Revision: In the past I have loved this place. For a lot of reasons I still do. I’m revising my rating currently due to the lack of maintenance. Stuff breaks in gyms… but lately stuff just stays broke. The sauna has only worked about 1 month of all 2021 and has currently been broke for the past 3 months. I will revise again once that gets fixed but will still post with a caution that, while affordable, the memberships come with long contracts that are extremely expensive to cancel early… so honestly, all their equipment can break and they don’t care. At least that’s the way it seems.

Great gym with lots of great equipment from traditional weights and weight machines to non traditional functional work out equipment. They have something for everyone. They even have a movie room to get your cardio on while watch a movie on the big screen.

No air conditioning!! Way too hot it’s ridiculous I’m pretty sure they just dont turn it on to save money. Also causes the gym to smell terrible since theres no air flow. Get it together

Sadly seems like place is falling apart equipment always breaking down. Honestly kinda regret signing up ,now I’m stuck with contract been waiting for them to fix sauna been waiting over 2 months now. originally had sing up for the sauna but now that they haven’t fixed it it’s kinda done deal for me.

Would give negative stars if possible. Wont ever be back, ever.

Worked out here for over a year. Spend your money elsewhere. There are better gyms in the area, trust me. The staff here are great but the management... thats a different story.

Been a member for a few years now. Staff is professional and friendly.Welcome former NAC members...please remember to RE-RACK ALL WIEGHTS USED (not just the ones you added on). There is a good chance the next person might not be strong enough to remove the weights you just left behind.Management - Please remind all members to RE_RACK when done. An automated announcement every 15 - 30 minutes in addition to signs already posted would help tremendously.

Been going to this gym since 2014 and has been slowly declining in maintenance and equipment repairs, a make it or break it for me is the sauna and it hasn’t been in function in 2-3 months…

My favorite gym. Been going for years. Cannot imagine going anywhere else.

The equipment and gym were good when I was using it but upon moving, I came here and signed the necessary documents to end my membership. Months later I find out that they had been trying to bill me for an ongoing membership and were trying to send my account to collections. This is extremely unprofessional and reflects poor Management and a lack of personal care for members. Wish they had any decent customer service because the actual equipment was good.

I had an excellent training session!

I attended this gym for a total of two days prior to the covid lockdown. I was not able to get hardly any of my $300+ membership cost. When asking if I could get a refund, I was told absolutely not.

Great equipment and good people

I recently came down with a rare syndrome due to contracting covid, I have been essentially disabled and unable to get a proper appointment with Vandy due to long wait lists for the specific doctor type I need.I called up to the Franklin Athletic club to cancel my membership because I literally cannot go anymore due to this unforeseen illness (+ I am at a great potential to lose my current job because of this). The staff - particularly “Jenn” was very unreasonable, unprofessional, and non-sympathetic - claiming that “a lot of people are calling saying similar things to get out of contracts...” basically assuming I lied about this even after I had explained my unique situation and how I could offer a list of doctor appointments as proof since I could not get in for my official diagnosis appointment for 4-8 months..She did not listen one but and told me her phone was very busy and did not cancel my account.I might add she did mention that the only cancel accounts in certain extreme situations and then backtracked on that statement... as if coming down with a rare syndrome that essentially disables you isn’t that lol.Honestly blown away at the lack of understanding, professionalism, and maturity with this gym staff. I will not be recommending this place to anyone as a result.P.S I am still being charged...

Cancel my member in June and now in August came to find out that my card was still being charged called and they stated that there was nothing they could do called there billing office and the lady in billing stted i will still get charged for another month. Manager is not precessional at all very rude and not helpful at all.

Ive been a member since the first day they opened. A great environment to workout. Have made many friends there. The staff are great, friendly people.

Where are the people? We need some normalcy but that isnt the gyms fault. Love this place and cant wait until its back to normal.

Great staff and great facility!

