Strength Beyond Fitness Center — Local services in Kalamazoo

I tried out this gym on a free 2 week trial. I managed to make it 5 days in and quit going. This place is disgusting and overpriced.

I do want to start by saying that the staff there seems very friendly and I only had good experiences with them. The gym on the other hand..

-dirty. The "stretching"mats, which were worn out yoga mats looked as if someone had walked over them with muddy feet years ago and were never cleaned off. The drinking fountain looked as it hadn't been wiped off since it was put in. The wall above the drinking fountain had some sort of juice (Gatorade maybe?) on it, which had obviously been there a while since there was hair and dust covering it.

-Lunks. Ok, this gym tells you from the start that they allow grunting, weight dropping, etc. but it's still just not my thing.

-Location. I tried out both locations, which were at least a 20 minute drive for me either way. The Gull Rd location forces you to turn (in my case, left) onto a very busy road next to an intersection and the W. Michigan location is located on a 1-way so you are forced to drive through neighborhoods to get back out to the main road.

-Price. With a 3 year agreement this place is $30 a month. 30 A MONTH! I wouldn't go to this ill kept establishment if it was free! Like I stated before, I didn't even make it a week into my free trial before going elsewhere. It was THAT bad.

-Old equipment. I prefer treadmills and they have all of 5 to chose from. The first one I used pulsed at low speeds and felt as if you were moving the machine manually. The second treadmill I used the speed function was all out of whack. I generally run at 5.5 miles an hour but the 5.5 on this particular machine was really about 3.0mph. Yes, I felt like a bad-ass running at "7.0mph" but I was really just cheating myself.

I just don't understand why anyone would pay to go to this gym. For $30-$50 there are a lot of better...

The people who operate this gym and the quality of equipment are terrible. There are many better options to go to in Kalamazoo. This is what your gym experience will be like: it's always disgusting. From the equipment to the bathrooms. They hardly clean anything and they only half ass vacuum the back. They don't mop the floors or the mats. So much of their equipment is broken and doesn't get fixed for months. Parts are missing. They don't even have clips for all their machines. However Mark buys houses! They advertise having large amounts of cash but invest none of it back in. They keep trying to add DIY projects like the new locker rooms. Which are awful. There is no privacy or bathroom or bench and there is one shower with a see-through curtain. Everything about this gym is a joke. The paper towels, toilet paper, and gym towels are never stocked. The doors don't work half the time and there aren't night staff so you can't always get in. As with all the other user reviews: if you do end up going here never pay more than 20 and make them write you a way out of your contract. Like if you ever move. The Stadium Drive location is a bit better. Whoever manages that location appears to...

Worst gym in the Kalamazoo area. I signed up for this membership 2.5 years ago because they were close and open 24 hours a day. I should have known better when the guy immediately wrote up a membership deal for me to pay $80 a month for one person with no extra benefits. When I said no, we haggled all the way down to $20 a month. After a few months of work not going one time, I decided to cancel my membership. When I walked in they told me that I had signed a 3 year contract, I remember signing, but was not told about the 3 years!

Today I went back in to cancel the membership again because I thought it has been close to the 3 years. In order to cancel today I had to pay 75% of the rest of my contract and a $50 “enhancement” fee because they haven’t gotten enough money yet from me.

Do not join this gym unless you want to regret it for the next 3 years, go to planet fitness or literally...