Workout Anytime – Cary

This is my first review ever on Unilocal… The reason i am writing is because i want to let people know what to expect when they sign up.
This is the worst GYM in the area. The staff is just careless and specifically Mr Keith Fenn the owner have no regard for the customers. Let me explain, my wife terminated her membership and she gave her one month notice (sep 2^nd) with that she left to India on the 15^th turning her key in. regardless of her notice she was charged a cancellation fee of 35 dollars and 15 dollars as the last months fee on the sep16th. When I asked why they did that. the great Mr. Keith’s reply was the cancellation fee is the companies policy and according to him they did not recieve the notice but they just got the key which was turned in by my wife’s trainer.
So, I explained him the situation in the last week of sep and he said the money will be refunded to my account and that never happened. i started calling the gym once in thre days every ever since and as soon as i told the staff my name was sos and so they strated telling me that he was in meeting and i patiently left my name and phone numbers. So today, i called them this morning and the reply was he was out. it was ashley who answered the call. i called twice in the afternoon and no reply. Finally this evening at 4 I go to the gym and the front desk personnel told me that His Highness Mr. Keith is in ameeting and i told her i’ll wait. she said its gonna last till 5 and i said i’ll wait. i can tell that she wanted me to leave. NOw, here is the catch i didn’t know how he looked like so i googled him and got his picture. His meeting went on and finally a this keith person came out of the room and he walked passed me and tried to sneak out and yes sneak out. I called him sir excuse me are you coming back and his reply was no. I told him that i was waiting for him for the past 20 mins near the door and the reason for that his reply was oh ya we can not refund you sorry. I told him that his staff told him that i was waiting for him and tried to ignore me and just right pass me. He said he had a family emergency and also he tells me that i am spent a lot of time trying to get my 35 dollars back. I wonder how people still join this Gym when Fitness 19 gives very good rates and a big variety of gym equipment.
Please, if you consider joining this Gym please think twice before you get in. I still dont know why anybody would charge you if you wanna leave!!! and they name it cancellation fee.

This gym claims to accept silver sneakers a government health insurance program, however a month after joining the gym it is no longer accepted, and everyone who belongs to this program had there membership blocked. Not to mention the manager was just rude and unprofessional when trying to resolve this issue. I won’t be returning.

This is a nice gym with very fair monthly rates. It’s ²⁴⁄₇ which works very well with my schedule. They have most of the essential equipment as far as machines and cardio go and they have Dumbbells that go up to 100lbs. They have 2 cable machines which is nice since they are a popular spot, a stair climber machine which a lot of small gyms don’t have, and you have access to a shower. The gym is kept very clean and the staff has always been polite and courteous to me from the start and I have been a member for over a year.
I gave 4 stars out of 5 because they are missing a few crucial pieces of equipment that I would prefer to have access to. A squat rack would be an awesome edition to their gym as well as some more plate loaded back/​row machines.
They have more of a family approach to a gym similar to a ymca than an iron dungeon sort of place so you have to take that into consideration as well.
All in all — good gym. 24/​7, reasonable pricing, and clean. I should probably go more often!

Equipment very clean, usually not very busy. This place suits my routine perfectly. My only suggestions would be maybe some different cardio machines, like a strider or skate machine (don’t know their technical names). And PLEASE get a bin so I can recycle my empty water bottles! :)

I was paying $ 140/​month a Orange Theory Fitness (group fitness studio for the fancy folks) and in just the one month that I have been going to WOA I have seen more change in my body than in about 3 months of OTF. AND IYS ONLY LIKE $ 15/​MONTH!!! I like the facility, it is VERY CLEAN, all of the equipment is in very good condition, and I feel safe even if I go at night. There are always free treadmills and weight benches. They have the TRX straps and all of the functional training equipment I like to use, a perfectly sized warm up/​stretch room, and the Hydro massage is a great treat after you’ve busted your butt. They also have tanning but seeing that I’m African American… Well. uh…I’m pretty sure its awesome too!
I would definitely recommend Work Out Anytime it’s a great price, convientent location, and a great facility.

Can’t believe I can get tanning for 25 dollars a month which includes my gym membership! Fantastic location, great equipment, clean facilities, and happy atmosphere. Feels like a second home to me now!

I’ve been going to Workout Anytime in Cary for over a year now. I have a hard time understanding how anyone could rate them anything below a 4. The staff is very friendly and the owner is there almost every day. The equipment is almost brand new and they take very good care of it. I have never had a difficult time using the equipment. There is always at least one bike, treadmill, or elyptical available and most of the time there are many of each available. They have a good selection of free weights and weight machines. The place is always clean and they continue to update when they can. They are always responsive to requests and willing to listen. I originally had the $ 25 plan (includes massage and tanning) but was not using it enough so I asked to go down to the $ 15 plan. I figured I would get a big hassle and have to fill out a bunch of paperwork. The only thing they did was told me that my plan was paid for another couple of weeks and they would downgrade my plan then. No hassles, which is something I’m not used to from a gym membership.
If you want a good place to work out at a decent price then this is your place. Having 24 hour access is also great.

