Anytime Fitness

This gym is the BEST! i have been a member for about 2 months and i absolutely love it. I feel extremely Comfortable at this gym. Its never too crowed, The staff is so caring and encouraging. I recommend this gym 100%.

It’s a place to work because there’s always equipments, weights, and cardio machines available. The parking is always free too. I enjoy working out at a place that is not packed with bros… crowding the whole space. It’s pricey but it’s a trade off of comfort.
The staff is super nice and they are welcoming. It’s nice that they have special events weekly for the members such as boot camp, bbq, or challenges. It’s a rather personal approach to fitness

Clean, Clean, Clean and High energy Gym. Scott And Jacob are awesome as soon as you walk in you can feel the energy in there, The guys are super cool. I recommend this Gym .
keep it up Guys…

Love this place!!! Clean very well run its my Home gym the ²⁴⁄₇ So works for me i go very early and most of the time I have the place to my self

This is by far, one of the best gyms that I have ever been to. I’ve been going here ever since they opened but wanted to wait until I could write a comprehensive review. I’ve been a member at Gold’s, 24 Hour, Belmont Athletic Club, etc. and can honestly say that I prefer this particular gym better than the rest.
The staff is extremely nice. Jacob, Scott, and Danny are very knowledgeable and friendly. Catherine is very welcoming. If you’re new to this gym or have questions about working out/​equipment, these people are the ones to ask– just good people, all around. I’ve used the gym at my leisure, have taken a class, and am doing personal training with Danny; it’s all met and exceeded my expectations.
I usually go after work during the week and can attest that it is clean, quiet, and never too full.
Again, this gym rocks.

Great gym, the owners and staff are very nice and friendly. If you are sick of the dirty, busy, cookie cutter gym then join this gym. You will get an amazing workout that has new up to date equipment in it that is clean. Love this place!

I applaud the Anytime Fitness Franchise model for rescuing me and my physique from the bowls of main stream, cookie cutter, fast food gym joints.
Two years of 24 Hour Fitness took the best from me, and like a lift into Elysium I now am operating at peak potential in a healthy environment far from the dregs of society.
BONUS: Excellent machines and agility/​sports training can be found here. Another perk is that this facility is the largest of any, Anytime Fitness I’ve had the pleasure of sweating it out in.

