Southport Fitness

Fantastic experience: Great neighborhood gym with great equipment and still a super value. This gym is well managed with excellent early morning opening hours. It's also kept super clean. I look forward to more boot camp and kick boxing type classes being added to the schedule. I for one am very happy this gym is in the area.

Fantastic experience: The people were really helpful and very attentive. The locker rooms were clean. Good place to go if you want to take class, work with a private instructor, or do your own thing.

Fantastic experience: Best bang for your buck in all of Chicago. Less crowded than Xsport and if you buy a year long membership it's cheaper. The staff is awesome and they will always reimburse you for months already paid for if you end up moving out of the area. Also have locations in Wicker Park and Logan Square that are free to use with a membership.

Fantastic experience: In my opinion this is the best gym in Chicago. I came from Xsport fitness where it is always extremely crowded and full of meat heads. Southport fitness is clean, friendly, new equipment and overall a great experience. They have apples for you when you are done with your workout and everyone that works there is nice and always willing to help you. It is also in a great location

Fantastic experience: After researching many gyms in the area, Southport and Wicker Park Fitness are easily the best gyms in Chicago for the price. Always clean with well-maintained equipment, and have everything you could every need at a gym with a great variety of cardio and resistance training equipment. The gym is also 24/7 access for members, which has been greatly beneficial for me. You simply will find no better place to train for your money than at these 2 locations. In addition, the personal training deals are also unbeatable compared to any gym in or out of the city. They offer 3 sessions of personal training for $99 which is a price that no other gyms in the city will even come close to. Would recommend this personal training service and the gyms in general to anyone!

Fantastic experience: I've been a member here for years and have been very pleased. It's a no frills gym but they provide everything you need for a good workout. They have good service also: I got locked out one night after staffed hours and they responded to my e-mail and quickly fixed the issue that evening.

Fantastic experience: Southport fitness is the most toxic place to work for with the boss harassing you with all kinds of emails and messages in all the days hours of times!! Big red flag for working here, !!!!

Fantastic experience: Fantastic neighborhood gym with no nonsense and excellent rates. Cleaned twice a day. Best gym in Chicago.

Fantastic experience: This gym is awesome. Clean, Open 24/7, has all the equipment you need. Great price + nice staff

Fantastic experience: Very clean and easily accessible gym! Love that its open 24/7. Has great lifting equipment and a wide variety of cardio machines.

Fantastic experience: Southport Fitness is a very convenient, clean and well maintained gym! It's right next to the Brown Line station so it's really convenient to get in and out. The staff are also friendly and helpful!

Fantastic experience: I love this gym. It is clean, has a variety of equipment, and never too busy that I am not able to use what I want. The staff and owner are communicative and supportive.

Fantastic experience: Very well kept facility, friendly staff, accessible location and 24 hour access. Not much more you can ask for in a facility. Would recommend to anyone!

Fantastic experience: 5 stars for my trainer at Southport Fitness, Weston! I got matched with him about 4 - 5 months back and he helped me drop 18 pounds ahead of my wedding, all while accounting for my bad shoulder and knee. He's a great guy and spends the time to prepare really effective workouts. Would highly recommend him to anyone!

Fantastic experience: Has multiples of every machine you’d need, dumbbells up to 100 too, and quite a few benches. Never a long wait for the equipment you want, and the people are great too. Open 24/7 as well

Fantastic experience: Small gym with one of each piece of weight equipment and many treadmills/ellipticals. Not staffed usually, but respond to emails around issues quickly.

Fantastic experience: Clean, well stocked, nicely organized gym. Definitely will visit again.

Fantastic experience: 10/10 would recommend. Easy access next to the brown line, extremely spacious floor which makes it easier to move around without bumping into others. Pricing is fair and upfront. All charges are fully disclosed on their website and at the time you sign up, no hidden fees. Very well kept as well.

Fantastic experience: This gym is so convenient! It is located right off the brown line. A lot of great restaurants nearby too! I love that the gym is 24/7. The staff is very attentive and friendly. Great prices for memberships as well. I recommend going here if you're looking for a gym. I also hear they have a personal training deal going on too!

Fantastic experience: Had a great experience at SPF. Staff is very friendly and helpful. The location is great. Gym is always clean. Has everything you need for any workout and it’s 24/7. What more could you ask for

Fantastic experience: Positive: Communication , Professionalism Locals only, 24/7 gym with great rates on personal training ($99 for 3 1-hr sessions!)

Fantastic experience: Friggin great neighborhood spot. Got over an injury with some discount personal training. Kenzie is worth way more than the $99 for 3 hr deal 24/7, worth the rate and great staff

Fantastic experience: Love this gym! There is a big mirrored room that I used to practice flow arts. I'm non-binary, and the environment feels inclusive and safe for queer folks.

Fantastic experience: Great gym right off the brown line. Inside is clean. Members are following the mask mandate which is much different than when i was at xsport fitness. Staff is super helpful and friendly. Would definitely recommend this gym to anyone looking.

Fantastic experience: A great neighborhood gym with clean equipment and respectful members. They have pretty much everything you need. The staff is nice, helpful and fun! Members and staff do a good job of disinfecting equipment

Fantastic experience: Great gym, cozy feel, lot of sun and looking over the Southport Corridor. Has everything you need weight (dumbbells up to 100lbs) and machine wise except a decline bench press for some reason. $50 a month, so a bit more expensive than LA/XSport but worth it if you live in the area and can walk over, esp since you don’t have to deal with the high traffic of the big gyms

Fantastic experience: The staff is so helpful and this gym is perfect size. Everything is spaced out and sanitized. Feel very safe going during Covid times!

