This place has its ups and downs. It's too bad that SCC can't afford to maintain a pool, so why…read morebother building it in the first place? Now it's been covered up and the room is just wasted space, when it could be used as additional weight room space, exercise area, etc. The racquet ball courts are decent. The upstairs recreation room is finally getting a renovation, hopefully it'll be better equipped after the upgrade. Their towel service is decent, that is until the washing machines break down and they have no towels for over a week, while the machine gets repaired. The men's locker room is poorly built, why have carpet in a locker room? Makes no sense from a cleanliness/cleaning standpoint! The day use lockers are way too small, there should be more bigger lockers for day use. So many of those small lockers go unused, it's better to just turn them into longer lockers.
Maintenance here is useless. The doors to the toilets have been broken for months, the middle one is missing its latch, so you can't lock it. The door hinge on the last stall is completely hanging loose and will fall off any day now. It's been like this for months. Some of the shower heads in the shower area does not put out any hot water, it's COLD ass water! The sauna is decent and gets hot, but with the many old naked men in there, you'd probably think twice about going in there. The hours are very limited, especially on the weekends when it closes at 4pm, too early in my opinion. I've noticed they keep the gym open after hours for the b-ball leagues to play. So why not keep it open to the rest of the public, while you have it open for the leagues? It's not fair that it's closed to the public after 8pm.
They do have a good selection of sports equipment to check out and the group exercise room upstairs is pretty spacious. The weight room is what you'd expect from a community college gym, it has your cardio machines, free weights, resistance machines and stretching area. A plus is the indoor running track on the second floor above the basketball courts. If you like to play basketball, pay attention to the open court times, as it seems like there's always volleyball and b-ball leagues playing in the evenings, which will take up at least 50% of the court space.
This gym is pretty smart to offer community memberships and alumni discounts. So if you're not a current student, you can still purchase a membership. 90% of the staff here are SCC students getting their work-study requirements for school (way to go to save money on hiring actual employees SCC!, another way you guys are cutting costs!). Be mindful that some of them are international students, therefore their English/communication skills aren't that great, but they're generally nice and I've never had a problem with any of them.
However, there is one particular employee that I can't stand = Darien. He is the black guy that literally lives in the MAC. He is the most annoying creep I've ever come across there. He will literally follow you around the gym from the weight room, locker room, everywhere! I've once caught him staring at me showering in the locker room, while he was trying to hide behind the curtain. He's repeatedly followed me into the sauna. He'll make excuses to be in the locker room, pretending like he's cleaning or sit in the toilet stall peeping through the open door slot, while he stares at you while you're changing and showering. This guy really needs to be fired or let go. It's to the point where I leave the gym whenever I see him, because he makes me that uncomfortable when he's around. What a creep!
