Recreation Physical Fitness Centers
 

If we sign up at one, will we have access to all the centers?

Also, is one center better than the rest?

thank you.

Yes. Your membership will be honored at all of them. As far as one being better than the others, I don't know. I'm allergic to exercise. lol

There are 6 fitness centers, they all have the same basic equipment, and a membership will allow you to use any of them.

Access to all, same equipment in all of them, they all seem about the same. Sometimes the people using the facility make the difference. Visit a few and see what works for you.

Is Ezell counted in the six? I thought we were up to seven.

Correct. There are now 7 fitness centers. But, Ezell is not yet listed on The Villages website.

Mulberry Grove
Laurel Manor
Colony Cottage
SeaBreeze
Rohan
Fenney
Ezell

We enjoy varying the fitness center location from time to time. There is a tiny bit of difference in the equipment available. All the basics are in all the fitness rooms, though. Because of the geography of the Villages, there should be about three convenient locations for you no matter where you live in TV. Weight training is super important for our health, too.

This reply is from an actual user of the fitness centers. I haven’t been to the ones at Fenney or Ezell but as others have reported most equipment is the same in all of them except Mulberry Grove which is considerably smaller. Having said that there are some machines that are not in all centers. You need a Village ID to participate. They accept daily pay $5 and memberships that go from a week to a year. The year costs $380ish. There are antibacterial wipes available to wipe down equipment after you get off it. Some wipe it down before and after. No towels, no lockers and the restroom is the common restrooms in the main area of the rec centers. There is a water fountain.

Largest
 

We were told by the staff that Ezel is the largest fitness center built, and obviously the newest, since it just opened last week. All centers have similar equipment, with a few exceptions. What I like about the fitness centers is that they are close by, and never crowded. I have been to Rohan and Ezel, and the most people in there have been 6 people, and by their standards considered a “crowd”. LOL

Here are the prices. I'm not complaining, but they seem kind of high, since most things here are free. Maybe that is why they don't have as many customers.

One Month
Single: $44.39 / Couple: $85.98
Three Month
Single: $119.16 / Couple: $200.00
Six Month
Single: $210.28 / Couple: $411.22
Nine Month
Single: $294.39 / Couple: $574.77
Twelve Month
Single: $363.49 / Couple: $710.28
Resident/Guest Member
Daily: $5.00 / Weekly: $18.69

If you have UHC, they offer free membership at MPV. At least before Covid it was free. Call your medical insurance supplement and ask

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EXPENSIVE much less equipment compared to planet fitness or that 24hr on 44

Ezell and Rohan are similar. Fenney is their little brother. None are very robust. I go to Planet Fitness in Leesburg. PF is very large and open. Able to use the machines without being to close to others. Very clean. Only ten minutes more in terms of drive time. No charge as my Medicare covers it. MVP is too expensive and does not accept my out of state Medical coverage even though I have Silver Sneakers included.

You could just give one of the centers and get your answers!

Still free for uhc

24 hour fitness center? Omg just what I don’t need….

I don’t believe the price has anything to do with it, what else can you do for a little more then a dollar a day and get so many different benefits like socialization, mental health and physical fitness . There are quite a few people who go to MVP , many others utilize the outside the villages gyms. I went to MVP for years but they have become very crowded and I didn’t use the classes because I like to do my aerobic work out side( running, bike, walk ) and yes even in summer and always in afternoon, so I go to Planet Fitness in Leesburg , lots of equipment ,I never have to wait for anything and I didn’t join for price but it’s pretty good , I think I pay about $10 a month , just str8 down 44 take a left and on left side there is a Publix shopping center it on the far end , looks small outside but very big . I suspect the new fitness centers will fill up just like the older ones have but no matter where you go just keep going I’m still at it everyday at 82

The best one
 

The best one will be the one with the least amount of persons in the facility when you are there.

Best to do some homework on this one. I did and decided to go to an outside the “bubble gym”. Much more equipment and never a wait to use a piece of equipment.

24 Hr
 

Where is the 24hr you mention? What town? I'm moving to The Villages next year and I'm already a 24hr member.

They are probably referring to Anytime fitness on 44 between Morse and Buenavista vista. There was a 24/7 on 301 but it went under a few months ago.

The one on 44 is nice and much less expensive option

Also free for Florida Blue

The free gym from insurer is great for people and for gyms, but I have found that places become very crowded when a gym starts accepting the policy. I stopped going to MVP when they started taking silver sneakers , to many people that would only show up once in a while and then camp on machines or benches and socialize , it’s there right but it makes workouts longer , same thing happened in the place on 301 many regulars left including me because of accepting the insurance policy . Don’t get me wrong I think those programs are great and some people become lifelong exercisers but many just like anything that’s free waste there time and others . I didn’t whine or complain when these changers happened I just moved on