Cascade Athletic Clubs

Cascade is wonderful. The group classes are challenging but friendly. The overall feel of the gym is accepting and family friendly. We'll have a family membership until our kids go to college.

Posted 03/30/09 | Report Abuse

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We joined Cascade for two reasons, location to our home and the small business feel. When we moved we wanted to utilize their other clubs as they were much closer to our new home. Well, since we joined at the 205 location we could only use the little Gresham club, which has no pool, and if we wanted to use the other we had to pay an upgrade fee plus and extra $30 per month. They say it is a much nicer club, I suppose it is, if you want to use a dance studio...All we wanted was to have access to the same amenities that we were offered at the 205 club...we called about our concerns and had no luck coming up with a solution, really they didn't seem to care how we felt. Really, I wasn't really very disappointed, as the staff at the big gym in Gresham has a whole lot lacking. We canceled our membership and joined LA Fitness...They have all the amenities plus quite a few extras and we are paying almost $600 per year less with them than if we would have upgraded to Cascades "nicer" club. (Our monthly dues with LA are way less than if we would have stayed with Cascade and didn't upgrade, plus, the savings is even taking into consideration the registration fee we payed with LA, and we can use all the clubs in Oregon.) One more thing, Cascades equipment is all over the place and everything has that slightly worn out look. With LA fitness, all the ab machines are together, all the leg machines together and so on...plus you can tell that everything is clean. The locker rooms are spotless and the pool isn't like a YMCA pool that you have to watch out for the random child...it's a lap pool, exactly how a gym should be. We always try to support local companies so switching over to a big corporate gym didn't sit well with us, but we can only support a local company as long as the company supports the locals.

Posted 01/05/08 | Report Abuse

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they have the most racquetball courts in the state in one facility. Everything is very nice and upscale. Lots of classes to offer their members, and they hold excellent extracurricular activities. This is a club that offers everything for anyone!

Posted 10/23/05 | Report Abuse

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I like the Cascade Gym when I am in Portland. First of all because I can easily go in on a day to day basis (some gyms try to get you to auto deduct from your bank account), the equipment is up to date and its clean. Major issue with some gyms.

Posted 06/29/05 | Report Abuse

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Cascade Athletic Club is great. I especially
like this one as there is always enough
machines without having to wait in line.
The people that go are always friendly
and its a great place to meet you neighbors.

Posted 04/21/05 | Report Abuse

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