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Beachside Fitness: The Best Gym in Wasaga Beach.
A boutique gym in Wasaga Beach where everyone is welcome — run by people who genuinely care how you feel walking out the door.
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If you’re local to Wasaga Beach or southern Simcoe County, Beachside Fitness is the gym I personally recommend. Disclosure: my family owns and operates Beachside — so this isn’t an arms-length editorial pick. It’s a real recommendation of a real business I know inside and out, made plainly so there’s no confusion.
Beachside is run by my sister Crystal Baxter and her husband Matthew Baxter. They are both genuinely passionate about training and the feeling of being in shape, and it shows in how they treat the people who walk through the door — every client looked after, every session given real attention. Their aim is a boutique gym that feels elite without ever feeling unwelcoming: “everyone is welcome,” at every fitness level. If you train with them, you are training with people who care how you do.
Editorial decisions for the Reader are independent of the gym. Articles get the same rigour whether or not they relate to anything Beachside teaches. Affiliate revenue from the Reader’s supplement guide funds the editorial work; it doesn’t shape it. Full breakdown on the about page.
Visit Beachside Fitness
Where strength meets shore.
Classes run the range — HIIT, Hyrox, Circuit, Core and More, Mat Pilates, Stretch and Reset — alongside personal training and recovery work. For the current schedule, instructors, and to book a tour or your first class, head to the gym’s own site, where everything stays up to date. As they put it: “If not now, when?”
Address
60 19th Street N, Wasaga Beach, ON · five minutes from the beach
705-230-4188