I tried SLC Strength & Conditioning’s personal training service for seven sessions last July. Their gym is clean and includes all the necessary equipment for a well rounded workout. My goal was to work with someone on targeting and lowering my body fat. I was disappointed because there was no focus on tracking and assessing my progress in the form of quantifiable metrics, which I expected from a personal trainer. The sessions were more like general fitness classes that I’ve taken where the instructor follows a general workout routine and makes minor adjustments where needed. There was also no focus on nutrition. I understand that SLC Strength offers a nutrition program at a separate cost. However, the website is slightly misleading by stating under the physical fitness service description that coaches   help you succeed with “an in-depth workout and nutrition plan that is tailored to your unique goals.” I was never offered a nutrition plan and my trainer generally seemed disinterested in my personal progress. I refrained from posting this because I just chalked it up to a bad experience with a trainer and not necessarily a reflection of the business itself. However, after quitting SLC Strength & Conditioning last year (with one session still left on my account), my credit card was spontaneously charged $280 for another month of training recently without my authorization. What compelled me to leave this review was that it took three days, and leaving two messages requesting that someone call me back with more information about the erroneous charge, for someone to finally call me back and address the matter. Ultimately, it was resolved and the result of some sort of glitch in their system, but the fact that I had to put in as much effort as I did to resolve the matter was frustrating and not good business practice.

I’ve thought about writing this review after completing 2 months at SLC strength. In just a few weeks I will be celebrating my three year anniversary with SLC Strength & Conditioning! This has been the most amazing fitness journey. And I keep returning for more! My first week I was greeted and told by a fellow gym mate, “You come for the work outs & stay for the people”. This was true on day 1 and is still true three years later. This is the gym for you if you are looking for knowledgeable and professional coaches, quality gym equipment, a safe and clean gym space, thoughtful dynamic daily workouts with Olympic lifting options, (including the opportunity to join an olympic lifting team), lots of daily class times to choose from and open gym options. The coaches are wonderful! They absolutely care and are committed to facilitating a positive and effective work out experience for each member. On a personal note, all of the coaches have offered valuable coaching and work out modifications (when needed) to ensure my workouts are safe, successful, sustainable and meeting my fitness goals. The community is positive, supportive, friendly and fun. I work out with my friends (including my son)! It is a vibrant, lively and inclusive environment. And I want to put emphasis on inclusive! Thank you Stephen and Kristy for your dedication, vision, commitment and hard work (especially through Covid) to ensure SLC Strength & Fitness remains a Salt Lake City fitness staple. I am so happy to be celebrating three years. Cheers to three more!

My first month at SLC Strength and Conditioning has been wonderful! Coming from a CrossFit background, I was looking for group training that was challenging but more well rounded. I live the non competitive attitude, and I feel I can push myself in a smarter healthier way! I really appreciate the attention to mobility work, and workouts incorporate work for knees, tendons etc. I’m loving the coaches and the programming!

Great collegiate-level personal trainers. Alyssa has been excellent and I'm really happy with the progress I'm making. I have some old injuries and I feel generally better now than I have in years. All the staff and trainers appear highly competent, very welcoming, and they all seem to be in very good shape. Rule #1: never work with an unfit trainer. Pricing also seems fair, considering these are better than average trainers who all have experience working at university athletics programs. The gym has most everything you'd need equipment-wise and is focused primarily on barbell and dumbbell work, which is perfect. Thankfully there's no "machine" type training apparatuses that you'd see at a cheap mcdonalds gym, not even a smith machine. This is good. But, it is more of a DIY garage style gym and is short a few basics, like showers and non-slip floor surfaces (upstairs racks, basement back room), which are fixes that could improve the experience. Group classes are a bit crowded for my taste, so I can't say if they are good or not, but they do seem very popular. However, the classes greatly limit the amount of available open gym time, which is probably my biggest complaint and why I still pay for a separate gym membership for my own work-outs that fall beyond the hours of 10am-3pm. But it's a not a giant gym, so I sympathize. Overall I give 5 stars, despite any detractions, simply because the trainers are so good, and I think that's really this gym's "core strength" anyways, rather than open hours, amenities, etc. I'm really glad this gym exists amid the sea of bad trainers, and I look forward to more. Thank you for the pump.

