JOHN REED Fitness - Los Angeles, California

Marianna J.

Love this gym! Great atmosphere, ambiance and assortment of equipment. Plenty of cardio machines as well and a clean dry sauna!

Randy G.

Clean, inviting gym. Of course like most gyms, there is never a slow time. The weight area is always full from open to close. The atmosphere is very welcoming and encouraging. Great staff members as well.

Robert A.

I was visiting LA this past week and was looking forward to working out at the gym in Santa Monica as well as the LA gym. I am a member of John Reed Fitness here in Dallas where I live, and love it. I went to the Santa Monica facility for my morning workout and had a great experience, so I thought I'd hit the older LA gym for my evening workout as have heard good things about that location from people I know.
It was after 6PM when I arrived so it was a bit crowded. It is also a very large facility so it did not seem to overwhelming and I didn't have to wait or fight over weights and machines. As I had heard, it was a bit louder as they had a DJ spinning during the time I was there.
I had a short, but nice workout, but didn't stay too long, as I was still a bit soar from my morning workout in Santa Monica and my 3 mile walk down Venice Beach earlier that day. The equipment and facilities were clean and the showers and locker rooms well maintatined.
JRLA definitely has a different vibe than the SM gym, but I would still recommend this gym, as well as any of the John Reed Fitness Centers. I look forward to visiting their European gyms in the upcoming years as I travel.

Rodrigo ?.

Excellent gym with amazing ambience and scenery. When you walk down into the work out area it feels like you’re stepping into a high end night club with a bunch of high end gym equipment.

The trainers and customer service agents are real courteous and professional. It’s a great place that’s motivated me to workout daily. During peak times it gets pretty busy but everybody has been good with gym equipment etiquette. There are a lot of gym goers using cameras etc but they’ve all been cool & I’ve had no problems with them.

If it had a pool and basketball court it’d be a complete gym, but overall it’s still an amazing workout spot. It’s a chill vibe and a spot that motivates you through watching others work hard. I’d say get some good noise cancelling headphones also because this place gets loud.

Lots of lockers, a sauna and showers. Also covered Garage parking is available and validated for two hours.

Mark

Nice gym, DJ was not playing when I was there. Bit odd some people were not wearing shirts. Despite that still great experience

Jaycob

John Reed Gym feels like a ripoff for what you actually get. The space is overpriced for the benefits it offers, and the vibe is all about vanity. It's common to see guys working out with their shirts off, and tripods are set up everywhere, creating a chaotic atmosphere.

Gym etiquette is totally disregarded—cleaning and equipment maintenance are neglected, and the bathrooms are often gross. To make matters worse, they just raised their prices this year with no noticeable improvements to justify the increase.

It feels like another example of the money-driven, greedy gym culture in Los Angeles.

Kais B.

They advertise their 170 monthly membership as the stress free one and they gave me the most stressful most frustrating experience. I have dealt with a major health problem that prevented me from going to the gym. I attempted to call multiple times by the end of the month to cancel, no one answers. Emailed on the 3rd that I am canceling mind you i didn’t go to the gym in a while. They said they need to charge me the new month which I emailed them on the 3rd of that month without checking in a while since the previous one. I communicated my concern the guy says it’s like a Netflix membership you get charged each month (mind you if you don’t pay for the service with Netflix they cancel on you they don’t keep trying to charge you over and over again and accumulate). The guy said I still have to pay the $170 but my membership is now cancelled. The next time I check my balance it doubled. This is after the cancellation email confirmed. Try to call nothing. I have to explain everything all over again and no offense the front desk sounds like I’m communicating with a wall, you tell her the problem and she’ll talk like a Kardashian, felt like I was explaining something so obvious to a toddler. it’s so frustrating, they never solve your problem they give me an email that ignored me for a while. I finally got a manager on the phone she said she’ll clear it all out and I don’t need to pay anything. The next day I get 5 unauthorized $170 attempts on my bank now somehow, I owe them over $600. Long story short it took months to clear this problem I paid the $170 for the month I didn’t even use, with the rudest customer service I have ever encountered in a gym in my life not even apologizing for the unauthorized withdrawal attempts and and time wasted and the frustration they caused.

TheJada W.

Actually a nice gym but I would never get another membership from them again. Even if you request for your membership to be cancelled it could still not be cancelled if you accept to freeze the membership for a month. Their app will tell you that your plan is over but you’ll still be getting charged month to month without receiving any notification. Hadn’t visited this gym in over year yet they charged me for 9 ($900) months without my knowledge although I expressed my desire to cancel.