Douglas H. Buck Community Recreation Center

Admittedly it’s been a couple of years since I last attended this facility and have no plans to return. I obtained a membership specifically to use the therapy pool, which was recommended by my doctor for some musculoskeletal issues I was having. About the third time I was there, a severely handicapped adult was brought into the pool wearing diapers. Now, I do understand that pool therapy is often beneficial for people who are incapacitated, and I have no problem with that. But diapers leak. Period. Shouldn’t basic health regulations dictate a separate area for persons who are incontinent?
I don’t care how much chlorine they put in the water, I don’t want to be in the same relatively small pool with someone who is probably going to leak urine or fecal matter. When I complained to the woman at the reception counter, she was quite snotty about it. She said, «That’s what the therapy pool is for.» I guess those of us who need pool therapy who do NOT wear diapers are more or less chopped liver as far as the staff at Buck is concerned. Anyway, I forfeited the remainder of my paid-​up membership and haven’t been back.

MOLD! Our family has/​had loved using this beautiful facility ever since it opened in 2005 up until the last 5 months where severe mold appeared in the shower stalls. When the showers are used, the mold spores on the shower tiles get released into the air and that is what you are breathing into your lungs while you shower. I brought this to the attention of the staff, nothing changed. I contacted the health department and they inspected and did find there was a mold problem. The inspector asked them to rectify the situation, but a month later and the mold situation is still the same. For the safety of our family, my husband and I have agreed that unfortunately we will not be able to continue using the facility.

The Douglas H. Buck Community Recreation Center has about everything you could want, in a great setting too.
We live in downtown Denver, and wanted to work out on treadmills today, but alas, on January 1^st, our local recreation centers were closed. We wanted to visit family down in Littleton, so we headed south, to the Buck Center first.
My husband had never been in it, so I showed him around first. I grew up in Littleton, so I knew about, and had previously been in the rec center.
The center has a large indoor basketball court/​gym (rather 2 courts, maybe 3), an indoor track that circles around the perimeter of the basketball courts, but up above on the second floor.
There is a cardio room, with plenty of modern up-​to-​date equipment such as treadmills, cross trek machines, and many others. There are free weights as well. There are 5 – 6 televisions that are up on the wall. All you have to do is plug in your earphones to the little speaker on each of the machines, and watch/​listen to whatever is up on one of them.
The indoor pool area is HUGE! There is a lap pool, a therapeutic pool, and a lazy river type pool, which I have been in, and it’s a kick!
There is a nice seating/​waiting area when you first walk into the center, with a large screen television.
There are individual classrooms, where you can take various classes.
Parking — lots and lots of parking, in a private lot.
Passes — you can purchase punch cards, or walk in a pay, which is what we did today.
All in all, it’s a very nice place to work out or take a class, in Littleton.

I waited this Monday morning for at least twenty minutes for the lone receptionist to process one person in front of me. You need to staff this position with a back up.

A good rec center with lots of fun classes and a nice pool and day care! I just wish the pool were a little warmer bc I have a toddler and it’s too chilly for us most of the winter. Fine for lap swimmers and good for kids in the summer though!

i love this rec center, and not only because it’s a bikes ride away from my house. it’s new, it’s modern, and chock full of everything i need, although i’ve heard my dad say it’s not very good for circuit workouts, which i don’t do.
anyways. they have a therapy pool, lap pool, really awesome kids pool with tons of fun things to play on, a gym, track, treadmills etc. you know the drill.
they do a lot of community work, with special needs, and the (very) elderly, which i think is incredible, and they have a ton of drop in fitness classes which i find to be pretty high quality (mainly just yoga, because that’s what i know about; i did nia dance one time and was a little overwhelmed, i’m just not meant to dance, not even in an exercise-​y, zen way apparently).
i guess all in all, i really like it here because it’s a break from the college rec center. i have old ladies complimenting my ipod-​shoe matching and giving me high fives after my run, in place of snobby girls barely walking on treadmills with tvs, or college boys grunting and flexing in the mirror.