Stupid BSC question

[bluesauce.livejournal.com]

    I can't find this on their site at all, hence asking here(and yes, it probably IS a stupid question); does anybody know if the Boston Sports Club in Davis is going to have a pool?  I want to join a gym, but I'd love to find one with a pool.

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[ifotismeni]

hmm, well, it's on the second floor of the building. i suppose the place could have a pool on the second floor but that seems kind of weird to me.

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

Well, it's certainly possible, but I doubt Bally is willing to pay the insurance/structural engineering costs.

[ifotismeni]

(BSC)

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

Oh, like there's ultimately any difference.

[ifotismeni]

only the price really. :P

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't know; since I go to school I get free gym access. :0P

[ifotismeni]

boo! hiss!

$35/mo at ballys *cry*

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

I'm going to be $30K+ in the hole by the time I graduate, so they'd damn well better give me free gym time!

[ifotismeni]

oo ouch. fair enough fair enough.

[ron_newman]

Also, given that the first floor is a CVS and the third floor is offices, I don't see where a 10-foot-deep pool could go.

[clevernonsense.livejournal.com]

lap pools are usually only around 4' deep, but unless they will also have a pool area in the basement, I doubt it will have one.

[ron_newman]

The basement is also office space.

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

Come on, you can't tell me you haven't felt a deep-seated desire to dump several tons of water onto a CVS.

[aki.livejournal.com]

Best CVS ever.

[ifotismeni]

btw the bally's in porter has a pool.

[clevernonsense.livejournal.com]

bally's is a bit skanky and the pool was closed more often than open the 16 months or so I went (I did, however, get a $15/month no commitment, no credit card or SSN needed plan--they were/are desperate for members)

[ifotismeni]

arghhhhhhhhh, i'm bummed that i got stuck with their $35/mo plan.

[jadelennox]

Ballys has a pool, in porter, and while it's a little skanky it's hella cheap if you don't let them bully you into buying more than you want.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

The website unfortunately doesn't mention a pool:

http://www.mysportsclubs.com/news/comingsoon/_278.htm?WT.ac=BRightComingSnDS

[bluesauce.livejournal.com]

Ah, blast. I'd seen that page and just kind of hoped that they didn't mention it but it might be known. Oh well. Thanks guys!

[hahathor.livejournal.com]

The Kennedy School has a fantastic pool (http://www.somerville.k12.ma.us/education/components/docmgr/default.php?sectiondetailid=6441&catfilter=689&PHPSESSID=2093e6e2516e031f2e1368e2a6a06459). Admittedly, it's not a gym, but it's cheap, especially if you're a Somerville resident, it's a full-size (50 m, as opposed to 25 m at Bally's), clean, and nice. They have decent lessons there as well. I'm hoping to get my butt in gear to take adult beginner classes this fall so I can stop doing the flailing around in the water thing I tend to do.

[kissoflife.livejournal.com]

Whoah. How cheap? Never thought of Kennedy.

[derekp.livejournal.com]

+1 on the Kennedy School pool. I think it's like $4 per visit for Somerville Residents with monthly passes available.

It does, however, have an awful website. Schedule/Policies/Fees tucked inside word documents? Are you kidding? Who designed this? The elementary school students?

[nuns.livejournal.com]

$5/visit for somerville residents, monthly pass is i think a little cheaper, but only if you go three times a week.

$6/visit for out-of-towners, same deal w/ monthly passes.

[aki.livejournal.com]

Hey, 5th grade is tough!

[warlord-mit.livejournal.com]

Just an FYI, the JFK pool is 25yds, not 50m. But it IS a nice pool. I've not been to Bally's so I don't know how big it is, but if it's smaller than the JFK pool then it's not 25m.

As mentioned it's $4 per swim, or you can get a 2-month pass for $65. The downside is that the hours are rather limited; summer lap hours are 6p-7:45p M-R. And yes, their website sucks. But the swimming is nice.

Note that they'll be closed Aug 24 - Sep 9.

[syntheticnature.livejournal.com]

The hours are even more limited during the school year, when swim teams use the pool for practice. Which is why I quit going there.

[warlord-mit.livejournal.com]

I must admit that I've only been swimming there since April, so I have no idea what it's like September through March. So I'll have a better idea next month. Does swimteam really practice in the 7-8:45p timeframe?

[syntheticnature.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they do. I think that several schools' teams practice there, so they do it at all different times. When I was going to the Kennedy pool, they had signs up saying that the Matignon HS team was about to start practicing in the evenings.

[msjay.livejournal.com]

The BSC in Watertown has a pool. I wanted to sign up there for that reason but it was too much $$$

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

It'd be closed if it weren't in the same building with a US Army research lab.

[msjay.livejournal.com]

The arsenal has not been in use for over 10 years and was sold to the town of Watertown. In the past 5 years parts have been turned into restaurants and art facilities. The BSC opened about 1 1/2 years ago. There hasn't been any research activity since the early 80's. They keep the signs and other artifacts on/around the building though, I assume for being a historic building. Being from Watertown I'm very familiar with the defunct arsenal.

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

Really? There's a big sign saying "U.S. Army Materials Research Lab" that's in good repair and a whole bunch of signage on the parking lot about having federal ID to show to the guard. I simply assumed it was some of the work we could stand the Russians to steal, like our innovations in nylon.

[makoshark.livejournal.com]

Seems unlikely.

[sasha-bee.livejournal.com]

wellbridge in harvard sq has a pool but it's an expensive gym. a nice gym though.

[mrboboto.livejournal.com]

Don't know why no one has mentioned yet, but the Somerville Y has a pool. Very cheap to join, too.

[ms-info.livejournal.com]

the somerville Y is cheap, but their pool is awful. it is 3 lanes and is a "short pool" like bally's (under 25 yards). hate hate hate the short pool.

Kennedy Pool is the way to go. they have morning lap swim MWF 6:15-7:45 as well as the evening hours mentioned. the master's team works out T/TH mornings with a coach (there are additional fees for that).

I've heard rumors of a nice pool at Tufts, but I think you have to be a student/employee to use it.

pool related question

[joyfulkel.livejournal.com]

out of curiosity, whats the deal with the pool next to the dilboy stadium? every year i think it cant possibly be open because it looks so rundown on the outside, yet there are people swimming there. are there hours posted somewhere or something?

Re: pool related question

[boblothrope.livejournal.com]

http://www.mass.gov/dcr/recreate/Urban%20Park%20Pool%20Hours.htm