Member Testimonials
i like the group classes...LUV the 30 minute spin classes (wish there were more at maybe 5pm...like the Monday and Tuesday 10 am group classes
adult swim class - Jan is the best!
Moving to Lakewood and needing a gym to work out in.
Great instructors and a wide variety of class options.
Pool. Wish hot tub would get fixef
whirlpool and sauna
The weekday 8am Deep Water Jog class and the shallow water class that follows.
Good instructors, variety of classes.
I love playing pickleball; however, recently we have been required to put up and take down our nets. As a paying member this is not acceptable.
i look forward to participating in your AOA programs. Especially Pickleball. My brief encounter with the group last Friday introduced me to many warm and welcoming people.
When I retired from a 50 year career as a pharmacist, I started going to the Lakewood Y to use the aerobic equipment. I watched from the 2nd floor windows the swimmers in the pool below me. My PCP told me I was too old to learn to swim.
Never-the-less I hired one of the YMCA instructors I watched who had been teaching a bunch of 3 year old boys and girls how to float. The first lesson we sat on the edge of the pool, didn't get in, and discussed life and goals and trust. If I would trust her, she would teach me to swim.
Every week for 8 months we moved around the pool, Amy always within an arm's length from me. Floating was the first big issue. I was sure I couldn't float, ever. 3rd time together I was floating. Trust Amy became more than just a suggestion. One day a few weeks later I swam from the shallow to the deep end, Amy next to me. The swimming continued. Freestyle, breast stroke, back stroke, frog kick.
Eventually Amy stayed on the deck just walking and watching. In those eight months Amy had to reach out and pull me to the wall three times. She kept her word. One day she told me she had nothing more to teach me and handed me off to another instructor to 'refine' my technique. I had permission and confidence to swim by myself, anywhere.
Since then I have swum in pools wherever my travels have taken me. Always Trust Amy became a mantra that I still recite when learning something new or different. Without the swim program at the YMCA I would never had learned to swim nor overcome many of the physical constraints of aging. I'm 83 now and, until the pandemic, swam four to five miles a week. Oh, and I fired that PCP. Myron Palay
Wonderful silver sneakers coach, Andrea!!
Like the pool and the openness and friendliness
I love the clean open feeling of the building. The staff is friendly and helpful and the childcare workers are amazing. We joined to get my oldest in swim lessons and have enjoyed that experience watching her gain confidence and skills from the thoughtful instructors.
The Pool rocks! Its deep, great for water therapy and the lifeguard staff is THE BEST!
I like all bout the y most of all I love the hot tub
I wish they stay open longer 😕
just having them.
The facility is clean and brightly lit and the equipment is well maintained. All of the staff are friendly and professional. I look forward to starting my mornings at the Y and it sets the tone for my entire day.
I was a visitor and did not seek out your capabilities, with all do respect. 22
The staff and exercise room
The pool! Lap swim! Nice people:)
The child’s programs and the people who tend to the kids are absolutely amazing. Very kind people with big hearts. The whole staff is amazing.
Senior activities
I like Andrea's SS Classic class. I, also, like the water classes
Yoga
Updated gym equipment, lots of class options, very clean building, good parking, good location.
We really like the swim instructors charles and rachelle has been amazing registering my kids and accommodating them according to level.
My concern: covid protocols r not being followed and no one is wearing a mask in the hallways - people who r not playing an actively or participating in gym should be wearing a mask before we r shut down again.
I love the chair yoga!
I love the instructors are very involved with classes. Swim class is amazing and very proactive. The courses are an effective use of the time given for the class.
I love the pool.
I can't say enough good things about the swimming teachers at the Y!
While I'm getting in my water workouts,
I observe their interactions with their students and they are wonderful!
Maybe if I'd had teachers as attentive as they are, I wouldn't have spent 3 decades terrified of deep water.
I was lucky enough to finally find the right teacher at age FORTY-FIVE!!