University of Calgary Active Living

Fantastic experience: Great place to play sports, clean facility

Fantastic experience: Amazing staff

Fantastic experience: Amazing facility, helpful staff.

Fantastic experience: World class facilities

Fantastic experience: Honestly so wonderful. Andrew and Kayla are the most warm people I’ve ever encountered at a gym. I dropped my headphone in the StairMaster and thought it was gone forever. When I asked the front desk, Kayla willingly grabbed a screwdriver and sought to open the machine. Andrew helped out and his body was halfway into the machine when he saw my AirPod. Best people ever, so nice throughout the whole encounter and did not complain or show any feeling of irritation. These baddies were doing the absolute most. Thanks so much!

Fantastic experience: I play badminton in here.

Fantastic experience: Lots of stuffs to play Well equipped gym Racquet center with numerous room Good but not the best pool

Fantastic experience: What a great program. My wife and I took the Beginners X-Country ski lessons as it has been so many years since we last skied X-country (me over 20 years, when boots were leater and lace up) at Pocaterra Hut in Kananaskis. Amazing setting, great group of people and Neil was an awesome instructor. Patient and knowledgeable, we have the confidence to get out there and enjoy this sport. Can't wait to take the kayak lessons and other offerings. Super program.

Fantastic experience: nice facility, good equipment and usually not too busy. friendly staff and overall friendly environment. its s little on the smaller side for a gym, but they have a lot of equipment in the gym. theres also an upstairs area with a running track and more machines, which is nice because it helps with crowding. good gym!

Fantastic experience: Ren/Wren (not sure how to spell your name I’m sorry) at the front desk is super polite, helpful, competent, and knowledgeable. It’s quite rare to find staff like that at this facility. Always a pleasure working out here because of people like Ren.

Fantastic experience: Great place to workout.

Positive experience: For the price the facilities are amazing. My two irritations are an extreme lack of lockers and the fact that they cost a quarter per key turn which is annoying if you ever need to return to grab something. I am confident the corporate institution of UofC could afford pay lockers that have timers on them. My other complaint is lack of cleaning in the bathrooms. I've never seen anyone cleaning them and feel they could use a bit more effort there given the volume of traffic moving through the place. Oh, I also wish the benches in the bathrooms were wider. They're way to narrow to put stuff on. Odd complaint, but super annoying. As far as how busy it is, yeah, it is busy, but it is a student center. It's great to see this many students committed to staying healthy.

Fantastic experience: Our family have used u of c active living facilities and taken multiple classes over the past 5 years. We have always had wonderful experience and are amazed by how involved and caring the staff are.

Fantastic experience: Excellent stationary bicycles

Fantastic experience: Client services have always been fantastic and the facilities are great!

Fantastic experience: Most friendly staff of any medical center I've been to.

Fantastic experience: This review is for the gym specifically - and the gym is fantastic. It’s the best gym I have been to for novices looking to get into this whole exercise thing all the way through to serious powerlifters, bodybuilders, and other athletes honing their skills. The equipment is always in good condition and they have tons of squat racks, benches, and Olympic platforms. There are normal rubberized plates for bench press and squats and actual Olympic style rubberized plates for lifts that will end up hitting the floor. There are a ton of free weights (including dumbbells up to 120lbs) and machines for those who are so inclined. There are a few sets of bars, including some really good ones. There are a lot of very knowledgeable lifters here and you will have the opportunity to learn a lot from those around you. There’s also ellipticals and treadmills and a track if you’re into that I guess. The staff is very strict about wearing shoes but lenient about dropping weights (which is great for Olympic lifters and heavy deadlifters).

Fantastic experience: Great facilities

Positive experience: Usually very crowded with students during peak hours. This school gym has a large area of free weights, machines, and a running track on the upper floor. All the equipment are well maintained and relatively new. Although busy for most of the day, you can avoid the crowds by going in the morning to get a good workout in.

Fantastic experience: Tons of equipment but always busy.

Fantastic experience: Played volleyball intramural here, great experience