Xpress P Club offers good essential equipment for those who are unable to go to the main locations. There are 2 smith machines, 3 benches for dumbbell press etc, a cybex cable machine, a lot of accessory machines, 8 treadmills, 8 ellipticals, and 2 stair master machines. It's generally not crowded so you're able to find the equipment you want to use for your workout without waiting. The staff are super friendly and overall it's a great atmosphere for a quick session. Only critique is I wish there was a bench press/stand alone barbell that wasn't a part of the smith machine. read more

Princeton Club Xpress - Stairmaster - Gyms Near Me - Madison, Wisconsin

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My very first impression was that there was no parking lot or street parking but once I entered I found that club members get access to the building parking garage. This place was well lit and clean. They seem to place high importance in keeping their equipment wiped down as each machine had its own bottle of cleaner. I'm guessing they read the past reviews and stepped up their game. There were ample lockers, and bathrooms. The entrance was a tad difficult to spot as the address is Segoe Street but the entrance was a bit up on Frey. This location is much nicer than either of the larger east, west, or Fitchburg gyms, with up to date equipment. I'm a third shifter, so I was there from 3-4:30am. read more

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I am not someone that ever exercised regularly... two weeks was about as long as my attention span was for 'regularly working out.' But, since joining the Princeton Club - I'm a full month in! Can't believe it. Princeton Club Xpress is where I spend most of my days, chillin' out, maxin' out, relaxin' all cool. Yeah, I really couldn't help but drop that Fresh Prince reference in there - sorry, I digress. The convenience factor has been more than enough for me to make this a part of my regular routine. I have never had a challenge accessing a machine and I mostly go after work. Granted, I get there a little after 6pm most days. If I'm using a machine, I may need to skip one and come back, but it's never to the point where I can't access what I need for my workout. Oh, and it's clean. The members do a great job (most of the time) with spraying down the equipment after they use it (if you're obsessed with cleanliness, you can always spray it down before you start too - I see a few people do that). Everything is really easy to use, most machines show an example right on the machine as to how to use it. You can also go during their 'office hours' which is a loose term for a 24/7 gym, but they have a guy that can help you if you're brand new or need tips - that's what he's there for! read more

A decent set up for an express gym. However, when I signed up I was told that the gym would soon have two spin bikes and two rowing machines. Well, one rowing machine is fine (though often taken so what's the point). The McFarland and Monona clubs have only one spin bike (McFarland has a second one that isn't the actual eSpinner and can't track any of your workout), while the one at Hilldale has two spin bikes and both of them are the nicer, newer version. The single spin bikes at both Monona and McFarland are older and not as good. So, when I signed up for the gym with the stated purpose that a spin bike was my main use in the gym, it is a little disenheartening to see the restuls aren't quite what was pitched to me. Additionally, the lack of any club downtown makes it a bit inconvenient for a morning commute if you work downtown. Other than that, it's a great club if you work out in generally normal waking hours, have self-motivation to get to the gym, and don't need one of the machines of which there are only about one in each club (stair master, rowing, spinning, etc.). For the price, I am satisfied with my membership for the year, but cannot say whether or not I'd renew it. read more

The facility is updated and clean, and the amount of equipment available is proportionate to the number of guests, no big problems with overcrowding. So that's good. But the customer service (or lack thereof) sucks. What I mean about service is that I have emailed them multiple times with a few easy suggestions ("hey, could you add more equipment sanitizing spray bottles?" and never received a single response. Even checked to make sure my emails weren't bouncing. Once I realized that my credit card on file was expiring soon, I called the gym and asked them to update my expiration date. I should have become suspicious when it sounded like the guy on the phone was talking on a cell, but lo, next time I went to the gym, my card wouldn't scan. Finally had to go in when it was staffed, they said the card info hadn't been updated so I had to go through a whole rigamorale to get the late fee removed. Their website mentions stuff like "Hydro-Massage beds", I peeked in the room where this is located, didn't appear to be plugged in or with any obvious instructions about how to use it. Olympic lifters--don't go here, it's not the right fit for you. Since this location is in a condo building, they do specific things to minimize noise, such as only a power rack and rules about no dropping the weights to minimize noise. There's the bad, now onto the good. The gym is always clean and neat when I enter, the bathrooms and changing rooms are private if you care about that type of thing. The cardiovascular equipment has individual TVs and for people who like strength training machines, there's no shortage of those. It's nice to have underground parking, too. I like the 24hr thing, but overall, when my membership expires I may decide to go back to the university gym. read more

These Princeton Club Xpress locations are awesome! This one only gets docked a bit because it is a little more difficult to get in and out of (parking a block away or using the validated parking). Otherwise, the relatively limited selection of equipment is usually sufficient if I want to get a quick bike or weight machine workout. Usually, I just pop in to this location to use the ample bathrooms with their excellent steam showers. I'll clean up before heading to work on the west side or Middleton/Waunakee. read more

Very convenient and inexpensive! My two kids and I have a membership and we enjoy working out together! Kids have to be 12 years of age to work out on the machines! And I really like that!! read more

Princeton Club Xpress - Love working out with my daughter here!! - Gyms Near Me - Madison, Wisconsin

