Reviews of Dalplex (Gym)

Katie B

The new addition is lovely, however there needs to be some renovations to the older areas. A lot has been done in the last few years, but definitely more to be done. This is especially true with regards to updating the pool deck/change rooms, and the class/lab/office areas.

Varun Sai Poluru

I had a student membership, during my initial days I did not actually notice the value of this place and had no idea what it has got inside and just kept ignoring to go there and look at what they got to offer, gradually my friends started going and I too wanted to check out the place and then realized how amazing it was and it has got very big swimming pool and a fantastic gym which was recently upgraded and also a huge badminton court and they also provide rackets, gigantic basketball courts and located in a very calm and decent environment. I would say if you are a student please do not ignore rather go and get some physical exercise and stay healthy. unfortunately do not have any pictures.

CERULEAN Antar

Good quality sports stuff

Terry Rhyno

A great facility, with a wonderful staff.

Bas Dawod

The swimming pool is closed due to water leak

Kevin Bradley

It's okay. Overpriced if you're not a student and plan to use weight equipment.

Nicole Hubley

Nice big place, parking is limited.

Veronica Penny

Excellent gym, very clean and nice layout. The pool area and change rooms are quite old but it doesn’t affect your experience in any way. Great staff in my experience, they answer questions concisely and dealt with a refund that I needed promptly. I have no complaints!

Mihir Joshi

Nice place to workout for dal students

Michael Lambert

Lots of people love the new Dalplex. I think it's OK. New equipment is great, but they bought very cheap barbells. They feel flimsy and have very light knurling. The various areas are laid out very poorly so it's extra cramped in high traffic areas but deserted in other parts. People end up walking between the bench presses to get from one side of the gym to the other all the time. Very dangerous. Squat racks are so close together you can't load plates. No mirrors in the free weight area. No traditional side loaded leg press. No seated row station. All in all, a very pretty, expensive looking space but lacking fundamentals of a good gym. Edit: it turns out that Deadlifting with iron plates is not allowed. You have to use at least one bumper plate each side. Reason: they're worried about noise and damaging the floors. Well, fine, but using a bumper plate doesn't actually reduce the noise very much and it makes deadlifting really awkward (bumper plates in kg and they bounce). Beside that, it's a brand new gym. You're already not allowed to deadlift on the platforms, so why didn't they build the floors properly? Seems like they're more concerned with keeping the place pretty looking than actually providing a place to do some real lifting. Worse: whether or not you get called on this policy seems to depend on who's working. First time I've heard of it since the new facility opened. Bad policy, no advertisement, inconsistently applied. 2/5 stars

Martin N

Decently equipped gym. There is a swimming area, treadmill area with televisions, a smaller gym with mostly machines and an upstairs area that can be accessed through the locker rooms. The upstairs area is very crowded between 6-8 on most days. During these times it can be very difficult to find a bench or squat rack.

Nicole Vander Doelen

Beautiful spacious university gym and sports dome

Saadmaan Mahmid (Shoshi)

Good gym with very good facilities.

Lara Mitchell

Great place to go for a swim!! The staff sre friendly and very safe regarding the COVID19 rules. Definitely recommend!

Robert Cullen

Great facility

Den Oh

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APURV TRIPATHI

Love to be here

Chris Stone

A dated fitness centre with no sunlight or easy access.

Lauriane veyrent

Lots of activities - very modern

Ainsley Fraser

The fastest pool in the Atlantic provinces! Nestled under the entire field house it goes from long course to short course each day. Like a sick joke. Once it hosted CIS Championships, but the after party was too legendary, so the swim meet moved on to more boring cities like Victoria and Toronto. Home to the fiercest lady Tiger Rachel Shin a 400 IM legend.

Kitty K.

Overpriced for individual. It'll be great if they have free towel service.

Adam Glynn

Lacking some staple pieces of equipment (weighted leg press, proper cable row)

Emerson Collins

The best local facility for all your exercise needs

Micah Wilson

Nice facility but is $15 for a day pass

Brendan Talmage

Service desk and court bookings could be faster, but overall very nice facilities and really nice people working there

BRUCE FRIIS

Every morning in at 6 for our workout. Usually the same group, so it's a community.

Ice White

Great investment. Gigantic and clean facilities with good lighting. Definitely the best gym I have visited.

Anastasia Gvozdeva

Great place, would like to have fans near the tradmills but otherwise everything's good

Mike C

Gym looks like a gym.

Joel Sardinha

Gym equipment is a bit limited but overall has all necessary facilities. Access is limited during exam season which is quite inconvenient

A Mack

Modern and upbeat facility

Ganesh Sivakumar (Gansy)

This is the primary sports complex of Dalhousie university. It has all the facilities for sports and fitness incl 8-lane 50m swimming pool , weight rooms, cardio gym, badminton, volleyball, basketball, squash, racquetball, table tennis ,climbing court, 1/6-mile indoor running/walking track with ample parking. This place is really good with all the required infrastructure to play your sport and to become fit. All Dal students should drop in here once and become active forever :) Stay fit n lead a happy life :)

Nigel Nizam

Great place to get a workout and enjoy the advantages of different activities all under one roof! Definitely better to get a membership here rather than any local gymnasium or sports centre.

