WHERE STRONG PEOPLE ARE MADE

  Have been going here for over 3 years now. When I first signed up, it was no hassle, no sales pitch, sign-up. Basically take it, if it works for me.... read more The owner, Chris, is very chill, and knows what he's talking about for lifting, exactly what every true powerlifter, weightlifter, experienced lifter wants as the head staff. Experienced lifters don't cause drama, don't forget to rack weights, are respectful to each other, etc, and thats the general culture here. Price is very reasonable, only went up $5 since pre-covid.

It has all the equipment I need, and every few months, they are constantly adding more equipment. It can get a little packed in peak hours due to the rise in popularity, so I always go pretty late to avoid the traffic.

Very good place if you want to go and just do your own thing. They have standard commercial gym cardio machines too upstairs, as well as a punching bag and speed bag.

There's a huge monkey bar looking contraption, and I barely completed on my second try, because I didn't want to fall to my doom. I bring several friends here regularly and they all really like it.

  Mom and pop ran business the owner Chris is great, great quality equipment and not too many people you pays premium for a premium experience.

  It's not about going hard or being hard for a month and burnout, it's about being consistent for a lifetime. And without further ado let's begin the fitness center review.... read more

Mission Fitness Center is an old school gym fitness center, and it's family owned and operated. It's located on Mission and Date ave in Alhambra.

I like that they have all the fitness equipments,  training machines, db-bb weights, boxing bags, rowers, treadmills and many more.
Basically, a real gym's gym minus the corporate malarkey that other fitness clubs have. Their members were very respectful;  they re-rack weights and wipe their machines after use. MFC is very spacious, well lit, well ventilated and temperature appropriate.

Membership has different tier:  Monthly, two week, a week, a day pass and a special last Friday of the month. Prices were reasonable. Parking lot is modest but plenty of street parking. Overall, I ENJOY every time I visit this gym.

  Shoutout to Justin the front desk worker who set me up with my day pass & welcomed me to this gym. I'm sometimes weary about trying out new gyms by... read more myself but it was late and this was one of the only gyms in the area open until midnight. Justin was cool about showing me how to use certain equipment like the hip thrust machine, and being a champ about answering my questions.

It's sort of smaller than what I'm used to, however, they have pretty much everything you need to get in a great workout.

Tips:
Blue bar: 45 lbs
Red bar: 55 lbs
Yellow bar: for deadlifts (if I remember correctly)

I was also impressed with how clean the locker rooms were. As most gyms tend to struggle in this area, however, it was spotless when I came in (8:00 pm).

This will definitely be a good back up gym for me!

  It was a good gym, old school vibe type of gym, one of those gyms where you're like yeah that was a good workout

  What a great gym and comfortable environment.

I came here on a day pass for $20 and it was a nice change from my usual Golds Gym workout.

Many more squat... read more racks instead of cardio machines which is amazing. When I came it was not packed, I did not have to wait for anything - everyone working out was nice and respectful.

The restrooms were clean and had hair tires and femine products, this is awesome.

I liked that there were a variety of lifting bars, belts, resistance bands, and more.

If I lived closer I'd definitely have a monthly pass. The owner was sweet and welcoming. Decent size parking lot.

  I appreciate this training facility and the family that runs it. They have that "old school" mentality especially when it comes to putting the equipment back where it belongs. This... read more is a no bs place to train

  Love this gym since there's almost no gyms for olympic lifting. I especially love the atmosphere and how nice people here are. However, sometimes the gym randomly stinks up even... read more though there's nobody near me to release "the stink."

  One of the best gyms I have ever been too! Life gets busy and stressful and mission has been a nice escape from everything when I go. It really does... read more feel like family here as you do really see the same people here and people just come here to hangout and support each other hitting another PR.

Besides that, you pretty much have your own playhouse to workout however you want. People understand the gym community and culture here, so you don't have to worry about the memes of commercial gyms. Def give this place a try out if you are looking for a new gym (or the best gym hehe)

  Been coming for about 2 months now. Exactly what I am looking for.
This is not a gym for everybody! I cannot stress that enough.

This is not the gym... read more for people who want to stare at the mirror all day. This is not the gym for people who want to sit on an exercise bike and watch youtube. This gym doesn't have a tanning bed, free pizza, or a TV hanging every 20 feet. It doesn't have mirrors around the entire place for people to take photos constantly.

