Avera McKennan Fitness Center

Negative experience: This is mainly an old person gym. Hard to get an appointment with the pool. When you do and it's your appointment time, the older women that are in your Lane get very very upset when you show up for your appointment and ask them to move from your Lane

Negative experience: Unfortunately this is the only gym with access to a pool, sauna, steam room, hot tub and weight room within the same facility within the Sioux Falls area. Most members are retirement age and scowl at young folk for just being there. If you are under age 55, I would recommend going to a different gym. There are also no core machines and the leg day setup is sub par. Most machines are worn out. And recently the towel access was reduced.

Fantastic experience: What an amazing expierence today Aug 5, 2024 ! I am NEW, NEW at yoga. I have taken a few yoga classes over the years. This morning in Kay's Yoga class- She explained so well - that it was a completeley difference experience I have ever had in Yoga! Thank you, Thank you, so much Kay! First time I actually felt I got it! LOVED IT! I hope I have her correct name.

Fantastic experience: Extremely clean.

Fantastic experience: Has a dated appearance but is arguably the best gym facility in Sioux Falls. Nice layout with a full walking track, weights, aerobics, classes, pickleball, dry sauna, hot tub, steam room, and a full-size pool!

Negative experience: Edit post GreatLife acquisition: Big bummer. Obnoxious amount of kids/teens. I chose to pay more to leave GreatLife initially and go to Avera, and now forced back to GreatLife... Avera had a sense of exclusivity, amazing amazing staff and always clean. In the matter of two-three days, that's all gone. Nice facility, very clean, friendly staff, locker rooms, shower, sauna etc are great. Membership cost is pretty absurd - they mentioned the increase was due to pickleball? I suggest those who actually participate in that pay extra, not every single member. Members should be able to opt in. Just seems unfair. Also, the hours should be extended, especially for roughly $65+ a person (with a discount).

Fantastic experience: Extremely clean. Friendly & helpful staff. Sauna and hot tub in the locker rooms. Crystal clear & clean. Fluffy beige towels in the locker rooms too. Nice Cafe too. I just wish there was a place just like this on the west side.

Positive experience: Friendly staff, clean facility.

Fantastic experience: Great facility and knowledgeable staff!!

Positive experience: Older crowd. One of the more costly fitness centers. Hours are reasonable and all the amenities. Some older equipment but still kept up.

Fantastic experience: Had a spa day!

Fantastic experience: Very nice gym.

Fantastic experience: Staff is awesome, respectful, polite,attentive, and helpful.

Fantastic experience: Friendly.

Fantastic experience: Really nice. Clean, friendly, informative. Love it

Fantastic experience: Always clean and lots of open treadmills.

Fantastic experience: Professional, friendly and they offer many services for your fit

Fantastic experience: Fantastic place! Judgment free and beautiful facility. 1000% recommend

Fantastic experience: Had a fantastic time going & swimming/walking ‍♀️ with my momma for the first time ever & the employees were so incredibly friendly & helpful if need be I would definitely come here again in the near future & enjoy the pool!!!

Fantastic experience: Very nice

Negative experience: Maybe I'll sign back up in 12 years when my kids are eligible to use the pools but I doubt it

Fantastic experience: Took my two boys in for the kids time they have set aside. They had a great time! Wasn't too busy and staff was friendly.

Positive experience: I personally enjoy coming to this facility. The front door staff have always been pleasant. They greet every time I walk in. The equipment has a wide variety to choose from. It’s easy to move between free weights and machines without any hassle. My only issue with this place is a particular trainer. He’s not very polite. He likes to speak poorly about other clients regarding their personal fitness goals. I just never made eye to eye with him. I’ve never had a conversation with him (don’t plan on it either). It’d be nice if all the staff strived to empower others through fitness, and ultimately supported others to reach their goals. Cough… Chad Gomarko.

Negative experience: Karen’s at the front desk. Came as guest with the kid, bought a punch card, guy at front desk had no issues and let us in. Today these two Karen’s said 14 year olds not allowed even with adults due to liability needs to be 15 for their insurance reasons. Guess 15 increases their liability factors? Could have given decent review but didn’t work out. I did notice equipment pretty decent and updated, but man lockers and general swimming pool looks rundown, ceilings had some dirt buildup.

Fantastic experience: Great Pool and Locker Rooms

Fantastic experience: Great place, super clean and friendly.

Fantastic experience: Great place to workout

Fantastic experience: Great workout place.

Fantastic experience: Best fitness center in town hands down!

Fantastic experience: Great workout place.

Fantastic experience: I love being a member here. I feel safe and there's no judgement wherever you're at with your fitness level.

Fantastic experience: Great, friendly, knowledgeable people. Excellent equipment and classes.

Negative experience: Dissatisfied with my experience. Looking at other options.

