LA Fitness is held accountable for gym access to all | On Your Side

[@beticarbajal5531]

The ADA has been in place since the 90s. Compliance should not be news to any company. Compliance for accessibility should be a part of the budget in opening a new location and maintaining a new locations. People who say disabled people have no business in a gym are heartless. Corporation have literally no business doing business if they can’t open and maintain a compliant establishment

[@PromoCodeLady]

Some of these employees these days are a disgrace to the workforce, are seriously disrespectful and have no clue when it comes to customer service and dispute resolution.

[@va5801]

It's like they go out of their way to find the laziest, most incompetent people to staff these gyms. 8/10 I go, whomever is at the front desk can't be bothered to scan you in and the "trainers" are too busy scrolling on their phones to see the dangerously poor form their clients are lifting with. It's sad.

[@genxx2724]

I had the same issue with Equinox. The gym was on three or four levels, and I was not able to climb stairs. Their elevator was in an area that was accessible to employees only, and they would not welcome me to use it. Their staff actually had the ignorance of the law and the audacity to say, “Maybe this isn’t the gyn for you.” I contacted the city and other authorities. Building and Safety would not do anything because there was a working elevator, and I was told the ADA is a “private attorney general” action, meaning I would have had to sue them myself on behalf of the public. Thanks a lot, Congress, for making laws with no enforcement.

[@va5801]

I'm not surprised (but no less outraged) that gym employees would be so ignorant and callous. I hope you canceled your membership and/ or are on the horizon of finding a better gym.

[@Gorgeouss_Court]

I believe this 100% and it’s so sad. I’ve been an instructor at my local LA Fitness for almost 8 years and while I haven’t seen issues like this one in particular in my local clubs, things like speaker systems and fitness machines have been down or malfunctioning for weeks or months on end and you can complain over and over to the people that work there and nothing gets done and if it does, it takes forever. As an instructor whose whole class is dependent on a functioning speaker, this type of thing has always been a huge issue for me. And that’s not nearly as disappointing as this. People of all levels of ability pay good money to come to their clubs and exercise and they should be able to do it safely and to have access to ALL of the equipment. Ignoring service requests for little things like speakers or raggedy yoga mats is one thing but blatantly ignoring the fact that disabled people are risking their safety taking the stairs bc they refuse to fix the elevator….thats disgusting. Shame on them smh those staircases are long and can be steep! I thank God this man hasn’t fallen and gotten seriously injured!

[@cangriboricua1]

This is unacceptable!! I’m an LA fitness membership and my location hot tub is ALWAYS broken. And it has gone MONTHS without being repaired. We pay for the membership monthly so I feel like these things should be fixed and resolved quickly. There are plenty places they can get the parts necessary for these elevators, hot tubs or even workout equipment. Also they need to make sure they are going around and doing inspections to make sure things are running smoothly and properly. They would catch these faulty things before they ultimately breakdown.

[@algorerhyth]

Shame on LA Fitness for ignoring our senior citizen's needs. .. That why I go to Equinox .. its for young crowd.

[@candice4485]

I had the same issue at the one in Orange. I got stuck in the elevators. I told the people in the front desk and did not care. U have a bad knee and could not take the stairs. They just closed in October There were so many times J could not go to the gym because the elevator did not work. They hired your kids that did not care.

[@Andrewp226]

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[@janetfreeman2300]

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[@Andrewp226]

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[@jonathandyes]

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[@doroteasilva]

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[@bernardallen9058]

Absolutely! I've heard stories of people who started with little to no knowledge but made it out victoriously thanks to Ms. Susan Jane Christy.

[@jd7313]

Thumbs up to Mr. Yuri.

[@texasgina]

That’s really sad they’ve let these gyms go without repairing things. I used to work in their corporate office in Irvine at the Irvine spectrum and I don’t ever remember getting complaints about things like this.

[@Native722]

God bless him

[@OrangeArdmore]

I love how they talked over one another at the end of the segment.

[@jaymoose4337]

La fitness and their sister company City sports are a joke. They are all quite trifling

[@AWT6969]

Not to be mean or anything but climbing the stairs is probably the easiest exercise you can do at any gym.

[@matthewandrew]

Damn 98

[@carloszamudio4492]

Does struggling with your brain 🧠 count in civil rights court??? 🤔

[@Alex-oy6wb]

The walk up the flight of stairs seems like a good workout

[@Gorgeouss_Court]

Yeah Except for when you’re almost 100 years old, physically disabled and have balance issues….

[@lemar5580]

Membership prices will be going up

[@drquinnmedicinewoman7786]

if you can't walk up stairs or get in and out of the pool you have no business going there. clearly you need to pay a care giver to help you, the gym and pool is not a daycare for adults

[@Kthomasritchie]

Which is discrimination against the disabled.

[@KORRE760]

​ No, it's just the way the world works. Not everything is the same for everyone and people that want it that way must be mentally disabled as well

[@Yogagirl9935]

One day, when you are in that position, people will be saying the same thing about you..

[@juancena1117]

We all get old have some morality. Older people often like going out because they spend the majority of their time alone. It's the law and it's his right to go wherever he wants.

[@genxx2724]

Injured and disabled people should be admired for doing what they are able to do. They have to work very hard every day not to slide into even worse condition.

[@BoltRM]

Do the right thing. WWJD

[@SamLove-l2p]

This has got to be the Onion News.

[@bhornannawindeedeigh5007]

STOP!

[@tommylee4135]

This nation is so damn soft

[@juancena1117]

Laws are laws.

[@MidniteWatchman221]

Pre workout 🤷

[@edyann]

Oh, just fix it but don't sue the company. Ridiculous, come on now.

[@cali2468]

Well OBVIOUSLY they didn’t fix it which is why they are being sued. 🙄

[@edyann]

Love the U.S. but whew.. it's the country where you can sue for just about everything- and win. You can roll your eyes at me again...

[@GlxyEntertainment]

​@@edyann If you complain and bring attention to it, and they don't fix it... What do you do? Also, he isn't suing the government is the one suing.