In-Shape Family Fitness - Bakersfield, California

Michael Stamper

I enjoy this gym. I really enjoy the staff. They have been wonderful.
UPDATE:
First let me state, we have a multi person membership, which we use mostly for the convenience of the showers.
And most importantly the STAFF is WONDERFUL.

With that said,
Since my last encounter with manager of the location things went downhill. It was dirty and we could not use part of the facility due to always being broken or locked due to a incorrect repair to a door handle. Also most the soap dispensers were ripped out of the wall for almost 3+ weeks. The soap company gives those for free so you will continue the soap purchases. Manager changed I brought this to his attention and was told it would get corrected. Since then it has become worse the door is falling off it's hinge, wont close correctly or lock correctly. This is not good for a bathroom and shower room. The place has not got cleaner. the water doesn't stay hot or get hot on some occasions. especially in the front showers. There is trash in shower stall in the morning and the same trash at night. See Photos. Please note these photos are all taken at various times and of multiple stalls. you can also see the broken dispensers all at the same time 3 of 4 stalls.

Edward Dorneles

Update as of June 20th.

Part 1 of 2: black mold appears to be infested in sauna room. Pictures added.

Part 2 of 2 Staff finally put a sign up to stop the mens emergency locker room door from opening up where then people could see directly into the men’s locker room as they changed.

May 30th 2024 - update.

Be careful walking by the security door on the left after walking past the check in counter. This door is never kept locked and if someone opens the door up to wide then you will see dozens of naked men changing in the locker room.

I now make sure that I’m not in the line of sight when changing because people who leave the locker room tend to swing the door wide open.

I notified front staff, staff supervisor, and maintenance persons about the the poor state of the facility.

Maintenance told me they wait for the rubber bars to fall off completely before repairing them because it’s too hard to do routinely.

The central fitness area for core workouts never have matching weights where they belong and have heavier weights from the heavy lifting area instead of the lighter weights.

Front staff told me they just let people misplace the weights and it’s not in their agenda to ensure the weights match where they belong.

Sauna room is disgusting as well. It won’t ever get a high enough temperature because the door is not insulated.

Destiny H

Always something wrong with the steam room. Get it together! Mention this to management who seemed bothered that I was bothered by this or at the very least seemed not to care. Did not have an ETA on when it’d be fixed and told me no other manger would know either. Paying for a service that’s not available. Let’s not get started a the sauna. This place is really run down lately.

Edgar Barajas

3rd time this month that one of the day care personel leave early at 1830 and then limits parents from this feature. I understand 1 time because of emergency but 3 times, man I used to love this gym but I guess its time to look somewhere else, perhapz chuze fitness. I am paying for kids zone and ita not available all the time. They should plan accordingly to have enough personel to satisfy the number of memberships they are charging for.

Tina Wren

Good morning,
I am following up in my previous review of Onshape fitness center at the California avenue location.
First I gave a two star, instead of one atar because it seems like the gym is gradually making much needed repairs. Cleanliness when I am at the gym has gotten better.
A few things the gym staff could work on that would go a long way and will cut down on the negative feedback is:
1. At 4 am make sure the facility is ready for members to train and recover. Its not acceptable to tell me the Jacuzzi is down because it failed a PH test at 4am; and further explain the jacuzzi was shut down the night before the same reason.
A broken pump is a good reason to close a Jacuzzi not because the worker the night before failed to do his part to keep the jacuzzi working. It feels like a lack if consideration on the gyms part to keep things open.
2. Supervising the steamrooms
To many people go into the steamroom with their dirty outside shoes. Its disgusting! Another thing the Gym allows ecential oils to be used in there steam rooms, not taking into account people with sensitive allergies!
I would consider these things before joining a gym you use daily.

Julie Rocha

We have been In- Shape members for over two years and we recently started going to the California Ave location and the atmosphere is so vibrant!

Management is always friendly, courteous and professional. The environment has a motivating staff from the minute you walk in!

What sets this gym apart from other locations, is its cleanliness, and the open space concept (accessibility & inclusive) which is perfect for our daughter who uses a wheelchair.

Their state of the art equipment caters to all fitness levels, which helps our daughter feel confident, safe and motivated to workout at this location. The pool and massage chairs are also nice amenities post workout!

We love this location, there is something for everyone regardless of where you are at in your fitness journey! We highly recommend the California Ave location, the sense of community gives us something to look forward to daily!

David Wren

I have been swimming at Inshape Bakersfield since they openned a location on Coffee road almost 20 years ago. I have seen many managers and programs come and go.
I switched to the California avenue Inshape location about 10 years ago because their pool facities were consistently on point! Everything was clean; the pool was very well maintained, the sauna and jacuzzi were a at perfect temperatures. And I always felt reassured if something broke it would get solved in a reasonable amount of time.
Unfortunitly I am here to report for many weeks the bathroom has been closed in the pool area. And more often then not the pool or jaccuzzi is down. It does not appear the motivation to make the necesarry repairs timely are present! The gym staff themselves are friendly and helpful, but the REPAIRS need more urgency; as much as verifying my account is current each month! I could use a darn credit because now I have to pay elsewhere to use a pool.

maya angelo

I’ve been coming for years and it’s always clean with friendly staff. Recently had to switch gyms because they previously had a women only section which originally made me get an account. It made me feel safe and protected, but t’s now open to everyone and it’s intimidating and very uncomfortable.