About Life Time
Life Time offers a premium, comprehensive fitness and wellness experience for families, distinguished by its extensive, well-maintained amenities (including spa, pools, and pickleball courts), and a remarkably friendly, community-oriented staff. While it comes at a higher membership cost, its 'exclusive features' and robust strength training facilities aim to justify the investment for those seeking a broad range of services beyond a basic gym.
What parents should know
Summarized from real visitor reviews.
Best for: Families seeking a comprehensive, upscale fitness and wellness club with a wide range of amenities for adults and older children.Individuals or families passionate about pickleball, whether learning or playing.Parents looking for a strong community feel and highly supportive staff.Those prioritizing an extensive selection of strength training equipment and well-maintained facilities.Anyone valuing a clean environment and a variety of wellness features like spas and pools.
Why families love it
- Extensive and varied amenities, including spa services, steam room, massage chairs, multiple swimming pools, and pickleball courts.
- Exceptionally friendly, welcoming, and helpful staff who create a family-like atmosphere.
- High-quality and well-maintained fitness equipment, specifically praised for its 'best selection of machines' for strength training.
- Very clean facilities, including gym floors and locker rooms, and well-maintained pickleball courts.
- Positive, great environment for both general fitness and specific activities like pickleball.
- Wide array of amenities: Spa, steam room, massage chairs, swimming pools, pickleball courts.
Insider tips
- Be prepared for a higher membership fee compared to other local gyms, though it comes with extensive amenities.
- If membership is being considered, ask for Duncan as he is highly recommended by a long-term family member.
- Plan visits carefully if specific amenities like the steam sauna are critical, as maintenance closures can occur late in the evening.
- If expecting a large open area upstairs as seen in other Lifetime locations, be aware this location utilizes that space for more strength training equipment.
Good to know before you go
- If budget is a primary concern, as membership is noted as being significantly more expensive than alternatives.
- Late-night visits if relying on specific amenities like the steam sauna, due to potential maintenance closures close to closing time.
- If you prefer a gym with large open communal areas over dense equipment layouts, as this location prioritizes strength machines.
- Significantly higher membership cost compared to other gyms, with alternatives offering 'same stuff' for 'half the price' nearby.
- Risk of unexpected amenity closures for maintenance, sometimes occurring close to closing hours (e.g., steam sauna at 10 pm).
- Value
- Premium membership cost, described as the 'most I’ve spent on a gym membership'. While similar basic amenities might be available for half the price elsewhere, Life Time justifies its cost through 'exclusive features' and an extensive range of high-quality, well-maintained amenities like spas, multiple pools, pickleball courts, and a vast selection of strength training equipment.
- Accessibility
- No specific accessibility accommodations were mentioned in the reviews.
- Safety
- No specific safety features were mentioned in the reviews.
What parents say
"Been couple months now at this location and I like the staff they really nice people. But today we got kicked out of the steam sauna at 10 pm really? I mean thanks for doing the maintenance but it’s gotta be at that times? 30 minutes before close sounds good to me it’s gotta be other times for maintenance even after close on Saturday and Sunday how about that?"
2 months ago
"By far the most I’ve spent on a gym membership, only went here for the amenities. They’re all good but you could drive 10 minutes towards Carmel and pay half the price for the same stuff. Still a great gym though, they have a lot of exclusive features for their gym. I give them that, overall good!"
10 months ago
"Best selection of machines I’ve seen compared to most Lifetime locations. This location is a little dated in some regards, but overall a great location. There is no massive open area upstairs like most locations, but instead that area is full of equipment and machines. I like how they utilized the space to accommodate more strength training. Well maintained equipment and good experience overall."
2 years ago
Reviews sourced from public Google data.
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