Athletics & Recreation Fitness Center

Positive experience: Good gym. Broken equipment is fixed quickly. Beautiful view from the cardio machines upstairs. Usually busy but everyone is pretty courteous. Makes it easy to work out. EDIT: A few issues have made me lower my rating. - The windows are closed and TVs turned off 30 minutes before close. Why? A lot of people are still in the gym at that time and it gets stuffy quickly. - Equipment seems rundown lately. Many of the treadmills and ellipticals creak constantly. - The hours keep changing (shrinking) but the price (at least for community members) doesn't change in response. Classic UCSC.

Fantastic experience: A great center it gets a little full during classes but otherwise is great. The views from the second floor are amazing during a workout.

Positive experience: Beautiful views. Usually overcrowded all through the day. Ameturish undergrads hog the machines and specially the weight racks. Some of the ways people swing or drop the weights are down right dangerous. The more novice the user the less respect they have for the fellow users of the facility. The strange thing is, the floors are not monitored with eyes for health and safety issues. During the busy hours acquiring a locker space might be an issue. There's no change or locker room and you can not take a shower. Only 2 bathrooms downstairs that are always already occupied.