Bay Area Boxing

I’ve been a member for about a month and I’m very happy. My prior gym closed and I had to find a new place, but this place has clean and spacious facilities, a changing room w/​shower, and plenty of good heavy bags. The instructors have a good attitude and are there to help beginners and intermediate level participants. My only minor complaints are that sometimes their regular trainees practice on the bags while classes are in session, but that’s a minor issue. The classes sometimes feel repetitive, but I always get a good workout.

The staff at Bay Area Boxing are professional, positive, and highly skilled. I’ve taken the cross-​train and boxing, and I couldn’t ask for a better experience.

Bay Area Boxing is a wonderful gym! The staff are extremely friendly, knowledgeable and professional. The quality of instruction is definitely top notch and they have an excellent variety of different classes available.
I personally only take their instructional Muay Thai class but I am very impressed with the level of instruction I receive from the Muay Thai trainer Daniel Agid. Not only is he very good at what he does, he is a super nice guy and genuinely cares about his students. He is very engaged in his students’ skill development and makes sure the environment remains safe and conducive to learning.
Also the other students are also very nice, welcoming, and helpful… it really is a good group of guys and gals.
Good luck finding a better boxing gym than Bay Are Boxing, these guys are great!
Bay Are Boxing = A++ Gym
Daniel Agid = A++ Instructor

Well I’m still here attending most of the classes. This gym never gets old. I’ve been here now for 5 years and still love everything about it.
I love that they added a crosstrain class at 4pm on Tuesday and Thursday. I also love the 4pm pad class on Fridays with Oliver.
As my last review stated I got into BJJ and just last year I received my blue belt. It was a lot of hardwork and dedication, but definitely worth every minute of it. I keep coming back for more. I love the jiu jitsu program a lot. Being one of the first females to start training here was intimidating, but everyone was nice and helpful. Thankfully now we have a good group of gals who attend jiu jitsu on a regular basis. So ladies if you are interested in jiu jitsu and don’t know where to start I suggest coming here for a class.
Anyways just by sticking to this gym I’ve improved my overall fitness and health. Everyone is still so willing to help reach your fitness goals here its amazing. I’ve been so inspired that I am now out to get my PT certification. This place is game changer if you don’t know how to workout or not inspired to workout on your own. This place will keep you motivated!

Hands down great, no BS, boxing gym. Taking instructional boxing, and loving it. Overall, great crowd, very friendly people. Jake and owner/​manager is awesome!
Alexey — the boxing coach, is very professional, knowledgeable, and diligent. I am at a very low skill level, and he always takes his time, and explains to my and other beginners all the routines. The MMA/​BBJ classes look like fun too. Have to look into taking those as well.

12/​15/​2014 — I’ve only been with BAB for about a month. I’ve taken the conditioning Boxing and Kickboxing classes. I plan to update this as I take more classes.
The instructors I’ve had so far: Daniel, Tenshow, Kyle, Brian, and Rudy.
All the instructors are really nice and friendly, but my favorite is Daniel. He’s a championship Muay Thai kickboxer and you can see his belt and medals on the wall. I’ve only been to his Sunday class and there aren’t too many people attending so he’s able to give everyone some 1:1 time. He pays particular attention to footwork, something that you don’t realize is important until you try and learn boxing. Daniel always has good energy, stays upbeat, and has the biggest smile to greet you when you walk in the door.
The rest of the guys are wonderful too, and it is unfair to compare them to Daniel because the weekday evening classes has way more people.
Tenshow has a slightly early evening class, so it’s not too busy either. He likes to do a 50÷50÷50 burn out session with each person. 50 jab/​straights, 50 hooks, and 50 uppercuts. I’ve noticed that he increases the number with people that have more experience at the gym. He caters to what your skill level is!
Kyle is very nice and has one of the fullest classes. When his classes are really full, he doesn’t have the opportunity to do individual pad work with many people, but when I went to a less busy class he went around and visited and helped everyone.
I’ve only been to 1 class each for Brian and Rudy so I don’t have as much input as I did for the others. Just that they were nice and friendly.
Shout out to Jake. He’s the evening manager and always wraps my hand before class and doesn’t give me a hard time about it. Jake is also an instructor, but I haven’t taken any of his classes yet.

I did a review for this place. I am not sure what happened but I liked this place, I thought it was great, I really miss it.
This place has improved a lot they have showers and more times and trainers.
They’ve always been better then a lot of places when it comes to times.
They also have a work out area for doing cardio and some weightlifting on your own.
This place used to be the old honey baked Ham I used to work at so it brought alot of memories being here.
They treat you like family when your working out here.