Okay so one month into reupping my membership for this place — calling it reupping because I belonged to the previous Anytime Fitness that was in the same location, same building — just different owner.
First and foremost — New owners, new equipment, new trainers, in other words, «new» gym! It’s in the same place as the old one — and somehow, Unilocal even retained all of the old reviews (pre Fall 2015) despite another business temporarily moving into and out of this location. If you’re into that «new gym» feeling — sorta like new car/​new home — this is it for you. They had their grand opening like last week, but the location had been opened for over a month now.
From the outside, the place looks tiny. Once you walk in though, its actually very well designed and the layout/​floorplan makes perfect sense. Cardio machines up front, machine-​assisted weights in the middle and free weights all the way in the back. They even have mirrors in the free weights area so you can admire yourself while you work out (counterproductive for me, considering my current condition lol).
The equipment is all brand new — Life Fitness cardio machines up front, machine-​assisted weights in the middle and free weights in the back. That’s just the lower floor — the second floor is where the classes are held, but during the time when there aren’t classes, you have yet another set of free weights, bouncey balls, ceiling mounted cables, two rowing machines and an old-​school type stationary bike (I don’t know what it’s called). This is awesome and different from the previous owner who actually had this area chained off during non staffing hours. Another plus is that the facility is WELL-​VENTILATED — ample ventilation throughout and it doesn’t «smell like a gym». Things are kept clean and tidy.
One great feature about this gym is the private mens/​womens showers. I’ve belonged to a lot of places where there were everything from non-​private community showers, to community showers with stalls — but Anytime Fitness takes it up a notch — you get a private bathroom — which is awesome for those of us who may be body-​conscious in front of others.
Parking is awesome — the Fresh and Easy next door closed and the other businesses in the strip mall doesn’t really get enough traffic to make parking a pain — most days, depending when you go, you can typically find parking up front (not that distance should be an issue if you’re you know, «working out»). Gym is open ²⁴⁄₇ — with generous staffing hours — for the non-​staffed hours, a keyfob lets you into the gym.
The crew. Jacob/​Scott — at least from the short time I’ve been here are a complete opposite from the previous ownership. Jacob/​Scott are both co-​owners and play very visible roles in the day to day operations of the gym. One of my biggest gripes about the previous owner was how he was barely «there» at his own business. He had like 5 «managers» running the place, and sometimes if you voiced an issue or concern, your message may get «lost within the cracks». It’s different here — both owners are present at the gym and are very approachable. Jacob seemed very knowledgeable about fitness and if I remember correctly, his brothers run successful Anytime Fitness gyms up in the Pacific Northwest. It really shows that they know what they’re doing and know what works and what doesn’t work for their members.
I only have experience with one of the new trainers, and it’s Danny and he’s pretty awesome. Very knowledgeable about the subject matter at hand — what really stood out about Danny was his demeanor and the «vibe» he gave out. A lot of trainers — and I’ve had my fair share of them throughout the years — will sort of guide you on a path or workout plan, but seem uninterested or distracted — and their mind would be elsewhere during your time. Danny was the complete opposite — positive/​upbeat personality, always focused on what we were doing, and was open to answering the countless questions I had during my workout. He was also very accommodating with my odd workout schedule. Definitely made me feel comfortable as someone I would enjoy training from and comfortable knowing his expertise on the subject material was solid.
Overall, this is a great gym to join. Yes, the monthly fee is higher than 24HrFit or LAFit, but you do get what you pay for. The gym isn’t packed all the time — as a matter of fact, the times I typically go — I usually have the place to myself or «have to share» with another member. Private showers. Clean and new equipment. The members are all there to workout, rather than to ogle + seem more mature and more focused on getting their workout. Everything is compact so you spend more time doing what you want — but it’s not cramped here. Obviously, I’ll update my review as time passes — how the staff handles member concerns or broken equipment will play a role in whether I still think they deserve 5 stars — but for now, in my opinion, this location definitely feels like a 5-​star gym.

Very clean and huge space… love all the equipments that they have. Down side is that they dont have lumbar belt support for deadlifts and squats but thats no biggie… the most important piece here are the staff as how they are very friendly and greets you with smile. Ive been to the Cypress branch as thats my «home» gum and they too are very friendly…
Overall love this place and what they’ve done. Hope they maintain the cleanliness and best part of it all… No MEATHEADS… at least the time that i come here…

New Anytime Fitness Fountain Valley is simply wonderful! Clean, friendly, and super accommodating. The news owners are absolutely amazing and so passionate about what they do, and the trainers are all there to help you in anyway possible. I highly recommend you check it out and join. Plus the fact that they are open 24 hours makes it convenient for those long days at work and their classes will kick your booty into shape! So excited about this place :)

UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP! Exciting things are happening here now. Come check the place out.

Wow. So glad new owners came to take over the space. I met both Jacob and Scott and they’re awesome! I’m a member of anytime fitness because I travel for work and having access to all clubs has been very beneficial. Do yourself a favor and go see them. Might I add… Jacob is adorable.

I give them an extra star because they did stop billing my account.
The experience with their headquarters/​HR is terrible. First I was told my account was closed and I shouldn’t be billed. After being billed again they assured me that my account was closed and would contact the manager. Then it turned into that my account was now active for westminister’s gym (which was not the gym I signed up for and expressed to them before). Seems like they are just throwing out random answers to get you off the phone that’s all. This is for headquarters.
Now for the manager, whom I never spoke to due to schedule issues. I work graveyard and don’t see it necessary for myself to sleep for three hours and wake up to talk this out and then have to sleep for a couple more hours before work. Would you like to get a phone call at 2am?
Not all of us visit the gym religiously. And some of us fall off the wagon and don’t go for a couple of months. It happens. But never being informed of such a change like the store closing is not okay. No email. No phone call. No letter. Just continuing to bill accounts of people unaware of the change. It just doesn’t seem right.
I’ll be signing up for a different gym this time around.

