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November 2023 by Vanessa Zamarin
No parking available today. Had to miss my class and workout from home as they have grossly oversold memerships. I live 25 min away. Dues have gone up 100 dollars in 4 years and I am a founding member. No additional perks to counteract the raising fees (can’t even offer like one free shake a month or something?) Don’t forget that men are the only sex that are allowed recovery as they have been gifted a cold plunge in their locker room. Women have to resort to the overcrowded cold pool for any body healing. They try to monetize everything. The lounge at one point went from being free to a fee to free again during Covid. The two best yoga instructors are gone. Retired people with certain insurance plans get their memberships free so you’re fighting for spots against people who don’t have to pay an arm and a leg. This place has changed. On my last leg here.
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November 2023 by Lim Nox
“Too big to fail”, operationally inept, and tone-deaf to reality/experience of “founding” members. Or they truly don’t care. Not sure which is worse.Not at all as-advertised, especially for the cost - which increases constantly while member experience only ever gets worse due to continued overcrowding.Corporate greed too flush to stop selling memberships.Trainers and Instructors are great but can’t make classes cuz there’s nowhere to park!Management only responds to positive web reviews and pays to hide negative reviews.If you see this, save your sanity and money.
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November 2023 by H. Poyraz
I have been a member for about five or six months. I've been to many gyms, but this place has a different style. This is the life complex for me. All employees are very caring and friendly. They are also very good at cleaning.
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November 2023 by Jocelyn V
Stop raising my membership, this is the 4th time and again.. they didn’t notify me. I’ve been a member for roughly 5 years, originally started at the Princeton facility, started going to Bridgewater when they finally opened. It used to be way nicer, now it’s ridiculously overcrowded and they keep raising my membership every few months. This is becoming ridiculous. That doesn’t even include the amount of classes they have on the third floor and they just take up so much of the equipment. I thought the second floor was supposed to be dedicated to classes. It feels like I pay so much yet the amount of equipment I have access to keeps becoming more and more limited.
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September 2023 by Lady Caca
I begrudgingly come to this gym now.It has become so disappointing.Locker rooms are dirty with their showers full of scummy soap and nasty drain flies. The sauna is slowly falling apart and needs a vacuuming.The 3rd floor by the machines and free weights is still SO HOT and uncomfortable after over FOUR YEARS. Please put a giant fan or something (probably goes against their private jet-setting WWE championship belt-wearing CEO’s gym aesthetics though).Dumbbells are loose. Rusted rough kettlebells. Machines are sticky and gross, stained carpets by the treadmills.Kids Academy… what do I have to say? There was a disturbing viral incident in another LT location became public and the company swept it under the rug (typical for their management, it is their M.O.), and noticing new, different employees every time kids needed to be dropped off, it’s become sketchy. I would hesitate to drop my young child here.I wish there was another gym that would knock this one down a few pegs. The facility needs a good humbling. They get away with their high rates and lack of action from their lazy and useless management in improving their mistakes because they are the only decent gym in the area.
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September 2023 by AG Sanchez
At first, the gym will look great. Use most of their premium equipment and machines. They are pretty nice. But examine more closely and you’ll see that they skimp out on things it seems. They add new flat benches with less cushion which makes a big difference with heavier weight. We pay so much so they can use lower quality? Wouldn’t you want your gym to have more airflow? Especially at a place where so much human waste is floating around? Go to the lockers and baths and you’ll see flies all year.
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September 2023 by Michael Lajeunesse
Lifetime fitness is the most expensive gym in the Somerset county area.Unfortunately my feelings have changed since signing up upon the grand opening.I as well as the majority of the people who lift weights and don't just sit on there phones and work out, have complained about the poor air flow on the third floor.I have voiced my concern since the health club had opened after covid allowed the gyms to re open.The dumbbells smell like burnt plastic, the machines are soaked with sweat from members, who can break a sweat by just staring at the weights.Numerous complaints never reach the top, you can speak to the manager but it doesn't do anything. Empty promise after empty promise. Sounds like lifetime is alittle too corporate these days.We can't get proper airflow, but we can pay more and more each year.. hopefullly this reached corporate, because It's been 2 years with no response.
