Dalplex Guide: Dalhousie's Gym, Pool, Sexton Gym, Intramurals and the Langille Centre

Dalplex is at 6260 South Street. You tap your card at the turnstiles by the Client Experience Centre in the lobby. Dal lists these spaces:

From August 31 to April 30, Dalplex opens 6 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Monday to Friday, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. on Sunday. The pool closes at 10 p.m. From May 1 to August 29, it closes earlier: 9:30 p.m. on weekdays and 5:30 p.m. on weekends.

Full-time students have Dalplex and Sexton Gym memberships in their student services fee. Access runs by term: September 1 to December 31, January 1 to April 30, and May 1 to August 31. Full-time students on a co-op term who don't pay the student services fee lose access until they return, unless they buy a co-op membership.

Separately, full-time students on the Halifax campuses pay a fitness facilities renewal fee of $90 a term, up to $180 a year, which Dal says supports Dalplex upgrades. You can't opt out of it.

Group fitness classes are included in a Dalplex membership, and Dal encourages booking ahead. Spin classes hold 18 people and need a bike booking. Cancel at least an hour before, or you lose advance booking for 7 days.

Intramurals are recreational leagues and tournaments at competitive, semi-competitive and recreational levels. You register in the Fusion Play app, as a team or as a player asking to join one. Many residence halls enter teams, so ask yours. Bring your student ID to every game.

Sexton Gym is at 1360 Barrington Street on the downtown Sexton Campus, home to Dal's engineering and architecture faculties. It has a renovated weight and cardio room, a stretching room, a fitness studio with group classes and a gymnasium. Full-time students get in as part of their fees.

The Oulton-Stanish Centre at 6191 South Street is a 60,000-square-foot ice facility on Studley Campus. It's home to the Dal Tigers hockey teams, intramural hockey, and the ringette and figure skating clubs. Dal's membership page says Dal students get into Dal Tigers varsity games free.

On the Agricultural Campus, the Langille Athletic Centre at 20 Cumming Drive has a gymnasium, weight and cardio rooms and squash courts. Dal says it's included in student fees, with free fitness classes such as yoga and pickleball and recreational leagues. It's home to the Dal Rams varsity teams.

It's open 7 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Sunday. It's closed on Thanksgiving Monday, Christmas Eve through Boxing Day, New Year's Eve and Day, Victoria Day, Canada Day, Natal Day and Good Friday.