I recently joined this studio and I am blown away by the awesomeness contained within it’s 4 walls. I have been taking the 630p classes that alternates from boxing to kickboxing and I LOVE IT. I can already see a difference in my body and strength. I am also contemplating taking muay thai and jiu jitsu classes because my alter ego can’t wait to be a bad ass. I’ve always dreamt of being able to put some jerk to sleep via a chokehold and leaving a card that told him he’s a jerk for (fill with whatever jerk move he did) and needed to be put in his place. Jake, Kyle, Brian and Daniel are my FAVES!!! If you haven’t found this jewel of a studio and have been contemplating on letting your inner BAD ASS shine. Then I suggest you wait no longer and sign up. I always look forward to the classes and can’t wait to take jiu jitus and muay thai classes.

Only been here twice, but I signed up for a year contract. The staff are great. Kyle class’s kicks butt. Cannot wait to try out more.
Minus one star only because there is one shower and it is shared by men & women.

Great cardio classes, instructional classes, one on one teaching and overall staff. The prices are reasonable for what you get out of it. All of the above plus crossfit type classes and Brazilian Jui Jitsu for such a bargain price. If you haven’t tried a free class out and joined this gym you are missing out. Friendly staff and friendly members as well. Go check it out!!!

Where do I start…
I was never one to be super motivated about going to the gym after a long day at work but after 1 month of joining Bay Area Boxing I was hooked! Literally haven’t taken a day off since I start 2 months ago. This gym is different than others I’ve joined. Let me just start by saying JAKE IS AWESOME!!! He has been able to help me fully understand how to work out properly and encourages me to push myself. He willingly shares his expertise with you to make the session’s fun, challenging and a learning experience. He is easy to relate to and has a great sense of humor which helps you push through your workout and stay motivated.
In addition to Jake being so awesome. He also has a great staff on hand. I’ve tried every class they have to offer at BAB and each of his staff members are extremely gracious and friendly. The classes are challenging but the instructors make it a point to make the class doable for every fitness/​experience leveled individual. I love that they work their way around the class to each person making sure they have the proper technique.
If you are looking for a great gym with a friendly motivational team Bay Area Boxing is where it’s at!!! I’ve never felt more comfortable about stepping into a gym; even the clientele is welcoming and helpful. I am already seeing changes in my body and can’t wait to see more! I am happy to say I have purchased a year membership and don’t plan on ever leaving!
Thanks Jake for always being so helpful and an inspiring instructor!
#JakeIsAwesome ;)

Considering I’m here more then anywhere else I suppose I should give this place a review.
To start, the staff is by far the most friendly and fun to be around I have ever come across in a gym. After lifting weights for many years at a certain gym that is open 24 hours I’ve grown accustom to staff basically ignoring me. Bay Area Boxing is a much different breed. This place bleeds social interaction which I can see being very helpful in keeping people motivated and coming back.
While I only take a particular class I pay attention to the other classes going on while I stretch or get a quick lift in before class. The instructors work with everyone in making sure they are motivated, properly doing each set, and continuing to improve. It’s impressive actually how they can manage classes and from my interactions with others who attend them are quite pleased with how they are run.
My focus is training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu which is run by Brian Fernandez (note: they also have beginner classes run by Jake). The class structure is relatively standard (warmups, technical, drills, sparring) but occasionally gets mixed up (some nights more rolling, some standup, some focused on drills and so forth) to break any monotone feeling. I can’t say enough about how enjoyable the class is because my 5^th grade vocabulary can’t paint the proper picture. Just know that the instructor is great, the people that train are all awesome, and you get way more out of the class then what you pay for.
If you have ever considered trying something such as kick boxing, Muay Thai, crossfit, or Jiu Jitsu I would highly recommend you take a free class and give it a shot. It could very easily be the best thing you could have done for your mind and body.
ps. I do I get a bro-​tank now?

Excellent atmosphere and top notch instructors for every fitness/​experience level.
My 15 year old son decided to try kickboxing so we dropped by the studio and were offered a free first lesson. Jake was an awesome trainer, who somehow managed to offer personalized training to a wide variety of ages, sizes, shapes and fitness levels.
I was so impressed with Jake’s knolwledge and approach that I may just try kickboxing myself! … OK maybe not, but my son loves it and you will too!!!

