Gregory Gymnasium

Great facility. World team tennis should have been enjoyable but the announcer was obnoxious and played loud music which was excessive. One woman who was officiating in the matches failed to make many obvious calls which had to be demoralizing to these amazing, talented tennis stars. Suggestion: get a new announcer who is more appropriate and vet officiating staff better!

Air conditioned gym shanghaied for UT Liberal Art Psychology graduation ceremony today. Perfect venue due to plenty of seats for the large graduating class and it’s invited guess. No problem with restroom facilities.

Considering the size of the university, the gym is relatively small. However, if you go after peak-​hours, typically around 8 or 9 p.m. it starts to slow down. I’d highly recommend the university extend the free weights section. There’s also a dry sauna in the locker room.
Tip: there is a small downstairs room with a couple of smaller weights and mats that are ideal for those seeking privacy.

Gregory Gym has it all! Everything you can think of is here! It’s the best gym on campus hands down and also the most crowded. However I don’t mind it at all, I usually go to play basketball and they have a bunch of courts to play on. There are 7 courts, sometimes 5 if they let others play volleyball on a few of them. They have rock climbing, a bunch of treadmills, a great weight room, dance room, etc. The pools are beautiful! There are 3 with each one being different. There is also an indoor track on the 3^rd story of the gym and wraps around above the basketball courts. If you aren’t down with tracks, like I said they have a whole area designated for just treadmills. I can’t imagine why anyone wouldn’t love this place, such a great facility for the faculty and students!

Legit setup. At least 6 or more, hardwood, air conditioned courts separated by hanging screens. If you’re not a student, you can find a student to sponsor you on and pick up a daypass for 10 bucks. Tons of pickup games of Bball going on. I played prob 5 full games in a row there. Pretty much your only option when it’s 90 degrees outside and it’s 9pm. Sheesh! There are also random pickup games of volleyball, and if you’re lucky, you can also pick up a game of table tennis or handball/​racketball too. Climbing wall (requires separate fee of $ 10 day pass or some reasonable amount for the rest of the school quarter think it comes with climbing shoe rental though) Lap pool, full gym, 25cent lockers (bring quarters). Only thing is that parking seriously sucks if you don’t have a student pass. Prepare to pay for parking within probably a one mile radius of the school of you’re not a student. This is an amazing, world class facility.

Lots of great memories here. As far as college facilities go, this one is my favorite on campus. In addition to having a lot of space, and cool facilities like a rock-​climbing wall, it’s a great social center.
Since graduation, I’ve had memberships with both 24 Fitness as well as Pure Austin, and Gregory holds its own pretty well. It’s not quite as swanky as Pure, but a lot more bang for your buck. And obviously, it has a lot more to offer than 24 Fitness, both in terms of variety as well as environment.
Bonus — fellow Texas Exes get a discount on Gregory alumni membership!

Awesome place to workout when it’s not too crowded. All new equipment in the weight area!

Being a UT student, I have the advantage of utilizing all the equipment at Gregory Gym. My frequent trips to the gym include running on the 3^rd floor indoor track, dancing in the two aerobics rooms, and taking a swim in their swimming pools.
My all time favorite activity to do at Gregory Gym though is actually read/​study. On the second floor they have an activities room with pool tables and lots of tables. It’s a great place to study with minimal noise. Another great place to study is outside next to the pools to give you a relaxing atmosphere to focus.

We saw the Texas Longhorn Volleyball team in action here. This is a great facility for volleyball and very unique. The facility can be configured in many ways to accommodate the sport and fan base of the event. I do wish that there were more bathrooms as the lines get very long. And the concessions are quite expensive, $ 4 for a bottle of water!

Gregory Gym is my new favorite place to sweat in Austin! Some of the furnishings in the locker room could use a facelift, but the facilities are great overall. As a runner, the jogging track is awesome on rainy days. There are group exercise classes and a rock climbing wall as well. As a UT student on a strict budget, this gym is a savior to my physical fitness.

Great facility! Would love to spend more time here shooting some hoops. Love how there is an abundance of basketball courts. Great big facility to do pretty much anything and everything.

The pool is great.
The facility is clean.
The gym itself lacks A LOT of what I look for in a gym…
no kettlebells!
no bands for pull-​ups
no pull-​up bar for that matter…
no physioballs
no dynamax med balls
no walls for medball throws
2 bosu trainers that always need air
only 3 concept 2 rowers (whose rails are always dirty)
way too many ellipticals
not enough space for body weight work with medballs, etc…
no abmats
no boxes for box jumps
Kinda feel like this gym should be cutting edge and it’s very far off from that as it’s main focus is free weights/​cybex/​cardio. So behind the times…

As a UT student, I frequent Gregory Gym quite a lot and because it’s included in the tuition. Facilities include a indoor track, basketball and volleyball courts, rooms to play hand ball and racquet ball, rooms for dance, rock climbing wall, a weight room and an area with exercise machines with TVs. They do have clean up cloths and sanitizing sprays if you want to wipe down the machine before and after usage.
There is a large indoor swimming pool and 2 outdoor swimming pools, one for lounging and the other for laps. The pool for laps is normally always filled up and the lounge pool does get quite crowded during the summer time. Lifeguards are always on staff. There is also a «spa», which is a jacuzzi by the lap pool.
There are also locker rooms where you can change, rinse off, or store your items.

