Manchester Athletic Club

Manchester-by-the-Sea, 8 Atwater Ave, Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA 01944 | ★ 3.7 (42 Review)

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Fitness and Racquet sports center specializing in Tennis and Pickleball tennis.

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Andriy Lisovichenko

★ 5

Very nice tennis cub.

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Brian Heney

★ 4

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Karen Kenny

★ 5

Great club! Group exercise instructors are excellent and lots of friendly members!

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QY Jia

★ 5

MAC recently hosted many USTA tournaments. That is great for junior tennis players and their parents in MA and states nearby. The line call system in use most recently is great! It makes the matches much more fair and ensures no energy wasted on arguments and yelling. The environment was much more healthy and harmony after the use of the line call system. It also makes the referees' job much easier. The line call system was actually installed several months ago but somehow not in use for some policy reasons. Using it is strongly recommended. MAC also offers the option of videoing the matches, which is very helpful. It would be even better though to enable the audio as well. Movie industry did that about a century ago.

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Pinkpink_island

★ 1

There is a girl cheater at junior usta tournament on this court that cheats two games and won trophy and kids didn’t get line judge support. No one on court to help. The usta tournament should be a place to encourage kids to play tennis and dishonest behavior should be banned. Never see the official inside the court inside game. As the host they should provide the fair environment for the game. The kids are too young for deal with such cheaters, we don’t want to see big kids cheat and bully young kids on the court. -families are reporting this girl to USTA asking if this cheater girl should be banned in future.

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janet barsanti

★ 5

I love Nikki’s chisel and hit classes . I’ve been going for over a year and it truly made a difference on my 68 year old self. I attend with my daughter in her 40’s and these classes have done wonders for her as well. It’s fun, challenging and you can moderate to your speed. I highly recommend! Very effective my friends. Just Go 😁

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Courtney Barsanti Gibbs

★ 5

Obsessed with Nikki’s classes!! She is the absolute best! Highly recommend her chisel, trx and strength training classes. Also, love gymazing, excellent childcare staffed with the best people. My kids went there for years and still ask to go back.

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Horst Vanvleet

★ 5

I've been going here for about a year for my morning workout. Super-friendly staff, lots of equipment so I don't have to wait, and management is always very responsive to anything I mention to them.

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Stefano

★ 5

I'm here every week and it's always been very clean and the staff have always been very friendly and helpful. Also, the newly updated cafe is fantastic and is such a bonus to the club. I've met lots of good people here and love the comfortable atmosphere it gives off.

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Shayla Irene

★ 5

Clean, spacious, and well equipped gym! My husband and I have been coming here for a few months now because of all the amenities they offer that are hard to find at most gyms. Not to mention the gym is extremely well kept and the staff are kind and helpful! 😄

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susan harrington

★ 2

The way the aqua classes are staffed is a huge letdown. One after another excellent aqua instructors have either been fired or left due to poor management by the MAC
It is the way the instructors are treated by current management. Also lack of notification to instructors as well as members signed up for an aqua class th

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Shela Kirk

★ 1

Would give it zero stars if I could. A trainer named "Sam" was just terrible I was trying to lose some weight with cardio,swimming, and a little bit of weight lifting and the price he gave me, outrageous. I have since then looked into other gyms and have had a much more enjoyable experience. Feel free to email me if you would like to know the name of the gym. Before any of this happened I decided to take a look at membership costs on their website, completely useless. I was lead to a page that was trying to make them look like some amazing gym when in reality they just aren't. I couldn't even see the pricing on the website I was forced to contact someone. And when I called I was told repeatedly that the person does not work in memberships when all I needed was a base price. Even with the little money they put back into the place it all goes straight to the tennis people. Now i'm not saying I have it out for people who play tennis but I believe that the money should be well spent throughout the place , for instance getting new machines. And the one thing this place needs is some AC for god's sake that place is hot even in the winter. And their solution?, putting fans in corners that only cool down that one corner. Not to mention that they say they have new machines and state of the art equipment when the truth is they bought them from planet fitness and repainted them. Some might question if that is true or not but on multiple machines I can see the purple paint coming through on scratches, truly shameful. In conclusion having my MAC membership for one month was painful, way to expensive, and it was near impossible to cancel my membership. They have a lot of work to do before I take another shot at them and quite frankly I'm not sure I will. I'll end with that the new management is just terrible and they look to gouge people's pockets at any chance they get.

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Kristopher Wheeler

★ 4

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Christopher Svarstad, J.D. (NorthShoreGuy07)

★ 5

Perfect.

