4-2-2020 Update
LAC Members and Employees,

We hope that all of you are doing as well as possible. As you know, we have been closed since Saturday March 21st and we want to stay in great communication with you. The State of Oregon mandated all gyms close on March 23rd and that was clearly the right decision for our city, state (and we feel) for our country. We would like to thank all of you who have chosen to continue paying your monthly dues. Like all of you, we have significant on-going costs during this closure. We just completed our last payroll cycle and are processing our employees unemployment claims daily. We will make the absolutely most prudent decisions with our reserves to ensure that we can immediately open back up for all our members and bring ALL of our almost 50 employees back to work.

Remember, you have options with your membership and we want you to do what is best for you and your family. Any member can Freeze their membership for 3 months at a time at no charge (You can even extend it 3 more months later if for some crazy reason this goes on longer). The easiest way to Freeze your membership is to email our billing company (ABC Financial) at customercare@abcfinancial.com and tell them you want to Freeze. You can also call them at 888-827-9262 but there are some automated hoops you have to jump through and it can get a little annoying. We are sorry we cannot do these membership changes in the club. We must have a professional company handle it because they are able to document all changes, manage all the billing, and adhere to all state and federal regulations. They follow all the rules and guidelines of banks and financial institutions and we could not do that as well in-house.

If you were unaware that we were continuing to bill while closed and would like your membership frozen from a past date and any post-closure dues refunded we would be happy to do that for you. Please email membership@lloydathleticclub.com and we will take care of it for you. We are not trying to make anything difficult for our members. We appreciate all of you and understand that this situation takes some flexibility.

As always, you can cancel if you are in an open-ended agreement. If you have an insurance based membership (Active and Fit, Silver and Fit, Silver Sneakers, etc) there is nothing you need to do with ABC Financial. We do not get paid unless you attend. Obviously we hope that most of you will choose to Freeze rather than cancel but we want to take this opportunity to thank all of our current and past members no matter what you choose. The support and outreach that we have received from all of you has been overwhelming and inspirational. Our members and our employees are the most important things to us and we will work daily to use this time to guarantee the vibrant return and future of Lloyd Athletic Club.

We feel it is safe to estimate that the the gym will be closed at least until the end of April. We will continue to watch the situation closely and assess our re-open date on a weekly basis. We will certainly follow all the recommendations of our State and Federal Agencies and welcome any of your input as well. The health and well-being of our members, staff and community is our top priority at Lloyd Athletic Club.

Here are a few Staff Updates for fun:

Billy is enjoying the time with his son and trying to get some projects done around the house. Andrée is doing lots of yard-work but doesn’t feel her weeding is as tough of a workout as her classes were. She also says that she misses everyone. Justin wants everyone to know he is doing well but he’s looking forward to coming back. His last online Senior Class had 22 participants! Anyone can check out his Senior exercise videos and classes at www.onlinefitness.us. Emily W. will also have Free Essentrics Classes on

Zoom and we will post the details of all online resources on Facebook/Instagram and our website. Derek is keeping busy with a daily outdoor workout and doing lots of reading from his favorite author Haruki Murakami. Regina and her family are well. She’s staying busy by creating some new exercise routines and vegetarian meal options and is also catching up on some reading. Dawn is doing pretty well. She is able to do some work virtually and has been doing lots of yard-work. She’s hoping that her kids get some virtual school going soon. She really misses her Cycle Class! Carmen has begun teaching her cat tricks and is currently trying to teach her how to walk on a leash. She’s daydreaming about narrow boating the canals of England and has resorted to borrowing the owners dog Fozzie for walks.Marlena is doing really well. She is happy to be home with her babies. She’s been keeping busy finding furniture to paint (lol) but is missing all her wonderful co-workers and members. She sends “all her love!” Nick and Jill are hanging in there ok. This is all very stressful and they have a lot of people counting on them. They feel that they are up to the challenge and are trying to make the best decisions for LAC. Fozzie the dog is getting tons of walks and has no clue what Coronavirus is. (This part of the email was fun. We will include more/different staff updates on the next email).

Please follow us on Facebook and Instagram for lots of At-Home workout options,updates and pictures. Strangely enough it is Willamette Week’s Best of Portland edition time of year and we are in the nominating process. If you would like to nominate us you can go to Best of Portland and vote. You helped us be voted the Best Gym in Portland for 2019 and we are hoping to make it two years in a row! We will keep the phone message and pop-up on our website updated with the most current information. You can always reach us at membership@lloydathleticclub.com and/or admin@llloydathleticclub.com.

Thanks again for your support of our local, small business. Every penny spent here stays in Portland. Lloyd Athletic Club has been in business for over 40 years and we will make it through this. We can’t thank all of you enough for all your kind words and encouragement.

-Nick, Jill, Khino, and all of our Employees