Salvation Studio

First gym experience in our fantastic city of New Orleans. Joined in 2013, enjoyed TRX + Toria & Elliott’s Body Pump. Usually visited Salvation Studio a couple times per week unless I was out of town for work. In August of 2015, I moved across town & started a new job that unfortunately doesn’t work with the class schedule. Asked Rusty how to cancel my membership on August 12, 2015. He said all I needed to do was just send an email to remind him, so I sent the email the very same day. In September, I sent another email because I received another auto-​deduction. (**Auto-​deduction membership fee is required to be a member.) Beginning of November, I noticed that I had credit card deductions for October AND November, still no reimbursement — so I called Rusty. He said there was a multi-​part process for the credit card payments to cease. Thankfully I haven’t joined another gym yet because I’m still paying for this one that I haven’t been to since August 12^th. Didn’t want to dispute the charges (yet), because I wanted to give Salvation a chance to make it right. Quite disappointed in this situation and if/​when I’m reimbursed, I’ll update this review.

I’ve been going to Salvation Studios for 3 years and can’t say enough good things about it. The location is ideal, right on Magazine St in the Garden District. I normally attend at least 3 – 4 Spin classes a week and lift weights 5 days a week. My wife avails of the Body Pump, Spin, Step and Body Flow classes. All of the instructors are top-​notch. Friendly, helpful and always approachable to ask questions or advice. Great place to get your sweat on!

I was only in town for a few days and wanted a gym to workout at. I called Salvation Studio and Rusty was very helpful and welcoming. I could use the gym and take classes for $ 20 a day. I went on a Saturday morning and took the Les Mills Body Pump class and the Body Combat class. I have done Body Pump at my gym and was very comfortable with this class. The instructor did an excellent job and the class was pretty full but there was plenty of room to workout. I had never done Body Combat but I have done Kick boxing. Loved the Body Combat class. Not quite as many people but a high energy class.
Salvation Studio was easy for me to get to from where we were staying right out of the French Quarter by taking the bus. It dropped me off almost right in front of the studio.
Excellent workout, nice people working there.

great classes + small space + tons of equipment + expensive = a good gym if you aren’t interested in all the frills and are willing to pay top dollar.
I tried this gym out when looking for a place to join. They got back to me promptly and offered to let me try out one of their classes that I was interested in. 6am spinning isn’t for everyone but I love it! The instructor was very helpful and lead the small class through a really well rounded workout. I really enjoyed it and I liked that the class wasn’t packed. The gym never seems to be packed either which is good because it really is only one room.
They have a lot of equipment and two class rooms but thats it. There isn’t a locker room just a large bathroom and a second one with a small shower. It’s on the second floor above CC’s so street parking can be an issue.
Overall I thought this place was great but I was looking for a bit more. Had the monthly fee been cheaper I would have considered joining just for the spin classes… but its quite expensive and I just didn’t think that it was the best fit for me. Good gym if you just need a place to work out and go and don’t mend spending some money doing that.