I wonder what’s going on with Peak Fitness in Knightdale. My wife and I were so excited to hear that Peak Fitness was coming to Knightdale. After all, the old Winn Dixie store was becoming an eye sore and having a Gym less than 2 miles from our home was very attractive. After all, my wife and I are always trying to find time to excerise. She enjoys group exercises and I have always loved basketball.

I was thrilled when I walked out of Lowes Food one afternoon and saw an ad for Peak Fitness Knightdale under my windshield. I called my wife and dropped a few hints that a membership to Peak Fitness in Knightdale will be a great Christmas gift. It was right after Thanksgiving and a call to Peak Fitness confirmed that it would be opening in Knightdale in January of 08. A few days before Christmas, my wife had to “run some errands.” It turns out that she went to the Peak Fitness Office in Knigtdale to get more information and sign up. Again, they assured her that it would be opening in January of ‘08.

Christmas Day came and you guessed it. My wife gave me a gym membership to the Knightdale Location of Peak Fitness. In fact, she went ahead and purchased a gym membership for herself as well. They did a little hard selling trying to tell her that they don’t do anything less than 2 year commitments but for her, they would make an exception. All they asked is that she not tell anyone else about her “deal.”

January came and went without the opening of the Knightdale Peak Fitness. We called and asked for an explanation of the delay. They said that they were a few weeks behind. They told us that after all, we can’t expect people to work over Christmas and New Years. Hmm I thought to myself, did those holidays just spring up unexpectedly? Had Peak Fitness not accounted for that in they construction of the Knightdale location? I was a little frustrated at Peak but I knew that it’s hard to have solid deadlines in construction. I figured that I could live with waiting a few more weeks for the Knightdale location to open.

Again, weeks came and went without Peak Fitness opening their Knightdale location. We called Peak again for another update. After all, we drove by the old Winn Dixie building and saw nothing being done. Another call to Peak Fitness Knightdale came with another excuse. This time it was delay because their trouble with Knigtdale and getting the appropriate permits. I was left scratching my head because by this time, another Knightdale gym announced that they were going to be soon opening their doors. This one was Planet Fitness. They were building their gym from the ground up. Surely Peak Fitness would be opening before Planet Fitness. After all, Peak Fitness’s location in Knightdale already had a shell. All they had to do was pluming and walls.

In February, I called Peak Fitness again. This time they said that they didn’t expect their Knightdale location to be open until March. Honestly, at this point, I don’t know what to think. The last time I drove by the Winn Dixie building in Knightdale, it was still at the same point that it was months ago. I almost don’t want to call Peak Fitness again because I don’t want to be disappointed again. Does anyone know when Peak Fitness Knightdale will actually open? Does any one have any inside information? I am beginning to grow frustrated with Peak. At this point, I wish I hadn’t of signed a contract with them. After all, I am beginning to think that Planet Fitness will open their Knightdale location far before Peak Fitness.