Good gym. Not a good climbing gym. If you don't climb, there is a BOGO sale for the first friday of every month. Lots of seating areas and a kid friendly traverse wall. Cool snacks and great customer service. TLDR: expensive yet outrageously mid Some cons: - Very competition climbing orientated - They tend to grade climbs soft, especially if it's crimpy. - It is unclear which holds you're supposed to start on because the tag "floats" instead of "touches" the starting hold. I'm assuming it's the one closest to the tag, but it's so easily open to dispute and confusing sometimes. - They physically imprint "FINISH" on finish holds. A little weird because this means that those holds can't be used for anything else, and the ending is always going to be the same few holds. It also means that you can't finish routes by touching the top of the wall. Not a big deal but I can see how it gets boring if you climb here a lot. - 1/3 of the gym is designated for conventional gym equipment. For a huge climbing gym I personally think that this is kinda dumb. They definitely have the space, height, and budget for roped climbing for $88 a month, and choose amenities that you can get at any gym instead. - The only gym in southern California that doesn't offer a single crack climb - Definitely not thorough enough with new climbers on safety etiquitte because a lot of people will just stand right below someone climbing for no reason and kids just run wild on the pads

This gym is amazing, I have been to the factory, sendorOne, and Rock City. This gym is by far my favorite, the routes are difficult and this gym offers a very high learning curve. They're are saunas, showers in the bathroom, yoga, a full gym with classes. The prices are extremely fair 80 for students, 90 for non - if you do the month to month. You get 6 guest passes a year, you can use up to 2 a month and on Fridays guests can come after 5pm with no hit on your passes.

Excellent service! I'm used to the touchstone gyms in the bay area, and came here to climb while I was away. I decided to bring my siblings for their first time and the staff helped us through the orientation and rental process. My siblings had a blast, and the facility was gorgeous. When i move back down I'm definitely choosing movement as my home gym 😌 great for all athletes, climbers weight lifters, yoga enthusiasts, calisthenic manics and all! Update: came here on the punch card deal and brought two groups of friends, had an absolute blast! Kuddos to the staff for being so attentive, and for taking care of me and my friends/family, no doubt one of the best gyms in OC!

This is a climber’s review of a climbing gym. If you’re a beginner or a weekend warrior, you’ll probably have a good time, so just ignore this review. This isn’t about their plentiful amenities, well-kept and clean gym, or friendly staff (all true btw), it’s about the climbing. Let me preface this by mentioning that I’m just vacationing here. In my limited scope, I have found that American gyms are quite soft in general. Movement is no exception, and stands about middle of the pack in this regard. There are softer gyms (Sender One immediately comes to mind), but I’ve also been to stiffer gyms during my time here. It makes sense, as this is a commercial gym, not necessarily a tryhard climber’s gym. They want to create this illusion and make people feel like they’re progressing fast. Unfortunately, this has created a massive gap in skills required to progress, with the first one appearing between V3 and V4. V3s here are typically jug-fests — a complete disrespect to the grade. Whereas V4s are calibrated closer to what you’d find in stiffer gyms. This reinforces my earlier point that this is a commercial gym designed to boost a beginner’s ego (easy flashes until V4). However, for beginners who actually stick around and try to take climbing seriously for the first time, they will find this sudden jump in difficulty quite a jarring experience as it doesn’t foster incremental progression. My next gripe involves these weird extension problems with a tiered grading system. For example, a V6 problem will have a V6 finish and a V7 finish. The holds and movements to the V7 finish aren’t much different from what preceded them during the V6 portion, just more of the same. I wouldn’t call this lazy setting necessarily, but the grade of a problem shouldn’t be a function of length, but rather the difficulty of the crux. This next one doesn’t affect me, but I’ve seen it impact shorter climbers. I find that many problems are height-gated (either start or crux) with no intuitive ways around them. For a business that promotes inclusivity, this is an ironic oversight. Maybe I’m just spoiled as we have national and international comp setters back home, but it is possible to have good problems for a range of heights simultaneously. I hope this is something Movement routesetters can work and improve on. This last one doesn’t affect me either, as I’m just a visitor, but members have told me that the walls here reset quite often (a new section 2-3x a week). As someone used to a minimum 8 week rotation, this is foreign to me. How do you encourage members to project hard boulders? I don’t want this come off too much as a rant. This comes from a place of wanting Movement to grow, as I would like to come back and visit when I’m in the area again.

