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    Phelps Activity Center

    4.0 (1 review)
    Closed 1:00 pm - 5:00 PM
    Updated 3 weeks ago

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    UA Student Recreation Center - Dead skin

    UA Student Recreation Center

    3.9(7 reviews)
    3.8 mi

    This gym has great equipment, and friendly staff. However, this place is highly unsanitary. My…read morefriends have gotten pink eye from working out here so please wear gloves or wash your hands. The equipment is not cleaned properly, partially due to the minimum wage paid employees, because I wouldn't clean it either with that pay. Look out on the barbells and dumbbells for caked on dead skin from countless people. I do not want to have dead skin transferred to my hands, especially the germs!!This gym would be a lot better if it was cleaned better!

    I have a long and storied history with the UA recreation center. I remember many years ago, when I…read morewas a junior in high-school, seeing it on a tour. I thought it was very nice and could offer a lot. Going into my senior year, after over three years at this establishment, I still agree with those statements with a few caveats. First, three squat racks. Why? There are 40,000 people that go to school here. That is around 1 squat rack for every 13,000 students. That is a horrible ratio. I have waited in line for the squat racks for over 30 minutes before. That is time that I will never get back in my life. Fix it. Second, parking. This one is a little more specific but at the time of writing this review it is the summer. Why did I have to circle the parking lot 6 times to find a parking spot? During the summer, I look forward to the gym being empty. I am busy. I have a lot to do. It's just more wasting time trying to find a spot. A little heads up of the basketball tournament would have been nice. I'm glad that things are being hosted, but there are still patrons of the gym that want to workout. The parking situation isn't any better during the school year. Third, the strict no fun gym hours. Look, the hours here suck. Not just for the weight room, but for everything. The hours on the lap pool just down right don't make sense. There is a common issue with time. Time being wasted. Time = money so therefore money is being wasted. I value my time and this place is taking inconvenient amounts on it not for its primary purpose. Everything is like a YouTube ad. Like yeah you get to workout, but here is a 20 minute inconvenience for you beforehand. The equipment is nice though and it is better than paying for a Crunch membership. 7.5/10

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    Snow Hinton Park - Look at that rope matrix!

    Snow Hinton Park

    4.0(5 reviews)
    5.4 mi

    This park is amazing! Been to parks all around the US and some in Europe and many were awesome but…read morethis one is for all ages. Beautiful green grass at least in the spring. Nice bathrooms which for a busy Saturday was pretty well maintained and clean. Love the bench swings- sweet for 2 but big enough for a family of 4. Swings could be raised a little higher so feet don't drag. The piece de la resistance!!!!! The huge slide with the ropes to climb up on "designed for 5-12. 5 May be a bit young but it's nice to have a challenge for older kids (of all ages). There are so many plastic playscapes around the country that are "designed" for 5-12 whet a 9 year old won't be caught seen by their friends in it because it's a "baby thing". This was refreshing to see! Plus for so long our kids have been bubble wrapped and told to be careful we have decades of millions of wimps around. So nice to have a challenge! Good for development physically and mentally! Thank you TUSCALOOSA! Question... when and how do you access the parking lots. They were closed off which initially led me to believe it was a private park.

    Snow Hinton Park is a nice enough park in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It was not very far from my hotel…read moreand allowed me a nice enough place to go walk around and unwind after a very long day of traveling for work. We as a community need our parks where we as a community can gather for rest and relaxation. Snow Hinton Park is a nice enough place to find a respite from the day to day grind of modern life.

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