GAP Fitness Academy

I have been working with Gabriel as my personal trainer for a couple months now. I can see a big improvement in my body and strength. I am getting told often by people that they see I’ve lost weight. Gabriel keeps it interesting and it doesn’t get boring like doing exercise videos can. He changes it up every time I go in. He knows when to push me harder and when I need a little bit of a lighter session. I appreciate what he does and how affordable he is.
Unlike the first reviewer, I was not looking for a big business gym with ultramodern equipment. This is a small business with a personal touch. A small trainer won’t have all the machinery that the big box gyms have because they aren’t selling thousands of memberships and trying to herd in the cows. And for me that personal touch is what keeps me motivated. If you want one on one personal training, Gabriel will help you and it will be inexpensive compared to most trainers.

I came across this gym when I bought a groupon that included boot camp classes from this gym. At first when you walk in, you do notice the equipment is outdated. But the main trainer is one of the best I’ve experienced. I felt it was ideal for beginners and those who have experience training.
Every boot camp class was different and I attended 3 a week. Different music was played each class, so it was never the same. Each boot camp class had different exercises so I was never bored. We worked on every aspect of exercise, core, cardio, weight training, stretching, etc. The teacher did go back and forth from English and Spanish which I thought was considerate since both Spanish and English speaking people were attending the class.
One of the things I noticed was since I had bought a groupon, the trainers at the gyms I attended are notified you’re a groupon buyer, almost like a label, and didn’t show as much attention to me as they did to others. As a groupon buyer you’re not paying full price so it can show from the place you’re at they won’t give you full service. At this gym this wasn’t the case. On two different occasions I was the only one who showed up for the boot camp class and instead of him cancelling he provided 1 on 1 personal training. He was basically working for free but trained me like a full paying customer.
Bottom line he’s an excellent trainer who knows his stuff and cares about everyone that walks in the door. The gym may not be the biggest or the newest but that’s nothing in comparison to receiving quality training. And that’s what you’ll get at GAP fitness.

Dear god,
Are you punishing me for trying to work out on a Friday?
Whyyyyyy?
You know when you go visit your grandparents and they have stationary bikes and treadmills from the ‘olden days’? This place, folks. This place is a collection of all the fitness equipment that was abandoned by mediocre gyms.
I attended their 7pm bootcamp and it took every fiber in my body to not escape by 7:01pm. The gym is tiny, they only have 1 bike, 1 treadmill and 1 elliptical. The carpet is old and dirty and the accessories need some serious antibacterial (especially the boxing gloves). They have salsa, merengue and durangense on blast– and no, i’m not being racist. i’m peruvian and grew up with some of this music. but i would never have it playing at a gym.
The teacher had to go back and forth between english and spanish. His «bootcamp» was as such: 1 minute drills in weight-​lifting machines, rotate, repeat… for an hour. All we did was lift weights. No cardio, no agility, no accelerated heart beat. I showed up at 6:50pm and he told me «class will start at 7:15 so people have time to warm up. You look like you are fit so you can just wait until we start». He didn’t motivate anyone, keep them pumped up or even challenge them to do better.
This is the most ghetto gym I have ever been to and the worst boot camp class I have ever seen. I do pilates, yoga, hiking and running on a weekly basis, but i have never wanted to run out of a gym so bad in my life like i did last night. Never again.