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January 2024 by Walt Markowski
About 18 months ago at age 67 I decided to re-establish an exercise regime. I had attended a gym in Port Charlotte now called “Second Chance Gym” over 2 decades ago. I thought I would visit and give them a second chance. I was not disappointed. Jordan now manager of the gym was very pleasant and knowledgeable concerning fitness and specifically how to incorporate all the machines and free weights there into a program that would suit the physical needs for my specific age bracket. Jordan placed me with a trainer named Alex who has greatly helped my sore body to loose weight, regain some badly needed flexibility and gain back some lost strength. All in all I am very pleased with what this staff of professionals and equipment has done to help me rejuvenate my aging body.
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December 2023 by Zach “Z” Osborne
Best gym from here to Sarasota, and south to Cape Coral. For all around atmosphere, cleanliness, price and equipment, nothing in a 40 mile radius compares to this amazing gym. The size is a plus, along with their exclusive "death grip" barbell club, an entire private room for olympic lifting, an add on to a membership, but worth the extra money.
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November 2023 by lil Swift
This is the best gym in town I was blown away with all the equipment they had there.The gym in whole was very clean and the staff was very helpful . 10/10 would recommend my neighbor ! The cardio machines are chefs kiss .
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November 2023 by Sean Bennett
The gym is clean, lots of equipment, nice members and the staff is phenomenal. I have worked with the training staff for over a year and they are top notch. They push me and more importantly listen to me. One of the best gym experiences I have ever had. I look forward to my morning workouts and seeing everyone there. From the moment I am greeted when I walk in to when I leave it is a good start to my day.
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November 2023 by Olen Prime
This gym, for me, is the best in the area. enough space with many rooms to get a great exercise in. the hours are very convenient with keycard access. Jordan and his staff are super friendly and make sure to help many patrons have a great experience. Also, there are enough machines that youre never waiting long to use them. Five Stars for a south florida gym.
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November 2023 by David Six
Beware when you go to cancel your membership. This gym and management play the same games most gyms play where they "cancel" it, but do not. I had my wife and me on a membership and moved away, so I canceled it.Come to find out months later, they only canceled mine and not my wife's. My wife could not have a membership without mine, so I did not think I had to cancel hers and they never said anything about it. I have emailed and spoken with the younger girl at the desk and she stated that she had messaged her manager several times and texted him, but he has never called me or emailed me back.So to any person that has had a bad experience with gym memberships before, do not expect anything different from this gym or management.
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November 2023 by Marylee Chromiak
I was looking for a gym and a personal trainer to assit me getting back into shape after major surgury. Checked out several gyms in the area and was very impressed with Second Chance Gym. The trainers have a great deal of knowlege and I've been very happy with my progress.Plenty of equiptment, free weights and Death Grip Bar Bell Club. Staff is great and ther's alot of energy. They also offer classes and have an onsite massage therapist.
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November 2023 by Heather Berens
I’ve been going to Second Chance consistently for a year now and I couldn’t be happier with this gym. Everyone there treats you like family, including the staff. Thank you Second Chance Fam for making me feel at home everyday in the gym! ?
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November 2023 by Tr C.
The owner blocks you from their Facebook page if they disagree with your honest review Needless to say, I don't belong to this gym anymore
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October 2023 by Samo Arutyunyan
PERFECT GYM for anyone not looking for a commercial gym. nice staff, very nice gym, cheap day pass, good lighting, cool crowd and a whole variety of equipment from body building, general fitness and even a powerlifting room with deadlift platforms, power racks benches and more. Awesome gym highly recommend for anyone!
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September 2023 by Kathleen Dunn
This gym is great there’s no doubt about it but the staff have sealed the deal for me. One particular staff member went above and beyond to make sure I was satisfied with my membership and she single handily has made a great name for the gym. Tamara at the front desk has such a kind and generous personality and makes any exchange feel natural and pleasant. She definitely makes the atmosphere 10x better. She will be the reason I continue to go to second chance.
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September 2023 by Nathan
I got a week pass and I was very impressed. Overall a great gym, one of the best week passes I’ve received. Price is on point and you receive a fob so you can go anytime and not limited to only when staff is available. Gym has plenty of equipment for all needs, including a powerlifting section. Very impressed. 10/10 would recommend
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September 2023 by Elizabeth Tom
Front desk were super nice. Gym was a little hot, but sure if air conditioning was working. Overall a great experience!
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August 2023 by HuntFish_LEO
Let’s start with the good… it’s a bigger gym with lots of equipment. Majority of people are under 50 years old. They play music and have TVs.Now the bad. AC never works. 40% of the machines have some sort of defect and or don’t work at all. The overall cleanliness is awful. The bathrooms are always out of soap, paper towels, sinks are clogged, one of two toilets out of order. For about 4 months they didn’t have working water fountains.Overall, it’s a okay workout due to the variety. If it wasn’t a bigger gym, it would be below average experience. It has fallen way off since the original owner (and the one after) left. Now they seem to be struggling to keep up with the place. I been going here for approx 6 years and now looking for other gyms. I wouldn’t recommend.
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August 2023 by Brett Jones
Update as of July 31, 2023: air conditioner completely broken now, and it has been broken for months. STAY AWAY FROM HERE. There is a new gym called The Gym Port Charlotte that I am going to be checking out ASAP as I can't stand cooking alive for one more day at this ancient, poorly maintained facility. The equipment is old and the employees/"trainers" are only interested in signing up new members instead of cleaning.--------------------High membership price but a great variety of equipment and machines. The floor is gross tho and seems to absorb any liquid that lands on it, so being the floor in a gym, you can only guess what fluids are hiding in there from days/months/years of accumulation. A few cracked pads on the machines but overall things are in dated, but okay, shape.
