Life Time Digital 4+

I’ve been a member of Laguna Niguel lifetime since it opened. Lifetime has truly been life changing for me in so many ways. First, it’s been like a family, a home away from home. But second, most importantly my health has benefited in so many ways.
I have severe scoliosis and since joining lifetime, meeting Clyde, and being introduced to MAT, I was able to create a neuromuscular connection with my left leg, something that my doctor said only surgery could do. Not only has my strength and cardio endurance improved, my scoliosis has too!! I’m 61 and this is something that just doesn’t happen! I recently had a 5 year follow up doctor appointment, x-rays. And the first time in my life there was an improvement, significant enough (11%!) to have my doctor ask me what I have been doing the last 5 years. The only thing different was hot yoga here at lifetime and being introduced to Bree and Scroth Physiotherapy, she is an amazing Pilates trainer! So not only has lifetime help me thrive, I am hoping to be a case study for the benefits of hot yoga and scoliosis!!
Thank you lifetime I’m beyond grateful you chose Laguna Niguel to open your first California club!!

It does all the things you’d expect a gym membership to do- book group fitness reservations, manage your account, virtual classes, and more. I’m not sure how well the virtual classes work in the app as I haven’t tried those. But the feature for searching for classes could use some work. The schedule shows everything all in one place, but then you have to filter for the relevant types of classes. Not sure why there isn’t just a button already there for “group fitness” “kids club” etc. so that’s con #1. You have to create filtered views of what you want to see, so for all adult group fitness classes, you can create a filter and save it to your favorites so you don’t have to apply the filters every time. I guess that’s nice, but not sure why it’s set it up in a way where you have to do this every single time. The other issue with this is that the “favorites” tab is buried in the app so then when you save your favorites, it takes multiple clicks to get to it. It should be front and center so that when you open the classes section, you can immediately select the filter favorite (or just have buttons that do this filtering for you already?). It’s little things like that that make this app difficult to navigate.

I am very happy I have joined Lifetime! Initially, I thought I would join for the summer only, however I am now thinking I will continue going past the summer. This place is not just a gym, it’s a country club! So far, I have had a very informative, great Onboarding Session with Devon and PT Session. She has just the right combination of friendliness and professionalism that is serious but not intimidating. There is equipment here that I have not seen in any standard gym. I have taken two yoga classes and love the candles and aromatherapy. I had a fantastic lunch of Avocado Toast and sweet potato which made me happy because I am from California and it’s hard to find that kind of meal around here. Please continue to be innovative with the food and drink selection, that is what will keep the serious members loyal. Can’t wait to use the pool! For those who want a truly “full service” club, this is it! As they say, you get what you pay for. If you want to make an investment in your health and wellness you have to make that a financial priority. As I indicated earlier, Lifetime is not a gym, it’s a lifestyle club.