The BAR Performance Gym
The BAR Performance Gym is a boxing gym located in Johnston, Iowa. Specializing in Fitness Boxing. Rated 4.8 out of 5 by community members.
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We were in town for work. Stopped by The BAR Performance Gym and Jeremy greeted us and showed us around. This gym is equipped with everything, highly recommend!
The gym itself has just about whatever you could want to increase or maintain your physical fitness with 24 hour access included with membership, with access to multiple personal trainers if needed, a budding recovery area, and many apparatus specifically for strong man training. However, what differentiates this gym from all others is the owner Jeremy. He has manifested a gym experience out of his own personal fitness passion and focus on strength training. He is at the gym every weekday (and can likely throughout the weekend) where he can be found greeting people by name, helping those that need it, socializing with those who are interested, and making genuine connections. He offers personal training at different levels of engagement from providing personalized workouts to be completed on your own, group workouts, one on one sessions, and nutritional guidance. What makes Jeremy standout as a personal trainer is his vast and deep understanding of the muscular framework. This expertise shines as he provides sound advice for both movement adjustments as well as mental focus techniques to help target appropriate muscles and reduce reliance on tertiary ones.
Great atmosphere, awesome demographic. Gym feels like family - Jeremy does a great job training his athletes and clients. It's really nice to see some young athletes really getting after it. Great gym if you're into strength sports, bodybuilding, or just overall getting into shape. If you're in the DSM area and without a gym, be sure to swing by and give this place a look!
By far the best and most welcoming gym I have ever been a member of. Jeremy and all of the other trainers are very knowledgeable and do everything they can to help you move toward your goals. I was a member for over 5 years training with Jeremy. He helped me to build up my strength and confidence. With his help and programming I was able to set state, national and world records in powerlifting. The atmosphere at the gym is very welcoming. I always looked forward to my training sessions even if I knew it was going to be very hard. The only reason I am still not training there is due to moving away.
This is a great gym that has the equipment to cater to whatever type of lifting or fitness you are after from general health to serious power lifting to strongman training. They even have day passes for those traveling through or simply wanting to perfect something, which is how we started before we became members. Finally - the owner has been always uber helpful and responsive to any questions.