Seatack Recreation Center

Don’t bother. This place is really small and no one has any idea what is going on. Viginia Beach parks and recreation don’t know what they are doing. Had a membership for several months and want a refund. Some of the centers are nice but that is it. Got a family membership to mostly use the pools, but the usage is severely restricted. Everyday is full of other paid activities. They don’t appreciate their members, unless you wanna shell out more money. Tired of planning my day (after consulting their calendars) only to leave with upset kids. Not sure why they even bother with a schedule, they will change it without any notice. Example: today wanted to take the kids for some fun at the pool. Carefully checked the schedules of all the Virginia Beach centers to make sure we could go. Picked Seatack because it had a good «open swim» slot for today. Got the kids loaded up and drove all the way across town only to find out they closed the pool with no notice. The reason was «some swim team couldn’t meet last week so they took this spot». Thanks for the notice, now I have upset kids. If they bothered letting the paid members know, this could have been avoided. Thanks for the many different times my time and gas was wasted! They don’t care about the regular people who did pay for their membership, only the big groups who might draw attention. I want my money back to pay for a membership at a gym who actually cares.

This is a very small rec center compared to the other beastly centers I have been to-​but it’s so close to me I had to try it out for a simple cardio long bike.
The first time I went here I settled on the recumbent bike in he weight room and was halfway through a 15 mile bike when a guy came up-​super cocky and irritable to kick me off.
Unbeknownst to me I guess you have to sign up for the machines at the front counter. Ok cool. I left and finished my workout elsewhere.
I came back another day to bust out a 28 miler-​so I made sure I had a bike for an hour and a half. I signed up and they put me on one of the hidden bikes in the gym. Ok cool. I got dis.
I busted out the workout and 5 minutes left literally there was a torrential downpour of children losing their mind running circles in the gym. I was not only startled but slightly frightened to get up and leave. Lol!
All in all though I will continue going back for a basic cardio workout. Do not go to this gym and expect to get your SWOLE PATROL on– there are literally 3 strength machines. Go elsewhere to get that lift in brah.

This rec center is an intimate spot for the community however I felt a little out of place having not been a senior citizen working out in the early afternoon. The weight room is very compact and seems to have an afternoon crew helping one another on the weight machines so it was difficult to get one to myself, but I was told I could take free weights into the gymnasium which I was fine doing.
The front desk had two ladies who were helpful, yet left much to be desired in customer service and welcoming attitude, I felt as if my questions were wasting the time of one of the older women who seemed to only be sitting and chit chatting away. As a newcomer to Seatack rec center my tour of the facility consisted of a lax hand pointing to which direction would have what, until I interrupted to say i would peruse my own way through, thanks!
There is a large inviting pool, large gymnasium with a climbing wall that caught my eye (for a later day) and basketballs for your use. Also a couple was wrapping up their bat-​mitten game as I walked in, so the tools you need for different sports you can play at Seatack seem endless!
**Great parking, smiling locals, clean, and a cheap membership at $ 12 monthly. I was suggested to visit the other rec centers with larger weight rooms which will be on the next ‘to-​do’.