The 411: this is a stellar example of a completely average gym that is very crowded most of the time. Since other options in this area are either A: far away, or B: really pricey (like the crossfit gym), this is likely (regrettably) the best option in La Plata, unless you want to travel 20+ mins to Waldorf. The money: I signed up during the New Years resolution special. My deal is as follows: 1 year agreement. Pay month to month $28 per month PLUS a mandatory "gym enhancement fee." So basically I pay $30 per month. Without this special, I believe they offer a month to month deal at an absurd price where you pay $45 or more. There's also a two year deal. Without the $30 monthly special, I think you pay $38 per month for a one year deal I was lucky enough to get the sign up fee waived. Idk if they actually hooked me up or if they pretend to waive a fee that doesn't exist to reel you in. IF YOU DECIDE TO CANCEL YOUR MEMBERSHIP BEFORE YOUR CONTRACT EXPIRES, you will have to pay a mandatory $150 cancellation fee (which is freaking ridiculous if you're living on a budget). All of your money concerns are not dealt directly at the gym, either. They use a third party financier named ABC financial. You should contact them with your money concerns since the gym will just look at you with shrugged shoulders. The equipment: The machines at this gym work fairly well except for a few that I'll mention soon. There's an average number of dumbbells at the gym (2 sets of dumbbells up until 50 pounds and then there's one set of each up to about 120 I believe. Not the most accommodating but it's average (better than the dumbbells at planet fitness) There are about 5 or 6 standalone benches for dumbbell exercises and 4 or 5 barbell benches for assorted benching exercises. These get really crowded at peak hours. The weight machines are all fairly new(as of 2018) but I strongly dislike the leg curl machines and leg extension machines since they're very uncomfortable and lack customization for leg height and range of motion. There's a rack room in the back corner for powerlifting, but be advised that certain clubs reserve that room during peak hours of the day during the week. The cardio section seems big at first but it's quite lacking in stair masters (only 2 and they're always occupied during rush hour) and the rest is just average machinery. I can't review the women's side of the gym but I'm betting that it's also very average. I haven't tried to get into a class but I hear that they fill up quickly and have limited options. The front desk has a protein shake station that looks limited and meh. I would expect a little more flair for a $6 shake to be honest. The men's locker room is also average. It's pretty clean most of the time. I think there's a steam room but I'm not sure, I don't go to the gym for that lol. I advise you bring a lock if you want to leave valuables in the locker room. I have trouble with the wifi when I go here so I don't even try anymore. If you don't like headphones, this place plays the same pop music on repeat. I personally would enjoy more hip hop and diversity in music but I swear I've heard "sorry not sorry" by Demi Lovato more times than I care to admit. Hours are very meh as well. I think they're only open until 10...look elsewhere, night owl strong folks! If you're just a guy who needs a place with heavy toys, this will get the job done, but it is by no means above average in any attribute that people look for in a gym. In short, there's no novelty or anything particularly special about this gym at all. The only thing this place might have that others probably don't is a small track lane for sleds...even though it's only about 25meters of workable space. Overall ratings** Price: 2.5/5 Novelty and cool factor: 1/5 Size and availability: 2/5 Hours: 3/5 Atmosphere: 2.7/5 Hygiene: 3.9/5 Bottom line: don't expect anything special about this gym. Lack of competition enables it to be the best even though it's average at best. You will definitely get frustrated if you come between 4-6pm. read more

This gym (now named Meridian) has a very terrible policy. I need to cancel my membership. Their new policy is to require members to come into the gym if they want to cancel, probably so that they can try to persuade them not to cancel. This is a particularly bad policy in light of the Covid pandemic. If someone is trying to limit contact with other persons, someone should not have to physically travel to a gym when the task could be easily accomplished over the phone or through email. read more