I have been thinking about writing this review for about a week now. I realized that anything that I say would not truly convey how awesome everyone is at SLC Strength & Conditioning and everyone will just have to go check it out for themselves. Stephen (owner) and the team are top notch, well-educated, seasoned professionals. They are all also REALLY nice and are genuinely passionate about what they do. My husband and I have been going to this gym for a little over a month now. We go about four days a week. We train with Stephen once a week, attend a low impact class and pop in for open gym time for the rest of our workout schedule. We are definitely beginners when it comes to the gym and felt intimidated in other places due to our lack of knowledge. Everyone here made us feel so welcome and at ease. All the trainers are incredibly helpful and supportive even while multi-tasking other clients and/or classes being held. They are always checking up on everyone and open to any questions about correcting your form or what equipment to use. Lastly, they will push you to your limits in training without being overly pushy and prioritize injury prevention in all aspects. For people who do not love to work out, we always come out of this place singing their praises (in addition to some cursing the next day because of soreness.) Great staff, great customer service, what more can you ask for?

They are truly unique! Coach Luke and Derek changed my experiences in exercising forever. ♥️

SLC S&C is amazing! The trainers (Derek, Spencer, Luke, Steve) are all tremendous. Their friendliness is inviting and makes everyone, even first day exercises, feel comfortable while they get a great, intense workout in just 1 hour. 3 years in... Highly recommend.

This place has changed my life. I’ve never been a gym rat but SLC strength and conditioning has built in motivation with the classes. Instructors are attentive and instructive on correct positioning while lifting weights. Great place and super glad I joined!

Excellent trainers, great facility. You get what you pay for with highly effective and balanced workouts and expert attention. They also offer remote training. This place will make you sweat!

I am so glad I found this gym. The trainers - Steve, Luke, Alyssa, and Spencer - are all highly trained, patient, and observant. I have been doing resistance training for about 40 years, but after only four months here, I have learned way more technique than all the rest of that time. I have also learned dozens of new exercises. I came to this gym because I had become frustrated with recurring injuries and slow progress. I have made tremendous progress here. As one example, I had long since given up on squats, due to the pain and injury from never having the right technique (even after working with a personal trainer). Working with trainers at SLC, I was able to correct my form after just a couple of sessions. The atmosphere of this gym is also outstanding - people of all shapes, sizes, and ages working in a non-competitive environment where you receive plenty of challenge, but always with attention to avoiding injury and overuse. This gym is absolutely outstanding.

Best gym I’ve ever been to by far. High quality training with a very welcoming environment for everyone. The class format is super motivating while also feeling very personalized with the coaches guidance.

I love this gym. I’ve been going for about two months now and it’s great. The trainers are all knowledgeable and very helpful if you need alternates for injury or based on your level, the workouts are fun and challenging and the class environment is very encouraging. Would absolutely recommend.

Amazing gym with professional and knowledgeable staff. Would recommend for both beginners and expert weightlifters.

Love the group class format, extremely motivating. Getting the feedback from a coach is helpful as well. Highly recommend!

I just show up half awake, leave 50 min later drenched in hard work -- rinse and repeat each day of the week. Something had to give and going here has been a noticeable positive mental and physical change for me. The staff and clientele has been welcoming and friendly regardless if people are doing heavy lifting of just getting started. Not that I want the place to fill up, but I highly recommend trying it out. It hurts so good.

This is a top notch facility with top notch trainers and staff. No big egos, just friendly faces that know their stuff and a good sense of community. They have excellent equipment and all of the specialty pieces not seen at your average gym, plus it is kept clean and well maintained. The trainers are much more of training coaches, and their high level of professionalism and skillsets shows through in every class or private training session. Group classes are not your average group training environment, and the 5:30am class brings the heat. I will really miss this location since I'm moving over to Park City, along with Steve, Ryan, Sese and Luke as these guys are the best in the biz whether you're a high level athlete or just starting out with fitness and weight lifting.

I would recommend this gym for anyone, regardless of fitness or skill level. The staff is extremely knowledgeable and able to adapt the program for any one. I’ve been going to this gym for many months and can’t say enough great things abt them. They help me be my best!

I love this gym. Never had I done weight training before or been a ‘gym’ person. Always just been like ‘the earth is my gym’ aha (inner hippie) and done yoga at Core Power. But with working full time and getting a masters degree my time for outdoor activites has been limited and need to get some consistent exercise into my life, since I didn’t have enough time to get out on the trails. Anyways, I’ve seen so much improvement in my posture and overall strength.The trainers are great and attentive to my needs in the group classes. Awesome space, clean, great equipment. Plus I can run up trails I’ve never been able to run up before. The best feeling. Thanks SLC Strength and Conditioning

Best gym ever!!! No ageism, attitude and no fluff. Workouts are hard, but doable. With consistency, results - both mental and physical - are seen quickly.

Clint has been my trainer since 2017. I was dealing w pain from sciatica problems. He listened , assessed my situation and individualized my training. I made progress, built strength and am pain free. He is the trainer for all age groups and issues, highly recommend his services