r/LAFitness

So I signed up for personal training at LA Fitness and was told it was gonna be around $600** **total and about 3 months.
Silly me for assuming $600 meant $600 because apparently I actually signed a 6-month contract for around $1,722. The salesperson told me saying it’s for 4 months and no cancellation charge and I believed and signed without checking💀
The training was amazing too. By amazing, I mean my trainer spent a good amount of our sessions enjoying quality time with his phone while I worked out 😭
Well, the guy who sold me the contract is no longer working there. My trainer is also no longer working there.
So I went to the manager and explained that the price/duration I was told when signing up was completely different from what I ended up with.
I wasn’t there, so you still have to pay the contract.
Ah yes. Case closed. If the manager didn’t personally witness it, apparently it never happened 💀
I’ve now submitted a formal dispute to LA Fitness corporate asking them to cancel the PT agreement without charging me an early termination fee.
Anyone successfully fought one of these LA Fitness personal-training contracts before, especially in Washington?

How common is it that the salespeople just straight up lie to you? I started at a SoCal location last Wednesday and the salesperson kept insisting that the price he was telling me was a monthly September deal only and that it would go up $10 the next day (October 1). He even showed me a printed sheet with higher prices and claimed those were the normal prices. The day prior to that the same person told me on the phone that Wednesday only was a “membership appreciation day” sale. The online price for this location has remained the same “sale price” I paid on Wednesday -_-

Luckily I did my research before going in and saw the same price he told me was a “sale” so I was okay paying that much to begin with. He also put an X for my initial on the waiver where it explained the price 🙃 I like the gym I’m at so I will continue to go. But that experience really put a bad taste in my mouth. What a scummy tactic.

Summary: Question about downgrading an LA Fitness membership without paying second time initiation and annual fees.

My spouse and I joined LA Fitness in 2022. At the time, we were told the membership would be $45 per person and that it included two guest privileges. This worked well because my wife and teenage kids were using the gym regularly.

About a year ago, my wife stopped using the gym, so I canceled her membership. I am now the only person on the membership, and I no longer need the two guest privileges.

I noticed that LA Fitness currently has lower-priced plans ($25 and $30), so I spoke with the General Manager about downgrading my membership.

He told me that:

- Even though I am now the only member, my original membership was set up as a family plan.

- His system does not give him an option to downgrade my current membership.

- My only options are to:

1. Cancel my current membership and wait until it ends.
2. Sign up for a new membership.
3. Pay a new initiation fee.
4. Pay another annual membership fee, even though I already paid the annual fee for this year under my current membership.

My question: Has anyone been in a similar situation? Is there a way to downgrade an existing LA Fitness membership without canceling and paying a new initiation fee and a second annual fee?

I would appreciate hearing from anyone who has dealt with this, especially if you were able to get LA Fitness to change the membership without starting over.

That LA Fitness in Dallas Uptown Signature is closing. Any insiders know why? The other clubs available won’t have towel service. This just sucks

So my options are just the regular LA Fitness and I’m still paying for signature? They have closed all the other ones in the DFW Area. I’m seriously considering changing to another gym club.

Does LA fitness offer daily/weekly classes in various areas (hot yoga, Pilates, etc) in Ontario? Like I mean a variety opposed to just one a day or week.

If so, what are your opinions on it and the class structures in general?

I’m located in Ontario, Canada for reference and am looking around for a club which isn’t too expensive but also offers various fitness classes for the patrons.

Thank you!