Hanson Fitness and Lifestyle Centre

Positive experience: Affordable gym for alumni and the community. Friendly vibe amongst members.

Positive experience: please stop buying precor brand machines

Positive experience: The gym isn't too bad but the problem is that they only allow small bags in the gym, nothing in a medium size. Large backpacks won't be acceptable which I can understand. I didnt know that I wasn't allowed to bring a bag into the gym... but the bag wasn't very big at all nor did it take up a ton of space ...

Negative experience: The gym is always crazy busy. It should be twice as large in space and equipment to accommodate everyone.

Fantastic experience: Great workout place!! All equipments

Fantastic experience: Wicked gym! Lots of equipment and lots to do.

Negative experience: My god, more crowded than a termite's nest. It's the size of a small commercial gym and they huddled everything together. Size wise, this is genuinely the type of facility you'd expect from a small college or in a third world country. Absolutely not appropriate for a university of 60000+ people (counting staff and students). If you go to an American college or even high school you're gonna find actual world class athletic facilities at places HALF or even a QUARTER the size of this university. If you're gonna have something so bad at least make the fees for it optional. And the worst thing is that they wanna charge students $60/month (membership for an actually good gym AND another sport/activity) for the spring/summer . Word of advice, find yourself a good gym nearby such and go there instead.

Fantastic experience: can be really busy during certain hours but otherwise it's great. not sure about how much prices vary compared to other gyms but it seems better given the perks you get for the price.

Negative experience: don’t let you bring a bag force u to walk around carrying all ur equipment like a g00ber

Positive experience: Mediocre gym with a good selection of equipment, albeit rushed at times. 3 stars since some of the equipment tends to be broken without being repaired for weeks to months on end. Friendly staff.

Fantastic experience: Full of youthful enthusiasm and welcoming staff.

Fantastic experience: Love this place, definitely you will ❤️

Fantastic experience: Top-notch gym and fitness facility. Members know how to re-rack their weights. Large, clean space with every bit of strength training equipment you could ask for.

Positive experience: The gym is clean and has excellent equipment and a number of free weights. It opens at 6:00 and gets quite packed because it serves students so it’s better to go early to avoid the crowd. There are a lot of lockers and showers for use.

Fantastic experience: Love the opening hours, equipment is great. Change rooms are great and clean, same for showers.

Fantastic experience: It gets busy, so come early if you still wanna use some equipment. Tons of showers available as well as lockers too.

Fantastic experience: Love the opening hours, equipment is great. Change rooms are great and clean, same for showers.

Fantastic experience: Excellent facility for students to work out

Fantastic experience: Clean, safety and excellently equipped

Fantastic experience: Great for students, make sure u come here after your classes

Fantastic experience: Excellent equipment and wide range of free weights. Lots of treadmills, rowing machines and stationary bikes for cardio. Most mats and rollers have been removed because of COVID but you can bring your own.

Fantastic experience: Very nice workout area with many new machines and equipment.

Fantastic experience: Clean, safety and excellently equipped

Fantastic experience: Very clean.

Negative experience: Don’t come here unless you are affiliated with uofa. They won’t let you work out.

Positive experience: Spacious AF. No complaints there. If you don't like crowds then avoid mid day hours.

Negative experience: Very busy. The platform area is filled with filthy powerlifters who slam down weights that aren't even that heavy cause they're pathetic. The 2 stars go entirely to a diverse set of equipment to do what you want with including some behind the counter if you can't find it. Come midday (12ish) or late evening (8ish) if you don't want to wait around too much for everything.

Positive experience: Really nice gym. Equipment is new, clean, and professional. However, it's just not big enough. This gym is packed at almost all hours. Keep in mind 35,000 students are sharing this space (plus 8,000 staff) on North Campus alone. There doesn't seem to be a time in the day except VERY early or VERY late that you are not waiting for a bench, squat rack, etc. U of A should be investing in a larger space, or multiple spaces around campus.

Fantastic experience: I would say this is one of the best public gyms out in the University area. It does have a lot of equipments.

Fantastic experience: Best gym in the city. Massive 2 floors with powerlifting stations, TREX and tons of weights. Clean, good staff and no muscleheads.

Fantastic experience: great place for workout. The trainer was nice with us . The environment was cool . The fees was ok as per training.

Fantastic experience: I always workout here. It's a nice gym. Has everything I need equipment wise.

