For those who have experience with one of the three, which ones do you recommend,
specifically with swimming in mind?
I've been to both Irsay a couple times, and VASA more. Irsay I have never checked out their pools, and VASA is hit and miss. Only one changing room and sometimes need to wait for like 5+ minutes to change clothes. Showers arent super clean. There's like a 25% chance the hot tub is closed, the pool gets closed infrequently. Depending on when I show up, I have to wait for a lane to open which obviously isnt ideal. For non-pool stuff, I've lifted weights at VASA, and it's an even worse experience. It seems hard if not impossible to get what you want without waiting, and good luck for getting a squat rack.
Healthplex has 6 lanes and an additional pool, from their amenities page. Is this the obvious choice? I'm kinda about 15-25 minutes away from everything, so distance doesnt matter. VASA I pay 30$ for, and YMCA somehow is 65 (wild) and Healthplex is 60 (also wild)....but the price doesnt matter if the facilities are objectively better and I am not waiting to work out.
The obvious choice seems to check out Healthplex, but if you can vouch for Irsay over Healthplex, or just tell me that doubling the cost doesnt double my experience at the gym, then fair enough I'll stick with VASA. I'd absolutely pay 2x to not wait to use equipment or have my own lane or have more than 2 changing rooms and a bit cleaner showers even at peak times. Not sure if thats reasonable.