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| - I've been a member here for a number of years--before the expansion began. The Morrison Y has gone from one building with a water park and exercise room to 3 buildings with a huge exercise room, 4 basketball courts (maybe 5), an indoor track, a new group fitness room, among many other improvements. They did quite the job.
The workout room (or floor if you want to put it that way) is very nice. It's fitted with Life Fitness and Precor cardio machines, which all are equipped with TVs. The Precor TVs are like little entertainment systems--you can plug your iPhone in, watch TV, select a workout, and view your progress on that workout. The TV doesn't look great, though. There are a plethora of weights and free weights as well. There's also a "core fitness" room where one can take a mat and work on push ups, take a jump rope and jump rope--really a lot of options. The staff is decent, I really never interact with them so I'm going to refrain from commenting there. The gym can get really full on pre-work mornings and Saturdays, so watch out!
The other feature I use most is the water park. It consists of one main pool, a kiddie pool, 2 "big kid" waterslides, 3 "little kid" waterslides, and 3 more "baby" waterslides. It's a great place, although it can get very, very, very crowded when half of Ballantyne is there on a 90 degree day in July. Still a nice place to cool off.
I also participate in their superb volunteer program--it's an easy and fun way to help out around Ballantyne. Give it a look--ask one of the staff at the front desk. Overall, a winner in my book.
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