First Choice Fitness

Cañon City, 1530 Elm Ave, Cañon City, CO 81212 | ★ 4.3 (65 Review)

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The unlimited Fitness Facility. Memberships include 24/7 access, classes, sauna, tanning, and volley ball court. All included and unlimited with every membership. We also have amazing personal trainers. Personal Training includes Customized workouts and nutrition plans to get you the goal you want as fast and efficiently as possible, all at below industry standard rates.

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Jeremy Simmons

★ 3

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Ryan Veldman

★ 4

Very clean with a chill vibe. But dear lord they need one more squat/power rack and one more flat bench!!

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Amanda Collins

★ 5

Love that they are 24 hours, really handy. And I love that they have two tanning beds, a stand up and a regular lay down one. So if you're going to the gym with your partner or another person, you can both tan at the same time. And actually let me correct that, they have 2 lay down ones and one stand up. Also love that they have showers. Super convenient.

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William Ballew

★ 5

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Lorrie Ludvigson

★ 2

There are "reserved" places in the classes and even if you get there early, they will then make you move. I let the front desk girl know, she was shocked and said she'd talk to the owner (manager) nobody has reached out and this was over 2 weeks ago. Very much a middle-school mentality.

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Carla Brent

★ 1

Worst gym in canon city I’ve gone here for over a year and I can say it’s definitely the worst gym in town equipment is crap and old they will try to make a quick buck of you don’t go!!!!

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Lindsey Marchello

★ 5

I've been going to this gym since I was a child. It feels like home in there. The trainers are all certified and the environment is young-adult- retiree. It's always clean and I never feel uncomfortable working out. I'll continue to keep coming back whenever I'm home. I looked forward to it for months, in fact.

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Caiden Allen

★ 3

Is a great gym in itself but staff is severely lacking I have called and attempted to come in during staffed hours over 4 times and have been sent to voice mail or there was genuinely no staff there.

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Gregory Dolven

★ 5

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Dragonraven

★ 3

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Keith

★ 5

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Zach McDowell

★ 5

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Janey Brozek

★ 3

Great place to workout. Wished exercise equipment was more updated and there was a swimming pool to use. The monthly price is very reasonable.

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Shawn Kittel

★ 5

Great spot to sweat it out. Great local gym.

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Tammy Castro

★ 5

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Guy Gardner

★ 5

I took a tour of the gym. It’s a great workout environment and well organized. I am impressed by the equipment and cleanliness. I would recommend First Choice to anyone who enjoys a well trained and knowledgable staff. The owner is passionate about his gym!
- Guy

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Steven M Regalado

★ 5

My place of solitude great machinery

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saks soco

★ 5

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Melissa Dockins

★ 3

No pool therapy. Disappointed

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Jay Heimel

★ 5

It has many selection it's amazing

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Mona Monahan

★ 5

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Traci Palmer

★ 5

Very pleased with finding this gym. I was looking for group classes and they are just what I needed.

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Prestin Pilafas

★ 5

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Debra Attwooll (Windrosemystic)

★ 5

Love their food

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Alleta Baltes

★ 5

Love the friendly atmosphere. Fun!

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Cole Sullivan

★ 5

Awesome staff!

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M F

★ 2

Bells only go to 100 and are bent. Nobody reracks their weights.

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Lisa Stenbak

★ 3

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Allyx

★ 4

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Jeff Pilgrim

★ 5

I love this gym! They have alot of great equipment to hit any body parts you wish as well as a bunch of good cardio machines! I love getting my sweat on here!

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Nicole Hopkins

★ 4

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Ralph Sanders

★ 5

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Caleb Boots

★ 1

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Javier Gonzales

★ 5

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Zachary Malone

★ 4

Pretty decent place. Fair equipment, decent staff, best bang-for-your-buck gym

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Darteris

★ 3

Your typical dungeon of a gym but good quality equipment.

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josh g

★ 4

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Joshua Smith

★ 5

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Gabe Reed

★ 4

Great tanning beds,sauna and huge swimming pool

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Majesty Hinkley

★ 3

Old but clean

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Judy Stewart

★ 5

Love it

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Matthew Heck

★ 2

Well there aren't really any actual gyms in the canon city area...this is a small room with some old equipment. Treadmills skip, ellipticals are awful, weight room is a mess, poorly fixed holes in ceiling, equipment is worn out etc. About what you'd expect but it's quiet, staff has always been helpful. Probably better than the other option in town.

