Reviews of Queen's Athletics & Recreation Centre (ARC) (University)

Christoph Fischer

Excellent facility with top drawer exercise machines. The pool is wonerful. The facility is well appointed and clean.

Ali Mahjoori

Good facility, bogged down by student pressure, at peak hours in fall and winter you may have to wait for 10-15 mins for machines. In summer wait times are negligible. Impressive collection of equipments under one roof. Edit:1 year later student pressure has increased with less help and monitoring from support staff. Sad to say i am cancelling membership after 6 years of patronage. It's better to get artillery park membership and get workouts done in 45 mins than arc. At arc it takes more than an hour to get same workout.

Kiran raman (Kika)

Incredible fitness facility!

Will McArthur

(Translated) Very good, the gym is quite big, but I do n’t know why there is no toilet on the second floor (Original) 挺好的，健身房挺大，但是不知道为啥二层没有厕所

Adam Cockell

Never been but have herd great things

Jason G

Perfect location. Great building for group activities

Aidan MacCready

Very complete athletics facility, with 2 dojos (matted rooms), multiple gyms, and a very large set of machines and weights for all different types of excersising. A pool is attached, and downstairs are nice changerooms and a physiotherapy/massage clinic with competent staff and an in house sports doctor.

Richard Bowlby

Excellent facilities

Tony Lew

im a sweat

Mahdi TR

Great Queens University graduation ceremony

Rabby S

Nice complex

EZKI

it's a basic gym, let's be real

Matthieu Roux

Great equipment and great atmosphere

Moonshade Snow

Very large, has everything you'd want in an athletics centre except sauna/hot tub.

John Coburn

I had an amazing time at the ARC!

Chasel J. Weng

Good gym, fewer people in morning compared to afternoon

Meg Fay

Good gym with great facilities and equipment: two criticisms though. Weekend hours are too short making it challenging to get a good workout in and gym is overall VERY crowded a majority of the time, expect to be waiting for machines and patrons awkwardly staring at you in hopes you'll be done soon.

Ramses Morales

Update: having not been in to the ARC in quite some time, I got a day pass to grab a quick workout while in the area. While it still is the largest facility in Kingston with the most equipment selection I've seen anywhere near Kingston, it is starting to get unacceptably dirty. It's almost as if it hasn't been cleaned since I had a membership there from a few years ago. The floors are filthy, the treadmills are covered in dried sweat and spilled protein drinks, the walls are starting to get pretty damaged, the water fountains don't get cleaned I don't think, and there is a lot other stuff making the gym look dirty and unmaintained. If you want the equipment selection I still recommend the ARC. If you want your gym to be somewhat clean, I recommend trying somewhere else.

Allison Mae

Love the updated design and the new punching bags

Braulio Antonio

Many ppl full

Jacob Dey

Go gaels! The women's rugby team is a great group of players. Keep up the good work.

Mulugeta Bayisa

Nice facility

Declan A Green

Great place, unlimited gains

CauseItWontFit

Really nice. Should come here more often.

Chris P

Great equipments.

Wayne

Excellent place for. Swimming or workout. Gets busy in the afternoon. Best to.e to go is before work, early in the morning

HDSHANSEN GAMING

It’s a pretty good gym. My biggest complaint is they don’t have enough weights, squat racks or equipment for the student body. At peak hours the gym is simply too busy.

Sherry Robinson

State of the art facility, friendly helpful staff, very clean.

Prince Michael Amegbor

The conditioning zone on level 2 absolutely NEEDS more cable attachments. Often times you will have a vacant cable machine, but you won't have the attachment you want for it! …

William Plaxton

My nephew had a basketball tournament here in May 2018. Great facilities here. Spacious gym with lots of seating. Plenty of paid parking nearby.

Daniel Adu Owusu

Everything you need to workout

Antara Arif

The food stalls are too expensive.

