Join Recreational Sports to get active and stay healthy all year long. Our members enjoy year-round access to our three comprehensive facilities, pools, exercise equipment, free weights and weight machines along with support from our trained staff. We’re focused on creating a comfortable environment that highlights friendliness, community, and fun.
We have three main facilities perfect for you:
If you’re a benefits-eligible U‑M employee, you may be eligible for a fitness membership reimbursement* for your membership fees through the 2020 MHealthy Rewards program!
To access your Recreational Sports membership receipts, sign into our webstore with your Uniqname and password by clicking the “U‑M Affiliates” button. Access your membership dashboard by clicking your username in the top right corner of the screen and select “Profile”. Next, select “Invoices” in the menu on the left of your screen to see your membership receipt. Then, follow the directions from the MHealthy Fitness Center Membership Reimbursement page to apply for your reimbursement!
*Effective immediately, MHealthy Rewards 2020 has ended. This will preserve critical university funds as part of expense reduction efforts due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Click the link above for details.
As a Recreational Sports member, you become eligible for Group‑X classes, participation in Intramural Sports, Small Group Training classes, and Personal Training services. See each program page for pricing details.
CCRB | IMSB | NCRB | |
Pool | 25 yards, 6 lanes | 25 yards, 6 lanes | |
Indoor track | 220 yards | 176 yards | |
Free weights | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Weight machines | 91 | 111 | 44 |
Cardio machines | 128 | 130 | 48 |
Basketball courts | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Volleyball courts | 2 | 4 | |
Badminton courts | 3 | 8 | |
Racquetball courts | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Squash courts | 2 | 2 | |
Wallyball courts | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Personal Training | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Group-X classes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Showers and lockers | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Sauna | ✓ | ✓ |
Rates and eligibility depend on how you’re affiliated with the University. Choose the option below that most closely matches you.
Enrolled students are U‑M–Ann Arbor students who are taking one credit hour or more during the current semester.
Students enrolled in the current semester have building access from the day after the previous semester's finals to the day before the next semester's classes begin.
Unenrolled students are:
If you are not enrolled for the current semester and have not yet completed your degree:
U‑M employees are permanent faculty or staff members, from any campus, either part or full-time.
All U‑M faculty and staff have access to health and well-being programs and services through MHealthy.
Affiliates of the University are:
An alum is one of the following:
A “friend” is someone who is affiliated with a U‑M student, employee, affiliate, retiree or alum.
A child is someone 25 years old or younger and whose parent is a Recreational Sports member—one membership for each child.
A guest is anyone sponsored by a U‑M student, employee, or Recreational Sports member (maximum of four guests per sponsor).
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Free! Part of your tuition goes toward facility access.
Individual | Individual + One | Household | ||
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4 months | $126.50 | $225.50 | $335.50 |
Non-enrolled students can also purchase virtual punch cards for 1 to 30 visits or for unlimited use, a semester pass. See below.
Spring semester | $63.25 |
Summer semester | $63.25 |
Spring and Summer semesters | $126.50 |
1 month | $40 |
4 months | $120 |
12 months | $240 |
Individual | Individual + One | Household | ||
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Monthly installment | $35 | $64 | $89 | |
4 months | $190 | $352 | $489 | |
12 months | $380 | $704 | $979 |
Individual | Individual + One | Household | ||
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Monthly installment | $17.25 | $30 | $55 | |
4 months | $95 | $165 | $302.50 | |
12 months | $190 | $330 | $605 |
Individual | Individual + One | Household | ||
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Monthly installment | $38 | $70 | $95 | |
4 months | $205 | $385 | $522.50 | |
12 months | $412 | $770 | $1045 |
Individual | Individual + One | Household | |
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Monthly installment | $40.25 | $76 | $101 |
4 months | $220 | $418 | $555.50 |
12 months | $443 | $836 | $1111 |
1 month | $70 |
12 months | $420 |
$15 for an all-day pass, good for the entire day on which it’s purchased. Includes the use of a locker.
Around longer than a day? You might be interested in our Passes & Punch Cards
There’s no need to apply. Just show your U‑M ID to the Welcome Center attendant.
