a drink and/or some food. Only complaint would be their hours. I wish they didn't close so early. That just means I have to get my workout in earlier. read more

I happened to be at the Jewel Grocery Store, afterwards I decided to check out this facility as I have been contemplating getting back into working out. The receptionist on duty today was pleasant and quite helpful however, she could not offer any further assistance in a tour of the facility or membership rates and questions. She leads me to a glass office with a heavyset male at the desk. Barely lifts his head up to speak with me like a human being as he's holding onto his clipboard. He has no interest whatsoever in showing me around, speaking up about the facility or professionally discussing the membership rates, if any with me. A totally rude way to treat a potentially new customer. Instead, all he seemed to be interested in and wanted to immediately accomplish in as least amount of time necessary, to have me sign up for something without the least bit of effort or explaining any details. Today for March the rate is this, if you wait to April it's going to be something else. That's about all he was able to say. SAD! I got up, thanked him and left. This person does not represent your facility very well, and in fact, the entire company looks bad in my eyes by his lack of professionalism. Who hires these losers to represent your company? Apparently, they are not monitored for professionalism, effort and salesmanship. I would never come back back here again. NOT Recommended! read more

So much I want to say about this place but I'm going to keep it short as best as I can. Been sitting on these reviews. This is my second attempt trying to join this gym within a 2/3 timespan (this one & the one on broadway, they were trying to oversell me on something I already was going to buy that they forgot to even take my money, I even signed the contract. So many unnecessary tactics and they screwed themselves , it was hysterical, yes I still gloat) so after that I figured things change, different location. Nope. Still all terrible. It takes a lot of mental strength and courage to finally go to a gym. Especially since all my gyms I joined were for female only & all amazing! (WWW & FGF) Those who know can relate. I go au natural as well. So imagine when I decided to go on a guest pass. I wanted to see the location, the environment, how it is since it's coed, wait time on equipment, etc, things that I'm sure all what this "guest pass:trial" is for. I go, had to scan it in and wait for a salesman? I understand, we're going to tour the gym and stuff right? Well that did happen. But it ended with me being told in order to use my guest pass I HAD to decide on a membership, at the very moment, pay, and then cancel it if I decide at the end of the pass I no longer care to keep it. How does that even work? I knew it was something when I was forced to pick a plan and give up a card. What is the point of the pass? Then the person tried to describe it as a Netflix subscription or an amazon trial. Well with those isn't it still free for the first whatever? And if you're reading this here is your universal reminder to cancel your trial memberships. You're welcome. Now back to this. I was so taken aback. And felt slighted. I knew it was something when I got a call prior and the same thing of making me join even for a day membership for 15 bucks. Why? Can I see how I like the place? What if my arch nemesis is there? Or I hate the equipment, or the Feng shui of the place is off, that don't even have WiFi, you know things you're supposed to see in a GUEST PASS/TRIAL! Also, I couldn't do a class, couldn't get prices on personal training, etc because "I nEeDed A mEmberShiP", yeah totally irritated. Then also was told it was all monthly, but they wanted first and last month to be paid. Man, it was so much going on, that I swear if LA FITNESS was a person. So I guess this is a heads up for those who don't want to be apart of any sales tactics to beware. I'm so mad. Smh. A waste of life I tell you. So & all thank you LA Fitness for not wanting my money. And I hope planet fitness or xsport buys you all out. That was mean, but I hate them. Lol. read more

All good things come to an end, and with the departure of a great manager, Amber, we got Catherine, who never left the front desk, never spoke to the sales crew, and let the place go to the dogs: dirty floors, weights all over the floor. Now, another change, a young kid, who looks as if this is his first job. No real moxie going on there. Meanwhile the gym is still dirty, the cleaning woman only cleans the center of the workout floor, Showers are looking not so clean, torn shower curtains, debris on the floor. Weights are still never where they should be, and dumbells are all over the floor. Sales crew now seems to drill down hard on eating takeout, in their offices, talking on their cell phones and hanging out with their buds instead of putting the weights back. If there is a problem, there is no resolution. This is a great place for a cheap membership, and close to the El. Make sure you use shower shoes and bring your hand sanitizer, and know that the only thing they do well is debit the monthly dues. Noted 12/4/19: Young male employee with a man bun, asleep in his front facing office, with the lights off. Seriously? Review must have been read as all of the flooring was cleaned, even in the corners and the raggedy shower curtain was gone. Now wake up the staff! Update: 1/9/20: Young "manbun" guy and the teenage boy manager seem to be history. By my reckoning, we have had 5 managers in about 6 months. What the heck? One more and there is an all time low. Floors on the main floor are looking dusty again. Empty weight racks, a lot of time spent tracking down weights. The takeout, from the sales team, seems to have vanished, at least for the moment! read more