Desmond Hui

Lots of different workout areas to space things out. Certain pieces of equipment get very busy as their are only 1 of them. Pretty busy during the school year when nothing special is going on (exams, holidays etc).

Jordan Smith

This place is awesome, if you're a queens student youd be a fool not to go here all the time. Free basketball rentals, and they have something like 10 courts so you can generally have one to yourself. 4$ racquet and ball rental and you can almost always get a court to yourself. Great place.

Miranda Buwalda (Wanja)

Never been inside here.

Louis Kennedy

Excellent facility equipment wise, but apart from fact it is sometimes very crowded my main beef is that the change rooms are 2 floors below street level & one of the major work out areas is 1 floor above street level. So I always see some people taking the elevator to go up to work out or to head back down to the lower level after completing their workout... this is crazy; i.e. you go to have a work out but are too lazy to use the stairs. yikes

Devin Fowlie

Graduated a few years ago and stopped in at CoGro for an exam size Americano & never before have I felt more like the 'hello fellow kids' guy.

Ethan Jenkins

WOMEN ONLY POOL TIME ON FRIDAY MORNING

Ragingfrost1771

A beautiful state of the art facility with exceptional customer service from the entire ARC staff.

Colin Climie

Top notch facilities. Well maintained. Best gym in Kingston

Laura Stanley

Plentiful and well-laid-out parking with many electric car charging stations.

Livio Passalent

Its nice

Praphulla

I will add, the only reason I gave a 4 was the holiday hours being short. As a facility it is easily a 5

Borian D

The amazing ARC. This is hands down the best gym you can ask for on a university campus. A lot of different machines, weights, areas, courts, programs,... Absolutely amazing!!

saeid karimi

Oh my God never seen a gym this big. There are many many machines

warren fletcher

Queen's college campus hub. Members only gym. Good selection of gym equipment and classes.

Carly W

One of the nicest University gyms I've ever been to. You do need a student card or a paid membership to go in. The ARC also has a small grocery store, pharmacy and a food court (cash only or meal plan) including Tim Hortons, Teriyaki Experience, PizzaPizza, Booster Juice, and Pita Pit. The lines tend to be pretty long (and slow) for most of the restaurants except for Teriyaki Experience.

Krista Veenstra

Great facilities watched 2 basketball games for a 2 day tournament at Queens

Matthew Ashton

Friendly staff and nice facilities. The underground parking is nice for evening swim lessons.

Esosa Oliha

The place for ever, I have such a good memory in it

Jessica Rybka

GET THOSE GAINS ????????????

Trajan Brown

Nice place with modern equipments

Cameron McLean

I like Queens Arc , coz they have swimming pool. There cafeteria has tim Hortons, booster juice, teriyaki, pizza pizza and pita pit. There is one grocery store and drug mart as well

Ryan Chow

I love it here and can't wait to come back! Tons of options for equipment and space for everyone. Very clean!

Life is not a dress rehearsal.

Hours are way too short. Closing at 11:30pm is absolutely unacceptable, especially with how much volume this gym gets at peak hours. It should be open at a minimum of 24 hours a day during the semester.

Joe A

Poggers

Kal Radikov

Amazing gym

Mitch Sharp

Awesome

Jennie Marshall

Great gym for school. plenty of room, lots of equipment. I usually went in the mornings so it was not overly busy.

khronik

good eats. good place to meet up. good skating underneath too. too bad the security guards are losers and always kick ya out. NOT LIKE ITS BEING USED ALL WINTER.

Lucien Trottier

Okay variety. Great hours. Very very busy

Ethan Brooks

Great facilities at the gym! Week nights can be quite busy.

Jordan Prentice

Litty

Dora Yang

Such a beautiful gym, it's got everything you would need and a bit more.

happy sidhu

A beauty spot to watch a game. Not a bad seat in the house. Kids enjoyed the in game promos.

