★ 5

Always open 24/7. Basketball court, weights, and everything.

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Lowest google rating in Hampton roads for base gym. No AC in gym in summer, no heat in gym in winter. Sauna hasn’t worked in years. A little paint and refinish of the gym floor would go a long way. At least attempt to make it look halfway decent. Not a good look for brand new to the navy and marine corps students IMO.

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★ 5

Solid gym with everything you need.

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No A/C in July is terrible. It was over 90 in the gym. Everything was sweaty and gross. Will not be going back.

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★ 5

24 hours open and not crowded. What else can you ask for

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★ 5

Gym has everything you need. Front desk says hym is open 24 hours, that's great service. They were helpful and they still provide gym towels for your visit.

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Good facility, good staff

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★ 5

Probably one of the best Naval fitness centers I've seen. Very well equipped and it's 24/7.

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If you want to workout and go, this place has it all, but the heat (mid-January) doesn't work so layer up. Otherwise all the extras (men's sauna, men's showers) don't work.

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I love this place. Haven’t been back though because I’ve been using a different one but lots and lots of machines too use!

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★ 5

The new upgrade made this place awesome!!

Edited to add that I'd love if the women's sauna could be fixed after all this time...

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★ 5

Best base gym I've ever been to

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They changed the layout recently and it doesn’t make any sense. There is less room in the dumbbell areas and we are on top of each other. Also all the equipment is facing the open areas and everyone is positioned to STARE at people trying to do HIIT type things. Also closing the group exercise room.. idk where I’m supposed to do my workouts in there anymore.

Also instead of fixing AC the door just gets left open in the summer. It’s so humid and hot and bugs flying in my face the whole time.

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★ 4

Staff and atmosphere are great. Everyone is helpful and knowledgeable.

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Just keeps getting worse.

Apathy abounds. The care of this facility is not there any more. No towels, dirty mildew showers just no pride.

Still in bad shape. Dirt in the corners of the shower the people don't caring for gym. They come in open it up and then sit. Rarely do I see the staff moving about the gym.

Without a doubt it has gone down hill. Showers are moldy, no A/C and the staff can no operate the TVs. It seems that no one cares about the gym!

Still needs a cleaning and A/C in cardio room but at least now they have hot water. Oh washing machine is broken so they have no towels.

Use to be a great place to work out. Now showers don't work no hot water and it not as well kept. I'm very disappointed in the care of this facility.

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Gym is a little bit on the smaller side. If you like working out early on weekdays just be ready for marines to take over. Usually around 6-7ish.

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Gym is well equipped. I have not used the pool.

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★ 5

Love this place

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★ 5

Quality base fitness center, plenty of options to do what you want.

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Nice gym, but in need of maintenance, lots of rust (get your tetanus shots)

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Has a little bit of everything except working fans.

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Just good not great

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Old building

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There is no AC here

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Has all the gym equipment you need, just try to go during slow times of the day

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Friendly staff, plenty of machines for all types of workouts

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The hours are 5 am if you like to work out early it works for me. Keep up the good work.

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Ehh. It will get the job done but the layout was a little confusing and the mens locker room is way in the back and up the stairs. Which is kind of torture after heavy cardio or a leg day. No towel service from what I could tell.

They did have plenty of cardio options, a full gym, racquet ball court, and enough weight machines to go around. Two of the machines I tried were broken. But its free for military and has enough to get your workout done. Overall it was clean but their fans could use some dusting.

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Great gym. No reason it shouldn’t be 24/7. All gyms on military installations should be open, at any hour we expect service members to stand a watch.

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★ 5

The staff is unbelievably helpful and friendly and aside from the distinct lack of platforms and squat racks, it has a good set of equipment.

Dam Neck is an annex of Oceana, which means the funding is allocated from there. I can only assume the gym funding works the same way, which means the pilots at Oceana get great equipment/facilities while the training commands at Dam Neck are left with the scraps.

Unfortunately the head of the facility is also located at Oceana, and when offered free equipment for the Dam Neck facility, can't even budget her time to respond to the offer. I hope that some day someone moves into that position that can effectively manage both sites without allowing one to descend into disrepair like Dam Neck has.

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Overall it has the equipment needed and the availabilty time is appropriate. Not the nicest but does the job.

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They do a decent job considering the restrictions we are operating under.

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The pool has been closed due to maintenance and the website isn't updated regularly. You can try calling to see if and when the pool will ever re-open, but no one will answer or you'll get a busy tone. The gym doesn't have AC in some of the spaces. The showers and locker rooms are trash. They are definitely some of the worst MWR facilities that I've experienced as an AD sailor. It doesn't seem like they have the resources or staffing to support the fitness and well-being of the marines and sailors in the area.

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Does anyone work here ? I have called all the numbers on the actual website and the ones provided on Google. The number is always busy and the official desk personnel at the other number never picks up or calls back .

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Gym is nice, but hours are awful! Closed on weekends and closes at 6 pm! Would be nice if we could get the hours extended.

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Needs better hours.

