Wichita Falls Athletic Club

Review №1

Rating: 5

Theres no other place to go to get stronger! The coaches here are absolutely the best in the world. If youre not squatting every workout, youre not doing The Program. Learn from the best to become harder to kill.

Date: 7 months ago

Review №2

Rating: 5

The coaching is top-tier level. Lifts I thought I knew well have been upgraded. Worth the visit.

Date: 8 months ago

Review №3

Rating: 5

Date: 10 months ago

Review №4

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №5

Rating: 1

Date: a year ago

Review №6

Rating: 5

Just finished the first month of the Novice Progression program. Rusty did an outstanding job as my trainer. He is organized, knowledgable of his program and detailed about form and technique. I had outstanding results in my gains and MUCH improvement in my technique! When I started, I had dealt with knee pain and persistant pain in my left shoulder for the last year. Today was the first time I squatted without knee wraps and the pain that was in my shoulder is basically gone! I highly recommend the Starting Strength Program and highly recommend Rusty as a trainer. Due to the results, I have upped for another (4) weeks of training!

Date: a year ago

Review №7

Rating: 5

Attended seminar in February 2023. Competent and patient staff and instructors. Facility was clean and well organized. Would highly recommend for students of weightlifting and strength training of all ages sizes and demographics.

Date: a year ago

Review №8

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №9

Rating: 4

Date: 2 years ago

Review №10

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №11

Rating: 5

Only one word best describes this place Iconic Spent 30 minute touring inside. This will indeed get etched into my travel log book. This what inspired me to start my strength journey.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №12

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №13

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №14

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №15

Rating: 5

The OG starting strength gym!

Date: 2 years ago

Review №16

Rating: 5

Iconic gym for fans of Starting Strength. The gym itself is a no-frills, basic barbell gym for those who understand the importance of strength training. They have at least 10 squat racks and Olympic platforms. Best coaching you will receive in the entire world. Come here to get strong!

Date: 3 years ago

Review №17

Rating: 5

Date: 3 years ago

Review №18

Rating: 5

Date: 3 years ago

Review №19

Rating: 5

Best gym around, but only if your interested in getting stronger.

Date: 3 years ago

Review №20

Rating: 5

Every strength coach needs to visit here atleast one time.

Date: 3 years ago

Review №21

Rating: 5

This place is the best! The staff are welcoming and the supportive..its all around just an awesome place!!

Date: 3 years ago

Review №22

Rating: 5

Date: 3 years ago

Review №23

Rating: 5

They teach lifting the right way.

Date: 3 years ago

Review №24

Rating: 5

Date: 3 years ago

Review №25

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №26

Rating: 5

Got kicked out for high bar squatting

Date: 4 years ago

Review №27

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №28

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №29

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №30

Rating: 5

The best strength training facility within a hundred fifty miles Wichita Falls!

Date: 4 years ago

Review №31

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №32

Rating: 5

Date: 5 years ago

Review №33

Rating: 5

The place to go to learn how to properly lean on things.

Date: 5 years ago

Review №34

Rating: 5

Date: 5 years ago

Review №35

Rating: 4

Date: 5 years ago

Review №36

Rating: 5

Date: 5 years ago

Review №37

Rating: 3

Date: 5 years ago

Review №38

Rating: 5

Date: 5 years ago

Review №39

Rating: 5

Best trainers in wichita especially Bobby Campbell!!!

Date: 6 years ago

Review №40

Rating: 5

I drove out here from the Dallas area while on a work trip to do a training session at Rips home gym. The training session was excellent - I picked up a bunch of form adjustments that have been extremely helpful. This place is awesome. Some people call their gym the iron temple - I say skip the temple for a day and find your way to Valhalla! Witcheta Falls Athletic Club does not disappoint.

Date: 6 years ago

Review №41

Rating: 5

Date: 6 years ago

Review №42

Rating: 5

Date: 6 years ago

Review №43

Rating: 5

I want to thank Rip and all his trainers for first of all helping me to overcome so much muscle and joint trauma after I had a serious car wreck many years ago. Rip emphasizes doing all the exercises correctly, and yes, there is an emphasis on adding weight to each exercise week after week. There is a certain point at which each person reaches his or her limit on adding weight. At that point, the trainers introduce other exercises or other types of sets (lower weight, faster reps is one such option). There are other ways to gain strength, but I firmly believe the approach of this gym, over a long period of time, achieves a better level of strength AND fitness. I have certainly benefited from being a regular at this gym.

