Evolve Strength Sunridge

This Evolve location shocked me a little bit when I entered. As soon as you enter the door, you're in the gym. You're closer to someone benching than the front desk. Not an issue at all, I've just never experienced that before.
Aside from that, they have all the staples that Evolve is now known for, including a well planned floor space with areas for general fitness, powerlifting, weightlifting, CrossFit style training, and lots of space to train whatever you want on the turf.
They also officially have the heaviest plates I've ever seen (and probably ever will see) at 50kgs.

Evolve Strength Sunridge is a solid gym with a great location, especially if you’re working nearby. It has all the basic equipment you need—turf, racks, machines—but the space feels a bit cramped and under-equipped compared to Royal Oak or Seton. Once you’ve been to those, especially Seton, you’ll realize it’s a night-and-day difference. The layout, vibe, and equipment quality are just way better there.

Staff here are mostly great—I’ve had good convos with some of them—but the front desk guy kind of kills the vibe. He enforces the indoor shoe rule with this passive-aggressive energy that really rubs people the wrong way. I get the rule, and I usually follow it, but forgetting my shoes once in a while shouldn’t feel like I committed a felony. When I first signed up, I didn’t know about the rule, and his “it says on the page” response just came off rude.

After contemplating, if making the 20 minute trip was worth it down south after the passive aggressive interactions, I made the switch to Seton, and I’ve never looked back. The staff there are super chill, the space is beautiful, and the equipment is high-end and well-maintained. Even though it’s a 20-minute drive, it’s 100% worth it. They let you work out in peace without the passive-aggressive energy. If you can make the trip, I’d strongly recommend going to Seton instead.

It sucks because I really wanted to give it a higher rating, but just that one person can definitely ruin the whole vibe. (BTW I’ve been coming here for a couple of weeks. It wasn’t just a one day trip)

I’d like to rate this gym higher because it had a great atmosphere and friendly staff, but I’m not a fan of the hours as someone who does rotational shift work. I’m also not a fan of how the gym is closed for the weekend every one or two months for competitions. One thing that’s not disclosed about these closures is that the setup begins the day before and half of the gym is taped off before the actual closure. It’s very disruptive. Sometimes parts of the gym or track are closed off for what look like presentations. I also wish that the gym had a bit more equipment and machines such as a smith machine, elliptical, etc.

This place SUCKS. I have been Evolve strength members since two years, worked out at Seton and Royal Oaks. Moved here to south east and just wanted to do trial workout before I sign up here, the guy at the front desk CALEB, wasted my time, he said let me figure out how to do it, after twenty minutes he said, You have been a member another branch, so you can not do a trial workout. This place doesn’t look like Evolve Strength. The guy at the front desk represents this stupid branch.

Not so good. Came straight from work so changed my shoes at work. They requested me to change the shoes at entrance even though the entrance is filthy dirty with matts never cleaned and it smells right at the entrance. Never had problem at royal oak and they are super clean even though they will never stop and embarrass you in front of someone else.