Washington Sports Clubs

I enjoyed the fitness center until a member harassed/stalked me, and the Washington Sports Clubs -- despite a police report and despite the member's prior, documented "verbally threatening" and "hostile" conduct to another person -- continue to welcome this man inside multiple Washington Sports Clubs.

WSC in Silver Spring has a friendly staff and a very clean facility. The machines are also new and fairly well maintained. The classes tend to be crowded, and it is now required that members sign up for each class in advance. The locker rooms are also too small for the number of members present at peak times on weekends. There is a pool, but it is very small and has few lanes. Also, there is no designated parking. Although there is a county parking lot next door to the WSC, patrons must pay the $1 per hour fee to park at the lot from 7AM to 6PM on weekdays, which gets expensive. Also, club membership fees are high.

The silver spring staff is mostly indifferent. We had credit cards stolen from our bag in the locker in silver spring. Overall, it is just a normal , not particularly nice gym.

This space is smaller than some other area WSCs and thus lacks ab equipment that some of the other gyms have. But overall, I can get a pretty good workout at this gym. It's very convenient and the staff is very nice.

equipment is too often out of service

There was no pressure at the end of the 30-day trial to commit to a membership, which I really appreciated! When my husband and I decided to sign up for a year-long membership, we had a consultation with the General Manager, who was very nice and professional, and who answered all of our questions without pressuring us to invest in their additional services (personal trainers, etc).
Along with the membership, we each got a free fitness evaluation with a trainer, which consisted of them taking our height and weight, and then having us do various exercises and recording our performance, and telling us how our stats measured up for our age and gender. The trainer was happy to answer questions and give advice.
The gym is conveniently located next to a parking garage (which is free after 8pm on weeknights, and after 7pm on Friday) and across from Whole Foods (their salad bar is both a savior and a danger to my wallet after an evening workout with no energy left to cook dinner!)

It is big. The staff is very friendly. It can get crowded at times.

The people are friendly and they have nice equipment.

I decided to go with them because our job gave us a package deal for the facility. I like that it has a friendly atmosphere and was very clean. They did not pressure you to take classes but information regarding them was available.

Very nice, new facility. Not crowded even in what I would assume are peak hours for use. Friendly staff. They have on-site babysitting, which is a nice feature.