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Eli Cox

★ 5

This past year has been a rough one on my gut. I thought to myself i need to get a hold of myself and get a mac membership. I was nervous about hitting the weight floor but pete, who was working on the floor told me i have potential and asked if i had heard of intermittent fasting. He fully changed my outlook on working out. I owe all of my gains to him. Everything your looking for in a employee (and friend). need more people in the world like him.

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Sara Jane

★ 5

Not a gym review... however if you are ever in need of a birthday party venue I highly recommend planning your party with MAC Manchester! The outdoor patio was clean and spacious. It's shaded, for the hot sunny summer days. The pool was clean and refreshing. There's a lifeguard on duty. The staff were completely attentive, professional and friendly. All our needs were met! And then some! The great thing is that you don't need to be a member.
Marion was so great from helping to plan the party to being hands on during the party. And helped pack everything up. I can't say enough about her!
Thank you for helping make my granddaughters 5th birthday a great one!

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Vasanthi

★ 1

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Gabriele Manganaro

★ 4

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Dee Lane

★ 1

If I could leave a 0 star rating I would. Never in my life have I dealt with a more helpless person on the phone. Called asking a simple question asking the price of a membership and was told “I do not work in memberships” and transferred to a voicemail. Could not even
Answer a simple question and no price breakdown on website. No person should have to send an email just to get membership pricing. Called Beverly Athletic Club and the front desk gave me a simple price breakdown in seconds. Do not even waste time calling this place. People are just lazy and do not care

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Theodore von Rosenvinge IV

★ 1

I want to sign up and play tennis but they can't seem to return emails!

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Jeff Hermida

★ 4

Great gym. Tons of equipment and awesome basketball court. Excellent tennis courts too. Wish i could reserve tennis courts online like other clubs but overall a nice facility. Definitely recommend this club!

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Betsy Kelly Shea

★ 5

Best athletic club around! Salt water pool and hot tub are wonderful! Good tennis facilities and gym!

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James Lu

★ 5

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CARLOS RICARDO SARMIENTO BLANCO

★ 5

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S S

★ 4

Good gym. Equipment is a bit worn and needs updating. Has a lot of options but not some of the machines that other gyms have. Classes are not offered as much in evening than during day.

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Corey Lu

★ 4

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Mario Olmos

★ 1

The tennis tournaments are terrible organized. There are basically no officials during USTA tournaments. Verbal abuse, ball abuse, bullying during matches, and total misbehavior from players seems to be ok by tournament organizers.

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Sue B

★ 1

My husband and I had been members at the MAC for years until the expense, lack of cleanliness, and lack of concern for members led us to join another club. The MAC was much better run and cared for by the previous owner. If you’re at the MAC for tennis, the junior and women’s programs are given priority. My husband played tennis, but there was very little support for Mens tennis there. Tomas, the tennis pro in charge of the Men’s program, was fantastic, but the club gave him very little to work with. Aside from this, the tennis courts were often poorly maintained, as were the common areas. The locker room showers and carpeting were often in dirty, even after they had been renovated. Morale among the MAC staff seems very low, and turnover is quite high. For what you’re paying monthly at the MAC it’s just not up to snuff. Tomas ( tennis pro ) was the only reason my husband stayed at the MAC for as long as he did. But finally we both chose to join another club where the adult tennis programs are fantastic, the club is much better maintained, and all members are valued and respected.

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Alevtyna Vykhodtseva

★ 1

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Paul Sliker

★ 5

Tomas is the man!

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Cam Knowles

★ 5

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Syd The Squid

★ 5

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William Nichols

★ 1

I'm a member of the club in Gloucester. Frequently the card reader that allows you entry to the club does not work.

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Lily Eynon

★ 1

Literally every single aspect of our interactions with the MAC was disappointing in virtually every way, from attempting to set up a membership, to accessing orientation or even a tour of the facilities to joining classes or accessing personal training.

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Nils Taylor

★ 4

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Phillip Gregory

★ 5

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Preston Nazzaro

★ 3

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Stacey Lai

★ 5

A perfect spot to be motivated, see wonderful people - many friendly faces. Spacious, clean and something for all levels of fitness. The employees are super helpful and upbeat too. My family loves the MAC!

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Tilly Pick

★ 5

Love how the MAC is helping out the community by offering Manchester residents access to their showers while water is turned off during water main repairs etc.

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Emma Powers

★ 1

Not loyal to long time gym members. Will be canceling my membership.

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Margot Christian

★ 5

Great facilities: Indoor/outdoor tennis, basketball, pool, playground and the gym has updated equipment which is great for weight lifting enthusiasts.

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Ryan Phung

★ 5

Good athletic club... they have many classes like tennis, etc.

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