By far the best gym in the area, best owner, great staff, best equipment. Cant wait to see Ted and the crew, and use that awesome power/strength/muscle equipment!
—Dave Hartnett
The Gym
Since 1980 Salem Athletic Club (SAC) has been a family fitness center and part of the Salem community. As new owners, we take pride along with our amazing staff in the 3 C’s: *Cleanliness *Customer Service *Comfortable for all.
We have over 60 cardio machines, 60+ group exercise/aerobic, Yoga, Pilates, Cycle classes held in our 3 Studios as well as Aqua classes in our sparkling clean pool, an ‘Old School’ Large Weight Room downstairs, upstairs a small weight room with weight machine circuit area, an 1800 square foot Athletic Condition Room with 1000 square feet of Turf, Boxing area, Locker rooms with saunas, and a fully supervised kids playroom, personal training, and nutrition! Read more details below….
Raquetball
Back in the day, we started out as Salem Racquetball Club. Now, we’ve got four regulation racquetball courts, perfect for anyone looking to sharpen their skills and get some great exercise. We have some of the fastest courts in the country!
Swimming Pool
Our SAC water fitness area features a beautiful 25-yard heated indoor lap swimming pool. With four separate lanes and a recreation area, the aquatics program at Salem Athletic Club is as good as it gets. We offer some outstanding water group fitness classes, including the well-known Aquarobics and Aquamotion sessions.
Downstairs Weight Room
Old School sums it up. All you need for your ideal muscle building workout, SAC has and plenty of it. The workout floor is spacious with a throwback atmosphere. The equipment and surrounding areas are meticulously cleaned and well maintained. We are pleased to offer over 40 machines of a wide variety of strength training equipment; free-weights and resistance machines including Hammerstrength, Cybex and Icarian. We will continue to add some new equipment in this space but we love the classic steel plates and heavy dumbbells that Arnold and the Pumping Iron crew cut their teeth on! It’s like Classic Rock, never goes out of style!
The Athletic Performance Center at SAC
Our Turf Room aka, The Athletic Performance Center at SAC is like no other. With 1800 square feet of space to train like a pro, SAC has all you need with 1000 sq ft of Turf to drive sleds, flip tires, conduct speed & agility workouts, med wall ball off of our concrete walls, kettlebells, plyometric equipment, you name it, we got it! All you need to be the best athlete you can be. Train on your own or join one of the many programs we offer including ‘THE OFFSEASON’!
Cardio Room
Your time is valuable and SAC has over 60 cardiovascular machines so you won’t have to wait and you’ll be able to vary your workout. We even offer complimentary workout towels, just ask at the front desk.
We offer all the biggest names in Cardio and Strength equipment – Stairmaster, Precor, Matrix and Lifefitness, including:
- treadmills
- ellipticals
- full body ellipticals
- stepmills
- rowing machines
- upright stationary bicycles
- recumbent stationary bicycles
- 3 assault bikes
Television audio is delivered through the Audiofetch app as well as Cardio theater.
Group Exercise
- Our beautiful upstairs Studio is where we hold our Yoga, Barre, Silver Sneakers and Zumba classes as well as a few others.
- Our huge downstairs Studio is where we run many of our Les Mills, Muscle and cardio Classes!
- For cycling we have a dedicated Studio recently equipped with new Stages Cycles.
- The Pool! Our Aqua classes are second to none and our members rave about the great workouts while having fun, all ages!
Main Locker Rooms and Pool Locker Rooms
- Ultra clean shower area
- Dry saunas
- Steam room (mens)
- Free daily use lockers
- Hair dryers
- Changing rooms (ladies)
- Ample sink and counter space
- Monthly rental of unlimited shower towels