CSULB Club Sports and Recreation

I’m not so sure why I’m writing a review for this. but GO BEACH!
Their new gym is fantastic. Well, I’m only a freshman but it’s AMAZING inside. 2 levels of exercising equipment, an indoor track upstairs, 2 – 3 racquetball rooms and rock climbing down stairs and not to mention the beautiful pool area outside! Oh yes, the sandy volley ball court also. They have cardio machines with a TV hooked onto individual ones! How cool’s that?
There are tons of lockers outside of locker rooms and inside. Their electronic lockers so you can make a pin and use it again to open it again. If you’re unlucky, you get one that doesn’t work like I did :(But the staff are more than happy to help you solve the problem, although I did it while only using a towel to cover myself. –_​_​_​– But they end up putting an «Out of Order» sign on it.
I usually go in the morning so it’s not very crowded. However, passing by it during the afternoon and looking through the glass windows they have, ^_​_​_​_​^, most of the machines are being used.
Classes are available also, free and cheap ones. They range from yoga to zumba classes! Staff is also friendly. Ugh I’m tired from the gym.

Tons of opportunities (club sports, fitness classes, open rec/​gym, etc) for students, staff/​faculty, and even community members, to get involved at the beach! The inexpensive fitness classes are a huge plus!

OK, when I went to CSULB, I’m pretty sure the only way to take a recreation class was to sign up for a 1 unit class or take something through extension, which was expensive. I’m glad to see this option for those in the community who are not necessarily students to be able to take fitness classes @ The Beach. Some of the classes look more geared toward faculty and staff and are offered during lunch hours, but some of them are open to the community and are in the evenings. The fitness classes include golf, rowbics, walking, belly dancing, hatha yoga, pilates, capoeira, stretching, water aerobics, and cross training. I’ve been taking the hatha yoga class, which at $ 40 for 6 weeks is a total bargain as far as yoga classes go — I highly recommend it. My only complaint is the schedule is related to the school’s semester schedule, so there’s been a big gap between the end of the spring schedule and the beginning of the summer schedule. I haven’t really looked too closely at the other classes but from the flyer they are all very reasonably priced. Worth a look if you’re on or near the CSULB campus.
I’ve been focusing on the fitness & wellness classes, but CSULB Club Sports & Recreation also includes all of CSULB’s competitive and noncompetitive sports clubs, which are many, as well as CSULB’s recreation facilities, including the pool, track & fields, tennis courts, etc. In all my years of living in Long Beach on top of attending CSULB I never knew that the CSULB pool had open swim for the public for limited hours, for only $ 1! The racquetball courts are free and don’t require reservations. CSULB Club Sports & Recreation also has Academic Enrichment Camps for kids during the summer. All in all, it’s a very cool program.