Thompson Community Centre

(This review is mainly for the Fitness Centre)
As impressive as some Before & After, Thompson Community Centre (TCC) Fitness Centre has done the same with its interior. A majority of the gym’s equipment has been updated with new, smoother, legible, and more padded machines. If it’s grey, black, and blue… it’s new!
The fitness centre has strategically placed TV’s with air conditioning to a cool, comfortable temperature as you get your sweat on. Half the gym is lined with windows to allow for natural sunlight and outdoor sights and the other half is lined with mirrors for your viewing pleasure as you count those reps and pump those muscles.
Considering the size of the fitness centre, it packs a well-​organized and good variety of:
— Cardio machines like exercise bikes, rowing machines, step machines, ellipticals and treadmills with screens, iPhone connections, and fans.
— Weight training machines to target all the major muscle groups of your body that you desire.
— Free weights from 2.5 to 90 lbs with a variety of benches and plenty of mirror space.
— Bench press, Squat rack and a Smith machine round out the major equipment.
There’s so many other equipment choices you can find like jump ropes, kettlebells, resistance bands, weight belts, medicine balls, mats, foam roller, and full and half exercise balls.
Not sure where to start? There’s always someone in the fitness centre that can answer your questions, and at times there’s a certified fitness trainer present.
If this isn’t enough, the fitness centre pass also includes group fitness classes such as yoga, run clubs, outdoor bootcamp, functionality training and more.
Once you’re all done and sweaty, change rooms are available with lockers (bring your own lock) and showers outside of the fitness room beside the restrooms.
Fitness centre drop-​in (as of Fall 2013) is $ 5.30. There are 10 visit punch cards and monthly options in which the deals get better as more months you buy. A 3 month pass is $ 98 which works out to be around $ 30/​month. Youth and Senior passes available at a discounted rate.
The centre opens Monday-​Friday 6am-9:45pm and Saturday-​Sunday 8am-8:45pm. Also, the fitness centre is usually open on holidays unlike some other places. No excuses now people — get your pump on!
Overall great fitness centre but it does get a little crowded and occasionally slightly smelly when its peak gym times. Regardless, it’s a great fitness centre that offers a lot towards your health, fitness and goal in becoming the next Arnold! So get your sweat and reps on fellow Unilocalers! ;)
FYI: Wi-​fi available at TCC, just ask the front desk for the password!

Nice community centre, lots of equipment, over a half dozen televisions beaming mutely various sports, news, et cetera. Reasonable price for drop in, and as one might expect in Richmond, mostly populated with older Asian people, whom I found quite inspiring in that they mostly seemed fit and strong often appearing well into their 60’s.