24 Hour Fitness

Kudos to 24 hour for slowly starting to get their place into shape, no pun intended. The last few times I’ve gone in its been clean, and most of their machines were even working, on the process of getting fixed. There was also a long stint in which the music they chose to play was vulgar, obnoxious, and at the very least was not indicative to motivate workout.
It seems they have mixed up the music a bit. The bathrooms and the floor in the gym has been clean, and most of the equipment has been functional. Although I must say, the men’s bathroom constantly, constantly smells like stale urine. I think this is predominantly due to the fact that the urinals drizzle a little, but do not really flush.
I suppose there is nothing that the gym can really do to quell this, but it is generally incredibly crowded. Not just during peak hours, like 4 or 5 o’clock, but during reasonable hours. The 8 or so modified benching tables near the free weights are always, always taken. Oftentimes, so are most of the useful machines. There are some machines that are free, but they are generally the ones that nobody uses and still look new.
Occasionally, if all the machines are taken, and there’s no room by free weights, I will escape to the gymnasium, or stretching area. But lately those areas have been inundated with people as well. In the middle of the day, there always seem to be classes, which takes up the space in the gymnasium, and usually the stretching area is overflow from the previous class you stretching and cooling down.
I’m not really sure if 24-​hour can solve this problem (which is why I really didn’t let that affect the rating of the score), but it is just so saturated that makes going there undesirable more or less.
I would however make the argument that because the facility is so packed and often unusable, membership should be reduced a bit. But hey, that’s the market I suppose.
The staff isn’t generally unfriendly, I think apathetic is more of an appropriate adjective. And it’s not like I care if they are working or not, I don’t even really care about being greeted. But if the floor is a mess, and there are five people sitting in the greeting area yammering about, part of me thinks: «come on guys, somebody can do something.»

I’ve had a membership here for a few years and unfortunately don’t use this location as much as I should due to work. However, I went tonight for Zumba and read the reviews and I would have to disagree with a lot of them. The gym is very clean especially the large workout rooms, plenty of machines around 9pm, plenty of towels and parking right next to the entrance.
This will be my new gym since my job transferred me closer and I could be happier. Only one complaint the A/​C was completely off tonight in Zumba and we had over 100 people. It was so bad at one point all the mirrors were foggy even with the door open. Besides that tonight it’s a great gym

I only come here out of convenience because it’s near my work and it barely gives me a chance to avoid traffic by doing something productive. The staff is rude and not really helpful. The space is much smaller than I’m use to and because of that, there is not enough equipment to accommodate their eager-​to-​get-​fit customers. It’s very easy to get frustrated when you’re so determined to getting a great workout in but can’t because you’re limited to what’s available. Unfortunately, this place lacks cleanliness and for some reason, there’s always a shortage of towel supply. Since you’re also in downtown Oakland and they don’t have a designated parking area, finding parking is scarce and you have to pay. And for some reason, I still can’t figure out how or why I can smell the chlorine they use to mask the dirtiness of their facility from across the street… outside.

I’ve been a member of 24 hour fitness for years now and have been coming to this location for the last couple of years. I’ll break this down:
–The equipment and gym lay out is just ok. It’s true that the equipment tends to be broken a lot, especially the cardio machines. It’s usually extremely crowded which means having to wait for cardio and weight machines often times. The stretching area which you need to pass to hit the locker rooms is also usually packed. The majority of the time I’m just glad that I didn’t kick someone laying down in the head. But hey, what can you do? Everyone’s just trying to get their fit on just like I am.
–The women’s locker room is usually pretty clean. I’ve never had a problem with stuff being stolen, lockers being broken into, etc. The restrooms leave something to be desired. Some of the latches on the doors are practically falling off and the hooks that used to be on the doors are long gone. Not too happy about setting all of my stuff on a gym bathroom floor. I usually find myself trying to balance my towel, water bottle, etc. on top of the toilet paper dispenser. Can’t say anything about the men’s locker room, but my boyfriend has told me horror stories.
–Staff is ok. They don’t greet me every time I walk in or seem particularly friendly but I don’t really care about that. Every time I’ve had a question, they answer it. That’s all I need.
–What I do LOVE are the classes. 5 stars for the instructors! I just started taking classes since the rest of the gym is so packed it’s difficult to get a good workout in during the only free time I have to go after work. I usually take the classes from the Les Mills series; the cardio, body pump, etc. The instructors really keep you going, everyone high fives each other, it’s awesome.
Overall, I’ll continue going here since it’s close to where I live. But really… I think $ 40/​month is overpriced for the quality of this gym.

