text: Last winter I was in between gyms so thought I'd check capital out. It wasn't too out of the way, had it's own parking, and they had a deal going for a cheap 2 month membership. I did not renew that membership. \n\nThe good: \nEven though they are downtown, they do have parking. It's free early in the morning and later at night. Since I tended to go in the morning around 530-6am, it was nice to have a free covered space to park. \n\nIn the mornings when I went there were always plenty of cardio machines available. \n\nThe downstairs weight lifting area had plenty of weights, squat rack, and even some nice heavier kettlebell pairs to use. And you got to check out the shoes of morning commuters walking past the windows. \n\nMost classes are included in your membership. I tried several different ones. The most interesting was the Trek class which was a guided running (or walking if needed) workout on treadmills. It definitely made indoor winter running easier. \n\nThe bad: \nThey frequently have online specials on their website, but the front desk staff seemed pretty clueless about them. No one gave me a tour or explained how anything was set up. I had to wander around myself to find stuff. The gym is spread over 4 floors, so it can be a bit confusing. \n\nNo one explained how their class systems work. You have to get a pass for the yoga from the front desk, sign up, and then give the pass to the instructor. I had no clue about any of this and the desk workers and class instructors did nothing to help an unfamiliar face figure things out. \n\nThey cancel classes quite frequently. I've liked them on facebook and nearly daily there is some notice about upcoming classes being cancelled. Sometimes the notification is on the day of which would suck if you were planning on attending that class in a hour. \n\nOnce I had figured the yoga classes out, I took a couple of them and they went ok. I'm not great at yoga (tightest hamstrings and glutes in the world? this girl), but I have taken many classes before at different gyms and yoga studies. I didn't go to any advanced classes here, but only those labeled as good for beginners. They had one morning class that was supposed to be gentle, easy, wake up and be refreshed class. The first two times I took it, I felt great afterwards. No pretzel-like poses, just nice opening things up for the day. The third time I took the class there was a different teacher. I don't recall what the guys name was, but I don't think he read the description for the class he was teaching. It was much more intense flow with advanced poses. Several of the students weren't able to even get into the poses, but he gave no alternatives at all. The longer the class went on, the more frustrated I got. When there are only 8 people in the class and 4 of them can't do something for the past 5 minutes of poses and are just standing there, maybe you should switch things up or give alternatives or something. As the class went on I became more and more frustrated. When you are planning on a relaxing morning and then have this thrown at you, it kinda ruins your morning. For the first time in my life, I rolled up my mat and left after about 40 min of the hour long class. I went to the weight room and lifted heavy weights to burn off my frustration. Just thinking about that class is getting me annoyed right now. Ugh.