Oak Creek Fitness — Local services in Oak Creek

In 2008 I had a heart attack and was diagnosed as diabetic. I lost 60 pounds and started a walking regime. Six years later I had gained back 20 pounds and my exercise program was no longer keeping my blood sugar in line. That’s when I spotted the sign at Oak Creek Fitness Center that offered membership to seniors for only $10 per month. The trainer, Ryan Norton gave me a tour and I signed on that same day. I was impressed with the cleanliness, range of equipment, and diversity of members (gender, age, ethnicity, and skill level). The atmosphere is warm and friendly and I especially like being greeted by name each time I come in. It makes me feel welcomed and valued.

For the first few months I stumbled around trying one piece of equipment after another and avoiding the dumbbells and squat rack entirely. It’s no surprise that I wasn’t getting any results. With great trepidation I inquired about working with a trainer. I steeled myself for a high pressure sales pitch. Much to my delight and relief Ryan explained the costs and program options in plain straightforward language … no slick tactics, no pressure. But could I afford it? After much deliberation I figured I had two options. I could be proactive and take a preventative approach and lose weight, strengthen my heart and find a new exercise program to reduce my blood sugar levels OR I could keep doing the same things that got me into trouble to begin with and pay even more money to doctors and drug companies. It was a no brainer.

I signed up for a six month program with Ryan. The results were so good I signed up for another year! Working with a trainer is the best investment I have ever made. I am in better shape now at 67 than I was in high school. I weigh less, am stronger, have increased my endurance and have more energy.

Ryan custom designs a program to fit my abilities, skills and goals. He uses an amazing variety of exercises to keep workouts from becoming routine or boring. Who would have known there were so many ways to do a squat? He encourages, challenges and motivates me to do more than I ever thought possible. And Ryan does all this with a grand sense of humor. Getting the giggles while breaking a sweat … can’t think of a better prescription for...

The gym is by far the best one I have been to in the Oak Creek area. I haven't used any of the chiropractic services here, but the staff are very friendly and welcoming and from what I've seen, the facilities look well kept.

The gym is always well kept and clean, the staff do a real good job making sure of that. They are respectful of your space while they are cleaning at night. I've never had a bad experience with any of the staff here and I've gone here for about four months consistently 4-5 times a week. They have dumbbells from 5-100 LBS going up by 5 LBS incrementally, two variations of leg press, a squat rack and smith machine, cable machines for anything you wanted to hit, 15 or so total treadmills, stair masters, and stationary bikes, etc. Anything you'd find in a commercial gym is here. They make great use of the space, there's so much packed in a space that's a little on the smaller size (compared to a PF or Xperience) but it doesn't feel crowded at all. Locker rooms are always very clean and well kept, never had an issue with dirty lockers or restrooms here. If you are like me and are looking for a gym over summer or winter break, they offer a summer pass for $60, a monthly pass for $27 or $28, and a weekly pass for $19. You really don't get these prices with this quality anywhere else.

If you are on the fence about going with Tim as your PT, I'd say do it. I haven't personally trained with him, but he clearly cares about his clients and is a very successful power lifter himself, recently deadlifting 700+ pounds. I'd say he knows what he's doing. (He's not just a power lifting coach by the way). His clients always seem happy to be working with him every day and like I said, Tim cares a lot about them. He posts clients of the month in a frame on the walls of the locker rooms sharing their success stories. Sometimes I see him running, not walking, to his office and back to his client just to not waste their time. Real high-class guy, I'm glad to be at a gym where the PT is an actual nice person, not just a money grabber.

10/10 gym, world class trainer, affordable prices, quality equipment. What...

DO NOT GO TO THIS GYM! DO NOT GIVE THEM YOUR BANK INFORMATION!!!!! So my roommate and I shared a bank account for a short while and he signed up for this gym after having a couple bad experiences with gyms charging his card after he quit, so when signing up he asked this gym, how easy is it to cancel, will you keep charging my account if I haven't been in in months? their answers were it is easy and no we won't. Well after attempting to cancel 4 separate times the account was still getting charged, by this time my roommate was no longer sharing the account with me. I stopped keeping money in the account for various reasons and soon started receiving automated calls from the gym to update my account information, there was no way to talk to a person. By this time my roommate had not been to the gym in over 5 months. Two months later I called them myself in an attempt to get them to stop calling me and possibly return the money they had charged me for the months after my roommate had quit. They said someone would call me back the next day. No one ever did. Now more than 8 months later, I get a large refund from my school and all of a sudden 116 dollars are pulled out by none other that oak creek fitness!!!!!!! Now at this point any other business would have sent the past due payment out for collections so that the debt company could take care of it, they would NOT directly pull out the money because the account is so far past due. Now when I call them up demanding that they return my money as not only had their client not been there in months but the money they had taken did not belong to him anyway, they tell me that not only is no one there who could possibly help me but there is no one who can even attempt to resolve this illegal act of stealing my money until Monday. If they don't call me then I swear I'm calling the cops. These guys should be shut down for...