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Sports
THE MIKE
The AC versus Hart House We give a run down of the athletic facilities available to students
Hours Location Women's Only Hours Pool(s) Exclusive features Squash courts Locker room amenities
AC
Hart House
M-F: 7-9 Weekends: 9-5
M-F: 7-11 Weekends: 7-9 Holidays: 11-4
West side of campus - past Robarts Library
Central - right beside UC, across from Queen's Park
Daily in the pool and Strength and Conditioning Centre
No
Two: Varsity pool (50 m) and Benson pool (25 yards)
One: (25 yards)
Fencing salle, lower gym that is mainly for gymnastics, sports medicine facility, strength and conditioning centre
Beautiful architecture, cardio room, indoor track
10 (5 American, 5 British)
3
Locker rental costs $60/fall+winter term. Includes towel service.
Locker rental available per semester Towel service – $2.25/use
Karthy Chin | Contributor The Hart House gym and the Athletic Centre are the primary athletic facilities where students can take fitness classes, work out between lectures, train, and pop in for a swim. The Varsity Centre, covered by a dome during the winter months, is also available for student use and boasts an outdoor track and artificial turf field.. However the Varsity Centre is often used for intramurals, training by Varsity athletes or intercollegiate games making its availability less consistent than the other two athletic facilities on campus. When choosing where to work out students often choose Hart House or the Athletic Centre (AC). The AC is bigger with all of the equipment that your heart desires and a large pool which will soon be home to a new diving platform. Relative to Hart House, which is just across Queen’s Park it is further away from the
SMC campus. The Hart House gym is comparatively smaller but has many of the same amenities and feels more intimate. Both gyms offer drop-in classes as well as paid weekly classes with drop-in hours that stay consistent throughout the year. Most of the time, students will go to the gym that is geographically closer to where they are. I find that I only use the AC when I’m at the MacIntosh Clinic for my various sports-medicine related ailments. However the AC does have parking available for commuters. Ultimately it comes down to a matter of personal choice, convenience, your preference for concrete or brick in your gym, or wherever you happen to end up. The best thing to do though is to make sure that you check out both gyms and try some of the drop-in classes. There are classes that will help you transition to working out on a regular basis if you’re just starting otherwise you
The best thing to do though is to make sure that you check out both gyms and try some of the drop-in classes can join an intramural club. If you find that neither of the gyms is intense enough, wait until 2015 for the completion of Goldring Centre for High Performance Sport across from the Varsity Centre.
ATHLETIC CENTER 55 HARBORD ST. 416.978.3436
HART HOUSE 7 HART HOUSE CIRCLE 416.978.2452