Anytime Fitness

Just signed up here.
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I’m pretty excited because it’s a couple blocks away.
Nice equipment.
Sweet water bottle filler!
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The manager, Jordan, insisted both subtlety and less subtlety throughout my entire consultation that I might want to lose some weight. I reiterated that weight loss is not a goal, I’m happy with my weight, my weight is normal, my bmi is normal. We did the body fat calibrator which indeed said my body fat was normal, Jordan suggested I could still lose a few pounds (of fat, strictly).
I think he might know a bit about fitness but he clearly has no idea how to reach people without sounding like a d***.
Either way, I am glad to have a new gym, it’s a good reminder that bros want to ruin women’s body image whenever possible.

Let me preface this review by saying that the only reason this gym is getting one star is because the space itself is beautiful. The machines are new, it doesn’t have the smell of stale sweat, and it looks as though the franchise owner takes good care of it.
Other than that, this is the worst gym I have ever been to.
Now that might not make sense given my praise above for the space. To be honest, the only reason I quit this gym was because I moved outside of Portland and it was too out of the way for me to go. What gets Anytime Fitness such a poor review is what happened when I requested to cancel my membership.
When I signed up, I agreed to a twelve month contract and I was fully aware that I’d have to buy it out and pay a cancellation fee. I called Anytime Fitness in January to cancel my membership and the manager, April, told me that her «system» was down No problem. I went in the next week to cancel it, and April and one of her employees were moving their office furniture around and were «too busy» to cancel my membership She asked if I could come back. I was annoyed, but said sure.
I called a few days later to make sure that April was there, that her system was working, and that she wasn’t practicing her interior decorating skills, but no one answered. I left three messages over the next two weeks and didn’t get a single call back.
Life got busy, so it wasn’t until earlier this month when I went in one last time to cancel my membership. As I entered the gym, April was all smiles, welcoming me and telling me that it was so nice to see me. As soon as I told her that I wanted to finally cancel my membership, her whole demeanor changed. She became curt, obstinate, and actually had the gall to tell me that her system was down (again). I finally told her that I wasn’t leaving until my membership was canceled. She begrudgingly got on the phone with her parent company to find out what my buyout fee was, and then had me write a handwritten statement saying that I wanted to cancel my membership. I wrote the check, jotted down my statement, and then took off.
It wasn’t until I got home that I realized that my buyout fee was $ 150 more than it should have been. I called April and she said she was too busy, yet again, to talk. When I asked her to call me back, she said, «Well, why don’t you just call me back sometime and we’ll figure it all out.» April hung up the phone before I could say anything else, and that’s when I realized that I had to deal with someone above her. I was fed up.
I was able to get a hold of this guy named Joel who claimed to be the «Area Director» for Anytime Fitness. Joel clearly doesn’t own Portland’s two Anytime Fitness locations. In fact, rumor has it he hosts karaōke at one of Portland’s sketchiest drinking holes, The Rack. But he said he was willing to help me.
After trying to convince me to stay with the gym, he apologized for his Westgate manager’s lack of customer service and said she clearly needed more training in how to work with people (I guess people skills aren’t high on the list of job requirements). He then went through a litany of reasons of why I should stay a member and how I should vote for Anytime Fitness as best gym in the local Portland Phoenix poll. After about five minutes of listening to him go on and on, he said my buyout was totally wrong and that he would refund me the difference.
It all ended up working out in the end, but was makes me mad is how awful these people were when it came to canceling my membership. If they had treated me better, I would have considered coming back to this gym in the future. After all, it’s one of the nicest I’ve been to. But I now have absolutely zero desire to ever step foot in Anytime Fitness again, thanks to people like April and Joel. They clearly lack in interpersonal skills and are just downright rude. Why put up with that if you don’t have to?
I’m now a member of Planet Fitness and couldn’t be happier. I might be a number to them, but at least I know they won’t try to scam me when I eventually leave.

There are two Anytime Fitness gyms within a few miles of each other in Portland. I chose the one closer to my hotel and embarked on a new journey. I enjoy going to the various Anytime Fitness gyms across the region. It is like a new adventure. I walk in and although similar each gym is different. Unfortunately for me, this location only had 5 treadmills, 2 arc like trainers, 2 bikes, and 3 ellipticals! It is still January, and the Resolutioners are still filling up the gym, hoping this year will be different. I hopped on the only free machine and got to work. The neat part about this gym is that above each machine is not only a tv screen but one with workouts designed to help you reach your goal that day.
After cardio, I lifted triceps and did some ab work. The rest of the machines at the gym were standard — cables, dumbells etc. This gym does have two trx suspension cables hanging — so they are up to date with the latest and trendiest new ways to workout.
I was impressed by the fitness level of a good number of members at this gym. It was higher than most of the other Anytime Fitness’s that I’ve been to or perhaps it was the time of day?! Either way, it was refreshing to see people who care about their bodies.