I'm really disappointed in this location because of hygiene. There are so few spray cleaners that you have to search for them to clean a machine, and the towels are usually very dirty. The bathrooms are dirty, and the facility just smells bad in general. Today the ceiling is leaking and there's just a recycling can to catch the water. read more

Ever since Judd took over the management of this location, it is top notch. He greats everyone, is always fixing and cleaning equipment, and is a great guy. Totally turned this place around. read more

It's a really convenient location, and I feel like I'm getting a great gym for a really good price. I personally have not had an issue with customer service. I have been consistently happy with them! read more

Most of the equipment is decent, and shower areas are nice, sort of. If you dont mind the fact that the restrooms are often dirty, or unsanitary, then this is the place for you. The steam showers are nice, but I would forgo those for a toilet which is cleaned more than randomly, and the steam shower can't overpower the fact that someone's dookie plugged the toilet 3-4 days ago, and it's still plugged. I looked in the general direction after my workout and almost puked, which is not something I usually do after, or before my workouts. When someone has the unfortunate experience of a butt explosion, it would be nice to see that it was sanitized, oh, sometime in same week or month. Other than that, its Ok. Price is good if you steel yourself for the dookie surprises in the loo. read more

This review is to let potential members, existing members and hopefully the owners & management of princeton club west realize how deteriorated the quality of this club has become over the last few years. While they claim on the website that ... " Our commitment to excellence combined with a desire to constantly offer our members the best the fitness industry has to offer has resulted in the Princeton Clubs becoming the largest, most well respected health clubs in Madison and Milwaukee. We are honored to have been named "Best in Madison and Dane County", "Best in Milwaukee", and "Best in Wisconsin"." Who named them the best, is this a self-given award? Because the reality is far from it and the "commitment" seems to be very lacking. I am not a recently new member that is simply complaining because I had a bad day. I was a member of princeton club west back when it was located off of Odana Road in Market Square. I continued to be a member when to moved to the current location on Watts Road. I moved to the east side and therefore started to go the east-side location, but finally quit after parking spaces became an issue during every winter. My wife and I joined Prairie Athletic Club and enjoyed it there much better. Over two years ago we moved back to the west side and it has been just over a year since we have been members at the princeton club west, again. I have been a member of and also visited clubs in NYC, San Francisco, and Minneapolis; so I have had experience outside Madison. I have also been a member of Anytime Fitness in Madison. Let me go down the list of the disgusting, annoying and deplorable aspects of the princeton club west club that seem to be showing no signs of improvement. First and foremost the main reason to be in a gym - workout so lets start there: 1. The equipment is very old, very very old. A few years ago they must have added about 20 new thread mills and that's it! They simply moved the old thread mills down the row and kept them there. 2. Most of the thread mills including the new ones have malfunctions - on some the vents don't stay put, or simply the vents don't work, on some the emergency stop button is sticky and shuts off by itself, on some the touch screen doesn't work. 3. All the thread mills and equipment have old 30-pin apple connects. Hello, Apple devices haven't used that interface in years and there are many non-Apple devices today. 4. Most of the old thread mills are uneven and shake violently which is unsafe, so you better be among the first 20 to get a spot. 5. There are many (over 15) recumbent bikes that no one uses, yet only 6 spin cycle bikes which everyone uses. Not enough because they are always full. The SPD clips on the spin cycles are all rusted and loose, they are simply dangerous as the shoe can snap out and pedal strike the leg. I have asked to have the pedals fixed and it has not been fixed for months. 6. The newly introduced "small group training areas" has been a complete and utter waste of space, all it has done is pushed other equipment tighter together and makes it harder to walk around and find and use the surrounding equipment, the feeling is simply so claustrophobic. 7. The staff lazily cleans the running track while it is being used and sometimes, they simply stand there chatting with other people, making running harder. Get off the track with your broom! This happen to both me and my wife. 8. The back two coroners of the track are not lit up enough and get rather dark in the evening. How hard could it be to have the track lit up properly? 9. Because of the #6 above, the weight equipment has been moved so close to the track that members adding and removing weights have to come onto the track and this interferes with the lanes. There are only 3 lanes, why did you have to reduce that to barely 2 useable lanes? 10. The wall along the track with windows has had broken tread mills lined up against it, 5 to 6 of them. Nice place for storage! It makes people doing lunges use the track which interferes with the runners and walkers. 11. There is NO trained staff on the gym floor, so when people are misusing the equipment or walking across the track 2 or 3 wide wear snow boots. There is no one to help enforce the posted signs. 12. Is there at least a staff member who is CPR capable in the gym at all times? 13. Since there is no staff on the gym floor, when the equipment was moved around, there was no one where to fit a piece of equipment. There is no equipment map available either. Simple feel free to roam around and get lucky finding the only one working "lateral pull-down machine" for example. 14. During the winter the gym is kept so cool and not adequately heated or humidified. Most people have to wear their sweatshirts. Heat and humidify the gym floor appropriately, please 15. The water that comes out of the water fountains tastes horrible, how hard and expensive could it be to have purified water filter system like almost every other gym read more