I joined Lifetime in nov 2016

Its pretty crowded.
Fee: $110 first person adult
$80 every other person 12+
$40 every kid up to 11

We have 6
110+80+80+80+40+40=$430mo
My husbands is paid by wellness by his co
Mine is paid by my co
Our oldest quit. Wasnt coming enough

Pros
Towels, new equipment (kind of) nice pool, on odw trail
Kids like basketball, daddy daughter dance nice, rock wall kids like, pre gymnastics 630-730, sports fun same time, showers not bad. Showers better then most places ive been . Weight machines good. Hot tub clean. Pool area warm.

Negatives
A lot of $$$ id never pay full price
I use fairfax when my kids are at other practis
All gyms included
The personal trainer - wasnt thrilled w intro
Person who signed us never follows up or cared after we joined

Its a nice gym. Kind of impersonal. Not a meat market. Mostly for families. I checked out mckean sport and health and the one in Walmart mclean. Forget name.

On top of the $320 per month for a family of 4, there is usually some kind of enrollment fee.

You can join the Reston Association pools as an "out of Reston" household and pay around $500 for the entire summer and there are over a dozen pools to choose from.

The fees at Reston Lifetime have gone up. It's $120 per adult + $40 per kid. For a family of 4, that's $320 monthly.

I'm a member only because it's less than a mile from my house and it's very convenient. That said, It is a very poorly run club, and way too expensive. There is a lot of theft there. They have a very dysfunctional lock system and it's widely believed employees troll through the lockers.

It's a nice facility, but poorly run and not a good value at all.

What sort of dumbass brings $1000 in cash to the gym?

DON'T GO HERE!

Not worth the hassle or the money.

My 3rd month at the gym I had cash(over $1,000) stolen out of my locker(which was 100% locked). The employee who was on staff that morning some how "quit" the same day and my issue was wiped under the rug. I filed a report that day but then heard nothing for weeks. They even took the theft sign DOWN!(would hate to not make members aware of the THEFT during prime new member season) After calling and having them put it back up, I was passed off to corporate.

The GM Georges didn't even call or talk to me until i tracked him down after 2 weeks after the THEFT. He just sat me down and said "we don't deal with that here but your like the 4th issue in the last couple months". I guess I was just an issue to them. After a week plus of phone tag with corporate I finally tracked down the person in charge her first response was, "THE GYM IS NOT AT FAULT". No sympathy that myself or my kids Christmas money was stolen out of my locker. She was just upset that she had to take time out of her day to talk to me. They gave me 2 free months and that was it.

When I went back to Reston Georges ensured me the process had changed, which I put to test. IT HAD NOT changed and I got someone to unlock my locked without checking name or personal belongings before opening. I address this with him again and he just said he would be on top of it. He made sure to remind me that valuables shouldn't be left in the locker. For my 2 free months I had to leave my wedding ring, watch, cash, credit cards, and even my new shoes in my car to make sure they were not stolen.

All this on top of a Men's Locker room that NEVER has toilet paper and the showers and steam room smell funky all day. FOR OVER $100 PER MONTH I EXPECT BETTER HYGIENE AND WAY MORE CLASS.

Yoga classes were great but that's where the positives stop.

I go to Rockville for spin classes as they have several each morning and Reston for weights. Rockville has more classes and the management is focused on 630-930 am and 5-8pm with lots of classes.

Is it worth joining for the kids classes? I have a 3 and 8 yr old. I would be able to go daily.

Anonymous wrote:Any updates on this gym? Lots of negative reviews on this thread - does anyone like it? And does anyone know rates for a family (2 adults, 2 young kids under 5)? Thanks.

I have been extremely disappointed with this gym. They signed everyone up at exorbitant prices based on certain promises and then-existing service levels, which were great at the time, but now there is very little classes and services. Terribly managed. I can only surmise that they are running out of money and cutting services deeply to survive. It's like a skeleton crew in there right now.

Any updates on this gym? Lots of negative reviews on this thread - does anyone like it? And does anyone know rates for a family (2 adults, 2 young kids under 5)? Thanks.

Crazy expensive for a family. Plus they never stop trying to sell you personal trainers and needless gadgets like heart monitors. Also the trainers for group exercise classes are often no shows.

This in the news today

http://wjla.com/news/local/reston-family-charged-5449-tip-on-26-caf-tab-at-lifetime-fitness

No surprise, IMHO management there is a bunch of money focused slugs, but this takes their up-sell to a new level.

Reston Lifetime is $110/month for one person.
Does anyone know how much it is for a couple? (I know it's not $220.)

The parking lot is always packed so I think they are doing fine.

I love the cafe, the gym and the pool.

Any more recent updates on the Reston Lifetime? Are they still reducing classes and services? How about pricing?