This is a completely honest truthful review of this gym as a member for a few years…read more
To start with the bad, I know it's somewhat out of the employees hands/power, but this place does get quite busy and crowded often. If you've ever been to an Anytime Fitness location in surrounding areas like the North Vernon or Colombus Anytime Fitness Branches, you are most likely used to a more quiet, spacious, but not an eerie ghost town sort of vibe, where you have mostly total freedom over equipment. Unfortunately, this Seymour location is a completely anomaly in this aspect. Despite Anytime Fitness being built for smaller footprints, this specific branch gets incredibly packed especially on weekdays.
The crowd often exhibits a noticeable lack of surrounding awareness, resulting in groups unintentionally blocking major walkways or completely taking over entire sections of the gym. Crowds may use scarce equipment for excessive amounts of time, forcing you to wait a while just to use a single machine or cable tower. While the community is generally decent, a few members regularly leave their training areas a total mess, abandoning heavy plates on bars and scattering gym accessories across the floor. The community is mostly friendly, I believe most of these negative things are just from a lack of spatial awareness rather than purposely being rude and uncaring
As for the cleanliness of the gym, it is pretty good. The bathrooms are actually usable, and so are the showers. Every once in a while however, you might walk in there and there could be something absolutely disgusting that'll make you walk out saying "Hell no" but it's generally clean. The equipment is cleaned well, and the floor is never dirty, there's never any trash left on the floor either. The only maintenance aspect I have complaints about in regards to cleanliness is that the disinfectant wipe dispensers used to clean the machines are empty often.
When it comes to the actual workout gear, the selection at the Seymour location is generally pretty solid. You won't find any incredibly unique or super specialized machines, but there is a decent, well-rounded variety that gets the job done for most standard lifting routines. The best part is that the vast majority of the equipment is of decent quality and feels well-maintained. Unlike some commercial gyms where out-of-order signs hang around for weeks, you rarely find broken machines or snapping cables here, meaning you can at least count on everything being fully functional when you finally get your turn to use it.
The pricing being worth it or not entirely depends on your preferences. If you are only planning to workout at this location, and not intending to use the access to any location in the world benefit, it's without a doubt not worth your money. A "benefit" listed by most Anytime Fitnesses on why it's so costly is because of lesser crowds, which do not apply here. What does make it worth it however, is if you plan to workout at odd hours, or travel frequently.
The staff and most members are friendly, nice, and supportive.
