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Tulane Campus Recreation (Reily Student Recreation Center)
31 Janet Yulman Way, New Orleans, LA 70118, United States
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Ek
Review №1

Good gym that has a lot of equipment and is always busy. Has well trained friendly and unobtrusive staff. Good place to start your health and fitness lifestyle

In
Review №2

Perfect swiming pool, great gym, lovely ping pong. Super clean.

Ri
Review №3

Chill place to come for a quick run. Nice to play some ball and make some great new friends. Love the diversity found here.

Ma
Review №4

Best Gym thats Never Open. Great facility, antiquated management, expensive, closed at every conceivable opportunity.When its open, its awesome. But if you depend on working out regularly, in the mornings or weekends: look elsewhere. (See the facilities hours page for the dates the gym is closed. Its for long spans: a full week at mardi gras? At every home football game. Two weeks at Christmas? Staff training? Abbreviated summer hours?)I lift free-weights. In this, its just adequate: somewhat older nautilus-style machines, a few hammer strength, 2 leg presses, 3 squat racks downstairs, 2 smith machines. Not a lot of equipment, but just enough. Large functional fitness area for you if you like to foam roll while looking at your phone. Lockers everywhere (which theyll force you to use because its swat-team-provocation if you try to bring a bag into the work-out or cardio areas). This gym really has its priorities.I dont swim here but if you do, it looks excellent: huge indoor pool. But it also looks to be highly scheduled, with student teams occupying much of the time. The outdoor pool is for familys potty-training their kids in the pool and freshmen training for skin cancer treatment at the perimeter.Two huge, beautiful gyms, which seem rarely occupied if you like to play basketball. An excellent running track on the top level. Excellent, clean locker rooms.The most striking attribute of this gym is the beauty of its architecture. The building just feels great. Open central staircases, lots of light, large open rooms, high ceilings. Its a pleasure to be in it.But theres a nagging sense that management doesnt actually want you there. As if membership is an annoyance and theyre really there to burn off their obligation to the students paying corpulent tuition for the campus experience. I live adjacent, a neighbor, and the location is compelling. But Ive had to join other gyms in the area just to have a dependable option to workout. This is expensive.If you work out consistently, or if you work out before 6 a.m. during the week or 8 a.m. on the weekends (on which they happen to be open), then youll need to maintain an alternative gym membership.

Ti
Review №5

My experience started in the locker room, where I encountered a wicked hi-tech electronic locking system unlike anything Id seen before... Wow! Dont worry though, there was an instructional video about the system playing on monitors on the walls that made me feel like I was Bruce Willis on the space boat in the film, the Fifth Element. My time in the vast expanse continued upstairs in a graciously spacious weight room where I found all the levers, plates, and knobs one uses to get the good yoke on. After doing shoulder shrugs for forty minutes straight and then blasting my core into the realm beyond dimensions, it was time to depart back to my humble pink abode. I made seafood paella for dinner. I think Ill use bigger shrimp next time as they cook down substantially in size.

Ak
Review №6

A good size recreation center equipped with all the basic machines. Also, has a running track on the third floor. Need to swipe your splash card for access.

Sa
Review №7

Equipment here is good, but the lockers, dressing rooms are... just an example of an impressive stupidity.

M
Review №8

I’ve been to top notch university gyms like University of Arizona and University of Cincinnati. At $92/month for community members this facility is a waste. This gym is not thought out, needs a huge renovation, and needs lots more to offer. Vastly undersized weight room. Virtually no squat racks/free weights for this size of university. No parking for people without a university permit. This incurs additional fees just to hit the gym. One basketball gym partially converted into what looks like CrossFit..? Two other racquetball courts converted to cardio and a spinning class... Pool is decent, outdoor sun deck is the size of my thumb. Outdoor soccer field is great, and it’s the only free thing here, ha! I’ll be quitting after this month. Still on a search to find a quality gym in New Orleans.

Ti
Review №9

Well run facility. Parking isnt the best, but the facility is fantastic.

Br
Review №10

This place has the best managers ever. Unreal how good they are. Also dont forget a photo ID

sa
Review №11

Well facilitiated. You dont want to leave it once you go in. Loved playing ping pong.

Jo
Review №12

The pool is small but nice, clean and neat place for workout, price can be better but location is good to me so I dont really care.

Pr
Review №13

Best rec center in the city hands down. All the workout equipment you need and some you didnt think you needed but it has become your best friend. Check out the website for info on their many offerings.

Sa
Review №14

Very clean and organized. Have sanitary wipes for machines, and weights were mostly re-racked which was nice.

Ga
Review №15

Nice, clean facility but there’s no hot water at any of the automated sinks in the restrooms. How can you effectively wash your hands without hot water?

Sp
Review №16

Great market with mid to high-end products located in the marigny.

Sh
Review №17

Great pool and shower rooms. I can get a lane to swim laps 95% of the time without sharing. Good weight room, indoor track, many free exercise classes. Only complaint is they make you pay extra for spinning and yoga after paying a small fortune to join.

Ev
Review №18

Best gym in the world. Been going for 20 years now. Wish they would bring back the smoothie bar and the sauna though...

Da
Review №19

Great people. Very nice atmosphere.

Na
Review №20

Prices are a bit outlandish for people who arent affiliated with the university, but I guess thats the point. $90 a month, if you can believe it. Facilities are nice, though. Basketball courts are usually busy, and if you come at the right times its almost always possible to get a game of five-on-five. and if you dont plan on going during the week, you can get their Early Bird Pass, which is $70 for 10 visits (before like 5pm on weekdays and anytime on the weekends).

