Starting Friday, Residents Get In Free at DC Government Fitness Centers

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WASHINGTON, DC — Starting Friday, D.C. residents will run out of excuses for not working out.

As part of FitDC’s effort to encourage residents to stay fit, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has directed the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) to waive resident fees at DPR Fitness Centers starting Friday. Previously, the fitness centers required a paid membership for access, but for 2016, those resident fees will be waived.

DPR Fitness Centers offer a variety of exercise equipment, including ellipticals, stationary bikes, treadmills, free weights, universal weight machines and more.

Find your fitness location here.

DC Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) Fitness Centers are maintained by DPR’s Sports, Health & Fitness Division. DPR Fitness Centers offer a wide variety of wellness and fitness activities with equipment to maintain or improve your physical fitness.

Fitness Centers feature a variety of equipment including elliptical, stationary bikes, treadmills, free weights (dumbbells and kettlebells) and universal weight machine (leg extentions, leg curls, lat pull downs, seated rows, flat and incline chest press, military press, bicep curls and tricep press downs).

Equipment is offered in the following areas:

• Cardio Equipment (CE) : ellipticals, stationary bikes, treadmills, stair climbers.
• Strength Training (ST) : universal weight machine, flat / incline benches, leg press, barbells.
• Mobile Fitness (MO) : dumbbellls, kettlebells, medicine balls, resistence bands.
  ** Fitness Centers will have a majority, if not all, of the equipment in each category.

Centers are classified by 3 categories:

• Cardio Center : under 500 sq. ft. with 2-4 cardio equipment items & 2-3 mobile fitness items.
• Fitness Room : 501-1000 sq. ft. with 3-5 cardio equipment items; 2-4 strength training items; and 2-3 mobile fitness items.
• Fitness Center : 1000+ sq. ft. with 4-6 cardio equipment items; 3-5 strength training items; and 3-4 mobile fitness items.