The Foundry — Local services in Beaufort

Foundry Gymnastics Review – AVOID This Gym at All Costs! I cannot stress this enough—do not send your child to Foundry Gymnastics. My experience with them was a complete disaster, and I want to save other parents from making the same mistake. Here’s why you should stay as far away from this gym as possible: Unqualified Coaches Before you even think about enrolling your child, take the time to watch the classes. The coaches at Foundry Gymnastics are incredibly inexperienced, often chosen from the parents sitting in the gym, rather than based on actual qualifications. When my daughter was on the pre-team, the coaching was inconsistent, unstructured, and clearly lacked knowledge. Instead of qualified professionals leading the kids, we saw teenage girls who were barely qualified to run a class. Dangerous Gym Conditions The conditions at Foundry are downright appalling. The equipment is unsafe—the spring floors have rusty nails literally poking through them, and the mats are filthy. It’s shocking that the gym hasn’t taken any real steps to address these issues, especially considering the potential risks to the children’s safety. Misleading Promises of Coaching My daughter was on the pre-team for a year and was eventually promoted to the competition team. We were led to believe that she would get more one-on-one coaching from the head coach—but that couldn’t have been further from the truth. The head coach was hardly ever there, and when she was, she barely offered any constructive coaching. Everything the girls learned in pre-team had to be re-taught, as the skills were not properly taught in the first place. Toxic Coaching Environment The real nightmare came with the competition team. The head coach’s behavior is appalling. Instead of nurturing the kids and providing constructive feedback, she resorts to yelling and belittling the gymnasts. The kids often ended up cryingand feeling worthless because of her harsh and abusive approach. She would scream at them, telling them they weren’t good enough to compete and threaten to pull them from the team without offering any real coaching or guidance. It was emotionally damaging to the kids. Poor Management & Lack of Accountability When I raised my concerns to the gym manager and the head coach, I was essentially told that the head coach didn’t want to work with the level 3 girls because of parental issues—basically, she didn’t want to be challenged by concerned parents. Instead of addressing the coaching problems, I was told to keep the parents off her back. The owner was also unprofessional about financial matters—I paid all the competition fees on time, and the gym owner held my check for over a month. When I requested a refund for the fees I’d paid, the owner only offered me credit towards another class at the gym, which was completely unacceptable given the situation. High Turnover & Toxic Culture The competition team is tiny—and there’s a reason for that. Most of the kids either leave or quit due to the lack of proper coaching and the toxic environment. The gym claims to have a “No Bully Zone,” but that’s a complete joke. The real bullying is coming from the head coach, who fosters a hostile, unhealthy environment where the kids feel worthless and unappreciated. Conclusion: Save Your Money & Time If you care about your child’s well-being, DO NOT send them to Foundry Gymnastics. The dangerous gym conditions, incompetent coaching staff, and toxic environment are not worth the money or emotional toll. I’ve removed my daughter from this gym, and I regret ever enrolling her there. Please, do yourself and your child a favor—look for a gym that actually cares about its athletes and creates a positive, safe, and supportive environment. Foundry Gymnastics is...

I really want to give this place more than two stars, I really do. Unfortunately, there are a number of issues I have with the gym that just make it hard for me to do so.

There are a lot of good things about the gym: it's conveniently located if you're in Beaufort or the surrounding area, it has a very active member base across a number of sports seemingly which range from BJJ/MMA, gymnastics, boxing, and more. For parents, this is a good place to workout while your kid has child care and/or a place for your kid to be active. The weightlifting equipment (what I was there for) isn't bad necessarily, and the gym schedule from 0500-2100 is pretty decent for a commercial gym schedule. Also, most importantly, the rates of the gym for guest passes are 5 dollars your first time and then 10 after, which is a lot cheaper than some other places I've been.

All this being said, I had major issues both nights with both the equipment/environment of the gym and the type of members. The biggest glaring issue is the weight lighting area whether machines or free weights is absolutely chaotic; there are weights scattered EVERYWHERE and nobody reracks anything. Plates are all over the floor, and dumbbells are scattered about not even placed on racks nor even paired together half the time. Additionally, there are several dumbbell weights that only have one pair while other weight options (mostly those below 20lbs) have multiple sets which are equally scattered across the weight room.

This problem was further an issue with members both nights simply hogging equipment for over 30+ minutes without any kind of care in the world for other people trying to use the singular set of weights/machine/etc that they were using.

Overall, gym is decent if you're in the area visiting and don't want to drive a bunch elsewhere or can't get on base to MCAS. I do personally believe the whole "have every athletic activity present and basic means to conduct it" without really investing super hard into one sport or the other is a little annoying. Also where I come from, major gyms have the ability to be 24 hours which I feel like this gym could do, but I digress. My primary issues lie within cleanliness and general order of the gym, and getting better lifting equipment/weights. Oh by the way, please make sure your child isn't clogging toilets in the bathroom-- I had to actively stop a ~5 year old kid...

I joined because they said they had child care. The first night i went it was great, Liz watched my baby and she was super sweet and friendly and asked for my name and for my babys. i came the next day in the morning to work out and madison was in the child care room. she was on her phone when i walked in and didn’t even notice me until i said something. she was still on her phone whenever i was putting my babies stuff down and didn’t say anything to me. I went to do my work out(40min) and halfway thro just went to check and see how my kid(4month)was doing and i saw madison on her phone. 20 min later whenever i was done i went to get her and again she didn’t even notice me till i asked if i could get my baby(i had to say it twice). there were also about four other kids in there probably from age of 3-7. she had left my baby in her carseat the whole time and just faced her towards the tv. I was a little upset about it at first but didn’t say anything until that night after thinking about it. i called and talked to the manager and told her what happened. she was patronizing and condescending, and told me that they weren’t a preschool and that they are not there to teach or discipline kids. She then told me to come at another time to see if i would get along with the other girls more(mornings work best with my schedule). i told her i didn't have the expectation of them to be teaching or disciplining kids just for attentiveness, which it states on their website. During the conversation i thought the phone was breaking up so i said excuse me and she said, ”sorry, im multitasking”and then in a very sarcastic tone said, “i promise i’m paying attention.” It was after the conversation with the manager i decided to cancel my membership after only having it for two days. I payed 84$ for the membership which included the enrollment fee, and the $9.99 for childcare. I am not able to get any of the money back and i could still attend till the end of the month but i don’t feel safe having my child there after my conversation with the manager. The childcare room is very dark due to broken lights and does not look like it is cleaned often same with...