Had a membership at lifetime athletic for the past year...Im back at FAC full time. If you dont need resort-style amenities, and just want to get in shape, then this is a real gym with much better equipment. I shower and relax at home and go to a gym to get in shape. FAC is better for someone that likes to just work out!

As with any new gym, you can expect a certain level of awkwardness when getting started. FAC has a broad demographic with people of all ages at various stages of their fitness journeys. The equipment is plentiful and well maintained, though a little dated. The strength area has enough options of free weights and machines that I never had to wait even during the busy time (4-6pm). The facility itself is very clean and the staff was very welcoming.

Not the best. I’ve been trying to give it a chance, since my gym closed unexpectedly. I tried to contact them directly today and the website would not allow. Found old lettuce in one of the cardio machines today. Also it’s so damp in there the cardio machines downstairs are rusting. Bathrooms are always gross.It does have most of the equipment I like, but man they need to clean this place up.Tried to find someone to talk to about the lettuce incident today, couldn’t find an employee anywhere.

I love this gym so much, I’ve been into fitness for years and this gym has absolutely everything you could possibly need in a gym. And SUPER affordable my insurance pays for my membership I love it. I’ve definitely found my new home gym here. :)

Very large facility that encompasses every aspect of physical training. The cost and social environment can be intimidating if youre looking for somewhere less luxurious and a more diverse population. If youre not in fantastic shape, you will potentially feel out of place because the vast majority of customers appear to be in great physical shape.

Ive been out of the army for about 2 years now and have been a member at FAC for about 6 months. Its been hands down the best gym Ive found sense. If you want to work out and get fit its a great place to do so. They have everything you could possibly need! If your looking for a gym that is so clean you can eat off of them than go to planet fitness. This gym is for people that are serious about getting fit and want to go to a REAL GYM!!! Love this place.

Best gym in Middle Tennessee, for sure. Very affordable, with something for everyone. Whether youre a die hard bodybuilder or power lifter, a cross fitter, or just an average joe trying to get in shape, this gym has what you need. Its also very spacious, so even when its very busy you still dont feel cramped together. The staff has always been very friendly and helpful, and the child care service is phenomenal. Weve been very very pleased.

Love the staff! Super friendly and respectful! But, the enviornment is rather nasty. It seems as though the equipment, floors, and carpets never get deep down cleaned.I always use the cleaner on everything before I attempt to use it! Places like this are where germs and bacteria grow rapid!

Awful management...learn how to properly speak to your CUSTOMERS. WARNING dont waste your money here once I get back to town say bye to me considering Ive given yall plenty of business. if youre so concerned about an issue be professional about it and dont attack one person instead address the issue to EVERYONE DOING IT INCLUDING YOUR TRAINERS. have fun losing more money than you already have.

Great atmosphere and moral! Constantly renovating and helping others achieve their fitness goals. Great smoothie bar with local organically prepped meals available Mondays and Wednesdays. The smoothie bar owner Gary is a great and friendly individual usually there from 9am to 1130 and then 4pm to 8pm.

Jennifer went above and beyond creating me the perfect payment plan. She was quick, graceful and kind on the phone. If only there were more Jennifers in this world! Thank you!

I have been a member for 9 years, and I can say that FAC is the best its ever been now that they have recently remodeled. The facility was in disrepair for the past few years, but all that has changed. This gym has everything you need - its a good value, with a great location and convenient hours. You will be happy here.

Best gym Ive ever had. Mostly people in their 20s and 30s that are in very good shape. Good machine selection and large free weight section. Been going here a year now and overall love it.

This gym is awesome! Most who go there are dedicated to working out and not just sitting around on machines making them unavailable. The negative views Ive read seem ridiculous to me and I find somewhat funny. Great variety of machines, cardio, and free weights. If you want to go to a true gym this is it! If youre worried about getting your hands dirty, breaking a fingernail or afraid of a little sweat you should go to Planet Fitness, PLEASE!!!!!!!!