Hari Prashanth

Dalplex is one of the clean, hygienic and well maintained fitness facilities in this area. Plenty of space, varieties of classes and equipments. Try cardio kickboxing and Zumba. They also have a good rack climbing court.

Matthew Robinson

Excellent facilities

Jack Tempest

I am a Dalhousie university Graduate, as such I get a reduced annual membership rate to go here which is fantastic. The only thing I can't do here is use the sauna due to Covid fears, but once I'm fully vaccinated, I'll be in there anyway. This place is great, natural light. Plentiful assortment of machines to target every part of the muscular system. In addition to the swimming pool and the indoor track, there really is something for anyone

Rory Harris

What Gym opens at 9? its a joke

Pham Ngoc Nam

Great equipments. Helpful assistants. Free day use lockers. Fieldhouse with many sport choices.

Khalid Saadeh

World class

Stephanie Sedgwick

Awesome facility with great staff. The new building is amazing!

Carlos Ureta Mori

A very nice place to exercise

Stephanie Bignell

Visited the christmas craft fair here. Great spot but not enough vendors. We were in and out in less than 15 minutes.

Shauna Marshall

Newly renovated!! Huge fitness facility with a swimming pool, saunas, workout classes, running track badminton and squash courts and more! I’ve been going since I’ve learned to walk and it’s like a second home.

Rachel Lor

Not a good venue for volleyball when it’s 30C + outside and no a/c. Was disappointed this wasn’t accommodated better for the players

Leff

Amazing gym! Loved it

Nicholas Beynon

Impressive facilities.

Tushar Gupta

Best gym in town

Jacob Seifred

issues with heating sometimes, but nice place

Michael Fisher

Very open. Could use more variety in terms of leg machines for example...not just machine training. However, enough space and good variety.

Cyrus Almeida

Amazing place for recreation if you are close to Dalhousie University. Lot of parking spaces and organized appointment system. 1 hour perday. The pool the tennis court the fitness hall every facility is well managed and kept clean. The menbership rates are reasonable and if you stay in Community its more affordable. Visiting Dalplex is always mind refreshing and best activity center around Halifax Downtown.

Simon Ross-Siegel

A busy gym with a lot of facilities. I use it to play squash, and rarely are all the courts booked at once.

Nader Nadernejad

Dalplex? More like DalFLEX!

Shruti Ghariya

Great place to work-out. But due to the recent situation, they are taking up to 44 people in the fitness studio and I never got an appointment as they are filled as they are made available.

Jack Luke

Love this gym! I've been training here for 8 months now and Dalplex offers a great environment for anyone looking to exercise. I would rate it a five star if they would install a straight pull up bar that you could practice calisthenics freestyle moves on.

Elias Safatli

Great place.

mrpantz300

Dalplex more like dalflex

Ali Abdi

Go and get the body work done!

Matthew Eromosele Ughulu

Cool

J. Ross Mayhew

Perhaps the most comprehensive place to get and stay fit in the whole city!! Everything is there: SUPER indoor track, ping pong room, oodles of exersize equipment and free weights, full-sized pool.... lots more. Staff is first-class... couldn't ask for more actually!!

Kranthi Kiran Jalakam

Really nice fieldhouse

Shilpa Singh

Think of a sport and you will find it here.

Masoud Aali

Arguably the best sport complex for the price. It doesn't have the variety of group classes that Goodlife does though

Johnathan McDonald

An awesome gym with excellent equipment and facilities. Lots of dumbbells, three squat racks, three flat benches, and an incline bench press. As well, they have a plethora of cardio equipment. The place sometimes gets really busy (namely suppertime), but that is a testament to its popularity as opposed, I guess, to anything wrong with the facility.

Ann Noddin

Loving the pool ????????????

Chris Xu (Chris X.)

This is where we write our exams! Not too intimidating I'd say. The renovation is well done in general. But it gets uncomfortably hot at times with heating on when we were writing our exams.

Adam Deutsch

Dalplex recently received some fantastic upgrades to its general weight room and fitness hall. This included a few yoga studios and other workout studios. The field house is large with something for everyone. The pool however is out dated and could use some love. The staff are always friendly and helpful. Booking spots can be challenging at times however that's just the way things are. Will continue to go to Dalplex until HRM builds a better facility.

Anirudh Ganesh

Pretty good place working out. If you're a student of dal or kings, take advantage of this awesome place. Would be cool if they could include cross fit equipments.

Soleil Campbell

So many options for exercising, I find it to be a motivating space.