I used to think the worst thing about this gym was how hot it got in the summer, but then I had to deal with the General Manager, Shelby, who has no sense of customer service or responsibility. During the COVID shutdown, I went to the gym's website in June & submitted a message requesting my membership be cancelled, effective immediately. When I was charged a fee on July 1st, I phoned the gym. It took 2 weeks & several messages for Shelby to finally call. She cancelled my membership effective July 2nd, because she said she did not receive my website message from June. To test the website, I sent 3 more messages, all of which Shelby did not receive. It's obvious she has a faulty website, but is unwilling to assume responsibility for this issue & refuses to credit me the monies charged in July. Any professional manger would apologize for the faulty website & credit my VISA for the July charge. Additionally, her emails were very condescending, like an insecure person who finally gets a little bit of power and clobbers everyone over the head with it. I'm sharing this because I assume others have already or will have to deal with Shelby regarding membership cancellations. And while there is a President who is in and out of the gym, according to Shelby, she "does not address any members personally," and "is a hands off owner." So you have no recourse within the gym when you have a dispute that Shelby is unable to grasp and deal with in a professional, responsible manner. My credit card company is disputing this for me, and their feedback to this point is that I should be credited for the July fees. read more

The absolute worst example of customer service. An employee tells you they cancelled your membership, since you have no reason to believe that the person you spoke to didn't actually do their job, you think it's cancelled like you were told. Then you get hit with an automatic withdraw after you cancel. I first didn't worry about the charge the following month is because they have a 30 day notice policy and I had called in the middle of the month, that charge was legit. Because I had no reason to check for the charge on my next months bank statement it had gone unnoticed. It wasn't until the second month(January) that I noticed my bank showing charges in December that they had charged me when they were not supposed to. They gave me a myriad of BS excuses. 1. Why didn't you notice it until Jan? "Because I called in October, charged for November for 30 day notice, and hadn't gotten my bank statement for December charges until early January" 2. What employee did you talk to? "I don't remember, it was in October and I had no reason to think I needed to make a note of an employee who said they did their job" 3. The employee didn't make a notation in your account so a manager wouldn't have known to call you and finalize the cancellation. "If someone tells me they did their job, and didn't, that's because you failed to train them properly" ......Well we had a lot of new employees around that time. "So I get charged because you have new employees not trained properly?" 4. You should have known that a manager had to call the next day. That's how EVERY GYM works, everyone knows that. "No, everyone does not know that. I would've known that had the employee told me and then I would've called when I didn't hear back. But not only did she not do her job to cancel it, she didn't tell me the safeguard I had. You don't expect to have to follow up with people you do business with every time someone says they have done something. A well run business would not expect their customers to assume the person did not do their job so you better double check. A consumer would only know if they were told, not some ridiculous assumption that all customers of one gym know the processes of every gym" 5. Well who did you speak to? "I don't know, it was months ago" 6. I can't do anything if you don't know who you spoke to and there's no notation on your account that you called. "I can look at my phone bill from that month when I get home, show you, so you can see who was working at that day and time" 7. Just because you can show you called doesn't mean you called to cancel, you could just be saying that now. "Then what do you need, you ask for the employee name, I give you a method where you could check and that's still not good enough. Cancel it now. Actually cancel it, because I am not paying for one more month due to employee incompetence" 8. You could've come in person to cancel it. "Then require coming in if that's the only way to be sure the job is done right. Why would I go out of my way to go in when I'm told I don't have to. I even asked if I had to come in to sign a paper because I thought it might require that but was assured that a phone call was sufficient" 9. I'll cancel it right now "ok, do I need to wait for a call tomorrow to make sure?" .......NO! Because I'm doing it (with attitude tone) "all I want is to stop being charged. If I don't need a call the next day this time then why is that different then your and every other gyms policy? 9. I'm the general manager, it's done this time(even more elevated attitude). read more

The equipment is old and not well maintained. Management is almost non existent. Stronger emphasis in making sure the trainers are happy than the actual customers. A lot of high school and college age gym members that lack courtesy and understand gym etiquette. A high point is that it has gotten cleaner since Hazel began cleaning it. There are better gym alternatives in the area. read more

