text: This gym is the worst, and I am so happy to be done with it. \n\nI joined here a few years ago because I got a significant discount from my apartment building. I had previously been a member of Pinnacle on the square and liked it a lot, but the $35 less a month membership was significant enough to make the switch. It was a mistake.\n\nThe gym itself is organized into multiple levels. While cool at first, it makes it really inconvenient, especially for weight lifting. The weight rooms are split between two levels, and each level only contains one of each type of equipment (squat rack, bench, etc). If someone is using the squat rack on the main level, and you need to use it, you have to go downstairs, but often times, that one is being used too. You spend the majority of your workout walking back and forth between the two weight rooms trying to find an open piece of equipment.\n\nAnd that brings me to a major problem with the gym. It's too crowded. The owners don't care how many people they admit to the gym (the more the better in their minds), so if you try to work out during peak time (5 - 8pm), you're going to have a miserable experience. I honestly couldn't get through the majority of my lifting routines because equipment was always taken. I eventually had to start cutting out of work and coming in at 2pm on weekdays, just so I could do a full lifting routine. It's even worse in January, where I kid you not, there isn't one piece of cardio equipment open (this slows down after the New Year, but it's still really unacceptable). \n\nThe front desk staff are all unfriendly and they clearly hate their jobs (I don't blame them). The gym smells awful and is wayyyy too humid (especially in the basement). The rubber flooring in the weight rooms is usually in pieces and rising up from the floor (probably due to the humidity). \n\nThe gym is just a giant mess. Seriously, pay the extra $30 a month and join Pinnacle on the square. Working out requires motivation enough, and having to work out in a miserable environment makes it even more difficult to stay motivated.\n\nI'm very happy to have moved away and leave Capital Fitness.