I like to give a good review, but the owners of this gym do NOT deserve it. I wanted to join this gym, but I asked to many questions they accused me of working at another gym for information. WOW that was BAD business, could not give me straight answers on cost. I wasn’t going to sign a dotted line. I signed up at my other location no problem. I go to the gym in Cary when am in Town, now they will not give me the Internet ID because I did not sign up with them, with a RUDE NO.
Besides that, as I decided to work out after the rudeness, the cleaning process was in action the WORST. A worker takes the same dirty Brown RAG and cleans all the machines with the same dirty RAG, well If there was no stars THIS PLACE DOES NOT DESERVE NOT EVEN 1 STAR. POOR Management

For 15 bucks a month, in my opinion, Workout Anytime in Cary, it can’t be beat. When I signed up, it was painless and the lady at the desk signed me right up with no nonsense, no BS sales pitch and gave me my key. I see these other reviewers (or crybabies) on here complaining about the TV and WiFi. Those are just the kind of people I can’t stand, the kind who sit on the machines and screw around on their cellphones and don’t even exercise, hog the machines so people who actually want to work can’t even use them. If you are looking for TV and WiFi, keep your fat, lazy butt at home on the couch and eat your potato chips. In case you didn’t know, a gym is for working out, not watching TV and effing around on the internet. If I had my way, I’d get rid of the damn TV altogether. I go to the gym for one thing only, to work out and they have a great selection of free weights and machines. These days, people want special service, they don’t want to get in shape, they are lazy and expect everyone to cater to them… It’s a gym people. Who gives a crap if the girl smiles at you or not. Hire an escort service if you are looking for girls. If you want to watch the game, what the heck are you doing at the gym?! Pay your 15 bucks and go in there and actually break a sweat instead of screwing around with the TV and wifi and maybe you’ll see that big huge butt start to shrink. Vince Gironda would have thrown people like this right out of the gym. I can’t see any legitimate complaints here at all. Great price, nice little gym with everything you need to transform your body. It’s open ²⁴⁄₇ and you have a keycard so you have absolute freedom to go in whenever you want. Personally, all these people who wrote these bad reviews are exactly the kinds of lazy fat people I can’t stand in the gym when I am there for one reason and one reason only. To EXERCISE. Stop whining you babies and get to work!
I feel damn lucky to get such a great deal for only $ 15 a month! If you are looking for trendy BS gyms, go to Bally’s or some other crap place.

It would be great if the trainer smiled, If she’s not happy, why work here?

I tried this gym again and there was definitely better ac control and I’m happy with that. Still no frills or extras at this gym but as long as the equipment is up to date and the facility is clean I am ok with that.

WORST GYM EXPERIENCE!!! Chelsea who works there was very unprofessional. She criticize my husband and I regarding where we decided to sign up. She nasty, sarcastic she was not helpful and very dismissive. We were on the fence regarding staying with workout anytime, but her attitude and the way she dealt with us pushed us to cancel our membership after signing up 1 day and go sign up with another gym. At first my husband was going to keep his membership even though we signed up elsewhere, but the way she spoke with me and the gym’s mediocre equipment made him cancel! I would not recommend this place to my worst enemy!!!

Almost too many issues to mention. 1) too cheap to leave the fans on for people who want to work our after staffed hours — and it gets hot in there 2) they don’t refill the paper towel dispensers for the evening clients 3) 90% of clients do not wipe down the equipment after use and the staff never addresses this when they see it (and they do see it) 4) panic buttons non-​existent despite that being part of the sales pitch during pre-​sales 5) staff members say they’ll get back to you about your questions and then don’t follow through 6) keep adding specials to attract more members even though it is packed after work hours

Gym is nice and clean but there are a few things that tick me off. I work out late in the evening during unstaffed hours. You cannot change the channels on the TVs after hours. Learned that the hard way when I wanted to watch a specific game. The next time I thought ahead and asked during the day that one TV be placed on the channel for the State/​UNC game. Apparently that was too much to ask and I missed more than a quarter of the game driving home without a workout.
24 hour gym but don’t expect to be able to use the tanning bed after hours either.
Wifi is also essentially nonexistent.
UPDATE:
Problems Wifi have been addressed. I no longer have any troubles streaming my HBOGO/Hulu/Netflix/MLB.tv that make my workouts semi bearable.

I was a part of a gym in Durham that had more restrictions and it didn’t allow me to get the workouts I wanted. Workout anytime is great because it isn’t packed, you can go anytime, the cost is ridiculously low, the staff is very welcoming, the equipment is new and there are a variety of things to do there, including specialty machines like the Livestrong trainer and the ReAct machine. It’s a great value and you should definitely become a member!

I joined the gym a few months ago and love it. Very clean. friendly atmosphere. The owners and employees are very nice. The patrons are very nice also.

We were members at another gym and decided to visit Workout Anytime before it was opened. Once it opened we were please with the way you could really WORKOUT at anytime! That is awesome! The cleanliness is great and the equipment is state of the art. Often times we do come in when Keith and Frank are there and they always greet us by our names. We are so glad we made the switch! I have recommended Workout Anytime to all my friends and co-​workers!