Considering there is a mask mandate REQUIRED in Chicago, it was extremely disappointing to continuously walk by employees at this facility without masks. Even more frustrating that these employees appear to be in a leadership or management position. I am a practice manager at a local hospital and if I saw any employees in lead roles violate these mandates, which ultimately disrespect our clients by not wearing a mask, their current role as a leader would be reconsidered. It is extremely disrespectful to both the clientele that frequent the gym as well as the employees that are wearing masks (aka the ones cleaning the equipment and actually working versus sitting around and joking while glaring at those that walk by). Please reconsider who you staff in these leadership positions. You have lost a member due to their inconsiderate behaviour. I have already transferred my membership to Anytime Fitness. ***I will be reporting the lack of masks worn by management to the city of Chicago and will push them to issue a fine. For anyone else reading this that has also witness the lack of masks, you can file a report here: https://cookcountypublichealth.org/contact-us/file-a-complaint/ I am also going to follow up on my report with a phone call to the department of health. read more

I've been a member of LAF for nearly 5 years. I've been to clubs in multiple cities, states and countries. If this were my "home club", I would move. Immediately. This particular club does not come close to the standard of LA Fitness that I've experienced over the last five years. My 1-star rating is for this particular location, not LA Fitness overall (overall, I think LAF is a great value for money). I'm taking the time to write this review because I actually value LAF and think this club is not representative of their company standards. I was told by an Evanston LAF employee this club recently underwent a $3.5M remodel. Someone please tell me I was misinformed! If I were corporate, I'd be investigating the embezzlement of $3.49M dollars. Dirty, messy, unkempt appearance. Not inviting. Want to use free weights? Not one free weight bench or machine was in use - but without exception, every single one was racked with weights. Dumbbells? Over half were scattered about the room, not in use. Aerobics equipment- very good. Mostly new. Well done! This point alone earned the second star in my rating. Wanna chat with an employee or membership counselor? Four were in their little offices, alone, on computer or smart phone. One even had the lights off, reclined in a very relaxing internet-surfing position. Three chatting behind reception. None on the floor. Zero. For the entire hour I was there. God forbid they do a little work to improve this dump. To be fair, they were very friendly when I arrived and left. Locker room. Gross. I didn't think any LAF could be so desperate they needed to pull the old lockers from the landfill my old Junior High threw out when they tore the school down 20 years ago. I hustled through my workout so I'd have time to go back home to shower. A final word - this club is probably still a decent value at under 30 bucks a month if you live nearby and can walk here. But if you've got wheels or an unlimited CTA pass, and a little extra time, I'd say head north to the much nicer club in Evanston or south to the club on Lawrence Avenue. Let's hope this club gets in shape soon. That's what fitness is all about, right? read more

The sauna has been out of service for 3 weeks now, and they are saying it will take another 3 weeks before they fix it. Update 1/20/16: The sauna is still not fixed. It hasn't been working since the last week of November 2015. Every time I call, they keep saying, next week it will be fixed. Horrible service and they don't seem to care. Update 2/3/16: The sauna was fixed this week, so it took over 2 months to repair. read more

The facility's proximity to transit is its most valuable asset. There are a couple particularly friendly staff members that work the reception. As for everything else...well, it's a bit problematic. The training staff are walking oxymoron's mostly. The facility is filthy, weights are all over the place, machines are broken and there is no enforcement of gym etiquette. Since the location a couple of miles away closed the gym is now crowded at all times which compounds its deficiencies. Perhaps a glimmer of hope? Signs sporadically posted claim that they are improving the facility. I've gone faithfully for about a year now and have noticed zero improvements. I have a few suggestions: Organize weights, dust, mop, refill the soap, sanitize bathrooms/locker rooms, enforce a dress code (no boobies or genital revealing shorts), fix what is broken, hire enthusiastic training staff, update equipment. Simple requests. read more

The men's locker room smells like sh|t. It amazes me that every time I go inside there's always guys sh|tting in the toilet I mean come on do you to the gym and freaking sh*t? Machines are so outdated and with the closure of the Touhy/Kedzie branch this location is way over-crowded. Maximum occupancy it says on the wall is only 81 but when you go there you can easily see at least 110 people inside. They should upgrade their equipments and stop admitting people when their location is very small. As soon as the XSport Gym in Touhy opens I'm gone. read more

This gym is always busy. It has recently been taken over by LA Fitness (previously Bally Total Fitness). I do enjoy going there to work out and see the same regulars all the time. However, usually several pieces of equipment are out of order and often the hand weights reek of sweat and bacteria. I love the cardio kick boxing class taught by Maureen. She used to do it every Tuesday and Thursday night although I am fearful that since the takeover, she may not be retained. This would be a travesty. The restrooms in the lockerooms also could benefit from regular maintenance and air freshener. read more