What the hell is wrong with this location? What’s the point of offering towel service if the towel service is haphazardly offered? What’s the point of upgrading to a Super Sport Membership if the main amenity of upgrading (i.e. towel service) is not a constant? For whatever reasons this location keeps on giving us, it’s not worth it. What the hell is the point and why are we still supporting this kind of disservice?! It used to be that the only way a location would upgrade their name was if they actually started offering more stuff. Only until recently what once was an Active gym would turn into Sport if it got a pool; what once was a Sport would turn into a Super Sport if they offered towel service and whatnot. Now, this company goes around upgrading gym titles for the sake of charging more money and whatever they offer goes by the wayside. This gym in particular offers towel service, but more often delivers with a «No Towels sorry for the inconvenience» sign instead.

Dirty equipment, high membership fees, unresponsive staff. Most people like to keep paying gym memberships in order to keep up this façade of being healthy and staying fit knowing dang well they aren’t. Save money and run the lake or hike the beautiful Bay Area trails.

FIRST OF ALL DO NOT LEAVE ANYTHING VALUABLE IN YOUR LOCKERS EVEN WITH A LOCK! I locked my locker and came back and someone broke my locker and stole my wallet out of my locker. A woman next to me got her locker broken into as well and her phone was stolen. A staff member named Andrew helped me do an incident report and he was so nice, I appreciated his concern and assistance.
I really liked this gym it was a cool location and didn’t get too crowded.
I will go back to the gym because its convenient for me I just WILL NEVER leave my things in the locker room ever again.

This gym is ok but they need WIFI!!! It’s ridiculous that it’s 2015 and they still don’t have it.
Also, if they would hit invest 40 dollars and put up some hooks in the women’s bathroom stalls that would make a huge difference.

This gym does the job. It’s a place that you can go and workout. Plain and simple. The group fitness and cycling rooms are separate. There’s weights. There are cardio machines. When it’s hot, it’s as humid as the bayou which makes for uncomfortable workouts. Somehow, the women’s locker room restrooms are always sub-​par. Wet floors. Broken locks. Not flushing toilets. Just not cool.
The staff seems friendly. They’ll greet you when you enter and send salutations as you exit. Thanks for doing your job guys.
I’ll warn you now as well: the machines are O L D. When will this location receive the updated equipment that it needs? I mean it’s located near Kaiser, Downtown, Uptown, Lake Merritt, and Jack London Square thus it serves a lot of people. Having old and malfunctioning equipment along with the poor conditions of the locker room is what has earned its two stars.

This is the worst gym I’ve ever been to in my life. I’m currently boiling water to clear my sinuses with my neti pot to flush out all of the airborne illnesses I may have caught. There is NO VENTILATION AT ALL. The gym is a giant humid petri dish filled with Oakland’s sweatiest citizens that apparently cannot afford soap. Other than the unsanitary environment, the weights are all missing chunks of rubber and there’s hardly any room to workout.
If it wasn’t for the ability to visit other 24 Hour gyms, I would cancel my membership. Never going back to this gym again.

I was in town visiting a friend and decided to use the free 3 day guest pass. I’m a member at a gym back home, but decided to give 24hr a try. Apparently you have to be a local to use the pass at this location. I ended up paying the $ 15 fee only because this was more than likely the only opportunity I had to workout.
(Note: $ 15 guest pass is only valid until midnight, even if they say that’s valid for 24hrs)
After walking through the gym and seeing the equipment, I could honestly say that I would have walked out if I hadn’t paid the $ 15. I can handle missing weights but the filth was disgusting. There were no wipes in sight to clean any of the equipment, which had brown residue on them.
I tried to not think about it and attempted to do my workout, but I ended up cutting it short because it was unbearable.
I do not recommend this place whatsoever if you’re a serious gym goer.

