Life Time

Life Time has done an excellent job creating a very upscale feeling gym. It certainly does give off the vibe of a country club, and it looks and feels much more upscale than any other gyms in the area besides maybe MAC. This Life Time facility is three stories tall, and on the third floor lives all the weight equipment, cardio, and recovery gear (hydromassage, theragun, Normatech leg stuff, foam rollers, etc). The equipment is all new and top of the line, which is a nice change from the usual work out stuff I have found in other gyms around the area. The cable machines have QR codes to help understand the workout and targeted body areas, some of the cable machines even have video monitors that offer a guided workout and live breakdown of performance. The treadmills have huge video screens that offer interactive guided run types and information display (very fancy), there's enough cardio machines that there should never be a wait to use a certain type machine even at peak times. Finally a gym that understands that people want to lift weights! There's lots of power racks, smith machines, and free weights, even advanced weight lifters should find exactly what they are looking for! The second floor has a plethora of exercise class rooms with instructed classes included with membership costs (Pilates are the only class with additional fee from what I am told). There’s a nice indoor basketball and pickleball court on the second floor with signup sheets for pickup. The second floor also houses the child care facility, which looked very nice. It was refreshing to see a variety of physical activities available for the kids instead of just a bunch of TVs to babysit them. The first floor is where you will find the café, lounge, locker rooms, spa, and pools. There’s three indoor and three outdoor pools to keep all the swimmers happy, and thankfully there’s an adults only outdoor pool as well. The outdoor pool with water slides will be very popular in the few warm months we have here in Oregon, they look pretty fun even as an adult. The locker rooms are really nicely done, with abundant lockers (built in combo locks, no need to bring your own) nice showers, and complimentary hygiene products included. There’s a sauna, steam room, hot spa pool, and cold plunge pool included in both the men’s and women’s locker room. For those with families, there’s also a large dedicated family locker room. My interactions with the facilities staff, personal trainers, and front end concierge staff have all been very positive so far. Very friendly people that immediately remembered me and made it a point to come over and say hello again and check to see how I was doing. Very impressive, as gym staff are notorious for being a little… disengaged. At the end of the day, this gym is really expensive at $269 a month/$3228 a year for a single person and goes up from there with additional members on the plan. While this isn’t as expensive as something like the MAC in the Portland area, it’s also way more expensive than the run of the mill options like 24/Crunch/PF/YMCA/LA Fitness etc. Is it worth the high cost? Only you can decide, but if you are a frequent gym goer and want to take a bunch of the instructed classes the cost quickly becomes easily justified. An Orange Theory premier plan is $179 a month for three classes a week and doesn’t include anywhere close to the same level of amenities, access, or hours of operation. Barry’s PDX charges $249 a month for 30 classes and once again doesn’t have competitive amenities, hours, or space. At the end of the day, Life Time offers a full service luxury gym experience with a wide variety of equipment, amenities, and instructed classes that is reflected in the membership cost. I’m personally very excited to be a member here!

We love Lifetime ❤️ Staff is friendly, facility is beautiful! By far the best fitness center in PDX. We don’t want it too crowded so if you are on the fence stay home ;)

Do not join this gym. The Pickleball group is incredibly toxic. After the announcement that basketball courts would no longer be removed, the staff seemingly support members sending out unsolicited text messages to sign petitions to remove the basketball courts. Then they silence anyone who expresses any issues with these tactics. The Pickleball players feel entitled to all of the space offered in the gym and have issues whenever anyone disagrees. Apart from this, the gym is constantly kept uncomfortably warm, and members routinely forget to wipe down the equipment after use.

I had a disappointing experience at Life Time, particularly with the greeting staff member named James. He was rude and dismissive when I first arrived, making me feel unwelcome. Instead of offering a warm welcome or assistance, he responded with sarcasm, which was quite unprofessional. This negative interaction really set a poor tone for my visit, and I hope management addresses this issue to ensure a more positive atmosphere for guests.

I wasn't going to write anything about it, but after hearing more news and information about the upcoming changes, I felt hard pressed not to. With my few months at Lifetime, I've enjoyed the basketball courts to work out. Since I've joined and played pick-up or shot around, I've reached goals of losing weight and building my cardio. I enjoyed the basketball community as well as the space to see the different adjustable hoops for kids to learn and play since there aren't many basketball options in the area that are outdoors (especially winter) or open like this for me to really give my kids time to learn in a non-rushed environment. Then I learned that all the basketball courts were going to be replaced by pickleball courts. I read on threads how this has been happening across the country as a way to get partnered with Pickleball leagues. At first, I understood this may be a business move, then I sat on it and heard from a local or regional manager how the move "may lose 50 members, but has the ability to gain hundreds of new ones" off of 3 new courts, when there are outdoor parking lot of parking structure options that can be looked into replacing. That statement that was in an email screenshotted to us rubs me the wrong way, and feels disrespectful for the members that were already playing here and paying all this time. So I write this review to say not only is the membership pricey to begin with, that by adding 3 more pickle ball courts and ignoring members who enjoy the basketball space, it feels like there are targeted members... those who are able to afford a high membership price and the time slots throughout the day to play. A business move is a business move, and by seeing their responses to their recent reviews, it's all PR and management. With a new pickleball facility opening up down the block, I can happily tell my friends I would not recommended Lifetime Fitness as a place to go. Much love to the staff there who wash the towels and bathrooms and keep the facility up the way it is, it's unfortunate of this corporate decision that could have been thought of before versus changing it this way.