Welcome to the Town of
Valdese, a Waldensian settlement in the foothills of North Carolina.
AQUATICS & FITNESS
CENTER
The Jimmy C. Draughn Aquatics and
Fitness Center provides recreational and exercise facilities for members
and walk-in visitors on a year-round basis. Nearly one thousand people
signed up for membership within the first eighteen months.
The pool is twenty-five yards long, with ten lanes for
swim meets or lap swimming. It is enclosed from October through May to
allow for year-round swimming. In warm months, the cover is removed,
allowing you to tan as you swim.
The fitness center features the latest Cybex
"nautilus-style" weight training equipment, dumbbells, stair-steppers, treadmills,
recumbent and traditional exercise bikes, and ellipticals. Anyone needing assistance with the
machines can call on a full-time attendant to explain how everything
operates.
A number of classes, including: yoga, aerobics, water
aerobics, and step aerobics are offered for a small fee. All
classes are led by certified instructors.
The swimming pool is occasionally closed for swim meets
and to install or remove the protective dome (twice a year.) If you need
to be certain the pool is open, call 879-2144.