Next Level Fitness

When I hurt my back I was an absolute mess. I couldn’t work because I couldn’t sit in a chair for more than five minutes. Had to get a stand up desk and was utterly frustrated. What saved me was the treatments I got from Dr. Vas. I highly recommend the ART sessions to anyone in pain. It made all the difference in my recovery. Dr. Vas is the best!

NLF is the perfect gym for me. It’s affordable, in a great location, has lots of equipment and clean.
It’s more personal, they get to know you as an individual, focusing on your strengths and targeting your weaknesses.
Adam is the best trainer I have ever worked with. He is professional, motivated and his drive is killer. He has a passion for his work and it shows. I have been feeling healthier, stronger and more focused on my personal fitness since I have started working with Adam
I would definitely recommend NFL to my friends and Adam as a personal trainer

Cary Homaka is such a good, motivation trainer ! I like a little correcting that He shows during the work out ! I can’t wait to come back and train with his groups again, everybody here is friendly n works hard ! thanks everybody (specialty my machine husband for introducing Instructor Cary to me !)

Dr. Kim is an amazing chiropractor. Well knowledgable and focused on my issues and concerns. With his advice and work, my back pain have really gone away and I feel great! This office/​gym is all around great with great people and service

This place is a hidden gem! It maybe a hard find in the saturated industrial complexes near Mcarthur blvd but it’s worth the effort. So far as I can tell it is a complete wellness center. Under one roof there is a Chiro, message therapist, endermologist, personal training, and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu academy. Not to mention full locker rooms with showers and 7+ restrooms on site. Whatever you are looking for regarding health… This is the place.

Oh lordy, you’d think I would have run out of gyms to review on Unilocal by now! First off, for those of you who are thinking of seeing a personal trainer to help you reach your fitness goals, this is the place to be apparently. NLF is mainly a gym for personal trainers and their clients, so I don’t think you can get a «membership» since it just comes with your training. The gym has pretty much everything – treadmills, machines, free weights, tires for flipping (if you’re into that), ropes for climbing, sleds for pushing – basically anything that gets your body moving, they most likely have. It does get kind of crowded during peak times and the equipment can use a facelift, but other than that, this place is legit.
A side note: I didn’t meet my trainer here, but we would train here on a regular basis. It was a bit of a distraction because there were several occasions where random women would approach him and try to either hit on him, or set him up with their friends/​daughters/​sisters, etc. At first, it was funny, but then it started to get kind of annoying. Come on ladies! Really???

Next Level is a pretty damn good gym. One of the things that I like the most is that it is not a «meat market» like what you would find at 24 or LA fitness. People go there to workout and they take their workouts and health serious. It has a family like atmosphere and everyone is nice, respectful and cordial. I’ve trained with 2 trainers and both of them have been amazing. Monica, my current trainer, is awesome. She shows you how to do the exercises and corrects your form when you are doing it wrong. She really cares about your form in an effort to help you prevent any injuries. And she also pushes you hard to get the most bang for your buck.
I highly recommend this gym. Give it a try if you are looking for something in the John Wayne area and you wont be disappointed.

I am heading into my third month at NLF and the only thing I regret is not joining sooner! When your boyfriend notices a tighter booty or you start getting compliments on your quads, calves, arms from complete strangers … you know it’s working! I’ve never had that type of reaction in the 3 – 4 years I’ve had a 24hr gym membership or my trial run with UFC gym. Grant it… I take full responsibility for not committing myself to «the cause» 100%, but without the proper knowledge and training, there’s only so much you could do on your own till you reach the point of boredom and unaccountability which would lead me into the viscous cycle of my annual-​2-​month disappearance from the gym.
But here — it’s not like that.
1. The Facility — they’ve got everything. Tires, ropes, machines, free weights, TRX cables, treadmills, mirror room, turf area — you name it. And it’s never crowded to a point where you’re waiting in line for anything. Everything is available and local enough so you never feel like you’ll «lose your spot.» It’s perfectly ventilated. Showers and lockers clean and available.
2. The Staff — awesome and super friendly! They’re all so encouraging knowing that we’re all there to get work done — no egos. just do work! The perfect balance of testosterone and estrogen =) lol .and the clients come in all different shapes, ages, and sizes so you immediately feel comfortable. NLF is actually a facility that houses different contracted trainers, but I was lucky enough to find STACIE LOPEZ =)
3. My Trainer — First of all, she’s gorgeous and her body is banging! If that isn’t inspirational enough, I don’t know what is. Check her out on Instagram @TRAINWITHSTACIE and see for yourself!
She puts you to work, always changes it up so your’e never bored, and you’ll be aching in places you never knew existed! But you’ll learn to love the burn as you discover what you’re made of — especially when you begin to feel and see results!
#sleekphysique #trainwithstacie #sexybeastmodecuzsummerisherebitches

This gym is straight up awesome! The facility is very modern, with great equipment and a very energetic atmosphere. I have been training with Chris for a few months now and he has been very helpful with my training around my knee injury. In just the past few months, he’s been able to help me jump higher, be quicker on my feet, and bulk a bit for strength on the court.
Thanks to him and the cool people at Next Level, I’ve already become a better basketball player. Highly recommend this cool place.

