text: As a diehard Gym Rat you can tell from my extremely large head and martial artist I have had the oppurtunity work and train in just about every type a facillity available Max Fitness soon to be Powerhouse Gym takes me back to the days of Pumping Iron with Gov Swarzeneger It is very old school and very hardcore The equipment is not the latest and greatest however it is some of the best and they have a lot of it What I found really cool is they have an area set up specifically for boxing They have everything you need including a regulation ring and timer Another interesting feature is the strongman area I actually got to see World Strongman Kevin Knee Flippin lb tires with some of the biggest silverback guerillas in AZ Fascinating to see in there natural habitatnnPowerhouse is not a gym for everyone The facillity is old and not very clean The members are typically competetive bodybuilders strongmen and female fitness competitors Do not get me wrong everyone was very friendly from the staff to the members If you are looking for Disneyland go to Lifetime If you want to kick your ass and sweat with the best this is the place for younnOne more point the membership rep that helped me was a little on the pushy side I do not like hard sales so this turned me off a bit