As many of you may know, I blogged about some “interesting” news yesterday about Peak Fitness. I knew they were closing but chose not to disclose the information due to the fact that no one was willing to go on the record with the information. Well today it’s confirmed. Peak Fitness Knightdale has closed it’s doors. It’s quite interesting given the fact that Peak’s recent settlement with the Attorney General stipulates that Peak Fitness is required to

Give advance notice to gym members and the Attorney General’s Office when a health club will be closed or when members will be transferred to another location.

Hmm, I was at the Knightdale location of Peak Fitness yesterday and asked the manager specifically if the place was closing down. She even contacted her general manager and was told that there was no word on any closing. Hmm.

So apparently last night they emptied out the entire place! That’s right the place is now empty!

So What About Peak Fitness Members?

Apparently you can still work out at other Peak Fitness locations. Planet Fitness is also honoring Peak Memberships. However, it’s important to note that Planet Fitness doesn’t have child care or basketball courts (a big reason why so many chose to work out at Peak Fitness Knightdale.

I’ll be contacting the Attorney General today for some additional insight. If you are a member of the Peak Fitness leave a comment below or message me on twitter.

So the rumor mill is flying today with lots of “interesting” information about the status of some gyms in Knightdale. At this point, I have no concrete information so all it is right now is simply rumors. I’ve contacted managers with various gyms in Knightdale to try to get some additional information (and to actually confirm the rumors) but I haven’t had anyone give me concrete information. I’ll update this post as soon as I have more information. I plan on visiting the Knightdale gyms today and see if any new information has transpired. If you have any insight, message me on Twitter.

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.