University Recreation and Wellness Center 123 Southeast Harvard Street, Minneapolis, MN 55455

"1 star for the gym that help me get buff, another star just for fun, voiding the other 2 stars due to crowded of the gym and etc…!"

"Use to be great! Now the place is constantly trashed. Plates are all over the place; attachments to equipment MAY be somewhere near by--or missing completely; dried up wet wipes on the floor; and used towels thrown all over the locker room. Also, it has gotten too small for the number of people that use it during the semester. I've been at 6:30 AM--packed. 11 AM--packed. 3 PM--packed. 5:00 PM--so unbelievably packed that people are just walking around in circles trying to find something--anything that isn't being used. 7:00 PM--still packed. If I am there an hour, at least 1/3 of the time is spent trying to to find a piece of equipment even remotely like what I need. I think management needs to rethink is strategy now that the post-covid slump is over."

"This gym is great if you are a student - free, lots of equipment. As an almost 30 year old who pays to have a membership, I’m really not into the vibe of teenage boys working out in jeans and never having access to needed equipment because it’s a free hang out spot and crowded from open to close. I will happily pay more for a more focused, open environment. It was great during the summer, but I was disappointed my first day working out after classes started."

"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."

"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."