Club Fitness - Hampton — Attraction in St. Louis

Nice gym but wouldn't recommend to anyone I liked.

I've been going to gyms in the STL area most days for the past 8-9 years and never experienced the problems I have here. Before joining the Club Fitness on Hampton I was a member at the Planet Fitness on Kingshighway & Chippewa for 2.5 years, which is not as nice of an intersection as Hampton & Chippewa where Club Fitness is located, but never had an issues.

I joined this Club Fitness in early June of 2022. On Labor Day, September 5th @ 5pm in broad daylight, my car had a passenger side window broken in the parking lot close to the entrance and was stolen without a key. This was not a Kia/Hyundai if you're wondering. The next day it was totaled during a police chase. When the first officer responded on Labor Day he pulled up and said "no cameras in this shopping center, eh?". He was right. Not a single camera.

One month later on Saturday, October 5th @ 5pm I found an unloaded, semi automatic .25 caliber pistol in one of the two ~3' tall planters about 12' away from the Club Fitness entrance. The police came and picked up the gun.

A few weeks ago, I believe it was Tuesday, January 10th around 5:30pm, I was running on the treadmill near the front of the building when there was a shootout in the parking lot. We all had to hide in a back room for 5-10 minutes until police came and cleared the building.

Today, Monday, January 23rd at 6pm I pulled into the parking lot and counted three different cars that had their windows broken into by thieves that left glass all over the parking lot. I drove home.

1/29/23 edit: this past week alone there have been three armed carjackings in the parking lot.

Back in July of 2022 there were people going into locker rooms to steal car keys from unlocked lockers, although I only saw this on Facebook.

Good luck. It's a nice gym but that parking lot is high traffic, lots of bus stops around, no cameras, and no accountability. Thieves target gyms too so this is the worst one you can go to...

New update - now that they changed the codes used to get in again, the scanner on the door doesn't work for my phone anymore. Now you get to stand outside while homeless guys on drugs yell at you to kick down the door - not exaggerating. Maybe if you're lucky someone will leave the club and let you in eventually. Get it together, guys! Access is the most fundamental part of a gym membership and you can't even manage that!

Been a member for about 5 years. I like the location and the equipment, for the most part. I wish the management wasn't so incompetent and hard to reach, though. A simple comment or feedback box for overnight users would suffice so we could tell them when something breaks or when the music is blasting ridiculously loud. The thing that really got me angry, though, was this month when they downgraded my membership without telling me. I had 24 hour access to all locations. Then they restructured their memberships (raised prices) downgraded me to non-24-hour access at only this location. I understand costs go up and would have upgraded had they told me. They have my email and mailing address and push notifications on their app on my phone. I get other emails from them about when they are hiring or when there are closures or policy changes. The staff person at the desk said they had signs posted in the gym for a while, but I was very busy at work and was unable to make it to the gym for a couple weeks, and frankly modt people don't read signs at the gym - thankfully I did 2 weeks after they downgraded my membership. Get it together, Club Fitness. I would have upgraded had you told me. Basic customer service starts with communicating to loyal customers. Looking into other gyms now that are...

I've been a member here for quite some time because of the price and it's close proximity to my home. I have been unhappy here for quite awhile and I'm finally going to cancel. I'll list some pros: Staff is nice and helpful, the place is pretty clean for how many people they cram in there, and its cheap. Cons: If you are a serious weightlifter or are trying to just truly get stronger this place seriously lacks the necessary equipment. They only have two flat benches, one squat rack and one power rack. They don't have any safety squat bars, bands, or chains either. Theres no deadlift platform; although, they do have a bar on the ground with some bumper plates for deadlifts. The bar is not a deadlift bar though, just a regular power bar. There is plenty for dumbbells to go around but again they only have a few benches. I understand they are limited on space and they have no interest in capping their memberships but they could clear out some of the cardio equipment that is never completely full and add extra power racks, benches and platforms for DL and oly lifts. But if you have no interest in getting stronger and just want to walk on a treadmill and use some machines, it's hard to beat 10-20 bucks a month. If you want to join a good gym STL fitness club is just down the street and is only 10 bucks more a month. JD's Gym in south county is only 22 a month has superior equipment for a variety of goals, and will treat you...