Taipei Wanhua Sports Center — Local services in Taipei

Awesome gym for visitors—good all around set of equipment and free weight area, all for 50NTD (~$1.5USD) per hour.

Quick overview on how to access/use for out-of-towners:

1. After entering the building, take the elevator to the 3rd floor for the fitness area
2. Off the elevator, to your right will be the restroom where you can change (if you brought a separate set of gym clothes with you) and to your left, past the vending machine is a kiosk where you can buy the access pass—use google translate to navigate the options and pay with EasyCard, but ultimately you should get a printed receipt and a QR code for access.
3. Take the QR code and walk over to the turnstyle and scan the QR code on the scanners above the turnstyle. You should hear a “click” and then can enter.
4. Use the gym for up to 70min and scan the QR code again to exit the area (or to use the restroom). If you go above the 70 min, you will have to pay for another hour (50NTD).

FYI points: (1) You MUST bring a towel with you to wipe yourself and equipment during use (2) there is a large set of lockers available you can use—both locked and unlocked/open versions. Locked version requires 10NTD for each use, but I personally felt comfortable just leaving my stuff in the unlocked/open bin since it was visible and out in the open to everyone so felt safe to me. (3) There are no drinking fountains from what I could tell. Bring a bottle of water with you for the...

As others have said, great place to get a workout in when your traveling...it's such a fantastic value. I went during the morning, so it was mostly an older crowd. All the staff seem to speak extremely fluent English, which seems to be rare around here, and they were all very helpful.

Once you enter the building, go to the desk on the right and purchase your pass. The elevators are on the right... Go up to the 3rd floor, scan your QR code on your ticket, and you're good to go. I think they also have multi day passes, but I didn't inquire about the cost. For hourly, it was just 50 NTD per hour, and they have lockers you can rent once inside. You purchase your hours in advance at the front desk, but if you go over, you just pay the difference when you leave.

Some of the weights and equipment are a little older, but nothing too bad. Others are more recent. I didn't use the locker rooms so can't comment on it. If you're just looking to stay in shape while traveling, it's...

This is speaking of the weight room on the 3rd floor only: cost is 50NT for an hour (actually, 75 minutes) and you pay downstairs at the front desk for the receipt. When you enter the weight area upstairs, you go through a turnstile, and it shows you your “in” and then “end” time. Locker rental costs 10NT. I think they charge for a towel but you can bring your own.

Speaking of the weights, there is an assortment of dumbbells that go quite heavy into the hundreds. A handful of free benches. There are several smith machines but only one squat rack for barbells (although it didn’t seem that busy the several times I went). A wide assortment of weight machines that is more than sufficient for a good workout.

Don’t go pay 650NT for a one time use at...