Has anyone been to the Capitol Hill one? I used to go when they were Results, and then Sport and Health. I stopped during covid, need to go back, but they never had enough racks. They really need 6 or 7, because I'm going to be in the rack for 45 minutes and I really hate inconveniencing everyone. What I really want is a true black iron gym, but apparently they don't exist in the DC area.

I went to a class there the other day and found it literally incomprehensible that they had a teacher on a tiny stage at the short end of a weirdly shaped rectangular studio. The mirrors were on the long ends of the rectangle and the teacher at the short end. It was truly absurd-a huge safety issue to have people swinging weights around with no mirror to check themselves...and terrible audio...its just a huge fail...like it was designed by someone who had truly never stepped foot in a gym.

Strike studio will be the best class there! Try it out! Higher membership but worth it!

Well, its new and clean and finally open.
Agree about the odd spaces. So much wasted space, enourmous hallway downstairs that leads to oddly configured studios that are already overcrowded.
Also, no conditioner is the women's locker room. I loved that I just needed to bring clean clothes to shower off. The old place had shampoo, conditioner and body lotion. I need conditioned to comb out my hair. Bummer.

The studios are odd geometric shapes. The vibe is remarkably sterile and flat. It’s horribly unwelcoming. Feels almost prison like. But with excellent ventilation !

Would love to know which architect ruined what in the day was a lovely Sport and Health club.

Its just weird and feels badly fumbled.

The weights area is ginormous. There are like 7-8 squat racks and I forget how many platforms. Plenty of space. So many dumbbells. It's a huge huge improvement from the old space. I don't care about lack of windows. They also added lots of additional classrooms, so there are more class offerings. Nice sauna in the locker room. Pool was not open last weekend but hopefully will be soon. I am happy about having this gym in my neighborhood.

Anonymous wrote:I don’t like it as much as the old place. The spaces are strange. The area with free weights doesn’t have any mats available and not much floor space if you use weights with a mat. The area with mats downstairs is just strange. There aren’t many places you can put a mat without blocking equipment or being in a path for walking. The mats in that area are behind equipment. So if someone is using the equipment you can’t get one. The free weights have disks on the ends. F here. They feel really awkward. Haven’t been to the studios. Treadmills are fine. The AC was good.

What do you mean by disks on the free weights? How many squat racks/platforms are there? Do they have bumper plates?

I don’t like it as much as the old place. The spaces are strange. The area with free weights doesn’t have any mats available and not much floor space if you use weights with a mat. The area with mats downstairs is just strange. There aren’t many places you can put a mat without blocking equipment or being in a path for walking. The mats in that area are behind equipment. So if someone is using the equipment you can’t get one. The free weights have disks on the ends. F here. They feel really awkward. Haven’t been to the studios. Treadmills are fine. The AC was good.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Open

How is it?

Big, clean, extremely well air conditioned with lots of shiny new stuff, loud music, and giddy members. Parking was easy. Two levels and no windows, which was a bit of a let down in my opinion, but it’s way better than the old club. I’m just glad it’s open.

Anonymous wrote:Open

How is it?

Open

Just called and they passed the second inspection. Now waiting for an official move-in date. I’m betting end of September with opening early October.

This kind of delay happened with basically every gym that opened recently in DC. Georgetown Gold’s was initially announced for Fall 2023 and opened almost a year later. Similar for their DuPont location and NYSC downtown also took forever. I understand permits and inspections were part of the issue. You people should just chill. It will open eventually. The lesson though is that you should not sign up for a membership to a gym where the construction did not start yet. Just join when they open. The founding memberships are a bluff to most part anyway. Georgetown is still selling them for the same prices as during resale.

I joined as a “founding member” well over a year ago, but delayed my charge until they actually open. So no skin off my back. Although I would like it to have been open much much sooner. I’m so waiting for the pool given the inconsistent availability of Wilson.

First, there is no need for class action. Please! I joined and opted not to use the new gym and have not been billed until the new gym is ready. It is a great monthly deal compared with everything else which is why the complaining exists or you would have simply went to an alternative. I am in real estate, and these types of delays can happy in a project. You can get a different inspector requesting something undocumented all of the time in DC so if you want the AG office to investigate, start there. They were one week away per a member email in July but since it is middle of August, I imagine they hit an issue. I am planning to move my office closer once opening since WSC Glover Park closed and I am personally budgeting for 11/1/24 so I expect it to open sometime in September/October.