Movement San Francisco

The reason to come here is for Sergey! He’s incredibly knowledgeable, welcoming, and always goes the extra mile to help everyone feel confident and supported—whether you’re brand new or a seasoned climber. Sergey has such great energy and is genuinely passionate about the community here. If you get the chance to interact with him, you’re in for a treat! This gym is lucky to have him. Highly recommend!

Route setting: 5/5 - great routes. Gear: 2/5 - extremely run down gear, mist bring your own. Owner really needs to resupply rentals… but they do have the bare necessities. Location: 8/5 - just ridiculously cool views. Despite the shortcomings here, it’s worth a visit. (The scooter area is off limits here, but there is a bus line) Staff: 5/5 - chill, good vibes. Notes: The other comments here about walls being bare or shut down are true. For such a beautiful gym, it’s a shame things go unattended here and walls are taped off. There is enough to go around but it’s far from perfect here.

I was thinking pricey, but it’s really no more expensive than any other climbing gym. Movement has everything, big walls, bouldering, weights, yoga, tension boards, you name it, they got it. The view of the bay from the windows is incredible, like breathtakingly gorgeous. Personal opinion: I wasn’t super stoked on some of the routes I did, some were super fun, but not many routes in my style and some holds were a bit old and polished, but to be fair, that’s me trying to be critical. Sweet gym, not my vibe, but I recognize a beautiful gym when I see one.

Absolutely epic gym. Great views from the big windows out into the bay. See Alcatraz as you climb. Very creative and fun routes with challenging features. Really cool bouldering with fun finishes. Staff is super friendly and helpful. They pick up the phone too. Can’t wait to go back.

I pay an absurd amount of money for you to close the bouldering area for multiple consecutive days. For people that o ly get to come in once or twice a week. This sucks. I'm going to switch to touchstone. Update: it's 10 days after they first shut down bouldering walls, and they still don't have them all opened back up. Canceled membership. Update 2: one week post competition. There are still 2 walls that remain unset. Can't believe people pay $110 a month for blank walls.

I love this place so much! I took up climbing a year and a half ago and I climb twice a week. I love the community, the classes, and all of the routes. It’s my happy place. Highly recommend if you want to try climbing in SF. They also just added an upstairs lounge, which is really comfy to hang out in.

Beautiful location, though a bit out of the way for most SF residents. Sadly, while the price has increased noticably over the last few years, what you actually get for your membership has decreased. The mats are wonky in many places. The setting is extremely basic and boring now, and the kilter board has numerous broken lights. There aren't very many free weights, but they do try to pack a reasonable number of cardio machines into the space. One bright spot is the rowing machines, which seem like the fly wheel or fans must've been replaced. Either that or they just do a much much better job keeping them clean than other gyms.

tldr; convenient location, routes aren't as fun as other gyms I'm a newbie to bouldering, but have visited quite a few gyms around the Bay. The location is convenient, and the routes are challenging. However, I find routes at other gyms to be more fun, while still being challenging. The routes here seem to punish people with longer limbs, when compared to other gyms.