Taipei City Beitou Sports Center — Attraction in Beitou

This place is built right in the middle of a very old area with basically zero urban planning, so it is nightmarish to get there via public transportation or by driving. Your best option is to bike or ride a scooter there.

The staff is generally nice, and the facilities are serviceable, but the pool area is not managed or maintained well. The pool itself is good, the water is good, but there is zero enforcement from lifeguards or pool staff for lane speeds, and they’ve recently just gave up and made every single lane the same. “Classes” happen spontaneously and coaches just claim up to 3 lanes out of the five full lanes for their classes without any notice, regardless of whether or not if there are people using it.

The showers are never ventilated, maintained, cleaned, or disinfected; there’s black mold all over ceiling and crevices, most shower heads are all barely functioning from being clogged from hard water, and shower heads that have fallen off completely are...

You can step into most gyms and tell most of what you need to know about coaching and curriculum in about 5 minutes. Don’t look at the coaches. That’s not where you’ll get the information. Look at the students. Really, look at the students and observe what you see. Not their technique or how good they are. Look at their age, race, sex, body type, athleticism and general overall fitness. Done that?

This place has no monthly or season tickets, and has a lot room to improve for hygiene in the shower and bathroom.

The weight training section is fully-equipped but they has only one smith machine and there is not enough plates.

The lighting is not good because the ceiling is too high.

However, I have to give credit to most of the staff members for their...

went there with my wife tonight and were stopped BECAUSE WE SHARED ONE TOWEL. I'd understand if we get a pass just once since we still have the towel but the staff gave us the option of buying a towel or go home and get it. He did explain that they have to reinforce this regulation due to people's complaints. Nonetheless, we got our refund and left with the worst workout experience EVER.

For the record, bringing a towel is fine. What's unbearable is that no one seems to care enough about...

those (especially the elderly in the morning) who rub their body parts against machines or use them inappropriately.

those who speak extra loud (especially headphone users) or display workout apps with loud...