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Lifetime Fitness Club

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LIFETIME FITNESS CARY NC LOCATION Dirty facilities considering relative newness of the gym (2yrs old give or take) non-existent childcare wouldn't leave any child under the age of 6 at this location as they are understaffed poorly trained or just indifferent. Management will not address any of your concerns they just don't return your calls after all youre just the consumer shelling out over $ 100.00 per month in membership dues and they keep raising the rate as their membership/enrollment rates dwindle. On the gym floor they have many "trained" fitness instructors but you cant get help from them unless youre willing to pay more than $100/hr for their personal training services otherwise they are too BUSY flirting with members or other staff or checking email or doing some other type of busy work ;) there are some exceptions but not many considering how large the staff is. The machines are plentiful but are reserved at various times of the day for teamtime or weight loss camps. There are also a fair number of machines that are broken for several days at a time and since we are a fairly new location you have to wonder how bad it will be in a year or two . All in all I'd say save your money and stay with the smaller more personable gyms, you will be happier in the long run unless you're looking for that singles club type of gym environment and you don't mind all the teens & tweens hanging out while you're trying to get in a quick workout.(Allows individuals 12y/o and up on floor unsupervised offers discount to members under 26) I've gone back to my smaller hospital affiliated gym and feel much better about working out here does it have the same amount of machines?.. no Does it have a cafe that serves bland expensive food & mediocre coffee?..no BUT what it does have is a caring staff who answers my questions and helps me when I need it without requesting an extra fee which is exorbitant and a childcare center with a 1:1 ratio of caring ladies so I don't have to worry about my child's safety and a reasonable rate of $40.00 per month and if I have a problem I can just walk up to the manager and talk to him about it without the fear of being shown the door for being a "troublemaker" yes this has happened in the Cary club. Buyer Beware I was swayed by the external apperance of Lifetime Cary but apperances can and were deceiving.

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noya1 commented 32 days ago.
I completely agree with your dissatisfaction with the Child Center in Cary. The ratio is ridiculous - I asked one day and woman at the desk said that it was 1:12-16. WOW! Is this legal? I noticed that the Department Head's children along with other workers children are in there as well for long periods of time. Is that legal? I no longer utilize the child center because I KNOW that it is unsafe.

SCARYCLUB commented 28 days ago.
THEY ARE CERIFIED AS A DROP-OFF CENTER NOT A CHILD CARE FACILITY SO THAT CHANGES THINGS A BIT ALLOWS THEM TO HERD MORE CHILDREN IN WITHOUT STICKING TO STATE RATIOS THIS CLUB IS SO CORRUPT DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME WITH MANAGEMENT/COMPLAINTS THEY WILL JUST DENY THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM OR WORSE YET SAY THAT YOU ARE THE PROBLEM AND SHOW YOU THE DOOR AND NOTHING YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT IN THIS CLUB IS CONFIDENTIAL IT SO YOU CAN BE SURE THAT IF YOU DO LODGE A COMPLAINT YOU WILL GET A VERY FROSTY RECEPTION THERE WAS A POST ON HERE FOR A TX LIFETIME FITNESS LOCATION THAT LOST A 9 YR OLD CHILD FOR OVER AN HOUR THEN LIED TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM LIABILITY I'M GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE MY KIDS HATE IT THERE AND I DON'T FEEL SAFE LEAVING THEM THERE ANYMORE ITS NO LONGER WORTH THE EVER INCREASING COST OF MEMBERSHIP TO WORKOUT IN A PLACE WHERE MY SATISFACTION AND MY CHILDREN'S SAFETY ARE NOT VALUED. LIFETIME FITNESS YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY GYM IN TOWN ,IMPACT ATHLETIC IS VERY SIMILAR TO LIFETIME BUT VALUES THE SAFETY OF ITS MEMBERS AND THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR RATES ARE LOWER WE'RE GOING THERE NOW AND WE ALL LOVE IT!

noya1 commented 28 days ago.
I know all about the laws and what they are doing in the non-regulated child center. They are breaking this law - (G.S. 110-86(2)(d)(d1) - there is to be no more than 25 children to one group in one area and the employee's children are only allowed to spend 2 1/2 hours per day. As an employee with a child, the minimum shift if 3 hours or more so right off the bat, they are breaking the law. They lost my 12 month old son not only once but twice. You may ask, why would I put him back in there? I use to work in there until I was "temporarily suspended" for complaining about the safety issues!!! It only took me three weeks of being employed in the child center to see the danger that the kids are in.
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