Prison City Physique — Local services in Jackson

I worked out here because I was traveling to the area for a week and needed to continue regular work outs. I had looked online at a number of gyms in the area andbased on the pictures, this one fit my need: that it had real weights.

Not to disparage the other gym in the area, but those are great if your goal is cardio.

The gym was clean, adequately staffed, and staff was friendly. It was also huge, and not crowded. If there is a weight or a station you need, they probably have it, and they probably have two. This is a serious gym. If I remember correctly the dumbbells went up to 130 lbs. Free chalk is readily available.

That being said, if you like to finish up your workout with cardio, you're going to have some issues. I used the recumbent bike, which uses the pedaling of the individual to power the readout that tells you things like distance and pace. On most machines, there is some type of battery backup that will allow you to stop for a moment (if you need to change a setting, adjust the seat, etc) without the machine losing data.

The one I was on seemed to have a dead battery, because if I stopped for half a second, for any reason, the machine shut down, and would do a complete reboot. Once I figured it out, I just resigned myself to ensuring that I never stopped my legs at all for an hour, even to fix position. Also, the touch screen was almost non-responsive.

So, that was the only real negative, and I'm not going to deduct a star because of one machine.

They had a very easy day pass procedure (literally took 2 minutes), and the cost was $10 when I went, which was very...

I have been a member of this gym for almost 3 years. Since that time, I have watched the cleanliness and the friendliness of staff detiorate. The equipment is very nice. If you plan on joining or touring this gym, be prepared for the parking lot. It is terrible with many deep potholes.

This gym has potential to offer more services in a back room behind the cardio equipment. It was at one time used for a yoga meets Pilates, meets sometimes the trainer would show up and sometimes not. May be wise to spend the money to hire someone who will be there on designated times and days and advertise that yoga or Pilate classes will be held. I don’t consider a computer printout hanging by a piece of tape, eye catching...

This an extremely nice facility with tons of quality Hammer Strength equipment and friendly staff who gave me a tour of the equipment and even showed me how to use every piece (I even learned something new despite extensive use of a variety of work out equipment!) All of the equipment is well maintained, and almost all of the padding was brand new. Very impressive! There was also a redundancy for many machines and free weights for muscle groups, so that wait time for anything was minimal. Please consider putting in a sauna!

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