Gillett Wellness Center

Positive experience: Seems like a cool place to work out. I was here for a basketball tournament so I didn't use the workout areas.

Fantastic experience: Love the staff and great place to work out

Fantastic experience: A+

Fantastic experience: Love the day passes

Fantastic experience: My kids and I love going here to play basketball indoors, since we have winter 9months out of the year. They also have several other things to do within the facility. It's very clean, and nice staff!

Fantastic experience: Lots to offer!

Fantastic experience: Lots of fun.

Fantastic experience: Got well

Positive experience: Hard to watch tennis here.

Fantastic experience: Great wellness center

Fantastic experience: Everything you need to work out

Positive experience: Decent rock wall with a helpful staff. Their hour for the public are pretty limited though so call before you go.

Positive experience: Price edit: I have since because an online student of BSU and despite living in Bemidji and still being a student, because I am not charged the athletics fee of $27.51, I am expected to pay the entire community fee of $675/yr to use the facility. I feel this is extremely unreasonable, as an actively enrolled student. The Gillett Wellness Center is a gym, of sorts, on the Bemidji State University campus. This center has a pool, yoga/dance room, free weight/CrossFit type room, weight machine room, extensive line of cardio machines, kettle bells and medicine balls, indoor track, tennis and racket ball courts, and a rock climbing wall. The facility is quite large and rarely feels crowded. Locker rooms, showers, bathrooms, and facilities are kept fairly clean, considering this is a college facility. There are several paid and free fitness classes to take at the center as well. Some caveats include - limited parking - if you aren't willing to shell out nearly $200 for a parking pass, you will need to use one of the ten or so parking meters - $0.25 per half hour. Alternatively, you can press your luck trying to find nearby street parking. Because it is a community oriented facility, there are often events hosted here, and school children are occasionally bussed in for field trips. They have a fairly subatantial free-weight room as well. For college students, this facility is free to use. If you are a day visitor, you will find yourself paying around $8 for a day pass, or $4 for just the pool. They do have memberships available, but are fairly exhorbitant. Most people will find themselves paying either $70/month or $675/year. You get access to the whole facility, but that price is a small fortune. I would definitely recommend this facility to any BSU students if you don't want to waste money for another gym. I would also recommend this facility if you are seeking unique amenities namely the ,courts, rock wall, and pool. If you are just seeking a good gym for cardio and weightlifting, you are better off with anytime fitness or snap, if the price isn't an issue. Edit: I did discover that even for current/active BSU students, there is an additional $25/month fee for the summer months. I was a bit disheartened by this, especially as a current summer term student. The typical fee isn't included in tuition, but the monthly fee of much higher than students pay in fees for spring and fall semester.

Positive experience: Fun gym and lots of activities, but they lack air conditioning in the summer months in the main gym area and it can get extremely humid. Wished their pricing was a bit more affordable for community members.

Fantastic experience: There is no better gym in Bemidji!

Positive experience: Fun gym and lots of activities, but they lack air conditioning in the summer months in the main gym area and it can get extremely humid. Wished their pricing was a bit more affordable for community members.

Positive experience: Many things to do!

Positive experience: The basketball courts are awesome and the track is very nice. I gave it a three because the weight room needs to be improved. There is a lack of machines and the space is very small. When comparing it to other college rec centers it is under par.