Warrior Recreation Center

Love, love, love this gym and I wish I could keep going even after I graduate.
First things first: the size and facilities of the gym. Now, I’ve seen someone rate the gym low because it «sucks» and is «small» and doesn’t have everything that a rec center «should have.» First of all, there is no standard for what a rec center «should have.» There are YMCA’s and gyms all over the country and each are a different size and has a different availability of machines. The YMCA in Mililani is pretty darn small and though it does have a pool, the facilities dull in comparison to the WRC. Yes the WRC doesn’t have a pool, but so what?
Some restaurants are at least five times smaller than others… does that automatically means the restaurant sucks because it doesn’t have the size a restaurant is «supposed» to have? No. So stop being silly. Rec centers and gyms come in all sizes.
For what it is, this center is great. The equipment is new and when it’s out of order it’s repaired fairly quickly. I’ve been here almost every different day of the week including weekends and it’s never been so busy that I wasn’t eventually able to get on the machines I wanted to. Overall, the facility is clean, the interior is organized and designed very well. It’s modern and to be completely honest, doesn’t have that «school gym» feel at all.
This place beats the facilities we had at Kamehameha when I was in high school and back then, I seriously thought what we had was the bomb. I’m not sure if other high schools had a fitness center you could just go to and workout and take classes at but ours was pretty nice. Compared to that though, the UH WRC is WAAYY better and just… gorgeous!
I do agree with someone else that the staff is a bit uptight, but you have to realize that these are mainly young college kids. Most anything staffed by young college kids or people out of high school is going to be like that. It’s okay. My first job, I was probably like that too until I got cultured to people and realized what customer service is really supposed to be like.
Despite being at least a decade older than most college kids, I still feel pretty comfortable working out here. The atmosphere is one of the major reasons I love this gym. It’s not full of a bunch of super-​buff athletes (I believe they have their own fitness center on lower-​campus). It’s just got a bunch of people and students like you and me.
Lastly, as for classes, I can’t comment on any of the others except for the boxing class. I’ve been learning boxing for about two months now with my own personal trainer, but the class at the WRC blew me out of the water. This guy is super experienced, he fixed my straight and really worked on my cardio. I wish I could go more often.
Oh and a plus for me, as a recreational boxer, they have a set of box-​masters. I wish they had heavy bags but the box-​masters are pretty great to work with.
All-​in-​all I love this gym. I’m going to be really sad when I can’t go anymore because I’m no longer a student but for as long as I’m here, I intend to make good use of it!

Love this gym, the only thing I wish they had longer hours on the weekends.
It’s new, spacious, has permanent lockers to rent for a small fee throughout the semester (if you can get off the waiting list), lockers for free that just need a code, workout classes, cycling classes, surfing classes off campus, etc.
I recently got off of the wait list for a locker and I’m ecstatic. It’s cheap about $ 40 a semester and I think I paid $ 100 for the whole year. You can get the laundry service added for like $ 35 for a year. That’s what I did they give you small bag that you put your clothes in when you’re finished and they wash everything for you, your laundry is done the next day. They also let you chose your locker.
It’s a two story gym facility, on both floors there’s bathrooms, various gym equipment/​machines, water fountains, and lockers. The bottom floor has the showers.
The whole vicinity has air conditioning and staff that are eager to help you. You can rent out a lot of stuff if you don’t have certain things for a small fee that you pay up front.

Other than this place being a beautiful facility with lots of amenities, it’s one of the worst gyms I’ve ever worked out in (I was a personal trainer for two years as
Staff is WAY too uptight. Like chill out with the rules. If they’re legit, reasonable rules, I’d understand. But it’s not, of course.
I only go here because it comes with my tuition and it’s convent for me to workout in between classes.

