I had the most EXCELLENT experience at this gym, from beginning to end.
First of all, the facility is not only massive in size but it's truly stunning. Perfectly well-kept, very clean, totally state of the art. The lobby is perfect in size, doesn't need to be too big considering everyone should be congregating in the main floor. They do need to have more apparel items however, my girlfriends and I were excited to drop-in and buy a shirt but they only had XL T-shirts available. I know this gym has the most visitors in Las Vegas so they should be STOCKED with shirts for sure! ;)
They have a common/hang out area next to the restrooms which I think is great, and there is just a ton of space and all the equipment and toys you can think of. Everything about this place emphasizes community to me, and even as a visitor from SoCal, I've never been more welcomed into someone's gym. We were greeted by Zach first, the owner, and he was awesome and really delightful.
Our class began about 5 minutes in, and right off the bat Coach John introduced himself and had an excellent sense of humor. I liked him almost immediately. I then discovered we were going to have 3 coaches to our class, including Zach, which was great - it appeared there were athletes of all levels in this class, so having the extra eyes was a good idea.
A female coach took us through some line drills....she lacked energy and enthusiasm during the drills, but that was the only time I even interacted with her. After that we split up into groups to max out on the OHS, and John was coaching the group I was in and let me say, he was excellent. One of my girlfriends just had surgery done so she had to go pretty light with the OHS, but he paid a lot of close attention to her and we were extremely appreciative of that. Plus, I was happy to set a pretty big PR in that class which made my whole day! :)
The WOD was Nancy and running is not my thing, especially in dry heat! But every time I'd start running towards the giant garage door, Coach John would be there waiting for me, haha. Not to mention, my running technique is pretty awful and he gave me some great tips for that. I do wish they would have incorporated some sort of stretch after the workout was done, but a lot of boxes don't do that and our class might've gone over the hour.
This gym is FANTASTIC. You will have absolutely NO REGRETS visiting. I spent the whole weekend partying in Vegas and visiting Max Effort was definitely my highlight.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU MAX EFFORT!