How crowded does The Pulse get?
07-10-2011 at 05:31 PM
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How crowded does The Pulse get?
Are there usually alot of people working out? Will I ever have to wait to use free weights, machines, treadmills, etc? What were the peak times?
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07-10-2011 at 05:40 PM
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It can get pretty busy depending on the time you go. The treadmills do get taken quite quickly. I normally try to go in the mornings because it's not too busy then but even if you do go some other time during the day it's never really that bad. Don't worry about it 
Last edited by kinst : 07-10-2011 at 05:43 PM.
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07-10-2011 at 05:42 PM
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The power racks go fairly quickly around lunch and the 4-5pm hours I find. Along with some of the free weight benches.
Outside of those times its usually wide open. There are frequency charts inside The Pulse that show peak hours by month.
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07-10-2011 at 05:52 PM
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There are frequency charts inside The Pulse that show peak hours by month.
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Where is it? I don't think I've noticed it before :/.
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07-10-2011 at 05:58 PM
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Where is it? I don't think I've noticed it before :/.
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Close to the front, to the right of the first water fountain.
~*Sara*~
says thanks to Cliu91 for this post.
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07-10-2011 at 06:00 PM
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Thanks for creating this thread OP because this is some information which will come in handy form me.  |
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07-10-2011 at 06:43 PM
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The weekends are usually pretty empty
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07-10-2011 at 06:48 PM
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Damn. I'll be home during the weekends so that wouldn't benefit me in anyway.
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07-10-2011 at 06:49 PM
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Damn. I'll be home during the weekends so that wouldn't benefit me in anyway.
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If you come back on Sunday early enough, still pretty empty
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07-10-2011 at 06:50 PM
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Nawh, I'll be coming early in the morning on Monday most likely.
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07-11-2011 at 08:15 AM
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The gym is busy. Really, really busy.
I find that any time between 10-4 is out of control. I had a 2 hour break between 9:30 and 11:30 last year, so I would go, and as I left, it would get super busy.
Weekends are good, and nights are meh.
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07-11-2011 at 08:44 AM
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I usually went in the evenings and I never had a problem finding a machine, I would use eliptical or bike, I also never had a problem with the weights either. The only time I've seen it really busy is the first week - 2 weeks of school, before people really have any mid terms and aren't that busy yet, after that it died down.
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07-11-2011 at 09:24 AM
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it's fairly empty before 11AM
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07-11-2011 at 10:45 AM
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I find it's usually packed in the first months of the semester - Sept and Jan, but afterwards it's pretty okay.
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07-11-2011 at 11:44 AM
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it's pretty busy at most times, but it's not like you need to ever wait long to use whatever it is you'd like to use. probably the busiest times are around 3-8 pm which is when a lot of people are finishing class. during weekends the gym is almost empty, especially weekend mornings. also, mornings during anytime of the week are a good time to go too
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