It’s really small for a college recreation center, but it has a lot of equipment and there’s some variety. No matter which section you exercise at, there is always a staff member or two overseeing the area, refilling the towel baskets (for wiping machines only and not personal use), and willing to assist.
The women’s locker room is spacious, has many available lockers (but you need to have your own lock), has about five shower and bathroom stalls. If you forget to bring a lock, you can use the lockers that are right outside the women’s and men’s locker rooms on all floors. It requires for you to create a four digit code each time you decide to use it. It’s a great location right next to the campus center.
I’m grateful that I am using it only for the summer because I don’t want to imagine going there during the regular academic school year. It’s too small for a university with so many students, faculty and staff. Other than that, it’s an okay recreation center. But, it’s so hot inside once you start working out. The fans don’t help especially since there isn’t much of them.

Huge facility with tons of machines and equipment, but it can get a bit crowded. I enjoy working out here nonetheless, but I’m only giving it 3 stars, because the staff here are probably some of the worst I’ve ever dealt with on campus. Maybe I just have bad luck with the staff, but every time I’ve been here, I always had to say «excuse me» to the staff at the front desk to scan my ID, even though they saw me come in the door and I’m standing right in front of them! If you go here, don’t bother asking the staff any questions either, because they act like it’s such a chore for them to answer/​help out, when, isn’t it their job? Finally, one of the most upsetting thing I experienced here was hearing the staff make fun of some people working out. Maybe it’s because majority/​all of the staff are students, but still, how immature can you get.

It’s a beautiful facility and I like that it’s in campus center. I use it almost daily, and the staff and equipment are generally great. It’s a nice environment to workout in. I enjoy it a lot more than my old gym — 24 Hr Fitness.
Hours:
On weekends, and holidays, it’s typically 9AM — 5:30PM
On weekdays, it’s 5:30 AM — 10:30 PM
Cardio:
The upstairs has an indoor track, but it’s only ¹⁄₁₃ of a mile each lap, so I haven’t tried it yet. There are a bunch of cardio machines: ellipticals, treadmills, treadclimbers, hand bike, rope-​pulling, recumbent bikes, rowing machine, wattbikes, stationary bikes, stairmasters… I like that many of the machines face the large glass walls, so you have a view of the campus outside. Very nice.
Weights:
There are a lot of different machines and weight setups. I am not a hardcore lifter, but do like some of the machines, the dumbbells, and the barbells.
Other:
There are stretching cages, a climbing wall which I’ve never seen in working condition since February (when I joined). There’s a basketball /​volleyball court area where intramural sports seems to happen quite a bit. There’s a room on the ground floor across the basketball court with all kinds of equipment such as TRX straps, and some other machines I’m not familiar with.
Amenities:
There are lockers with digital combination locks for general users of the gym. The locker room has lockers, but I am pretty sure I will never get one since I was #121 when I put my name on the wait-​list. The people who rent lockers can also get laundry and towel service. Lucky ducks! You can «rent» some equipment as well. I say «rent» but it’s actually free with membership to take out jump ropes, cables, foam rollers, mats, etc. I forgot my towel once, and they let me borrow one free, saying you have three times you can borrow one at no charge.
Classes:
There are classes throughout the week such as pilates, spin classes, body bootcamp, boxing, etc. There are also outdoor activity classes but I haven’t tried any of those yet. They had surfing on there, and hiking… they are off-​campus events.

The Recreation center is very clean, which is nice! However you have to have covered shoes on at all times. They don’t like it if you have zippers on your clothes. The staff is nice, well half of them are. They will kick you out if you do not have a towel on you. There was a time a student took my towel and yet I was kicked out of the center for having my own towel stolen :(Every student at Manoa is required to pay a fee for it, and this is probably the only reason why I go to it. They open at 6:00 AM on weekdays!

