<p>i couldn't find a clear answer on the website or anywhere else...for undergrads, is use of all the Lyon Center facilities free?</p>
<p>Yeah. They have some exercise classes that cost money, but other than that you can use all the stuff in the gym (I.E. weights, treadmill, etc)</p>
<p>It still isn't the greatest facility and there's a reason it isn't on the campus tour route. I think it's cramped and overcrowded. Hopefully the new gym included in the student center (opening 2010?) will be an improvement.</p>
<p>depends on when your Work Out…early mornings are best if you like to work out for longer than hour and like to use the equipment you want</p>
<p>Lyon Center isn’t the greatest but its what it is</p>
<p>I usually go in the morning since there aren't many people and relatively all the machines and weights are free. The facilities are free and I think a lot of people would complain if they weren't. I do wish they put the weight room in a bigger room so that there could be a wider accommodation of more weights, benches, machines, etc. in the room. That would decrease conjestion by a lot. Never go to the gym at 2PM or later...it will be packed.</p>
<p>is there a rock climbing wall?</p>
<p>How's the swimming pool?</p>
<p>Got a lot smaller last month. Not really sure what they are doing to it, but the larger pool was drained and they seem to be tearing out the concrete.</p>
<p>where is the closest ice rink?</p>
<p>There's an ice rink in culver city which isn't too far away. I went there once with friends and it was pretty fun.</p>
<p>there's a rock climbing wall, but it's not the harness kind. it's a pretty short free climbing wall</p>
<p>is there public transportation to the ice rink?</p>
<p>I'm sure there are buses that go to culver city, you would probably have to connect. its also a directly across town on the freeway. In the winter time, Pershing Square (somewhat of a landmark in downtown LA, and only a few minutes from 'SC) turns into an ice rink.</p>
<p>So in short.. it kind of sucks? (<- or not great) dang i really like pools so i was hoping it would be huge or something... ;_; well there's the beach! How far away is that again? (and the mountain for skiing?)</p>
<p>My first thought after reading the words "Lyon Center" was "SUCKS." </p>
<p>That should be self-explanatory - the Lyon Center is the embarrasment of the campus... For a school with an endowment over $2.6 billion and 16000 undergrads, the rec center is a piece of s.</p>
<p>The indoor swimming pool in PED is fairly nice, but it's only free the first time, and then you have to pay a small fee. Also, it's only open about 2 hours a day. The beach and mountains are nearby and good options for weekends.</p>
<p>Does USC have any sort of GNC-like store where you can use leftover money from your meal plan? I plan on getting the trojan meal plan so I can go to all the 3rd party vendors, and a place to get stuff like powerbars or protein powder would be nice... so ya, if they don't have a store like that who would you suggest i petition to instate one?</p>