Rudy A Ciccotti Family Recreation Center

Cons: Unable to connect to Internet in here. For $ 40 a month they should install wifi for members. Even planet fitness does this. They also don’t provide small or large towels for workouts/​showers. They also have one stair stepper and no revolving staircase
Pros: Clean, new feel. Pool and hot tub. Classes though I’ve only attended yoga and it was more stretching and meditation more than anything else. My mom likes their Zumba classes
Hopefully they will at least consider getting towels and wifi in the future !

I came here weeks ago to visit my family. They told me there is this cool water park for swimming. Ummm… Worst indoor water play area I’ve ever been too. Ugh. I like swimming and this place is clean and fancy. The weight room is very convenient because you can watch your kids from the second floor. The customer service is horrible. This place is super packed and the indoor water park is loud! There are way to many rules for this place. The play area is awesome but they turn it off every half an hour to save water. Your kids can’t even play for like half an hour because they turn off the water. All they can do is swim in the pool. And they barely opened the big slide. I waited over 2 hours and I was about to leave but they finally opened. Went down the water slide once. That water slide gives way to much pressure and my dad scrap his elbow at the bottom of the pool. They have a super small lazy river that goes super fast. You can’t even play with the pool noodles because they are only for the lazy river. I tried to get another pool noodle at the other side of the pool but one of the life guard said I can’t get those because the are only for fitness. It’s exactly the same thing! It’s a pool noodle. They don’t even allow kids to go into the hot tub only if they are 18 & older. I can go to a regular swimming area and kids go into the hot tub all the time. They even yelled at my little cousin for playing with the pool noodle in the kids area. He yelled at her and told her to put it back. This place is so boring when they turn off the water because you literally can’t do anything. They don’t even let you use the floaters you sit on only for a special event or something like that. The life guards gave me dirty looks because I was doing stuff I didn’t even know regular water parks even had. Never coming back!

Used to have a membership here. They do a nice job at keeping it clean. The variety of free weights and strength equipment is poor. They have good classes they offer but unfortunately with my work schedule just wasn’t possible for me to attend. The crowd this place caters to is a family with young kids that wants access to a pool and classes for kids, or else the elderly. I eventually left this gym because it was just too expensive.

Extremely crowded. Chaotic. The pool is unusable during any convenient time of day. The locker rooms were quite small to begin with and appear to be getting smaller as part of any effort to build private changing rooms.

Love, hate, push, pull and any other played out metaphor you can think of is what I feel for this place. Love the family vibe even though I do not have kids, annoyed by the lack of communication — for example, we are entitled to a fitness assessment every 8 or 12 weeks. I have been trying to schedule my initial assessment since March!!! i gave up after 2 in-​person conversations and 3 calls. Some of the class instructors also need some help — again, this is a class so some level of guidance is expected, such as helping me set up my bike or not saying to the class «oh we won’t do that because none of you can do that anyway.»
Now for the good — I love Ashley’s yoga classes, love Gena’s hardcore class but the class time was hard for me to make — I am excited to try her yoga class. Also excited about the new spin instructor Karen. miss that Kelly doesn’t teach in the evening but Karen is great!

