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| - Dowd wooed me with its beautiful facilities, spacious women's health club, large pool, bank after bank of treadmills and ellipticals, and lovely views. I've been a member for a month now, and although the excitement has worn off a little bit, I still get a thrill every time I breeze into the health club area.
I've really enjoyed the steam rooms/sauna/jacuzzi, and the cold lap pool has always had room for me. I'm still trying to determine the best times to swim, but even when I've had to share lanes, everyone has been accommodating.
I really love that it's an adult-only facility, and even though it's packed most times that I'm able to go, at least I don't have to navigate screaming kids and parents.
One point off for the meh-ness of the yoga studio area. For a gym as busy as Dowd, I would expect the yoga studio to be larger, or for there to be more than one studio. I've learned to come early in order to guarantee a space on the floor. In addition, although the classes I've attended have been high impact, they've been low atmo - lights ablazing, music non-existent, less emphasis on form than WorkOut. I was hoping to be able to get by on YMCA yoga, but it looks like I'm going to have to supplement with real studio visits...
Despite this, Dowd is still the nicest gym I've attended.
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