I've been a member of LA Fitness for years (since it acquired the Springdale Spa - another story!) and although it isn't perfect many things about it are very good - in particular its yoga, pilates, stability ball and aquacise classes. The gym can get very busy in the evenings but is lovely early in the morning. The pool is generally very tranquil and there is a steam room, sauna and jacuzzi alongside. The men's changing room (in the Springdale Spa era it was the women's) can be accessed without walking around the edge of the pool. That's the main negative point for women pool-users - the downstairs ladies' changing room is small and requires walking around the pool-edge (plastic bag 'overshoes' are supplied). The women's changing room upstairs is spacious and I've not been aware of any security problems. There is a noticeboard for comments to which the staff are reasonably responsive. But it is a commercial operation and suffers from the usual cost-saving pressures - for example the management are always whittling away at the yoga classes because the classes are longer than standard exercise classes and the teachers (who are freelance) better paid.