This review is specific to the Orem Rec/SCERA Summer Swim Team I was disappointed with the program. I did it when I was a kid and had a great experience. The program has certainly gone down hill since then. -The coaches provided no guidance or instruction. - The coaches had no real training program for the kids, they would just cycle through a couple of strokes without any other practice. - Despite repeated email and in person requests our kid never got the swim cap nor t-shirt that was supposed to come with the program. read more

We were a little bit, disappointed by our experience at Orem family fitness center today. We've been members for over a year and we love this place. With the exception of it getting a little bit too busy lately we think this place does a really good job at providing a nice place to work out for families. Today, me and my kids wanted to play basketball in the gym. Many of the hoops were much lower than 10 feet. Not a big deal. we went and talked to a couple of the girls behind the desk to ask them to raise the hoops so that we could play basketball at regulation height. One of the girls stood up to talk to me and said, "no, I think all of the hoops are at the right height. " I responded and said, "no, many of them are around seven or 8 feet. They should be at 10 feet. "She looked at me like I was speaking a different language and said no I believe we can't adjust the height of the hoops. I realize that maybe I was speaking to someone who had only worked there for a little while and maybe didn't know the rules or the procedures around raising and lowering the hoops. So I said, "I believe we can raise the hoops and you can use that tool (pointing at the tool by her) to raise them. If you get a chance, please help us raise one of these hoops to 10 feet. " I thought that I was really nice and respectful. What happened is nobody ever came out to help us raise the hoops to 10 feet they just sort of ignored our request. Not the end of the world, we still love this place. But I hope in the future, the staff is trained and able to assist in these types of things. read more

It's more then a fitness center they have child care and other programs like summer camps, dance, self defense and etc. it's very clean, You see custodians cleaning and making sure everything is ready for the next people coming in. They have fantastic staff that great the members who come in, they enjoy being there, it's very organize. It's also not very crowded so if you hate working out with tons of people around you this is the place. you can leave your kids at child care while you work out. you have all types of athletic classes to help you exercise if you struggle to work out by yourself. Theirs a poor area for your kids as well. it may not be as big as provos recreational center but it does everything you need and more!!!!! I highly recommend going her to exercise! Bring your friends as well! read more

Our family loves the Orem Fitness Center. There is always something to do there. Wether you are going to workout or to swim as a family or use their indoor playground my kids never want to leave. If you go to workout there is a wide range of machines to can accommodate most workouts. Without gymtimidation. They have a lot of equipment and space for this as well. If you come to swim they have 2 pools with lap lanes as well as a kids area with a river and slide and jungle gym in the pool. They also have a hot tub and steam room for adults. They have a daycare for while you workout that is very reasonable in price. As well as an indoor playground to use. They have racquetball courts and a few basketball courts. The facility is always clean and the employees usually are friendly and always seem happy to work here. read more

Orem did a wonderful update to this center. It is beautiful, functional, and the staff are friendly. We had a birthday party and it was very affordable and fun for all ages. My kids also take swim lessons and their instructors are so fun and engaging. read more

Great facility! Always clean and never feels overcrowded. The prices are reasonable considering you have access to so many different things (gym with indoor track, pool, basketball courts, several fitness class, childcare, etc). read more

I grew up going to the Orem Rec Center. I've been away for many years but was very impressed with the new and improved Rec Center. Great basketball courts and weights. Lots of racks for Olympic lifting read more

