Chilson Recreation Center

Great rec center. Wonderful swimming area for kids, and raquetball courts are nice if you call ahead and get a reservation. For as busy as it is, they drastically underestimated the needs of the locker room. You can’t turn around in there without running into some naked person getting all up in your personal space (and its not their fault, it is just really crowded in there). You can walk around the track upstairs, and you can lift weights on the machines, or do free weights. Thanks Loveland, for making facilities for your residents.

Staff was rude when we had a birthday party here and the life guards seemed to be on a power trip, yelling at everyone and even kicked one of the kids from our party out of the pool because she wore her life vest down the slide.
Would not recommend this to anyone looking for a birthday party location.

Love this place! Great gym and family center for us all. It’s always kept pretty clean too:). Something to do for the whole family and you can’t beat the family rates! Highly recommend Chilson.

I have to say that I am really impressed with what they have done with the expansion. My grandkids love it!

Great place with everything you need in a full service facility. The ladies in the nursery are friendly, caring and mature! Exercise classes are challenging but non judge mental. The children’s pool is just amazing and very warm.

This is everything a Rec Center should be. The lap pool is great and even at 7:00 pm I was able to find a lane where I could swim. There’s an indoor AND an outdoor hot tub, a water slide, a lazy river, and even a steam room! The locker room feels like an upscale health club with private showers and changing rooms, and lockers with combos you can set yourself. I live in Fort Collins but I don’t mind driving half an hour to go here to swim my las and enjoy the hot tub & steam room!

Here for the winter and joined the rec center after reading through their catalog of programs. Wow! lots of classes, and very accommodating to all ages. I have been trying out fitness classes and enjoy them all. The instructors are so friendly and remember your name. Very nice desk staff too. I tried the hot tub outside twice but decided it wasn’t for me after noticing it was dirty both times — people just won’t take a shower before entering. A lot of seniors use the facility — guess it’s because the senior housing is next door. Enlightening to see them there. I gave the center a 4 star only because of the hot tub being dirty. Otherwise, the facility is a 5 star!

I Love all the fitness programs at this place. They acknowledge you and when you miss a day they inquire about your absence. Thanks for welcoming me to Colorado.

Oh man! I haven’t been here in a couple years and wow, the remodel looks fantastic!
Now, its a must go to for me to work out. Such a lovely work out center, with a great pool, awesome track and just a clean, lovely feel to the place. Check it out if you are looking for a great rec center!

Was in here recently to use the pool and hot tubs. First time I have been back here since they remodeled things. First impression is the prices are high, $ 4.50 for a day pass is a little on the high side in my opinion for me to use the facility for an hour. The staff was not friendly from what I experienced either. Did not like the new layout of things, seems like they had a lot of wasted space. I used to be a full time member here before Gold’s Gym opened and I switched back then. Glad I made the switch, better work out facilities at Gold’s and nicer locker rooms. Have to give this place an average rating, I actually liked it better before they remodeled it myself. Parking was still a problem here I noticed even after they added more places.

Ok gym but not for serious workouts as they have a ton of older clients.

This place is an excellent gym for the family or anyone who wants to avoid the bizarre social dynamics of some health club facilities. Some clubs have the most bizarre people in them. You know what I am talking about. There is the guy stretching and looking into the mirror with his sun shades on but you know he’s checking out the most intimate parts of every woman in the place, the guy who screams every time he lifts a weight like its tearing every muscle fiber in his body, the guys who lounge on the work out equipment and talk but never seem to lift anything. The Chilson center has a social dynamic I have never seen in a health club before; REAL PEOPLE WHO WANT TO WORK OUT!
This place is huge and has daycare, a lounge with a big screen tv, a swimming pool with a slide, a hot tub, two gymnasium sized basketball courts, two racket ball courts, a weight room down stairs with a door on it (scream all you want), men and women locker rooms with showers, tread mills, bikes, a running track, a variety of cardio machinery and a lot of machines with weights and pulleys. Plus they have a ton of classes: Zumba, yoga, weight trainers and a lot more that I don’t really use.
You can buy a monthly pass or pay by the day!