Lincoln Park Athletic Club

Surprised to read bad reviews on this place. My experience has been phenomenal. Front desk staff is very friendly, competent, and helpful. Facilities are very nice, clean, and well taken care of, everything is always stocked. The men's steam sauna is largest and nicest I've found yet in the city, SO good. With a pool, jacuzzi, classes, etc I never feel like I'm lacking anything here.Also huge shout out to the personal trainer Chad. Legit the best trainer I've ever worked with, knows his stuff very well and has helped me improve my form on all lifts. He is grounded, supportive, optimistic, and has less ego than any trainer I've worked with before him. Stellar guy, if you're looking for personal training look no further.

This review is only for the predatory contract as others have stated. They auto-renew your membership without telling you and force you to pay for another month. Terrible practice and you can pay less for nicer gyms with better hours, cleanliness and service. I do love the classes but the way they scam people is wrong. Make sure to read the other reviews here as well. Go somewhere else.

I've been using this gym for 4 years now. Great workout facility, has everything you need and most of the things you'd want. Well maintained and clean, but the hours are not great. They shortened their hours in COVID and have shown no signs of extending them back to the original hours. It's been enough of an issue for me that I gave them 2 starts. Would go to a new gym but I have a lower membership fee locked in and don't want to pay double for the same amenities.

I love this place. LPAC has an enormous weightroom (6 squat racks; several benches, cable stations, and dumbbell racks; many machines) that makes it easy to get the equipment you want. The cardio room is similarly massive and the group classes are free with membership.It can get crowded in the 6–7:30 am window, and after 5 pm too, and I wish they were open a bit later in the evening, but that's all okay. I'm very happy with my membership.

It's impossible to find a perfect gym for the right price. Wouldn't we all like to be able to afford Midtown Athletic Club or East Bank Club? But we can't, and may not live convenient to their locations. So we have CAC clubs. Not as fancy as Equinox or FFC, but a step above L.A. Fitness and XSport, and ahead of Planet Fitness-----in terms of facilities.Not the most convenient location for me personally, sometimes it takes me 20 mins to get there. But if it's not crowded, it's worth it. It does get very, very crowded, think Mon - Thurs around 6PM.....I just give up on lifting weights those days, go to treadmill....Sometimes I walk around just seeing what I can do where I won't have to awkwardly stand around and wait for a machine or pool lane.....but this is part of the experience. The good thing is, when you do this, you don't have to feel guilty about skipping the gym, and it's an abbreviated experience. You may not hit your goals, but you put in the effort, and the "mental benefit" of exercise is still there to a degree lolWhen you can use the machines and it is not very crowded, it's totally worth the membership. But I pay $80 through Gympass. Would recommend that if it is an option as it seems to avoid the auto-renew membership issues some have mentioned. $80 is less per month than the month-to-month, but more than the annual rate. Without Gympass.....it's a closer call. The YMCA nearby here for $50 was a good compromise, would consider those if this didn't work for you.

Just recently moved to the city. Was searching for gym with a good selection of weight lifting equipment to keep up my fitness and signed up with CAC and I don’t regret it AT ALL. Yeah, it gets crowded during peak hours and you may not get one of the platforms, but there is so much space and room to do deadlifts, etc. And don’t get me started on the classes. All the instructors so far have been phenomenal and there is always a class you can take everyday. I especially love the Vinyasa yoga and boxing classes. Definitely a difficult task to have a “bad gym day” when there’s so much to do here.

Pros:- Good location- Good parking- Sauna is hot- towel service is nice- lots of cables- nice squat racksCons:- closes about an hour too early every single day.- Busy, even an hour before closing, because they close too early.- Cleanliness in men’s sauna and steam room is questionable. Wood rotting in men’s sauna hasn’t been replaced.- Should mop more often.- Small selection of machines.

The quality here has gone down significantly over the past 6 months. The equipment in particular needs to be better taken care of. A lot of the spin bikes don’t work properly & there only 2 available on the cardio floor (neither of which have a working screen on them) making it extremely difficult to be able to ride alone since there are classes going on in the cycle room throughout the day. The pool clocks seem to never be working and half the lockers in the women’s locker room don’t work. Lately the weight floor has had a stench that hasn’t seemed to go away. $80+ a month is WAY to expensive for all the issues going on here.

Great place to lift weights. 6-7 squat racks /deadlift platforms so there's always at least 1 open. Multiple dumbbell racks, multiple cable fly machines, tons of equipment, huge weight room space. The people in the weight room are all chill, mostly adults minding their business getting it in. Haven't seen any TikTok fitness kids filming themselves. Relaxed, friendly vibe, everyone is focused on making themselves better. New to Chicago, looked at multiple places to join, super happy with my decision.

The facilities here are excellent. The people who work here are very nice and do an excellent job of giving you all of the information. It is more expensive than let's says an LA Fitness, or Xsport. However, the equipment, the multiple locations through out the city, and the fact that there is free parking is well worth the price. Also, if you work for a non-profit, they provide an excellent discount!