Life Time

Overall - it’s a nice gym but you can find comparable or better and it is nowhere worth the price. There is no loyalty to members - would not join again. With new memberships starting at 179 a month with a fee, it’s laughable. I’m a nomad and an old lifetime member (off and on for over the last 15 years) and my mom is a current member probably for almost 10. Nothing has changed at lifetime in general and at this gym since it’s opened (I was here for this and in and out since) yet the membership has essentially doubled, they’ve removed family memberships, it’s more crowded, the pool is an extra membership (this made me laugh 😂) and they now look for any reason to raise rates*. I can’t figure out why prices are higher at a Lifetime in Gaithersburg than my Equinox memberships in New York and Los Angeles. *Please beware they take every chance they can to raise the rates of members. They are raising by about $10 a year no matter what, but if you want to make any change to your account (not a change to your actual membership) it will result in an increase to your monthly membership price (todays increase was quoted +$20 per month if an adjustment was made). Maybe they want people to leave so it’s less crowded? The gym itself is a normal large, nice gym. It can be comparable for equinox but still not up to par in my opinion. It’s still crowded many times during the day, especially after 5. Huge plus is that it’s got two floors one with standard weight and cardio equipment and a yoga studio and then the other with additional lifting, 2 studios, a cycling room, a turf area (this is my favorite for sprints) and boxing area. Love the variety! And I can find pretty much anything I want to do my workout (discs, weights, mats). The gym is easy to navigate and cardio equipment is usually open when I’m here but there tends to be a wait for some of the lifting equipment. Locker rooms are standard for a nice gym, I prefer equinox shower products personally. The cleanliness of the bathroom wasn’t up to my standards today but maybe it was a fluke.

I really do feel bad for this gym. Great facilities plagued with members that steal, wear inappropriate clothing and do not uphold the class of this club. This is what happens when you don’t enforce the rules. I exclusively now go to Rockville which has better clients, but not what it was when I joined 10 years ago. Most of the patrons here should ho to planet fitness.

UPDATES: Prices have gone up 100% since I first joined 2020 but its been worsened since. The pool, sauna room, rest rooms are disgusting. The mat in the yoga smells like disguting feet in the middle of winter and armpit/body sweats in the summer most of the time. HORRIBLE!! Front desks are rude young white staff and act extremly privilege. Not to mention I have 2 guest passes each month but I can only bring the same person in 60 days, otherwise they have to pay to get in. All in all, I don't think it's worth my $2400 + tax/year anymore. Life time has been getting out of hand. Imma switch to equinox. They treat my money right. Review below was posted 3 years ago- Always so clean! I pay for experience here and definitely satisfied!

Nice facility and friendliest staff out of the DMV area! I really enjoy the boxing area of this facility for its hanging bags plus a speed bag area for timing & rhythm work. All the staff I encountered were very helpful and even showed us around the facility. If you enjoy working out hard and getting a solid MMA or boxing cardio session in, Gaithersburg Lifetime Fitness is the place to go!

Revised edit as a former member: This location lost a star for increasing an already huge premium to become unaffordable for me. It’s a good location. Just very expensive. Life time generally speaking has been losing me as a member because they just keep jacking the prices up company wide and have nothing to justify or show for the price hike. Let me explain. Back in 2008 when I first discovered the gym back in its Austin Texas location they where a silver gym then shortly after they promoted the gym to gold I believe and that was the price hike. Then later I transferred to a higher level gym in Dallas area and they hiked the price again. Then I used the gym here in Maryland and they priced the hike again. I’m terms of services back in 2008 they were at their peak. Lockers never had a moldy musky smell. Highly maintained. And super organized. Always refreshing to see. At the pool area I always saw them running that little cleaning machine on the floors at regular intervals. The pools didn’t have a scum build up on the corners. And the water was always fresh and never stinky. And at the price they offered this for it was a no brainer. They where the gym of choice. Then suddenly the pool machine started running less frequently till it wasn’t run at all. The pools slowly started building a residue in the corners. And the water was more frequently dirty with a film above it with an odor. The locker room that was the example everyone should follow started growing mold and stinking up the place. Staff became more complacent and didn’t actively maintain the place. And effectively they became nothing special and just like any other gym. Then the price was increased and I jumped ship. The gym in Dallas was a similar situation. But that one was in a bad area where they had to put a note to notify customers don’t leave anything in the car because they have a number of break ins. That gym was decently maintained at first. But slowly similar things happened. They hiked the price and I jumped ship again. Here in Maryland it’s the higher level gym. So of course my expectations are set even higher than the other lower level gyms. But I didn’t see anything premium for the price that they offered. While they did somewhat maintain a decent environment I didn’t see a difference for the price paid. The manager here is a very responsive and great guy! He is super professional and the team often acted on emails sent to them. But I shouldn’t have to send emails to see actions. But at this location it was the first where they didn’t clean the floors at all at least during the times I was at the gym. Pool constantly had build up. Especially the hot tub. And locker rooms reeked at times. You could smell it before you even got close. The team there always seemed short staffed because many times when I would walk in the locker room would be in disarray. And not really any staff in sight. One night there was a minor electrical issue and when I went to the front to report it nobody was there. Halls where empty and no staff in the locker rooms. It was as if it was just an open space with no staff. When the price hiked I left. For clarity this is just my review based on my experiences. The company isn’t a bad company they are a great gym. I usually write reviews to see if they could do better. Holding the gym to higher standards so the could be the be best gym and justify their prices with the best service. I still recommend these gyms. Just don’t hold them to a higher standard then any other gym or you’ll be let down just like I was. Hopefully their corporate can see this for future consideration and improvements.