Damian B

It's nice

Cole DeMan

If you're a student it's pretty good for being included in your tuition. But you mays well go to Goodlife if you're not.

Chintan Patel

Very good sports facilities.

Stephen Horne

FANTASTIC, I am staying at Dalhousie's Howe Hall for a week and daily DalPlex passes are included. I was very impressed with the weight/cardio area. Lots of space between benches etc., and a great selection of workout equipment.

Olashile Adebimpe

Best Gym in Halifax.

Gerb Ding

Really cool place, has this sort of above ground indoor track that was fun to run around when we were forced to do physical activities.

Every Thing

Love the experience of getting there and playing badminton tennis and working out in fitness hall. Its important to book your appointments given the current situation. Overall great lots of parking available.

Alexander Kulakevich

Great gym for a low price.

Ann Noddin

Loving the pool ????????????

Yajvan Suresh

What a futuristic looking building!! I think Dalplex is the only futuristic looking building in Halifax!! You guys deserve a 5/5!!!!

My Z

Nice working out place

akajeremy777

New and improved gym is a perfect size. No longer overheat when I go to workout.

Logan McNutt

Looks good!

Mike _

Crowded during academic terms but it can satisfy your basic gym requirement.

Susan Sabourin

I'm a member, great facility, friendly, helpful staff. Great, knowledgable instructors for the older adult programs

Jeremy Rintoul

Great variety of equipment, friendly staff, and a good atmosphere combine to make this an excellent gym. The only thing I wish they had that they don't is a heavy bag.

J.B. Robertson

Dalplex is a nice new facility ready to satisfy all your fitness needs.

Larrissa Macdonald

Good gym

Harry Bingham

Open most days. Good quality sporting stuff. Website for scheduling sucks the big one!

Kim Li

Staff don't enjoy working there, any chance to reduce hours, weather, covid, they will. Save your money join YMCA or Canada Games Center.

Guy MacIssac

To be short, kinda really cool place but leaves something to be desired.

Thomas Kingston

I lift here

resu eman

Booked 8:00 a.m. workout online showed up building closed, 40 other people lined up outside building waiting to work out as well. Building doesn't open until 9am on Sunday, but booking system listed 8am time slot. No accountability for management. Non-scientic based covid protocols result in 75% of fitness machines roped off in gym, dalplex membership not worth it. Cancelling mine, going to Fitness FX or new YMCA. Management doesn't care at all, zero accountability. Dalplex exists to give the staff jobs, not for community to work out.

Colleen Dewis

It is a decent place to work out, lots of options for equipment. Currently the pool is very broken and has been for 2 months which is sad.

Hitesh Yadav

Great facility but ridiculous weight room rules.

Yusraa Tadj

This place is decent if you are looking for a workout or need a swim in the pool. The equipment is not too bad. The kids' classes here are pretty good and the play area is fun for them too. I enjoy running over the courts especially during early weekend mornings when there aren't many people using the gym.

Josephine De Leebeeck

Clean, open atmosphere. Good equipment, great place to workout

M M

Staff are ludicrous

Me Amu

Very hot and old equipment. (Edit after relocating to the new building) The new facility is really really awesome. I’m changing from one star to five.

Pef Land

horrible management, very disorganized, good luck if you book a court. Not that you can with covid restrictions changing every month.

sam richmond

Is good, you got a pool and stuff. I give it dalhouse ye

Dennis Beauchamp

Brand new gym coming soon

Mitchell Kilgour

Great facility

Aaron Yip

The new facility is awesome. Very spacious with all new equipment.

Andrew

Relaxed, quiet gym. Not busy unless you go after supper.

T B

Sucks

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Nice

Nathan Burton

Not for the serious lifter. Staff have no clue how to run a gym. Way to many rules. Terrible gym.

Brady Walsh

Only one problem, there aren't enough mirrors in the new gym area. Other than that it's a good place.

zammy canada

New building is great

David Lavers

Brand new beautiful facility

Hit Yad

Great facility run with absurd policies and poor management.

Jim Wilson

Best COVID-19 precautions inside the Atlantic Bubble! Well done!????????

Liz Woolaver

The renovations are really great, there's so much natural light in a very open space with most of the equipment. The change rooms are nice too, but it is a bit annoying to have to go through the new facility to get to the old one (for the pool, or physio).

Rhys Direy

Hell ya.

Michael Ashton

Lovely complex for sports but don't bother with the Christmas show.

Steven R

I've found nearly all of the staff to be extremely helpful, as I'm at the facility a considerable amount. That being said, the person who runs the front desk is one of the most disrespectful personnel managers I've ever met. The use of language with her staff, the way she talks to and treats customers and employees that work in other aspects of the facility, is abhorrent. I'm to the point where I'm taking the time to make a formal complaint, even if I have to weed through multiple layers of Dal bureaucracy. It's worth it in my eyes.