Information about Pivotal Fitness - West Ashley

Sam Rittenberg Blvd 1401
29407, Charleston
+1 843-571-5858

Opening hours

  • Monday: 4:00 AM – 10:00 PM
  • Tuesday: 4:00 AM – 10:00 PM
  • Wednesday: 4:00 AM – 10:00 PM
  • Thursday: 4:00 AM – 10:00 PM
  • Friday: 4:00 AM – 8:00 PM
  • Saturday: 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM
  • Sunday: 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Pivotal Fitness has 6 locations in the Charleston area, state of the art equipment, 24 hour accessibility, over 100 group fitness classes and an elite personal training staff.

Pivotal Fitness has all the equipment you need for a class or workout, including weights, steps, and bands. You will need to bring your own yoga mat, towel, and water bottle. Visit the Pivotal Gear store to get everything you need.

Pivotal Kids Zone is available at three locations: Park West, Summerville, and West Ashley. Each location has different hours for the Kids Zone.

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Pivotal Fitness - West Ashley: Opinions

5/5 (51 Opinions)
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Todd Lambert 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: When I sought a gym to join, I wanted to surround myself with people who were 'smoking what they were selling' and after given the opportunity to try it out for a week I knew I had found my gym. I have worked specifically with April Coyne and Donnie Barker. They are great to work with but also very good at what they do. I have become a huge advocate for personal training. Not only can they help you grow physically, but also push you way past your own limits and prevent you from hurting yourself by watching your form and posture. Great gym, awesome people. I love the atmosphere and all the trainers are professionals with the education to back it up.

Heather Licayan 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: I was a member at Pivotal a couple years ago but quit when I was pregnant with my second child. Now that she's a bit bigger I've rejoined and WOW I've been missing out. I've gotten back into using the equipment that has great features and lots of options to choose from. I've also gotten back into classes and man do they make me sweat. Mary's cycling class is a great fat burner and today I did Bodypump which also wore me out (in a good way!). I don't care much about locker rooms since I never go in there, the equipment and classes are what's most important to me and they are challenging, well formatted, and in good condition. Pivotal's a great place where I can feel my girls are safe in the nursery and concentrate on my workout, which makes me feel good.

Ian Staudt 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: I've worked out in various gyms around the country for over 20 years and this is hands down the best. I'd be a member just to use the boxing cage and heavy bags to work out on, but they also have every free weight set-up and machine you can ever need. Kettlebells and other specialty workout equipment as well. Laid back atmosphere and good price, I highly recommend Pivotal.

Tamim Champagne 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Pivotal Fitness trainers are the best in Charleston. Von, Frank, Autumn, Andrew, Sarah and Tiffany are true professionals. Autumn really can motivate! Try their results classes. I went from 172lbs 23% body fat to 155lbs 15.8% body fat and I now have decent muscles. I just started those classes in August. I feel great and really enjoy going.

Joe Clyburn 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: I thoroughly love coming to this gym! All of the staff are nice and personable and I'm on first name basis with most so far. I recommend my friends to Pivotal. The gym equipment is NOT sub-par, in fact, it's clean and spacious. Tons of exercises and classes to choose from. If anyone and everyone that goes in there with a positive attitude and their puts on their game face will make/makes serious gains. The staff is nothing but respectful, encouraging and eager to assist. I've have nothing but good things to say about them.

Lydia Roos 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: I really like Pivotal. I've seen mixed reviews and I've heard their management is terrible, but as a customer I never saw it... only heard about it through people who had worked there. (So maybe a bad place to work, but not a bad place to workout?) I've also not tried to quit my membership, so I don't have any experience with that, but my billing has been in order since I started. I think the facilities are nice (newly renovated as of Fall 2014) and clean. They have two of almost every machine, so you're never waiting around. They also have free weights and a boxing cage, as well as TRX equipment, a place for crossfit, a stretching area, a nice yoga studio with mats and blocks you can use for free, a cycling studio, and other equipment that I don't even know the names of. They also have PLENTY of treadmills and ellipticals... I read someone's review that they don't take care of them but I've not noticed that at all. Even if that were true though, there are so many that you'd never be stuck without a working machine. The classes are the best part. They offer a really wide range of classes, and if you pay $10 you get the results classes. I don't have enough time to spend to actually use those AND the other classes, so I don't have the results package. But I have taken almost all of the results classes at various times and loved all of them. The trainers push you, but not more than you feel comfortable with. My one actual complaint is that one of the group fitness trainers says things without thinking sometimes, and some of it is quite offensive. The class he teaches is so good that I still go (Funk n Weights... it's hard, I promise), but it's not without a lot trying to keep my temper under control when he talks about how women's bodies "should" look and giving advice to never lift heavy weights if you are a girl because you'll "look manly." (Untrue, and also, who is he to tell women how they should look?) He's also bragging about being the best trainer all the time. But he does get people to really work hard, so I'll give him that. Bottom line, I love the gym and will continue to go there until I move. I use the weights and cardio machines 2x a week and classes 2-3x. I highly recommend the gym and the majority of the trainers... just wish they'd do something about the couple of them that say inappropriate/offensive things.

