Texas Tech University Recreation | Student Rec Center

Fantastic experience: This place was easy to find and the people at the front desk were very helpful! Has everything you need to work out.

Positive experience: The recreation center is great at many things, and not so great at others. If you’re a student who wants to workout without paying beyond tuition, then this is the place for you. If you are a non-student or a graduate student who wants a nice gym, you’ll probably want to look elsewhere. Equipment will always be packed with students and is (usually) not kept as clean as other gyms. All of their other attractions including basketball courts, pool, indoor track, are all awesome.

Positive experience: It’s a lot better now that they opened the downstairs free weights to the general public. That being said, this place is almost always too crowded with not enough to go around during the school year. Other schools have 2 or more different rec centers to make up for this, but we only have the 1. Also, in the summer, they absolutely have to do something about this serious issue with flies and even mosquitos. Nothing is worse than trying to hit a PR or lift heavy and a fly is buzzing around your head or flies in your eye. As far as service, they could do a better job at updating their hours online and answering the phone. Some of the staff are better than others.