Ottawa Nautilus Fitness Center — Local services in Ottawa

If cracked leather, steel plates, and antique equipment make you feel alive, this is the place for you. This is an excellent gym. I visited one day and debated moving to Ottawa. The people running the place were very helpful and kind. I reached out via email and got a response the same day. The membership prices are incredible, 15 dollars a month or pay 100 dollars and get a year membership for less than 8.50 a month. A day pass is 5 dollars and the Nautilus Pullover Machine made it worth the price of admission. Nothing will make you feel stronger than buckling in before a set and the lat soreness was immediate. The gym has a tenured vibe but I'd give the equipment a solid 8/10 with a few pieces I really enjoyed like the weighted dip/pullup machine and, to my knowledge, the exclusive standing calf raise in the state of Kansas. Every machine has absurd weight available. Plenty of the basics, heavy dumbbells and two squat racks, Hack squat, dedicated benches for flat, incline, and decline benching, and a Cybex Smith Machine and cable stacks. They have crash pads for the athletic folk and blocks for the powerlifters; A GHR and Reverse Hyper. Long live Nautilus...

The weights are weighty , and the cardio machines mostly work , for their price I don't think it's good , but I've made gains here so I can't complain either. It's seldom crowded , not tons of different equipment but certainly enough to keep your program fresh. Definitely a body builder / Power lifter type environment , a good selection of barbells ( though most of the older ones are bent ) a box of chalk dust on the wall , Zero signs discouraging grunting , it's a little old , rusty , etc , but it's a REAL gym , where you don't have to be delicate , you can just do the work , and I always appreciated...

I've been going here for about 2 years almost 3 I believe. The majority of the time most of the machines work. Sometimes they are broken but that's just how it is. They fix everything relatively fast. They keep it super clean. They even have a kids area incase parents want to work out as well. If you don't feel comfortable going during the day or work nights like I do you will get a little microchip key to use, which I really enjoy that there is one that I can go to that has 24...