Western Student Recreation Centre

Expérience fantastique: Fun place to hang with friends and great to workout

Expérience négative: Seems really dirty this year

Expérience fantastique: Big gym with lots of machines. Gets really busy though

Expérience fantastique: It's an incredible facility, wish I could enroll my kids to use it!

Expérience négative: People at front desk suck

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Expérience fantastique: go at 6:30am

Expérience positive: Love going to swim practice there but hate that it’s always super freezing. It’s also sometimes foggy in the water. The lane ropes also always break off.

Expérience fantastique: Nice big place. Lots of different sports going on.

Expérience fantastique: very good, very nice

Expérience positive: Peak hours suck

Expérience positive: Please do not play that Dr. Pimple Popper show on the TVs, I felt like I was going to throw up.

Expérience positive: Some equipment is old. Very big facility. Does get busy very quickly

Expérience négative: Feels like no ac, always crowded, small gym for a big university

Expérience négative: Very rude front desk service, Denielle was Just not helpful. She did not abide by and was not knowledgeable about website policy. No superiors on site on weekend to assist with customer service. Used to be student here, but as a non student they treat you very poorly, and disrespectful.

Expérience fantastique: Wonderful staff and workout machines

Expérience fantastique: good

Expérience négative: terrible hours. Absolutely brutal! This is terrible, ref.

Expérience fantastique: Was at the OUA swimming meet, and it was wonderful to see the students complete. I found the acoustics very poor and couldn't hear the announcer well at all. Great facility

Expérience positive: Nice venue

Expérience positive: The gym itself is very crowded but the pool is great. Never too full. The gym has everything you need and if you got on off hours it's not too packed. Overall it's a good gym and it's hours are pretty good

Expérience fantastique: There's an incredible 50m swimming pool and also other amenities as well. If you want to stay healthy while studying at western this is the place.

Expérience fantastique: Kids swimming there

Expérience positive: Good but the weight room is too small compared to the university size.

Expérience positive: Great gym, way too many people

Expérience positive: The gym/ rec center are modern and clean. Weekly Sunday morning hockey from October through April. The dressing rooms are always clean with serviceable showers. The rooms are older without many updates but serve the purpose. The running track rings the ice rink. The ice is alright, not the best ice but I have skates on far worse.

Expérience fantastique: TL;DR: great gym, especially for powerlifters The gym's compact and rugged which I personally like, but I understand that it isn't for everyone. Plenty of squat racks but the safety guards don't go low enough for something like a rack pull. There's no dedicated weightlifting platforms (at least to my knowledge, there might be outside the main gym), but most people just deadlift in the racks since there's so many to go around. Very busy at peak hours but if you go early it's not that bad. Lack of machine quantity but you get good quality (the hack squat machine is especially nice) and the amount of free weights make up for it. All in all a great gym if you're serious about getting stronger.

Expérience fantastique: The students at Western have a great facility for workouts and to stay healthy. All three courts were well-maintained for the Purple and White Sr. Girls High School basketball tournament this weekend.

Expérience fantastique: very good

Expérience fantastique: Clean and modern facilities

Expérience fantastique: Helpful staff

Expérience fantastique: Helpful staff

Expérience fantastique: Helpful staff

Expérience fantastique: Clean and modern facilities

Expérience fantastique: Good for students, alumni and public

Expérience fantastique: Well maintained and a great place to workout!

Expérience fantastique: Well maintained and a great place to workout!

Expérience fantastique: Awesome people and equipment!

Expérience négative: Too crowded. Equipment is very disorganized

Expérience fantastique: Great staff and facility.

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Expérience fantastique: Workout

Expérience fantastique: Workout

Expérience fantastique: One of the reasons I chose to be a Western student.

Expérience positive: Right place to get tested

Expérience positive: Right place to get tested

Expérience fantastique: I called and asked a bunch of questions about how they are running, and got awesome clear and helpful responses. Also a very kind and charming man on the other side of the line. :)

Expérience fantastique: One of the finest places to chill

Expérience fantastique: It's so huge basketball arena

Expérience fantastique: Go Mustang Go!!!

Expérience fantastique: 로비에서 공부하는 학생도 많음. 사용한 운동기기를 닦고 가는 매너 좋은 사람들. 사람이 많아 몇번은 이용중인 기구의 사람에게 몇세트 정도 더 할거냐고 기다림

Expérience fantastique: Excelente complejo deportivo, envidiable por muchas universidades. Es un honor como estudiante tener este tipo de centros deportivos y gimnásticos.

Expérience positive: This facility is absolutely wonderful. If you like doing cardio or lifting weights, they have all of the appropriate gym equipment you could need. This gym also has a mens, womens, and family changing room and olympic sized pool which you are able to use with your membership. The only negatives are that during the university school season the gym can get exceptionally busy during peak times and the memberships are quite pricey if you're not a student although they do provide a variety of membership rates.

Expérience fantastique: Go Mustang Go!!!

Expérience négative: Gymn area crowded. Weight area, locker room dirty. Lack of parking. Too many students for facility size. UWO has poor athletic facilities for size of university. Western should do better.

Expérience positive: expensive day pass entry

Expérience positive: Great recreation centre.

