We’ve got it all so you can focus on getting fit.
Keep fit in our 18,000-square-foot weight training and cardiovascular conditioning area. The Gerald Tsai Jr. Fitness Center offers the latest in exercise equipment, from free weights to selectorized weight systems to treadmills and ellipticals.
Get in a great cardio workout in our cardiovascular rotunda area while watching all of the action passing just outside on Commonwealth Avenue or catching up on your favorite show on one of the televisions. Whether you’re biking, running, climbing stairs, or spending time on an elliptical, you’ll find the high-energy Fitness Center to be motivating!
You’ll also find an optimal strength training environment with three areas dedicated to free weight equipment and several complete circuits of Hoist Roc-it, Precor, and Paramount selectorized machines and Power Lift plate-loaded equipment throughout the two-level center. When it’s time for your much deserved post-workout cool down, you’ll find numerous stretching areas with mats and rollers. The Fitness Center is the perfect place to train for your next competition, achieve your health and fitness goals, and get in shape!
The Gerald Tsai Jr. Fitness Center boasts a variety of cardiovascular equipment, including:
- 35 Precor treadmills
- 55 Precor elliptical crosstrainers
- 14 Precor AMTs (Adaptive Motion Trainers)
- 5 Octane Lateral Ellipticals
- 5 Cybex Arc Trainers
- 4 Assault Air Dyne Bikes
- 8 Concept Rowers
- 2 Schwinn Spin Sport Bikes
- 12 Precor bikes
- 2 Precor Steppers
- 1 Scitfit Pro II bike
- 5 Stepmills
- 2 Expresso bikes
- 1 Jacobs Ladder
- 1 Rope Trainer
For information regarding the equipment, please email fitness@bu.edu.
Multipurpose Fitness Studios
Most of our group exercise classes find a home in one of our multipurpose fitness studios, located throughout the facility. We have spaces specifically suited for dance, yoga, aerobics, Pilates, martial arts, and more. In addition, we have a group cycling studio. These spaces are available for rent for private use, or available for open use on weekdays from 6 – 8 am.
Fitness at Fenway
Students living in BU Housing on the Fenway campus now have access to a fitness facility with over 25 brand new pieces of state-of-the-art cardio and strength equipment.