Powerhouse Gym

Recently moved from Los Angeles and was really fortunate to come across this gym. I had the pleasure of both training at this facility and getting to know a lot of the staff members during my time in East Lansing. I highly recommend this gym to anyone!
Steve, and the rest of the management team, really care about the members and I feel you could tell this given how the staff treats its members.
Lastly, if anyone is looking to get in the best shape of their life– I would highly recommend speaking with Ivan Zaitz. He is one of the most knowledgable and patient trainers I have ever had the pleasure of working with!

DO NOT USE THIS GYM! The equipment is old, it is always packed any time between noon and 9pm. There is no wifi (or at least any they will let their customers use). The televisions are so small that you can’t see them when using the cardio equipment. And worst of all, management is terrible.
I bought a 12 month membership in September of 2014. I left East Lansing in July of 2015. On my last day going to the gym in July, I stopped at the front desk to ask if I needed to fill out any paperwork or cancellation material. The guy said that since I had a 12 month membership, it would end after the 12 month period and that would be the end of it. Fast forward 4 months (November 2015). When I look at my credit card statement (which I rarely do), I see that I have been billed for the previous 4 months for a total of $ 120 from Powerhouse. I called them once and the woman said she would get in touch with the credit company they use and get my money back to me. I didn’t hear anything for two weeks so I called again and spoke to a manager. He said that there is nothing he could do besides «talk to his staff about properly canceling people’s memberships». So, I was forced to watch $ 120 go down the drain because some meat head at the front desk didn’t know how to cancel a membership.
There are several other BETTER gyms in the East Lansing area that I would highly recommend checking out. Powerhouse is old, full of idiots, and run by morons.

Old equipment and overcrowded. This is pretty sad excuse for a gym. Upon moving to the area from San Diego I considered training part time at this gym. I got a membership to check out the atmosphere and I was beyond disappointed. I couldn’t properly train clients in this gym if I wanted to. The equipment is unreasonably outdated. These machines look like they were pulled from the basement of homes around town and dusted off. Some are even rusted. Now I’m not a fan of serving cucumber water at the door, but this is just a poorly managed facility. The price point is more expensive than Worlds Gym in San Diego, arguably the most respected competitor gyms in the country. The price difference, double! How can you honestly charge these prices with this junky equipment? There’s also a very small amount of equipment to choose from. A lot is missing, a lot. I had to go to another gym just to do legs as they don’t have squat options. No leg extension kick back machines. This is core basic gym equipment. They strategically place their newer elliptical and treadmills up towards the front to give off the appearance of a quality gym. I wasn’t offered a tour upon signing up. This is just bad customer service, but it makes sense. Sell memberships at the door don’t let people walk around first. This is a terrible business model, you’re just generating unhappy customers. After canceling my membership and happily in a new gym, I have learned of the past of this building. It’s been a lot of gyms passing crappy equipment from one business to the next, all inevitably failing. It’s a bummer they are really giving powerhouse a bad name here. Save your money go to a real gym!!!

Overall good. Need cleaner restroom

Eh. I’ve experienced better. Coming from San Diego I try not to expect much when going to other states. I travel a lot for work and go to the closest gym if my hotel doesn’t offer one. This is definitely a guys gym. I walk in and all of them stare. A few come talk to me. Ugh. Really… Very humid and sweaty in there. The treadmill I used was really shakey. $ 10.00 for a day. And all I needed was a treadmill for 40 min.

«I got 99 problems, but a bench ain’t one.»
This is a solid workout spot.
They offer a student discount.
You can pay-​in-​full for a year at $ 25/​month.
There are plenty of cardio machines.
The free weights are in good shape, as are the machines.
There is a core area, and a yoga/​fitness room with classes available (I can not speak to these as I have not utilized them.)
I have been a member for a couple of months and would recommend it.
The hours are very convenient, especially on the weekend… you can get to the gym at 8 a.m. and get a workout in before the library on campus opens.
I have never seen the place so crowded that you can’t get to what you want.
This is a gym-rat’s gym!