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★ 5

They have a lot of great equipment(basketball court is closed till Jan. 1st) and hours are still fairly good. Open from Mon-Fri 0600-1800. Closed on weekends right now.

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If not for the cover restrictions 9/10

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It does have plenty of cardio. The rest of the gym needs a major update.

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Teally great gym, not too busy either

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Old but in working order. Layout is pretty confusing

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Very nice facility

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★ 5

The MWR Pumpkin Plunge was a huge success.

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It's a navy gym.

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★ 5

No complaints here, they have everything you can possibly need for fitness. Towels are readily available and it usually isn't too crowded most of the day.

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It's an okay gym

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This gym is clean. And big... But no place to do deadlifts. Also... Not great feng shui, can't find my groove in here...

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Horrible Gym. It has 1 squat rack and they refuse to get more due to safety concerns. Only good for indoor cardio.

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Men's showers are always backed up never any hot water at one point in time the cardio bikes were practically falling apart the building has holes in the floors and even stuff falling from the basketball court ceiling... Not satisfied with the upkeep here, unfortunately, This won't likely change soon

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Crowded in the morning from 0630-0745, but not bad at all if you get started when it opens at 0500. Only one squat rack, which is bad, but doable for anything else you need to do; suitable free option (with base access) than other member gyms in the area, but may be tight at times.

Changing review from 3 starts to 2. The above still applies, but frequenting here as base staff for the past two years, I rarely experience hot water in the showers and the locker room in general isn't a great experience; to quantify, there's frequent mold in the summer time (while I acknowledge the area gets humid) and there's been standing water in the showers for a couple weeks now. Understand this could be a budgeting issue, but that doesn't change my opinion.

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★ 4

Has all the equipment you'll need just need more racks

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Nice facility but needs to step up. It's not the 1960's

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Nice staff. Nice about of equipment.

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Really updated the gym since I was last here in 2012

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The gym is located inside the NEX. Parking is scarce. Once inside, the entrance is clearly labeled but you still might miss it. They have towel service, but these towels don't wrap around the waist for showers so I recommend bringing your own towel. Cardio room has everything you need. Weight room is always packed. Come with a plan. Basketball court has six baskets. Men's locker room is upstairs. Functional fitness area is not at all functional.

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Huge gym with lots of equipment. It can get a little crowded around peak hours but there's always a free machine or something else to do while you wait for free equipment.

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The personal training program is awesome.

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Not the best gym you'll ever use, but not bad for an old gym that has had a few updates. The staff has always been helpful and friendly. Not normally too busy and has a fairly decent selection of cardio and weight machines, with free weights available for use as well. The basketball court is rather dated and could use some updating, but it still works well for a quick pick-up game and just shooting around. The available racquetball courts, cycling room, and trx room also add options for varying up your workout. Multiple classes are offered and you can schedule with the managers for a specific class for your own group. On site locker rooms with showers need some updating and repairs, but will suffice for what they're needed for. Overall, not a terrible gym, but no where near the best either.

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A lot of run down equipment. Staff is nice.

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Vastly improved since I was here last. Decent sized weight room with a separate cardio room. But still somewhat limited. Only one squat rack. Still, good enough to get a workout in and it's free so I'll take it.

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Great people

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Lots of traffic in and out which has you waiting to do your workout unless you go in odd times. Small, and needs updating.

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This gym has improved so much throughout the past year. There has been a lot of different upgrades throughout the gym and it has been made a difference. The staff is always nice and polite when I go in and it's also a great if you want to run a couple games of basketball. There is always some type of activity going on.

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A little crowded but staff is always friendly. It's a base gym so you already know.

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Love the staff members!!!

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Always clean, friendly staff... but they need to get more squat racks or maybe a smith machine :)

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Baf hlurs.. vloses at 0800 pm...

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Vastly improved since the last time I was here. Good selection of equipment. All it needs is some olympic lifting areas with bumper plates.

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Great local place for Active Duty Military to work out and keep in shape!

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Overall a nice and clean gym. Doesn't get super crowded after work and as long as you're not a tool I've never met anyone who won't let you work in with them. A wide array of free weight, 10-125. 2 barbell benches not including one incline and one decline. 1 squat rack and 2 spare bars for some deads or rows. Only qualm is that they non-gym type music pretty loud.

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Nice sized gym

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Best military gym in the area. Also the only one with a pool!

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The upgrades are GREAT!!!

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Great gym.

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Busy all the time. Only one squat rack. Only 4 dumbell benches! Only one leg press machine. Overall, very small.

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Best gym ob dam neck lol, but really great staff

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Cardio? They have it. Free weights? They have it. Nautilus machines? They have it. Cross training? They have it. Basketball? They have it. Racquetball? They have it.

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Great staff

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New equipment! Lots of space.

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Excellent facilities. Would be better if the aerobic and weight machine rooms were environmentally controlled.

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Nicely remodeled. Same weights though.

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Great facility if you are active duty or retired. Great spin and yoga classes offered free.

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