PA Fitness

Went in today to check it out and waited in the front for at least 10 minutes for staff to show up and give me a tour/​answer some questions. Several other customers came to the front wanting water etc and also got frustrated and left. I’ll go elsewhere if they can’t even keep a front staff

This gym is terrible. I had a member threaten to physically beat me up for interrupting his multi-​machine cycle. Management did nothing but tell me to keep my distance.

Been at this location off and on since it was a terrible imitation of a Golds. Gym utilizes what appears to be well preserved early 80’s leftover equipment. Sprinkle in a very few newer bits and pieces and this what you have.
Place as a whole is generally filthy. Times get especially grim when employees go a couple hours not changing equipment cleaning towels. Nothing like wiping swet off with swet. Place has a very small area for dumping your kids but talk about taking chances yikes. Staff is hit and miss but mostly miss. Two stars perfectly sum up this relic

I am sad to give this gym one star. I began going with my fiancé about 14 months ago. There are some aspects of the place I appreciate. In the interest of being fair I’ll first list what I like.
pros: The gym has plenty of equipment and options, pretty good variety of group classes at good times cycling especially which is my favorite, I like that you can buy supplements (pre-​workout, etc.) by the container or single serve, it’s the only place around that has a sauna, many members are serious about fitness and it gives the gym a really focused feel, the cost is competitive
cons: This is by far the dirtiest gym I’ve ever attended, thick layers of dust on every piece of equipment, the cleaning rags are always soaking wet from use and falling apart/​stained, bathrooms in desperate need of an update and clean — missing doors, moldy shower curtains, body hair, also the sauna in the women’s is out of service nearly always, but a sign is never posted so I have to ask the desk to post a sign each time, I also have to ask for paper towels or toilet paper more often than not, the classroom spaces are locked when class isn’t in session, the WiFi is very low quality and doesn’t sustain any of my apps so I have to use my own data, they play the most awful rock music — I love rock, but the channels they play are truly terrible, each staff person I’ve interacted with has been rude and/​or not knowledgeable or helpful, the limited hours (one location being closed completely Sundays), spending money on giant TVs that display some calorie counting program that no one uses seems like a waste especially considering the condition of the bathrooms and cleanliness issues — it was a strange management choice
The cleanliness was finally the deal breaker for me. I do a combination of machines and body weight exercises and the equipment and floors with dust, hair and insects were just too much for me. Many of the cons mentioned above weren’t extreme, but put all together, I am genuinely surprised this place is building a new location which I fear will also be mismanaged. There aren’t many choices in this area so I understand why they’re able to get away with it. I switched to another gym and kept both memberships going for a few months. Ultimately I wound up dreading going to PA so both my fiancé and I dropped both our memberships.

A pretty no-​nonsense gym. Fair fees, nice staff. The gym is clean, but the bathroom need some serious work.

So this place has been my home for the past 4 years, way back when it was Golds Gym. I have been lifting weights for a solid 6 years and I am a trainer and a power lifter, and i train in the mornings just to give you some context. My review may not be as relevant to someone who comes in once in a while to do cardio.
Pros:
1. Good dumbell system. Goes up to around 155 I think, thanks to Golds leaving their weights here when they got shut down.
2. I’d say about 75% of the people who lift weights here are pretty serious about weightlifting and that feels good to be around others who are making gains.
3. The squat rack and power racks are pretty much always open which is a big deal to me.
4. There is a place to deadlift, which is also typically open.
5. Lots of bench variations, all-​in-​ones and other necessary equipment. I feel like there is nothing lacking here as far as what equipment I need to get a variety of good workouts.
6. The regular employees are very nice and talkative.
If you are a serious lifter, this is the best gym around the area.
Cons: So I am going to try and give a correct and factual list of cons that are not based on a personal bias. Something you should understand is the owner has another location in marysville and he took over this location when Golds got shut down. All the lifters here had no choice but to pretty much go join the marysville PA Fitness, and we all heard a lot of bad mouthing by the clients AND the owner. They would call us «meatheads» and other stereotypical names and insults because (i assume) they felt their gym was suddenly full of people, and the average person at the marysville PA are more of the Planet Fitness type. The owner took over the Golds in smokey point to send us back, and now I feel like he just cares about the marysville location and let’s this gym get neglected.
1. Holy hell it’s dirty. The bathrooms are always gross and the toilets always need cleaning. They seem to be out of basics pretty often and I feel like they simply just don’t care at all. If you have to take a number 2, you will feel like you are in an outhouse. Also carpets are dirty, lockers are full of dirt and particles of crap, and the showers are frequently dirty and sometimes broken. This also goes for the filthy water fountains and the filthy stained mats.
2. The sauna has been out of service on and off a lot lately, and when it works it’s usually not very hot. It’s also full of grime and smells like a dirty sock.
3. There is a giant old man who constantly goes in the sauna naked and after repeated complaints by several people, he still comes in and the owners have done nothing about it. I’ve shown them photos of the slime trail he leaves behind and while they acknowledged it’s really foul, he still comes in every day and waits for us to leave and he gets naked in the sauna. It’s really appalling and I wish the owners would kick these types of people out.
4. Not much room to stretch out and all the free weight systems are just crammed together. Sometimes people will bump into your bar while you are benching and holy hell that is dangerous.
5. There are some really awful people who lift here and don’t rerack when they are done so there are plates scattered everywhere and I am constantly reracking other people weights before I get to lift.
6. NO CHALK ALLOWED.
7. Internet is always weak and signal comes and goes.
Overall, if I felt like they cared here I would give it a better rating because like I said, the free weights are great here. If you care more about cleanliness and stuff, go to anytime fitness. They are excellent with keeping everything rediculously clean.