Anytime Fitness — Local services in San Marcos

Well it's a real shame, because after 6 to 7 years at Anytime Fitness in San Marcos, I have finally realized why so many people that I used to work out with have left Anytime Fitness and never come back. I used to defend this gym and say that it's not too bad to most people that would tell me to switch, and it used to be a great gym with Silas as the manager, but recently with the new management, specifically Jacob, this gym has gone downhill quickly. Keep in mind I workout daily and use the facility a lot, I have been one of the most frequent members at this gym, signing in well over 30 times every month. This Sunday I got an email from Anytime Fitness saying that they were suspending my membership after a second warning for destroying the bathroom. I never got the first warning! It turns out they had my number wrong and accused me of flooding the bathroom by clogging the toilet. Now I will admit that I didn't know that paper towels can't go in the toilet and to that I will admit my mistake. But with how much I go there you can't just let me know in person? The way they found I was "destroying" the bathroom was through looking at the cameras, which by itself sounds very illegal, who knows where they are keeping their cameras? Regardless, how can you have time to watch the cameras meticulously and yet not have time to just tell me to my face? I would have appreciated it more than a random email suspending my account. Now to the flooding the bathroom accusation, the most paper towels I have ever put in the toilet is about 2 or 3. They said that I flooded the whole bathroom by doing this? I don't understand how that could flood the whole bathroom? I also take a shower after I workout, so I assume they saw the water on the ground in the bathroom and took that as me "flooding" the bathroom? I guess you shouldn't use the showers here so you won't get accused of "flooding" the bathroom. Although sometimes I have no other choice, the gym never has any toiletries, I have had to use paper towels as toilet paper or toilet paper as paper towels many times before this. When I told management, he told me they could not put extra in the bathroom because, " people like to steal". Toilet paper?! Paper Towels?! Who the hell is stealing stuff like that? I really used to love this gym a lot, I even got personal training here with the old manager Silas, who is a gem, and has moved on to better things than Anytime Fitness, good for him. Because of this new management, it has completely ruined my opinion of Anytime Fitness, and I will tell anyone and everyone how awful this place is. Fair warning, DO NOT come here unless you want a subpar gym, with subpar management, and subpar facilities. The only good thing I can say is how quick they were able to cancel my membership and throw 6 to 7 years of coming here down the drain. At least they didn't scam me with that. Please if you care about yourself, STAY AWAY FROM THIS...

This gym started out well, and has gone downhill since they changed owners and management. As the previous poster said, there are quite a few problems going on.

The gym is a mess in general. Rules about returning weights, jump ropes, boxes etc to where they go is never enforced. Imagine going in everyday and having to clean up after other people before you can even start working out. The cleaning wipes are never stocked. They are gone after like 1 week. Along with equipment strewn about, people leave their clothes everywhere too. The bathrooms are generally a mess and it's almost comical how people just leave their clothes and shoes EVERYWHERE.

The place is really small, and the equipment is always broken. Ellipticals are broken, so are cable machines. A window has been broken for over a month. Management responds by putting painters tape over it... lovely.

Management ignores all complaints, and just gives you bogus responses to shut you up. The place has also been closed during the 24 hours it is supposed to be open.... do you think anyone was apologized to for that inconvenience? Nope. They still take your monthly fee and don't care.

The only slight thing they care about is convincing people to sign up for their bootcamp classes. What you need to realize is this gym is TINY. There is NOT room for people to have classes inside. The old trainer that used to work there would take people outside to train - problem solved. Now, the management just rearranges all the free weight equipment, marks certain equipment, and rudely ruins other peoples workouts so they can have their classes inside. Another interesting note, is if you read the bios on the trainers only like 2 are actually certified....

The only thing this gym has going for it is its 24 hours. I agree with the other poster 100% about how it doesn't really stand a chance against other gyms in town except for that one factor. I've been to multiple anytime fitness locations. When the gym was operated by previous management and owners the San Marcos location was better, NOT ANYMORE.

A gym should be clean, have functional equipment, and have management that actually wants to be there and do their job seeing as how that's what they get paid to do. If they would just return to how they used to operate it could go back to being a really nice gym... for now it's...

UPDATE: not worth it. I do not recommend this gym.

The gym is very unsanitary. There has been no soap in the bathrooms for about 2 months. There have been no hand sanitizer refills throughout the gym for about 5 weeks. There were no sanitation wipes for equipment for about 2 months, and the gym JUST started providing paper towels and spray bottles of Kaboom to clean equipment. I don’t want a Staph infection, but management here doesn’t seem to care (and they are never in their office after 5pm).

I joined, in part, for the variety of equipment. The sole heavy bag is, without explanation or apology, now lying on the floor in a corner with its chain in a heap. Several of the machines stutter or “catch” as you try to use them (e.g. the lat pull-down machine does this as the attached weights go up/down). I don’t feel I can safely use the equipment as advertised, or as intended.

I pay about $50/month for this gym. I signed the minimum 1-year contract at that rate. These problems built over the first few months of my membership, and I am locked in for maybe 7 more months.

The new Crunch Fitness (located basically next-door) charges like $15/month. This Anytime Fitness isn’t even worth that.

I really, really wish I could get out of my contract. Don’t make the mistake I did.

—- Old review:

Pros: accessibility, never too crowded, some desirable equipment (sled, heavy bag), individual showers/restrooms, full weight racks, rate is reasonable

Cons: slight smell, a little cramped, one-year commitment with startup fees

Overall: almost a five-star experience, just not a fan of the contract.

Worth it, especially if you work or...