I have been a member here for about 4 years. Originally I joined because I was dared to do a triathlon and had to learn how to swim a bit better than a doggie paddle. Great pool, great adult swim lessons. And there was even a triathlon training program that helped me complete my original goal!
Let me tell you a great feature: no contract. There is a $ 75 enrollment fee, but there is often a special that waives that fee. When a life event happened that kept me out of town for long periods of time, I simply discontinued my membership (no questions asked, no hassles whatsoever) and re-​enrolled when I was ready. The monthly fee might at first seem high, but it is comparable with other facilities that have pools, there are no hidden fees, and there is no long-​term commitment. And there really is a wide range of classes, extra programs, and free fitness assessments.
The showers are clean enough that I’m actually willing to shower in them, which has not been the case with pretty much every other gym I’ve been a member of.
Another great feature: Whirlpool! (And I guarantee you’ll need it should you ever do one of the boot camp programs!) Also, Ciccotti is smack in the middle of The Crossings, so you can walk out the door and go for a pleasant run.
This place has a very inclusive, encouraging atmosphere. It’s not just for people who already work out, although those who are very fit can certainly get in a good workout. In fact, it is a medically integrated facility with special programs for those facing medical challenges. There’s something for everyone.
A few of my favorite things: Pilates with T. Trask, who is an absolute A-​list instructor, Gyrokinesis (Gyrotonics without the equipment) with Heather, and Group Cycling with Kelly, who magically makes a tough sweaty hour fun. Oh, and classes with Chrissy, who should really be a stand-​up comedienne! I will get back to Melissa’s grueling boot camp style classes once I get this half marathon out of the way, but for now I need to be able to walk! There is also convenient and reasonably priced massage therapy available.
One thing the Ciccotti Center does not provide is someone with a cattle prod who comes into your home to get you off the couch and over there (and yes, sometimes I wish that they did). But once you’re there, they make it very easy to make exercise part of your lifestyle. And if you find that you’re not using it, it’s not like you signed a two year contract. Simply discontinue your membership and go back to the couch.

Basically its a community center with a fancy water park. Not sure why the reviews are so good unless that’s the comparison? It is unacceptable to charge the prices they do and not offer towel service. Staff friendly. Guest fee:$ 15.

I suppose this is a great place if you have kids. I don’t. They tout their acquatics center, and yet, that too is children oriented. Unless it is for a class, that could be taught in their activity pool. The lap lanes are closed most of the time that people who work would be able to swim laps. After paying their very high fees for a year, I’m seriously considering checking out SUNY Albany’s fitness center for half the price.

This was my 3^rd visit since I joined. I generally swim laps every day and use the gym alternate days. Today when I went to change for the pool, I found that the locker room was not accessible since a woman was cleaning and she told me that the room could not be used for 2 additional hours. I asked why a man couldn’t clean and she said that they had insufficient funding to hire one. She told me I could use one of the two family changing room. Needless to say, both were being used and other men were waiting. She also said I could use the bathroom to change but it was not appropriate for me since I am elderly and need to sit.

They don’t have any steps leading into the lap pool, so how are you supposed to get in or out when you are having leg or knee issues. I did see some older people in the kiddie pool area that wanted to get into the lap lanes, but couldn’t because of lack of stairs. I asked how to get into the pool and I was advised to jump in.

I love the Ciccotti Center with 200% of my heart. This is seriously as good as it gets. Clean locker rooms and showers, a water extractor for wet swimsuits, an Olympic-​sized pool, an indoor running track, an outdoor running trail, pilates & yoga classes… OK, this is becoming a run-​on sentence. But I think you get my drift. So let me lay out the reasons why I love this gym and why I’ll be so sad to leave it after I graduate from college.
1. The pool! It’s clean and usually never too crowded. The kiddie pool and lap pool are completely different pools, which is a HUGE plus. The lap pool is usually never crowded and there’s lane-​sharing, if needed. The «adult swim» is at night from 8 – 9, so you don’t have to worry about noisy kids if you want to swim in peace. And you can feel like a kid and go down the kiddy slide while nobody’s watching. Except maybe for the lifeguards.
2. The running tracks. The Ciccotti center is right next to the Crossings. It has great trails to run on when it’s nice outside. When it’s not so nice, you can run on the indoor running track.
3. The weights. Almost never crowded and always impressively clean. The only thing though is that the personal trainer always looks kind of bored and stares at me.
4. I love the Pilates classes! Kristen is excellent.

Nice family center in Albany, NY! The place is pretty big with a ton of things to do. Would deff recommend this place to anyone looking for a nice family fitness center.

