Life Time — Local services in Irving

Highly Recommend - World Class Gym

I’ve waited to write a review until I had thoroughly used all of the amenities, and experienced most of what Lifetime has to offer.

TLDR - Awesome gym with a large variety of free weight / equipment, classes, machines, and pool options. Kind staff and awesome trainers. Expensive, but worth it if the gym is part of your daily life.

I’ll preface this by saying that I moved over from Equinox in Plano, which was also a really great gym. This Lifetime location specifically outranks Equinox in all but 2 small areas - Eucalyptus towels and face wash in the locker rooms. Everything else, Los Colinas has over Equinox.

Facilities - The first floor is mostly reception, a cafe with hot / cold foods, smoothies, a small shop, and a coffee bar. There are also very large / clean locker rooms with towels provided as well as shampoo, conditioner, body wash, and basic toiletries like razors, lotion, and mouthwash and hairdryers. Also a hot plunge, cold plunge, sauna, and steam room per each locker room. There is also a small “workspace” and a salon with hair, nails, massage, and facial services. The entire second floor is pretty much dedicated to cardio, free weights, weight machines, and also includes indoor pickleball courts (which are full most of the time), 2 studios for classes, a barre studio, a yoga studio, a Pilates studio (extra cost), and 2 “areas” which are set up for circuit style classes including treadmills, free weight bar racks, and other equipment. There are so many unique machines here which I haven’t seen at other gyms before, which is appreciated. There is also an entire area with heated / cooled beds and compression machines, as well as a stretching studio. There are 4 pool options on the first floor, including 2 indoor at different temps and 2 outdoor (one lap pool with a bar - yes with alcohol for purchase - and one “kid” pool with slide). Outdoor pickleball courts are available as well.

Every area is clean, well maintained, and cared after.

Staff - I haven’t had a bad interaction with staff yet. From the check in, to the instructors, to the personal trainers, everyone is kind and helpful.

Classes - All equipment is provided to you, and sometimes partially set up for you when entering the class. The yoga studio legit feels like entering a spa or a retreat. The classes offered are similar to ones you’d pay serious money for at specialized studios like orange theory or true barre.

Personal Training - This is where I give a HUGE shoutout to Emoni Williams. He is an amazing asset to Lifetime and has coached me through a few personal training sessions thus far. He is extremely knowledgeable, patient, and really cares about tailoring programs to YOU and your personal needs. Highly recommend him if you are looking for DPT.

Value - The cost is about $240 a month for one adult. I think this gym is a good value if you utilize all of the facilities monthly. You really need to be here most days of the week, take advantage of the classes, and use the pools / sauna because you’re paying for all of it in your membership. I’d recommend even bringing your friends / family as guests to the pool for a relaxing day , and maybe even doing a little workout class together beforehand. You get 4 per month I believe. Find every way to maximize your membership.

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My wife and I are Day One members of Lifetime Las Colinas which opened in April 2024. We are there all the time with some of my stays lasting up to 3 hours which my wife and friends often joke about. This Lifetime is right around the corner from where I live and I consider my time there working out and recovering an integral part of my health and wellness life. I've developed good relationships with the staff and many of the members there and it is very much an escape for me from everyday life. The spacious Recovery and Rejuvenation areas are really what sets this location apart from other Lifetimes: Massage chairs, high-end massage guns, cryo chairs, leg compression and the sauna and steam rooms are in the men's/women's room along with a hot tub and cold plunge - so usually I can walk into the locker room and get what I'm looking for all in one spot with no distractions as long as kids aren't in there unsupervised or undetected by staff.

Lifetime Las Colinas has a bustling pickleball community with three indoor courts and 4 outdoors and the indoor courts have a turf surface that is easier on your feet and legs. I have never belonged to Lifetime because of pickleball but it matters there. I could take up a whole review just on Lifetime Pickleball but it is mostly an asset for the club despite my own thoughts on programming and what I hear other players talk and complain about. There's also a great work space if you need a place to go to as an alternative to home or office. The outdoor pool area is gigantic with a kids slide and lap section and you can order food and drink. The cafe is a nice place to unwind and you can get food although as you can imagine, it's pricey.

So with all of this said, this review should be 5 stars - but it's not. The reason is that with the start of summer, I've felt a shift at this place. It feels like a corporate operation struggling to keep up with higher sales performance goals and other expectations from above. I have no concrete proof that is actually what is happening but that is how I feel based on what I see: Class wait lists are into the teens, the parking lot is completely packed at 6 p.m. with new arrivals following departing members to their cars to claim their spot, the place looks dishoeveled with a heap of towels piled up in the men's changing room and the compression sleeve closets completely disorganized and in disarray as more recent examples. Rules like keeping unsupervised kids under age 14 out of the rejuvenation suite go unenforced. Staff members at the desk frequently cluster with each other and don't always say goodbye to members on the way out. Then there are other things I see happening that are easy to tie back to sales pressure.

There's a level of service that's expected with the Lifetime brand and the investment we make in it and the little things that matter are often not showing up. It might just be the arrival of summer or something more under the surface - but I feel it. I know the club leadership is strong and that's what will be...

We have been anticipating the opening of this facility for some time, and it does not disappoint!

When we were initially sent the pricing, we were floored - like you want me to pay the same price as an Equinox? Are you on the same level as them? After touring the facility, and having been a member for just a short week, I can say this particular club BLOWS EQUINOX OUT OF THE WATER. Everything about this facility screams luxury (well, except maybe the towels, but that’s so minuscule) from the cafe to the spa, the over-the-top outdoor resort-style pool and even the kids’ facility (if they open a school, I’m enrolling my kids - haha!). The people are friendly, the facility is clean and the amenities are way beyond expectations. So yes, the price tag is high, but this place makes me want to go to the gym just to experience the that feeling of luxury and being VIP. I would liken this to more of a country club than a fitness facility. When I’m there, I feel like I’m on a luxury cruise, and being a once-seasoned cruiser who decided to give up that life to have children, this fulfills that void, just without the Caribbean waters.

The only disappointment is that they opted for everything pickleball, which means there are no basketball courts. It’s not a dealbreaker, buy just wish they had even one court. All good since we can go to other clubs nearby that do offer basketball courts.

My only hope is that the club does not decline. It’s in the honeymoon phase where team members are excited to be there and everything works… but it will leave big shoes to fill, if these things begin to deteriorate. Fingers crossed!

We plan on spending lots of time here with our kiddos and would encourage other families with kids to ensure they’re abiding by the rules of where children should and should not be as well as ensuring you’re monitoring them so that everyone paying this high price tag can fully enjoy the club (for parents, this time to spend on self care is so important, and having to deal with kids running around the fitness area and relaxation areas - like sauna and steam room - is not cool!).

We have been members in the past, at other Life Time facilities and those instantly became subpar when this club...