I love having a free gym close to the office. I think the hours are decent — they open at 5am on week days which is great. The Monday — Thursday morning spin class is AWESOME. It fills up almost every day and the people in the class get really into it. I also like the functional fitness room by the basketball courts but wish it was a little bigger. There is a lot of equipment but not much room to move around. It definitely gets busy in the morning but that’s to be expected at any gym. If you get there at 5am or around 3pm its not bad at all though. They provide towels which is nice so you don’t have to bring your own. My only complaint is that they don’t open til 8am on training holidays… I still have to work those days and need to get my workout on before then!
Jacqueline M.
Place rating: 5 FORT HUACHUCA, AZ
I really like this gym. They have a lot of classes from spinning to aerobics. I wouldn’t advise going between 6 – 8 am or 4 – 7 pm because it tends to be a bit crowded and there is usually a wait for weights.
Sarah G.
Place rating: 4 Flagstaff, AZ
It is free to use on post, of course it closes at 9pm on weekdays and 5pm on weekends, and is closed or has limited hours for holidays. Overall the equipment is fairly well maintained. I love M/W Spin classes, the instructor is crazy, 2X4 is what he is called on the calendar. The only real down fall is it is super packed about the 5pm hour, and there are times with the heat in the room containing all of the tredmills is so intense, the walls sweat… I still go and enjoy it though!
Martina G.
Place rating: 3 Monterey, CA
Barnes Field House is one of the gyms on Fort Huachuca. There’s also a small adjoining building called the Family Fitness Center(FFC) across the street. Behind Barnes is a very well maintained football field and track. The facilities are clean and towels are available at the front desk. Barnes is rather large but if you take the time to wander around, you’ll find multiple basketball courts, racquet ball, weight and cardio rooms. And a functional fitness room(scroll down for more on that). Barnes and the FFC offer yoga, biggest loser, Zumba, aerobics and spinning. See their website for the current schedule. I love Yoga with Dana. Her class is intense! Check the bulletin board for the many activities they host. They include out of town trips to professional sports games, intramural sports and local races. The ones hosted by MWR tend to be free for soldiers and very affordable for others. I just signed up for the First Time Tri and it was $ 10. For my fellow crossfitters, there’s a functional fitness room in the back. It’s normally located in the back to the right of the basketball court but due to remodeling, it’s currently located in the very last racquetball court. The equipment is decent. There is 1-deadlift platform, 3 – 45 lb. bars, 1 – 35 lb. bar, a C2 rower, a variety of jump platforms, 1 set of rings, 1 pull up bar, a rope climb machine, a GHD sit up machine, sand bags and a number of medicine balls(but none over 12 lbs.). There’s also a lot of those big exercise balls and sit up mats. It’s tough to WOD because after 3 pm, the room is pretty packed. The lack of equipment also makes it tough to do an entire work out without someone trying to use the same equipment. There are also your typical globo gymmers trying to work on their abs with the exercise balls taking up precious space. My biggest complaint is that there aren’t any pull up bands to help me do assisted pull ups. I would’ve rated this place 4 stars. Deducting 1 star for lack of equipment and space for functional fitness.