Date: 6 years ago

Review №44

Rating: 5

Date: 6 years ago

Review №45

Rating: 5

Date: 6 years ago

Review №46

Rating: 5

Went here for a meet in April 2017 and was very impressed with the atmosphere. However, you can definitely tell that this is not a place you want to go if youre looking for fitness, only strength. I agree though that between it and Westside Barbell, its one of the best in the world.

Date: 6 years ago

Review №47

Rating: 5

The best gym to learn and train! Great people and professionals.

Date: 7 years ago

Review №48

Rating: 5

I was in town on business, and decided to stop in. I went up to someone who looked like they worked there, and said Hello my good man, Id like one fitness, please. He stared at me for a second, and then started angrily lecturing me about something called Rip. I felt uncomfortable, so I ran away and hid behind a stack of iron barbell plates, until I felt certain that man had gone away. I did my stretches, and started doing sets of 25 Sea Lions (stand on a Pilates ball, balancing a 5lbs kettlebell on your nose, clapping your hands, while barking like a seal). I must have been on my 5th set, when a large man in his early 60s burst through the wall like the Kool-Aid Man, clutching a gallon of milk each hand. He demanded to know just what the hell I was doing, and why the hell I was doing it in his gym. This, it turns out, was the owner: a burly, gruff man named Rip. I explained to him that I was doing Sea Lions, and how they are outstanding at breaking up lactic acid between the muscle fibers, and just SLAY my quads! He didnt appreciate how boss my quads looked in my male yoga pants. He also didnt seem to have any patience for my explanation, so I whipped out my CCFT level 2 certificate, so he knew just who he was dealing with. He stared at my cross fit certificate with such emnity, that it literally burst into flames in my hand! I said Look here, Mr. Rip, that certificate cost me $100, and I had to use my own printer and paper to print it out!. He grabbed me, slung me over his back in what he referred to as the low bar position, and used something he called hip drive to unceremoniously squat me like a barbell. At this point, I was starting to get the feeling I wasnt welcome here, and tried unsuccessfully to squirm my way out of his strong grip. Congratulations, he said to me, youre now one of the 5 basic lifts, as he dipped me slightly below parallel. Mr. Rip, dont do that!, I yelled. Had enough, have you?, he asked. No, youll hurt your knees doing that!, I cried. He put me down, and he started shaking his head, muttering something about stupidity. I must have gotten through to him. Ill be back again, next time Im in town, and try to explain why deadlifting is bad, unless it is in a hex bar.

Date: 7 years ago

Review №49

Rating: 5

The best place in the ENTIRE WORLD to get STRONG!

Date: 7 years ago

Review №50

Rating: 5

Date: 7 years ago

Review №51

Rating: 5

Rippetoe is king.

Date: 7 years ago

Review №52

Rating: 5

Strength-trading regardless of age!

Date: 7 years ago

Review №53

Rating: 5

Date: 7 years ago

Review №54

Rating: 5

Never been there. 5 stars.

Date: 7 years ago

Review №55

Rating: 1

The trainers here know squat all. I overheard them talking about how exercise is what the uninformed do, and that they do training. The elite-ness was off-putting. When I discussed with one of them the concept of varying exercises to maximise muscles confusion, I got put down. Talk about not understanding modern exercise literature... When I came to doing my overhead squats, an old guy in the corner began perv-ing and I overheard him talk about my heeyip-drahve to one of the trainers. He even got that trainer to come tell me to emphasize my butt movement. What a lecher. And he was doing this sleazy hang-lean at the corner squat rack while he perv-ed. Cant you at least leave the rack for other people who actually want to squat? The practices there are borderline dangerous. Increasing the weight everytime you exercise? That way deadlifts are going to bust your back, squats will kill your knees, and pressing will stuff your shoulders. Also, the amount of protein that a trainer tried to advise me to consume was ludicrous. I think I prefer to keep my kidneys, thank you.

