Pro's Fitness Club — Local services in Columbus

I've been a member of this gym since November of 2018.

It's never been the nicest gym in terms of appearance or equipment but the location, price, monthly subscription availability, and staff are all great. I've always had positive experiences dealing with staff and other members.

But enjoy trying to cancel your membership virtually. They require you to either go in person and cancel or send your request by certified mail. Not a big deal until you get ready to move out of state and one of your many monthly subscriptions are the least of your worries. Once you're out of area it becomes infinitely more annoying and frustrating to cancel your membership. I'm acutely aware this is in the contract, but this is something I would expect to see present in gyms of the early 1900's, not 2022 where you can do most things virtually.

I actually enjoyed this gym despite it's many shortcomings. Most of the equipment is outdated. They've stated they are reupholstering equipment, while this is true don't expect it to be done quickly. This project often renders multiple pieces of equipment down while this task is completed. Even once the equipment is reupholstered don't expect it to feel new, there is dirt caked onto the machines that probably does actually date back to the 1980's. Their reupholstering project had potential, but their efforts could have been better allocated elsewhere.

Often pieces of equipment will break and repairs will take far longer than they should.

More than half of the treadmills aren't worth using due to their age, you can't run on them without sounding like the stampede that trampled Mufasa.

Don't expect anything to feel or look clean. The glass door to the sauna was not clean in November of 2018 and still had not been cleaned by January 2022. I've been staring at the ever multiplying fingerprints and smudges in 20 minute increments for the last 3 years. Often paper towels or cleaner are absent to clean equipment. The bathrooms too, remember the last dive bar you went to and the floor was wet, everything was dirty, and half the urinals/toilets didn't work? Pretty much that.

This gym gets the job done depending on what you're willing to put up with, but don't expect it to feel modern or clean. Like I said, I only had positive experiences with the staff and other members. This is not an attack at any of the personalities inhabiting the gym. This review is targeted at the outdated equipment, cleanliness issues, and outdated policies.

I'll be sending over my certified letter this week and will update on how smoothly that process goes. I actively made the decision not to cancel my membership while COVID ramped up during the months I wasn't using the gym because local businesses were struggling - I can confidently say that was a mistake. The Pro's Gym should focus on actually making some real improvements to the gym and get rid of some of their...

The monthly rate is fair, the membership terms are flexible, it's unpretentious, people are friendly, there is plenty of equipment, and they stay open long hours and when other places are closed. There are also plenty of weights and spaces for squats and deadlifts. The men's room is dirty and smells like sewage. The equipment is maintained poorly.

A trainer there named Shawn N is awesome at coaching towards varying goals - but manages to be accommodating, well priced, and gives great advice. His plans enabled me to progress on my own with no pressure to buy more time. I've referred several people to him and everyone thinks he's great.

There are a number of quirks, but, oddly, most of the negatives seem to be things that could be easily corrected: inadequate cleaning, a filthy locker room, mislabeled dumbbells, and not enough pins for the machines. The crowd is eclectic to say the least - a couple people who seem to live here (or their car) to power lifters who deadlift a literal ton. Dank rooms in the basement are seriously sus.

The manager is present, most of the desk staff are friendly. It's a diverse crowd, but nobody is aggressive - I can't relate at all to previous reviewers who encountered unfriendly people. I've seen the manager immediately escort someone out and terminate their membership for acting inappropriately - that was impressive.

If you live or work downtown, it's the best option if you want a legit workout and can overlook quirks. If you don't live nearby, they give parking passes for the adjacent lot which is...

If I could give this place zero stars I would. I went to this gym while in town for the Arnold and was extremely excited to get a workout in here, but boy was I disappointed. To start off, the gym is absolutely FILTHY, there were empty energy drink cans EVERYWHERE, food wrappers, empty water bottles littering the floors, the bathrooms/locker rooms, the sitting area downstairs by the locker rooms, the window sills. It’s also falling apart, the paint is destroyed, theres cracks in the ceiling. The women’s bathroom was disgusting, there was a full trash can sitting on top of a toilet seat. I understand you have an influx of people attending your gym because of this event, but it isn’t hard to put more people on staff to prepare for the chaos that’ll occur at a gym like this during this time. Secondly, the people there were just extremely obnoxious, taking their shirts off in the weight room (there’s literally a posing room for a reason), screaming and yelling, tripods were everywhere. I go to a gym where a lot of people film, and there’s a respectful way to do it, but that was not the case here. Thirdly, the equipment was not great, it was extremely rusted, the machines were not smooth whatsoever, I could barely read the dumbbells weight, the cables downstairs were outdated, and again, they were all filthy. I think 30$ is a lot for a day pass to a gym that’s falling apart/filthy with mediocre equipment and extremely distracting...