The Field House Gym — Local services in Temple

I want to first start off to say that this is one of the most unprofessional gyms that I have ever been to. I am a avid CrossFitter and love being able to get a good workout in so gyms being closed during the holiday weekend I wanted to get a couple workouts in so seeing that The Field house gym was open and had everything a Crossfit athlete would need to get in a good workout i decided to try it out and paid the 10 dollar fee of using the gym for they day. First off all I had to do is pay the 10 dollars to workout there for the day and that's it, no waiver, no signing of name or email address, absolutely nothing. Next the whole place was just filthy, dirty floors dirty walls, bathrooms were disgusting ect. Now I have been to my fair share of gyms off all different kinds and know there are ratty gyms and there are gyms like LA fitness, but there is a difference between ratty and just not taken care of, and this place is just not taken care of whatsoever. Now despite the gym being dirty it had everything I needed to get in some good training, great bumper plates (rogue) and bars no complaints there. Now i went back there on memorial day hoping to get some more work in paying the 10 dollars once again. This time it was a different story. I got some work and then started on the bulk of my workout which included some back squats and some power cleans. Now anyone that has ever done Crossfit before knows that since you are using bumper plates it is okay to drop the weights from shoulder height or below, most people knowing that dropping it from over head isn't allowed which i knew and I didn't do. So i started my work and every few reps dropping the weight from the front rack position, which is totally acceptable with bumper plates, about halfway through my workout some juice head looking about as dirty as the gym was comes out and tells me to not drop the weights, which surprised me because i was doing the exact thing that i was doing the other day and no one had said anything, and even as the illegal as it is the area was called a crossfit area and what i was doing was totally fine. So i start trying to drop the weight from lesser height and not making so much noise, the next thing i know the same guy, who later i find out is the owner comes out and tells me to get out of his gym, totally being a jerk and treating a brand new customer like I was nothing. I wasn't trying to offend him i wasn't trying damage his equipment I was just using it in the way that it is suppose to be used in, and with out hesitation i get kicked out of the gym. I was nothing but understanding to this man and he was nothing but rude to me and even threatened to call the cops to have me removed. I will never be going back to this gym and would tell anyone interested in going to this gym to look...

I wish I could give this gym zero stars. By far the WORST gym I have ever been to.

1.) Lets start off by saying how unprofessional the staff is. Derek is the most unprofessional and rude owner of a business I have ever met. 2.) This gym is disgusting. FILTHY! The equipment is never cleaned. I have never seen an employee pick up a spray bottle and clean the equipment. That is probably because there is no spray to be found anywhere in the gym. There was one time, however I think it was water with a few drops of bleach and a nasty old towel. 3.) This gym makes smoothies yet they have ZERO hand soap in the bathrooms. How is an establishment able to sell food products yet, there is no way of washing their hands? I asked Derek THREE times just for a bottle of hand soap in the bathrooms and got a nasty reply that its OUR fault because we are showering with it. Hmm. Really? You are going to blame your customers for your lack of hand soap? 4.) The average temperature in this building is 85-90 degrees. Its impossible to get a good cardio workout without any circulating air. The fans that he has do not work. Have you ever tried to run on a treadmill in 90 degree weather without any air movement? Pure hell. That being said, you can imagine how disgusting the equipment is from sweaty body, after sweaty body touching it without being cleaned. 5.) We had to pay a "maintenance" fee in January. When I joined I was told that this fee would be applied to new equipment for the gym. I figured maybe he would get one of the 6 treadmills that are broken fixed, or the majority of the other equipment that is broken. NO, he bought a tanning salon. Wow, thanks Derek. Glad to see you are fixing your equipment with the maintenance fee you lied to me about. 6.) After repeat efforts of trying to get hand soap from Derek my membership that was paid in full, was cancelled. I show up to the gym to workout and was escorted to my car. When I demanded to speak to Derek, he acted like a child and refused to explain to me why my membership was cancelled. Not only is he the worst business owner that I have ever ran into, he is a thief and a coward.

I am a huge supporter of small business owners. That is the main reason why I joined Field House and not another chain gym. HUGE mistake. This gym is not worth the headache and possible...

I have not been particularly fond of this gym in the last year that I have been going. Before coming here, when I lived closer to the one in Harker Heights, that one was a little better. From previous reviews, yes this gym is extremely hot inside with no air circulation. Yes you go to a gym to sweat, but when you are like holy hell, dude come on, it's Texas, crank up the a/c at least some.

Most of the staff is pretty lazy, the short buff gal and another female employee actually clean and are nice, the others not so much.

If you are going to workout here, bring your own Allen wrench because it is very likely that 1 in 3 dumbbells you pick up are not secure/tighten. Yet again, lazy employers who are on shift not taking the time to screw in the plates on the various kind of dumbbells.

A good bit of the equipment have outserved it's purpose; however, they did just purchase a functional fitness area which is good. Some of the stuff still needs to go though. More is not always better.

The music can be stupid loud. I'm fully aware you go to the gym to get pumped up while listening to sweet jams, but dude...save your ear drums and stay away from the dumbbell rack and cables right beside a massive movie theatre speaker.

It's a decent gym, but I am currently on the look for a new gym to work out at. Definitely explore your options before being dead set on this one.

For the owner...since I'm sure you read the reviews:

You have built a good gym, but it can be tweaked to make it much better. Turn down the music some, (you look like an ex military guy) put some boot in your employees asses and make them earn their paycheck by cleaning, making sure the functionality of the equipment, laziness is not an excuse. Maybe turn up the A/C. Finally, have your employees go by the racks to secure the weights a few times a day that will only take about 10-20 minutes. Or perhaps, when members sign up, give them the appropriate size Allen wrench(es) to tighten weights as they go for a welcoming packet. I've already seen a couple members...