Came here for over 9 months but had to cancel my membership as I’ve moved to the South Bay. I particularly like Daniel’s classes — he teaches most mornings. Classes consist of 15 min of warm up (push ups, burpees, jumping jacks, squat hops, etc), followed by 30 min of heavy bag work. Each instructor is different but Daniel does one round (3 min) of him calling out combos, then 30 second of burn out on the bag, followed by 30 seconds of some sort of exercise (like the ones you did in warm up). Next round will be a set combo on the bag and he’ll come around with the mitts to correct form and/​or you hit the mitts with him for 30 seconds or so. Last 15 min of class is abs. Great gym and they keep it pretty clean. They also have free weights if you want to lift on your own and some tvs there.
If I hadn’t moved to SJ, I would have kept coming here. Get your diet right (unless you’re working out 3 hrs a day, you gotta watch what you eat) and come here at least 3x a week and you’ll be good to go!

You can do everything from cardio kickboxing, cross fit to jiu jitsu and boxing where a coach will take time to correct your mistakes instead of just going through the motions. A wide variety of trainers with extensive experience in their backgrounds and facilities equipped with everything you could possibly need (weights, ropes, treadmill, speed bags, cage, etc) Nice staff and everyone is friendly. Many times I’d go in for a quick work out which would turn into a three hours session, which is a testament to the coaching and facilities.

This is the 4^th boxing gym I have belonged to. When I first started kickboxing 12 years ago, it was in Hawaii and I was hooked. I moved to MS, switched to boxing, and had the pleasure of training with Kennedy «the King» McKinney, a former Olympic gold medalist. When I moved to California, I joined Golden State Tae Kwan Do and went back to kickboxing and sparring.
So, when it was time to find a gym closer to home, I had set the bar pretty high for what I was used to. I checked out BAB and was hooked. All the trainers are current or former boxers/​MMA fighters/​Muy Thai/​BJJ bad asses.
Even though they offer kickboxing, Muy Thai, BJJ, and cross training, all I do is box there and I love it. I work on my technique (Jake, the manager, does great one on one lessons if you’re new or a little rusty), I work up a sweat, and I have a good time. I have been a member at BAB for over 2 years and frankly, I don’t see that changing any time soon.

I never had any boxing experience before I joined Bay Area Boxing. A friend and I just wanted to lose weight, so we signed up together (something I recommend as it keeps us both motivated to go).
Jake is very friendly and the greatest bit of advice he gave me when I signed up was to go at my own pace. Do what I can do, and not to push myself to keep up with everyone else. I was definitely not able to keep up. But the thing is the instructors were very cool and kept motivating me positively (not yelling or belitting me to keep up) and everyone else in the class was cool too. they arent there to flex or meet girls, they’re there to work out. After months of dedication and training i am able to keep up now.
All the instructors are great too, Jesse is hardcore and pushes you to your limits, Scott is great and switches up his lesson plans so you get something new each time, Brian really focuses on giving each person individual time, which to his credit is hard to do given his classes are always full and Anthony does a lot of circuit stuff mixed with the boxing stuff which is a nice change of pace from the usual format.
overall the hardest part was finding the courage to sign up. Once you do, you will be glad that you did.

The gym has recruited top notch instructors and that along with new equipment, variety of classes and a great location, easily makes this one of the premier fitness locations in the Peninsula.
There are classes for those who want a high intensity workout and for those looking to perfect their skills.
Jake runs a great place!

I’ve never done anything boxing related and could never imagine myself doing something that looked that hardcore. Let’s be real, it’s intimidating enough just to drive by and look through the window for most people, especially the ladies. BUT the instructors here are very positive and encouraging. You get a good amount of one on one instruction during the group classes, especially as a newbie. Also, you’ll find that most people in the classes are learning too so that’s very comforting.
As for the workout itself, you get your money’s worth. They will WORK you and you will SWEAT. I wanted to throw up on my first day and was sore for days. Cardio, strength training, balance… it’s all there. However, they don’t just make sure you get a good workout, they also make sure you understand technique and form so you walk out always learning something new.
On a side note, I walked into another boxing gym nearby in San Carlos before Bay Area Boxing and the front desk people there were so pretentious. They were in globs of makeup and revealing workout gear. The class sizes were huge. You fill out a piece of paper for a trial week with the front desk and then… that’s it. «What do I do now? Where do I go?» I had to ask this?
It is a very different vibe at Bay Area Boxing. I emailed and the GM called me back. Walked me through the process on the phone and ask questions. He greeted me on my trial day, helped me with my handwraps and introduced me to the instructor. Simple and comforting.
If you’re on the fence, just go to a free class. You’ll end up signing up and you’ll love it.

Ok. I’m all in. Still LOVE the classes and have taken one from Jesse now– all of the instructors are ass-​kicking experts!
They added lockers and the classes have balanced out– I think everyone is getting into the groove since the place opened.
Oh, and thanks mostly to Scott I have lost my appetite for fast food and almost ten pounds!