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| - I am a member of LifeTime Fitness Tempe. I work out early in the morning. Today I was running late for work so I had to skip my morning workout. The Scottsdale location is about 5 minutes from my work so I ended up at this facility instead today.
LTF facilities are rated at proprietary levels. My LTF in Tempe is a gold level. The one in Scottsdale that I visited today is an Onyx level. You must pay more to visit an Onyx facility. How much more is between $20-$30 per workout as I understand it. Or you can simply upgrade your membership to the Onyx level, but that runs somewhere around $100 more per month (I have a family Gold membership) from what I can tell.
I needed my workout today though. It's my addiction (well, so is alcohol and television but don't judge me...). So, at lunchtime I decided to take my chances and see how painful they were going to make my desire to upgrade for the day. To my great surprise, they did not charge me the fee that I expected. I think I just got a friendly front desk person. Technically, they SHOULD have charged me. And I was willing (somewhat reluctantly, of course) to pay if I had to. I was jonesing for my fix today. But the girl at the front let me go in without paying. It pays to be nice I guess (or in my case, it doesn't pay...lol)....
Anyway, I was not expecting this facility to be much different that the Tempe one. I figured they charged more because they could. North Scottsdale is infinitely more affluent and snobby (they don't call it Snotts-dale for nothing) than Tempe. I was wrong. I won't say it's like night and day, but there were significant differences. The equipment is much better and newer in Scottsdale. I mean, I have been working out my entire life (I am an amateur bodybuilder) and there were machines where I had to read the instructions to understand how to use them.
EQUIPMENT: There was a good variety of machines. I happened to be working back, hamstrings and calves and I was pleased at the choices I had - except for calves. To my great surprise, I could only find 2 pieces of calf machines and 1 of them (the seated one) was partially broken. Otherwise, the equipment they did have was newer and worked different angles for each muscle group. Bravo!
LOCKER ROOM: At Tempe, the locker room is quite nice. The one in Scottsdale is the same AND they provide you with lotion, razors, mouthwash and q-tips. Those are extra little bonuses not offered in Tempe.
PEOPLE: In the middle of the day, I was not expected it to be so busy, but it was. It was not so crowded that it was uncomfortable, but it was much busier than Tempe. The people are also in better shape than in Tempe which I found a positive. People were friendly, considerate and focussed upon working out vs socializing.
AMBIANCE: I could not exactly put my finger on it, but the aesthetics of the facility were nicer somehow too. It was nothing noticeable, but there was a difference.
All in all, I was very pleased with this place. I don't know if it's nice enough to upgrade my membership, but prior to my visit, that option was out of the question for me. At this point, I would consider it if I had to. Luckily enough, my wife usually works out with me at Tempe so it's not really a choice I have to make.
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