I recently returned to the gym after deciding that I don't want to die due to being fat and realizing that I could afford to pay as a staff member now that I'm out of school. Anyway, I was a student when the ARC was being built so to see it now in all it's splendid glory is great. There is every sort of activity and machine you can think of in this place and, for the low low cost of a kidney, you can use it!
I'm an elliptical kind of gal so I tend to start on the highest level and work my way down to the basement/weights/guy cave. There are more than enough machines for people and gyms are available for sports from badminton to volleyball. Lockers rooms are spacious and accommodating, and you can use most of the smaller ones without bringing your own lock. Most equipment can be rented or purchased at the front desk.
My availability limits me to the most packed times (after 5 pm before 9pm) but I have never been too fed up to skip the gym completely. There is also a sauna and Olympic pool which I haven't used yet.
The only reason this gym doesn't have 5 starts:
---not enough stair masters (there are 6 and in all and they are always in use)
---not enough bathrooms on the second level (can we turn a random closet in to another bathroom?)
---more room for free weights (I second level is packed with mats, basement level is packed with bros. Where can a girl go to do some lunges?)