LA Fitness — Local services in Bowie

This review is all about the training coordinator Jimmy Merlos. If you go for a membership at the bowie md location LA Fitness I would STRONGLY recommend that you see anyone but him about a membership. He will lie about your policy, when you can use your sessions, he'll also lie about a diet/meal plan that he promises to give you. Clients that he signed up are still waiting a year later for it, but promises mean nothing to him. As soon as he signs up he'll renege on what he says because he only cares about being paid. He is unprofessional, egotistical & a narcissist. If you're a woman he will instantly pull out his phone & show you shirtless pictures of himself even tho you never asked to see them. Many clients have complained that he is completely innapropriate asking for dating advice when he should be working them out. He misses appointments many many times with the same tired excuse that he is visiting someone is the hospital. He misses these appointments without calling these individuals to let them know. I have NOT ONE BIT embellished these stories because there is no need to, it's really as bad as I am saying. Jimmy will never answer for his horrible unprofessionalism because he & Dan skoczylas (his superior) is buddies with him & will save Jimmy is from being rightfully terminated. Jimmy Merlos knows this & that's why he plays fast & loose with his job. Bye the way; Donny, head of sales; is the man! If you go there to get a membership go to him, because unlike Jimmy he deserves the commission that he would get from signing you.Jimmy Merlos also vapes weed while on the job. He encourages the employees to breach policy & I quote, “If you get away with it do it.” Regarding freelance clients in addition to your clients at LA Fitness, which is against LA Fitness policy. Everything I said about Jimmy Merlos is 100% true & accurate & the manager Dan Skoczylas completely supports & backs up...

Our family greatly respects, and appreciates the dedicated , consistently considerate, highly professionally inspiring staff, at the LA Fitness, Bowie location . Mr Donny the GM is very knowledgeable in every aspect of his business, his professional yet very personable personality would encourage even the most discerning personality to stop ,and take notice, in a time of machine/ computer mechanized every thing ,where most all is rushed or automatic repetition he is humanely fresh ,inspirational in his greeting ,and approaches ,to each guest as well, as each staff member , from my observations thus positively inspiring not only his staff, but each member that enters his site , which makes every visit a visit to look forward to, working out is relevant ,relaxed , progressive, fun the facility is always exceptionally well kept, for the most part as a member you are remembered by the staff which really makes a big difference, you are always made to feel safe, welcomed, appreciated as a member, always greeted positively, those with special needs are given exceptional considerations consistently,. We find this highly impressive on all levels , and we are very appreciative for such a outstanding professional yet very humane staff Alice and many others at this particularly site, there is a Greenbelt site that we found to be the complete opposite in our experience if it were not for Donny and the Bowie site I personally would never have tried La...

If you’ve ever been to a used car dealership, you’ll know exactly what this gym feels like when you go to sign up as a new member… don’t let them fool you, you can use the free three day pass trial without signing up for a membership. That way you don’t have to cancel immediately after, when you find out you don’t like the gym.

The overall quality of this gym is pretty mid to be honest. they have a fair amount of equipment, but compared to things like planet fitness or crunch the gym is fairly small. They have a lot of different amenities though, so if you’re into pools, cycling or studios for yoga and Zumba then this might be the place for you.

If you’re anything like me and you just want a basic gym that has some decent amenities like a body scan or maybe Hydro massages but you’re mostly concerned about having really nice equipment high-quality machines and weights… then find a different gym this place ain’t it.

TL;DR: If you wanna feel pressured into getting a gym membership without using your free trial and you wanna work out at a gym that has a lot of amenities that you probably won’t use and you don’t mind using mid-level quality equipment at the gym. This is the place for you.

P.S. get a $10/mo PF membership and plan your workouts outside of the rush time.. you’ll be better...