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| - I love the JCC. It's a well kept secret, at least on yelp :-)
Pros: Awesome pool, great classes which are included, nice aerobic equipment, 2 raquetball courts, tons of trainers, relaxed atmosphere, kosher Subway, (smallish) indoor track, really nice people, low traffic at night.
Cons: Some hours which are inconvenient, older free weight room, some gender restrictions.
I'll address the cons. Basically, this is a Jewish community center, which caters to orthodox and non-orthodox jews. However, you don't have to be Jewish to go there (I'm not). As such, the facility closes at 5 on Friday, but the way I look at it, I'm not working out then anyway, I'm relaxing and/or having a cold one. The other thing is that there are certain parts of the gym that are women only and certain times the pool is men only or women only. This is because of orthodox tradition. As long as you know the schedule, it isn't a problem at all. As for the free weight room, the stuff is a little older, but it's just free weights. As long as they WEIGH the right amount and don't fall on me, I'm happy.
Now onto my favorite parts. The cost is the lowest I found, I pay roughly 30 per person per month because they let me and my girlfriend join as a couple (take THAT you stuffy catholic community centers! j/k). Additionally, this is only a year contract instead of 3 AND I'm not paying to have the latest and greatest exercise equipment around (It really hasn't changed that much folks, just work up a sweat somehow...). Best of all, since it's laid back there aren't a ton of gym rats giving you the stink eye when you're using their favorite machine nor is there 2 year old sweat caked on the machines (I'm looking at you Bally's).
Anyway, great place and I'm glad I joined there. If you're on the east side, I'd highly recommend it.
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