About Us

In 2021, Carey Martell returned to his hometown of Newberg, Oregon. Previously he had been living in Los Angeles for several years, working in video streaming entertainment, until the Covid-19 epidemic disrupted the economy. Carey attempted to use his Planet Fitness Black Card membership at the nearby location but discovered that PF demanded Carey pay a year of past membership fees -- all the months that Planet Fitness locations had been shut down during 2020. After refusing to be ripped off, Carey searched for a nearby gym that offered bodybuilding equipment but discovered there were no gyms like that nearby. Instead of giving up, Carey decided to open his own gym that would treat its members fairly and provide good service, and the Power Palace was born.

As a child of the 80s, Carey wanted to recapture some of the nostalgia of the golden era of fitness culture, when athleticism was fun and colorful. Power Palace is a themed gym designed as a throwback to the 1980s and early 90s fitness craze -- its walls are decorated with memorabilia from this era and the images of those icons who influenced the period. We want you to feel like you're training in an action movie montage when you workout in our gym.