Recreate Fitness

love this place. I love this gym...from the people that workout here, to the different workouts every day, to my new found strength, and the owners that make sure each and every client is happy, safe and having fun...this place is amazing. I joined Recreate 2 1/2 years ago and haven't looked back since. I have tried everything and every type of workout out there and eventually moved on to something new due to boredom or no results. At Recreate this is not the case at all. I am never bored and the workouts are fun and challenging every day. The group classes and sense of community at Recreate Fitness cannot be matched in Portland. Period!…

I now like to exercise!. I do not like to exercise. I spent several years with a "gym membership" and hardly ever went. It just wasn't motivating for me to work out with strangers, run on the treadmill and then pretend like I knew how to work the weight machines. Sure the "trainers" were there to show you, but did they really show you? Or show you on your first "courtesy" session and then you'd have to pay them thereafter...anyway, that was me for most of my adult life.

But then I discovered Recreate. I thought I'd give them a shot. Wow! I am so happy I did. I am stronger and fitter than I have ever been my whole life and I'm almost 40! The work-outs are amazing. Challenging and very hard at times, but I love it! The trainers are truly what makes this place. They are the heart and soul and keep me going. They give amazing advice and are very knowledgeable. I have been a member for about two and half years and I am still inspired each class. Sure it's more expensive than the "other" gyms, but I go! And I see the results! And I have made so many friends!

My advice, if you like the treadmill and working out with strangers and paying for a membership you hardly use...this place isn't for you.

BUT, if you want to get into the best shape of your life and enjoy the process and people around you as you do it...then what are you waiting for?!?!?…

This Is THE Place That You Have Been Looking For!. I spent years trying to get truly healthy and ended up feeling frustrated, discouraged, and ultimately completely defeated. I couldn't do it on my own at a gym and I couldn't afford enough sessions with a trainer each week to make any real progress. Plus, most of the trainers I worked with were unqualified and lacking in either knowledge or teaching ability or both.

Recreate teachers/classes are better than the most amazing personal trainer and I pay less for a month of unlimited classes than what two sessions with a chain gym personal trainer would cost.

I was skeptical at first because of the group structure - but I quickly learned that there is a team of teachers at every class and they know each of us individually and know how to push me to my limits but not be ridiculous or overboard either.

I'm so grateful to Recreate for making me feel strong and healthy and actually knowing how to get results while also making it possible for me financially on my more limited budget.

I can't recommend them enough.…

you'll be so fit, you're grandkids will have six packs. you're whole body will scream in pain....and then thank you with it's exceptional hotness after a month at this gym. The expert trainer guided workouts are fun and motivating, and can be scaled to all fitness levels.

You'll do things you haven't done since you were 8, and realize you should have been throwing balls and swinging kettlebells all these years instead of wasting your life away on a stair machine, being leered at by creepy creeperson over there on the treadmill.

You can't beat the big hearts and hilarious anitcs that run rampant at recreate. You will be made to feel welcomed and encouraged every day.

If you want to lose weight, build muscle, increase endurance and actually look forward to working out, this is absolutely the gym for you.…