Olympus Athletic Club — Local services in Raleigh

PROS: I love the equipment at this gym and I’ve met some incredible people here who are seriously dedicated to fitness. When I first started coming to Olympus this was great in helping me stay motivated, I made major progress because these people are inspiring to work out around.

CONS: There are a lot of bugs and the vibes in general are really off putting. When I signed up I was greeted and acknowledged daily by the person who signed me up. The more I came, the more I noticed other front desk employees on their phone or talking to other staff behind the desk, just ignoring patrons. The guy I told about the bug infestation a few weeks ago just replied “yeah” and went back to phone time. Also the women’s restroom goes days without being cleaned. There was actual poop in the little in-stall trash can for a really long time. Again, not all of the staff is inept, I have had good experiences a few times.

I’ve spoken with other members, mainly female, and the consensus is that this place has its fair share of judgmental and mean people and if you don’t fit in they’ll be sure to let you know by glaring or actually going up to you to say off the wall things.

The facility, aside from the bugs, is pretty cool, but I personally cant justify going when the vibes are so bad. Good...

They will continue billing you months after you cancel regardless of how many times they tell you they’ve stopped charging you.

I cancelled my membership in May (now august). I’ve been told every month my membership was cancelled and I won’t be billed again in person, over the phone, and messaging them on social media. Yet once again I’ve been billed.

I decided to cancel because the gym is filthy. Excluding the one day a week cleaners come in it is trashed. People never put their weights away so you spend half your time there picking up after other people. And all the wannabe influencers who have 3 different bags of camera equipment and take up multiple machines they aren’t even using to pile it all on top of gets old fast. Super annoying when you need to use something and can’t because someone with 30 Instagram followers feels the need to use it to store all of their camera stuff.

I loved Olympus when I first signed up and was a member there for close to 2 years. It went down hill though and I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone.

The only pro they have is that they do have the best quality and variety of equipment. But that’s quickly negated by all...

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