Expérience négative: I don't usually write reviews but what I witnessed today really grinded my nerves. There was a young man working on the squat rack beside me. He was clearly in the military and was wearing combat boots. I assumed he was doing some sort of fitness training for the military. No big deal. He was just getting warmed up and was minding his own business when a staff member rudely demanded he leave because he wasn't wearing running shoes. I watched her threaten to call the cops on him because he was squatting in combat boots. The kid looked confused and pretty upset but he left. I really don't understand what was so wrong about a guy in the military squatting in combat boots. The staffs' reaction to him was also less than professional. The whole incident (and the disrespect for our military) left a bad taste in my mouth.

Expérience positive: Very busy but drop In classes are $6.

Expérience fantastique: western 大学的健身房，非常大，普通健身，游泳馆，瑜伽课程，冰球场都有

Expérience fantastique: No parallel-bars, no souna

Expérience fantastique: Favorite London pool and clean changerooms

Expérience fantastique: Best of its kind

Expérience fantastique: Large student Recreation centre

Expérience fantastique: Amazing

Expérience fantastique: Good

Expérience positive: Great building, mustang lounge is fantastic, unfortunately the food options are poor (insanely expensive and meh food options) also the tims doesn't do any of the regular deals (like the 2 breakfast sandwiches for $5 and the rewards cards)

Expérience positive: Great front desk staff. Very helpful and quick at answering questions

Expérience positive: The staff are really nice. It’s a decent university gym, but lacks some weight machines to accommodate the students. They also run counters for the weight room, cardio machines, basketball and volleyball courts... although they can be inconsistent. The locker rooms could use updating though compared to other normal and university gyms. For a student, you can’t ask for much more unless you have to come from a long way just to find the weight room super busy.

Expérience négative: Ample amount of facilities

Expérience positive: Well equipped and huge student gym. Not too busy early in the morning but gets a lot busier during the day.

Expérience positive: Great gym, but horrible management. Decision makers are a cabal of friends that are apathetic about needs of members. Something is always broke and often takes forever to fix. Hours are worst in city. They will close for any excuse. Once closed because it was cold. Now shut down for three holiday breaks rather than just at Christmas. Blame school President for reading week hours saying he said "it's for the well-being of students." Isn't regular exercise best to treat stress and well-being? And who says you must employ 100% students? Can we get a scale that works? Scale gives a + 5 lb reading and young female employee says she thinks it's funny. Members may not feel that way. They stripped everything from the men's change room including scale and even the clock! Why you grinching us? Finally, it appears a good decision was made with a much needed expansion. But more basketball courts? I wonder, had a vote taken place among members if they might prefer an expanded workout area. No democracy here, guys. The upper management cling to power. The gym belongs to the students & alumni. Let them decide.

Expérience fantastique: Best of its kind

Expérience positive: Got everything you'd need for a good workout.

Expérience négative: nice but too busy

Expérience négative: The bars are super rusty and the floor are so uneven that it's a walking hazard. The gym staff are lovely though.

Expérience positive: It gets busy, but the staff do a great job keeping the place going.

Expérience positive: Always busy

Expérience fantastique: Clean and modern facilities

Expérience fantastique: Lots to see and do

Expérience fantastique: Fantastic place

Expérience fantastique: Always clean, free, employs students, has a booster juice at the entrance, open early and closes late. 5 stars!

Expérience positive: Great value if you are Western student, otherwise look elsewhere. Great selection of equipment and weights. Lots of cardio options. Swimming pool is great. This gym gets extremely busy during the academic year. Hours are not the best either after getting cut back in 2017.

Expérience positive: 放假的时间段通常都比较少人。游泳场篮球场羽毛球场都能打。我觉得最吸引人的地方应该是他们的力量训练区域。区域的左手边有大量的哑铃杠铃, 同样重量的哑铃至少会有两对，可以满足大部分人群。右手边为辅助性的健身器械，四台绳索机（goodlife里只有一台，而且是给VIP用的） 两台辅助引体向上机是我最喜欢的器械。通俗来讲基本上每个部位都至少有一台机器供你使用。史密斯在最里面有 好多台（腿 pp）。

Expérience positive: Lots of machines to use but usually packed during the months of September to April. Have to go very early in the morning to avoid long wait times for machines.

Expérience positive: Great equipment, squat racks however it can get crowded

Expérience fantastique: A multitude of squat racks are available, 10/10 would recommend

Expérience fantastique: Beauty, function, love!

Expérience fantastique: Excellent Gym, I just love it!

Expérience fantastique: Great facility, the best university facility in Canada.

Expérience fantastique: Great swimming pool

Expérience fantastique: Nice atmosphere

Expérience fantastique: Fantastic place for recreation, swim, gym and indoor games!!!

Expérience fantastique: Modern facilities

Expérience fantastique: Lots of equipment for working out. Below has squash gyms and basketball gyms. The employees here are very helpful and kind. They always greet me with a smile. I have heard that the gym may be overpriced if you are not a student. So beware. If you have the money, this is a great gym.

Expérience positive: great gym,nice pool.lots of equipments.

Expérience positive: Of all Ontario Universities I have watched daughter swim at this is by far the brightest and cleanest viewing area

Expérience positive: Very nice and clean facility. Lot of different types of machines to use. The place does seem disorganized however. For instance the cardio equipment can be found in several locations in the building. There is also lots of different types of equipment you can rent if you're wanting to play sports and whatnot.

Expérience positive: Has everything you'll need, but might have to wait to access it b/c of the massive crowd

Expérience positive: Facilities are great but it's always busy