Campus Recreation and Wellness Center

Fantastic experience: Great gym with a varsity of things to do while there

Fantastic experience: Professional, very helpful staff. Clean and new equipment. Good pricing.

Fantastic experience: Zero entry pool, rock climbing wall, whirlpool and lazy river. Loved it!!!

Fantastic experience: Great facility for swimming and watching water sports!

Fantastic experience: It has well equipped gym area with many facilities. Its perfect place to work out in all weather.

Fantastic experience: one of the largest rec centers of any college. definitely worth a trip, if you like to go to the gym or play intermural sports you definitely won't be disappointed

Fantastic experience: Great facility with a variety of excellent classes

Fantastic experience: It's busy- because it's good. Lots of free weights, racks for squats, benches everywhere, and you can't swing a cat without hitting a treadmill. There's an enormous pool, and a giant, well equipped rock wall for no apparent reason.

Fantastic experience: I attended a swim meet here, and this pool was exceptional. The water was the right temperature and the cool down pool was enough. I would say this is a pretty fast pool, and the locker rooms had enough room for all of the swimmer although there could be more stalls for the men at times. I will be returning here next time I get the chance

Fantastic experience: Good, has all the machines and equipment.

Fantastic experience: great place, great steam sauna, best in town

Fantastic experience: Amazing facility! This is truly one of the best college recreation centers in our country. There is a large selection of fitness equipment, and a fun pool area for kids as well as a large Olympic pool area. There are indoor basketball courts and an indoor track. They also have a rock climbing wall and some healthy concessions. Our kids loved the large hot tub, the sauna and the steam room.

Fantastic experience: Love the lazy river and hot tub. Great facilities.

Fantastic experience: I love the friendliness of the staff and the cleanliness of the facility. It's great!!!

Fantastic experience: One of the best facilities you can go to for health and fitness. They have 3 levels of work out equipment, a full track, basketball courts, two pools, a sauna and steam room, and spacious locker rooms. The membership can be pricey depending on if you’re affiliated with the university, but it can be worth it with how much you get from this gym.

Fantastic experience: I loved coming here when I was a student and the use of the facility was included in the tuition. Although it's routinely busy, you can almost always find an open machine and/or floor space for your workout. I also had scuba training in the pools here and absolutely and thoroughly enjoyed it. The facilities were always kept orderly and clean, even with such high foot traffic on a daily basis.

Fantastic experience: Best gym relaxed. Best smothes. Sandwiches staff supper nice. And super clean

Fantastic experience: What a great place to workout. They have everything you need and more. The only flaw is sometimes there are swim meets on the weekend... and no locker rooms for the kids except the one the members use. Just a lot of kids. Otherwise, I love it.

Fantastic experience: Amazing gym! I wish more universities took the time/money to build state of the art 4 story workout facilities and allowed the public to use them. Loved the track upstairs. Was very handy as I was visiting from out of town and needed a place to workout.

Fantastic experience: Absolutely no excuse not to exercise all year round...great addition to univ of Iowa.

Fantastic experience: Although if you’re not a student or employee of the university the rec is pretty expensive but for those of us that are connected the rec is a great place to work out. Certain times are busier than others but there’s a ton of equipment and a great variety of it. It fits all my workout needs and then some.

Fantastic experience: Three levels, pools, Jacuzzi, climbing wall, cafe... Everything you'd want out of a gym. You have to pay for parking which is a bummer but it offers the most of any gym by far. The photos are from the member locker room which costs more. It's worth it for the quiet and the carpet--especially if you go daily or in the evenings/weekends.

Fantastic experience: The place to be! Great bundle of classes and highly trained instructors. My only two complaints would be the high price for admission for community members and how crowded it can get.

Fantastic experience: Great facilities, helpful staff. It us important to check their schedule before coming tough.

Fantastic experience: Great facility..rock wall..great play pool..great competition pool and dive well.. excellent smoothies..much more!!

