Maximum — Local services in Scottsdale

Maximum Fitness has been my #1 gym destination now for over 3 years. This is EXTREMELY friendly gym - none of the typical stuck up Scottsdale attitudes, or high testosterone behaviors that you might see at some of the other gyms in town.

This is the real deal - a serious gym for people that want a pure workout for mind and body. The gym is chock full of free weights and equipment - and all kept SPOTLESSLY clean daily. There are tons of machines, dumbbells, free weights, and everything one might need to pack on the muscle or get yourself trim and lean.

Friendly gym? Unbelievably so. From the front desk staff who actually remember your name to the many repeat clients and outstanding trainers that call this gym their home, Maximum Fitness is the finest gym that I have ever worked out in.

This is NOT at all like a LifeTime Fitness (which I have been to many times and isn't my cup of tea). This place isn't about the beautiful people - it is about improving your health and achieving your own goals to get yourself in the best shape of your life.

I am here at least 5 days a week and I also appreciate the nice selection of refrigerated protein drinks for sale at the front - always well stocked with a massive selection.

Maximum is also an incredible value - and many employees of the areas top companies work out here daily (you will see many name tags from TASER and Fender Guitar among others) .

I can't recommend this gym more highly - it hits all the check boxes of what a great gym should be. This is not a luxury resort - Maximum is a gym that will help you look great for when you actually DO go to a...

This gym is definitely old school and bare bones, but it's got everything you need: cardio machines, sleds, plenty of free weights, lots of squat racks, Olympic lifting platforms, etc. and I rarely if ever had to wait on any equipment. If that's what you're looking for, and you're okay with a small, basic locker room, and not having some of the amenities other gyms have, then this is the place for you. Another nice thing is none of the gym staff have sales goals, so they're not constantly calling you or pestering you when you check in to try and sell you training packages, like they do at LA Fitness or Lifetime

I wound up canceling my membership since I moved and it was too inconvenient to get up there, but it's a good gym. The only thing I really didn't like was some of the personal trainers that work out of here set up these elaborate CrossFit-like training circuits for their clients that take up half the gym, so a lot of the time you're jumping out of their way or have to walk around half the gym to get to another machine. Minor inconvenience, but definitely got really...

Used to be a solid gym, now its "meh". Worth taking your $ to some place that has enough weights and stations for everyone.

New owner has been removing basic equipment and replacing them with stuff that no one uses so there is now a lack of fundamental equipment in the gym. I asked about this once and was told to be patient and they were working on it. Now everyone just laughs it off as we know nothing is going to change as they sold off all the equipment that could have gone back on the floor.

Instead, the new owner Jay added a giant ninja warrior jungle gym so thats cool, I guess. Its massive and takes up a ton of space for something that no one ever uses outside of taking neat IG photos on it.

Most of the fundamental lifting stations are now extra crowded and usually require a little bit of a wait to use. Add in that they only have 2 benches, 1 decline bench, and 1 incline bench. I'm amazed that people keep coming back.

If you want to actually lift weights, I strongly recommend a different gym unless something...