Everything is extremely convenient and helpful for me. They have a lot of equipment here along with a state of the art facilities and equipment.
It’s air conditioned to keep everyone cool. They provide towels for you to wipe down the equipment if it feels oily (all you need to do is look for those green towels in the cart).
Near the water fountains, there are scales to weigh yourself. There are showers I think too.
If you bring a bag or backpack, you have to put it in a free locker but be sure to remember the locker number and combination!
I tend to work out my legs because I need to build up my leg muscles and deeply enjoy the track system, walk/​jog machine, the different cycles, and the steps machine. Most of the machines monitor your heart rate, the time, amount of miles run, and calories burned.
One of the biggest plus about these machines is that I can watch Food Network while I work out.lol. But be sure to bring head phones or bear with the inaudible sound as you listen or watch the tvs which are hooked on some of the machines.
I couldn’t do any of the heavy lifting equipment because it just hurt too much, but they have an array of equipment to target and build your muscles.
They also offer an array of classes, but I never am able to come during that time to attend those classes.
The gym is free to UH Manoa students that pay their tuition and the athletic fee. Community college students can use it, but need to pay an additional fee.
I totally recommend it because it’s a free and convenient way to work out.

It’s so convenient to work out here. Everything is so new and clean and well kept. Great instructors for classes! Indoor track is cool but not actual track size. Views are nice and every equipment piece is state of the art. Always an open locker and if not, just wait a few minutes. Need shoes and towel to workout. Clean and safe showers and great hours! Good way to meet new people. Beats 24 and the price is to die for.

I’m giving this a 2 star because I came here to train legs for the 1^st time in today. I haven’t been in this get yet.
Out of the 7 QUADRUPLE MILLION cardio machines in this new facility there was not even ONE lying leg curl and seated calves machine.
Until they install at least one of each of these machines into this new gym that the UH community has long-​awaited for, I will not come to this gym on leg days.
I asked one of the workers to confirm this unreal phenomena if they had a lying leg curl machine. He said to me «do you want a free-​weighted or regular leg curl machine?» I wanted to see the «free weighted» leg curl machine because I’ve never heard of one before and he replied «Sorry. We don’t have a free-​weighted curl machine, but I think we have regular leg curl machines.»
I found this remark to be quite rude because you would not mention something to someone that is not available and tell them it’s not available. It’s like a worker at a smoothie bar saying «would you like a strawberry, banana or chocolate smoothie» and the customer wants a strawberry smoothie and the worker says, «I’m sorry we don’t have strawberry.»
All in all, the facility is very nice and clean and hope that they install these machines as soon as possible.

I’m a nerd in engineering, I don’t even lift bro. I am however one of those guys who craze over the runner’s high. This review is privy to a runner’s perspective of how great this gym is.
For the runners of UH, there has been a huge exigency for this new rec center. Since these runners all contended for the mere THREE treadmills in the lower campus fitness center (and I believe five ellipticals?), this rec center is definitely an amazing addition.
I would want to say there’s an average of 8 or so treadmills, in each area! If you divide the rec center into four — the first floor entrance /​weights, the volleyball /​basketball court, the second floor weights, and the track, that’s about a good 30+ treadmills.
And that’s merely treadmills alone; there is probably an equal if not greater amount of ellipticals for those who just want to get the blood flowing, or if they need a rest day (or if they just prefer it!).
Want more cardio equipment? You got it! More than enough cycling machines (a fantastic necessity for runners’ cross training days), several steppers, and a few rowers to mix things up. I personally have never seen any one equipment completely occupied, so that is definitely something you don’t need to worry about.
BUT if for any reason the equipment you were aiming for does happen to run out! There’s the convenient aforementioned track just for you! This way no matter how busy the gym gets, there’s really no excuse for you to not get your workout in. It’s a great social option as well. And of course a track is always nice to get the real running experience a treadmill could never provide.
Oh, and the greatest thing? Treadmills can become boring, but not with these that provide full on cable TV service! Several times that has gotten me to run longer than I planned, sometimes even an hour instead of half an hour. Again as a nerdy engineer, I can’t resist turning on the TV while running and watching fellow nerds on Big Bang Theory, haha. If you’re not into watching television, attaching your iPod while appreciating the view from the second floor is pretty fantastic in itself.
As for non-​cardio related perquisites, don’t forget the free lockers and showers. As runners, we’ve been in desperate need of shower rooms (arguably more so than for weights), which lower campus never did provide. There’s a good amount of lockers as well — it’s all electronic so you don’t need your own lock — but at peak times they do tend to run out. If you wait a few minutes though, someone will eventually leave and empty out their locker for you to use. And I believe you can sign up for a locker in the locker room (which you do need your own lock for) for a price, but I’ve been hearing that they’ve already run out, I’m not entirely sure. A few more lockers would probably be my only complaint about here.
Enough reading. Grab a towel (required, so don’t forget!) and start running!
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PS: If you’re not a runner, let me just say this. Girls tend to do more cardio than weights. And as an engineer, I can completely appreciate that bahaha. Have fun!