Aquatic Facilities: A triad of pools keep every type of swimmer happy: A lap pool for the motivated, a lounge pool for the lethargic, and a… basketball pool (?) for the young at heart. By far the best part of Gregory.
Weight Room: Gregory’s weight room is stereotypical. Guys desperately herk and jerk some iron in the hopes that the girls on the cardio machines will swoon. The area is packed with too many outdated machines and equipment causing bottlenecks around the dumbells and stretching areas. If you must use this weight room go at abnormal times to avoid the sardine effect. Since it’s a college gym, weekends are dead.
Cardio Floor (downstairs): A preferable area for aerobic exercise as compared to the meat packing district in the weight room. People are there to simply zone out while burning some calories and reading their latest assignment (or catching up on three weeks of procrastinated work). TVs twinkle along the wall, giving you access to scores or the latest episode of reality programming. However, one major flaw is that some of the machines are broken in one way or another (no audio, system resets in the middle of a workout, etc.)
Overall, Gregory is sufficient but far from ideal. If you’re more interested in health than vanity Gregory can be a bit difficult to tolerate, especially during peak hours.

This is my first semester with a Texercise Pass. Awesome! Definitely a fun way to work out with really energetic instructors and lots of options, even belly dancing and yoga and the ab lab that made me want to puke tonight.
Not a fan of the weight room. Advise from a former UT personal trainer (oh that’s me): work out at the Rec Center, not Gregory, if you’re doing a traditional workout (some cardio and some weights).
But if you love swimming or just generally hanging out at a beautiful pool, Gregory is where it is at! I have never seen a better pool. Probably somewhere has Greg beat, but I haven’t been there yet.

The personal training at Gregory Gym is a phenomenal deal. It simply does not get this cheap ($ 32 to $ 37.50 per hour) with facilities this good.
I want to especially recommend my trainer, Lisa Lapwing. We’ve been working out 1 – 2 times a week for the past 18 months. In that time, my balance, strength and endurance are all dramatically improved, and I’ve maintained my lean muscle mass while losing 55 pounds. Lisa is professional, knowledgeable, creative in her approach, and dedicated to helping me reach me goals.
Back to dishing about the gym. Parking sucks, so budget $ 3 to park in the Brazos Garage after hours or sneak onto campus before 7 a.m. and feed the 45-​minute parking meters out front. Better yet, live nearby and walk or bike, or have another reason to be on campus.
Go early in the mornings if you want to avoid a meat-​market feel. The weight room is sometimes closed in the mornings after 8 a.m. for class, so plan accordingly. There’s also a tiny, stuffy, smelly weight room downstairs for faculty and staff use, but I prefer the main room. And bring a swimsuit! The lap pool is huge.

Con:
Not enough treadmills.
I love Gregory. I paid $ 75 for my semester Texercise pass which gets me into a wide array of aerobic classes.
Gregory has a weight room with a few cardio machines, a cardio theater, a rock climbing wall, lots of racquetball rooms, two huge pools, an abundance of locker space, a café, equipment rental, and an indoor track. What more could you need?

This is pretty much an endorsement for the pool area. or otherwise called Greg Pool by its inhabitants. On any given sunny day, you can see a wide assortment of UT wildlife frolicking in the water or wading in submerged pool chairs. On a deeper look, you’ll also spot random games of water volleyball and basketball being played and graceful (and not so graceful) swimmers doing laps.
Between Town Lake, Lake Travis, Lake Austin, and Greg Pool I don’t spend too much time on dry land during the summer months. =)

I haven’t been during the school year when all the dorm-​dwellers are back in town, but I have to say that the Gregory Gym is great during the summer!
The indoor track on the third floor is VERY well air conditioned. I can run three miles and barely break a sweat! Perfect for runners when we’re experiencing the 100 degree weather.
The outdoor pools are also very nice and well maintained. I went on Saturday afternoon and it was not crowded at all, which is nice.
One thing they could use is a map… I couldn’t find one at the gym nor on the website. The place is so big, it took me a while to find everything!

During my 5+ years in Austin and at UT, Gregory Gym was my second home. I estimate that I spent 3 hours a day here… and about 5 days a week. I have spent countless hours where when I should be studying for a final. The place is just that awesome.
The hours are great… I have been there when it opens during the wee hours of the morning whilst staying up playing computer games or hanging out with friends. On the flipside it closes at 1am. and I definitely stayed that late on numerous occasions.
This is not your typical school gym. The facilities are top notch. The workout/​weight lifting rooms may be smaller than others but are still rather big by industry standards. There is an abundance of free weights, weight lifting machines, and cardio machines. There are also rooms where you can practice dance routines & where some classes (phys ed) are held. There is also a track above the basketball courts with a running clock so you can time your miles. The equipment and gym is always maintained very well. It does not have that nasty gym smell and everything always looks bright and spotless.
2(?) years ago, Gregory Gym opened up the outdoor swimming pool area… there you can find coeds lounging around (wahoooo) or swimming.
But where I lived was on the basketball courts. There are 7 Full courts. There you will always find friends to play with and enemies to conquer: D. However, I hear the state of competition there is not what it used to be.
Regardless.If I were to move back to Austin, I would definitely buy a pass for the year.

I practically live at Gregory…
er…not really… but I almost did during finals (showered at Gregory, pulled all nighters at the PCL).
i love this place. i’ve been to other gyms (Gold’s, 24 hour) and the maintenance at Gregory far exceeds other gyms.
i pay $ 70 a semester for the Texercise pass… which allows me to attend any exercise class (I have a strong preference for kickboxing) they offer. and they offer a lot.