Hollywood Gym — Attraction in Los Angeles

I was sick of how crowded LA fitness was and decided to cancel. I had always walked by Hollywood gym and it looked like a nice little older gym with very few people working out in it. I decided to give it a try and paid the $20 to work out for the day and my experience wasn’t great. It was about 75° outside at 8 PM and walking into the gym It was noticeably hotter, at least 80° plus which I started sweating before I even started the workout. I paid the money and asked the front desk attendant if there was Wi-Fi access in the gym and he said there was not. The Wi-Fi access isn’t a dealbreaker, but I use my really old iPhone SE (with no Sim card)as kind of a iPod so it was just something I noted. I then went into the locker room to change and noticed that the entire locker room smelled like marijuana. I started working out, which was uncomfortable because of the heat and kind of eerie because there was hardly anybody there and asked a couple of people if they ever turn on the AC. The people I asked informed me that the gym either does not have AC or it’s never turned on. Then when I was leaving, I walked up to the front desk to ask, a couple of questions where two people were waiting with no front desk attendant to be found… maybe we were smoking pot in the locker room…? I then left with the clear impression that I would have to continue my search for a new gym. Honestly if they turned on the air conditioning and lowered their price to $35 a month for just the weights with no BS corporate money shenanigans, I think a lot more people would join. As it stands right now it’s too expensive for what it is and too hot to...

Worst gym I been to, I was considering in getting a membership there, I walked up to the front receptionist desk, ask if I can get a tour of the gym. The women told me I can't leave the front desk, but you can walk around yourself, with a dismissive and rude attitude. Lol.. Ok so I guest I have to sell a membership to myself huh. As I was walking around alone, the gym and equipment was old out of date and disgusting. And to top it off, the attitude from the staff to the customer. Apparently this gym seemed to be selective with who the want there, I'm not sure if it was the color of my skin or whatever they thought my race was, I believe who ever is running this gym needs to redesign the gym and the staff because from what I analyzed. They were being racist, tours me in a quiet way, and the reason why I'm saying this is because, I read people for a living and I make a lot of money doing. So who ever reads my review don't get a membership there it's not worth it and it's not good to support or encourage an atmosphere like that.

BTW I ended up getting a membership with one of the bigger players in this field, same price better attitude, clean gym and more to offer for the same...

Since my review I have been harassed. Suddenly my bike is in the wrong place and I don't clean up after myself. I tried to cancell membership, however my payment in full is non-refundable. You are better served at any number of other gyms.

Update: gym is not open 24hrs. Not sure when the hours will revert back to pre-covid operation. It's a bit of a bummer. I have tried to reach out to management via email twice and Facebook once. I have not received any response. We were told by staff that it would be around the state re-opening. I feel a bit mislead considering I paid (and have done so for several years) for 12 months in advance. Some other members have received several free month as compensation, however I have not had any response. I really love this gym and hope to hear from management and to see the gym back to its hours. I understand the covid new normal, just miss being able to continue early workouts based on my late...