I would recommend avoiding this place in the summer...there is essentially no A/C...its a 1500 sqft building that's cooled off with enough A/C to cool a college dorm room so it's always humid and hot.

Pool is awesome and price is acceptable.

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Nancy Jordan

★ 4

Staff are great

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John Ball

★ 5

Good.

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Joe Slack

★ 5

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Shawna McGinn

★ 5

Friendly and helpful staff

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Chris Robb

★ 5

Awesome clean and safe

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Rosa Anderson

★ 5

Excellent and caring staff

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Ronald Maywald

★ 5

Love this gym

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Michael Rogers

★ 5

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Skinny Maywald

★ 5

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Samantha Beaty

★ 3

To be honest, First Choice Fitness wasn't my first choice. BUT--after having gym-shopped for several months, I don't regret having chosen it for my Fitness needs. It's a hometown gym with a very hometown feel ... actually, it kind of reminds me of working out in someone's basement. It's got it's pros and cons, but in the end I'm happy with my choice.

Admittedly, I'm fairly new in town and I come from St. Louis--home of world class gyms with lots of features for super-low monthly prices. I was a little surprised when I found out that Cañon City gyms lack most of the features I'm used to and charge up to 5x more than I'm used to paying for much, much less. Like I said, I shopped gyms in Cañon City for several months--even waiting over 6 months for the new gym in town to open. Gone are the days of Cardio-Flix, Red-Light Therapy, Aqua Massage, Tanning and all the normal gym necessities for the low price of $19.99 a month for me, I guess.

So, what made me chose First Choice? One, it had some of the lowest membership prices in town, without all of the application fees and so forth. Its proximity to my house helped out, too. 24 hour access was huge, as well. First Choice also had the MOST features that I'm used to-- tanning, classes, pool, dry sauna ... all included with membership. Some of the other gyms I was looking at charged extra for some of those things. Another thing that was huge to me that I was honestly shocked to see missing in the other gyms was a complete lack of locker rooms. Some just had open cubby holes to put your stuff in. The locker rooms at First Choice Fitness are small, but they ARE there ... honestly that might have been the biggest selling point for me. I also liked the laid-back atmosphere ... I just kind of feel free to come in and do my thing. Even the tanning portion doesn't require any sort of sign-up or anything; if the room's empty, you go in there and do your thing. The people who work there seem nice and helpful enough, though in general they're pretty stand-offish. Not a bad thing. I'm sure if they were asked for help, they'd be super helpful and knowledgable. I like the atmosphere in general--encouraging posters everywhere and there's even a little table set up with tape measures and other equipment to track your progress. It never feels very busy, and there's a good mixture of people I've seen going in and out of there and I've never felt judged. Everyone just kind of does their own thing, which works for me. For what I'm in there to do, it works.

So, why three stars? Even though I feel like First Choice tries pretty hard to maintain a nice place, it's a little old and outdated in a lot of ways. While, yeah--it could probably benefit HUGELY from some fresh paint and stuff, I'm more concerned about the equipment. A lot of it is pretty old, even though it's claimed to be "state-of-the-art" ... perhaps for the late 90's, but some of it is a little outdated. Most of the weight machines are extremely rusty, which makes adjusting some of them really difficult. It makes it hard for me to justify paying so much for membership, even if it is some of the cheapest in the area. Some improvements that I think would really help the place out are some cosmetic changes--I think some paint on those stark white walls would really help the atmosphere out. An improved water fountain would be nice. But mainly it would be good to see some new equipment ... a Cybex ArcTrainer would be awesome, and maybe a rowing machine. The weight machines work okay, but it would be nice to get newer versions of the ones that are super rusted.

Bottom line, First Choice Fitness probably offers the best bang for your buck in Cañon City Fitness. With locker rooms, a sauna, a pool, classes and tanning included in membership it's the closest you're going to get to those big city gym perks I'm spoiled on for so much less. If you're looking for a place to go to focus on your health, First Choice isn't a bad place to grow.

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Eric Sweigart

★ 5

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James Boring - DOC

★ 5

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Tye Bundy

★ 5

Go everyday great lil gym!!

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Mark Perez Sr

★ 5

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John Carey

★ 5

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Veronica ROGTI

★ 3

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Lisa Wiker Photography

★ 5

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Jason Hartley

★ 4

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Shane Keller

★ 4

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Judith Stewart

★ 5

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Nobility Funeral Transport

★ 5

Best Gym In Town. Deepest pool, hottest sauna. Love it.

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Alex

★ 5

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Corey B

★ 5

Great local gym

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