Bummed to have spent the insane price of almost $30 on a day pass only to find out a huge portion of the gym was all comp routes, another massive portion was closed and being set (was closed the full 6 hours I was there) and the rest was set to about 20% density (see pic) with almost no routes up. That’s something that should’ve been mentioned when I asked for the day pass, as I would’ve declined and gone somewhere else for this session. The facility and staff are good, but I’ve seen homewalls with more problems than this gym had to offer the day I was there.

I’m exclusively a rope climber who HATES bouldering but switched temporarily to Movement from Sender to force me to boulder (since bouldering gets you stronger faster) and omg, this place makes bouldering fun! Great facilities, a variety of classes, and most importantly top notch setting for beginners and experienced climbers with a much greater variety of holds and movements than a certain $$$ gym. In addition, I found the vibe to be very friendly and social!

Took the intro to bouldering class. Miles was great. Very friendly and informative. $30 for the class. No ropes climbing only bouldering. 15’ max height.

Very friendly and welcoming staff. I signed up for the tour and then the intro to bouldering class. If you sign up for both and decide to become a member, the initiation fee gets waived, which was a super cool surprise for me. I've taken yoga a few times, used the outdoor workout area and fitness machines, as well as bouldered. I'm really enjoying my time here so far! Looking forward to HIIT and total body fit classes, the saunas and trying out the slack line. I love the outdoor space bc it's nice to exercise outdoors with the sunlight & "fresh" air. They're community-oriented and I can't wait to their next Queer night. It's my first time bouldering ever so I can't speak to the authenticity or rate their routesetting abilities. Again, everyone seems to be nice and respectful for the most part. Always use caution & spatial awareness when climbing & descending.

Mike asked me to write a review, so I'm doing it. Solid fitness workout by the aforementioned. Great tips on form for a newbie like me. As far as rock climbing goes, the problems are pretty fair. Everyone is pretty chill. Clean locker rooms. I've been going on and off for about 6 months, no issues so far.

This place is so cute. Spacious and beautiful!

I have fond memories of this place. My buddy used to take me here with his guest passes, and, let me tell you, I re-arranged my life to never miss a day. Even when I injured myself in the gym, I figured out how to acute rehab quick so I could at least partially get on the wall. Then, afterwards, we'd chill in the sauna. I guess the sauna's my only mild complaint, and I honestly don't see much of how staff or management could fix it: people are noisy. I really love a quiet, contemplative sauna, but, despite the rules telling you in polite words to keep your trap shut, people like to gab on. Like they just can't endure a moment's quiet and need to distract themselves from themselves with some speaking. I can see why that would make a sauna attractive I guess, but it detracted from my enjoyment. But I digress, and perhaps I do so hypocritically. Anyhow: this place is good; I like it. The first Friday of the month is free if you're going with a member. So try to find a member to be friends with I guess?

Love this place!! Great selection of classes, super friendly people. The boulders here are always changing and lots of fun. The gym is also very nice to use for all sorts of workouts too.

Great spot for adults and kids, but absolutely amazing customer service all around, every time. Thank you for the extra effort in hospitality you guys give us, both new and returning guests.

I’m a fan. Everyone here is so kind, and it’s easy to create community. They have classes for yoga and strength training, and creative routes that keep it interesting. Highly recommend.

This place is phenomenal. No gym is perfect, but the setting is killer, the staff is friendly, the community is supportive and the training equipment is abundant. I drive up here from San Diego regularly (1.5 hours each way). If you climb and live anywhere near by, you gotta check it out.

I typically climb in norcal. I really wish we had a gym as nice as this. We came on a friday after work and the gym was super empty. Mats, walls, holds, gym equipment etc. I think this place is probably more expensive than the larger chain here (hangar 18) but defintely worth a visit.

Great place. good climbs, nice vibe, bunch of activities, well equipped gym.. Very open / well lit. Happy place. Some pics of the gym attached

Very clean, very spacious, the sauna and showers were excellent, and the members were supportive. The membership is a bit steep, but if you really like climbing it might be worth it!

Great gym! Climbing walls have a good range of angles, and most are full height. Pads nice and soft. Routesetting style is more classic as opposed to comp style (i.e. not many dual tex holds, if that is your thing). Generally good outside of v3s which could be improved upon. Gym area is nice and spacious with new equipment. I also did a strength and mobility class focussing on functional movements which was excellent!

I was visiting from out of town and came to boulder. I loved the routes, other gym goers were friendly, and staff was so welcoming. I took a fall and hurt my knee, and staff immediately came to help and support. Thanks, guys!