Major Keyvan Nourhaghighi

The best.

sloane rosen

Beautiful, new facility. Even with large demand, even larger capacity usually accommodates.

Degonto Mazumder

Enrolled my child in a couple of summer camps, the facilities are top notch

Suarez Barboza

Amazing

darnley nyirenda

The facility is wonderful, and provides access to many different types of equipment. Great for beginners or casual enthusiasts. …

Jonathan Siu

The flooring is extremely uneven in the lifting zone especially around the racks. The uneven flooring not only affects lifts but it is also a major hazard when dealing with heavy weights.

Victoria Henri

Great facilities, but it’s just way too busy during the day. Be prepared to stand behind 30 people for a cup of coffee.

Johnny Kang

Large gym and tons of equipment. Very busy during prime time.

Adam Clarke

Great facility! Modern design, spacious, and has what you expect a place of this magnitude to have, including convenience stores.

Joon Shroon

Decent facilities

Christopher Twigg

Huge infrastructure with the typical Northern American style. Really fun to see for foreigners.

Tessa C

EPIC

Phil Knudson

Really well-equipped gym, and a solid choice if you can avoid the crowds. The built-in grocery store and pharmacy are a nice touch too.

Calum Thompson

Great place! Super well designed and clean, their facilities are really incredible and they provide good customer service. No complaints!

Tomás Baldassarre

The full cavity search for alcoholic beverages was a bit over the top, but the security had a great sense of humor

Mohammad-Ali Abidi

Good place to get a workout done.

jesse

Always great . Staff and students are always helpful and pleasant.

Janelle Kauhanen

Great gym for university student, facility is huge.

Christian Franz H

Busy, smelly, and extraordinarily overpriced

Manny Wilson

Great cafeteria, great sports facilities

Adam Q

The swim test needs improvement. Some people are great swimmers without a back crawl, but they suck at a back crawl. Please improve on this for future swimmers.

Ajay Sharma

Fantastic basketball courts.

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supper！

Dane Merritt

Its probably the best multi-use facility in Kingston, lots of gym equipment and open gym rooms for whatever sport you’re into that week. There is always something going on with the different AMQ clubs; something for …

Jessy K

Queen's University. Motion ball. 2019.

S.

Great spot to work out. The best facilities I've seen in the city, not usually too busy, and reasonable rates for folks who aren't students

Sean Lessard

Snow suits need proper sizing

Sean Leung

Fantastic Facilities.

Andrew Jonker

Very Nice New Gym

Chris Marchand

Convenient for me. Lots of equipment and the day gym roll/locker thing is fantastic. Building is in bad need of cleaning (esp. stairwells).

Sirius Hu

love it here

K. Thompson

Friendly staff and fantastic facilities.

Brendan Montgomery

A lot of students and certain times it's way 2 packed so be careful and ask staff for the best times

Matteo Zago

Usually not crowded, fairly clean. Basketball courts are slightly dusty.

xingchen yang

Slow service

Shalom Tefera

Good facilities but no consistent hot water for showers.

Bing Tan

Nice facility. Unfortunate that many vendors don't accept credit cards or debit.

Thepeoplesperson

Nice place to get some exercise. It's got women only section, aerobics, strength and aquatic section. It also has basketball courts, volleyball court and more. Friendly staff available to help you with your needs

Nancy S.

I'm not a great swimmer, so I go to practice my strokes and to get better at swimming. Being a beginner, I stay in the shallow end. The downside I always find is, there are lessons combined during recreational swimming hours. It would be nice if the lessons and the recreational swim sessions are at different times.

Shari Parkinson

almost always crowded with student during peak hours and hard to get a machine. Although it does have new machines and has all facilities you would expect from a gym

Yubo Qiu

Great camps for kids!

Alicia De Moura

Great

Gislaine Brazil

Open almost 24/7 for all your exercise needs. What more could you ask for?

