Kabuki Strength Lab

Let me split this review up into three sections, the equipment, the gym and the coaching. First, the equipment they produce is top notch. Check reviews for any of their items online. Nice manufacturing, welding and design. Made here in Portland or by Rogue in Ohio. I own several of their bars and strongly recommend them. The gym, or "Lab," is nice and decently equipped. There is a wide selection of monolifts, racks and platforms. No shower or locker area and it could benefit from a more frequent cleaning. It can get crowded on afternoons but is open 24/7 for those who like to train without other people. There are occasional closures on weekends for seminars that are not well announced. Overall, if I was visiting Portland for a day, I would visit a gym with a little more history like Loprinzi's. Lastly the coaching. I have been a weekly coaching client for almost 3 years. Lately there have been problems with website and technology, payments, and large month-long lapses in communication. This has caused me to look for coaching elsewhere. Would not recommend.

Let me start by saying, I was very excited to visit this gym. Some of my close family lives 7 minutes away from this gym, and when I planned on visiting, I made sure to check on powerlifting gyms nearby. I found Kabuki Strength and bought 2 day passes ahead of time. This place has a very different atmosphere than commercial gyms have, and I liked it. Obviously, when coming into something new, one might be a little more closed off, as I was. The gym-goers were very serious, and clearly dedicated. On both of my days, I saw a big dude with a beard, and he was friendly towards me. This gym is small, but has everything I needed. I love how Kabuki has several bars to choose from, and several platforms based of each of the 3 core lifts. The first day I was lost, and I asked this female for help, and she was kind enough to redirect me to Brandon, who was more knowledgable in the matter. He was very nice, and had a calm and friendly aura. The reason I am taking off a star is because I asked this staff member about the day passes, and the wifi password, and he seemed annoyed and uninterested, aside from saying he didn't know the password. He seemed busier to be scrolling through his phone. He didn't know anything about the day passes either; I would assume staff would be knowledgable about these simple things. Overall, I would definitely return to Kabuki Strength on more of my trips. I was satisfied with my time working out here, so thank you.

Dishonest review management on their website. I wrote a two star review for their flywheel device because it didn't come with all the required hardware of assembly, the engineering needs improvement, and the manufacturing needs updated quality checks. They said they would send the missing hardware to me, it never arrived. I know they received my review and read it because the engineer of the product contacted me regarding my suggestions but Kabuki still didn't post the review. Hiding my two star review on a product makes me question how many other reviews are hidden.

Even though my shoulderok shipped later than expected, it still arrived before Christmas. Nicely packaged, so no damage from UPS. Haven't had a chance to use it but it looks to be a well manufactured piece of equipment.

I think they have a great product, unfortunately I think this is causing them to ignore customer service. One or two word email responses, no instructions. It’s too bad, because there is always another company coming along.

I pay the $100 a month gym fee, plus the $200 "initiation fee", and within my first month, they randomly closed for a weekend emailed on Friday that they'd be closed for the weekend, I'd like at least a week of notice, plus those are days I paid for, the personal trainers never got back to me when I inquired about personal training/coaching sessions. I gave two stars because the equipment is nice enough. But nothing else is worth returning or getting excited about. Switching gyms at the end of the month.

Phenomenal coaching, equipment, and customer service. They fixed my squat and returned me to pain free lifting! I personally made a major mistake with billing, but let me tell you what... The way they took care of me completely getting everything sorted out and it was unparalleled. Excellent, professional, communicative customer service. I would recommend everything kabuki has to offer to anyone!

Kabuki + Brandon Morgan = SUCCESS!!! The gym is amazing, never overcrowded, and full of other amazing athletes. The staff is also incredible friendly. My coach, Brandon Morgan, is exceptional! He is extremely knowledgable, professional, experienced, and has a great teaching style that makes learning easy. He's also very personable and really fun to work with. For the first year of powerlifting with other trainers I struggled with constant low back injuries due to improper form instruction from 2 different strength coaches which resulted in many painful setbacks and created lots of fear for me around lifting. In less than a month Brandon helped me overcome my fears and with proper form I am for the first time in over a year breaking my records effortlessly and painlessly. I couldn't be more pleased with my experience at Kabuki. I'm a kabuki addict for life.

This place is a top tier training facility. With everything from some of the most brilliant training and coaching minds in the strength and conditioning space to cutting edge and innovative strength, conditioning, and recovery modalities. The Kabuki Strength team is certainly everyone should experience and learn from. This is coming from a trainer ten years in the field. In South Florida.

Such a great gym. I visited from out of town to get a workout in and see the gym while visiting Portland. Everyone there is both very friendly and very serious about their training which makes for a unique atmosphere where you can't help but learn a thing or two. Can't wait to come back.