Love this gym, I have been training with Monica Reyes for 3 yrs now. She is amazing, first time I have ever stayed consistent, no session is ever the same. If you are looking for a challenge and don’t do boring, you will love her too.

Things have definitely changed for the better at NLF! I still see Chelsea and she is still amazing! The gym has been updated A LOT in the last couple of years. Its really nice and just keeps getting better and better. The people are friendly which is always a plus in my book. Its intimidating enough going into a personal training gym with rockin hot bodies all around… and I am just over here all flabby. Just kidding. Give this place a go! You wont be sorry. Chelsea Ravitch is the bomb diggity!

I’ve got say my first experience here was not good. I was training with Steve and he put me through the ringer of a leg workout that gave me such painful cramps we had to cut the workout early. After that I had no intention of going back, but a couple days later (on a Sunday nonetheless) Steve called me to see how I was doing. I thought that was really cool, so I went back the next week and have been training with him for just over a year.
There are tons of trainers here and I have no idea if they are any good but most of them look like they are in shape however I really enjoy working out with Steve. I have changed my goals on him several times and he’s always answered with great workouts.
First I wanted to be has big as possible when I got what I thought was too big, I asked him to lean me out which he did. Now he is helping build as much strength and muscle that can fit my current frame and he is doing a great job. Even my family was impressed with the size of my arms and shoulders the last time I saw them.

I followed my Personal Trainer to this gym after he decided to relocate and I couldn’t be happier. The gym is well maintained and everyone there is extremely nice. Not a bunch of a$$holes you find at 24 or La Fitness who’s egos make it unbearable to be there. I have recommended this establishment to many friends and look forward to continuing my training here.

Getting yoked! Yep, everybody wants to do it, but not everyone has the discipline. What can looking good do for you? Why of course you’ll get tons of attention from the opposite sex, you’ll be treated better than fat people and you’ll look freaking hot naked, and that’s worth it alone. Hmm, you don’t have the dedication and drive to do it on your own? Don’t fret, get a personal trainer. It’s like having a best friend who thinks you’re fat and really wants you to shed those pounds. It’ll do wonders for your health too. We all know that being heavy increases your risk of cardiovascular disease. So why don’t you do yourself a favor and sign up today. They got trainers for lifting, or my personal favorite, a boot camp. Yoga and zumba are offered too, if that’s what you’re into.
Summer’s just around the corner and I have to say, I’m getting my beach body ready so ladies watch out.
Oh yeah, god bless yoga pants.

I love next level fitness!
Centrally located in Irvine, good hours, friendly and helpful staff.
My trainer Steve Olivas is amazing, been going for 3 months and couldn’t be happier with my results and attitude toward fitness. Very patient and knows when to push and when not to, very flexible with schedules and listens to me on what my problem areas are. He even sends me workouts to do at hotels while I am traveling. HIGHLY recommend him & Next Level.

GET ON THIS LEVEL !!!
This place is amazing! If you are serious about your fitness, you must check them out. Myself, along with several of my girlfriends, joined a few months back. Working out with a personal trainer makes all the difference in the world. The facility is great, set in a quiet, private industrial area with plenty of parking. You never wait for a machine, the staff is so friendly and helpful.
This is NO 24 hr fitness or meat market-​type gym. This place is full of serious trainers, motivating you to push yourself to the limit. Even the other members are so supportive and encouraging of one another. I love to work out!!! (can’t believe I just said that).
Come and try it, you will be amazed at your results. So far, I’m down 40lbs and counting! WOO HOO