Meh just about sums it up. For roughly $30/month you get what you need. Weights and cardio machines. Im from Ca so maybe im spoiled but honestly, I've seen way better gyms for the same amount. The fact that there's a ladies only side is a weird concept to me. I get what they're trying to do, allow women to workout unthreatened, but their side has much nicer stuff. The weight area is cramped, there's maybe 8in between the benches and weight racks. Terrible ventilation in there. Men's locker room is oddly shaped and smells like wet dog. This is pretty much only gym they have down here though. I wish 24hr fitness had a gym nearby. read more

Gym is good, but the sauna is always broke and not working. part of the reason I joined this gym was for the sauna. I am little confused why we have to pay a maintenance fee each month If they can't keep the equipment maintained and working properly. read more

First off, I'd like to mention that I had been a member of this gym for almost 4 years and one day everything changed. So many contracts and obligations, as well as heightened prices. I love the gym atmosphere, and it is a nice gym, but I've never been to an establishment that makes their money by scamming. I'm 19 years old, and I feel as if because I am young that it comes with the thought that I'm also naive (not the case). What happened to me was someone was previously paying for my one year contract as a gift. I got about 8 months into my contract, and the person who was paying for my account decided to cancel it without warning me. When you sign up for the contract they do make you aware of the pricey cancelation fee, but that fee is to be expected when you break a contract. So, when this person canceled my contract I was NEVER contacted by the gym (only the person who cancelled it which shouldn't have been authorized without my approval or an inquiry on if I'd like to make other payment arrangements)...but then I start to get collection calls. I thought these "collection calls" were a scam because the voicemail they were leaving me was extremely vague, and sketchy. Therefore, I ignored them. The call was once a week for about a month. Then 4 months later I receive my first phone call from the gym saying that the person who canceled my account failed to pay the cancelation fee as he was prompted to do so by the gym through their external billing company. When I got this voicemail I called the person immediately after and asked them to please pay the fee because I'm going to collections. They did not, and the gym has now told me it's my obligation. Even though there was no calls letting me know someone else had cancelled my account, no notice that said person didn't pay the fee until I was already going to collections, and then at the end of the day because I signed the contract to use the gym under my name I am now responsible for the failed payments by someone else. What I have a hard time grasping is if I am the face of the contract and obligation why was I never contacted during these affairs until it was too late and I HAD to pay fees? What agets me is they tried to give me an ultimatum to sign up for another year, and pay a balance of $120 (this would finish up the remaining months of my old contract) and then they would waive the collection fee that has NOW BEEN BUMPED UP EVERY MONTH TO ALMOST $400.... still no calls except one 4 months after the fact making me aware of any of these payments or the fact it would be going up every month. The woman on the phone said "Yes, we hire these companies essentially to make the costumer come back." This seems like bribery, and admitting to extortion. I am disgusted. Will be paying the $400 to the collection company and never doing business here... read more

I have been a member for over a year and have watched it go down hill very fast. Today when I was walking in the owner was yelling at a young man get the f out. I was shocked. this is the last straw for me. The bathrooms are very dirty and there is always something broken. Some of the lights are always out. There is a big whole in the wall that was never fixed and the machines are always not working. One week it is the stepper the next week the treadmill. They do not take pride in the place at all. My son said that there is paint coming of the wall in the men's restroom and a toilet have been broken for six month. This is a place I would avoid. I am leaving after my contract is up. read more

I have the same opinion! As soon as you walk in there is a stinch of raw sewage. There is atleast 3 treadmills broken all at once all the time. There has been a stairclimber broken for over a year! Get rid of it or replace it ! They want you to wipe down equipment, but often times the cleaning solution bottle is empty or no more clean towels to do so! Most of the cardio equipment is junk - making loud noises and feels rough while in use. which makes for a very unpleasant and annoying workout. Half the TV monitors don't work. The employees start shutting the place down 20-30 minutes before closing! They will turn off TVs right in front of you. And what happened to the "complementary coffee"?? Its the least you could do, yet that stopped too! There is always at least one bathroom stall that is out of order and not all the sinks have soap at all times. Stay away from this place. Membership is way too much for such a less than mediocre facility. read more