Ja
Review №21

If you take your headphones off it sounds like a library. Youre not allowed to bring your bag with gear out onto the gym floor. So yiu cant use your belt or wraps. Sad.

Ka
Review №22

The pool. My daughter LOVED Ripples...but its not an option any longer. Wishing it would still continue! It is a great asset to the community! I loved seeing her with her camp friends going to the different activities. Its a shame it is cancelled.

Ma
Review №23

Student advocates were outstanding on campus tour

Pa
Review №24

You know whats fun? Getting dressed to go to the gym, driving over, paying for a parking spot, then being turned away because of some ridiculous technicality. I was just turned away because I accidentally grabbed the wrong card this morning and had my moms. BIG MISTAKE, you would think that I was trying to break into the pentagon or something. I am so disgusted by the staffs rude behavior, its just a gym, there is absolutely no reason to be completely foul to us. One experience I will never forget was during Isaac when I had lost power for 6 days, I tried to go the Reily center to get a shower and some A.C. Guess what? I wasnt let in because my picture had expired the day before, it was a Sunday and I couldnt renew it because the office was closed. I actually begged the staff to let me in and told her about how I had no electricity. No dice. Are they teaching their staff to have absolutely no compassion whatsoever? These experiences have definitely ruined my experience with this gym.

as
Review №25

My 3-year -old son loved to swim before we started lessons at Riley. He thought the only way into the pool was to jump into my arms. He always wanted to be in the water and looked forward to swimming every weekend of the summer.Two instructors, (but only 3 lessons out of 8) later he was scared of the water, will not put his face under and no longer jumps into my arms from the side of the pool even 5 months later. Lots of money wasted, but more importantly, the lessons accomplished the exact opposite of what I wanted - we actually went backward. DO NOT RECOMMEND!

An
Review №26

The parking area left to the rehab facility is dangerous and poorly lighted. Oversized cars should not be slowed to park there as everything is tight in addition to concrete pilings between every 2 small parking spaces. There isnt enough handicapped parking in this area either. It was poorly designed.

Ja
Review №27

Needs squat racks, otherwise very nice

Jo
Review №28

I love this place! They offer some free activities for students likeThe best thing is definitely the staff who proactive in helping you make the most of your experience using their facilities, much more proactive than previous universities that I attended.The gym equipment, racquetball courts, basketball/volleyball courts, elevated track, ellipticals, rowing machines, pool, sunning deck ... it is all here to enjoy.

Ja
Review №29

Nice facility...great air conditioning!!!

Br
Review №30

The sounds of grunting in the weight room soothe me.

G
Review №31

Not the best staff but the equipment is pretty good, not enough benches in the weight room at rush hoir it is impossible to get access to weights and machines as they are all being used. Would recommend though.

Un
Review №32

Friendly staff. Clean facilities. Loads of exercise options. Downside? No childcare.

Jo
Review №33

Reily is an active, well-equipped gym on Tulanes campus. They also offer exercise programs and outdoors activities.

Ta
Review №34

All the equipment I could ask for. Occasionally all racks are taken causing wait but not often

Da
Review №35

The most state of the art athletics gym and recreation center Ive had the pleasure of entering and the staff is eager friendly and very competent at their jobs. Indoor running track, self defense rooms, Pilates and dance rooms, treadmills, free weight and much much more and an Olympic sized indoor lap pool plus an outdoor one as well.

Lu
Review №36

Great gym - pool always has lanes available and always open. Can rent lockers too.

En
Review №37

Good college weight room. 3 squat racks, 2 platforms, texas power bars

Mi
Review №38

Im an employee, i love working here!

Zh
Review №39

As a guest i have to pay 10 bucks to get in, but its totally worth it.

Al
Review №40

Great free group classes, nice swimming pool. They keep it clean too

vi
Review №41

Great facility for all variety of workout offerings.

Al
Review №42

Jamie Fox is more handsome in person

Iv
Review №43

Large, comfortable, newish decor, complete facility with lots of machines, treadmills and weights.

Se
Review №44

Great gym and exercise facility.

Ta
Review №45

I love the pool

An
Review №46

Can be a little bit crowded in the afternoons

Jo
Review №47

Great place to workout.

Ma
Review №48

Great campus center

ar
Review №49

Nice facility.

Ro
Review №50

Great Indoor Basketball Courts

Ma
Review №51

Excellent place.

Sa
Review №52

Great gym.

La
Review №53

Nice court

Ri
Review №54

Great place.

Ja
Review №55

Friendly staff

徐牧
Review №56

Great place!

Ch
Review №57

Had a blast

In
Review №58

Bad, outside pool most of time

Za
Review №59

Great gym with tons of amenities

Ky
Review №60

Lovely, clean Tulane only gym.

An
Review №61

A nice facility with a good pool.

D.
Review №62

Best gym in New Orleans

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  • Address:31 Janet Yulman Way, New Orleans, LA 70118, United States
  • Site:https://campusrecreation.tulane.edu/
  • Phone:+1 504-865-5431
Categories
  • Recreation center
Working hours
  • Monday:8am–9pm
  • Tuesday:8am–11pm
  • Wednesday:6am–11pm
  • Thursday:6am–11pm
  • Friday:6am–11pm
  • Saturday:6am–11pm
  • Sunday:6am–9pm
Accessibility
  • Wheelchair-accessible entrance:Yes
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