Fantastic experience: Great, friendly, knowledgeable people. Excellent equipment and classes.

Fantastic experience: It's paradise!

Fantastic experience: THE BEST GYM IN TOWN. ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING YOU COULD HOPE FOR IN ONE PLACE

Fantastic experience: I love the sauna and the steam room and the pool the most! The hot tub rocks as well, saltwater is the way to go

Fantastic experience: Would definitely recommend great place steam room is out of this world

Fantastic experience: The facility was clean and the staff was very friendly and helpful. I needed to work out some soar muscles so I did some exercises and stretching in the therapy pool. Water was nice and warm. Hot tub was clean although notbto hot but the people were really nice and struck up cordial conversation. They also have a dry sauna and steam room. I now it's a small thing but this gym actually has decent size towels that are soft instead of the small scratchy ones most places have.

Positive experience: Nice fitness center with a pool. A bit on the pricy side unless you like classes.

Positive experience: A great place to experience.

Fantastic experience: Nice facility, dumbbells go up to 120lbs nice to find a place with "bigger" weights.

Fantastic experience: Had a week trial membership. Highly recommend

Fantastic experience: I'm very happy that I found this place, it has everything you would want and more. I love the pool, I go swimming everyday. Very clean and friendly people.

Fantastic experience: We love this place. Extremely clean. All staff are professional and kind and more than willing to help with any questions. The classes available are awesome, and there is something for everyone. CNC is also a great plus for a healthy (or unhealthy) snack post workout

Fantastic experience: I love it here. Friendly staff. Always cleaning. Easy to book appointments.

Fantastic experience: It's AMAZING & the staff is FANTASTIC ❤️

Fantastic experience: Anthony is the best physical therapist around! He listens and yet pushes me in order to get the best possible outcome! Six weeks after left knee replacement and I'm almost as good as new!

Fantastic experience: Professional

Negative experience: I’ve never hear of not allowing children into pools (with parents present and in the pools with the children) at fitness centers. Maybe it is a SD thing as I’ve taken my kids to large centers back home for years. Luckily Sanford does!

Positive experience: Love the therapy pool

Fantastic experience: I loved my tour of this place, the classes offered, and can’t wait to join once this pandemic is over.

Fantastic experience: Always welcoming, friendly, clean and accommodating!

Fantastic experience: Love the center & the classes

Fantastic experience: Great facility. Everything I needed

Fantastic experience: They're always hopeful even when my son that has special needs I have patience they help you listen I'll they care

Fantastic experience: My husband and I are new to Sioux Falls and wanted to check out this facility. Jason, Manager, gave us a tour and a three day pass. I cannot say enough good things about our entire experience! He was friendly and professional, taking pride in his business and community. The facilities were gorgeous, clean and well laid out. I have been in many gyms over the course of my 20+ year bodybuilding pursuit. This one was tops. They have a spa setup with hot tub, sauna (wet and dry) as well as a pool (by appt only for COVID). The locker rooms were spa quality with all toiletries provided-even shaving cream and hair gel!

Negative experience: I'd give this gym no stars if I could. You can tell it's owned by a hospital by all their ridiculous and archaic "rules" that they are implementing. You now have to make an actual "reservation" if you simply want to use the pool, hot tub, sauna or steam room. This generated some good laughs by myself and other members today. Good luck enforcing that. On top of that, I was humiliated by some old crow taking temperature scans that my mask wasn't over my nose enough for her liking. Screw you lady! I quit this evening and they should just close their doors as their equipment is about 50 years old and sucks. Go to Great Life as it's 1000% better and about half the price. Good riddance!

Negative experience: 2024 post GreatLife acquisition edit: This went from a 5-star adult only facility, to a 2-star teen ridden one virtually overnight. High quality 100% cotton towels replaced with thin tiny towels, gym is flooded with people, kids in the workout area taking up all the machines, running on the track, no adult supervision, no one cleaning anything. A massive downgrade for anyone who was a member prior to this acquisition.

Fantastic experience: Great place

Positive experience: Didn't go in due to being closed

Fantastic experience: Love the pools!

Fantastic experience: Best gym in town. With a pool. Ateam room and sauna

Fantastic experience: Great area to work out

Fantastic experience: Great pool, warm water pool and hot tub. The upstairs has all of the cardio equipment and weights you would ever need. It's clean and we'll maintained. I've done physical therapy there for a knee replacement. Terry and Mark did an outstanding job on getting me back on my feet.

Fantastic experience: , clean facility. It has lockers that have built in locks, lots of toiletries which include lotion soap, shampoo , body wash etc. Of course, towels & mouthwash. They have lots is classes to chose from. Separate hot tubs, saunas steam rooms. One of each in both men's women's locker rooms.

Fantastic experience: Great for serious training

Fantastic experience: Physical therapy is helping and they are very supportive...thanks

Positive experience: Love the therapy pool and the classes.

