University Recreation and Wellness Center

Ive never seen such a big gym that looks so modern have such terrible equipment. They manage to have a place to buy a shake but can’t have 60 pound dumbbells or a calf raise machine. Update the gym or don’t include the gym as a part of the tuition you charge students. Pathetic.

5 months ago

Incredible gym, lots of machines, running track, programs for group fitness and so on. Attached pool and saunas. Would be 5 stars if they maintained the machines throughout the year, but as of January only about 85 percent of machines are functional.

a month ago

4 Levels of space and equipment. You can walk/run on the indoor track on level 3. New construction with an indoor connection to the older University Gym and swimming complex.

6 years ago

Generally I enjoyed the gym and was a good sport about them having less than adequate facilities for those who like to practice punching and kicking. The photo attached to this review is the current status for the last 120 day of one of the two bags they hold in their facility. I would expect this place to be more accommodating by replacing clearly broken equipment, given the revenue they pull in each year from tuition payments and sponsored events. To show pride in their maintenance, enough so to replace these bags. Bags to begin with that are generally not meant for commercial use and their place in a frequently visited gym is confusing and disappointing. The staff make a icy impression as well. They take it upon themselves to act as chaparones to adults and moderate the volunteered activity as though college students, adults, had no ability themselves to determine what behavior is appropriate in this space. They go about it in such a manner that I feel like I'm 10 years old at recess again. I figured making it to collegiate level of education I could manage my own body and the activities I engage in as long as it respected others. Being easily into my 20's, closer to 30 than others expect, I never thought or needed supervision from youth that have little to no experience in what true accountability is. Who facilitate the idea that all bodies require policing even when not harming others. Thank you for reading. 2/17 It has been less than a week since my last edit and I am doing this because the lack of adequate and safe equipment has lead to the inevitable. Today while I was using the only punching bag that was left, as they did take down the other horribly broken bag. A student was injured. The bag was broken with sand slowly spilling out and no one noticed till that student slipped and fell. This is exactly what happens when there is no consideration in the type of equipment that is necessary for a frequently visited gym and the equipment they do have does not get fixed or replaced quickly. This bag was also another one that was light weight and not suitable for the amount of people that use it on a daily basis clearly. For the amount of money being put into this location, I can only expect that the students and other paying members deserve better working equipment and if they really care, more equipment. To have more equipment so that bags and other punching and kicking equipment isn't easily broken because there isn't a concentrated mass on one piece of equipment. Then when one piece of equipment finally needs to get replaced due to wear and tear it doesn't completely limit what patrons can do making it a small inconvenience instead of completely impacting their fitness plans. To include with the need for more equipment it also would be safer for everyone clearly after what happened. Once again thank you for reading.

6 years ago

I accidentally left my own barbell pad at this gym and realized as soon as I got home 15 minutes later. I called as soon as I got home to ask if they could look for it. They told me that they would not look for it and I would have to wait until they received it in the lost and found. Really? I am forced to pay for the gym every semester and they can’t do the bare minimum to protect students’ items? No other gym would act like this except for a gym that people are forced to pay for. I got them to agree to look for it after complaining. They told me to call back shortly and, when I did, they said that it wasn’t there. I also find that hard to believe that a barbell pad would be stolen within 15 minutes which is something they also said was unlikely. I don’t think they want to put in any effort.

a year ago