caty rushing 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: for the last 10 years of my life, and many moves, I've been a member of three different Gold's Gyms, Bally Fitness, YMCA, two SEC university gyms, the Omni gym and Bodyplex, and Pivotal is my favorite gym of all. They finally get it: there are so many classes to choose from, enough treadmills for no waiting, and the layout makes sense. The only qualm I can think of is I wish they had towel service. Great trainers and employees, and they Always greet me upon arrival and say goodbye when leaving.

Alex Thornton 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: It would be impossible to love Pivotal Fitness more. From the kind employees to the fabulous area for the kids to the incredible selection of equipment and classes, this gym is truly what you want out of a workout facility. It is a joy to be a member and I only wish I had come over here sooner!

Chase Sutherland 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: The new location allows for a intense workout without worrying about outside distractions. Some will say its different, but one must try before judging. I have been getting the best workouts of my life with the new layout.

jordan chase 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Great gym. Clean and has a friendly staff !

Holly Van DYck 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Love my Pivotal family - been working out here for 8-9 years. The trainers and staff are the BEST - always supportive and encouraging ❤️ When my kids were young they loved the Kids Club and now that they are teenagers they love going to workout. The trainers have been so wonderful with my teen girls, focusing on strength and body positivity. GREAT family gym!!

Lauren Schlagenhauf 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: My favorite gym in Charleston! Staff is friendly. You can always get on equipment and larger space than most gyms around. Hands down the best place to go.

Jack & Caroline Christian 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: My family of 6 love everything about the new West Ashley's Pivotal Fitness. The Pivotal environment has a sense of community as soon as you walk in. If you are looking for a great place to work out but have kids, this is your place! My kids LOVE going to the KID ZONE. The new space is laid out perfectly offering a wide range of machines and weights. The group fitness studios are spacious and inviting with awesome coaches who motivate and challenge me every single class! The trainers are well trained and know how to challenge you and push you to be the best you can be.

Anders F 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: This gym is really great. I bought a training package for 3 months. Started today. Working with Fred. Highly recommend. He may end up killing me, but he definitely knows his stuff. The gym itself is terrific. All the equipment, and enough to accommodate lots of people. No waiting for something to open up. I can also use the downtown location with my membership. Which is nice. Downtown seems like more of a satellite location, but for me it's fine.

Ryan Hibbison 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Positive: Professionalism , Quality I started working out here last summer and it’s become my favorite place I’ve ever lifted. The staff is super friendly (shoutout Dylan), tons of machines, it’s always clean, by far the best gym in the Charleston area.

Haiden Schneider 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Best gym in charleston. Super helpful and friendly staff that makes you feel super comfortable with your workouts. totally recommend

Turner Sheppard 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Positive: Communication , Professionalism , Quality Never have to wait to use a machine. Very clean, up to date equipment. Really like the machines they have for pull days. Professional staff, and offers a larger, more affordable gym than O2 and other local competition I’ve checked out.

Lizzy Schneider 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Positive: Communication , Professionalism , Quality Big gym with exceptional staff. The equipment is the newest on the market and better quality than any other gym around here. Dylan helped me get signed up and was so beyond helpful. The friendly staff made me feel comfortable in this new environment. Excited to start my fitness journey!

Heather Eberlin 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Front desk folks are super welcoming. Clean, laid back gym. Has everything we need. Fully equipped, great hours

Bridget Lee 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: I have been a member for three years and have appreciated every minute of it. All the instructors are amazing, but I especially love Tiffany’s and Lauren’s Redzone and Spin classes. The drip is real.

Keith Coffey 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place to workout! I love the speed bag they have too. I used to work the hell out of it. I'd burn 1,000 calories between that and cardio.

Annie Newsom 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: I’ve been to countless gyms in North and South Carolina, but I can honestly say Pivotal Fitness West Ashley has been my favorite thus far. The facility is spacious and clean, the staff is super friendly, and the members are generally kind. There is an endless amount of equipment to use, so your workouts should never get boring. Highly recommended!