What this gym does have is a great community of people who are there to workout. The environment is great; I see people support each other with their lifts. I see new lifters working out with seasoned lifters. It has every type of barbell, rack, and plate in abundance. I have yet to wait to find a place to deadlift or squat. It has Olympic weightlifting, powerlifting, strongman, agilities and even a bit of crossfit. It's got MMA equipment including a punching, kicking and speed bag.

  Excellent gym equipment, great community environment and very nice owners! This is hands down my favorite gym!

  This gym has a lot of great things going for it. I do get a month membership from time to time. My only issue and it's big enough to where... read more I won't get a continual membership is that the gym feels "dirty". I put it in quotes because any gym can get dirty and I'm not easily repulsed...that said Mission has a lot of dust...large amounts of dust, it's everywhere and I think their large fan up top is potentially why. This tends to bother my breathing. It gives off this vibe that the gym isn't cleaned regularly which makes me less confident about touching things in the gym. The second issue is with the restroom. Has a strong odor of urine every time I visit. I go midday so I'm certain other visitors are just missing the bowl but it's really strong.

Overall this can be a great gym in my book. I love the equipment offered. The only issue is the dust and the strong odor in the restrooms. I imagine more scheduled cleaning can easily fix this issue. If it was fixed this gym would easily be a 5 star in my book. I would easily become a recurring member.

  One star awesome place to workout in. To bad owner has awful attitude and I just needed one day to be have a bad experience. Found out right after that... read more I am not the only one that left not wanting to return. This place has a bad reputation. Hope she can get some experience on management simply knowing how to treat people should not be a thing.

  I'm giving this one star because Johnny was nice and welcoming at the beginning and the gym is functional but the gym lost the other 4 stars because of the... read more owner who has a terrible attitude and treats you like garbage.

My wife and I got a day pass to check out the gym. We've been looking for one close to home and this one would've been PERFECT since it's so close, and for the first hour we talked about how happy we finally found one that's so convenient....but then the owner approached us.

When I was on a bench by the free weights she came up to my wife and talked down to my wife in a purposely disrespectful tone "Put the weights away when you're done. This isn't LA Fitness."

We had left one weight off the rack by the flat bench we were using, so my wife went back to put it away. Nevermind the fact that for an hour we had put every single weight away and matched weights on the racks - just this ONE WEIGHT 60 minutes later was enough for her to be rude and unwelcoming and glare at us the rest of the time.

Now if you've read other reviews of this place you'd notice that the owner responds to all the negative reviews defensively and throws self-righteous jabs, so let me get in front of what she's going to say: Yes, we should have put the weight away. It was an honest mistake and oversight after an hour of otherwise proper gym etiquette. But we still missed one, so she had EVERY right to come over and talk to us and ask us to put it away, as well as remind us (and any new person) the policy of the gym - which should be the policy at EVERY gym. So accidentally or not, I don't fault her at all for coming over. But to come over and belittle someone (especially someone who isn't repeatedly doing the gym no-no) and treat them like dirt is NOT ok and just terrible customer service. There is zero excuse for how we were treated and that is NOT how you grow your business or encourage a gym with proper etiquette. She was in the wrong here. Period. So whatever she tries to defensively say after this just won't hold up.

Overall my wife and I left really sad. This place was perfect for us and so convenient. But now there's no way we're joining a gym where the OWNER glares as you workout and makes you feel unwelcome.

  I've been a member for a month now going on two and honestly it's been a pretty great experience. My friend introduced me to this gym to learn how to... read more lift properly and I haven't looked back since. I usually come in the evenings and Chris is there at the reception desk to check members in. He's so nice and easy to talk to! Hospitality factor is great. There are ZERO ego lifters and the members here are surprisingly nice and easy to talk to. I felt extremely intimidated at first because of the environment but it got easier overtime. I've invited my boyfriend and his friend to workout and it was fun overall. Equipment is maintained properly and there's something for everyone to try.

  I went here for a few months. The gym is great if your focus is on lifting free weights and is oriented toward powerlifting. I would give it 5 stars... read more for the availability of free weights.

It does not have a great variety of cardio or weight machines. In fact, I did try to do cardio here a few times and some, even many, machines were broken or not maintained.

As someone who joins gyms primarily for access to commercial grade machines that I cannot have at home it sort of misses the mark. But I think its really a gym targeted toward weightlifters in which case you aren't going to do better in the area.

Its not like the local LA fitness where you have to cram into the free weights, you can actually have a proper resistance training workout on free weights and not be around every person who got an LA Fitness membership.