American Barbell Clubs

Edited review: I felt misinformed about how cancellation works with their gym memberships. It resulted in me being charged I believe unfairly. When I tried to bring it up, I did not feel listened to. I felt like they used a lot of legal talk that enabled them to charge me for longer than I thought would happen. I thought it was canceled, so I did not use it. But I was still charged anyway. Rather than giving a refund, they highlight the fine print where it says I agreed to this apparently. Make sure you read the fine print I guess. It doesn't matter what people say, it matters what is on paper. Well, alright then. If that's how you want to do business, fine.

One of my go to gyms a few years back. Has numerous clean, reliable equipment and squat racks. Never do I feel I have to wait my turn for too long. Staff is also nice and friendly.

Used to really love this gym but first they started closing earlier and now they’re raising membership prices. I began to start looking at other gyms, specially since they close so early on the weekends.

Great gym for serious lifters. Tons of full squat racks and deadlift platforms, a fat pad for benching, and a ton of commercial benches. Seldom busy and friendly staff.

I have trained at this gym and it's sister locations since about 1998 or so, Jerry McCall has been the owner for some years now and I want to give him credit for being able to preserve the hardcore atmosphere as much as possible while expanding his brand and improving on the older Gold's business model. The staff at AB are polite and helpful and the gym is well kept, it's clean and has plenty of drinks in the cooler. The weights go up to 150lb dumbbells ( I have not seen anybody use them in my life yet) and the equipment is modern and in good shape. Whatever you might want to use if a machine is not at one location it's probably at one of the others. Mr. McCall described himself once as a "dyed in the wool" bodybuilder and I am grateful he has stuck around to keep the gyms a place where bodybuilders like myself can feel at home. The price is very reasonable and it's hours of operation are pretty good, I would say American Barbell has the best gyms in the south bay area. If anything, it would be nice if there were more of them. Hope somebody finds this review useful take care and God Bless.