Great equipment and friendly service. There are some meatheads so be aware of intimidation bias. The membership is pretty steep but you get access to the gym, basketball courts, and pool so it works itself out.

Indoor track that oversees the football stadium

Great school. Sadly, due to current circumstances, activities closed. Thankful for the caution.

Overall a nice campus decent atmosphere. The covid situation is being handled decently here, although the online classes are a bit of a struggle.

Gym staff members followed me around the gym harassing me in March, claiming it was because I had left a coat on the ground, when in reality it was probably because I am Asian American during the covid pandemic. Gym staff then retaliated by putting a note in their system saying that I cant use the gym anymore. They will be very lucky if they dont see a huge lawsuit coming their way

This Is a great place to work out and have a good time. Theres plenty of machines, 6 basket ball courts, a rock wall, a great pool, and a lot more. Definitely a great part of campus, I go about 5 times a week.

Super nice facilities with lots to do. Everything is always well kept up. However, for non students, Im sure the membership fee is far too high.

We were there for a birthday party. The kids enjoyed the pool and rock climbing wall!

Great rec center. But between 4 and 7 it is very full. May need to wait for machines.

Great staff, wonderful facilities and equipment, has very good hours and is conveniently located in the middle of the University of Cincinnati’s campus

For $12 you can get a day pass and enjoy all of the facilities. Basketball runs until closing. Take a towel or youll have to pay $2 for one.

The UC rec center is great, if youre a student at UC. Great selection of lifting machines, free weights, free rock climbing, leisure pool and one for swimming laps, indoor track, multiple basketball courts, and lots of of services like personal trainers and group exercise classes. However, if you arent a student its pretty expensive, usually very crowded and if youre commuting off campus its fairly far from most of the garages. If youre not a student Id recommend just going to another gym.

Amazing facilities. If you are spouse of a student, it is super cheap. Otherwise also not too bad. They have group classes all the time which I need to explore yet, but heard they are good.

Im regular member of UC Rec Center. Its one of the best REC Center I have been to. Its little expensive than other places but at the same time it has most advance machines in the market. Machines are quite well maintained as well and the timing is perfect for everyone.

Has lots of machines, is always clean, however is not big enough for how large the student body is, gets incredibly packed at times.

Love going here. The place is huge and the facilities are amazing. It gets pretty busy during the school year, but the summer isn’t bad and breaks are pretty dead.The full size lap pool seems to always have a lane open. The lounge pool is never crowded, including the hot tub.Been to the rock wall a few times. It’s included in my package and I love the easy access. Hours are a little weird though.

Great pool and facilities. Could be a bit bigger for the growing campus.

Nice facility. Their aquatic department is great. They offer lots of good programs including life guard certification to students and community alike.

Superb place to learn, share and rewrite our future career

Stopped going here. Extremely crowded with a lot of space wasted on racket/whatever courts.

Beautiful place if you believe that your body is a sculpture which can be mounded according to your efforts and hardwork. Variety of equipments, heated swimming pools, basketball courts, badminton courts, running track with ready to help staff. Best recreational center I have ever been to I must say.

Best campus in US

Great place, fantastic facilities and friendly staff. Great pool and gym.

CRC is an amazing facility. There is a good student discount.

Good equipment is available over there for fitness freaks and it is the place where you find peace by practicing yoga and trainers over there are pretty awesome squash ball coats are cool, fitness studio Id really good and nutrition trainers are awesome last but not least membership are awesome

Great facilities at this REC Centre. Front desk is handled by students and they are very friendly. If you are a UC alumni, this is the best gym to enroll for the price.

Fun place. If anybody finds an eyeball rollin around in the pool its mine please return it.

Regarding birthday party rentals of the rec pool area and the gym - you can rent the lazy river/rec pool area, gym, and/or climbing wall for 2-3 hour events. My child celebrated a birthday party with his school classmates and everyone absolutely loved it! The CRC staff provides a party host/hostess to help you navigate and keep the party events flowing smoothly. Definitely a memorable experience for all of the kids and parents as well.

This is a great place to work out! Very nice facility, and very convenient :D

This center is nice and clean, but some of their instructors do not seem to understand what it means to lead a gym class. They seem to take it as a time to exercise themselves. They do not take the time to really show the participants how to do the movements, they do not check that they are doing the right thing. They do not seem to care. They just stay at the front and do the movement super fast... I did the Pounds class, and the Zumba class just this week. This is the first week of the semester so many are new to these classes, or should be assumed so. The instructors in both classes would show a move or a series of moves for 4-5 seconds then start doing them... really? And these are fast moves in series, not like showing abs or some stretching position.... It was very very frustrating, and I left both classes before the end.Someone needs to explain to these instructors that they are there to teach, not show off what they know how to do.

Not a bad price per month if you work here.

Best place on campus. Lot of equipments to practice.

Nice staff and good location. Not enough space for deadlift or bench most of the time. Prepare to wait if youre interested in the major lifts.

Best recreation center on the planet!

Great equipment, huge space, and friendly staff!