Decent club. Great price. A little dirty but the place gets the job done

The Hip hop and Zumba teachers are Awesome!!! Engaging, fun, inclusive, considerate, and encouraging! LOVE THEM!!!❤️🌹

Massage was amazing!!!

Cleanliest and Friendliest health club around! Never a wait and full of energy. Best selection of group fitness classes and personal trainers. Something for everybody!

It is a gym. Dont delude yourself into thinking it is more. If you want to work out and you are serious about it, then this is your place. FAC feels a little tired but there seems to be a dedicated cadre of individuals that call it home and use it to its fullest potential.I am sure there are staff there that you can ask to assist you with understanding machines or exercise equipment but it always seems that staffing is sparse. Again, this is why the dedicated go here because they dont need hand-holding.The main thing I would improve on is the theater room. If you are going to use it, please bring the movies to within the last 5 years and make it more enjoyable.

Great place to workout! Great value and awesome atmosphere! The staff were friendly and knowledgeable and accomodated my every need being an out-of-towner. I will always come back to FAC whenever in the area!

I’ve been training here for 6 years. I judge all gyms variety to here. This rating is strictly based on equipment there. Not classes,amenities,or cleanliness. There is a wide array of free weights,Smith machines,hammer strength,cables,and machines. It’s not a five Star because how long it takes them to repair broken equipment.!ibget the best value here. I pay 9.99 a month. I would consider the newer gyms but no one can touch this price.

Awesome awesome gym! Has everything and it is has the best/nicest employees!

The group classes are great! Awesome instructors, good variety, nice studio space, and encouraging atmosphere. The locker rooms are clean, updated, and private. The Cardio Cinema is also a great feature.

Overall cleanliness and machine repair does not seem to be a priority. On the plus side, the staff are friendly and there are plenty of machines to choose from, but good luck finding a treadmill that runs smoothly with a working fan, ear jack and TV.

Do not go here. Valued customer for 9 years. Continued to charge me after I told them I moved and now I owe $300. Everything is dated and membership is expensive. Somewhat dirty and very rude staff. Save yourself the trouble and money and go to planet fitness.

Visiting from St. Petersburg Florida and couldn’t do the hotel gym once again so I googled gym near me. Stopped in for a lift. Wish it was leg day because..They Sadly don’t make gym2 like this anymore as most a cookie cut and lack variety.The owner Aaron as I was told, owns this Hidden GEM in Franklin. Truly has a passion for this true athletic Club, as all the equipment was abundant and of high high quality past the wear and tear. That any pure fitness fan would take over super shiny Cybex rubber band loaded equipment and Ariana Grande playing in the background.I only wish more people could see this is where results are made.

Pretty perfect size gym. Biggest problem theres never anyone at the front desk every time I need something. Super annoying. And can we not keep paper towels stocked in the locker rooms?

The best gym!! Cardio theater is awesome and the staff is the best! Their childcare is wonderful!!

I took a tour of the gym. Being showed the dark cardio rooms. I thought, very nice! Once I joined and started using these cardio rooms I noticed half the machines didnt work and had wires hanging out of them. The second thing I notices was the machines were very dirty covered with lots of dried out sweat. Theyre disgusting! Some of the machines were not even operable. Being this gym is what it is, I wanted to cancel. They would not let me. Now I am stuck paying $30 a month for a disgusting poorly ran gym.

Had a great time gym was great, Mitchell was helpful and cool. Will go there again!

Pretty average in every aspect, but isnt very expensive so you get good value for $30 a month.

Terrible just terrible DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY. 1. A good bit of all the cardio machines are broke down. Free weights were rusted and coverd in dry sweat the other wire weights were tore up and the pins wouldn’t fit correctly, carpet through out the building is disgusting. People do not clean the equipment after they use them. Bathrooms stink horribly. Mangment was very terrible. Just do yourself a favor and join another gym.

The services are good and the environment is clean.

