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Being an old building, Hart House gym doesn't have air conditioning in the main exercise area (they do in the change-rooms). Now, this isn't a huge problem in the winter as they do have heaters, but the gym can get awfully hot in the middle of summer. They attempt to counteract this with a huge ass ceiling fan on top of the lower gym.
I wouldn't come here for serious weight lifting (the weight room is small, dark, crowded and only has 1 squat rack - 1!!!!!!), but HH does the trick for cardio, drop-in and registered classes. They offer a wide variety of classes, ranging from boot-camp classes, yoga, stretching, core classes, hip hop, ballet, street jazz, naginata, archery, tae kwon doe...I could go on forever.
Having just graduated from UofT and no longer having unlimited access to the 3 athletic facilities on campus (HH, the Athletic Centre, Goldring Centre), I would choose to buy membership for HH over the other two because:
1) drop-in classes are the bomb (special shout out to the bootcamp classes that kick my ass every time)
2) free hip-hop classes (with the general membership)
3) cheaper than the AC and goldring per month
If i wanted to do weights more seriously, I would probably come early in the morning, late at night or on the weekends to skip the crowd.
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