Tarawa Terrace gym

Gym has all the equipment you’ll likely need; however, the overall environment does not inspire fitness. Dull fluorescent lights, missing window blinds, stained ceiling tiles, lots of ceiling fans that weren’t spinning, and lockers look depressing. If you like the rugged look it’ll work fine for you, but for me it didn’t work.

Excellent gym! I’ve heard such negative things about gym on base, but this one is wonderful. It’s not overly crowded with people, and it has everything you’d need.

Wonderful gym with adequate equipment. The music selection sucks though. I feel like I'm always in a Puerto Rican night club all the time. It is distracting how many single Marines keep trying to pick up on these Married women. Like Bro can …

This gym is fairly standard for older fitness centers at Camp Lejeune. When I visited, the AC was not working so it was extremely humid and hot. Most of the equipment is old and most of the space in the weights area is taken up by machines - these are great for elderly or the injured, but most Marines prefer using free weights. There was only one deadlift platform, three squat racks, and three benches with a bar. If you go during a non busy time, this would be an okay gym.

The place is in major need of renovation I really don’t understand how it has been in the condition it is in for months and not improved at all. No climate control makes it unnecessarily hot, the equipment is rusty and old, most cables are missing a clip for the handles so your constantly looking for clips to use, equipment is crammed together because of the small space, and the hours make it so the place is always packed full of people.

I truly enjoy going here. Good music, never really packed. This gym also has a great selection of equipment compared to it's size.

There are certain workers that aren't too kind. But, overall I really like going here. It's small but has a decent amount of equipment to use compared to its size. And, the best part? It's not normally crowded!

Helpful and polite staff. Clean atmosphere but very outdated. They need a bigger gym to help with the high demand for a gym in the area. The exercise room can get very hot when it's a full class. The floors can get very slippery.

I love this gym, if you live out in town it's the closest base gym to Jacksonville. It's never really too busy that I find myself waiting to get on a bench or machine. It's fairly limited however in workout equipment, and if you're a Meathead it probably won't have enough free weights for your liking. Otherwise, I enjoy coming here.

Terawa Terrace gym is home of some of the most jacked and friendly people I've seen at a base gym. The staff is cool and the place is clean. It lacks the musty gym sweat smell too.