This review is primarily regarding the swim lessons and the pool: We paid $120 for three kids to have nine half-hour group (5-6 kids) lessons each (they were in different levels). The staff arrived late and left early every time. One of the instructors looked like she would rather be anywhere but helping kids learn to swim. The others seemed pleasant enough. Furthermore, there was no separate area for swim lessons, so the kids had to try and learn with other kids and adults swimming and playing through their lessons. On a couple of occasions our kids got bumped from the regular pool to the "leisure pool" (i.e. even more kids splashing through the lessons) when there were swim meets. In addition to making parking nearly impossible, swim meets filled the leisure pool with additional non-paying patrons. To top things off, the life guards (one in particular) enforce rules arbitrarily. This really sucks the fun out of the experience, especially if your family is on his naughty list. One rule requires someone over 14 to accompany anyone under 9 in the pool. Makes sense. We didn't know the rule and got a warning when we let our kids play in the shallow area while we sat poolside. There were at least four lifeguards in the area, and we were close enough to reach our kids quicker than the lifeguards. Our bad. We have been warned nearly every visit since for some similar infraction. Today I counted over forty kids who looked younger than nine, and only 6 teenagers or adults (including myself). A particular lifeguard, who harasses us nearly every visit, beelined past multiple parents sitting poolside watching their underage kids swim to give my wife another warning about our kids swimming without immediate supervision (guess he didn't know I was in the water with the kids). In any case, my wife has felt singled out and embarrassed by this particular lifeguard's unwanted attention. After swim lessons, we won't be back. Ultimately, we really wanted to like our experience. The new leisure pool seems excellent; however, the swim lessons weren't worth the cost for us, and some of the staff have ruined visiting for pleasure. read more

Cheap pass but the facilities are falling apart. A lot of the equipment in the weight room is broken and the track downstairs leaks water. There are towels and cones in several places on the track where the water pools. They really need to renovate. read more

We bought a day pass to play pickle ball here Saturday morning. They only allow the courts from 9:30-11:30, and it was full the whole time. They open it the rest of the day for basketball, but it didn't seem like there were many people there for basketball. I would suggest keeping the pickeball courts open longer. I though about staying after and doing a treadmill workout, but few of their treadmills have an incline so none of them were open. Older facility, but definitely family friendly. read more

We have had a pass to the rec center for years and have really enjoyed it. Great for our family and my wife and I enjoy working out and participating in some of the programs they offer. read more

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Nothing to complain about, they have everything you expect a city Rec center should have. Great for families. It was our first time getting the annual pass and it's well worth it. Swim lessons are pretty amazing as well for kids. Great instructors. read more

This review is my criticism of the weight area (barbells, dumbbells and machines). Having been into bodybuilding in my younger years, I saw this as a family gym where I could use the weight area. But there were some definite things that I quickly had to either learn to make due with or that I still have a problem with. 1. The dumbbells only go up to 80 pounds, Vasa and other places I've seen go up to 120 or even 130. 2. There is no squat rack/power rack. This is really not good for a serious lifter. 3. When things break, it takes months for them to even fix it. There is equipment that doesn't work good at all and some that needs some serious maintenance. Low priority for them. 4. There are 11 pound plates and not enough plates. When you're looking for the other 10 pound plate, you have to hunt around because there is a bunch of 11 pound plates, which to me is really odd. It's like someone just threw all the weights together and said, here you go. It's a hodge podge of plates. One time I just went with an 11 on one side and a 10 on the other side because I thought, what the hell, I'm tired of hunting around. 5. They use some of the dumbbells to actually keep the doors open and at times there is even a shortage of dumbbells because of it. It's like, wow, we can't get a door stop, so let's just use some of these dumbbells that people use, no one will care, because we're too cheap to get door stops. Retarded! 6. The equipment is severely lacking and the gym is small. 7. They are only open until 10:30pm on weekdays, only 7pm on Saturday, closed Sunday (pet peeve in Utah) and seem to try to close most chances. Why would anyone want to work out on a Saturday night? Again, the gym doesn't have the serious lifter in mind. Example of their closing down. On December 4th ,a Friday, I went over there and it was closed. What? Bottom line, this gym to me is a really low priority for Orem Recreation. I went to the Pleasant Grove Fitness Center facility for about a week and it was huge and quite amazing. Despite all these things, the people are cool and I can usually make due with what they have. However, when the membership runs out, I think I will most certainly go to Vasa Fitness. I think for most people who aren't really into bodybuilding, this gym will do just fine. There are some serious bodybuilders who go there and they seem to do OK and make due. I guess they just don't know what they are missing or they have learned to be happy with it or realize the whole family benefit. read more

The fitness center has most everything - running machines, weights, basketball courts, racquetball, and a large swimming pool. You can rent lockers, borrow equipment, and pay for childcare. It feels a little more used than some of the commercial gyms nearby, but it has everything that I personally need. You can buy year passes or pay $4 for a day. read more