Samuel Jean 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Joined for 4 months when I was in Charleston. Had an awesome experience, staff is very friendly and welcoming and the facilities are kept in great condition. There’s a wide variety of equipment, could spend all day in there. Would 10/10 recommend Pivotal to everyone.

M Jenkins 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Pivotal Fitness is the best gym in Charleston! Staff is awesome, equipment is great, and a great atmosphere to be in no matter what!

William Fagan 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great gym at a good price. Hours are convenient and staff is always helpful. 5/5

Grace Dolen 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Positive: Communication , Professionalism , Quality I love this gym and the atmosphere, it has all the equipment you are looking for, from beginner to expert. Everyone here is super friendly and helpful. So glad I joined this gym!

holidaystylz 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Always Clean, up-to-date equipment, classes and reasonably priced...What else do you need? Pivot has everything you need to reach your "pivotal" health and fitness goals. If your getting ready for the Zombie Apocalypse‍♀️ like me! This is the place to be!!!‍♀️‍♀️‍♀️‍♀️

DeAndre Jones 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Positive: Communication , Professionalism , Quality Good gym. Very clean and great staff. Love the free weights Nate was professional

Jeb Brigman 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: This location is huge and lots of equipment. I enjoy the layout. Cardio is along one wall with lots of TVs to take your mind off the grind. Free weights are across the room and boy howdy do they have a selection. Dumbbells that range from 5 lbs to over 100lbs. I never have to wait on a squat rack because there are like 5 of them here. They offer a cage in the middle for full on MMA training. Punching bags, ropes, it's awesome. My girl loves the classes. RedZone is her favorite. The instructors are motivating without being belittling or intimidating. They have done a great job observing the safety precautions of covid and have the cleanest bathrooms of any gym I've been in. (looking at you Golds on James Island ) I've been a member here for two ish years and when I did have a problem they were fast to respond and let me know how we could get things resolved. TL:DR great equipment, great trainers, very clean, amazing gym.

Nolan Collins 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Positive: Professionalism , Quality Pivotal Fitness served as my gym for 4 months while I was down in Charleston for semester. A very professional atmosphere, the gym was always incredibly clean and was a great atmosphere to work out. I would highly recommend to anyone moving to the Charleston area.

Byron D 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great gym, friendly staff and clean facilities. They have a octagon MMA style ring filled with punching bags which is unique and great for martial artists and boxers.

Andrew Varner 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Positive: Professionalism Endless equipment to workout on! Professional staff and great classes that you have the option to sign up for with awesome personal trainers. Did I forget to mention that they have punching bags?!

Karolina Kubalova 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Nicely equipped gym, always friendly staff at super convenient location. I've been a member for few years. Definitely recommend!

Benjamin Beall 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Renovated pre covid just started going back and place is phenomenal. Barry has the place rocking! Always clean Nice equipment Fun staff Highly recommend

Paul Jones 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Been going to this place for over 2 years. By far my favorite gym I’ve been. Great equipment, friendly staff, and good environment. Highly recommend

Lisa Marietti 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Positive: Quality I highly recommend Pivotal Fitness in West Ashley! The gym is huge and full of tons of different types of equipment. It’s never overcrowded and the staff is always cheerful and helpful if needed. Very welcoming atmosphere!

andrew walsh 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: This gym has everything you can ask for, the employees alway treat everyone with respect as well. Overall great gym well worth the membership.

SUSAN GUERRERA 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very happy working out here, no intimidation, and a good age range of people. Lots of equipment and never have to wait to use anything! Just started back after Covid shut downs and looking forward to rejoining classes, having a trainer to help me reach my goals!

brian Thomas 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: The gym itself is awesome. It has everything. Plenty of equipment. Lost of great classes. And very clean despite previous posts. Most of the trainers are very attentive and helpful. It creates a very supportive atmosphere. There is a carsalesman side of it as they are there to sell you trainer sessions and classes, and there a few trainers that I think could care less, but that seems to be the case in any gym. I have worked out at 3 or 4 gyms in the area, and this is my favorite by far.

B jjk 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Positive: Communication , Professionalism , Quality Came in from out of town and saw all the amazing reviews. Arrived at the gym after stepping off the plane and we were treated like we were members! Awesome staff and so MUCH equipment. Even the members were nice! What a awesome gym and wish you guys were back home in Florida!

Callen Larus 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Here for the weights. Pivotal does a great job maintaining its equipment and has a wide range at that. Each location is good. I go to West Ashley and Downtown. WA is the biggest currently; Downtown facilitates after hours being 24/7. Hard to beat the low price packages for access to 4 locations. Referred a bunch of people already.

