Best Gyms with Free Weights near San-jose, California

This is a really cool gym, definitely check it out if you're in town SJ. Best experience when I have the stay here! The facilities are comprehensive and brand new. Recommend!

My partner and I have been members at this gym for over a year, and it's been an amazing experience. The gym itself is clean and spacious. There are tons of machines, which is the biggest pro of this gym. A minor con is that the power-lifting area is tight and there are only 2 racks, but the new Alameda location is a big improvement in that department. The staff is incredibly friendly and accommodating. I particularly want to thank Gigi for being such a positive, energizing, and friendly presence in the morning!

I started going here after my wife told me how great her experience was. We both see trainers there, Johnny and Vinh. The staff are extremely professional, knowledgeable, and fun. I’ve worked with personal trainers before, but this has been the best that I’ve experienced so far. The team actively cleans the gym and equipment to make sure everyone enjoys using the facility; and people clean up after themselves too. You can always walk in and expect a friendly greeting from the team. Last but not least, over the past 1+ year that I’ve been seeing Johnny as my trainer, I’ve been getting stronger AND losing weight. The team members stay motivating and positive, and are generally just awesome to be around. 10/10 recommend this gym, and also working with a trainer if you really want to accomplish your fitness goals.

I’m nearing my one year anniversary at Anytime Fitness, so I wanted to give a review based on extended experience and not just first impressions. I have been intimidated by gyms, not knowing what to do there, not knowing how to make my goals into a reality, but really wanting to get strong. The big push was getting cast in a musical and wanting to be certain I could sing and dance at the same time without running out of breath. I researched gyms and talked with reps from a couple of gyms before I chose Anytime Fitness (on Branham) and I have been SO happy with my choice! AF is clean and comfortable. The place is never overly packed with people. I have a personal trainer, Gigi, who works with me and my need and pushes me in the most positive supportive way. My husband has a personal trainer, Brandon, and he feels the same way about his training that I do about mine. Even though I haven’t worked with another trainer I’ve talked to them and I see them working with their clients. I think highly of all of them. In other words, the trainers are fabulous. I take the group classes too and they work me out in a different way which O find is a great complement to the personal training. But even if you don’t do any of that, AF is equipped with everything you need to get yourself fit in a comfortable, safe and clean environment.

This location is absolutely the best gym I’ve been to period. The staff is super nice and welcoming. The gym is always clean! You will always see an anytime employee dusting and cleaning the machines and restrooms. It has everything you need for a workout. If it wasn’t for my apartment complex having a gym, I would have definitely kept my membership. Overall I’m going to miss this gym and I recommend it to anyone who’s shopping around.

"Horrible Experience - Impossible to Cancel!" I can't believe how terrible this gym has been when it comes to canceling my membership. They were super friendly and eager to sign me up, but as soon as I wanted to cancel, everything changed. Every time I called, I was either told the manager was "in a meeting," "on a break," or "out for lunch" — sometimes for hours at a time! When I finally managed to get someone on the phone, they gave me one excuse after another to delay the process. It's as if they make it intentionally difficult to cancel. I've had to jump through hoops just to get a response, and the customer service has been frustratingly unhelpful. They want you to sign up on the spot, but once you try to leave, it’s like you're fighting an uphill battle. That’s probably why their employees don’t last — they make tons of promises when they’re trying to get you to join, but then completely fail to honor them once you're locked in. It's clear they care more about trapping you in a contract than actually providing decent service. I’ve never experienced such poor customer service, and I regret ever joining. Save yourself the hassle and avoid this gym if you value your time and sanity!

I love coming to this gym! Staff are friendly and I appreciate the well lit workout space. I do want to give a huge shoutout to this specific staff who is the most hardworking person ensuring the cleanliness of the gym! I never see him idle, he is always doing his best with upkeep.

Started a membership at ~5pm and at 5:45pm I went to check Mary’s C Zumba class who asked me - in front of the entire class - what I was doing sitting and said I couldn’t just sit. My plan was to see how the class was for 5 min since I didn’t have shoes on but now, after the horrible treatment, I might not even come back? Horrible first impression!

Clean locker room but few workout machines compare to the other City Sport Club.

Bottle fountains don’t work, not enough amount of bikes, WiFi is garbage and no cell signal to use when WiFi down. Car break ins, not worth the member shot at least at this city sports

Updated Review in Jan 2025: This particular planet fitness isn't good. Most equipments are all broken ----------- A good place to workout for low-average budget. You pay an annual fee $49 and then either $10 - classic or $25 - black card per month. With the black card membership, you can take a guess with you and you (just you, not your guess) can use the hydro massage. I like the hydro massage but they have only 3 so it's often busy, especially during the week. If your goal is just to workout then $10/month isn't bad. It gets busy on weekdays. The treadmills and stairmasters can be very full so if you can workout later in the week or weekend, you don't have to fight for an equipment. I do wish they are more stairmasters though. The restroom is clean for the most part. Sometimes they are a little bit behind in cleaning it. I think the rest of the place is in decent shape.

Very spacious and clean. This gym is packed with a ton of equipments. The only downside is that they only carry Smith machines and no free weight lifting bars. This can be an issue depending on your personal needs but they do offer a 3 day trial so you can check it out yourself before you decide on joining the membership. I personally think this gym is perfect for someone who just started working out or is doing muscle toning and staying in shape.

Every time you go to the male restroom there is always something wrong. From having multiple shower stalls broken to BLACK MOLD on the curtains. The worst is for our disabled community members to feel shamed for not have a door for the stall. I know management is aware of this problem because the door has been missing for a couple months and black mold does not grow overnight. When asking the front desk they said they have no official management and that they get reps from other out of county areas to help assist.

I went in last year to cancel my membership. 2 young ladies at the counter were unable to process the cancellation and sent me a temporary Freeze- I thought I was cancelled. By January I was being billed again. Lydia the manager won't reply to emails, and now I'm no where close to that location. Still being billed. No one knows anything. I did the right things, the right way, and they dropped the ball. It's about a $230 dollar ball drop. NO ONE FROM THIS LOCATION is trying to fix this.

short hispanic female employee with the tattoos was fat shaming me after I walked away. Ive been suffering from obesity and Ive already lost 100 pounds at home before I felt confident enough to go to a public gym. As soon as I walked by she called me fat slurs and made fun of my weight in several ways as well as looking at me in a disgusting way like I was an object. Will never return again