Evanston Athletic Club

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AMAZING PLACE

Ramona Rufai

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I recently became a member and so far I have tried four different locations. I came to this location for the Aqua TBT. The pool area was really nice and clean, the workout was great, the locker room and shower area awesome. However, I think that they use dangerously high amount of chlorine to clean the pool because from the moment I walked into the pool area the strong, heavy and almost suffocating smell of chlorine mixed with a very high humidity hit me in the face. I immediately felt my eyes burning. It was so intense that I even wasn’t sure if I will be able to breathe this for a whole one hour during the workout. I noticed that the instructor who wasn’t even in the water had to stop often during the workout to take breaks, wash her face and drink water. After the workout I took a really nice shower and put a very strong scented body lotion. For the rest of the day I washed my hands multiple times as I usually do but my skin continued to smell of chlorine and my eyes remained burning. Not only but during the night I woke up multiple times and every time when I was turning into my bed there was a smell of chlorine coming out from under the blanket. On the next day throughout the whole day my skin continued to smell very strongly of chlorine regardless of showering and washing my hands frequently. I understand that safety and hygiene is crucial with public pools but there are some limits while using chemicals that they shouldn’t exceed. I urge the management to investigate how the pool area is being cleaned and if they use a safe amount of chlorine that won’t hurt the health and safety of the members. Until then I am not going to visit this pool and I will stick to using the pools on Lincoln Park and Lakeview.

Paul Stewert

The student membership rates are very reasonable for everything you get at this gym.