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Friendly gym featuring cardio machines, indoor and outdoor pools and an indoor track.
The Carondelet Park Rec Complex typically features multiple indoor pools. While exact daily temperatures may vary, lap pools are generally maintained around 82°F (28°C) to accommodate swimmers, while leisure or family pools are usually warmer, often in the range of 88-90°F (31-32°C), for comfort and therapy.
What are people saying (AI review summary)? The reviews for this fitness facility present a highly mixed picture. Positive feedback highlights its beautiful location, variety of fitness options, well-maintained equipment, diverse classes for all levels, and good natural lighting. Some members praise the knowledgeable instructors, friendly staff, and the facility's role as a community asset. However, a significant portion of the feedback details severe concerns. These include serious safety issues like car break-ins and theft from lockers, with complaints of staff indifference and unhelpfulness in response. The outdoor aquatic center is frequently described as "filthy, disgusting, and algae-infested," with unhygienic conditions including trash, sanitary products, and dead insects, as well as dirty locker rooms. Lifeguards are criticized for not enforcing rules and being inattentive. Other negatives include inconsistent staff friendliness, limited weekend hours, and deeply troubling allegations of racism, harassment, and stalking. Management is also criticized for being unresponsive to member concerns regarding cleanliness and safety.
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September 3rd, 2025Sylvia Evans
Beautiful location. Wonderful park just outside. Building is large and offers a big variety of fitness options for all levels. Equipment is well maintained and the facility is kept clean. The staff are all friendly and polite. Classes vary from beginners to more established and options for seniors also available. Lots of natural lighting make it a nice space to work out in.
September 7th, 2025Jason D
Love the gym and what they offer! If can change 2 things! 1 the staff is definitely never friendly nor do they ever say anything to you when you scan in. Weekend hours should be at 8pm not 6pm.
September 8th, 2024Katarra Parson
I have officially canceled my membership. Today 9/8/2024 my car was broken into, my wallet with all my Ids and Cards were stolen, and my iPad was stolen. 2 weeks before that, someone stole my keys out of my locker. The staff was nonchalant about the car break and even got upset at me for asking questions. I was a very loyal member. I genuinely loved the amenities of this gym (hot tub, classes, equipment, location). I was in Zumba, Step, Core, Pilates, Yoga, and so many more classes. My niece was on the kids soccer team. I got my family and friends to become members. I would rave about how great this place (except the racism) was to anyone looking for a gym. The pool area was the closest thing I've ever had to a vacation. I came every other day, it was like my 2nd home. This gym saved my life, I had gone through some trauma and joining the gym really helped me heal myself. I lost 60 pounds and got in shape. I adored this place. So much so that I put up with racism, harassment and possible stalking for years...but this is the last straw. My identity has been compromised and $500 plus worth of property has been stolen. I'm devastated, but will find a better Gym. I've attached pics of my old reviews so people can understand the context.
August 20th, 2025Mitchell Easter
TL;DR - filthy, disgusting, algae-infested pool. Don't waste your money. And don't bother with asking management to address concerns, because they'll just sit around and do nothing. This only is to rate the outdoor aquatic center. I like to swim laps for exercise/cardio and try to get in 2000 yds per swim M-F. This is impossible to do in the outdoor pool lap lanes for several reasons: 1) RULES are not followed nor enforced by the lifeguards of staff. Cannot tell you the number of times children or other swimmers just pop into a lane disrupting a swim. And, the lifeguards most of the time will address it, but other times they just sit there vacuously staring off empty. Pool etiquette is posted but seems to be a part of the aesthetic and not requisite to follow. 2) LIFEGUARDS same as above. You, lifeguards, need to strictly enforce rules. They're there to prevent accidents. You should have been taught this in your training. For the couple months this summer season I swam laps, on different occasions I noticed one lifeguard was sleeping in her chair, some were on their phones, others just chatting and not paying attention. If you have time to chat, you have time to clean the pool. That leads me to my next point: 3) CLEANLINESS This is one of the filthiest pools I've ever been to. In fact, I'm surprised it wasn't closed down due to it not being vacuumed routinely over the course of ~3 months. On August 18th I stopped in hoping to get in my routine. The lap lanes were green with algae and people had scribbled marks into it in the deep end. Further, all season I asked many times several staff when they planned to vacuum the pool. Answers were: "we don't do that", "they (lifeguards) are supposed to", "we will", "we did just yesterday" [they most certainly did not], or "we will this evening", "all of the rain is causing it [to get dirty]". If you don't know how, hire a damn crew or get a robovac and throw it in overnight. How hard can it be? Furthermost, swimming laps I noticed sanitary products at the bottom, candy wrappers, millions of dead ants, goggles, napkins, candies, wrist bands, synthetic hair/eyelashes, and you name it. One is better off swimming in a stagnant lake infested with Naegleria fowleri than going to Carondelet Park Y's outdoor aquatic center. Oh and let's not forget the bathroom/locker room situation. Dear god the horrific smells and filth. Bleach, people. It works, cleans, kills, deodorizes, and is relatively cheap. Your staff needs to be trained better, held more accountable, and your management needs to lead/manage a little better, unless poor/mediocre is what you all are going for. Note: Shrewsbury is multitudes cleaner, right outside the city limits, lifeguards enforce rules, and not too much more in cost.
August 17th, 2025BARBARA J FAVRE
Great facility! Knowledgeable instructors, friendly staff, and plenty of options—from the pool and classes to the fitness center. A community asset in South St. Louis.
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Opening Hours
| Sunday | 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM |
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| Monday | 5:00 AM – 10:00 PM |
| Tuesday | 5:00 AM – 10:00 PM |
| Wednesday | 5:00 AM – 10:00 PM |
| Thursday | 5:00 AM – 10:00 PM |
| Friday | 5:00 AM – 10:00 PM |
| Saturday | 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM |