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| - As someone that was in club management for many years in the D.C. area, I'll do my best to give a fair review. I'm only giving two stars for the following reasons...
I will say that the club is very clean. Hands down, they have a crew that comes in during the day and thoroughly cleans the equipment and the amenities and they do a very good job of it. Other clubs have a bit to be desired in this area, so I'll give MS a big thumbs up for that.
They also have a great variety of equipment for everyone. Free weights, a big assortment of cable machines, etc, and it's not an intimidating atmosphere by any stretch (which is great for anyone just starting out). If a piece of equipment is down, it normally gets fixed in a few days (to be fair from experience, equipment repair specialists don't grow on trees and have previous scheduled calls).
Where I fault the club is that they don't enforce any of their own policies: quite a few signs banning cell phone talking and members pay zero attention to that. Staff, to include management, have walked by individuals yapping on their phones and haven't said anything. If I have to crank up my headphones due to someone being loud on their phone, that's a problem. I've watched people take selfies in the mirrors with unknowing members in the background, and that's a privacy no-no. They also don't enforce the dropping of weights (which tends to sound like a B-52 strike in the distance), and members have also shown up in flip-flops (or no shoes at all) and I'm pretty sure that's a health code thing in AZ. These are policies that are plainly posted, however to my knowledge have never been enforced.
All in all, the club is ok at best. Just waiting for Equinox to open up in Scottsdale....eventually.
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