Lots of machines which is good because half is broken, wore out, and old. The weights go up by 15 lbs increments and they have two 5 lbs additions in the entire room. So I half to hunt them down and carry them around when I find them. Plenty of 15 lb additions for the very few 20 lb increment machines which you still need a 5 and 10?? The reason the machines are gross and worn out is because no one cleans them. The reason no one cleans them is because there are only two stations of little paper towels and a spray for a huge room. These guys are too lazy to rerack a single weight and you thing they are going to actually walk across the room to clean something?? Huge and strong, yes but still too lazy to clean. Its a guy thing. Which is 99% of the clients. Dont compare this to other gyms who have spray bottles on every machine and the option for guest the grab a personal towel to keep themselves clean. This guys could be great with just a few small things. Fix your equipment. Give easier options to clean. Put personnel on the floor to rerack and clean all day. Buy the additional weights your machines needs. And according to reviews below dont make anyone mad for a buck whether their coming or going. The internet will take that buck back two fold.Im here with a membership through my company or I wouldnt be here, but its close and I can get my stuff done eventually.

Called to cancel our membership bc were moving, and they said I had to come in and sign paperwork. No big deal. I go in, sign the documents, at which point they tell me they have to have 30 day notice to cancel (I guess they need 30 days so they can re-assign my personal gym equipment to another member???). So I give them the notice, and bc of that, pay an extra months membership, and then I just got a letter in the mail 6 months later saying my membership is in serious default and that theyre turning it over to a collection agency. Good luck getting any more money out of me!

Just to let everyone know, ( the bad reviews) , the reason we have you come in to cancel is so some one doesnt walk in off the street and cancel your membership. Whether it be your ex girlfriend or boyfriend or your mom. Also we cant tune our a.c. to any one persons wants. We have to have our overall customers in mind. We also clean our equipment multiple times a day and at the end of the day. We also encourage our members to clean the equipment they use before and after each use. But more people come in every day and there isnt a gym out there that can keep spotless. But I can garauntee at the least my best. our customers to clean the equipment they were

Great gym, it does have a permanent smell of sweat and BO . But thats how you know its a great gym. Also, if you want to go, go at 7 am.But, DO NOT GO AFTER 5. Its a meat market full of pimples, unnecessary grunting and ego. Also, all the instagram chicks who basically wear thongs while squating 10 lb plates at the squat rack. Im not against it but I hate the thrombosis-like on lookers who have made the floor around the squat rack slippery from the dripping saliva from starring at the gym chicks. They crowd around them creating traffic around the free weights. Also make sure you clean off anything before you use it, you will absorb second hand dynabol sweat from anything you touch.One time I ran into a bald guy who was vigorously washing his balls while curtains half opened. I ignored this and continued to my shower area. Etc etc, 8 minutes later washed and half dressed, the skinny bald perv is still washing his balls but this time with a smile.Didnt think much of it, I dont have an over inflated sense of self but I knew he wouldnt try anything cuz, I am bigger and younger. But then again he probably would of wanted that.Anyhow, its an aight place

I got a letter from this Fox collection center. That was from FAC. When I called them and told them about it. That, I never signed up for a membership with them NOR stepped foot in there facility. So, How could I owe them 521.$$ manager there Mary, who I spoke to was not helpful and was VERY rude. Now I am stuck fighting this war with the collection people which is bring my credit score down and is denying my request of dispute. Is FAC. Online memberships deals scamming people or ?? But it seems they dont like fixing there mistakes. I NEVER SIGNED ANYTHING so how can this contract be a contract??

