Olympic Athletic Club

Olympic Athletic Club is truly one of the best gyms in all of Seattle. The entire facility is incredibly clean, the equipment is always well-maintained, and the atmosphere makes working out something I genuinely look forward to. The staff is consistently friendly, welcoming, and helpful — you can really feel the sense of community here. Every visit has been a wonderful experience, and it’s rare to find a gym that combines great energy, cleanliness, and high-quality equipment all in one place. I’m so grateful for my time here and can’t recommend OAC enough!

So a former member at this gym. Boy do I have a lot to say. When I first did a tour in July. The Sales consultant she showed me around. But didn’t answer any of my questions. And knew very little about fitness. When I did sign up the guy in a suit. Told me different promotions than what the lady had said the day before. So it was a bait and switch. Anyway I still signed up for benefit of the doubt. Honestly been to many gyms. And Olympic isn’t that great. Machines are all the same all three floors. They don’t welcome powerlifters or bodybuilders. It’s like a country club with no diversity. I scanned in one day and this blonde girl came over to me and grabbed my shoulder and said I needed to scanned in. And when I did. They were super condescending because of it. So I started to watch how the front desk ppl treated their members. It’s not great. They act like they are in high school. Anyway I moved back home. And the only two ways to cancel a membership is 1: be dead. 2: move further than a 60 miles radius. Which is ridiculous. Well that’s my two cents. Would I recommend going to Olympic in Ballard. No not really. Also 125 dollars a month for a subpar gym. I don’t support PF but 10 dollars a month on Market Street is a wayy better deal. Just if your looking for options

I’m moving to Seattle in November, but no permanent address yet. In town checking things out including gyms. Was very excited to try Olympic. My issue is not that they don’t offer day or week passes or have a way to let me try the gym unless I have a permanent Seattle addy. My issue is the attitude from the manager was clearly: GET OUT. YOU ARE NOT WELCOME HERE. "We are a members only club." Instead, this convo could easily have been: "we can’t help you now, but when you actually move here, come on back in. We’d love to have you." Nope. The directive and attitude was "get out". So I will never be coming back.

The women's gym is actually pretty cool. It's in an auxiliary location and it's nice to have a weight lifting area that's free of big strong dudes. Call it insecurity but as a female using rather low weighted lifting equipment, it feels less intimidating. The renovation (Aug -sept 2025) was not an improvement unfortunately. The renovation was for the locker room. It's meh. The fixtures are not as good and already getting loose. And the loss of the private in-locker-room hot tub is a real loss. But there's a whole section quartered off that used to be a little private gym. Maybe they'll turn it into a cryotherapy area? That would be cool and modern. Anyway. A suggestion. It's just as well if it's used for the cleaning staff to have more space. Storage and cleaning staff often get cramped into small spaces so hopefully they've been able to get more room with the renovation.

Came here today on a guest pass. I was planning on signing up for a membership after today’s visit. Unfortunately, there are quite a few aspects that need improving before I’d do so. Positives: -The two staff members working at reception were very friendly and helpful. -I loved the layout of the weights areas with semi-private "alcoves" to work out in. -The old school, industrial architecture and exposed brick is very cool. -The whole facility is very spacious and didn’t feel crowded at all despite quite a few people being there. Areas for improvement: -The men’s sauna (one of the main reasons I’d want to join) was barely warm due to the poorly installed glass door that has a large gap. A few members in there said they had complained about it, but it still hadn’t been fixed. -The sauna had a clump of disgusting hair on the floor; a member mentioned it had been there for multiple days. -The steam room was out of service. Talking to members, apparently it’s been like this for over a month due to a malfunctioning component. -The general cleanliness of the main men’s locker room wasn’t great. Dirty floor, showers, etc. If management addresses these issues, I would love to become a member and update this to a more positive review.

Just tried out the Olympic athletic club pool hot tub and dry sauna was really comfortable and nice and kept well. Was here a year ago just about a year ago. I like the new updates.

Was interested in Olympic however when I called and spoke to a sales rep (either Kevin or Evan?) he completely dismissed all of my questions, was very very rude, constantly cutting me off and pushy to the point that I just needed to get off the phone. I called back later and spoke to a very nice woman who was helpful. However I was so uncomfortable with the way I was spoken to I am no longer interested. I’m sure it’s a great facility but customer service from him was disgusting.