Makalapa Gym

Nice small gym! Just come to workout and don’t expect any perks. No towel service. Good A/​C and TVs.

Great if you are just looking for a quick simple workout. Several cardio machines and Nautilus type weight machines. There are lockers and showers.
It’s open ²⁴⁄₇ but DoD base access is required.

«Why would you go to the Makalapa Gym instead of the Pearl Harbor Gym? They are like 2 minutes apart,» says my husband as I pack my gym bag.
«Because school is in session. Two minutes equals 15 – 20 in traffic!»
The Makalapa Gym is located in COMPACFLT across the street from the Halawa Gate. After you pass the office buildings, you turn left at the fork. You veer right down the hill at the next fork. Turn right at the first driveway. There’s a playground and a baseball diamond at the end of the driveway, but you wouldn’t think to drive in there since it seems like a military only parking area. The gym will be on your right hand side before you hit the playground. There are restrooms, showers, daily use lockers, a vending machine and a water fountain outside. There is also a shaded rubber floored area for extra room to exercise. Once inside the unattended space, there are weight machines, dumbbells up to 50 pounds, cardio equipment, a cross cable machine, and oddly enough, a blood pressure machine. The walls are lined with flat screened TV’s and a clock. A small area of the wall has mirrors on it. This gym has everything you would need, and the space outside if you wanted to use free weights. I noticed there was also a step there and a cabinet. I didn’t look inside to see if there was more equipment. There are no towels available, so you must bring your own. Please bring your own! They do have wipes to clean the machine you just used, but gym etiquette suggests bringing a towel to wipe yourself and your machines down.
This gym is open 24 hours/​day for unusual schedules. If you are affiliated with the DOD, you don’t need a 24 hour membership. You just need to find these little gems around the island.

This gym is open 24/​7, has locker-​rooms with bathrooms and showers, always has machines open, has 5 TVs, is very small, and is only accessible by people with military connections. I can say 24 hour gyms are a great asset to those trying to get fit, however this gym has a real sanitary issue. I’m sure certain people come in at different times during the week to clean the locker-​rooms, bathrooms, etc… however, I think what this gym really needs is some plumbing renovations.
It seems like every time I go into the women’s locker-​room a toilet has overflown which, as you can imagine, means the locker-​room smells, isn’t very clean or useful, and makes you never want to go in there. They also have a problem with roaches and other pests. I mostly workout at night so I always have to deal with them blocking my path, crawling in corners of the locker-​room, etc. Ugh… so gross. The military needs to hire some terminators to keep the pests at bay.
Other than the above aforementioned, this gym gets the job done and I usually get to watch my TV shows with full volume since other gym-​goers are few and far-​between.

Convenient, open 24/​7, essential equipment, plenty of free parking, average sized gym, and empty. What more can you ask for?!
— Treadmills are awesome for interval training
— Free weights are rubberized and range from 10−50lbs
— Not enough free weights to share
— One bench (kinda old; can’t lower/​raise headrest)
— Cables on machines are broken; must hold onto weights so bars/​equipment won’t fall on you when increasing/​decreasing desired weight.(Learned the hard way hehe)
— Entertainment TV’s mounted to walls
— Mirrors are available to check your form
— Water fountain/​beverage machine/​restrooms located right outside the gym room
If the gym doesn’t cut it out for you, there’s a running trail on base, basketball court located right next to the gym, and a small field for soccer/​baseball right next to the court.
This installation is convenient and has everything I need to get a good workout. Why not try it?

this gym has everything! and it’s soo big
i like how when you walk in they have all the state flags hanging on the ceiling.
–weights
–cardio room
–locker rooms
–sauna
–showers
–they even have a small room for kids to work out.
right next to the main gate, tons of parking, and great hours

This cute lil gym is WHUH WHUH WHAAAT…24hrs! Yup, choose any day, any hour and she’ll be ready for you. Has all the essentials. It has weights; bikes; treadmills; ellipticals; machines for your abs, legs, and arms. Plus there’s 6 TVs where you can change the channels GUILT FREE… and there’s only a good handful of peeps going to this gym.