Denton A. Cooley Center

Fantastic experience: No-nonsense gym

Fantastic experience: I'm new to the gym so maybe I'm naive but at first visit this place looks awesome and huge. There's three different rooms for weights: circuit room, general weight room, and women's only room. So I'm highly doubtful there will be any trouble finding a machine to use. For the "huge" part, this Center has 4 levels. One has a track. One has a court for basketball/volleyball. Another floor for the weight rooms. This is a dream for a newbie gym goer, all I could ever ask for. Also the staff was really nice, even giving me a tour of the building because it was my first time going.

Positive experience: Recently, it has been a bit renovated so it is clean and it new devices. I recommend it.

Fantastic experience: Johns Hopkins! No need to say more

Negative experience: Honestly, I would never use this gym if I were not a student. I've seen more accidents because of poor equipment than at any other gym. A man was taken down by a barbell because the base wasn't properly anchored to the ground. Another almost took out a mirror because of the old squat rack. It's too tight. The layout makes no sense.

Fantastic experience: Sarah is the best center manager in all of Baltimore City!

Fantastic experience: I have been going to the Cooley Center gym since the last 8 months. The entire staff are very friendly, resourceful, and helpful. The gym conducts group sessions on the weekdays from 5:30pm - 6:15pm. These sessions vary from spinning, battlerops, kettlebells, and bootcamp. Sara, the Director of the Cooley Center is a phenomenal person. She goes out of her way to make sure that everything in the gym is up and running. I had never gone to any spin classes before I took her spin class. She was so nice and cordeal to me. She taught me how to go about with the different levers on the bike and how to get the most out of her spin class. I would totally recommend taking her class. Tavon is a fitness instructor who teaches bags and ropes group sessions on Tuesdays. I love his class. A lot of skips, battlerops, bags and ropes, and just cardio with small breaks in between. This 45 min workout is worth a treat. Diane teaches the kettle bells class on Wednesdays. Simply amazing. She got me into swings and it's one of the best workouts I have ever had. She is a very good teacher and extremely fit. Very knowledgeable and takes her time to teach her students how to perform the right exercises. Ali teaches the bootcamp class on Thursdays. He will make your work for it. He will push you to the limit, you will cry for pain, and yet you will come back the next week begging for more. Phenomenal guy and a phenomenal class. After attending these sessions for 6 months, I started taking personal training session with one of the fitness trainers (Tavon Copes). Tavon is very professional and organized trainer, who meets the clients requirements. When I first told him that I wanted to get fit and wanted to take sessions with him, he first had a nice phone conversation with me regarding my fitness goals. He has a very holistic approach towards training and got me into a very healthy fitness routine, which involved having a balanced diet to sleeping regularly for 8 hours a day. He completely changed my concept of fitness and training. I initially only trained with him once a week but now I like his sessions so much that I do the sessions 2-3 times a week. He targets my lower body, upper body, and core. I have noticed myself getting muscular, getting fitter, and running faster. Tavon is always full of energy and he caters his training sessions towards each individual. Every workout session involves different exercises, so that the body does not get used to the same set of exercises. He has been a positive influence. He has become more of a friend now to me and I enjoy every session with him. I totally recommend anyone who is either trying to lose weight, trying to get fit, or just simply wants to have a healthy lifestyle, to definitely workout with him. I have had a pleasant experience with all the professional trainers at Cooley Center and would strongly encourage anyone to definitely take out 45 mins of your day to go workout with these wonderful trainers.

Fantastic experience: Always friendly staff.

Fantastic experience: Love my gym

Fantastic experience: Hopkins Medicine student and employee gym. Lots of exercise rooms and plenty of equipment and weights.

Fantastic experience: Back at it

Positive experience: No AC on the top floor in the summer it's hot as hell. Employees are mostly great! too small equipment are too close. ventilation is bad good luck if you're next to some smelly dudes... at least it's free to students so I shouldn't complain

Fantastic experience: A little on the smaller side, but basically had anything a gym rat would need. Peak times of course are always a problem given the size but if you go late a night or early in the morning you rarely have a problem. Staff was always super nice and generally awesome!

Positive experience: Good gym

Fantastic experience: Has the machines you need. It's easy to get in and get out

Positive experience: I enjoy the SPIN & Power Pump classes

Fantastic experience: Great staff

Positive experience: It's not super fancy but has everything you need for a good workout.

Positive experience: Outdated facility, but friendly staff. Good for a free student/faculty gym, but wouldn’t recommend paying for it if you have other options.

Positive experience: Women's weight room is a great thing to have. Also, plenty of cardio machines, nice big studio for group classes. The building is old and doesn't have windows, which makes it less aesthetically pleasing to be in.

Fantastic experience: I love this gym. They do intramural sports, classes, competitions, and special programs. The staff are accessible, kind, and dedicated. I have been coming for the many years I have been at Hopkins.

Positive experience: Small gym but has everything you need

Fantastic experience: Three squat cages, cardio room, and basketball courts. Surprising amount of equipment in a small space. Just wish the hours were longer.

Positive experience: Great instructors!

Positive experience: Convenient location

Fantastic experience: good gym.

Positive experience: Many machines and exercise equipment usually available

Fantastic experience: Great place to work out, super affordable class packages, friendly stuff.

Positive experience: Relatively small gym with friendly staff for the JHU medical campus. Wish they would modernize it to have proper ventilation throughout the different levels.

Fantastic experience: Great gym - has everything you need, even if it's crowded there will be a machine open and everyone is friendly. They have good hours, a nice locker room with showers and a women's only cardio room in addition to a general weight room. Downsides - they charge extra for fitness classes, long-term lockers are impossible to get unless you want a mini one in the basement and there is no sauna.