Just bring your U‑M ID.
Parents with an active Recreational Sports membership may apply on behalf of their children. Bring your U‑M ID.
A qualified member can be anyone that resides in the same home as a primary member, with proof of the same address. This can be validated by showing a household bill with a shared address, proof of insurance, marriage certificate, etc.
Want to bring a friend? Get a one-visit guest pass for $15. Members can bring up to four guests.
U‑M conference and seminar organizers can purchase guest passes for all attendees. Contact us for details.
If you’re only going to work out with us occasionally, purchase a punch card. It provides membership level access to facilities on a visit-by-visit basis. Punch cards are only redeemable by the individual who purchases the punch card; punch cards cannot be transferred/used by other guests, family members, or other members. Punch cards are not transferable, replaceable, renewable, or refundable. Punch cards expire 6 months from purchase. Must show government issued ID upon purchase.
Number of visits | Price |
3 | $41 |
5 | $63 |
7 | $79 |
15 | $150 |
30 | $263 |
To purchase a punch card, visit any Recreational Sports Welcome Center and bring your U‑M ID. Virtual punch cards can be used immediately. If you ever need to know how many visits you have left on your card, just ask anyone at the Welcome Center when you enter or exit.
Fitness Equipment Orientations provide an opportunity for students and Recreational Sports members to learn the basics of using our cardio and/or strength equipment. Just ask our Membership Services Assistants, and they’ll be happy to help you.
A variety of lockers are available for rent. Permanent lockers can be rented from our Welcome Centers. Free day-use lockers are self-serve and are located throughout the facilities on a first-come, first-serve basis. Daily lockers can found inside the locker rooms, however not for overnight use. Daily lockers can be checked out at the Welcome Center.
There are free lockers located throughout the facilities that are available for use for the duration of your workout. All free lockers are cleared at the end of operations each day. All belongings not removed at the end of your workout are subject to removal and storage for up to one week.
You can arrange to rent a permanent locker by visiting the building’s Welcome Center. To renew, visit the Welcome Center before your locker’s expiration date. Lockers will be cleaned out 7 days after expiration
If you intend to give up your locker, please empty it and return your key to the equipment room manager on, or before, the expiration date. Any items left in expired lockers will be removed. Toiletries will be discarded. Clothing and valuables will be held for 30 days. To retrieve your valuables, you must pay a $10 locker fee to the Welcome Center.
University of Michigan students and Recreational Sports members must present a valid Mcard or Recreational Sports Member Card each visit to gain access to a facility. If our membership system does not accept the Mcard or Recreational Sports Member Card then access will be denied.
Students and members are allowed to enter a facility without a valid Mcard or Recreational Sports Member Card up to a maximum of three times per semester. In order to enter a Recreational Sports facility without a valid Mcard or Recreational Sports Member Card, students and members must provide another official form of ID with physical photo. Acceptable forms of identification include: driver’s license, passport, non-UM school ID with photo or another foreign/government-issued ID with photo and identification. Pictures of IDs or photos displayed on an electronic device (phone, tablet, computer, etc) are not acceptable forms of identification. Students and members will not be allowed to enter a facility if they do not have another official form of ID with physical photo or if they have exceeded the maximum limit of three times per semester.
Recreational Sports staff must take possession of a misused, expired or invalid Mcard or Recreational Sports Member Card and may ask the holder to leave the facility. An Mcard or Recreational Sports Member Card that is confiscated due to fraudulent use is turned over to the Department of Public Safety and Security. An individual must contact the Department of Public Safety and Security if they wish to recover their card. Fraudulent use of a Mcard or Recreational Sports Member Card to gain facility access may result in loss of membership privileges and entrance of an unauthorized person may result in trespassing charges being filed.
We accept cash, checks and credit cards (Visa, Mastercard, Discover and American Express).
U‑M employees with at least a 50% appointment may also use payroll deductions. (If you are paid bi-weekly, the deduction will be taken from the second check of the month.)
You will receive an email reminder two weeks before your membership expires. You can renew in person or online by using your U‑M Kerberos username and password. (Use a local account to login)
Monthly installment memberships offer the best value, and your membership is renewed automatically each year until you tell us otherwise.