The first thing that I noticed at this gym was that I couldn’t smell it from outside. Whew! That’s a good start. :) The staff is friendly and helpful. They aren’t overly pushy about joining, signing up for training sessions, or making me feel stupid for not knowing how to use equipment. I am very intimidated at the idea of being in a gym, but the staff helps me feel welcome.
The location was great for me – within areas that I normally travel. I love the 24 hour part because, once I have an idea of what to do, I don’t want to be around others when I’m at the gym. Everything was clean & orderly. Equipment had enough space between them, so the gym doesn’t give a claustrophobic feeling. There was plenty of well lit parking.
This location closed during May 2014. I hope that Anytime Fitness returns to Fountain Valley soon!

Not my kind of gym!
The staff is very friendly and the equipment is nice well what they have. This feels like a place to lose weight not for someone who seriously wants to train. They have a few tread mills up front and a ton of machines.
What really let me down about this place… there are no bar bells, no power rack, and no hammer strength machines. Its often fairly busy and you have to wait to do what you want. I don’t understand how a gym can’t have a power rack in it. The so called power rack there isn’t a power rack at all its more like a smith machine and doesn’t allow free movement.
I came from another anytime fitness which was great. I guess I just got spoiled.

Came into this place back in November to look into getting a membership. I spoke with Nick first, then with Gerald. Both of these guys were super informative, nice, helpful and best of all, Customer friendly. There was no push to join attitude. They should a sincere approach to what your goals and needs were. In fact, their knowledge and understanding is the reason why i chose to start at this gym.
At my first visit, i met with Ryan. He is a personal trainer. I told him from the beginning i did not want to spend money on a trainer at this time. From that point forward, it was never brought back up. He asked me what i was looking to do, whether lose weight, gain muscle, increase endurance, etc. I told him it was a little bit of everything. He showed me techniques, and exercises i could put to use. Once again, i was very impressed with how they treated me.

The staff here are incredibly friendly and welcoming. I’m on my 7 day pass and if I weren’t a USC student, I would register for my membership in a heart beat. Although the gym looked like a joke to me, it’s my favorite gym in OC so far. Small and comforting, easy parking, conveniently RIGHT next to fresh and easy and the freeway ramps, clean, great equipment, and overall very positive environment with respect and smiles everywhere.
I can’t believe I worked out for over an hour. I’m typically the ambitious girl who thinks she’s going to lose 5 pounds in 2 weeks, but in reality is very lazy and throws a fit for every time she’s failed in this. HOWEVER, this place has really given me hope. I’ve been coming every day on this 7 day pass and I work my ass off happily for an amazing 2 hours because of the cool equipment, cleanliness, positive environment, and all the other happy individuals who smile at me as if we’re going to reach our goal altogether. It’s like a big happy family even though I feel totally outnumbered by white people. They’re positive. and I love it, (especially that brown haired white staff man who constantly says hi to me with a beaming, stunning smile.)
I can comfortably work out with them even longer if I hadn’t had to go home to sleep. And it’s open ²⁴⁄₇?! LETS DO THIS

