JOHN REED Fitness - Los Angeles, California

Robert Alvarado

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 „funning“

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

Stephen Kent

There are plenty of machines for just about all muscle groups that are relatively new.
This is the biggest pro.

The cons are primarily lack of attention to detail. Specifically in the context that this gym is not the price of 24hr, Planet, you have it.

The saunas I don’t think have been cleaned out since the day the gym opened (check the cracks between slates in the benches).
Numerous machines are broken and haven’t been fixed in months (the calf extension machine only works for someone 6’6” or taller as example).
The locker rooms - yes trash from the trash can is removed - are not regularly kept up. Lockers can be manually locked by customers and then not unlocked till staff does so…what this means is greater than 75% of lockers are perpetually locked and inaccessible until once in a blue moon when the cycle restarts.

Do note all complaints of this nature have been expressed to management via email on numerous occasions.

Employees at the desk who pay no mind to customers - only to their cell phones - is a bit of icing on the cake when these concerns are being voiced.

Again, some perks, but I’d say the bar needs to be raised.

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.

TheJada Watson

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.

Tristyn Rowlan

It was great. Now it’s basically a crunch fitness. They just made a rule that you can’t bring your gym bag to the gym floor. But they have ZERO bands. They have ZERO weight belts. They have ZERO jump ropes. And that’s just a couple of the things I bring to get a full training session in. If you’re a casual gym goer then maybe this is a good place for you but if you at all train with any seriousness then this John Reed is definitely not for you. And it’s only this dtla John Reed that has this rule. Such an embarrassingly epic fail for what could be a great gym. Go anywhere but here. The manager is failing its members.

Avia Tsing

The best gym I have ever been to. The fresh smell and interior design made me feel like working out in an art gallery. The rugged gym80 machines are incredibly smooth and comfortable to use. They bring a workout experience to a completely different level.