Independence Gym

Love this gym. Have been a member here for a while. Staff is always friendly and gym is very clean. Plenty of equipment and no BS fees like other gyms. You pay your monthly fee that is it. they also do member appreciation day every few months.

Highest quality gym I’ve been to with the greatest staff! This gym motivates me to work harder. Must check it out.

Great gym! People are very focused and on the mission to workout. Lots of people are in amazing shape, that is very motivating. There are a lot of people who you can ask for advice, most people know what are they doing.
If you need more then just advice, then get a trainer. I had very positive experience with Gregg Block. He is an amazing, sweet, great, open-​minded, and has very nice positive energy.

Joined this gym after moving here from Nebraska almost 2 years ago. The price is good but the gym in general is great. If you are looking for a more straightforward gym meant for training this is the place. Staff is great and they keep the place very clean. Turf area for cross training and has all the traditional equipment you could ask for.

Ive been to this gym on 2 of my visits to Phoenix this year and it is the best gym in town!
Let me make sure everyone understands when i say this is the best gym in town i mean a «GYM» not a health club or exercise facility. This is a gym in the sense of the word GYM. People in here work hard and mean business.
Location: great, easy to find location with a large parking lot and a perfectly located supplement shop right next door just in case you need to stock up before or after a workout ;-)
Staff: from the interactions i have had with the staff (only a few) they are pretty cool. the guy i met the first time i came in was awesome (and hate myself for not remembering his name). He gave me a free 3 day pass since i was only in town for 3 days and was very appreciative of my volunteer EMT work. The second time i came in there wasn’t much conversation but everyone i met was courteous. They are very fair on their day rates at $ 10/​day after you have come in after your first visit. Im not sure what their monthly membership is but I’m sure its fair.
They have a large staff of trainers whom I’ve watched a little and are pretty darn good at what they do!
Amenities: So this place is perfect for the regular gym goer. Entire area dedicated to machine weights, Huge dumbbell and barbell area. i think i counted 3 flat barbell benches, 2 incline barbell benches and 1 decline barbell bench. 3 – 4 dumbbell benches, 2 – 3 incline dumbbell benches and 2 straight benches. Dumbbells go all the way up to 150 i think with is impressive.
Cardio is grouped together and may not be huge but plenty to choose from. 2 rows of stair climbers, multiple rows of treadmills and multiple of elliptical and stationary bikes.
Then you have the back stretch of the facility. They have a stretch of turf that looked about like 20 yards long for whatever your heart desires. There were tons of sleds for pushing or pulling, boxes and kettle bells for crossfit stuff and then my favorite 3 beautiful squat/​deadlift racks and these are very nice units!!!
the back of that room has punching bags and then pull up bars and ab stands.
All in all this gym is the bees knees of gyms. If you are serious about getting your gainz on this is your place!!! hands down!
**Also just a note, you don’t have to be a pro or gym rat to work out here, there are all shapes and sizes just give it your all when you here!

This gym has everything you want, and very little you don’t. No sauna (who wants to see naked old men anyway?), no pool, but they’ve got sleds a ton of box jumps and ropes. Never lacking pull-​up bars or free weights, along with lots of machines that are glimmering clean. An under appreciated aspect are the weirdly motivational pictures hanging throughout. Check it out, you won’t regret it.

Sometimes awesome sometimes not so much.
When it’s packed you might as well just come back some other time. Between finding a parking spot and getting on a piece of equipment or a bench you better pray your pre workout won’t wear off.
I’ve worked with Kayce Gorman and Fit2figure and she’s great. Her fiancée Doug with Lang fitness seems like a good trainer option as well. some trainers and they’re clients don’t play well with others. There’s a lot of tude, selfies, and looking in the mirror. Bro if you’re really working hard then just lift and get work done!
Like the variety of equipment and the stretch of artificial turf. Sometimes the gym smells like a gym bag.

I think it has a lot of potential, but it’s basically a trainer’s gym. Which is fine, but it should be private then. A lot of «bikini & body builders» use this facility which I find really motivating, but they also take themselves too seriously and do not share equipment very well. Like they said in other reviews, the front desk is really rude (one girl with glasses in particular). I wish I could give it more stars because I think this gym has come a very long way. When they make a few changes (and teach some customer service to the front desk) I’ll raise my rating:)

I LOVE THIS Gym! By far the best gym I have ever had a membership at! I have been a member since July 2015 and honestly it was the best decision. People are extremely friendly, great workout environment, along with awesome personal trainers. This isn’t a beginners gym but if you are serious about making a life change or competing in a competition then you have to give this place a try!

