HFIT Homestead Fitness Center

Okay - ENOUGH of the swim lessons! It's getting out of hand! Your PAYING MEMBERS aren't paying to use the pool, only to be told they can't use it at a certain time of the day due to swim lessons or classes... or that 20+ members have to move inside or to get out of the pool entirely (when it's 90° and sunny outside) so 4 kids can take a class... or we are told by the instructiors to constantly move out of their way so a small kid can paddle by. I am a PAYING MEMBER - move your classes inside and DON'T SCHEDULE THEM DURING PEAK HOURS! This is COMMON SENSE and COMMON COURTESY to your PAYING MEMBERS! ENOUGH!!!!!

Extremely dated cardio equipment. There are no personal TV screens on any elliptical, treadmill, or stationary bike. There are perhaps 4 TVs scattered around with news broadcasts. Be prepared to entertain yourself with podcasts, etc. The cup holders/bottle holders are not great, either, so balancing or securing your stuff can be tricky. The machines appear to date to the ‘90s, which might be back when the gym was built. There is visibly cracked and dirty plastic on them and several do not operate smoothly. There is a lot of carpeting. If you think a gym should have all “scrubbable” surfaces, you might not like it. The layout is small, closed-in, circuitous and odd; I don’t know which way you would run in case of an emergency, other than to the front door, where you are greeted with stairs. It’s a dangerous pinch point. The windows cannot be opened as they’ve removed the handles! The place is crammed with equipment and you have to jockey for what you want. “Open-concept” was not a desired feature back in 1990, I think. Low ceilings ruled the day. The bathroom/locker rooms have odd angles, too. The swimming pool is smaller than a hotel pool. Half of it is outdoors, half indoor. The locker rooms are quite small and the “dry” (non-pool) locker room is carpeted. The group fitness room is upstairs. Instead of a full wall or two of mirrors, as in a typical dance studio, etc, there’s one wall with 4 mirrors spaced apart. Overall, this gym was built as an afterthought, designed by someone who never used gyms, to simply go along with the golf course and restaurant. That was back in a time when only the well-off bothered with a gym membership. Or people signed up but then didn’t keep at it. Today, people of all stripes and ages use gyms and many of them go daily. This place hasn’t kept up with the times. I’d love it if they went back to the drawing board... Out in the large parking lot, build a new single-level, more open-layout gym, with high ceilings. In the meantime, gut the existing fitness center and transform it into a small climbing gym, dedicated yoga, kickboxing, other fitness class or dance class studio; or some other kid venue, like arcade or something. It doesn’t seem the steakhouse is packin’ ‘em in these days, so losing some parking spots in favor of an updated, functional, user-friendly gym, would benefit all. If you build it, they will come. Quit treating Lyndenites like a captive audience.

great equipment. staff was nice. really nice pool and two hot tubs. would have given it 5 stars but the pool is not 24 hours

The Gym is very great, but the older lady upfront definitely killed my mood. A smile on a face would work. Change the attitude or don't come to work on a bad day.

Great place! Well rounded gym with a pool.