Fantastic experience: A super-conveniently located neighborhood gym with great equipment and room to move. All my equipment needs are met here.

Fantastic experience: I went to Southport Fitness for about 2 years. Clean and laid out well. The after work crowds were about what one would expect, but never to the point of waiting in line for a machine. Most people were there to workout and leave and everyone seemed considerate of other gym goers. When COVID hit, they made freezing my membership painless. I ended up needing to cancel, and the staff was very accommodating—I’ve belonged to lots of gyms over the years and they were far and away the most upfront and pleasant to deal with.

Fantastic experience: Staff is very friendly and communicates well. Great customer service. They are up front about their pricing and fees. One of the cleanest gyms I have been a member of. It is comforting, in the middle of a pandemic, to see the staff constantly cleaning during a workout. Great location as well, right off the Southport brown line. Would recommend!

Fantastic experience: Amazing neighborhood gym! Southport Fitness has all the equipment you need in a clean environment with friendly staff. No hidden fees, great membership options. Highly recommend checking this place out!

Fantastic experience: Just moved to the location and found my everyday gym after testing out a couple other gyms in the area. Southport Fitness stays on top of keeping the facility clean and the front desk is very informative. Also they have a great deal on personal training sessions. 3 one-hour sessions for only $99 and a handful of the best certified trainers in the city of Chicago!

Fantastic experience: Positive: Communication , Professionalism , Quality Top notch gym! Excellent customer service and very clean facilities. It's a beautiful sunny environment and it has been a life saver during this pandemic.

Fantastic experience: Nice and helpful staff. Gym is always clean and not usually crowded. Hours are awesome as well for people who work odd hours. Personal training prices are great. Perfect for people who just want to get in a good workout and not be bothered!

Fantastic experience: Great gym! The staff is very friendly and there is a lot of great equipment to use. I was impressed that they have an actual area for deadlifting. Sometimes you have to wait for a bench or squat rack, but the patrons are usually very friendly if you just go up and ask them how many sets they have left, etc. If you work an early shift, this place is a godsend. Nothing better than getting off at Southport, walking in for a nice workout, and get back on the train just before rush hour.

Fantastic experience: Southport Fitness is a great neighborhood gym. For me it’s just the right size where it’s not too big and still has just about everything you need. Staff is very friendly and they have lots of great classes to offer as well!

Fantastic experience: Positive: Communication , Professionalism , Quality I want to thank my gym, Southport Fitness, so much for helping me out with membership during the Covid situation. Being high risk, they let me cancel my membership without fees, and will welcome me back when this is all over. That is great customer service, hands down!! I can't wait to be back. I love this gym.

Fantastic experience: Love this gym! I had two different gym memberships prior to COVID (one near work and one near home). After COVID hit, trying to pause my membership with the big chain gym near where I worked was a nightmare, while Southport Fitness has been communicative, transparent, and helpful. This is the only membership I’ve kept due to the stellar way they’ve handled COVID. It may be a small neighborhood gym but it’s well-maintained, super clean, the staff is friendly, and I can get a great workout in without compromising my health. Personal training sessions with Kenzie have also been fantastic – he’s understanding of my limitations put still pushes me to better myself. I definitely recommend them if you’re looking for a new gym.

Fantastic experience: Best bang for your buck, compact and a bit tight at peak hours but has everything you need including personal training, HIIT, spinning and yoga. Bonus points for being immediately off the brown line stop because we all know working out doesn’t happen unless it’s convenient.

Fantastic experience: Positive: Communication , Professionalism , Quality Gym is super clean and they keep all of their announcements up to date on their website and google during COVID. Super grateful they are open during these trying times.

Fantastic experience: Unlike all the other gyms on Northside, this one takes care of it's members. They're allowing freezes for free, made cancellation easy, and are the cleanest gym on the northside. Love this spot, and the staff!

Fantastic experience: This is a great neighborhood gym for the price especially if you go outside of the busy hours. I also found out recently that for cancellations, they used to require a certified letter by USPS with a cancellation form and keycard returned to the facility, but they've eliminated that requirement to be more accommodating to their members. They'll now accept just an email for cancellation. Very convenient and cheaper than a certified letter!

Fantastic experience: Going off of what other people have said, you get what you pay for and for me this is the perfect gym. It can get a little tight in the locker room, but other than that it is a clean affordable gym that gets the job done. The towel service is also a nice plus!

Fantastic experience: Southport fitness has everything you need out of a gym - yes the locker rooms are a little tight but you're not doing your workout there. The staff is friendly, the gym has a fair amount of equipment and the classes are a bonus too if you're looking to switch up your workout.

Fantastic experience: By far the best place to workout in Chicago! Great staff and everything you need for great workout. I incorporate cardio and floor exercise and I am allowed to do both at Southport. I’m usually a shy person and don’t like that judgement feel yet I never get that when I walk in here, a huge plus for me. Clean, good equipment and great atmosphere. Sign up process was simple and to the point.

Fantastic experience: Gym is clean, variety of equipment and doesn't have a lot of waiting even for free weights. Expect 6:00-7:30 to be the busiest time frame the colder outside it is the more people there will be inside doing cardio.

Fantastic experience: Simple, straight forward, and great value. Southport Fitness is a no-frills, clean, comfortable gym with everything you need for a solid workout and nothing you don't. A super affordable monthly rate gets you new cardio equipment, fitness and spin classes, and plenty of weight machines. It can be crowded right after work, but plenty of room during non-peak hours.