Member Testimonials
Very satisfied
The people who work at the Y make the Y the wonderful place that it is!
Comprehensive workout environment/clean
Great place to self-improve. Fabulous staff!
Love the pool
Everyone seems very friendly and eager to help.
Great experience, every one is very nice and helpful. Highly recommend.
So much variety
Very nice facility, lots of variety in programs for all, and plenty of parking
It’s senior friendly! But what is extremely disappointing are the new treadmills, which don’t allow easy tv access, most times no access at all. And the cardio room is very dirty. Machines are covered with dust and grime and carpet needs to be vacuumed. Inside of elevator doors are covered with some kind of grime. It never used to be like this. Very disappointing!
Hal Welsh East Area YMCA is a great facility to workout and join classes for exercises as well as for education like art classes and other hobbies. It has a wonderful social atmosphere. The staff is friendly and knowledgeable. There is a great sense of community here. I highly recommend it.
The variety of group ex class + community activities.
The people are friendly and knowledgeable about programs and equipment. The biggest thing about Hal Welsh YMCA is (THE PLACE IS CLEAN) and doesn’t smell! The pool is CLEAN! The locker rooms are CLEAN. The weight rooms and all the workout facilities are CLEAN! Thank you Mike Robinson.
The group playing pickleball and the new nets.
My wife and I use the Y frequently for individual workouts/exercise. I like the breadth of cardio and weight equipment that are offered. I also take advantage of the cycling classes frequently.
The facility is easy to access , continues to update equipment and facility. I do the group X classes snd the instructors are all excellent.
Everything!
The amenities, the equipment, mostly the people.
Having a community is so important.
I have been going to the Group Ex since 2013 and it has helped me tremendously in the rough and smooth times of life.
The instructors are so knowledgeable, encouraging and dependable.
The kids have been participating in the Y since they were 6 weeks old and continue to thrive in different programs.
Thank you for all you do- from the people that keep the facility running and clean to the front desk to the people that work behind the scenes.
Egym - and now available in Manlius too. Fast and easy way to work on strength training. In the East Area branch, I like the pool.
i get a very good work and staff is very nice
I like doing my workouts there ..
Everyone is friendly..
Welcoming atmosphere, diversity of staff and participants, variety of program options
I’m new here so far good atmosphere
and friendly.
I’ve been doing aqua dance and deep water classes they have been great!
The ladies teaching the classes are great!!
The inclusion
Pickleball opportunities. E gym, classes
I very much appreciate the pool and aquatic programs offered. It is very important to our community.
It's the whole mission. Example: at my visit today, a child care provider was pushing a trolley -full of children around the facility. Two older women, broad smiles, waved and smiled to the kids. also an older member, I did the same. Passing the art rooms, is always a delight. Ran into my body builder son. I went to egym and NIa. I see how the Y tries to help us all feel safe and like we fit.. This is hard, hard work. Kudos to staff, who make it all happen.
I'm pretty sure that funding is always a problem, but hope the Y can keep programming strong, cleanliness high, and facility maintenance and renovation ongoing. (Gulped hard when I saw the major repair to pools in the past few weeks, thinking about the cost of that!).
Friendly staff, great programs
Pool schedule
Me and my kid love going here there are a lot of ymcas but this one we love even tho we live far we love the staff everyone’s friendly kids love the pool they have great instructors for swimming lessons
Staff cares about the cleanliness of all facilities and makes sure conduct is respectful and rules are enforced which benefit gym goers of all types