Yum. I love the fresh smell of mildew in the morning… afternoon… and evening.
Just kidding; but this gym absolutely smells. Something is definitely cooking in the «corner bakery.» You’ll know what I mean as you walk by a certain side of the gym near the men’s locker room. The odor is not pleasant and it’s permanent.
I go to this location on sheer convenience. If I could go to another 24 hour location, then I would. However, it’s closest to me after I walk my dog and the class I go to on Mondays is perfect timing for me. Actually, the only other reason I go to this location is that I love the body pump class. Julie is spectacular. I take her 730 classes on Mondays but the past 5 Mondays have been cancelled. Maybe she can no longer teach at that time? She also teaches on Wednesdays at 630 but I can’t make it to the gym by then. (I used to go to Hayward Super Sport [highly recommend] but I became a pet owner and need to go home after work now).
I don’t use the weight machines. They look filthy and are in constant use. Be prepared to «wait» constantly during peak hours (that’s when I typically go). I’m more a free weights person myself and even then a lot of people «babysit.» QUICK TIP: There’s a small workout area by the street entrance side that hardly any people to go and there’s a lot of equipment (and less smelly) that you can use.
I wouldn’t know how to resolve the many issues that happen here. I do see the worker’s constantly hassled and doing what they could. They’re also pretty busy at the front desk and I have to wait some time to receive a towel. Maybe hire better cleaning staff, more trainers, security to monitor theft, and add more classes? This gym is not friendly.
Parking isn’t hard. You can park in the Kaiser structure and get your ticket validated before you go. I think they validate up to 2 hours (which is cutting it close for a typical gym session).
If the classes continue to be cancelled on Mondays, I have no use of coming here. The only thing I love is the body pump class with Julie since she’s amazing.
I do love 24 hour fitness and have been a loyal member for quite some time now; but this gym is in the bottom of the bucket in my honest opinion.

Located in the heart of downtown Oakland, it’s difficult to find parking here but avoid peak times and after banking hours, and you can park in the Wells Fargo parking lot. Most of the time I get lucky and am able to get parking on the street (free after 6pm).
This gym is much smaller compared to the one on Alameda Avenue and the worst part is that it has no pool. Boo. Also, only one row of treadmills, which means that most of the time, you have to wait to use the machine. Ton of machine options but again, not as many as the one on Alameda Avenue.

Had heard about frequent theft from the locker room and paid it no mind — until it happened to me. Combination lock broken an wallet taken — and this at the busiest time of the day with people in the locker room.
While I am writing, other reviewers are right about the dirt, broken machines that stay that way etc. Also many people claim lockers leaving fewer for more considerate guests, knowing that the staff infrequently polices this and announces well in advance when it does.

I’m currently ‘gym shopping’ in the bay area and decided to take advantage of 24 Hour Fitness’ 3 day pass. Don’t get me wrong… this place is no 4 Seasons, but it’s not quite a roach coach either; which is what people are making it out to be. I’m sure there is a prime time to go to take full advantage of the equipment without having to weight or dodge others getting their fit on.
Pros:
–Really nice treadmill stair master area; if you’re into that sort of thing
–Nice little section for ab development
–The spin room looked pristine
Cons:
–The weight room is filled with OLD rusted over equipment. I was slightly worried for my safety when I was on a few machines.
–The entire gym was pretty packed, but the weight area was the most populated.
–Only one smith machine
–Barely any air circulation… it felt like I was doing my cardio day. I left dripping in sweat.
–A lot of machine loitering; come on people if you want to text or take selfies move aside some of us want to get in and out.
In short, if they just gave the weight room some more love this place really would not be THAT bad. If you’re a runner you’ll be fine here… but if you’re a bit of a weight junkie like me I’d recommend going elsewhere.