Fantastic experience: Very clean.

Fantastic experience: Great facility! Located at a convenient spot, perfect for those driving or taking the public transit.

Fantastic experience: Best gym ever. I hope every gym out there where like this one. They have it all and you can find machines available always.

Positive experience: Crowded but vast facility

Positive experience: Nice selection of equipment to use, but during peak times need to wait for equipment to be available

Positive experience: Great place to workout with plenty of equipment and nice and friendly staff. Only downside is that it is a very busy gym and it's nearly impossible to workout during the busy times.

Positive experience: This gym has most of the equipment you need to complete a thorough workout. If you're a University student the cost is usually covered and its typically inexpensive otherwise. The problem is the gym itself is kind of unorganized and can be very crowded during peak times. Also, the locker rooms have been under construction forever.

Fantastic experience: The Hanson Fitness and Lifestyle Centre is fairly new, opening in November 2014. I actually took the opportunity to go to the gym in its early stages, and since them it has undergone some fine-tuning to put the equipment in more appropriate areas. While this gym a plethora of equipment, it’s generally still pretty crowded given that the University has nearly 40,000 students attending it, but that's not really in their control.

Fantastic experience: I really love this place. It is like all at one place. You can practice many sports here and, in my opinion, it's very cheap (I'm taking as a student I don't know how it is for others) the stuff is very friendly, and they are always willing to help. I mostly use the Hanson Fitness Center but I have seen that they have remodeled the climbing Center.

Fantastic experience: Good gym. All kinds of exercise.

Fantastic experience: superb place for workout. The equipment are good. The people are very nice with each other the environment is friendly. Overall must recommended place if anybody wants

Fantastic experience: Great facilities.

Fantastic experience: Good machines for cardio. Only 30 minutes per machine but you can do more if people are not waiting already.

Fantastic experience: Clean and modern gym. Good place to workout for students.

Fantastic experience: Very well equipped gym with plenty of duplicate machines so wait times are little to non-existent. Also pictures are not allowed without approval.

Fantastic experience: One of the best gyms in Edmonton! Has great drop in classes and weight selection.

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Fantastic experience: Very complete gym

Fantastic experience: As a uofa student, the gym is the best you can ask for.

Positive experience: Well equipped facility for most activities

Positive experience: Overall a good gym. Spin bikes are old. No rpm monitors. Gym etiquette is not enforced.

Positive experience: University's own fitness center, convenient but can be crowded in the afternoon

Negative experience: Things constantly break down in this center, whether it be running machines, cable grips or the onecard machines that you need to get through to enter the fitness area/locker rooms. It is very crowded with students from September to April, unless you come here before 9 a.m. Some of the staff members are also extremely rude and unpleasant to talk to. Would only recommend if you are a U of A student and can't afford membership anywhere else.

Fantastic experience: I really love this place. It is like all at one place. You can practice many sports here and, in my opinion, it's very cheap (I'm taking as a student I don't know how it is for others) the stuff is very friendly, and they are always willing to help. I mostly use the Hanson Fitness Center but I have seen that they have remodeled the climbing Center.

Negative experience: Constantly packed to unbelievable levels. There never seems to be a time of day where there isn't a line for a bench or power rack. For some reason, you need to bring your card with you into the actual gym itself (you cant leave it in the locker) which means you are carrying your keys or wallet with you in the gym. Parking also costs $6 every time you want to go there, unless you take public transit. I'm giving two stars because the equipment is really nice.

Fantastic experience: Well equipped, clean and neat

Fantastic experience: Clean and lots of equipment. I lovebhowbthey don't blast music and let everyone listen to their own headphones

Fantastic experience: Great gym with lots of new equipment. The staff are helpful and friendly. This is a university gym, and as such, the busy times are around lunch hour and after class (or work). I've had no more issues finding free equipment than at any other gym. If you're machine/rack is being used, try one of the other many pieces of equipment. Get creative and stop your complaining.

Fantastic experience: Busy in the evening but mornings are great

Fantastic experience: Good gym but pretty busy during the school year

Positive experience: Its not great for parking

Positive experience: New renovated gym.

Positive experience: Incredibly busy between 12pm and 7pm. Never had to wait in line for a squat rack before this gym

Positive experience: facility services is extremely rude. But the staff within the centre are pretty friendly.