Madras Athletic Club

Update: the location is on J Street, just west of the highway. Also, I’ve been a member a while now, so I have some further opinions. It’s cheap to belong here, and you can tell why. Some little things, like not enough pins for all the weight machines, a treadmill will stay unfixed (there are plenty of others). But some are big things, like not using the air conditioning. Classes suddenly cancelled. I’d be worried that this is a place that’s about to close, but longtimers say it’s always been like this. There are no undedicated barbells (each belongs to its own bench press), no squat rack (only a Smith type machine), no rowing machine. For as big as it is, it feels very crowded if there are more than a couple people there at a time. Which is unusual, thankfully. I’ve downgraded a star after some experience, but it’s a perfectly acceptable place.