Boise State Recreation Center Review

Good equipment, and lots of kids go to summer camp here

The Boise State Rec is an amazing place. Super clean. Great staff. Wonderful sauna. Spacious. If you're a student at Boise State, don't miss out on this great amenity! (You'll probably miss it later.)

Plenty of room and equipment, good facility overall.

COVID has done this facility wonders... I have been getting wonderful workouts in. Somebody call Motts because I have been having thee JUICIEST pumps west of the Mississippi while nobody is there. Good gym. Could use more attachments for cable machines.

Great gym, has indoor running track for those frozen days.

Horribly intimidating vibe compared to the Y, so many young guys who only weightlift and think their gods. Have gotten more than a few judgmental looks for trying... Makes me not want to work out. A plethora of activities though, climbing, swimming, cycling, Zumba, can be very fun if the weight room is avoided!

Mostly here for swimming. Great pool quality and clear visibility without smell. Neat locker room and shower equipment. Good programs of kids swimming lessons. Friendly staff, too.

Great staff with cool games to play. Basketball, rock climbing and a big pool. Emphasis on being self sustained with taking care of equipment.

Great place for private events. Catering always does an amazing job with the food.

The rock wall is one of the best in Idaho especially for the cost of free for students and for non students it's also probably the cheapest without a 45 minute drive

Huge gym, lots of exercise options. Recent upgrades. Very friendly staff.

The facility is very organized and clean. All the staff is nice and polite. The aquatics center is my favorite because the staff there is so understanding.

I am very hesitant to go to gyms since I prefer the privacy of working out at home but the Rec Center was very inviting. Love the availability of the equipment and various forms of exercise that you can ask about.

It's a good facility with everything you need to work out. Except for occasional crowding with college kids, it's a great place.f

Great gym. Has absolutely anything you could need. Get swoll!

Fun fitness classes, good personal trainers, inexpensive, and clean facility.

Really fun went for stem event they treat everyone with the same respect and everyone always has a smile on

A very well equipped center offering a wide variety of sports entertainment

This is a great place for recreation, hence the recreation center.

Love the Rec. Always clean, the staff are friendly and helpful. Equipment is easy to access and theres always enough for you to use. Much nicer than some gyms I've been to.

The work out equipment is outdated, and there is not enough weights to meet the needs of the amount of people who go there to work out. The basketball court and pool are nice, the gym aspect is why I ve given it such a low review.

The place is clean and offers many services from a working out classes such as yoga to HIT. There are outdoor activities offered. They have a fair amount of equipment, a pool with life guards, a rock wall, basketball courts, and racket ball courts. This is on the college campus so free Street side parking is going to be hard to find, the Lincoln Garage is available for parking at a fee. Due to being a college gym there are college students using the gym. The full time students free access to the gym and most of the services.

What an awesome addition for the student body! I love the facilities!

We love the staff and students here. They are friendly, courteous, and knowledgeable. Clean equipment and locker rooms. A fun, energetic atmosphere and a great variety of fitness classes.

Great place to play ball. You will need to have either an alum, or a student to use the facility.

Great selection of equipment, well stocked weight room.
The snobby gym rat dudes can be a little off putting in the weight room, and I've been advised more than once that I should lift lighter with more reps cuz I'm a lady, but after giving them a good glare and doing my thing they back off. They aren't mean or rude, just presumptuous.
I prefer to go late at night so I don't have to wait for barbells and such, but even during peak hours I've been able to find something else to do.
Staff is always friendly, and generally people have a good vibe.

Awesome place for all your work out needs if u r a BSU student duh!!! Great gym!! State of the art equipment amd ultra friendly people at the fromt desk!! Awewome place to catch a sweat and a buckin Branco!!!

This rec center does not behave like a normal gym, despite charging money to the students for their services. They will charge you for a day pass if you do not bring an ID card with you. They have changed their hours to include closing early on Fridays. They cannot process purchases toward the member s account. The staff is commonly unprofessional in behavior.

My son has swimming lessons here and it is a great place to come.

Plenty of cardio equipment as well as a 1/11 mile indoor track. Lots of free weights and three basketball courts. Overall it's not usually too crowded here, but weights and basketball courts sometimes get too full. The pool has plenty of lanes and the racquetball courts are almost always available.

Tried going today just to be told I have to pay a fee to use the facility because I'm not taking 6+ summer credits. $6 for day use or $55, unless you're not affiliated in which case it's $99. Disregard the fact that I am paying $10,000 each year to BSU for tuition, parking, class fees, and all the services I don't even have the pleasure of using such as the rec since I take 16-17 credits/semester -- as if an engineering student has time to drop studying or being in class to go use it. The equipment is old and not safe, the few opportunities I got to use it during the Fall/Spring semesters I got sick every time because they don't clean the equipment. I didn't even hesitate leaving when they told me I'd have to pay a fee to use it. I would rather go pay for a real gym membership where the equipment is maintained and professionals are on-staff. My employer has a brand new facility they reimburse the membership for anyway. Go figure, the place that I'm paying tens of thousands of dollars to wants to charge me an outrageous price to use their gym where the corporation paying me wants to give me a free membership to their gym. Not surprising, since BSU doesn't give a damn about their students health. Flu shots are expensive, too, and they "don't have the budget" to fill their hand sanitation dispensers -- yet they just increased tuition the max 5% allowed last year. Where is that extra $500 going? I haven't seen any academic improvements -- plus the gym membership FOR STUDENTS is $55 while work study funds pay for the staff working there.

Awesome. Everything you need. Just watch those peak hours, it gets crazy!

If you're a student or alumni, this is an amazing gym to attend. Has everything you need and is up to date! Get your swoll on!

Have lots of amenities but only full time students are allowed to use the rec for free. Should consider to provide free entry to the part time stidents as well.

Has lots of equitment with lots to do. The swimming pool isnt much of a playing around one. More of a workout pool.