Member Testimonials
Available for all ages and abilities. No one is ever made to feel they’re not welcome.
Love the Y
Very nice location!
An adult setting. Participants are friendly and diverse. Staff is very helpful, courteous and friendly. Classes/activities are diverse and generous in their offerings. Convenient to my home.
What I do not like:
It is a nightmare recently to get an appointment for the gym as there is only 1 lane that can be reserved for 30 mins.
There are a lot of participants who are very upset about this new change as it can get very crowded at certain times of the day and you cannot get to use the pool.
With 3 lanes open without reservations certain unnamed individuals take advantage by occupying lanes at times for 2 to 2 and a half hours for a swim not thinking of others who are not able to enter the pool as a result of their selfishness.
I am now thinking of just using another site where there is more ample availability of lanes forswimming if things continue this way.
I see families of all ages in the gym working to be healthy. The y promotes a safe environment and healthy lifestyle i truly appreciate
Great facility and friendly helpful staff. My request: keep the single occupant swim lane for solo swimmers, but maybe increase the use time from 30 min to 45 min.
Love the staff and especially the awesome Body Pump instructors!!
Good cycling programs, clean facilities, helpful staff.
Outdoor body pump with Melody and Luckybis fantastic, as is cycling with Kristen and Guru.
One thing we do need is more of the lower and medium sized weights for the outdoor body pump classes. There are simply not enough of these smaller sized weights.
Thank you.
The exercise programs thus far
Swimming and fitness classes
I like the available cardio machines and weight equipment.
Liked working with Shawnee
Friendly staff. Very helpful
Nice variety at times I am likely to participate.
My closest YMCA is East Lake and I usually go there for all of my activities. However, I really like Lindsay's Pilates Class and her Stretch Class so I go to the Decatur YMCA on Thursdays. You have a lot of great classes, such as Tai Chi with Jean.
Good yoga classes. Love the pool. Friendly staff.
New member. Love Decatur Y but want whirlpool fixed! Also need adequate lanes for water aerobics
Free CPR class is such an asset to the greater good of our community
Great variety of equipment. Not too busy! Nice staff. Reasonably priced.
Staff, members and the overall atmosphere
Childcare! That makes going to the gym even doable for us. I haven’t explored the pool yet but it doesn’t seem to have a zero entry that would be good for little kids so I guess open swim for little kids isn’t a thing (with parents). It seems like a small pool so probably just for size that’s not possible. Besides that there seems to be plenty of equipment free when I’ve gone (during childcare hours) and it’s always been clean. I loved the free basketball clinic my daughter got to participate in last week- what a nice surprise! And she is playing soccer this fall with the Y and that has been good so far as well. Thank you!!
I love the group classes. The instructors are excellent. The locker room is very pleasant and clean. The only thing I'd like to request is that the group classes end as listed on the schedule. Usually they are supposed to last 45 minutes, but many times they go closer to an hour. That means if I am counting on a 45 minute class and have to leave on time, I miss the stretching afterward. I really would like the schedule to be adhered to. Thanks.
The variety of activities and classes
The kindness of the staff
I like the mix of people there of all ages and physical condition.
I never feel like I’ve do not belong.
I joined the Y for the first time in my life nearly a month ago and like it so far.
the classes and the machines
Clean facility
Nice, well equipped weight room
I really enjoyed the patience that swim instructors demonstrated with the preschool swim class. My child is very excited to begin the second class and that means a lot to me, since that was his first time in a swim course. We are excited to try the additional programs that the YMCA has to offer
I like the classes and the fact that I can go to various locations.