In-Shape Family Fitness - Sacramento, California

Jacqueline Garrens

Had a blast this morning working out first time downtown. The gentleman that checked me in was wonderful and the entire experience was great. So much variety of weight machines on different floors. My only complaint is the parking validation is only 90 minutes and I really wanted to workout a little more than an hour so I felt myself rushing at the end..

Finding The Force

Where is everybody? Is Jim is beautiful and I love the rooftop basketball court. I wouldn’t say it’s competitive, the floor is made up of these tiles that does not exactly simulate a realistic basketball court. Still enjoyed it, though. Playing basketball with a view is very hard to find. The white room was super clean, and well organized.
I believe they have complementary towels you can use while you’re here, and I thought the locker rooms and bathrooms were very nice and clean.

J L

Much nicer on the inside than it appears on the outside. This gym is really big and has several different stories w/different equipment on each one. The ground floor opens to lots of weights type of exercise machines/equipment. Then 2nd floor is more of the same, but also aerobic type machines such as ellipticals and treadmills. 3rd floor has a lounge type room with a pool table, some seating including a couch, a wet bar, and then it opens up to the roof basketball court. There's no swimming pool here, but there's also a basement floor w/ 2 locker rooms and the women's side at least from what I know there's a sauna and also a steam room. The latter of which though, is overly fragranced/using too much chemical so much so that I couldn't even walk into the steam room as it was overpowering and the chemical/smell coming out in steam form was too much. The sauna seemed fine and the locker room was quite clean. This same floor also has resistance and weights type of exercise machines.

Overall, this is a pretty good location of In-Shape in the Greater Sacramento area. There's also free parking w/validation for 1.5 hours (90 minutes) at 3 nearby parking structures which is really helpful as street parking is not only hard to find by day, but can be dangerous by night (or day) in downtown Sacramento nowadays, sadly. We enjoy this location when we can come, although it's not open on Sundays which is a bummer. We came by once after church on Sunday and it was not open which was disappointing, but we should've checked first. I can see why they don't open on Sundays as probably not a lot of people come to this location since it's not a very residential area and perhaps safety/security is a concern on Sundays? Not sure.

S M

Fix your equipment! It’s so bad. 4 out of 5 attempted treads have no incline so you waste your time before you realize. Nobody wipes down equipment. It has potential to be great but maintenance is desperately needed.

J r

Very clean, relaxing , quiet. When I visit down town In Shape location, I feel like I’m at a personal upscale gym. Complete workout focus. All the equipment is very well kept. It all feels brand new.

Sara Ortiz

Excellent customer services especially from the two employees who work the early am shift.

Clean and friendly environment.

Equipment/machines are new and always kept up to date.

vince pearson

Staff is very friendly and very attentive to the members. All of the staff seems to get along well with each other and it projects a nice vibe while at the gym

Lisette

Update 09/2024: I hate to update this review and take it from five stars to zero. But unfortunately, when In Shape Fitness merged with California Family Fitness they completely ruined everything about Cal Fit that I enjoyed. You can no longer speak to a human at any corporate office to resolve any issue that you may have with your membership or each particular gym location. There is no one to speak to to resolve anything. I have been hospitalized for months, and while disabled temporarily I have not been able to reach anyone in any capacity who could tell me why every single morning my credit card was attempting to be charged by ISFF for $70. The freeze hold price is less than $10! Even now after paying that ridiculous fee for no reason, now they say I owe them another $10 fee and they cannot tell me what that is for! And should I remove the hold in order to cancel, after 2 years, they'll charge me a prorated $50 fee, and then another week of prorated fees. Just to immediately cancel! When I am too sick to work out in any capacity! Calling any location to see if someone in the gym can help is also futile as they don't know anything and can't contact corporate either. I hate to quit this gym because as an overweight person I value being able to move my body and be healthy, but this is ridiculous. Maybe I'll just join the YMCA that's opening where the Capital Athletic Club used to be. Because the way that they've changed Cal Fit? Is trash.

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Cal Fit on K St is great- for a lot of reasons, not least of which is that they reopened to help keep K street alive after the pandemic shut everything down & many businesses just never returned. Thank you for thinking of downtown locals & not just commuting employees!! Clean, spacious, full of newer machines, never too crowded (granted, this is partly because so many state employees are still WFH remotely), great locker room with steam & dry sauna, plenty of lockers w/locks, towel service (thank God!), friendly employees who go out of their way to welcome you- i am newly disabled, and overweight and I get nothing but love here which is def not a given at fitness centers! I love all the choices for working out in semi-private spaces depending on the floor. Basketball court on the roof, members lounge w/flat screens and, amusingly, a wet bar. If Downtown Cal Fit had a pool up on that roof or in the basement it would be even more perfect, but as it is, it blows Midtown Cal Fit outta the water on cleanliness & spaciousness alone. Please reopen the smoothie bar soon, and consider extending your weekend hours to include Sundays- you've got plenty of Mansion Flats & Alkali Flat locals who would love to work out on weekends, & with the new high rise residences coming up along the J St & 16th St corridors, a local gym open late 7 days is a huge deal. P.s. if another space opens for lease in that block of K for a reasonable rent and you can retrofit it to include an indoor pool? PLEASE do so- I'd be happy to walk close by for pool privileges & I know others would too!