Retro Fitness

I love this gym! The equipment is wonderful! Lots of space. All the staff is amazing... especially Izzamar (sp?)! She is so sweet and helpful! Massage chairs and tanning/red light booths are great. The ONLY problem I have with this gym is that the A/C either doesn't work or is not turned down enough. It is miserably hot in there. While I love everything else about it, the heat is bad enough that I am considering switching gyms. Being that hot while working out makes me feel sick and also makes it a LOT harder to overlook other people's poor gym etiquette. 😬 If they get the A/C fixed, this will be my favorite gym in Garland! Update: Thank you so much for your response. I look forward to your remedy. I will update my review accordingly. When I went back today, the temperature at the back of the gym was 84.6 degrees and 76.6 at the front of the gym. I know that IFA guidelines, which are based on recommendations from OSHA and the American College of Sports Medicine, state that a gym should be no warmer than 68 degrees in aerobics, cardio, weight training, and Pilates areas to avoid "overtaxing the cardiovascular system, which can lead to dangerous physiological conditions." I feel confident the good people at Retro Fitness did not intend for things to get this out of hand. I hope it's cooler when I return on Monday! Update 2: It's been a couple of weeks now, and it is every bit as hot as it was when I made this post, if not worse. Everyone is complaining about it. Girls are sick in the locker room because of the heat. My friend was going to get a membership here, but it's so hot, she has decided to go to Planet Fitness. Update 3: Unfortunately, Retro's idea of addressing the problem seems to be waiting until the temperatures outside go down. This has continued to be a miserably hot workout making me dread the gym and how sick I feel when I am in there. I guess I will have to go elsewhere to get safe, healthy workouts. I'm so disappointed.

1-4-25, I arrived at 8:15 in the morning and no one was here.The doors were locked.I waited here until eight forty five no one showed up. There was no note on the door so wondering why no one was here to unlock the gym. The weekend attitude here seems to be very low.A lot of times the cleaning supplies are empty the people.Or I should say person working at the counter seems very disengaged.

Coming from Texas family to retro!! I want to say retro is a great gym full of positive energy everyone focused on their own stuff and to me it’s really never packed packed there will always be a machine available Love it !! Not going anywhere

Love the equipment and variety of stuff in the gym. My problem with the gym is the bathroom is always trashed on the weekends. No one cleans. It's always out of toilet paper, soap to wash hands. The paper towels or cleaner to clean off equipment at some of the cleaning stations are out. No one polices the gym. Weights are never put back to where they go, or bars and machines are left with weights for the next person to take off. 99% of the time the employees never leave the front desk. Mostly they are on their phone. This is supposed to be a family gym but I constantly see people coming in with obscene words on their clothes. Lots of people with their cameras set up and sometimes in the way. Lately I've seen peole with their shirt completely off. None of the patrons get called out on violations of the rules the gym has posted.

I came to retro fitness cause it was closer than my home gym Fitness connection in mesquite. So glad I made the change. It’s so clean, machines are new and love the amenities- red light therapy, tanning and massage. The staff has been friendly, professional and knowledgeable. I highly recommend this gym to anyone in Garland area.