The proving ground

Fantastic experience: Great gym

Positive experience: If you're looking for a cool clean gym with plenty of cable machines, cardio equipment, and a smoothie bar, this ain't it! If your just looking for a place pump some iron, build muscle and don't care about how a place looks, this may be the gym for you. This place is huge, rustic, and grungy. All the equipment is free weights, and most of it is well worn. I visited here in the summer and there was no air conditioning, but there were humongous fans blowing out of each entrance to keep the place cool enough. I found a couple of treadmills in loft area. These things were covered with dust and cobwebs, didn't look like they were getting much use. Strangely they required a code to start so I didn't get to see if they even work at all. The membership is really inexpensive but they require your bank routing information so they can draft your account automatically. This is were they lost me, I ain't giving nobody access to my money like that!

Fantastic experience: It's a great down-to-earth gym that isn't commercialized like most 24-hour gyms are. The staff really teaches you a lot and helps you through your lifting and exercising gains.

Fantastic experience: My son goes here twice a week and enjoys it very much.

Fantastic experience: If you are someone that respects hard work that consists of blood, sweat, and tears; then let me tell you, this is your gym. It’s not fancy looking, and the people definitely aren’t either, but the environment and atmosphere foster more than just physical fitness, it’s mental as well. They’ll teach you to dig deeper, and get you to reach your potential in strength and power. This is where the warriors come to get stronger. Welcome to The Proving Ground.