Equilibre-Fitness is a gym located in Lausanne, Switzerland. The average rating of this business is 4.70 out of 5 stars based on 81 reviews. The street address of this business is Av. de Montchoisi 15, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Equilibre-Fitness is located at Av. de Montchoisi 15, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland.
- The contact number of Equilibre-Fitness is 021 617 12 44
- The email address of Equilibre-Fitness is contact [at] equilibre-fitness.ch
5 Jubilee Ajiboye 31 months ago
5 Mrunmoy Panigrahi 43 months ago
1. Equipment - The gym has 5 sections: a regular bodybuilding area, a cardio section, a classroom area for the aerobic type stuff, a restricted area for paid anaerobic training and finally, the only area I mostly used - a strength playground that has 2 power racks, 2 deadlift platforms, lots of weights and conditioning equipment (basically everything you really need in a gym). If you know what you're doing, you'll find this gym so good that you wouldn't want to change gyms in Lausanne. I didn't.
2. Trainers - I didn't engage one because I do my own programming and am quite experienced. But the trainers are courteous and serious about their jobs. I cannot comment on their efficacy.
3. Locker rooms - Standard, what you would expect in a locker room. You can rent a locker which I never did. Communal showers.
4. Front desk - Some of the most helpful and friendly staff I have seen. Big props to them. Only one man spoke English well however, but if you're French speaking, it shouldn't matter.
5. Price - Although the price may seem a bit steep especially if you're not from Switzerland, rest assured it's the best value for money gym you'll find here. You won't regret taking your membership if you're serious about training.
6. COVID - The gym had closed during COVID for a few months as per the government regulations, but when they re-opened, they had set up the prescribed social distancing rules while training. You needn't worry about hygiene being a problem.
I recommend this gym whole-heartedly to everyone living in Lausanne.
1 Felix Mulder 103 months ago
As a person interested in the functional aspect as well as the strength component of training I thought this facility would provide both good opportunities for training as well as good instructors. Alas, most instructors are seemingly not well educated when it comes to the latest research in physiology and sportsmedicine.
They teach their own program with a plethora of exercises that make for slow progress, are unnecessary and even potentially damaging to beginners - since they are not taught properly but instead rushed through all the exercises. To name a few examples: lunge swings using the Vipr, sumo squat with the barbell held in hand similar to T bar rows (but instead facing the barbell). Regular squats with bar in arm creases instead of on the back...just to name a few.
This is done instead of well established programs based on linear progression. E.g. Starting Strength, Greyskull Linear progression and Strong Lifts 5x5.
The nice area of the gym is off limits to regular gym goers - only for private classes. Despite these not being in session…
There are no micro-plates (0.5kg/1lb).
There are only a few regular 20 kg barbells in the public gym area - most are 15 kg.
Mixed brands of bars and plates results in plates being super wobbly on the bar.
Chalk is not allowed, safety first right?
Weightlifting platforms can't even be used!
There are two weight lifting platforms, but they can't be used since the neighbors will complain if weights are put down too hard. I've been warned twice - none of the times was this with weight that had been above my head but rather dropped from a couple of centimeters off the floor. Even with bumper plates, this was still too loud according to the staff.
As a student on a budget, but extremely interested in fitness and healthy living - a good gym was high on my list when moving to Lausanne. These guys charge 390CHF for 3 months - when the limitations of the facility and the unhelpfulness of the staff was revealed I asked for my money back (minus the month I had spent training) but was denied.
The only really good thing with this gym is ironically its location - and the after workout shakes they make, they're amazing so they get a star for that at least.
**UPDATE**
After posting this review, I was allowed to quit the gym - I was given money back appropriate to the amount of time I'd actually used the gym. However, when going to the gym to end my membership the staff was both rude and unaccommodating - as in my membership was canceled effective immediately (a few days prior) and I wasn't even allowed to pay for a one-time training session. There seems to be some discrepancy between how the staff operates and how the management operates. I'm basing this on the fact that the management that reached out to me via email were polite and even recommended other facilities - whilst my experience with the on-location staff was less so.
5 Iurii Katkov 91 months ago
You will find there stuff that you've never heard of, like tsunami barbells and bendable bars. If you're fan of the training with you own weight, there are rubbers, TRXs, Swiss balls and Bosu balls, hard and soft platforms for jumping, chinup bars and a great lot of smaller fitness equipment.
The private training zone has things you've probably never see in any other gym. I've never trained inside it, but the hammers, adjustable weights and complex machines for training with your weight look pretty impressive.
Very healthy addition is the stretching zone. Everybody stretch in this gym, there's a lot of foam roller, little massaging balls and such thing. Take care of your muscles and fascias, boys.
When I'm tired, I just go and use the gym's sauna: 90 degrees Finnish sauna for 2-4 people and usually no one inside - just a-w-e-s-o-m-e. There's also a Hammam but I'm no expert in this Turkish stuff.
Everything is clean, the trainers are helpful and positive, the atmosphere is great. I'd seriously say that it's the best gym I've ever had.
5 David Forero 91 months ago
5 Julia Corcoba 31 months ago
5 Sidrik Blal 29 months ago
L'équipe est d'une gentillesse remarquable et les cours d'ULTRA sont à tomber, littéralement !!
Nouveau cours toutes les 4 semaines, les coachs adaptent les exercices en cas de soucis musculaires.
5 Gaëlle Gander 26 months ago
Premières visites en 2013 à l'occasion de ma formation de fitness, et je n'ai plus quitté ce lieu d'entraînement dans lequel je me sens bien dès que je passe la porte. Moi-même enseignant l'activité physique (donc parfois critique) et pratiquant une discipline en compétition, je trouve que l'encadrement est à la pointe, fonctionnel et adéquat du point de vue de la santé. Les cours collectifs sont de qualité, le choix du matériel est top et varié. Merci pour tout depuis le début!
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