Christopher

Machines aren't maintained as frequently as they should. I went to two machines in the stretching zone that had missing components not allowing me to use them. Finally, I went to a third machine. Half way into a rep, the plate pin sprung loose, hit my phone, causing the screen to shatter. If a bungee cord were attached to the pin, or the other two machines were in operation, this would have been prevented. I expect full compensation for the costs of repair.

Jaro Ambeault

Pretty much the place to go if you are a queens student

Ello Arene

Amazing centre. Large and modern weight rooms. Amazing gymnazium. Is got a milk only vending machine. Well lighten.

Kangarang

Good equipment, but gets VERY busy at peak times. Locker room is huge, and the showers are clean (and have insane water pressure). Good gym all around, and an excellent one for students since it's included in student fees.

ajmal kassim

good place

Steve Nancekivell

Really nice set up. I appreciate the womens section and the covid precautions. Machines can be a bit out of shape but overall a good place to go.

Marc Chan

Amazing facility with great equipments.

Essi Amegbeto

Can only use south gyms during causal rec time... why have empty gyms?

Adrian van Wyk

This is a pretty good gym that is not built up enough to handle the volume of use!

V Cruz

Very good...food court/pharmacy

Mallory Walker

Clean but busy

Adriel Lam

Great assortment of food and places to sit.

Rutendo Mutambanengwe

(Translated) G.O.A.T (Original) G.O.A.T.

Markus Minder

Always packed because the gym is filled with equipment few people use such as monkey bars.

Nicholas Kecskemeti

Who doesn't love to work out at the Arc? Even got swimming pool and fighting ring!

Indiwar Hundal

State of the art facility

steve briand

A great modern facility with a wide variety of athletic activities. Can be quite packed during peak afternoon hours.

Jada Makenzie

i liked. big and clean

Larry L (fortedeluxe)

The staff at the front are super friendly and helpful!

Rob Smith

just a too good place to relax

Megha

Of all places you would think queens would understand children with special needs. My daughter went on a school trip and had anxiety attack. Because she is autistic she displays anxiety in different ways the staff asked my daughters …

Brad Simpson

Large gym but has too little of most used equipment.

Andrew Churchill

Very knowledgeable tour guide and a beautiful campus!

Andy A

Friendly staff and an insane amount of equipment and activities. Very clean and well maintained.

Scott Smith

Great time with my baby girl at the pool! Thanks!

Steve Lindsey

Horribly maintained, old machines, the athletic therapy services are terrible. Quintessential Queen's - riding on the laurels of its former glory.

François Portelance

Good place to hang out in back in the days of no pandemics. Mostly go there for food or the pharmacy now so if you're feeling like smoothies and prescription drugs that's the place to go.

Jeff Mason

The ARC could be a great gym if it wasn’t absolutely packed 90% of the time, and if the facilities were cleaned better. The women’s showers as well as the turf on the three floors always have giant hairballs. …

Jeananne Vickery

The gates are slow. Some equipment need maintenance. The setup is weird for example you need to pay for equipment rental on the main floor and then bring your receipt 2 floors down. Similarly the change rooms are on the bottom floor but most of the gyms and workout areas are on the top floors.

Brian Maracle

Best gym in town. Fairly busy during the school year, but the amount of equipment they have makes up for it (something like 18 squat rack between the upstairs and downstairs lifting areas compared to the 2 or 3 you'd find at other gyms). Membership rates are reasonable, especially for Queen's alumni and staff.

Aidan P

Freeweight floor is a mess.. but the staff are too busy texting to notice. Machines are constantly broken, the pool is annoyingly just under standard Olympic size, mildew in the Men's showers. Some equipment that is part of my workout routine (e.g. hip add/abd) are located in the 'Women's floor'.

Hossam Fet

Cool

SN

Very large but quiet. Also very organised with signs and arrows. Love this place and I'm gonna go here a lot more often.

Jonathon Bovington

Great water polo team

Richard I

Good facilities, but it is not very clean.