Fantastic experience: A gigantic facility (3 stories of free weights, treadmills, machines, pools, climbing wall, and more) to serve our active Hawkeye nation. Student athletes, staff, and faculty like me enjoy this place which is clean, well maintained, and staffed with friendly people.

Fantastic experience: What a great facility! State of the art. So many areas to lift weights and workout. The pool was amazing! Rock wall was an added bonus!

Fantastic experience: This is such a fantastic facility. We frequently attend swim meets here and we look foward to it every time. Friendly and helpful staff. Great cafe, reasonable prices.

Fantastic experience: Membership is pricey, but you can't go wrong here with the sauna, personal trainers, countless classes, pool, and steam room.

Fantastic experience: I love the Zumba insteuctir Rachel. She always keeps the intensity just right and motivates us to work at the level we are comfortable with. The gym is clean and the employees are polite.

Fantastic experience: Terrific modern facility with amazing pool complex, work out center, and rock climbing wall.

Fantastic experience: Wonderful facility with friendly staff. We love visiting!

Fantastic experience: it has awesome facilities, swimming pool and sauna! i believe you do not feel any difficulties in there. for UI student, it's free/ for faculty family, about $18 for a month/ for non-UI member, about $85..!

Fantastic experience: Indoor pool, Indoor Rock Climbing, running track, weights, and much more. Top notch facility and staff is friendly.

Fantastic experience: Clean, well maintained, with a wide variety of equipment. Beautiful facility, I love being able to watch downtown traffic while I run. This is the nicest gym in town by far, but for a steep price. If you can, take advantage of the discount for getting "sponsored" by a student or faculty. Peak hours can be crowded, especially for weights, but I've never been unable to find open cardio equipment.

Fantastic experience: Beautiful new facility, lots of equipment, climbing wall and swimming pool and group classes... It's like a playground for adults!

Fantastic experience: Clean, new facility. Indoor track, two pools, three floors of weights and equipment, climbing wall. I think it's $7 for a one time visit. But great deal for students, faculty and hospital employees.

Fantastic experience: Great facility, new machines and equipment, lots of space. Usually not too busy, but peak times make it hard to focus.

Fantastic experience: Crazy busy the first 2 weeks of each semester. Steam room rocks!

Fantastic experience: A beautiful, still relatively new facility with all your wellness needs. A hot spot for students, this place is in a convenient part of campus and serves its community exceptionally.

Fantastic experience: Love this place. Super nice, very clean, multifaceted gym!! Classes are especially good!!

Fantastic experience: Hands down one of the nicest Natatoriums. Great facility and hospitality.

Fantastic experience: A beautiful facility with lots of things to do. They offer swimming lessons, rock wall climbing lessons, diving lessons and more. Always clean.

Fantastic experience: Always really busy in the afternoons, but early morning it has an appropriate number of people. Great facility to get in a good lift, run, row, climb, swim, or shower.

Fantastic experience: LOVE to workout here ❤️ best treadmills are on the second foot window row without the front end.

Fantastic experience: Clean, modern, and the most squat racks I have ever seen outside of a varsity gym!

Fantastic experience: Fantastic workout facility with 3 floors of weight training and cardio areas, a three story rock wall, a pool area with lanes, hot tub, small lazy river. They have running track, basketball and volletball courts, and it is also home of the Hawkeye swimming and diving team. Students have free access and employees of the university as well as alumni get reduced rates on membership. I cannot say enough about how great this facility is!

Fantastic experience: Great facility with plenty of changing rooms. Awesome recreational pool. I wish the lifeguards weren't too laid back - they only care if someone is drowning and not enforcing posted rules.

Fantastic experience: Wonderful pools for training and for leisure swimming, great climbing wall and lots of exercise gear. Nice open design. I swear if I come in to lift again and someone is curling in the squat rack I'm going to lose my mind.

Fantastic experience: We go here for swim meets a few times a year. I am impressed at what nice facility this is. Great pool with lots of bleacher space and soft seating in the hallway.