for those who've been to a Lifetime Fitness- worth it?

Columbus, OH had a really nice one a few years ago.

I joined a gold one a few years ago and they didn't haggle at all on price. Not sure where you heard that from.

Never been

Been a member at the location in South Austin for 3 or 4 years and love it. You are correct, avoid spending the lifetime bucks as the trainers are always trying to upsale.

Have had friends quit because the management presses the staff to hit numbers.

Great facility but avoid any interaction with the trainers.

Its a health club and not just a gym. Big you are going to use it just to lifts weights your probably better off paying less somewhere else. If you want the pool, racketball and other ammenities, it may be worth it. Although platinum is ridiculously over priced. Red's in laffy is twice as nice and half the price.

Reds is older than most lifetimes but has way more stuff.

Worked out at the one in Cinco for about 2 years. It was nice but eventually I gave up when they tried to raise the price again.

I love the place. It's usually very clean and a good mix of people. They usually upgrade something every year, like packing in more lockers in the locker room, which is huge for winter months. Mine also gutted a good chunk of the weight area for crossfit activities. Sometimes, I'll just do a light workout and go mainly for the hot tubs and sauna. I could probably shop around and save $10 or $20 a month for something else, but it's worth it to me. Some clubs in our area have tennis, but mine is just gym, pools, and racquetball/basketball.

I had a membership at the one in Katy, TX and also been to the nicer one in Town & Country a few times. Life Time is extremely nice and worth it if you use all the ammenities. I only went for weights and cardio so I now switched to anytime fitness for a much cheaper price. The talent that works out there is on point though. In the mornings you have all the hot milfs that go and during the summers all the college chicks are back in town

I do know sometimes Lifetime offers a couple promotional periods throughout the year where they will waive the signup fee. That's what I did when I originally got my membership there.