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Arrillaga Family Sports Center
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10 reviews for Arrillaga Family Sports Center
10 reviews in English
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Review from Jamal C.
San Jose, CA
2/6/2012 11 Check-ins Here
Dude. This place is awesome. Its crowded at times but for a workplace gym, cmon son. It simply does not get any better. I am buying some basketball shoes so that I can come out of retirement on the hoop courts. Top Notch facility.
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Review from Greg B.
4/5/2012 8 Check-ins Here
The Arrillaga family has been incredibly generous to Stanford, and I'm truly appreciative of their philanthropy. Some of the Arrillaga facilities, like the new Dining Commons or the Alumni Cafe are outstanding. I certainly mean no disrespect when I say this, but sadly, the gym is sub-par.
Overall, the primary issues are:
1. Lack of a locker room with showers
2. Too small for the population (always overcrowded)
3. Outdated machinery, especially treadmills that constantly overhead
4. Slow maintenance time (especially treadmills)
5. Lack of several types of machines, especially for the core (abs, lower back, obliques)
6. Limited yoga/stretching space
7. No towel service, so everything is dirty and gross, and they don't clean often
8. No thick pads for various core workouts
9. Dark, gloomy, underground, only one window
10. Not enough multi-purpose benches
11. Not enough free weights between 30 and 40 lbs
I get access to the gym for free as a student, but I still choose to pay for a gym membership off campus. And no - the gym is not "free" folks, it's "prepaid" in your tuition bill. -
Review from Rob G.
San Jose, CA
5/8/2012
It appears like some of the reviewers are mixing the ARSC with the AFSC. The ARSC fitness center is cramped and has a very poor selection of relatively low quality equipment. It most certainly does get a lot better at a workplace gym; my state university's gym (same student population) blew this thing out of the water, and it had showers and lockers. As a postdoc I don't pay a fee to use this, so I guess that makes finding another gym less painful.
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Review from Lisa R.
4/5/2011 1 Check-in Here
I *live* in this gym, basically. Well, I live here from the moment they open at 6 am Monday - Friday until I'm done with one of my workouts; elliptical, stairs, rowing, weights, TRX or treadmill runs for marathon or half marathon training. It's a five minute walk from my office on the Stanford campus. It is a rare and wonderful benefit and honestly, I would seriously evaluate leaving my job for a *better* one, JUST based on the free access I have to this facility.
Upstairs there is a rock climbing facility, basketball courts, and a big, beautiful yoga studio. Ive taken a few yoga classes here and the facility is warm, comfortable, clean and offers classes for a wide range of people.
Most days I head straight down to the basement gym for an hour or two's worth of workout on the equipment. I spend a good hour on cardio machines (they offer Lifefitness and Precor machines) before heading across the gym to the free weights or the nautilus machines.
They also offer mats for post workout stretching (don't forget to stretch people!) and the gym is air conditioned, high ceilinged, mirrored on one side and with glass windows on the far end...resulting in a very open and non-claustrophobic experience.
The eye candy at the gym is great....amazingly muscled men picking up heavy things and grunting. Oh joy. What a way to start my day. ;) -
Review from D E.
San Carlos, CA
10/26/2010
The deliberate decision to have no showers or changing room is unbelievably fucking stupid. The rocket scientist that came up with that brilliant plan needs to be waterboarded in second-hand elliptical sweat.
There are 10 squat racks, which has to be a record for a CA gym. Decent equipment overall. Though they should have a trap bar and ez curl bar. The DB's only go to 110lbs.
Downside is that there's a gazillion people, including a fair amount of frat boys. Given the square footage of mirrors this can be an amusing combination. (You do realize that other people can see what you are doing, right?) During the school year you really want to go off-hours. Open til 1am(yea!) so that's not hard.
The elliptical machines are good quality --- my heart rate goes way up but it doesn't feel like I'm working that hard. Go team.
$5 guest passes are fantastic.
The first hand experiences you can have with the variable standards of international hygiene can be a bit "bracing." -
Review from Jack S.
San Francisco, CA
1/16/2008
What you would expect from the world's leading athletic department:
Lots of ellipticals, treadmills, precor stairmasters. Two rowing machines. Dumbbells up to ~110 or so. 8 squat racks. Lots of machines.
It's the cleanest gym I've ever been to. But just remember that students don't work, so the busy hours aren't work-based but laziness-based. So if you can, get in before the late afternoon (the crunch starts around 4). -
Review from Natalie S.
San Francisco, CA
1/7/2009
John Arrillaga.
I met you in the airport once, and you noticed I was wearing a Stanford Soccer sweatshirt. You asked me if I played soccer at Stanford, and I said, "Why yes, yes I do."
You then introduced yourself as John Arrillaga.
I almost had a heart attack.
Here is my many thank yous, combined into one, for the wonderful sports complex that housed my locker room, training room, fitness center, JIMMY V'S burritos and salad bar (!!!), awards banquets, and not to mention the Stanford pool adjacent to the main building where I was able to work on my tan.
Many memories were shared here, from me dancing around in our locker room to fixing whatever ailment earned in the last practice or game and having those really deep conversations with other student athletes in the TR (aka catching up on the latest gossip from the last party or "formal").
Let's see, what building or structure is next on campus for review? -
Review from BOSHIKA T.
San Francisco, CA
8/5/2011 3 Check-ins Here
This place makes me want to work out...How can a place this good be free. I have been here thrice, and am already looking forward to my third, fourth, fifth, sixth.... trips here...I love the main gym room, the equipment is as good as any top sports club, and also like the fact that they do not have long lines to use them. I love the fact that it is a simple sign in system, you go in, sign up for a time slot, and get on the machine start working out.
Also, the guy at the reception desk told me about the be well program they have for staff and employees at Stanford, you go online, fill your info, meet with a personal trainer, for I think 1 session, and they pay you $300 for that(it is once a year)...I plan on doing that next.
Only complain I have is that they do not have lockers and showers at the gym, you have to walk to the Ford center to use them, and they cost $30 a quarter(WHAT!)..but other wise Love, Love... -
Review from Huey K.
11/21/2008
Free for students, $5 otherwise, and $4 for alumni. The Day Pass grants access to the pool and other gyms on campus.
Since my CrossFit gym isn't open for business on Sundays (yet), I come here whenever http://CrossFit.com recommends doing a max strength Workout of the Day, e.g. 5 sets of 5 rep power cleans. This place is clean and has plenty of free weights.
Equipment I wish it had (again, this is from a CF perspective):
* GH machines
* 20 lb medicine balls
* Real pull up bars (not assist machines or bars designed for pure lat isolation)
* Rowing machines
* Climbing rope
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Review from Larry C.
San Francisco, CA
Access to three hoop courts. $5.
Martial arts classes or squash, same $5 access fee.
One girl who LICKED the glass while looking at me. Priceless.
In the spirit of full documentation...
640pm- I'm getting in my Tuesday cardio workout by playing basketball
755pm- I walk by the climbing wall (Yes, its a three story climbing wall)
756pm- Am getting a drink
758pm- We look into Karate and this girl looks at me and licks the effen glass. Her friend slaps her.
8:05- I walk my guy friends back and she doesn't repeat it (or make eye contact)
Heterosexual harassment makes working out *fun*
** Update **
Jean W. said, "You'd pull a good amount of ass don't you"
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** Update Tuesday Night (one week later) **
Worked out without any glass licking incident(s)
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