Cardiopulmonary Wellness Program of Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula

I just joined and went for the first time after my initial tour orientation and signing up. My first time there to exercise was not a good experience. I checked myself in at the front desk and staff were huddled at front desk chatting and relating with each other and did not greet me. No problem and don't care. What I do care about is I did not see any staff for the entire 2 hrs in the pool area while I was there. I utilized the hot tub, pool and warm pool--all were clean. And the facility was clean. Around the warm pool there were strewn about pool noodles and water weights. I watched to see if those items were being used by anyone. It appeared not. But the moment... read full review

At first, 80 bucks seemed like a lot for a gym, especially when I was shopping around in Dec. and Monterey Rec had their yearly special and a yearly membership would've been around $35 p/month if paid up front. However, Montage is a month-to-month membership, and that worked in my favor. I was looking for a place to do lap swimming and on most days I would be able to find a lane for myself. Once in a while you'd get young people in the evenings who wanted to hang out in the pool and not get a work-out in. But if you wait enough in the hot tub, eventually a lane opens up. Then on weekends, if you go too early, you get the older people who walk in the pool really... read full review

Clean super friendly environment. Great equipment and excellent management. I would definitely recommend this place. The only downside is theres no more step classes and this was the only place to offer it in all the Monterey County.