Warriors Playground

It is one of the best place in RDU to workout. Its addictive. Once you start going, it is hard to stop.
Barrett always has a new set of exercise for you each day to make sure you are not getting bored or used to. Both Barrett and Mike ensure that you are doing exercises correctly and keep pushing you to your limits.

Only the best place in Durham to go out and work out and be challenged. The outdoor playground is a great physical challenge that offers a unique work out experience. The indoor workouts are even better with a combination of boxing bags, weightlifting, and throttle classes that include treadmill, rowing machines, spin bikes, upper body, legs and core workouts. All of these different workouts inside and out are designed for anybody. So come out and get fit, have fun and make friends.

I’ve attended the boot camps, and they will kick your but in a good way. The outdoor equipment is much more fun than being inside a gym! The owner is who worked with me, and everyone I met who works there is very friendly yet motivating! Only hope they have time to bring back their garden in front.

A great place to get fit!
I first started coming here because of a livingsocial deal, but I can’t get enough. The workouts are fun and challenging. My favorite classes are the extreme outdoor bootcamp and the full throttle class.
At bootcamp you get pushed to your limits with burpees, hurdles, tire flipping, and more. Full throttle keeps cardio interesting with intervals the treadmill, row machine, strength exercises and more.
I appreciate that it’s affordable and you can walk –in without a membership (although they do have a membership option). Although I have a gym membership, I’ve found myself coming here more often than the gym.

I recently visited the gym to take the boxing class. Though it was my 1^st time ever boxing, I felt like an old timer. The small staff is incredibly friendly. The young lady in charge of the class was incredibly patient but persistent with all of us. The class involved boxing integrated with a mainly indoor circuit. Our trainer worked in some very challenging exercises for toning every part of the body. I felt both challenged & assisted. I will definitely return to B Town Fitness, & I look forward to trying the other classes.

Outdoor boot camp. You might not feel Marine-​ready after, but you: will: feel like a bad-​ass. On Tuesday and Thursday, they offer Boot Camp and Zumba at 7pm, for $ 5. You’ll pay, start with 5 laps, and a warm-​up of jumping jacks, high-​knees and so on. Then you’ll split into groups of ~6−8 and start the real work-​out. The day I went, it consisted of quick weight-​lifting intervals done with makeshift equipment — sand bags, heavy poles, etc. — and/​or body weight. I thought there was a good mix of upper– and lower-​body focus. And my heart rate stayed up for most of the hour. Frankly, I thought the exercises could have been more challenging. But given the heat, and dirt, and bugs that come with working out outside, the less-​intense level was kind of nice.
The instructor offered some encouragement, and engaged with the group to keep us motivated, but also keep the mood light-​hearted. There were about an equal number of girls and guys, and the group’s fitness level was very diverse. So it’s not too intimidating!
Parking is kind of a pain-​in-​the-​butt (my car got blocked in behind a few layers of late arrivals), but there’s a neighboring lot that I noticed other people were spilling over into, so I’d recommend doing that.

B-​Town is a rugged gym that features classes of varying styles. It use to be an old plant nursery and there are remnants of the old operation (barn-​style dwelling, greenhouses, etc.). The location seemed fitting for the type of classes that they offer. Their schedule currently lists Zumba and Boot Camp. I attended a Boot Camp class on a hot summer evening (7−8pm in July) and had a very effective workout. I only attended one session so far, but it appears that the boot camp is always outdoors. This class costs $ 5 and you pay before the class begins and sign a waiver if it’s your first visit. There is also an indoor area with some basic weight-​lifting equipment, heavy bags, and open space (for dance fitness classes). The concept reminded me of CrossFit (which I have never been to) but it is significantly cheaper.
About the boot camp workout:
There were about 20 trainees during the session that I attended split among two instructors. Each group stayed with the same instructor the entire time. Each instructor follows a different routine and they are careful not to interfere with each other. I worked with Barrett and I found him to be very friendly and motivational. He took the time to explain each task. The tasks involved your own body resistance and equipment that was arranged in the outdoor area that was kind of like a «playground» for adults. There were some ropes, pull-​up bars, tires, and more tires. The exercises were paced correctly. The workout started with a warmup routine that consisted of squats, jumping jacks, high knees, and probably something else that I forgot. After the warmup, we did more intense and inventive workouts that exercised different muscles. In between some exercises, we’d do a few quick laps to give us a «break» before next exercise.
Very cool place. All in all, it was a very long hour but I burned a lot of calories. I really enjoyed being outdoors getting hot, sweaty, and dirty. It sure breaks up the routine of being in an air-​conditioned office all day.