Hampshire Athletic Club in Amherst
90 Gatehouse Rd, Amherst, MA 01002, United States
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Hampshire Athletic Club in Amherst, MA, stands out as a comprehensive fitness destination with an impressive 4.3-star rating. This welcoming facility offers a perfect blend of traditional gym amenities and premium features to support your wellness journey.
The club boasts an exceptional array of facilities, including a swimming pool, basketball court, and tennis court. What sets it apart is the addition of relaxation amenities like a sauna and hot tub, perfect for post-workout recovery or unwinding after a busy day.
Families appreciate the thoughtful addition of childcare services, making it easier for parents to maintain their fitness routines. The club's commitment to accessibility is evident through its wheelchair-accessible parking and entrance, ensuring everyone can enjoy their facilities.
Members consistently praise the club's friendly atmosphere and exceptional staff. The facility maintains a welcoming, low-key environment while offering high-quality equipment and services. Regular adult classes receive particularly positive feedback, catering to various fitness levels and interests.
Located at 90 Gatehouse Rd, Hampshire Athletic Club operates with convenient hours and requires a membership to access its comprehensive facilities. The combination of professional service, diverse amenities, and a welcoming community makes it a standout choice for fitness enthusiasts in the Amherst area.
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Joined on a family plan, which is available for anyone sharing the same address. Lots of cable/strength machines available in multiple stations, including some nice tucked away corners if you (like me) prefer a little more isolation. Good variety of cardio equipment, free weight stations, and a large tennis court and group fitness classroom. Haven't tried the pool yet. Gym gets busy around 6pm but folks are very polite.
I go to this gym because it is the sister gym to Northampton Athletic Club. I use it for their indoor tennis courts so I cannot speak to all their other amenities.
Very Useful gym! Free weights, the Newest Cardio equipment, clean updated locker rooms, Yoga, SWIMMING Pool, TENNIS, weightlifting machines, aerobics classes etc... AND MORE... very reasonable membership prices 👍
Best thing for me is that the gym is so close to my house. I usually got here for swimming. The water tastes pretty salty and I guessed it's because of the sodium hypochlorite. And my friend said he felt itchy after swimming.
Okay I guess… over priced for what you’re getting. Small weight room. Mundane arbitrary rules throughout facility. The hours are an absolute joke, and the main reason I’m giving this the score it has. 8pm closing for $45+/mo is pretty ridiculous. Some of us work longer hours and can’t even get in until 7:30. If you’re someone who takes exercise and lifting halfway seriously don’t join here it’s an old folks home.
This is the worst gym I have ever been to. I got harassed by an older man at this gym and I was still charged after trying to cancel my membership. I called to explain my situation and I was laughed at over the phone. I wanted to like this place but as a young woman I always felt uncomfortable and disrespected. If you are a woman this is not the gym for you.
We love HAC. The pool, hot tub, sauna plus the childcare make it a no brainer choice for our family. You'd pay much more for an equivalent spa visit. The membership base skews older but that's not an issue for us. It would be great if they had a mailing list to update members on changes. The recent fire was a huge blow to the community, right now childcare is not available and a free amenities are missing. But hopefully they will rebuild and return to fill functionality quickly.
Great staff and child care service! which I needed so bad to finally get back to working out the way I want to. Pool, sauna, weights, cardio machines, Zumba classes and so much more!
Excellent!
Great gym! Low key, wonderful staff, and a pool!!
So good so nice
A great friendly club!
Wi-fi doesn t work anytime for me .
Great am adult classes
Love it... The pool, the staff, hot tub and sauna are wonderful! Thank you HAC !
Love it!!! We spent a month in Amherst and took the monthly voucher for the pool and gym. A wonderful place. The pool was very good, the jacuzzi was incredibly hot, the sauna was always hot, the gym was also very good, and the people who worked there were very friendly. Thanks so much! I totally recommend it! We will come back!!!
Love this place! Great indoor tennis courts. Renovation is amazing.
Good, but hours bad.
nice fiting center.
Pool is undermainted, dirt poor air quality, flags falling in the pool, small, condensed, bassicaly forgotten.
A lot different than I remember. UnFortune fire but they rebuilt the gym and it looks beautiful I would recommend it to anyone in the area
It sucks there
I called them to inform them about a large hornets nest in a bush by the driveway after my wife was stung twice and the person who answered the phone blew it off and nothing got done. My wife and I went down early in the morning and took care of it. Luckily no one stung was allergic but things like this need to be taken seriously and not with an attitude that oh its just another boomer complaining . Very poor
Parking lot is always clean. People are always nice. And Ive lost weight.
Excellent facility with delightful staff and skilled teachers! Great and constant effort goes into making this a high quality community space for improvement of body, mind and spirit!
Great place to workout
Good, clean athletic club with a pool
They are doing a great job with covid-19
Excellent work out facility with a pool, sauna, and tennis courts.
My grandchildren love the pool!
Visit to see for yourself. Good and easy to use equipment, clean facility, amenities, nice staff, great prices
Cons- $55/month plus $25 to setup a new account. - Gym equipment looks like its not been maintained since the 1970s. Dirty, dirty, dirty. -Punching bag in the basketball court is cheap. Made in China, too light for an average size boxer. The bag will swing constantly because the height is too far from the ceiling--the ceiling is the top of the basketball court roofs....Ineffective -Dirty dirty. Weight room is small and tight. Lots of dudes grunting and yelling. Most of the weight equipment is missing safety components or grip tape. -I asked if the Wi-fi worked. It does NOT. Just join Planet Fitness or another local gym. -Bad customer service.
Perfect fitness club.
Love the pool & aqua fitness classes and hot tub
Cant live without it. Great staff.
Two weeks ago a Male lap swimmer crashed right into me in the free section of the pool he broke two of my toes! The young lifeguard would not put him into the lap lanes but told me and another woman to move over stating he had a right to swim in the open section even though lap swimmers have there own area! I spoke with scott the manager today having not been able to use the pool because of my injury. He was incredibly rude, talking to other members while l was talking to him. He did not care that l was injured, he did not ask if l had medical bills, he did not apologize. He stated that they allowed lap swimmers to swim in the open section even though they have their own section from 5am till 10pm and open swim is from 3pm till 8pm. Because of this many people get injured and people quit this club because it is not safe! Some of the young lifeguards sit and text and wear pants instead of a guard swim suit. There are two excellent guards Hunter and a older woman. Everybody has the right to swim, water walk without the fear of aggressive Male swimmers crashing into them. This gym has many and they rule because management does nothing to them. The gym has a duty of care to its members to provide a safe place to swim and workout. It fails in this duty. This club used to be the best in the area until new management took over. The previous owners never let lap swimmers into the open section ever, hence there were never injuries. I will now go to the YMCA in noho as they have promised me l will be safe and my children too.
Good clean and easy access. Courteous staff
It is a pretty gym in the woods as opposed to in a strip mall. I could not afford it for more than a month. Im not sure what the price covers; maybe towel service? as its not like there are multiple pools. The pool feels short and also shallow as I was brushing the bottom and dreaded trying to make a flip turn in the shallow, not relaxing. But, although older, the facilities themselves are as clean as you get for their age.
The sauna leaks into the locker room leaving it at about 80~85°f in the summer and this past winter they had 3 months of cold showers.
Love the classes
Front desk with an attitude!
Great place. 2 squat racks. You CAN deadlift here. Very calm environment and helpful staff.
There are many options for workouts. They have a nice pool, full basketball court, weight room and studio for group classes. I highly recommend.