Spouses, partners, family and friends need to renew in person. Please bring your membership card along with a copy of your primary user’s U‑M ID and a new, dated letter of introduction from them.
Before you cancel, please review our refund policies below. To cancel your membership, come to any Recreational Sports Business Office or Welcome Center and complete a Cancellation Form, or fill out the Cancellation Form linked below.
Members who pay via monthly deductions must fulfill two months of membership before being eligible to cancel their locker and gym membership. 4 and 12 months paid-in-full memberships are non-refundable. Exceptions to early termination clause and refund include: loss of a job, death, sudden illness, deployment, moving 50 miles or more from Recreational Sports facility. Recreational Sports requires submission of a completed cancellation form 30 days prior to the first of the month that you would like your locker and gym membership terminated. You can cancel by filling out a Cancellation Form on the Recreational Sports website (see link below).
To cancel your membership, please fill out our Cancellation Form.
Memberships are non-refundable, except for medical and health conditions, deployment, or extraneous circumstances. Money is refunded by the same method that payment was made (for instance, if you paid with a Visa card, your refund will be posted to the same Visa card). Please note: there is a six- to eight-week processing period for check refunds. Please contact recsportsmemberservices@umich.edu for further questions.
To request a refund, please fill out our Refund Request Form
We ask you to join us in the commitment to creating a positive, safe and inclusive environment for our members. This includes being courteous to other facility users, following rules and instructions from our staff, and refraining from vulgar, obscene or demeaning, comments or gestures.
Guests are required to be respectful by limiting cell phone calls in the Recreational Sports facilities. If calls must be made or answered, they must be done so in the hallway or lobby. For privacy reasons, cell phone use is not allowed in locker rooms.
Taking pictures or recording video is not allowed in Recreational Sports facilities or fields without authorization from the Facility or Program Director. Once authorization is received, permission to be photographed or video recorded must also be obtained from any participants.
Facilities are for recreational use only. Coaching, instruction and organized activities, other than those approved by the Recreational Sports, are prohibited. Private instruction and/or coaching, whether paid or unpaid, is not allowed in any of our facilities.
Use of bicycles, roller skates, roller blades, skateboards, hoverboards, Heely shoes and all like equipment are prohibited in all indoor facilities. Strollers are allowed for use on the track in the walking lane only and must be able to fit in one lane to prohibit interfering with another person’s exercise. Use of Segway Human Transporters is prohibited unless required due to a disability. Bicycles are not permitted inside facilities.
We encourage our members to leave any valuables at home and to bring only what is necessary to our facilities. Also, we encourage them to secure what they do bring in a safe place.
Recreational Sports will stop any activity on our premises (indoor or outdoor) that staff members consider unsafe or in violation of our policies.
Please take our policies seriously. Anyone who violates our policies might be asked to leave. Persons involved in serious incidents or repeat offenders will be subjected to sanctions under the Student Code of Conduct. Non-student offenders or repeat offenders will be subject to sanctions by the Facility Manager or by the Director of Recreational Sports. Sanctions may include, but are not limited to, suspension from facilities, revoking of membership privileges, student disciplinary sanctions or civil prosecution.
Recreational Sports offers a variety of spaces available for open recreation use. Open recreation is defined as use of existing equipment and facility spaces for self-directed activities by individuals or small groups of no more than 4 individuals at any given time. Open recreation participants must adhere to all facility policies and procedures which includes allowing other participants to join in the activity or use of the space. Participation in open recreation is not structured, organized or teams/groups of 5 or more. Events or activities for groups of 5 or more which require use of a space must be scheduled and approved in advance by Recreational Sports staff. Any activity (by individuals or groups) which includes coaching/instruction or music/amplified sound must also be scheduled and approved in advance by Recreational Sports staff. Please see our Facility Rental page for more information.
Children under 18 years of age must be accompanied by a parent or valid guardian to enter a facility.
Games will be played to 11 points by 1’s and 2’s.
Games will be played to 21 points.
Games will be played to 25 points using rally scoring.