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| - Village Health Club takes the idea of a health club to a whole new incline! The staff is friendly, the facility is clean, there is a gaggle of class choices, and enough equipment so I didn't have to wait to work up a sweat.
I will say that I attended the Village while visting Scottsdale, so I was there using a guest pass. I can't talk about pricing, or what it would be like there to pump iron for more than a week, but I DO know that the time I spent there was empowering and it's encouraging to know that good facilities run well do still exist.
In my short few days I ran a few miles in the cardio room, I spun my butt off in a black lit cycling class and I attended a very warm morning vinyasa yoga class. Each experience far exceeded my expectations of a standard gym, but Village is anything but normal. There are towels around every corner, staff members waiting to answer your questions, and giant cups that you can dispense water in if you forget your bottle at home...with lemons...fancy, huh? The cups are styrofoam, so that was sort of a drawback for a greenie like me.
I can't wait to get back and try out a few more of the services. There is a nice looking sauna and whirlpool area, and the men's changing room had an entertainment lunge with super comfy couches and a flat screen TV. I don't know that I'd pop a squat and watch the tube, but it's nice that the environment they promote there is one of power AND play. "Make yourself at home," they say, and I did.
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