Club Elite - Lake Saint Louis

Reviews

• VG

  Vinny Gin

  Mar 30, 2026
  5.0
  Busy busy busy, good services, and good people that work the front. Lots of equipment to ease the business.
• KM

  Kyle Martin

  Mar 12, 2026
  1.0
  Club Fitness consistently buys low-quality equipment that breaks, and instead of fixing the underlying issues they pass the cost of their bad decisions onto members through constant membership “upgrades.” Corporate policy seems built around forcing members into higher tiers just to access things that used to be basic amenities. Once you upgrade for those essentials, they simply create another tier and move those same features behind a new paywall. A perfect example: I originally signed up years ago for a “lifetime” membership around $20/month. One morning I showed up at 5:00 a.m. and was locked out because they had quietly changed the hours allowed for basic memberships. The only option was upgrading to the Platinum membership, since customer service is handled by corporate and was extremely unresponsive. A few months later, they created yet another tier and began locking certain rooms (stretching areas, etc.) unless you upgraded again. It was an obvious attempt to push people into paying more. Then about a year later, they changed the tanning setup. The lay-down tanning bed that had always been included was moved into a higher membership tier. The only option left for basic members was a standing tanning bed, while the lay-down bed was moved behind another paywall. For some people that may seem minor, but not everyone can comfortably use a stand-up tanning bed. For individuals with certain mobility issues or disabilities, a lay-down option may be the only realistic way to use that service. Moving the accessible option behind another paywall feels, at the very least, like a failure to consider accessibility and accommodation for individuals with disabilities. This kind of price manipulation and tier creep is exactly how gyms push loyal customers away. If the business model requires $60+ memberships, just charge that upfront. Don’t constantly move basic amenities behind new paywalls after people have already joined. To be clear, the staff at the gyms themselves are great. This criticism is directed entirely at corporate policies, which feel like textbook price gouging and manipulation. I remember seeing similar behavior years ago from large chains like Gold’s Gym. There’s a reason many of those models eventually collapse when customers hit their breaking point. Keep pushing prices past market equilibrium and customers will eventually find alternatives.
• AB

  Alex Busch

  Feb 25, 2026
  2.0
  Great gym machines but 9 out of 10 machines have loose screws falling out, shocks going out smacking you in the head, and at least 2 broken machines that aren't fixed for a week or 2 at a time every time I come here. If this was fixed it'd be a great gym
• GJ

  Greg Johnston

  Feb 17, 2026
  1.0
  Trash policies and definitely not for families. I understand keeping younger kids supervised which is why no day passes, but when a long time member brings in his 15 year old to work out with him and is told he can’t buy a pass but has to pay for a full membership just to workout! The excuse was liability, but I could buy a membership for her and that would make everything ok, then we could work out! What a joke, every gym going parent waits for the day when his kiddos want to work out with them, but make sure you have a membership at 85 a month for everybody in your household, no day passes for safety reasons haha. Never asked for anything for free, would have paid whatever the day pass cost!
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  Jake Watts

  Jan 27, 2026
  2.0
  Not very happy to many young men in here sitting at equipment guarding during peak hours . Most high school students that cause the congestions of this gym . I shouldn’t have to wait until after 10pm to get a decent workout in . The management needs to do something about it , this isn’t a social hangout environment some people come here to work hard on themselves and better their health . But you can’t do that here way too over crowded from the amount of young kids here . Changed the name to elite but I’ll im reading is club elite daycare.