LA Fitness

Good: Convenient location. Friendly staff. I just come in to do my workout and leave, so it's perfect for that. It's not the worst place and not the best. Lots of equipment to use and they have a rower, so I'm pleased. Seems people pick up after themselves in the workout area. Can't say the same for the bathrooms. 3 day pass is a good tool. Bad: Scheduled for service is frequently on many of the treadmills. I've had some cut out mid run on me. Luckily, I take it pretty easy, but they need a serious update. The row machines need some tweaks too. It gets crowded around the peak times (as expected). I've had to adjust my workouts because there's no space or the equipment is unavailable. I haven't worked out in winter so I'll update if the crowding gets worse.

This is a very convenient location. There are lots of machines available for use and free weights. I enjoy the pool and the hot tub. I also have a personal trainer here, who is very good. Also, the owner, Brian, is really nice. My experiences here have been great!

On my list of “do not go” because the sauna is at 150 in the middle of the day despite being turned up all the way. Never coming back to this one, this is a common theme across la fitness clubs and the only one at 180 as advertised is near Burnsville.

I worked out at this LA fitness to stay in shape for high school sports and got my membership back in 2016 right when I hit the age minimum. The personal trainers practically begged me to take advantage of my 1 free personal training session (I had no interest), and being 16, I eventually obliged. A grown adult male personal trainer worked me (a 16 year old girl) so hard I vomited and then proceeded to make me sit through a marketing spiel about how I should sign up for more sessions. Gross and predatory behavior. I never went back. Sincerely hope things have changed since then.

This is a convenient location for me, but most of the time I go out of my way to the Edina location. The equipment at SLP is dated, often dysfunctional, and sometimes dangerous. The treadmills are not evenly weighted on the floor, so they wobble. I’ve had two separate occasions where a treadmill cuts out on me in the middle of a run. Both times, I felt very lucky that I didn’t hurt my knee. I reported it to the staff both times. They put signs on the treadmills saying that they are “scheduled for service” (there are currently several of these signs on treadmills) yet it keeps happening. The staff is friendly and the place is relatively clean, I just don’t think that the equipment is consistently safe in its current state. Be careful.