If I could give this 24 hour location negative stars, I would. I’ve been a super club member for over 5 years, and this is by far the most appalling gym I’ve ever seen. While I could go on and on about the state of the machines (perpetually broken) or the air conditioning system (do they even have one?) it was the state of the bathrooms yesterday that finally broke me. Apparently they have been having plumbing problems — yesterday by 6pm they only had ONE functioning toilet in the women’s locker room. The other stalls were roped off with caution tape and at least one toilet was actively overflowing. Feces and urine and used toilet paper were all over the floor.
When I reported this, I was told there wasn’t a whole lot they could do but «wait for someone to get there» despite the fact that there had been an active water leak since early that morning. So naturally I asked, «Oh. So does that mean that the men’s locker room ALSO only has ONE functioning toilet and is covered in used toilet paper too?»
…silence. Nope. Just the women’s. One of the staff members told me he doesn’t even let his girlfriend use the women’s locker room when she comes to work out because it’s «so disgusting.» He takes her to the employee bathroom.
I cancelled my membership right then and there. And I’ve reported this location to the Alameda County Public Health Department. Good luck with that.

I’ve been to 24 Hour Fitness locations all over the place, and this has got to rank with one of the most poorly maintained facilities around. That being said, it’s currently my go-​to-​spot, out of sheer convenience based on geography.
The equipment here is generally old and in a state of disrepair. Most of the stationary bikes and elliptical machines have some sort of problem that prevents optimal use. The weight area is rarely policed, and through a combination of lazy patrons and lazy staff, dumbells and plates are strewn about in a random fashion.
The front desk staff rarely acknowledges you, but to be honest, that doesn’t bother me too much. But when you actually need something or have a question, they’re too busy chopping it up with each other or playing on their phones to address you. Today, a trainer was busy drooling over some random chick who was doing bodybuilding poses in front of the mirror. Don’t you have some weights to put away buddy?
If you’re brave enough to traipse through the funk of the weight room into the wet area, you’ll actually be overcome by the scent of chlorine gas and the sight of stray hairs and toilet paper all over the bathroom floors. There’s some serious foot funk going on in there.
Since I pay so little, I feel like it’s hard to complain about the incredibly poor condition of this gym. However, I am seriously considering switching to the YMCA down the street and biting the bullet of paying 10x what I pay now, just for the cleanliness and civility of the Y’s staff and guests.
The two things that bring me here are the empty group class and spin rooms. I’ve never seen a class being actively held in either room, and I can always do cardio on a spin bike, then stretch out and do isometric and plyometric exercises alone in the group class area.

I am normally a 3+ stars sort of woman but this location is just terrible.
The staff is nice, but the facility itself is far below sub par. Most of the equipment is chipped or has pieces broken off, the watts on most of the stair masters is not in tune with the appropriate power, free weights near the cycle room are almost entirely missing when I arrive between 5:45 and 6:00
AM. Most of the free weights and machines near the locker rooms look dirty and worn.
And the women’s locker room… Never have I been to a 24 Hour Fitness that had the doors/​curtains missing/​removed from the showers, portion of the sink counter broken off, only one functioning electrical outlet. I even saw a couple of small flying BUGS in the shower stall I happened to be using this morning! They could also use another bench in the women’s locker room, yeesh! And maybe I haven’t seen it, but no spout to fill water bottles in a hygienic manner (this is just a sprinkle on top of this cake!).
The only reason I come here is out of convenience in terms of location near my office. This place needs a lot of help and I’ll be writing to the company of my utter disgust!

Pretty small, parking sucks but I’m appreciative there’s a 24 in Oakland that isn’t full f**kery as the other one is on high street is. No disrespect to the high street location but all the breakins in the park n lot isn’t cool.
Come to this one and you’ll likely be able to workout without thinking of going to your car and knocking a loser out.

I had to kill some time over night before my bus left Oakland, so i really have 24 hour fitness to thank for their service. They really are 24 hours. However… the free membership that is offered on their website is only good from 9am to 9pm. Be advised! Otherwise its $ 10 to work out.
Loved the bike room. the sauna. the hot tub. It was a really nice gym!