I am really torn and have hesitated for months about posting this review about my experience with Anytime Fitness, but I felt it might be helpful for others who were thinking about joining… First I will start with the «Positive».
1) FRIENDLY STAFF. Tiffany the Manager is very friendly, sweet, personable, professional and always helpful. She always welcomes you with a smile when you walk into the club. She goes out of her way to treat everyone equally, and has superior customer service skills. She’s the reason I joined on the spot! Her personality and positive energy sold me!
2) The Trainers that I met/​dealt with, are also all very nice, professional and helpful, and they don’t have big egos like alot of other trainers I have met in the past. Clark the owner, was also nice and easy to talk to.
3) You can work-​out «anytime» you like, 24/​7, as long as you have your key fob, which I really liked about this place. Not crowded at all in evenings.
4) It’s very CLEAN, and the ladies’ restroom is clean as well, and for being a very small gym, it doesn’t smell funky.
5) It’s right next door to a Whole Foods.
6) Plenty of parking. I never had trouble finding a parking spot.
That’s the positive… Now onto the «Negative».
Once I joined Anytime Fitness, I decided I wanted to hire a Trainer, to help me get back in shape, so I signed up for 3 months of training, 2−3x’s a week. I was told in the beginning, they would be very flexible, and I can train anytime I like, and that they would work around MY schedule.
1) The first P.T. they assigned me who was AWESOME, but was having some «issues», and did not have transportation at the time, which presented a problem with scheduling and what not. I tried to help him out as much as possible as I genuinely liked him as a person, and loved his energy and passion. I even offered to pick him up from home a couple times, and sometimes dropped him off at home afterwards, so he didn’t have to take the bus at night.(I preferred working out at night since I didn’t get off work until 6 p.m.). I was fine with this.
2) Just when I was getting comfortable with Trainer#1, they switch Trainers on me, and assign me someone else, telling me that Trainer #1 is having «personal issues». Which of course I already knew, and wasn’t surprised, but then I found out my new Trainer, preferred working out in the a.m. and didn’t work after 7:00 p.m. as he had «other commitments. So I worked with him on this.
3) Although he was also very nice, just like Trainer #1, he only weighed me ONCE. And that was in the very beginning. Also, we didn’t really discuss nutrition as much as I would have liked.
4) At times, I felt very uncomfortable working out in the a.m., as it was very crowded, and one older guy who was a regular there, would keep interrupting my Trainer while he was training me on the mat, while I’m in awkward positions, and kept staring & gawking the whole time.
He would even make comments like, «Hey, shouldn’t her legs be spread further apart?» This SAME GUY, who b.t.w, was very out of shape, had a gut, says to the woman working out next to me who was also on the mat, on all fours minding her own business, «I like that position! I’m enjoying the view from here!» I thought, «Are you kidding me?»
Let’s just say she was much more polite with her response than I would have been. My response would have been, «Shouldn’t you be on the treadmill working on your gut and giving your flapping gums a rest?» But that’s just me. I can be mean like that when it’s warranted and you’re working my last nerve.
It was especially upsetting that neither trainer seemed the least bit bothered by this. Apparently it was «my issue» and «I shouldn’t worry about what other people think».
5) Sadly, I did NOT get the results I wanted by the end of the 3 months at all. I think I only lost about 8 lbs. total. Trainer #1 definitely challenged me more, and I would actually feel the results the next couple of days. Trainer #2, just didn’t have Trainer#1’s enthusiasm or passion, although he did help make my arms more toned, and he was very professional. He knew my goal was to be able to do 10 push-​ups (not the girly kind) at the end of the training, but he never even asked me to try and do them, nor did he weigh me at the very end. Big disappointment. :(
6) And lastly, I kept getting charged on C.C. AFTER the training ended, and after cancelling my gym membership, and had some «billing issues» and had to call and email a few times to get it corrected/​adjusted. Which I did get it adjusted and was happy about that.
That being said, I don’t think it’s Tiffany’s fault. I just think they have a lack of communication with the person that handles the billing (based on other Unilocaler’s reviews). I don’t think they try to scam people or are unethical, they just are not very organized. Nevertheless, I would recommend the gym itself, but not the personal training.

I LOVE THIS GYM! There are very few people at one time and TONS of machines available. It is very clean and people take pride in their gym. I am hooked and I love not having to go into a parking structure, validate a parking card, wait for machines, or sit next to some smelly dude. It is very clean, secure with 24 hour cameras, and has everything you need to get in shape including a weight area, cardio machines, circuit training too.
This place is the JOINT! Join now! Its only a few bucks more than 24 hr and so worth the investment… its an investment for your HEALTH. :) I wish I would have joined earlier!
What you don’t pay for in the gym you will pay for in doctors bills later… just saying.

False advertising and shady staff…
The website promises you a free 7-​day pass. As a guest, you can use the gym by appointment only. After setting up my appointment, I worked out at the gym ONCE. The gym manager called me two hours later to ask when I would be signing up for a membership. Once he found out that I wasn’t able to sign up immediately (I’ll be traveling the next 2 months for work), he conveniently told me that I wouldn’t be able to use the gym because he would be away the next week.
Pros: gym has modern equipment, clean, and once you become a member you can enter 24 hours a day
Cons: bad attitude of the staff, pushy, arrogant, dog that runs around while you work-​out, cameras are slightly creepy
The gym markets itself based on exclusivity and modern equipment.24 Hour Fitness at Bella Terra offers the same equipment and access for a lower price + more classes