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August 2023 by Helen Lee
This review is ONLY for the kids club. Wanted to share an experience I had last week there. Dropped my kids off at the kids club for about 1.5 hours. The lady at the front desk had a pretty stoic face on. Not friendly. Took my kids in and upon pick up she informed us that my kids went to an area they weren't supposed to go.Upon speaking to my kids, I find out that a worker in a red shirt GAVE them permission to go into this gymnastic room that they weren't supposed to go into. Then when they were found in there, another person in a red shirt told them they couldn't pay in there. This is when my daughter who is very sensitive started crying thinking she did something wrong.And guess what? While she was crying none of the workers cared or was there for her. They just left her be. My oldest son tried to explain that they had gotten permission to be in the gymnastic room but the lady at the front desk couldn't care. She had no sympathy for the kids and when one cried just left her be.This is what you get for a child care service inside a supposedly nice gym.Do better. How can parents trust and leave their kids to work out if all the workers don't even care about the kids? My son says please don't ever drop him off at the child care as this gym again because no one cares about the kids.Kids know. They are very honest.
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August 2023 by Jordan Beauchene
Love going to this gym although it is absurdly expensive. The amenities and staff is all great.My only complaint is that the trainer Alyssa is inconsiderate and gives away people’s reservations before classes even begin. She is rude and overall not a friendly trainer. Alyssa, please do better and be more considerate of how you effect people’s day.
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August 2023 by Joseph Lynch
Purchased a day pass because I was interested in bringing my family here because of the beautiful facility. Staff acts like they don’t want to be bothered, no one explained anything to me or offered a tour. Brought my son to the kiddie camp and all the staff completely ignored me and no one wanted to help me or my 3 year old son. I picked him up and older children were in the toddler section bullying children. I was really hoping this gym lived up to the hype but the staff does not match the beautiful aesthetic of the facility. Not worth the money
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August 2023 by Doug Best of the 80's
As others have commented, the 3rd floor has become so overcrowded!! Groups of 3-4 on the machines/equipment, in no hurry and no consideration for the amount of time they are on the same machine. The younger groups are the biggest offenders of gym etiquette…Also do not appreciate members that use or attempt to use multiple machines at the same time.. the club is way too crowded for that!! Leaving your water bottle and cell phone on the machine does not count as a “reserved” spot for you.These behaviors go completely unchecked by the staff, and the club management expects members to self manage the situation. This is clearly not working. For $197 a month, I expect more of a direct hands on management team to ensure a positive member experience.After 8:00pm (after most of the staff has left) is when the environment gets unbearable. I have contacted corporate and they bounce you back to the club management team. The standard cookie cutter response… “we appreciate your feedback”… “we will take your comments into consideration”. The result = NO CHANGE/IMPROVEMENT!
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June 2023 by Michael Elston
Not loving that you shrunk the floor for training machines (like you did in the other facilities). Now everybody is on top of each other. Seems like you are catering to the crowd that shows up for 3 months a year. I'd complain to GM but I'm pretty sure this is a directive from corporate. If I was looking at what area has more people per SQ ft (after cardio and classes)it would be the resistance machines. Getting awfully crowded and expensive
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June 2023 by Jason Carson
Agree with all of the recent reviews. This place is super crowded ALL the time. You can’t get in a class, you can’t get to a machine, most people just lounge out on them and chat. The only thing this place is good for is the pool and maybe working from there after a workout. You sometimes cannot even park or pull in/out of the parking lot it’s so crowded. They need a whole other gym it’s gotten so bad.
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June 2023 by Carson Wood
At first lifetime was well worth it with the super nice facilities and up to date gym equipment; however recently i find it hard to have a good experience. Now I am constantly waiting for every machine and cable. With a gym of this size one cable tower is not enough. Most times large groups are hanging out on machines while people are trying to workout. I personally think this gym would better from another cable tower with all the people it brings in.
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June 2023 by Abbie Liccardi
Although the many facilities and services at lifetime my experience has not been great. The gym has many up to date equipment and lots of different machines. It seems there is only 1 of most machines so the waiting is more then time spent then actually working out. With all the high demand for certain machines especially cables I believe there should be more of the most used machines. Most times I am waiting for a machine it is occupied by large groups of people simply talking and hanging out barely using the equipment. When I am just trying to get a basic workout in this can be frustrating. I believe there needs to be change because Lifetime used to be an incredible place but the gym is becoming very hard to use.
