Amerifit

This is review rating may not be for everyone.
Amerifit is a gym where many serious body builders work out. This is an anti-​Planet Fitness (there are no pizza days). This place is where private personal trainers take on clients who do not have an affiliation with Planet Fitness. You can pay $ 5 per day if you want to meet occasionally.
What the casual person may see upon entering:
You will hear lots of grunting and weights being dropped. Do not be intimidated. The folks (men and ladies) are doing this for competitions (usually).
The place may seem run down (older weights /​machines). Do not let this deceive you.
The place may seem small. Again — do not let this deceive you. They have smaller rooms /​areas.
They do have classes upstairs that seem pretty intense (not my cup of tea).
Why 4 Stars:
1. I followed my trainer (which means I chose my trainer at a location where we could work out). My previous trainers were great but I did not necessarily like the gym (too crowded or not enough room to work out).
2. Equipment variety. Example — Cardio Equipment. Usually when you go into a gym, you will have a treadmill, a stepper, a recumbent bike, bike, elliptical) — All one type. Amerifit provides a variety of machines such as Cybex. Cybex is your traditional elliptical but you can control the elevation as well. They also have machines that will simulate ice skating
3. Intensity — You do see people seriously working out. This can either motivate or intimidate you. It motivates me. I can also see folks doing exercises correctly.
4. The folks are nice. All the associates I have met are very nice.
I apologize to the serious body builders for writing this review, but I think this is a very good secret to share. Find you a trainer, meet him/​her at Amerifit, and workout.
This is not a chain gym where everything is new with standard (usually leased) equipment.

As a member for now 8 years I can honestly say, I have never had a negative experience at Amerifit! The owner and staff could not be more accommodating and strive for member satisfaction. The owner not only runs the business but personally fixes machines when needed, interacts with the members, and also personally salts and plows the parking lot when needed in the winter himself.
There is another review on here stating the lot didn’t have any attention after which was the largest ice storm we’ve had in years. I would like to state I was sitting by the counter the day this lady came in upset and unnecessarily yelling at the front desk employee about the lot. The owner was out there every couple hours doing the best he could to tame the condition of the lot. However on that day I believe everyone’s car on the road turned into a snow sled including my own. If you truly felt in danger being on the roads that day, you probably should of just stayed at home or a work.
I love the fact the owner takes pride in his business and is extremely hands on with the maintenance of the building. Amerifit has such a welcoming, no intimidation, home-​like feel which is what I believe makes this place so special and unique and has kept my loyal membership for the last 8 years.

I spoke to a man this morning about the ice covered parking lot and sidewalk, as a business is liable to their customers if someone was to slip and fall due to negligence on the business’s part. He told me good luck and that I’m liable to just be careful because everywhere is icy. After two years at this gym I’m fed up with the way they treat their customers. He told me he was fed up with me since I gave him a hard time about being out of towels a few weeks ago (which they’ve had towels since then). They never clean the parking lot in the winter so make sure you wear boots outside and don’t crash your car. Aside from that, this gym is well just that a gym. My biggest critic (aside from rude management and negligence) would have to be that they don’t encourage sanitization outside of the cardio room. There aren’t towels and spray around the weight machines, which I’ve never had an issue with, but I’d hate to see that happen. I always make sure to at least wipe off my sweat marks from the machine, cause well that’d be pretty nasty. It is pretty large in terms of size and space to do anything aside from the ordinary weights and cardio. The workers well they’re mostly young and don’t really care too much (the man who told me I was wrong was older and possibly a manager or owner). They tend to not keep on top of the wash with the towels even when it isn’t busy, which can be pretty annoying. Their cardio room always has Fox News on two tvs and then the middle TV has sports center on regardless of what else is on tv. They recently haven’t even been putting pens games and stuff on. Must be too busy watching the 52 inch screen they have in the lobby for the workers while the cardio room has max 32 in the middle and 24 on the sides probably. If I had to pay full price for my membership I probably wouldn’t belong here, but it’s through my insurance. That said I don’t swipe my card like most people in the front on my own. The machine is behind the counter. One guy always shows me how to do it myself, which was helpful the first time cause people aren’t always around the front desk. That said when he is standing behind there chatting I would expect him to do it since it’s his job. This gym is nothing state of the art fancy fancy, but do you really need a fancy looking gym? Their cardio room is pretty massive and even at peak hours I’ve never had a problem getting a treadmill or elliptical. They actually even have two hellix trainers, which aren’t super common yet. Sometimes when things go out of order they take a while to fix them. I’ve run into the owner or manager one time in the bathroom when someone let a sink over floor and asked if I should tell the guys at the desk and she said oh no they’re useless. This gym makes a killing from a) classes b) it’s convenient and c) their personal training is a separate company (warrior fitness). I’ve been meaning to sign up for a trainer and I always see them busy. They all seem awesome and very helpful and challenging. Not sure if they have a separate Unilocal page, but I would say from what I’ve seen they’d bust your ass for sure!

I really like this gym. It is nice neighborhood gym and unlike big gyms they don’t have big contracts and they have flexible memberships. Great selection of classes. All the instructors are very good knowledgable and motivating. All the staff working there are super nice. Their selection of the equipment is good too !!

I have belonged to this gym on and off for the past 4 years. It has most of the basics you would need for a workout, including weights, machines, treadmills, ellipticals, etc. They also offer classes. However, it does not have anything extra to make it stand out.
The rates are decent, but not great, if you buy a full year membership ($ 44/​mo), a couple’s membership ($ 69/​mo for 2), or an automatic funds monthly membership ($ 49/​mo).
The place is kind of old and dirty, and I have heard it described as a «dungeon.» Worst yet, they play Fox News in the cardio room. If you ask them to change it, they might, but they’ll change it right back. I’m not particularly interested in belonging to a gym that wears its politics on its sleeve like that.

I bought a three month membership last year, mainly to attend the Silver Sneakers classes. I was in my early sixties and hadn’t exercised in a while. I tried the evening classes but they were very crowded and difficult, so I tried a morning class for seniors. I like to stretch out before my class actually starts, so I went to the tail end of a yoga class. The women in this class were very nasty to me and told me that I wasn’t welcome to stretch out in their class. I never went back thanks to the attitude of the other members. I didn’t feel welcome here. I complained to the manager, who said that I was welcome to stretch out in whatever class I wanted to, but the hostility of these yoga students was very evident. Do they think that this is their private gym?

I belong to this gym… I live in the South section of Pittsburgh, and I find that this gym is not too far from me. The staff is friendly, the equipment is quite good. You get two free personal training sessions when you join. They have lots of weights (which my boyfriend uses) and a decent cardio room. The only thing I would say is to increase some of the cardio equipment. Water is only $ 1 a bottle!