Retro Fitness - Gym in Matawan - 419 NJ-34, USA

Vinny and his staff makes everyone feel welcome to the gym. The gym is well maintained and the bathrooms are kept clean as well. The gym is comfortable to work out in and this adds to the pleasure of coming to work out at this location for everyone who visits. This gym is family friendly and all are welcome here. No gym attitude here.

Update: Bella is the only saving grace about this place, providing me with a refund for the last two months, and contacting ABC on my behalf. Thank you very much for resolving this and for having excellent customer service. Go anywhere else but this place for your workouts—the machines are disgustingly run down anyway. The employees here waited three full days to process my cancellation request, leading to me being outside the 10 day window. Therefore, I got charged for being a member for another month. Doubt that was an accident. I called on Saturday, 9/23 and spoke with a guy that explained payments go through ABC financial and to call them when they open Monday. Ok fair. But I COULD NOT get in touch with a human there to help me. I still can’t. Called the gym and spoke to Vinny (the owner apparently) on Monday, 9/25, who promised he would save my phone number and follow up with me about it this week. Nothing. Called back Wednesday, 9/27, talked to Vinny again. He got off the phone with me promising to call ABC and get back to me. I didn’t get a call back. I called AGAIN 3 hours later and a woman said he stepped out and she would tell him to get in touch with me upon his return. Well it’s tomorrow and I’m still waiting. I’ve wasted so much time trying to remedy a problem that they ADMITTED they are at fault for because my cancellation letter was clearly marked for 3 days prior. They should be bending over backwards to help me, but I guess since they’re not getting my business anymore they couldn’t care less. I just moved and every single dollar is precious to me right now. I just want my refund and to put this awful club behind me for good. If you guys want to fix it, you have my number.

The new owners have been fantastic. Since they took over, they are non stop with improvements and upkeep. Most notably, the cleanliness. They have a lady who scrubs the place down every day. 10,000% improvement over previous owners, who literally never cleaned. Back then you'd see the same swath of black mold in the locker room for over a year.

The gym is great. It has everything you need for a killer workout, the staff is friendly, and the clientele is cool. Highly recommend!

I have had memberships to 5 different gyms over 16 years of lifting and personal training, and I’ve never seen a gym in worse disrepair than this one. The plates are literally chipping apart, the grips on machines have worn so badly that the glue stained my clothing. They refuse to turn the air conditioning on when it is hot outside. It seems to me like the owners are cheap and just don’t want to bother fixing anything or making it worthwhile to work out there.

excellent place to workout! clean, great equipment and staff

This gym has gotten too warm to workout in. Indoor room temperature is set at 73. From a cardio standpoint it is too high resulting in uncomfortable conditions. Restricting the benefits of cooler air and ventilation has greatly impaired my workout. Though rare — it is not uncommon for people to suffer heat-related illnesses, dizziness, or even cardiac arrest when body temperature gets too high. Several staff members acknowledge this is problem to no avail. Unfortunately I will be canceling my membership at this gym.

They are improving daily compared to the last owner who left this place in disparate need of attention it was extremely dirty now they have a great cleaning lady and equipment is finally being fixed you can only do so much so quick with the way it was left before trading hands keep it up 👍