Member Testimonials
Family environment...
All great.
I love everything about the Y and I recommend the gym to everyone. A few things:
1. Can you guys start to slowly extend your hrs back to what it was pre-pandemic? Maybe close the downtown Y at 9PM instead of 8? Extend hrs to 4PM on Saturday and open back up on Sunday. I understand the pandemic was tough for the Y ....but with people being vaccinated and returning back to work...the gym is packed in the evenings and it would be helpful if it was open an hr later.
2. Will you guys ever return to having towels on hand? It was an amazing perk
Thank you all for everything that you do! Absolutely love the Y!
Friendly Staff and a great location.
I always enjoy my visit at Ymca Downtown
I love the women’s work out room and hope it can open soon.años the pool.
Love your 4th floor fitness center.
Training and the warm therapy pool
I like the instructors, the classes, and the facility. Lots of space and options for different types of machines and workouts.
Everything is respectful and friendly.
The staff is friendly and I like how they clean off the machine after you use it. It’s always enough people and it’s always clean.
I really enjoy the les Mills classes and instructors. They are great! And I love the friendly staff.
I just use the gym equipment an si love the staff
I love the YMCA so I already have recommended to friends abs family
I like the variety of programs and the friendly and knowledgeable trainers. Also like the Tellepsen facilities and the affordable prices!
Keeping in mind that we under the "stay home, work safe order," I like the workout area on the 3rd floor, and hope we can all return sooner than later.
The group exercises are awesome, not to mention the facility as a whole!
everything
yoga!
Lots of fun classes that are good workouts.
I originally joined the downtown YMCA Gym in the 1960's. I was absent for some years when I lived overseas, and rejoined in 2010, after it became possible to put membership on hold temporarily while a member was unable to attend. Gym membership and regular usage of its excellent facilities have been one of the highlights in my life. The Staff and the maintenance of the gym equipment has been kept to the highest of standards.
This may not be the appropriate place to voice negative comments/complaints. However, I do feel it necessary to make you aware, in writing, of the following three comments/complaints that I would like to make and for Staff Management to consider acting upon:
1. Because the vast majority of members who feel the need to listen to music when they work out, have their own music recorded on their mobile phones, and listen through headphones, I personally think it is now quite unnecessary for any type of piped in music to be used, and perhaps the Gym might consider limiting the use of the 4th floor speakers to announcements.
I primarily use the equipment and facilities on the 4th floor, and occasionally use the hyrdo- swirl pool, steam bath and or sauna. All of which I enjoy very much.
2. I have no complaints with the equipment, nor of the personnel. They are helpful and also do their best to keep the machines clean. However, I do have a problem with the lack of cleanliness of some of our members, mostly men, those men and very few woman who never clean the equipment before, and especially after use, I believe that the Gym employees need to be instructed by management to be more observant of and to be more forceful with the members who lack the common standards of cleanliness required when there is extensive use of our equipment; and lastly,
3. From time to time I notice in the ground floor Men's Locker Room, that it quite often becomes very difficult to obtain a locker, the reason being that some members often leave their gym clothes locked in some of the lockers 24/7. I notice this because my 4-5 times a week gym schedule is erratic as to time, sometimes very early and sometimes very late, noticing the same padlocks on the same lockers. This becomes a serious problem during rush periods. In the past, when this has been the case, I have complained to the Front Desk and they have been quick to warn members with appropriate stickers. I know everybody is very busy working on the many projects for the gym to be run efficiently. However, I was hoping that a male employee could be assigned to the task of walking through the downstairs locker room, especially at the beginning of the working day and at closing time, and taking the necessary time to observe padlocks that are on lockers overnight, and then taking the necessary action to stop this selfishness on the part of some of our members.
Silver sneakers participation and senior exercise classes, AARP programs, Women’s fitness area is great too.
Always fun and friendly and professional with everyone.........
Plenty of activities at different hours during the day
Great instructors, staff and volunteers.
Variety of group exercise to fit any age group, wide choices of equipment, wonderful staff, good hours,etc.
Not enough promotion.
Love the exercise programs. The trainers are excellent and very helpful
TRX, CSI and Body Pump instructors are GREAT!
Of course many of the activities are limited; however, I am pleased to be able to attend yoga classes and recently was able to bike in the spin room.