Callahan Athletic Center @ Fort Bragg — Local services in Fort Liberty

This is where it all started for me! I remember walking to this gym from Eureka Springs as 13-year-old kid back in 1989 when Fort Bragg was an open Base. I would sit outside of this gym and asked the soldiers to sign me in! I wasn't a military dependent so I didn't have an ID to get access. For the most part I would get in. The front desk guy would come outside and ask me who i was waiting for. I made up some name just to get him off my back. But then he noticed i would always sign in with a different person. To make a long story short he started letting me in!! I was there when the boxing ring was still there!! I can't express what this gym means to me. I'm currently a General Manager for a fitness center franchise. This was the first gym I ever attended!! June 4, 1994, I was finishing up a workout I lost track of time that and missed my high school graduation. I got a speeding ticket from an MP that forced me to go to traffic school so it would show up on my insurance. This place will always and forever be the reason why i took the fitness route of life: Professional Boxer, Marathon runner, 3 times NPC Title holder, Bachelors in Bio-Kinesiology and has always been gym goer 1989....

Not a bad fitness center at all. Keep in mind, compared to other gyms on base this one is a bit smaller, however, it definitely has everything you need for a good workout: it has free weights that include dumbells up to 150lbs, about 3 flat bench press stations, 1 incline and decline press station, and 3 squat racks. You have your standard cable machines here as well that include seated row, pulldown etc. Decent variety of workout machines that target all muscle groups and a good amount of cardio equipment if you're looking for that as well. This gym offers 24 hour access- if you're looking to hit the gym after hours with little to no interruption from other people, ladies and gents, this is the way. Set it up before 1800 with the staff over there and...

The 24/7 access is sweet in comparison to other gyms on post. I don’t believe the others offer this. Anyway, the Callahan has everything you need to have a good workout, but not everything I prefer. Maybe it’s cause of the pandemic, but they offer no yoga mats, resistance bands, plyometric boxes, kettlebells, and their training equipment could be exchanged for something more modern. Did they used to sell smoothies here? Because I notice they have an non-operational concession stand. Anyway, I do like the gym has a hip abduct and adduction machine, versus Ritz-Epps or Hercules, where I located none. Anyway, great folks work here and certainly, hot military men everywhere- sometimes, too many for my comfort (it...