Courthouse Fitness – West Salem

Joined for a year and was temporarily transferred out of the state after 2 months… No idea of course… why would I join a gym if I was moving?
They will NOT let you out of your contract irregardless of your situation…
Milking me for $ 390 instead of doing the doing the right thing. Horrible policy that shows they only care about the dollar…
I will not renew when I get back… Ridiculous ownership and management.

It’s a VERY nice facility. It puts to shame their Keizer location. It has a very nice swimming pool as well. If we lived closer I would go to it more often.

Nothing above average at this location. It’s clean so I gave it three stars. The weights area is very small and over crowded. The machines are ok. The classes are ok if you are above advanced in your level. Unfortunately I dropped my membership because it was always very crowded when I wanted to go. Pool is great in the summer time and very friendly staff.

Nice facility. Great staff. Lacks sufficient free weights. There’s always a long waiting line for the squat bar while the miles and miles of strength training machines remain unused. Not too many options for me in W Salem.
Whoever designed the equipment layout, did not do their research on what strength trainers want. Sad.

Clean facilities. Never overly crowded although it is bustling at times. Great cardio equipment and a decent lap pool. I have been a member here in the past, but no longer live in Salem. When I am in town visiting, I come as a guest of family members and always have a great workout. My only complaint is that the sauna door does not close all the way so it is never hot enough.

The friendliest, most encouraging, and helpful staff I have ever encountered at a gym. Every employee I have come across always has a genuine smile on their face and they are more than willing to help.
For Salem, this facility is clean, safe, and they have a great selection of classes.
With that said, this gym has room for improvement. This gym could benefit from adding more equipment (the addition of a few state of art equipments wouldn’t hurt either). At peak hours, it is very very difficult to gain access to a cardio or weight machine. This inconvenience can easily be managed by adding more equipment, especially when this facility is meant to serve most of west Salem residents.
Also, their membership packages are beyond outdated and inflexible.
All in all though, with a few exceptions, I’d recommend this gym.

I have been attending this Courthouse for almost a year. Love the group classes. The instructors are great, gym is always clean and the people who attend the classes are a lot of fun. My favorite group class is Group Power. Jen the instructor is the best. She is full of energy, keeps us motivated and makes sure we keep good form so we don’t hurt ourselves. I might skip another class but not Jen’s. 5 stars for Jen F.

I was spoiled. I went to Oregon State and used their recreation facility, which was large, mostly new, and mostly clean. I didn’t expect that anything in my new home town could compare.
Courthouse blew my expectations totally out of the water in the best possible way! First, the facilities. It seems almost all of it has been updated. The waiting area is really nice: low, large table, comfortable chairs, newspapers, and a fireplace! Tons of different rooms for the many different (and free!) classes they have, which range from yoga, to spin classes, dance classes, power fitness, and more. Their cardio room is open and bright, with lots of televisions or views to the outside, depending on your preference. Their weight room is varied, with newer equipment and is also open and bright.
Then, to my favorites: They have an outdoor pool open in the summer, with tons of lounge chairs. They also have an indoor lap poor, another smaller pool, and a large hot tub. The locker rooms are clean and have space to hang your suit jackets or dress shirts. Also, the steam room and (separate) dry sauna have beautiful glass doors, are clean, and are large enough to keep me from ever finding them full.
Best for me is that this location (West Salem) has a basketball court! I’m a huge basketball player, and I almost always either find it open to just shoot baskets, or play with other people if they’re there.
The people working there are literally among the best I’ve encountered at any business. They have continuously allowed some flexibility with their policies if it made sense to do so, are always friendly, and seem that they really like their job. i think this comes from good examples set from management, which, as an example, offered me a REWARD for sending them a (polite) critique!
Finally, the pricing is REALLY reasonable!
Long story short: great facility, great people. great price. A win-win-win…win? I dunno.