24 Hour Fitness

Address:	125 N 1st Ave, Arcadia, CA 91006, USA
Phone:	+1 626-446-3000
Site:	24hourfitness.com
Rating:	3.4
Working:	Open 24 hours Open 24 hours Open 24 hours Open 24 hours Open 24 hours Open 24 hours Open 24 hours

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Brandon Wiesner

This place has got its pros and cons. I will probably only scratch the surface, since I dont use a lot at the gym, only the elliptical and the lap pool but I do have a lot to say about my experiences in these areas. Since the pool is part of my routine, my choice of gyms is limited. I live in Pasadena and normally would go to the one out there but since I took a job in Covina, the traffic when I get close to the Lake Ave exit is always really congested and the parking situation there can get pretty gnarly, particularly during peak time, when the 9-5ers like myself leave work. So, I came upon this one when looking for one on the way between home and the office. So as far as the elliptical, I was surprised by how many machines they have. This negates the possibility of anyone having to wait to get their cardio in. The machines are also new and for the most part they keep them clean. My only complaint is, on the workout floor, they blast their own music. Normally, its ok to have something on in the background but they play it so loud that it steps on the music Im playing in my headphones and I have to turn up mine that much louder to drown it out. Next is the locker rooms. Obviously, I havent been in the womens locker room but as far as the mens, its about standard. I dont really find myself having to fight for a locker or space to change, which is a nice surprise, considering my schedule forces me to be there during the busiest times. I havent used the showers here yet but the bathroom part is kept in working order and for the most part clean. Now., for the pool. The biggest problem is not with the pool itself but the people in it. Never have I seen such disorganization and disregard for etiquette before and thats saying a lot, since I used to go to the 24 in Hollywood. They have 3 lanes for swimming laps. When I was there earlier this week, one lap was completely taken up by people who were wading with the floating noodles and other people just standing in the lane talking, negating the possibility for anyone to swim laps. In the other 2 lanes, there was a ridiculous amount of people, like 4 or 5, that were taking turns swimming a lap and then another person or 2 people would go. Eventually, someone had the cojones to start swimming in the idle lane, prompting the stragglers to move and then exit the pool, leaving more room for the actual swimmers. That isnt my only bad experience though. People here seem to think that its ok to just jump in and start swimming in a lane youre using, without asking or even giving you a heads up. Then when you almost crash into them, they look at you like "what? You should have seen me get in!" Another thing is how they share lanes here. The way its supposed to be done is, one person stays on the left side of the blue line and the other person on the right. They, however swim one side going in one direction and the other side coming back. I guess this is so more than 2 people can share a lane at a time but the drawback is, what if one person is slow and another is a fast swimmer? Then you got people going around and crashing into another person on the other side. The fact is, no one using the pool knows how to be patient and wait. They just chisel their way in and dont care. Oh and one more thing I almost forgot about. On Thursdays, they close the pool down around 6 or so for a 3 hour water aerobics class. Is it really necessary to do this during peak hours? They have all day during the week when most people are working when they could do this. Not like there arent other classes going on during the day. I havent gone to the floor where the weight machines and free weights are. so I cant comment on that part but as far as what Ive experienced overall, I would recommend the gym for their cardio equipment but not for the pool area.

Jara C Mendez

This Location has had many car burglaries. Please be cautious. Yesterday (08/20/2017) between 8:15pm and 9:50pm my partner’s car was burglarize and when I went to ask the front desk if they have cameras in the parking structure. The Personnel answered, “We don’t hold liability for car burglaries that happen in the parking structure. We don’t have cameras.” I asked them if there is a secure man working on nighttime since I did not see one the night and they answered. “There is not secure man. He only works from 6:00am to 4:00pm.” Then the personnel said, “Car burglaries happened a lot here, we requested the company to put cameras but we haven’t get an answer yet.” I have been going to this location for 2 years and this is the first time that I hear that is common that car burglaries happened in their parking lot structure. Today, 8/21/2017. I talked to other members that have been going there longer than I have and they said that it is true. Moreover, I looked around the first level of the parking lot structure and in fact, there is 3 other glass car windows spatter in the ground besides my partner’s car. I hided and covered the property which was stole, but I guess that thief/thieves already was/were there and saw me hiding and covering something in the back sits. Please be careful.

Marcus Lam

This gym is pretty new but here are my observations: 1) Since it is a new gym, they over-staff the trainers (who have to fend for themselves for customers) to try to make lots of personal trainer revenue. 2) Too many trainers at the same time results in certain places getting terribly crowded during rush hours. 3) The staff/trainers are really rude to other members when they are training their clients. 4) Staff and trainers do no spend enough time making sure they gym is clean. This should not be a problem since they have so many people working there at the same time. 5) Poor layout and too much equipment in the upstairs area, creating really bad congestion during rush hours. 6) All of the above can probably be a result of bad management. Overall, I give this branch a bad rating. I have been to about thirteen 24 hour fitnesses in Southern California (from Ontario to LA to Sherman Oaks, etc, etc...). I have seen others that are better managed.

Crown Ether

the facility in itself is not too bad. I never ever get pushed to buy trainer services ever. I avoid hours when people are crowded. Because it is open 24 hours, I just go super early in the morning before going to work. Im asian myself but I do agree and find some asian members at 24 hr fitness extremely rude. It either comes from cultural differences or they are just rude people. But I did have non-asian members who were rude to me just as well. One time, I was standing next to a treadmill helping my wife set something up, and as I tried to start my own right next to hers, a non-asian member starts to clean up the machines with a wet paper towel or something and started to use the machine. It was very obvious that I was going to use that particular machine because it was right next to my wifes. (and there were plenty of other machines vacant) I didnt bother to argue/fight because I choose not to waste time on the ignorant.