It took forever for the state/​UH to build this facility, but it’s now open and it’s a HUGE improvement to what was available to students and staff previously.
The check-​in desk can get a little crazy during peak times, since it’s run by students and everything is new, but I’m sure with time it’ll run a lot smoother.
This rec center has it all — indoor track (walk/​run counter clockwise or get scolding like how I did), cardio machines, free weights, weight machines, group exercise rooms, and an open basketball/​volleyball court.
Group fitness classes are available for free for students and faculty/​staff with memberships: spin, powerplates, boxmaster, TRX, circuit training, and more.
There are day use lockers both outside of the locker rooms (you do not need a lock to use these) and a few inside the locker room (you need to bring a lock to use these). You can also rent a locker for $ 75 per year. I’m surprised at how small the locker rooms are, and how few lockers there are. UH is hovering at 55,000 student enrollment plus over 14,000 employees. That’s a lot of potential users of this facility, and while not everyone will use the facility or its showers/​lockers, I think based on those numbers alone, they should have put in more lockers. The fact that they have already sold out of lockers on the Mens’ side proves my point.
Towel and laundry service are available for an additional fee.
The price you pay depends on your classification. For UH Manoa students, it’s free. Faculty/​staff, UH Foundation employees and RCUH employees pay $ 240 per year. There are also daily, weekly, monthly, and 6 month rates. I believe UH alumni who graduated 2008 or later are also eligible to purchase memberships at $ 300 per year, since they had to pay the Campus Center Operations and Rec fee. But I guess if you attended UH during those years and paid the fee, but didn’t graduate, you don’t qualify.
Although I now have to pay to use the gym (before we got to use the old fitness center on lower campus for free), it’s ok, because I’m sure this gym needs the revenue for upkeep and maintenance costs. Generally speaking, government always builds new buildings, but they always have a hard time maintaining them.
Now if only their fitness center for their D1 Collegiate athletes could be this good.

The newly opened gym at Manoa is conveniently located right next to campus center. It looks huge on the inside! Everything is green. I felt like i was in a Dr. Seuss story. Most of the staff are students that are part of the recreation services organization.
The gym is separated into two large areas, a cardio area, which includes a two courts seperated by a large GREEN divider. There is an indoor track on the upper floor that one of the staff told me is approximately ¹⁄₁₃^th of a mile, which means you only need to run around it 13 times to make a mile! The track itself is surrounded by treadmills, ellipticals, and some weights. There is a huge stationary bike room in the corner. There are glass windows on the second floor the gym so you can gaze out at the beautiful campus center, and stare out at the long Starbucks line while you do cardio exercises.
The other half of the gym mainly consist of all new resistance machines and equipment, All of the equipment is U. H themed as can be noticed by the dark green 45lb plates.
The gym hours are Mondays through Fridays, 5:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays, 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Students get free entry with their I. D as long as they are good financial standing. Faculty and staff can purchase a membership for $ 240. Starting the 11^th there is a two week trial period for I. D holders to figure out if they wish to continue using the facility.
The staff was really nice and accommodating, I wasn’t there for the opening ceremony, but i was around the campus this weekend. I didn’t have my I. D but they allowed me to tour the facility and snap some shots! It was really empty today when i went, but i don’t think its going to be like that for long.
Glad there is finally a new gym on campus, excited to get in shape!