Alaska Fitness

Great value for the price with options to pay monthly under contract or for a full year in a lump sum. If you want a place with all the equipment you need for a serious workout, plus good amenities like sauna/steam room access and towel service, but don't want to pay the price of other gyms this is the place for you. The crowd is mostly regulars of all types (genders, body types, skills/abilities) that create a welcoming, non-intimidating environment. Staff is always friendly and the owner is intimately involved with the day to day operations. A+!

Selection of equipment is good, and it is in good condition. People, both staff and other members, are pleasant and nice to be around. The towel service is a nice touch. The number and variety of classes is good for those who wish to participate. We are quite happy with our membership here, and we have been members of many other gyms. We chose this one for proximity to where we live and work, plus the amenities. The experience has been a good one and keeps getting better.

I like the hours of availability. I like the sauna and steam room. I like the free-weights, treadmill, and the available fitness equipment. The staff has been helpful and friendly. Thanks for providing great services.

Facility is open 24/7 — the height of availability. Invariably, everyone I've seen working at ALASKA FITNESS is competent and congenial without being smarmy. They're good people and always helpful. The gym offers a wide variety of exercise machines. I especially like the new machines installed this year. The people using them, the gym rats, are serious without being judgmental. No body nazis, no more-fit-than-thou airs here. We're all working out only to work out.

A Damn fine gym for serious lifters. 24/7 with key card, 3 squat racks, sauna rooms and good personal trainers. Not for the PF crowd.AK fitness also has surprising convenient child care options (with a 90 minute time limit per day). I've been a member on and off as geography permits for just under 10 years and in that time I've had many postivpo interactions with that staff, and never had anyone try to sell me something I didn't need or don't want. So much better than the local coperate gyms, or the PF set.

Do not ever put your debit card on file for auto payments, and better yet don't ever come here. There are better gyms in Alaska that actually APPRECIATE your business and won't screw you over.I haven't stepped foot in this gym since February and cancelled my membership then, giving them 30 days notice as my full year was up in March. It's now late July and I've still been getting charged 84.95 since then. Jen, naturally as a shady business owner, is refusing to remedy the situation and is trying to keep my $340 she so wrongfully STOLE from me saying my husband checked into her facility June 1st. We were in Talkeetna for my birthday and stayed in Denali National Park -- so no, we did not check in and should be refunded the full amount. Will I be? No, because this isn't the first time nor the last that she will do this to people.I read reviews such as this on Yelp and I should've known better.Shame on this business for treating your customers so terribly.

I'm in a months-long dispute to correct being billed for dates long after I canceled. While the staff is nice, they are unable to deal with billing isues; and the Owner will not return calls, refused to speak with me when she was in her office, and has failed to contact me via email.At this point it looks as if they are intentionally stealing from people, but I truly hope to be proven wrong.Avoid this gym like the plague.

Very deceiving. Went in only looking for a 6 month contract, talked with team member and signed the papers being too trusting. Was signed up for a year contract and now can’t get out of it. Make sure you pay attention when signing up and you’re getting exactly what you want. I made the mistake of thinking verbal communication was enough. Also would like to point out that this also happened to a friend of mine but he was able to get out of the contract because he moved AND there are more reviews similar to my situation from recently, even though the owner tried telling me I am the only person this has happened to...

SECOND UPDATE 12/28/16: Still getting charged. Disappointed beyond words. Are things this bad in AK that people have resorted to stealing?UPDATE: Well, spoke too soon. After being told 'Ok, no problem, I will end it for you" I get charged. I thought it was just a mistake so I reached out to remedy the problem. That's when I get told about this fee and proof of moving papers and just a whole spiel. I'm extremely disappointed. I was SO, SO pleasantly surprised when I wrote my initial review. I thought, "Now that is how you do business." Back to the present .. Don't tell a customer you're letting them out of a contract and then charge them without telling them. I am disputing the transaction and my bank has opened a claim.***ORIGINAL REVIEW***Saved my life while I was in Anchorage. I loved this gym. When I told Jen I was moving back to Florida and could not stay on she let me out of my membership with no hassle and no questions asked. If I ever return I am coming straight back here.

If you're looking for a variety of workout equipment then Alaska Fitness has you covered.Alaska Fitness is packed with weight machines and cardio machines. While I think it's great that you can find so many different types of machines here the lack of space between the machines makes the workouts a little too intimate. When you can shake the hand of the person next to you and smell their BO it's just too close for me.During peak hours this gym is busy, especially at the dumbbells and lockers. Alaska Fitness fee per month is one of the lowest in town and it's open 24/7; those are very good reasons to join. Some of the equipment is in rough shape, but the management is always looking for upgrades from other gyms.Alaska Fitness has a reputation of being the "Body Builder Gym". I think this a little unfair because I see typical body sizes here. I'm thinking 2 out of every 10 members look muscular here. The members do look healthy, so maybe you should join and learn how to look healthy too?Do you hear grunting noises here? Sometimes. But grunting is a normal response to heavy resistance. You won't look weird for pushing yourself here, in fact I think other members will gain energy watching you push yourself.Plenty of parking here, but the parking is very wonky.