Big Vanilla Athletic Club

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I've been a member of Big Vanilla Pasadena since it opened n April 2007. The pool facilities are better than any I've found in Maryland. The gym offers up to date equipment for both cardio and strength training and the personal trainers are friendly and affordable. The club offers generous amounts of group fitness classes at no additional cost to your membership. Big Vanilla is the perfect fitness club for children and adults!

The aquatics programs and pool layout are second to none, BVP offers free nutritional education classes, the trainers are always offering free demos and programs, there's an in-house hair salon, GroupX classes (Spin, Yoga, Pilates, Body Pump, P90X, etc.) are fantastic, the place is spotless, has the best equipment in the industry, a meditation garden, the cafe offers organic smoothies, high-quality grass-fed whey and plant protein shakes, sandwiches, Starbucks coffee, etc., and I could go on forever.



The new management cares about member experience more than any gym I've ever committed to. They do countless community outreach programs and work so hard to be a positive staple in the community.



It all depends on what you want and value. If you don't want contracts, there are gyms that offer no contracts. If you don't want to pay $59 for everything mentioned above, that's fine, you don't have to. Some days and times are busier than others. Show me a gym where that's not the case, and I'll show you a gym going out of business.



Larry Ray has successfully mastered the fitness industry in the greater Annapolis area for decades. Members have been following his gym ownership since they were children, now grown adults, with kids of their own who are currently members.



As with every other fitness facility, Big Vanilla serves it's purpose, and to it's 10,000 members, it does just that-very well.



Great place, good people, wonderful experience.

Executive Director, Chuck Hall, was responsible for Big Vanilla having to pay $161,000 to settle a sexual harassment suit filed by four female employees!