I joined Fitness Plus almost 2 years ago when I moved back to Calgary. It's in my neighbourhood, which makes it convenient and difficult to ignore on the way home from work. Fitness Plus has the potential to be such a great gym! Unfortunately there are a few things holding it back.
Things I like:
Great location. Can usually find parking in the lot out front or nearby. They have a great area to work out in if you like using free weights. Lots of mirrors and equipment on the first floor. They have great classes! This is important to me...sometimes I lack motivation! If I go to a class, I know I won't be tempted to leave part way through the work out. The Ripped classes are excellent and most of the instructors are fantastic (Bonnie, Ivy, Lesley...) People who go to Fitness Plus are generally pretty friendly. There's a Second Cup next door...so you can grab a coffee and/or a snack after your workout.
Things that need improvement:
Cleanliness. I have noticed that the floors in the room where the classes are held is often dirty. The cardio equipment and mats are often dusty or have dried sweat on them, leading me to believe that there probably isn't a regular cleaning schedule. Kind of gross considering the amount of the people working out there.
Most of the cardio equipment is very old. The exercise bikes are in rough shape as well as some of the elliptical trainers. Pedals strokes are uneven and not smooth and some of the computers don't function properly. The treadmills seem a bit better, although one of them started to smoke and emitted and electrical smell when my husband was using it last week. I've pretty much given up on using the cardio room for these reasons.
The change room (ladies)... even though there are signs that say that you can't leave your stuff in the lockers overnight, its seems that many people do it anyways. This can make it tricky to find an unoccupied locker.
If Fitness Plus updated their cardio equipment and did a better job at keeping the facility clean, it would be a much better gym. Until then...I am looking in to some other options in the South end of the city.