UIC Campus Recreation Reviews

Much cleaner than other neighboring gyms. Hours aren't the greatest, especially on weekends. Great gym if you're a student at UIC, otherwise can be pricey if you're external.

This place has everything you need: huge weight room with almost all workout equipment you d ever need, running track, a bunch of basketball courts, pool with a lazy river, a boxing room and so much more. Best gym/recreational facility I ve ever been too.

Awesome rock wall and staff. Great variety of equipment. Decent pool with everything except a diving board.

Students staff not making sure members and guests are following the rules.

Swim classes for kids is excellent. Great teachers and a report on progress after each class.

Terrible gym. Do not come here. Not enough "squat racks", which are mediocre since they don't even close off at the back. The bars do not have rough knurling and are not thick so they're pretty bad quality. Not enough dumbbells. Impossible to lift during late afternoon.

Great place to work out on campus if you live there or go to school at UIC.

You have gym, basketball, Swimming, Rock climbing and many other facilities available. Special discount for U of I Alums.

Excellent facility. Swimming Kickboxing and gym are my favourite. You can also check your fat %. There is a badminton and basketball court inside. Also a quiet place for meditation and yoga. Machines in gym are superb, perfect muscle contraction. They also give towels if you forget yours at home for free. The staff is always taking efforts to keep the place clean n hygienic.

Beautiful place, definitely going to apply to UIC in 4 years!!!

Wonderful place to bring your children in the winter. Great swimming lessons!

Just go there and see it for yourself. It's a theme park for fitness enthusiasts. It's is also very very cheap as compared to other options.

Really great facilities. Offers memberships to community members (not just students and staff) at rates better than most gyms.

Love the climbing wall here it has courses and routes for all skill level. The pool and lockers rooms are rather dirty and sometimes smell absolutely awful. The lifting area upstairs is wayyyy too small for the amount of student UIC has. It is consistently packed and if you want to lift you're going to have to wait for a machine to be available. The workers are nice usually and the smoothie bar is very good but expensive.

I really enjoyed this workout! It was fast-paced, constant movement, the instructor was attentive and the music was high energy!

Clean and well maintained facility. Very friendly staff.
A lot of events to attend and new activities to try.

Solid rec. center with plenty of options and good facilities.

The gym at UIC is awesome and huge and has a lot of equipment. There are 4 basketball courts where I spent all my college days playing pickup.

No one is ever using the heavy bag so I can get a few rounds in whenever

Good facility for fitness with lockers.
Swimming, weight training, basketball, indoor running track, personal trainers, climbing wall, table tennis, squash, racquetball, volleyball, tennis and many more.
Rate concession if a UIC alumni.

Great if guest passes werent $10. Thats too steep and there is no free parking anywhere. (Too be expected though)

Huge selection of activities! Rather cheap for guests too! (was me)

The facility is great in value and function for students. Since it's free I highly recommend it as you won't get too much more at another gym.

Great facilities and tons of options. Gets crowded around early evening but that's to be expected in a college rec center.

Thanks for hosting the FIRST robotics mid west regional social!

One of the best recreation facility I have seen in Chicago. It includes Rock climbing too

Love the bros here ... always motivating to see them werking it , #inspiration

I've only used the pool here for swim lessons for my baby but the pool is fantastic! Warm and perfectly designed for kid classes. The last river is awesome, hot tub enormous!

This is a great place to workout. The environment is good. No issues.

Very spacious workout area. Excellent infrastructure. Beautiful scenic view

I think some of the people posting negative reviews may not realize how great this place is by college gym standards! Enormous, tons of free weights with 4 squat racks, indoor running track, basketball courts, climbing wall, not to mention the aquatic area which is practically a water park (lazy river, hot tub, etc). There s a gorgeous view of downtown and great natural light. Yes, sometimes during peak hours (4:30-7:30) you have to work around other people to get in your workout. It s really not as bad as most gyms though.

One suggestion: more hand weights in the 5, 7.5, 10, and 12.5 pound range... there are only a few sets in the entire gym, and people always hide them away for endless amounts of time, because they re so hard to get your hands on.

Gym. Ping Pong. Badminton. Volleyball. Basketball. Pool. Everything is good about these here. No bad smell. Water is good in the pool.

What a huge place with indoor swimming pool, hot bath, massage place, tropical smoothie, wall climbing, gym, table tennis court, basketball court

Pretty good! Lots of workout rooms and classes offered, but there could be a bigger free weight section.

That's perfect place for indoor activity with friends

Best place ever, swimming pool is huge. All equipment is in a good shape !!

Has everything thing one needs to get a workout in, great views too!

It's superb. Huge area, multiple activity rooms, with badminton, volleyball, basketball, table tennis, squash & raquetball courts, has a gym with a huge collection of workout machines, has a cute swimming pool with a family area, a Jacuzzi, with steam & sauna bath facilities, provides towels & wipes everywhere, is well maintained, & it is everything you can ask for from a recreation center.

Large facility, some machines are worn out, would not recommend going between 5-7pm, insanely crowded. Staff is great and very helpful. Lighting in the gym is pretty mediocre, lifters know the importance of good lighting.

Please update your website!! I'm tired of traveling 45 minutes to get here just to find out there are "special hours" that haven't been posted/announced anywhere

Things break pretty often, and they take forever to fix. Great for price at least. Tons of classes and things to do.

I go to school here and this is a pretty great facility.

Great gym to workout at. It's all state of the art and brand new. Has been cleaned and kept up well. Locker rooms are nice as well! Overall great facility.

It's a great gym, it's relatively cheap for non UIC students; $10 for the whole day. Working out there is great, it's very clean and very nice inside.They even have outside basketball and tennis courts, indoor swimming pool, indoor basketball court, indoor track and an indoor climbing wall.

Perfect facilities to stay fit and have fun. Especially the climbing wall.

Basketball court available only certain times as it gets packed especially in the evenings.

Great facility. Great options for cardio or weights. Crowd is understandably young. Can get crowded after 5pm but mornings and early afternoon is great

I live in the area and get the alumni rate. This place is the best value for a gym in chicago. I love it.

Offers a wide variety of facilities that are kept in good condition

Way more bang for your buck if a local member or student. Services rival a roughly $1k subscription gym.