Recreational Sports Facility
| Address: | 2301 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA |
| Phone: | +1 510-643-8038 |
| Site: | recsports.berkeley.edu |
| Rating: | 4.1 |
| Working: | 6AM–1AM 6AM–1AM 6AM–1AM 6AM–1AM 6AM–11PM 8AM–11PM 8AM–1AM |
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Jack V
I was expecting a lot better from the top public school in the country, but this gym is terrible. The first thing I was hit with is there "no bag policy", meaning I have to carry all my gym stuff around the gym in my arms. The weight room is way too small for the number of people going through there, and the place is just all around dirty. Now I realize why I couldnt find any pictures of the place online. Also if you want to do any Olympic weightlifting you must come at certain hours of the day and pay an obsurd price just to use the equipment. On top of this you are not allowed to use chalk or record yourself in this gym. Maybe Berkeley shouldnt put 95% off there money towards the athletes gym just a thought. Bottom line never going back to that gym even though I can use it for free, renewing my 24 membership today.
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MANDY SHEN
Im giving it one star because Ive been to much better ones and I know things can be improved. First of all the gym is DIRTY. Ive been to many other gyms including one in a private school as well as commercial gyms. Ive never seen one that doesnt offer cleaning wipes. I couldnt imaging how many people have used one exercising mat without it being wiped. I dont wanna lay down on other peoples sweat cuz thats gross. Also the lay out of this gym doesnt make sense. A ton of people were exercising in the hall way on the second floor. Thats the worst place for one to exercise. They should have a room designed for people who just want to exercise on a mat! This is one of the best schools in the country and their gym can do better.
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Jesse Johnson
The weight room is not even close to the size it should be to support all the students and guests who would like to lift. There are lines for almost all of the lifting equipment and this creates a very crappy workout environment. They put a ton of time and energy into all the different work out classes students can take but very little consideration is given to the vast majority of students who just want to lift. UC Berkeley could do a lot better.
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Romain
Jy suis allé trois fois, on ma fait deux fois une entrée gratuite (étudiant français ?). Très propre. Par contre pour nager les couloirs ne sont pas dans la longueur mais la largeur..
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David Gayton
Bad use of space...Not enough equipment for the amount of people that come through this gym. Weight room is missing very important equipment such as calves machines. Older guests are always hovering over you to indicate they want to use the machine youre on although there may be another that performs the same workout in an adjacent room.
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Isaac Joseph
Way too small for the campus. Could be about 16 times larger, based on the example that I previously went to a school with about 1/4 the student body size and 4 times the gym facilities. This means lines and general discomfort. This isnt even to mention the fact that Cal basketball games further crowd the place.
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david pankiewicz
Complete line of all things needed for strength training, cardio and recovery for those of us who normally dont train in water. Yes it appeared to get crowded during peak times, but Im usually in and out before peak time. Concept 2a and several squat racks made for a nice workout change up.
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Aleksander Rebaudo
Horrible. So small and overcrowded that they have to do a line outside and a "one out, one in" policy. They lack in basic equipment and the stuff that they have is from the 1980s. 40 000 students are supposed to share this tiny gym. For 11 000$ per semester in tuition this is a disgrace.
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Jack Cheng
Relatively cheap for non Cal Students and locals. personally too large for me, I wait quite awhile to get any equipment use and the equipment is pretty old. Up to you if you want to work out with college students all the time. I prefer smaller gyms.
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José Antonio Flores
Very well equipped gym, but not up to standards for what Cal should have :/ Running on the treadmill sucks unless you enjoy staring at walls and the basketball courts are always packed. Id recomend looking into the smaller gyms
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Jack Khurdajian
Stay as far away from this "gym" as possible...everything about this place is horrible...layout, faculty, people who workout here, equipment, parking....theres a line to enter the facility at times...stay away!!
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Corinna Breitinger
Gym is too small for the number of students registered. There was always a wait for all cardio machines -- as in you actually had to put your name on a list and wait to be called!
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Mickell Lethco
Lots of things to do including classes but its always overcrowded. Its a good idea but there are too many people to get much done. The staff has variable friendliness too.
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Brandon Berookhim
Great place to take a CS Final (when the fire alarm isnt pulled) and a great place to play basketball any day of the week. The other facilities are nice too.
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Chelsea Knipper
It can get really congested with students at times but the equipment and classes are very good. Plus free towels, showers, hairdryers and day use lockers.
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Raymond Williams
Passport- If you need a place thats fast and open late to process a passport, this is the place. You will need a checkbook or money order.
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Ying H
Equipment might be older, but almost everything is in working condition and the value absolutely cant be beat - if you are a student.
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Jarrett Wright
Free for UC Berkeley students means that it can get extremely packed. Plan your workout strategically to avoid the crowd.
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Richard Hintz
Good facilities, including cardio, weights, outdoor pool. Many classes. Inexpensive compared to commercial gyms.
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Jae Yeon Kim
Nice and friendly. Join group exercises or martial arts clubs. I did both and also learned tennis from here.
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Chiahao Tsui
local UC Berkeley gym. lots of undergrads but also provide good classes if youre a member.
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Aniket Patil
Plenty of machines and available equipment, but it does get crowded during the evenings.
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Andy Wang
Good facilities but is usually pretty packed. Go on off hours for less people
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Ogugua Agu
Great basketball runs weekday afternoons and weekend mornings
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Lawrence Cheng
Nice place for exercising with plenty of machines and staff.
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Darwin Wu
Gainz
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American Ninja Nerdier
BEST place in the entire Bay Area to apply for a passport!
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Fluffy Spieler
Great facility. Very professional and great equipment.
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Andy Zhang
Great place to exercise, but its usually very crowded
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Chris Dock
Great if you are a student, otherwise quite expensive.
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Yiming Li
pretty good except that there are no running machine
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Michael Ted Lee
Great facility but its major downfall is crowdedness
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Matias Giachino
A bit hard to get to but does do passport paperwork.
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Adam Session
Great for a school faculty and getting better
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Mathias Gibson
Lots of power racks, but no sauna or hot tub
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Zekun Wang
I love looking at myself in the mirror
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Dan Bohn
Regular straight up Starbucks :)
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Craig Jones
Great place to play basketball
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Shane Flanagan
Great equipment and facilities
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张悦
Super good place to exercise!
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Sheng Huanjie
Free membership for students
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Aaron Madfes
Great pickup basketball.
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Shrey Mittal
Great place good service
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Lenin Silva
Good place to work out
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Joe Smith
Everything you need
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Joe Craig
Solid college gym.
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Connor Yang
a little crowded.
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dean grosbard
Love the RSF
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Kevin Yin
Best gym.
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