Urban Body Fitness — Attraction in Atlanta

I’m kinda 25 years and one or two locations late on this review, but the employees and patrons of this establishment are the Wagyu of beef, authentic Texas Steak House style, not Sysco Oklahoma style. As an out every single night 150lb soaking wet “can’t miss the next party” impressionable 20 year old who was far from confident in my appearance or much less my sense of self, I was terrified and baffled on how I was going to put on a pair of gym shorts and lift anything in front of the hottest of the hot literal A List gays. (I do not approve of this term anymore, but they were. The Bradley Cooper, Tom Cruise, Courtney Cox and David Muir of (your welcome, Thomas) Atlanta/GayUSA

These guys (and gals) made me feel so comfortable walking into that gym from day one with my trainer (don’t get me started on trying to choose between the hot gay guy or the hot lesbian who wasn’t a gay guy) Holly I was able to more than settle into the (not so hard) hard work ahead. Not just in the gym, but out in the commUNITY, they showed what class was, what inclusivity can do, and what it meant to be a men (you too Holly :).

Thank you Kevin, Holly, Courtney, Zack, Cliff, Thomas, Patrick, Travis, and of course David.

Having recently lived the very literal execution of the nightmare of every fear that goes through every persons head in Oklahoma, it feels like something that should be noted. We may live in a “that was then”, “that place is gone”, “things are different “, fast paced gamer world….but you can’t top class. And…at a certain level, which this gym clearly surpasses, the weights are just weights.

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I worked out at UBF for about a year while recovering from an injury that kept me out of my normal sport. I’m a petite female who doesn’t lift a ton of weight but mostly knows what she’s doing, for context. I did not like this gym. It’s super crowded, heavily male majority, and some men who really creep. One dude catcalled while I was deadlifting and I was so startled that I injured my back. That hasn’t happened to me since the old 24 hour fitness creepy days. The staff who work there are very nice and competent but the owner is weird, and once put up a sign saying that CAMERAS WERE GOING UP in the gym because people weren’t cleaning equipment. I get it, we should all clean up, but it was bizarrely threatening. I think ownership could do a lot to make this a less default-male space. They hold seminars on men’s prosfate health; maybe have some sessions on women’s strength. There are lots of people in the Atlanta area who would be happy to come help with that. All gym culture needs to get more inclusive, and UBF is unfortunately...

Updating because Rad personally reached out to me and then discussed how the employee don't work there anymore and invited me to his gym personally.

Being really new and overwhelmed, I was inquiring about the gym nearby and reached here. The person at the front desk straight up seemed not interested in talking. I asked like which equipments do we have, do we have trainers here or what's the student membership look like, are there any classes, etc. like how I would enquire typically with any gym.

The person at the front desk straight up said NO YOU CAN'T CHECK OUT the gym because we are not accepting new customers. I'm like I get it, but when I called they never said that to me. Then he refused to even let me take a look around. Said come back when we got space. I'm like is there a waiting list or anything, nope. Nothing. Super rude.

I know your "business" is going well. But gosh so much attitude, especially towards people who are already anxious and overwhelmed is not...