Positive experience: Good tasting pizza and they had a drive up window for pickups.

Positive experience: Changing my rating from 5 stars to 3. Not sure what has happened, but that staff are genuinely unhappy. The front desk folks don't seem to care if you are there or not, the floor staff are grumpy, and the management is happy to sit in their offices, or grump the few times they come out. The facilities are fantastic...so 3 stars. But the staff...not so much.

Positive experience: Bit pricey and can be busy, bit great facility.

Fantastic experience: Large, clean gym with alot of different equipment. They offer a multitude of classes. The locker/shower area provides large towels and complimentary amenities: shampoo, conditioner, shaving cream, bodywash, lotion, mouthwash and hairdryer. Childcare available for an additional monthly fee.

Fantastic experience: Love this place. Great staff and personal trainers. Very clean facility. Equipment is great too

Fantastic experience: Friendly atmosphere all over this fitness center.

Fantastic experience: A well maintained gym with a lot of options available to you.

Fantastic experience: This place is amazing! So many different ways to get your exercise is even with existing health problems making it harder then normal. The pools are a really great way to work out if the other machines aren't up your alley. While the membership is a bit high you do get a lot of benefits! Including the fact that the memberships aren't on contract, so if you're unable to pay them it's much easier to cancel then other gyms. Lastly because it's offered by Avera it can go on your HSA if you have one, making it just a bit easier to manage!

Fantastic experience: Great gym

Fantastic experience: A pool, whirlpool, steam room, and dry sauna are all available to members, along with a well kept locker room. This is all on top of the nice gym equipment, included classes, and full basketball court. All the instructors here have been super helpful and people are very friendly and inclusive at all the classes, regardless of your fitness level. The friendliness of the staff and other members makes it easier to go to the gym and try new and challenging classes.

Fantastic experience: I went here for years, and between the steam room and indoor pool; it has set a bar that no other gym has been able to meet. Excellent equipment, friendly staff, clean equipment, etc . . . But I had to give up my membership because of the ~75/month cost. If you can afford it and don't mind a busy gym between 5 and 7pm, this is the best place to exercise in the area.

Fantastic experience: The fitness center is well kept and the equipment is in great working order. The locker room is always clean and well stocked with towels, shampoo, soap, conditioner and lotion. The swimming pool is wonderful. The stall is very helpful and the trainers are excellent. If you miss a week they even send you reminders to get you back in the swing of things. They are great !!

Positive experience: Very nice facility, friendly and helpful staff. Sauna, steam room, whirlpool, therapy pool and swimming pool are salt water. High quality fitness equipment.

Fantastic experience: Wonderful.

Positive experience: В целом до колег, за виключенням одного рабочего которвы бурчт(когда надо и не надо). И то что в тёплый бассейн нельзя детям, парадокс....

Positive experience: Great

Fantastic experience: Great place for therapy and Mark is my therapist that is doing a great job.

Fantastic experience: I went here as a guest, and the facility was amazing! Full amenities for showering after your workout is a great feature. There is also children's care for parents. I took a swim aerobics class and Charissa the instructor was awesome. I got a quick tour from by Sister, and the fitness center is nice and spread out with lots of room and equipment.

Fantastic experience: Love this place! Friendly staff, variety of classes, and great atmosphere!

Fantastic experience: Best place in town to work out! I only wish they were open 24/7.

Fantastic experience: Great facility with lots of options. Friendly caring staff.

Fantastic experience: Great selection of equipment to use. Lap pool, dry and wet saunas, jeccuzi tub, and they offer sports massages as well

Fantastic experience: Clean, friendly staff, nice facility, pool, saunas both steam and dry, and whirlpool, exercise machines and classes. Love it but dont love the cost.

Fantastic experience: FACILITY IS CLEAN NOT SURE WHAT OTHER REVIEW IS ABOUT BEST FACILITY IN TOWN

Positive experience: I think the Avera Fitness Center isn't the fitness center it was known as 15 years ago...Don't get me wrong, it's still a pretty nice place, but it seems to have an "old boys club" feel to it. The color schemes are dated, but the equipment is of high quality. The reason I bring up the decor and clientele is because of the price. My wife and I pay just over $100 a month. We have kids, but it's more to take them to the child care portion of the club, so we go at separate times, which means we don't go as often as we would like. With the Great Life perks and lower price, I would strongly consider checking them out. You would think with the competition, Avera would try a little harder to stay relevant. We will probably be dropping our membership soon to make way for a more family friendly option.

Positive experience: Help my husband with therapy, great job frist time.

Positive experience: Best place to work out in all of Sioux Falls. Only issue: it's high priced.

Fantastic experience: Spa like experience.

Positive experience: They have a variety of equipment

Positive experience: They think there place is the best. That going to them will fix your problem.

Fantastic experience: Good equipment