Washington Park Recreation Center — Attraction in Denver

This is an adequate rec center and I generally use it for most of my lifting.

Pros:

-Adequate staff. Some, like Justin, are very friendly and welcoming. Others couldn't care less when you come in, but they do their jobs well and keep things clean and orderly

-Newer and well maintained equipment

-Full size pool if you swim laps

-Convenient location

-they responded pretty quickly to complaints when they did away with the 2.5lb plates and bought new ones

Cons:

-the weight room is very tiny for the amount of use it gets

-there is only one power rack, so only one person doing military press, squats, deadlifts, bent over rows etc at a time. This quickly becomes an issue on busy nights

-the locker room does not have separate showers, unlike other rec centers

-they charge regional pricing for this location, and I'm really not sure why. The pool does not make up for the lack or room and equipment in other areas. The Central Park rec center is more what I expect for...

Horrible experience. Took my kids to open swim and Griffin the lifeguard was incredibly rude to me and my kids. They split the pool in half between the deep and shallow ends and require the kids to pass a swim test, 2 lengths of the pool, to swim in the deep end. My kids have been swimming for years and are very strong swimmers. They have passed this test at this pool many times previously. Griffin said they were struggling and would not explain any further why he wouldn't pass them. After speaking to another lifeguard, he said they had to complete the swim test in freestyle. Griffin could not have been less courteous and ruined my children's experience at this pool. All he had to do was explain that they had to swim the lengths freestyle instead of breast stroke and they would have passed. Management had no real interest in addressing the issue after talking to them. If you are a family looking for a pool to take your kids, avoid...

Serious lack of common decency.

Its January 11th, blizzard snowstorm outside. I just got done playing basketball. It's 8 oclock, closing time. My phone died, I'm asking if I can use the charger to call my ride. The one sitting on the desk. You guys say no and tell me I have to leave because it's closing time. I have to leave with no ride into a blizzard. So I leave and am standing outside in the blizzard and the manager and workers are just sitting in there for 10 to 20 minutes while I'm out in the blizzard with a dead phone and no ride. Finally they leave and walk by me saying nothing.

I come to this gym every single friday for a year now, im a great customer. You serve the general public, every once in a while wait 2 minutes so a customer can get...