I wasn't quite sure how to rate this gym. I guess I would give it 5 stars for value, but only 3 stars for the actual condition of the place, so I settled on 4 stars. My workout needs are simple. I go three times a week and work out with weights and then do 20-25 minutes on cardio. I usually go mid-morning. Is the equipment a little on the old side? Yes. Does it still adequately function? Yes. The locker room is nice and seems like maybe it was remodeled in the last few years. Everything seems clean enough. The staff is polite. They don't have wifi which seems weird for 2018. Bottom line for me is that it was very affordable, has plenty of parking and is next to Jewel, and not far from home, so, it's pretty convenient. There are fancier gyms, but probably not for this price. read more

Your health and safety do NOT come first here. Way too many people not wearing masks. Even with trainers and employees walking around, they choose to ignore the issue and don't care enough about public health or state health guidelines to enforce the mask requirements. This place with dirty to begin with, now it's a disaster. read more

I like this gym. No pool though. Not too crowded. Clean. Been a member here since it opened.

Covid nightmare! This club (7529 N. Clark) totally does not care if people wear masks or not. Yes they have signs but there is no enforcement once people are in. Almost everyone has a mask (just to get in) but at least 1/2 leave it hanging on their neck or have it below the nose. I pointed this out to the front desk, and they really don't care what goes on. I am going to report this to the city of Chicago, and likely cancel my membership soon. read more

Worst gym I worked out at. Small, crowded, doesn't smell fresh either. I guess I just expected too much from Howard location. There were a couple times when I actualy went and had to come back home because place was so packed. Wasn't happy, had to move to a different LA fitness location in Evanston. Love it out there! I have to drive 10 more minutes, but I am able to enjoy my work outs now! read more

I have been coming to the gym for many years and I had put put out with bad service, dirty floor/equipment and the theft of all my stuff. There have been many managers but I thing the new management so far has been the best. The place is keep clean, employees have a sense of ownership and the environment feel pretty great. This week one of the small balance board disappeared so I told the manager about it. He did a quick check and said to me don't worried about it I'll get it as soon as possible. I thought he was just dismissing me but the board was back on a couple of days. I have visited most all the La fitness in the area, also Evanston and to be honest I like this one the best. Highly recommended as a best value Gym on the Northside of Chicago. read more

SKIP THIS LA FITNESS! The locker rooms may be nice, but that's about it! The management is truly AWFUL! The staff people aren't bright enough to troubleshoot issues with their own systems! The layout of the gym is awkward and it's literally always empty because it sucks! If you are considering buying a gym membership or taking a tour to see if this gym fits your needs, spend your time and energy elsewhere with management and sales associates who will actually help you and encourage your fitness journey. read more

A total dump. Equipment is poorly maintained, breaks down regularly, and takes forever to get fixed. The men's showers haven't worked properly for nine months; the water is either scalding or freezing, and that's it. The managment couldn't care less. The staff are rude, lazy, and contemptuous towards the members. By far the worst gym I know of in the city. read more

Just an average place to workout. I've seen better ones but since this is the closest to my place, I consider it okay but not fancy! I used to workout at ravenswood and that place is really badass. I believe that this is ballys before so they just renovated the place. I hope they can change the lockers. The staff here are nice and friendly read more

This gym could use some upgrading to get it up to par to some of the newer locations. The machines and weights are setup nicely as there is plenty of room here. The locker room is very clean. This gym is good value and great that it has free parking. read more

Let me start by saying this is probably the smallest LA EVER ! which isn't bad. Not too much of each equipment but they do have most of it. When I went around 10:30-11 it was almost empty which is perfect. If this place does get packed then this isn't a place you wanna be. On an empty day this is perfect. read more

While this is not my preferred LA Fitness location, it is still a good one. It's a smaller space than the one I'm used to in Evanston, but I do like it. It's a good crowd of people (from what I can tell) who work out here, as it's not a whole lot of meatheads or anything. The locker room is what I am not a fan of. The showers are just too small or something. The other thing I'm not crazy about is the location. It's hit or miss with this location because sometimes weird people are just hanging around the Howard stop. Then again, it's like that anywhere. On the other hand, it's conveniently located because it's right off a train stop. Nonetheless, it's a good gym with friendly staff. read more

This gym had a good deal of cardio and weight machines, not new but definitely usable. Not too busy and machines are easy to use . I only have a couple of issues with this gym. First, the staff never leave the front desk, there are no trainers walking around and no assistance at all. Also they are not friendly, there is only once who welcomes you and give you a "have a nice evening" when you leave. The second is that there are very few customers that wipe their machines down after they are done. The funny thing is that people clean the machine before use but don't do anything when they are done. No review on the juice bar, child care or classes. I have never used any of them read more

Must go LA Fitness. Up to date facility with everything need to in a gym. Highly recommended.. read more

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This place did not seem to be kept up very well. Service was not great and equipment was just in rough shape. Been to a few LA fitness and did not seem to be up to franchise standard. read more