If you live in the charlotte/Matthews area near Lifetime you have 3 options on where to workout: energy, lifetime, and planet fitness.
I am a member of both energy and lifetime because each gym has its pros and cons for me and I like the change in scenery.
Lifetime is a professional gym. Someone is always at the front desk, towels are always available, the gym and lockers are very clean.
For the muscleheads / power lifters this gym has: several bench presses both flat incline and decline. Dumbbells go up to I believe 100. Two squat racks ( no power racks). There are also plenty of machines.
This gym does not permit chalk :( although I have seen some guys use it discreetly.
For the more general fitness enthusiasts this gym has plenty of tread mills, stair masters and really nice stationary bikes. This gym also has a cool and large stretching / circuit room with boxing bags, gloves, foam rollers etc.
Overall this place is quite nice and affordable. I wish they had a power rack and allowed the use of chalk. Other than that it a pretty complete gym.