LA Fitness — Attraction in West Carson

I am a new member at LA Fitness. I signed up because yes, Planet Fitness may have reasonable membership prices, their gym standards are way below what they should be. Upon signing up I went into the Harbor City, Ca gym and noticed all of the amazing amenities this gym has to offer. Day 2 comes Thursday March 9th at about 630 am and I am in such a hurry to get to work I nearly forgot my keys. I know I have exactly 30 minutes to work out and head to work which means I have to move fast. I run in and let front desk worker Marissa (who was texting) scan my membership and start to head off to work out. She stops me and says I have to have a picture on my account. I reply with I'm in a hurry, I can't do it right now, but I definitely will tomorrow. I put my head phones in and start to walk away she waves and I assume everything is fine. Later, I log in to my account to check class times and see about reserving a spot, I notice Marissa has taken my photo without my knowing. I found this very upsetting. I know that it's policy to have pictures with memberships, and had I had known it was an absolute requirement to enter into the gym I would have stopped to take it, or the least Marissa could do would be to get a manager or deny me entry. She waved me off and that was it. I would have preferred to be denied entry, that would have told me the photo was mandatory at that very moment but I was not. I found this to be an invasion of my privacy and I do not want to cancel my membership, but I feel front desk staff, Marissa specifically is lacking the proper training. I truely hope this gets corrected and in the future inform your employees that doing something without consent to do so is in fact very wrong, and when needed it should be brought to the attention of the manager. I felt she was more concerned with hurrying up, taking a picture, and getting back to her texting, than than doing her job which would be to communicate...

Since they have now closed the Torrance location, this is now where I go because of the racquetball. The only one around with racquetball courts. If I didn't play racquetball, I would probably discontinue my membership and switch to a different gym.

In the past I have been to this location and it is ok. They seem to have tried to jam as much workout equipment as they can into a given space which means there is very little room around things. Some of the type of machines they have here are not the type I prefer. There are absolutely no true elliptical machines, which I don't like at all and it looks like they only have machines of one given brand, which is Matrix. I've also noticed that many of the machines seem to feel kind of slimy when you touch handles, for instance. I always wipe down everything with sanitizer before and after but I see very few others doing that.

Especially now that Torrance has closed and some members have moved here, the gym can be, and is, very crowed at times. Parking, depending when you go, is terrible!! Good luck with that.

The staff is generally very friendly and the gym is kept up pretty good. Locker room is much better than the Torrance gym, which had really been a mess for a long time.

I know with the Covid situation there aren't as many people going to the gym but I hope in the future LA Fitness will open another Torrance location. There normally are enough people in that area to easily support it.

This gym may or may not be a fit for you so check it out yourself, before joining, at the times you think you might be wanting to workout. That way you will have a feeling for what to expect.

How about opening at 7 on the weekends instead of 8. Many people like to get their workout out of the way on the weekends so they can get onto other things. I've also heard complaints about closing times but that...

BEAUTIFUL GYM WITH ENOUGH ROOM AND SPACE IN THE WEIGHT PILE IS ALSO INCREDIBLE ROW THE ELLIPTICALS BIKES AND TREADMILLS STEER MACHINES THEY ALSO HAVE ALL MACHINE WEIGHT WORKOUT WITH PLENTY OF DOUBLES AND I PRETTY MUCH GO EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK SOMEWHAT CONSISTENTLY BUT I'VE BEEN THERE LIKE EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK NOT THE WEEKENDS BUT BEAUTIFUL INDOOR BASKETBALL COURT THAT'S FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN NEVER REALLY TOO PACKED SWIMMING POOL THE LOCKER ROOM IS DECENT SIZE AT LEAST FOR THE MAN I'M SURE IT'S THE SAME FOR THE WOMEN WITH ENOUGH FACILITIES FOR ALL AND I ALSO LIKE THAT THEY HAVE A SCALE DOCTOR OFFICE STYLE WITH THE SLIDE BEAM IN THE MEN'S LOCKER ROOM SO YOU CAN CHECK YOUR WEIGHT THEN THEY HAVE LIKE THE CLASSROOM AREA OF COURSE A SEPARATE PILATES TYPE SECTION OR THEY DO ALL THE PILATES IN YOGA STUFF THEY ALSO HAVE A PROTEIN SHAKE SNACK BAR WITH DELICIOUS CHOICES AT GOOD PRICES PRE-PREP MEALS PRE-WORKOUT DRINKS POST-WORKOUT PROTEIN SHAKES THE WHOLE NINE SO DEFINITELY A PLACE I RECOMMEND I DON'T HAVE A MEMBERSHIP BUT MY FRIEND PAYS 20 BUCKS A MONTH EXTRA SO THAT HE CAN BRING SOMEONE IT'S LIKE THE BUDDY DEAL SO CHECK IT OUT IT'S DEFINITELY WORTH A LOOK THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY THAT I MISS IS THE MASSAGE CHAIRS OR TABLES AND THE FREE TANNING THAT THEY HAVE AT OTHER LOCAL GYMS SO I PAY A SEPARATE FEE EVERY MONTH THAT'S INEXPENSIVE FOR MYSELF SO THAT I CAN GO IN THERE AND USE THOSE FACILITIES SO THAT'S THE ONLY THING IT'S MISSING BUT ESSENTIALLY TWO THINGS THAT ARE UNNECESSARY BUT WOULD BE NICE...