Jayme Rojek 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Positive: Professionalism , Quality Been working out here for several years and have loved it! Never too crowded, nice people, plenty of machines, and I love the Red Zone classes!

Milene Lingiardi 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very well equipped gym with really nice staff. They have many rooms and a very big workout area with many options for lower and upper body. Really recommend!

Gabriel Gadsden 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Been working out here for years. Good down-to-earth staff. Good people overall.

Chris Blount 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: a great gym they got every machine you can possibly think of even a sissy squat assist. Tons of cardio machines, a dark cardio room, two different yoga / training rooms, you'll have a great time working out here. Staff is very short on weekends but don't worry they're very helpful and friendly it can answer any questions you have. Definitely in a great spot and a great place to work out

Michael Johnson 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Clean facility. Plenty of access to machines/equipment, & the workout area has the most open space that I've ever seen in a gym. It looks like a big warehouse w/ huge mirrors that basically span from floor to ceiling. Plus, the entire staff was extremely nice and supportive my during my ~16 months of working out there. I never really write reviews, but after my experience yesterday, I figured that I'd share with anyone looking for their next fitness center. I was having some financial struggles, and unfortunately had to cancel my membership. I ended up talking with Nate at the front desk, and he was very matter-of-fact about the contract stipulations. However, after working with him for about 10 minutes (all while he was patiently empathizing with my hopeless frustration), he not only came up with a few solutions for my situation, but went above and beyond & contacted the corporate office on my behalf. He ended up sorting it all out himself, and then he personally reached out to me to let me know that everything was taken care of in the best way possible. I'm currently not in the financial position to afford a gym membership, but I would go back to that gym in a heartbeat after dealing with such an accommodating staff.

denis o'doherty 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: I have been going to this Gym for several years and have very much enjoyed it. Great people and amazing staff. I am in the process of leaving Charleston and really hate leaving this gym. What I like most about this gym is! the diversity of the people that go there, the trainer's instruct people of all ages and fitness level. Whether your a person who is overweight or someone like myself in my late 50s, they have the program for you. I am now in one of the best shapes in my life. On top of that, the prices are very reasonable . I had a slight problem when my account was charged for a extra 3 months of personal training sessions . I went to Nate, the manager. He has taken care of the problem and confirmed a refund on my account . Now that's good service. A big Thank you go out to Nate, Fred , Brandon ,Mike and Johnny at Pivotal Fitness West Ashley . Great job guys and of course not forgetting the wonderful ladies that work there, thank you for all your kindness and laughter.

Christopher St Paul 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: A heckuva gym. After visiting the Mt. Pleasant location of Pivotal recently, I dropped in here for a day pass while in Charleston for the afternoon, and this wing proved to be as good as its sibling. Friendly staff, a nice big locker room, a clean facility, all the weights and equipment you could ask for - Pivotal is a good, well-rounded gym, in my opinion. Also, reasonable rates on day passes. I had myself a great workout, and left satisfied and refreshed. So, thanks to everybody who makes this place happen. Keep up the good work :D

Channing Thompson 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: These negative reviewing people are rating the gym on individual experiences with management. I'm rating solely on going in and working out. A lot of people are arguing about the cleanliness. I give it 3/5 stars. Although I'm not risk evaluator, I don't ever remember being worried about my safety. I traditionally lift @ hardcore gyms, and the quality of equipment that's usually there is no bueno lol nonetheless we are stacking and slamming weights on dingy rubber mats. This gym has an MMA Octagon! Multiple punching bags & a speed bag! This gym has a turf path with weight tires and other crazy equipment I've only seen at collegiate/pro level athletic facilities. This gym has every piece of equipment I need to hit every single part of my body, one of the best gyms I've been a member with. This gym is packed with equipment. The only thing I don't like is that its not 24hours. I used to have a membership with 24hr fitness and sometimes on restless nights I'd just hit the gym at midnight, with this gym I can't do that.

derrick mcduffee 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Probably the best gym in town for meat heads. Everything you need for power lifting and or bodybuilding. No rules against chalk or loud noises although they could do a better job enforcing some rules on throwing weights and reracking. It's not too crowded during off hours but as per the usual its packed during prime time.

Michelle Kelly Fifield 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Gym has undergone great improvement over the last few years. Lots of amazing new trainers and instructors in addition to a great selection of classes...RedZone, Barre, Spinning, Boxing and more! Daycare appears to be clean and well-staffed. They do a very good job of engaging members with fun and competitive events such as our own "Olympics" and charity events like Barrebies for Boobies to benefit Cancer Patients. They understand the importance of taking care of the members and giving back to the community!

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