2 pools. Indoor water park. My kids cant get enough. American Red Cross Certif swim lessons… My kids improved fast versus other area lessons. Bootcamp and tabata uncluded in mbrship… Crazy cool. Bootcamp is incredible.
Love access to Crossing trails… Triathlon mecca. Remember names. Staff cares…

Love this place for my gym work outs… playing hoops or swimming. The pool area has it all. Olympic size lap pool, lazy river and waterslides for the kids… and adults. Lots of fun stuff to do and they always have lots of classes and programs running every season. Both my kids took swim lesson here and did some summer day camp programs as well.
Great place to belong. Great staff.

My parents go here and I go as a guest when I’m in town visiting.
I actually hated this place at first (can get crowded, tons of kids running about, some questionable staff), but over time I got to like it because it is very clean and the fitness equipment is new and well maintained. Bonus points for curtained showers with liquid soap and shampoo.
It’s a little weird to have the gym staff just kind of staring at you as you lift weights, but I guess that is their job.
Overall this place is great for the community and families and there are lots of things to do in there. Any place that gives someone a chance to get some exercise and improve their well-​being is A-​OK in my book.
Overall, if you live in the area and want a gym with lots of offerings or have young kids and you like exercise classes, basketball, and swimming, I’d say check this place out.

This is an amazing gym facility. It’s not only a gym but a family center – I often see a lot of kids and families running around. I’m not a member but since I am in Albany often, they offer guest passes which can be purchased. Very convenient. The facility is immaculate-​clean and spacious and bright. The lobby is huge – there’s a pool for both advanced and kids. There are locker rooms (bring your own lock) within a spacious bathroom area with clean stalls and showers. There’s a big basketball court area. Upstairs are the cardio machines and weights. There is NEVER a wait and plenty of items to go around. I have also taken a couple of classes here – Yoga, step, sculpt, zumba – and they are all engaging with wonderful instructors who are friendly and work you hard! I always fill like I achieved a lot when leaving. They offer a lot of programs for kids too – my fiancé actually ran in a race given by the center.

I live in Boston and this place is one of just a few things that sometimes make me want to move back to the Albany area. This is hands-​down the best gym I have ever visited. I was here as a guest of one of my friends who is a Colonie resident (apparently as a member you get a few guest passes every year). The water recreation area is amazing. It’s almost like an entire water park! I really enjoyed the cardio equipment and they have little tvs on each machine with CABLE (heavenly). They also have a nice assortment of classes. It’s nice in that the membership is diverse, you have young and old people, super fit people and those just trying to get a little exercise. If I lived in Colonie I would go here all the time. So, so nice.

This is the type of place that you dream about! It is fairly new, just opened in January or February of 2007. I’ve been a member for a little less than a year. It’s run by the Colonie Youth Center, and is located on the edge of a beautiful town park known as the Crossings. It is sort of a combination of a gym, fitness center, and indoor water park all in one. The staff are friendly and helpful, and they provide orientation and training
on the use of the fitness equipment to new members. I think the best feature is the combination of what is available and its location. It also has a good quality clientele. The water park includes an olympic size lap pool, a ‘play’ pool, lazy river, water slide, and kiddie play area including a
mushroom fountain and tipping bucket, fountains, etc. The really great
thing is the water park is indoors so it can be enjoyed all year. There is
also a nice, large hot tub to go to after working out!!!

This place was opened a little over a year ago and serves as a fitness/​community center to the Colonie area; although I believe you can buy a membership regardless of where you live. The Fitness center includes an Olympic size swimming pool, a kiddie pool area with lots of slides and fun stuff, multiple basketball courts, an indoor track, outdoor trails, a good size weight area, and a good set of aerobic equipment. For the price you get a very good fitness center. They do offer fitness classes but not as many as some of the more expensive chain gyms. The gym is kept very clean and the weights are always in their proper places. The staff can be a little annoying, but for the most part they do a great job of keeping the place clean and safe. It can get busy during the after work hours but nothing that should hinder your workout.