Date: 7 years ago

Review №56

Rating: 1

Looked at me like I didnt belong there. Took my green elsewhere.

Date: 8 years ago

Review №57

Rating: 5

good place to workout at

Date: 9 years ago

Review №58

Rating: 5

This aint the gym for pu$$ies. Aint no mirrors, lotions, machines, juice bars, zumba classes and other such nonsense. What there is, is plenty of chalk, weights, bars and proper lifting knowledge the only downside is that it does have that gym funk smell like a well-used jock strap. youll get strong though if you lift there

Date: 10 years ago

Review №59

Rating: 5

this gym smells like testosterone and protein farts.

Date: 10 years ago

Review №60

Rating: 1

So much for an athletic club. The owner is a smelly old fart that all of his followers call Rip, the Squat King; on that note, I think the other members are insane because inbetween sets they take off their shirts, smear chalk under their eyes, and hang from the rafters screaming GO MAD, GO MAD, GO MAD- I dont have the slightest clue what that meant. Anyway, on my particular visit, I was minding my business trying to do some kipping pullups and abdomen blasting functional training while balancing on a foam roller, when the self-proclaimed Squat King came up to me and demanded that I demonstrate a proper squat. I made sure to squat just above parallel so that my knees didnt get injured and I came back up. Instantly, the Go-mad maniacs started chanting, TUBOW, TUBOW, TUBOW!. At this point, I grabbed my foam roller and darted for the nearest exit. Just before getting to the door, I tripped over this long, slender, metal contraption they called a barbell. As I landed hard on my stomach, I could feel the Squat King place his strong hands on my lumbar spine, and press down gently. He kneeled down close to my ear and whispered, ...Superman. At this point, I felt a mixture of feelings; something like a sensual arousal of my sexulatory system, and a bit of humiliation. I stood to my feet and the minions surrounded me, clenching their gallons of milk. I took a big breath and quietly said, I just want big arms, how many sets should I do...?. The Squat King hip-drove my head into the Bill Starr shrine behind me and held my throat with a tight grip; I could tell he didnt use straps on his deadlift and/or strap-ons in the bedroom. Long story short, Im going back to the club tomorrow for help cleaning and jerking and my wife is going to get her snatch touched up.

Date: 10 years ago

Review №61

Rating: 1

I tried squatting here, and I swear to God, it was like something out of the new mad max movie. Apparently I wasnt squatting to correct depth or form. Flipping Bane shows up next to me, with a cattle prod, and jabbed me with the thing, until I dropped to below parallel. He then speaks When you squat below parallel, then you have my permission to rise. You think his voice sounds disturbing in the movie, it was a whole other thing hearing it through muscle spasms while 5000 volts is zapping through you.

Date: 10 years ago

Review №62

Rating: 1

Marginal at best. Due to an aromatherapy treatment I was running late. Much to my chagrin once arriving I realized they did not offer the same amenities as other fitness spots: no pizza, no bagels, juice bar . .nothing. Ugghh - - to say this place was a bit behind is an understatement: Chicagos 25 or 6 to 4 on a constant loop? Dont get me started on the smells. Nevertheless here is an inventory: Hot Yoga -NONE, Free Flexor - NONE, Not even a Vibraslim Euro-Plate? I asked about the workout of the day and was told to %$% my own #&@* and to be sure to use proper form What did the place have? Funk. I am currently on a treatment with my infectious disease specialist due to a rare staphylococcus infection I picked up that has resulted in a third of my ear being removed and am awaiting results on an Ebola test. With places of business like this - Wichita Falls deserves a damn drought. . . Shout out to the bearded wonder - Nevada Nick D. in the place to be.....

Date: 10 years ago

Review №63

Rating: 5

This gym lacks many of the things I need to do functional fitness. I could not find any bosu balls so I couldnt do my squats, and there werent enough mirrors either. It has no juice bar or sauna and they dont offer free pizza like the gym in my home town. People make loud noises with the weights too. I think they should install some kind of alarm that could go off if people are too loud. Also, my tricep kickbacks were disturbed because the gravity in the gym was pulling too much to the left.

Date: 10 years ago

Review №64

Rating: 2

No real cardio equipment. weights dont have a proper coating. No smith machine... This gym is very poorly equipped.

Date: 11 years ago