Great event space for the career fair. The catered lunch was good and the booth sizes were adequate. Met plenty of eager students.

Fun place for people to wait for third friends to never show up

Amazing equipments and ambience!

Great recreation center! Please fix the hot tub though.

The people are super easy to talk to and have a great variety equipment to workout with.

Super fun for birthday parties and just for exercise too!!

It lives upto its name of one of the best Rec Centers in the country. I dont say this just because Im a student here, but because I have visited quite a few Rec Centers in universities around the country where some friends are at, and UC will literally beat some of the best schools when it comes to athletic infrastructure. It houses three basketball courts, umpteen private courts, volleyball courts, aquatic centre and courts for intramural sports and is divided into 3 floor levels. It also includes mountain climbing wall, which to be frank is quite difficult to scale. The workers are amazing and some of the most helpful people youll find around. Kudos to the team! Go Bearcats!

Uneducated employees. Staff not willing to work with you or help. Extremely Overpriced

UCs rec center is my favorite gym in Cincinnati! Im seriously impressed by how clean the facility is. They replace all of the equipment at least every two years, so Ive rarely run into issues with broken machines. My only complaint is that is gets super busy from 4-7pm so I have at least a 10 minute wait for each weight machine.

Run as a rec center should be run. They test the waters regularly so you dont feel nervous in the pool or the sauna.

Great facility in terms of design. Lack of childcare facilities and student employees that dont make anyone rerack their weights properly are a minus.

The actual free weight equipment is trash. Most of money was probally spent on the planet fitness equipment that is all over the gym. No Olympic lifts? A bunch of bulkshit rules for something they force you to pay for in one of the contracts they screw you on. An optimistic person would say its okay, but for what your paying for its a scam.

One of the best rec center in the country. Gets crowded in the early evening so its best to go in the morning or on weekends.

Big campus, always something to get into

Brand new weight racks and cool facility, could maybe use some better showers and better music. Overall, awesome rec center.

Hefty monthly cost if not a student

One of the best gyms in the country and the nber one in Cincinnati, UC Rec center is just awesome with a wide variety of equipment and helpful staff.

Its amazing zing zing

Its the best

The actually gym part of the rec is horrible! Who ever designed it probably never made a gym before. They are doing the best they can but this place is horrendous. Its over crowded 80% of the time and you are not allowed to do certian things (mind you they are part of workouts). No powerlifting (insane) or no super high box jumps (how am I suppose to work on my virtical). Silly rules when people are trying to better themselves. The rig is cool but gym is still super crowded. Staff is fine but upper management there wont let anything change. People have millions of ideas to make the place cool but they are all shot down by upper management stick in the mud ideas.

Fantastic place but if youre not a student, you may have to pay quite a bit for this place. However, very convenient for CCHMC, UC Med and UC workers (if you can afford it)

Great equipment for all types of workouts. Maybe a too few many raquetball courts though

Love working out at the rec!

Paradise for Bearcats!

Great school with excellent facilities.

Bearcat forever!!️

Top notch facility

The rec center has so many things to do and has a great student community. Everyone is nice and helpful around the gym.

Wonderful. Modern machines, two pools, basketball, racketball courts, and equipment. Also, a track.

First class all the way.

Absolute best gym I have ever been too. Has everything you need - machines, classes, free weights etc.

Its a very well designed space, ridiculously high ceilings in the gym area.

Hands down best facility in Clifton. If you attend the university or are just passing through, definitely take some time to see whats inside!

Great place to work out

The UC Rec center has so many amazing amenities for students and the community. Rec sports, club sports, indoor track, 6 basketball courts, free classes (zumba, yoga, spinning, etc.), paid classes (karate, dancing, etc.), weights, cardio and awesome staff!

The University of Cincinnati Rec center is rated one if the topportunity rec centers in America for a reason. I have been going to the rec center for 3 years now and the only problem I have ever had is waiting for machines when it is crowded. With a rec center like this, of course everybody is going to want to come here! They have all of the workout equipment you could ever want, plus the facility stays very clean and judgement free. The UC Rec Center is also pleasing to the eyes which is just a big bonus. Love this place!

Best rec center till now!

Very crowded most of the time. They have all of the equipment you could ever want, the problem is that you cant really use it without waiting for a while or working in with someone else.

Great gym facilities

Love it just dont go during busy times

Wonderful place for recreation of yourself

Very nice facility

Constantly crowded and cant even get a workout done. Definitely should be more than one rec center for a university of this size....

The gym here is the best in US.

Good, for what its worthI always leave exhaustedSome guys are too buff

Top notch facilities and equipment

One of the best Rec centers in the country.

Really nice and aethetically pleasing rec center.

Big fan, 10/10

What else do you need. They got almost everything here.

Best recreation center a University could have. A swimming pool, leisure pool, hot tub, basketball, badminton, rock climbing, an entire floor for gym and many more....

Ok

Friendly staff

Great

Great amenities and Atmosphere

Super good....

Cool

Beautiful campus!!

My favorite place on Earth.

U See!

Great place!

Great

Beautiful campus

Great

Nice