Been going there for years. Great gym

NEGIVTIVES far out weigh the POSITIVES!Gym POSITIVES: Good selection. Good Price. Some decent members. Some VERY nice staff...some.Gym NEGATIVES: Most Members. A lot of meatheads. No one re-racks...ever!!! Free weights, steps, balls, bands...all over the floor. Looks like a ghetto minefield. Have notified front desk with no correction at all. No PA announcements to remind meatheads to re-rack!! Some meatheads are very aggressive using inappropriate actions and language toward most women. They truly think they can say/do anything inside this gym. When my wife and I first started going to FAC, both married and single men would use completely inappropriate language and actions when tryin to talk to my wife. One DB (married) straight up asked for sex because his marriage is stressful and needs relief. Really!?! Keep in mind we were only going there for about a week at this point. I found out about and lucky for him, I was talked out approaching and confronting him. That was your one and ONLY pass!!! You know who you are.EQUIPMENT. Too much equipment for the size of the gym. Many times I have simply turned my body into equipment. So crowded that in some cases, its difficult to load/remove plates...Cleanliness. Non existent. Dark. Moldy.SOME of the staff are flat out rude. Never say hello or goodbye and when they do, it sounds so condescending theyre better off not saying anything. Never look up from whatever theyre reading....smart phone, book....Whatever it is its more important then their job.

Always greeted. Machines clean as well as locker room.

Love this place. I go here almost every day :)

Avoid this GYM.I am thinking they went through a management change as even the service seems to be going downhill.I signed up for a month-to-month membership and they are wanting to charge me a cancellation fee even though I never signed anything agreeing to it. They are refusing to remove my credit card information and forcing me to go through the credit card to force their hand.Even before this they play games in which if you want to talk about cancelling you membership they make you come in. Even thought the same person that you talk on the phone is the person who cancels it. They do this just be as painful as possible.

One of the biggest meat-head gyms Ive been to in a long time. Thought I had stepped back in time to the eighties with the juicers, mullets, wannabes and bimbos in neon gear. Lots of guys with pumped upper bodies wearing sweat pants because they dont work their legs (Hello eighties!). Its a huge facility that looks like it was once a spa but got converted to a gym. You can tell it was once impressive due to all the equipment; tons of cardio, machines and free weights. The problem is its run down, especially in the weight rooms. Many of the machines barely funtional and in need of repair. The rubber is wearing off the 45 lb plates which Ive never seen happen before. Even the water fountain barely pumps out water. If you dont mind posers, the smell of sweat, a little dirt and grime and can get a cheap membership then this is your place. Otherwise I suggest you go somewhere else.

Will be leaving FAC.....they seem to cater to the water jug weight lifting crowd....screw the cardio people. Been a member for over 5 years. It is now the second time the equipment I use on a daily basis has been moved or sold off. Cardio Theater is now being converted to weight lifting. Management will not reply to emails...hours suck on weekends and holidays.....a 24/7 365 gym is located 2 blocks away.................*Update....year latter....Im still there.....weight lifting club was a failure....so room built squeezing out cardio theater is now empty.....no heat in cardio theater...about 50 degrees....another new 24 hour gym is about to open 2 miles away....Tonights Facebook posting suggests gym may not be open on time tomorrow due to January weather conditions....Good thing gym isnt in Michigan...we used to call these conditions spring. That said....They were open new years day at 8am....Yay!

MARVELOUS.!!!

Excellent low price, no contract. Lots of classes. Cardio Theater!

Excellent

Lots of weight equipment for a very reasonable price

Great gym. Employees are friendly and welcoming,

Huge open areas. Tons of equipment. Cardio theatre. Could be a tad more upkept.

Spoke to a woman on the phone with questions regarding a membership, didn’t give me her name. Was very rude, short, and put me on hold without any notice. Lost my business. Do yourself a favor and go somewhere else.

Good place to work out.

This place is great at a reasonable rate

Good place to exercise.

Great no frills gym

You cannot find this caliber of a place for this value anywhere else around.

Good bang for your buck gym in Franklin.

Stay away.....rude staff and it kinda smells because its so damn hot in there...

Serving 17 to steroids 40s males

Huge. Clean and offers everything.

Great place

Horrible it is dirty and the day care is a joke

Enough weights for everybody

Love this place!!!