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| - Been going to EB for close to a year. My thoughts:
Pro's:
Social gym - they have events at the gym periodically for members to meet each other
Members - there are a good variety of members, and almost all are nice and approachable. I've met a handful of people at the gym that I see constantly. Lots of young professionals
New equipment - the equipment is nice and is in relatively decent shape
Free weights - dumbbells go up to 115 (only one set of higher weights though)
Classes - tons of classes are offered from yoga to spinning. Saturday workouts are popular and you get $10 to go to townhall afterwards
High end services - although I haven't used them, services like tanning, Botox, IV bags, etc... are offered (some at incremental charges)
Trainers/Staff - not only are the trainers knowledgeable, but they're also super nice (meet KJ if you join)
Parking - they offer validated parking if you drive to the gym
Cons:
Hours - the hours during the week are ok (close at 9/10 PM depending on the day) but on the weekends they close at 5
Weights - the weights are NEVER put away. Part of this falls on the members with not caring about putting weights away, but the staff will make an attempt for 5 minutes at closing time and then give up. This results in mismatched between the racks and benches (they have rubberized ones that you can drop and also iron weights) and you always have to be searching for weights
Price - you'll pay $65 per month ($70.20 with tax), which to me, is on the high side. Other gyms in the area (Tremont athletic club and Titans) are priced similarly. NOTE: in January you get charged an additional $35 for the month for some kind of "upgrade fee" - although I've never seen upgrades.
Equipment - this is getting nitpicky, but the equipment that they have is the hoist brand. If you're not familiar, this is equipment that moves when you do a motion. It's designed, to my knowledge, to be more ergonomic, but for some people it may not be desirable (for some it may be great too)
Guest passes - guest passes are $18 per day, so if you want to bring a friend, then they'll have to pay. Guest passes aren't normally offered for people who are interested in the gym
I'm giving EB three stars because of my personal opinion/gym preference. I would much rather go to, and pay for, a LA Fitness/LifeTime as it is more of the gym that fits my interest (better weights, more weights, not hoist equipment, basketball court, etc...). I can easily see how this would be a great gym for someone who is more of a social gym-goer/someone who likes classes. In my personal opinion, I think that EB, Tremont Athletic Club, and Titans have found an under-supplied market and are taking advantage of it. I'm holding my breath for an LA Fitness of LifeTime to open up, but I may have moved to Cleveland a few years too early.
6/10/17 - Left EB Fitness and joined Tremont Athletic Club. TAC is definitely more my speed, and you can tell that the employees here care about the place. And here's the kicker, the members do too. Definitely glad that I joined TAC as the hours, weights, and equipment are all a significant improvement (they have unique stuff here too like EB). As for the price - it's the exact same if you sign up for a year, but you can cancel without a fee if you move more than 20 miles away. Not sure how the guest passes work. EB was going through management issues for the past few months, which caused a lot of the strife/issues that members experienced. Now that I'm at TAC, I see a lot of the faces that used to be EB members like myself. One thing to note about EB - a new general manager (Dan) came onboard right as we were exiting. Super nice guy and seemed to have a member-focus. Haven't been back since we left, but hopefully it improves and I could definitely see it doing so with him at the helm.
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