Sometimes you just have to train like a beast to look like a beauty.
A friend of mine turned me onto Berke, who’s a trainer here. He’s got a good attitude towards training and puts up with all my ridiculous demands. If you don’t like to do something, he’ll find something else that works the same muscles that you will like. His exercises are always a great blend of weights, pliometrics, and some boot camp stuff thrown in to spice things up. I’m never bored working out with him and I never feel like I’m being forced into the same generic workout that anyone else has. That’s one of my pet peeves about trainers.
The gym itself is smaller than your traditional public gym like 24 but larger than most of these smaller boutique gyms. There’s a cardio area, a weight area, and a large area with astroturf that reminds me of a gym I used to train at. I’m a fan of weight lifting, though, so I generally eschew the types of activities on the astroturf. I also see occasional groups of people using the back parking lot to lug tires or run a lap around the building.
This location is in a small little industrial office park type of area that really doesn’t seem to get much traffic. In fact, unless you happen to know where it is or the other businesses are in here, you’ll never have occasion to walk in. They also offer other services at this facility– tanning, massage, chiropractic. It might be worth it to walk down the hall when I’m there.
So far I dig it. But please, as the temps increase, amp up the a/​c!

This is fitness done right. Group training under the watchful eye of a personal trainer.
Excellent personal training offered in group rates. No more of corporate training gyms that charge 60 bucks per hour of training. Most trainers charge by the month and let you come as many times as you want, in that month.
I’ve trained with several of the trainers at Next Level Fitness, while each one had an awesome work out, the best I say is Chris Miranda. Besides running a killer workout, his personality is so nice and easy going, he got the highest level of effort out of me with out having to yell boot camp style.
Thanks a lot Chris, and Next Level Fitness
(the only reason I didn’t give five stars, is because running around cars in a parking lot is actually pretty lame, but everything else in the gym, as well as the trainers are top notch)

Many good things have been said about the small: good things come in small packages; it’s not about the size, it’s about how you use it; it might be small, but it gets the job done.
ie. birthday cards, jewelry, moolah, gypsie street monkeys that play the mini drums!!!
Another thing to add to that list — Next Level Fitness Gym!
This place is no 24hr Fitness or even a 24hr Fitness Express. They are equipped with all the bare essentials. No frills, bells, or whistles here, but you will have everything you need to get the job done. Just because it’s a smaller gym and you don’t have a tv screwed onto your treadmill or an ipod player hooked up to your elliptical or a big rows and rows of flatscreens hanging from the ceilings, doesn’t mean you can’t still burn off the unwanted calories.
The quantity of machines is not as extensive as one would see at even the smallest of the 24hr Fitness Expresses, but this is never really a problem since this place rarely reaches its max fitness fiends capacity. Even at peak hours, everyone’s got a machine or set of weights they can use without being feeling the hot breath of a fellow gym patron breathing down their neck, pushing them to hurry the heck up. Ypu will have the tools to get the job done.
People who come here come with the purpose of getting their fitness on and know that round is NOT a shape! In turn, you won’t be finding Creeper Mcgees eyeballing the girls on the ellipticals, or the cast of The OC chatting it up on the treadmills barely breaking a sweat, or Vietnamese-​coffee shop girls in full makeup and their newly minted tramp-​stamps exposed, prancing around the gym pretending to work out.
You’re gonna see people sweating, benching, crunching, lifting, a bunch of bootcampers crying and sprinting, trainers yelling and pushing their clients to the limits, and the manager walking around with a big smile and chatting it up with everyone. Think less 24hr Fitness, more boutique fitness center.
Warning — There’s ppl working out everyyywhere, in every nook and cranny, inside AND outside! Beware of runaway bootcampers! Driving through the parking lot of this place might feel like you’re in a game of Grand Theft Auto, Biggest Loser edition. Mission — avoid the innocent, over-​exerted, worked-​to-​tears bootcampers; double the points if you run over a trainer ;p
A few weeks here and YOU TOO will be another great thing, wrapped in a smaller, more fit package!

I find it very odd that the last 4 – 5 bad reviews happened within a week of each other from people who never really review anything other than this! I’m not one to say it may or could of been an ex employee or a local angry competitor with some low integrity. Something seems fishy here.
This ‘s the real deal… Ive been training at next level for a few months now and feel great. Everyone who goes here has a goal of where they need to be and everyone is very serious about achieving it. Ive been a member to many expensive gyms and tried a bunch of fad diets thinking I had the will power to achieve my own results… and that never worked. I always just made excuses or put things off. I decided to take the next step and get a personal trainer with a set plan. I highly recommend Carlos Mojica (ultra super trainer) He will get you where you need to be no matter how far you may feel its out of reach.
. also in response with some of those negative reviewers or have described next level as prison training. its a gym not a day spa. and yeah gyms get dirty. I feel like next level is wayyy more clean then 24 hr though. Always fresh towels and everyone’s super nice. Ive never been surrounded with so many trainers with passion of helping you hit your goals.