LOVE this gym. I have been to plenty of gyms across the country. Independence has an abundance of equipment, squat racks, a track, cardio machines, posing room, and (my favorite) a ton of highly motivated people. Its nice to work out among the best and this is where you’ll get it.

So while visiting some Family in Arizona this past weekend. One of my goals was to Visit this gym since I have heard and seen so much about it through my Instagram inspirations following.
first Visit is Free!!! Such a plus, and once I walked into the gym is was so exciting! It was very clean and organized. They even have a turf and sleds to play around with haha it was a great experinece and I will defiantly be going there when I visit Scottsdale again ;)

You don’t come across too many gyms that have Olympic lifting platforms and turf with sleds. I couldn’t be happier with the type of gym for the price

Was in the Hilton Garden Inn old town Scottsdale about 1.5 miles away and needed a good workout at a gym as opposed to the hotel gym which is always a joke. This gym was awesome with all perfectly working equipment and they let me train for free since it was my first time. Reminded me of some of the great Golds and Powerhouse gyms I have been in back in the day out here in California.
Great job running and setting up that gym equipment by body part. If all gyms could be like yours.
Tim Jakubowski
Carlsbad, CA

I went in today to check it out and as soon as i walked in i knew this was the gym for me. It has tons of free weights and free weight equipment. A couple squat racks and designated areas for deadlifting. They have a turf area that you can do sprints, tire flips and push weighted sleds. They also have a nice variety of cardio machines. The locker rooms are kept very nice and clean. Overall it’s a great gym and reasonably priced.

Beware!!!
Pros:
— Nothing. Compared to other gyms… it’s trash.
Cons:
— Front counter staff is awful and rude.
— Locker room is incredibly small (as you enter, you have to walk sideways).
— No paper towels in locker room. Just a blow dryer. During a workout, who’s going to wait 3 minutes for a blow dryer? You will see everyone drying their hands on their shirt because that’s really the only option.
— Hours on weekends
— Some equipment is so old and disgusting
— Mirrored workout room (for yoga, posing, balance balls) in the back is always locked. When i asked to use it, front counter staff rolled their eyes and finally unlocked it for me.
Advice:
Think twice about joining this gym. Pay close attention to the small things when testing this place out. The worst thing about this gym is the poor attitude of the front counter. Not only the «I don’t wanna be here» attitude, they have no problems expressing it. Worst gym I’ve ever went to in my life.
Experience: Over 15 years of gyms.

This gym has been my gym for about 2 years. I love how friendly everyone is. But more importantly, the equipment is awesome! I love the turf field – great for sprints with the sleds, etc. Independence has great hours; the only problem is that it gets pretty busy from 5 – 7 pm… but that’s to be expected.

This gym is a great local spot.
Benefits:
-$ 25 a month membership (if you have a trainer)
–large and lots of equipment and space for floor exercises
–Personal trainers
–great location just south of Old Town
Worth mentioning:
–parking can sometimes be difficult due to a shared parking lot
–not a beginners gym
–limited cardio machines
–auto pay for membership
–some of their personal trainers have great groupons online to try before you commit!

It took years before good ownership took over this place. I have seen the name change at least half a dozen times in the past decade and two or three times in the matter of a month a few years back.
They finally have their isht together here. If you want a koosh experience this IS NOT the gym for you. Here you will see a variety of skill levels all trying to improve on their health. Anyone from a beginner to national renowned body builders. It’s a REAL gym and the cheaper membership price is great too.
I saw comments about the staff not being pleasant, my experience has been good with the staff overall!

It had been years since I had set foot in this gym but after seeing it recently, I wished I lived closer. Looks great!

Absolutely love this gym. I can’t stand a lot of the chains like LA or 24 because they’re always so overcrowded and overpriced. Independence is a great place for people that want to lift and has an excellent range of dumbbells and hammer strength machines.
I hadn’t ever done any personal training but after watching the trainers here and overhearing the tricks and advise they were giving their clients I decided to give it a try. My trainer, Dom, has really shown me how to take things to the next level and I think a lot of the trainers at this gym would. That’s the culture here, people are very friendly out everything they have into it while they’re there.