Kenmore Fitness

This gym is perfect for what I need… close to home, accessible anytime, affordable, not a lot of frills and noise, and plenty of weights. If you need a child care or need your gym to be more spa-​like, then this probably isn’t the place for you. Thanks for keeping this going in Kenmore!

The place itself is okay other than equipments having some dust on it. I also liked that there aren’t too many people exercising most of the time. The hardest part was reaching to Jamie, the owner, by phone or email. He rarely answers phone calls and is slow at responding to emails.
When I emailed Jamie 4 days before the membership renewal to cancel it since I’m moving out, he never responded. After which only to find out that I was still charged for the month I won’t be here. When I emailed him again, he replied to me I have to give him the notice 10 days in advance per the contract. Well, I just accepted as he says but I never expected someone trying to charge another $ 20 from a loyal customer for almost 3 years.

This is a pretty awesome little gym. You won’t find anything like tanning beds, organized classes, or even employees at Kenmore Fitness, but what you will find is a well-​stocked floor, 24-​hour access, a great price, and enough free-​weights, racks, machines (maybe too many) and cardio equipment to help you achieve whatever goal you may have.
The gym is separated into two levels. The ground floor has most of the machines and free-​weights and the upper floor is all cardio with treadmills, ellipticals and bikes. I would say that the ground floor borders on cramped, but there is hardly anyone here so it’s not often a problem. I have never had to wait for equipment or weights and have never had to fight for space. I usually go 3 times a week between 6pm and 9pm.
The gym is pretty clean, but Jamie, the owner and person you’ll sign up with, is the only employee, so that is largely a result of respectful patrons which is an awesome change from other gyms I’ve been to. Jamie does a good job keeping the paper towels, cleaning spray and bathrooms stocked.
The gym is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week which is pretty awesome, especially because past 9pm there has never been more than 1 or 2 other people in the gym with me.
One issue I have is about one of the bar bells. There are 2 olympic barbells total, they’re located near the Squat Rack and Power Rack and 1 of those barbells is incredibly old. That combined with the old and well-​worm 45 pound plates makes it frustrating trying to slide them on the bar. This is a minor complaint though, as the other barbell was just recently replaced so I know Jamie has his eyes on it, hopefully he’ll replace the other soon!
I knocked a star off of this review because I think that the floor has about 20 machines too many. I’m not sure if the old location had more space or something, but there are so many damn machines lining the walls taking up space that It’s hard to even find an open spot to watch form in a mirror. I would understand if the gym was catering to a more casual crowd, but this isn’t planet fitness. A vast majority of the people I see at the gym are using free-​weights and barbells so I’m really not sure why there needs to be so many machines.
Some of them are even old and poorly maintained, many have their cords and pulleys worn down to metal and the movement isn’t smooth. So why have so many machines? Not many people are using them and I feel like they could be sold for more than they’re worth sitting in the gym getting hardly any use. Sell them and spend that money on a new squat rack or two and a couple more 45’s and 35’s.
Overall I like Kenmore Fitness. Good crowd of people, good owner, enough equipment (until more people decide to sign up), and a good price (I pay about $ 30 a month for 2 people). I would love to see the floor managed a bit better and some of the machines nixed, and I’d love to see a new squat rack and a few more plates, ESPECIALLY a new barbell, but Kenmore Fitness gets the job done.