I could go on and on about the ZX franchise itself, and how much I despise it... but I'll just stick to this gym specifically.  \n\nI have been with ZX/Peak for years now, switching from Concord to Harrisburg, to University, and now Matthews is the most convenient location for me.  My first impression of this location is that it is huge, obviously, but I was disappointed with the way they utilize their space.  The group fitness room is huge, which I like, but the spin room is tiny and quite uncomfortable.  This especially sucks when the air conditioning is broken, as it was for most of this entire past summer, and I had to leave early several times to avoid completely overheating.  The machines are super old, and broken down half of the time, and if I could possibly make any more noise running on a treadmill I'd be surprised. I never see people cleaning them, and after getting a staph infection in early January (I am almost positive it is from this gym) I am especially cautious.  The only reason I still keep my membership at this gym is that a- It is dirt cheap and b- I absolutely LOVE the Group Power and Group Ride classes.  Between these two classes alone I am in the best physical shape of my life.  The only downside, of course on the gym's part, is that on several occasions I have come in and the sound equipment was not working for the classes so it was cancelled, and the spin room has several broken bikes that they refuse to fix. I won't even go into how obnoxious the colors of the gym are, you feel like you are working out in a bag of skittles. \n\nNeedless to say I have now joined the Y since they are now a lot more flexible with membership fees and I very rarely choose ZX over them.   I think it is just a matter of time before this place shuts down, or ZX goes down completely just like it's previous aliases.