Schlessman Family YMCA

This review is considering the price/​fee for service rendered. This is not comparing this to LifeTime or some high-​end club.
First off, a great club for kids, not good for single adults or couples. Much better options out there.
Equipment is ok, but dated. Also, no one goes around to check and see if it is working. A number of machines don’t work correctly and are in dis-​repair. Reporting this only gets a confused look and disbelief. Obviously, no one goes and checks them on a regular basis. They have divided the training areas so you have to hike to get a complete workout. What fitness staff?
Front desk staff are inconsistent at best. Their policies and greetings and the like change based upon who is up there. On many days, they have been out of towels for a couple of hours, so it appears that is not well managed or thought out.
I came to primarily use the pool, but with all the little issues with everything I will just have to upgrade and go to one of the nicer clubs. Not a good value for the money nor do I think it is well run.

We live super close to the Y and became members after the renovation was complete. There is still some renovation going on, but it is mostly done. The cardio room and new pool/​locker rooms are great! The pool is zero entry and extremely kid friendly, with half of the pool being under 2.5 foot deep and split off from the deeper end. I can let my 3 yr old play in the shallow area and not even have to get in the pool myself if I’m not feeling it, which is nice. There are also a few water features to keep the young ones entertained. Not sure how the pool is on the weekends, but during the week when we go, it’s never busy. The child watch area is great, my daughter loves it in there, and the people who work in the child watch are so nice and sweet. My daughter also goes to a program there called Play to Learn, which is basically like a pre-​preschool (two classes, 2 – 3 yr olds, and 4 – 5 yr olds), it’s twice a week for 3 hours and you drop your child off. I’m hoping it helps my daughter adjust to a classroom type setting for when she goes to real school, plus it helps her get some away time from mommy and some social interaction with other kids. As far as the reviewer commenting about no hair dryers in the family locker rooms, it is for safety reasons. If you ask the front desk when you arrive they will check one out to you, we have done this multiple times.

We have a family membership which includes child watch for both my littles. For the price, the amenities are excellent. Towel service, child watch, warm indoor pool, swim lessons, group fitness classes, all the weights & equipment you need (including a hanging bag & racquetball courts)… How on earth can you NOT be happy?
There are more expensive/​fancy gyms in the area that I’ve visited and honestly I’m very satisfied with this one. Can’t beat the price & service.

My favorite Y! Great for families and the best staff. The recent remodel looks fantastic!

I’m so glad I live nearby this YMCA. I could spend hours here!
Compared to the price and quality of other gym and group fitness memberships, one really gets a lot from this YMCA. Great instructors teaching group fitness and the classes are the perfect size. The weight room is a dream come true and I’ve never waited for any cardio machines. this YMCA is very family friendly — the child watch every day of the week is extremely helpful for working parents :)

My wife and I joined the Y about 3 years ago and are very happy with what we get for our money. We pay about $ 80/​month for a family membership, though our kids (high school and college age) don’t take advantage. We are very pleased with the recently completed renovations. New cardio room is fantastic, and the weight room is about 500% better than what it was.
Welcoming atmosphere, definitely no ‘meat market’ vibe. Love the pool, and the hours are way better than the nearest public rec center.
I’ve done a whole bunch of triathlon trainng there, as well as general fitness work, and there have been very few complaints.

Not only is this more expensive than any other gym in the area, but they REFUSE to put hair dryers in the changing rooms for the families. It’s about to be winter and they’re apparently ok sending kids into the cold air with wet hair. For the price of the membership, you’d think they’d cater just a little bit!!!

I feel like even with the renovations that have been done recently the Y is really going down hill. I grew up going to the Schlessman Y from the time I was 7 years old to now being 46. They were a community institution back in the day and all our free time as kids was spent playing basket ball or swimming. I worked the front desk during high school so to have to give them a poor to fair review doesn’t make me feel good. The construction has been going on for over a year. Every time I go there something is closed or broken. Walking through the Y right now is a construction hazard. It is true they needed to remodel it was long over due. I have only heard for 30 years they were going to remodel so congratulations to them for finally doing it. I only wish they would have just closed for six months done what they needed to do and then reopened but then they couldn’t have been able to continue to charge monthly dues. I have barely been able to use my membership for the past year due to the construction The front desk staff is HORRIBLE. Can I say that again? They are HORRIBLE. They are incredibly rude and do not seem to care too much about service. I’ve done this job and it is not a hard or difficult job at all. The staff at the front desk are the first impression the public gets about the Y and so to have staff with crappy attitudes as the first impression is doing the Y a big disservice. They all need to fired if they can not muster up some customer service skills and learn to be friendly and helpful. They act like they could care a less if their customers stay or leave the Y. Maybe it will be worth the inconvenience once the renovations are done otherwise this long time patron will be more than happy to take their business elsewhere. CAC may be twice the cost of the Y but I will gladly pay it in order to get some customer service.

I would give zero stars if I could.
Old machines, dirty facilities (do people really use the showers here? Gross), and employees that are unhelpful and rude.
I wanted to put my membership on hold for a few months since I will be traveling a lot and won’t be using it much, but was told they could only hold it for three months with a $ 10 charge per month as a «holding fee.» Really?
Considering how ridiculous that is, I asked to cancel my membership. It was the end of the month when I asked to cancel (July 31^st), and was told that since the auto-​pay for the month of August was already being processed, there would be no refund, not even a partial one, for August. «We need five days notice to cancel your membership.» Okay, so why not cancel it starting the 5^th of August and pro-​rate my refund?
I joined the Y because it’s a non-​profit and I thought it would be more friendly and accessible than a big corporate gym like 24 Hour Fitness. I was wrong.

They should just call themselves the gym that doesn’t really give a shite. Went into inquire about their rates and the guy couldn’t even be bothered to get out of his chair and simply gave me a copy of the prices. The oddest part was another employee walked right in front of him. The parking lot is horrible.

Pedophiles and pervs must have an internal advertisement on this place. Had creepy dude watching me under water more than once; complained and they acknowleged others complained about him too but they did nothing. Adult locker rooms are quite delapidated, no private showers. Not the nicest members, do not expect a smile or a door hold. Sometimes felt like being non-​kosher was akin to a snicker bar floating in the jacuzzi. Nice staff, stench of bleach permeates the towels. Free weight room is like a 1970’s time capsule.

I used to belong to 24Hour Fitness, CAC and Prestige. Even though they are further away, I still go back to the Y. It’s more expensive than 24Hour or Prestige, but they have more facilities — a pool, sauna, hot tub, etc. CAC is nearly twice the cost of the Y.
Their equipment is fairly new and most of the cardio machines have individual TV’s. What I like best about the Y is the number of classes they offer and the times they offer them. I love BodyPump and I’m able to take it often at the Y — unlike at the other gyms I’ve mentioned. Also, the classes are held in a very large room, so, unlike some of the other gyms, you don’t run out of room in the classes. Most of the instructors are great — genuinely invested in your success and they’ll take the time to help you with your form, etc.
The Y is definitely not a meat market — most of the people that go there are of senior age (maybe they’re picking each other up and I’m just naïve ;-). People are friendly there, though.
The two issues I have with the Y are that the building is dilapidated and they only have a swamp cooler. They are supposed to renovate it soon, however. The other issue is that they have a lot of young kids working there and they aren’t as focused on the members as they should be.

My boyfriend bought a family membership to the «Y» for us to enjoy! It’s been awesome. It comes with 2 hours per day of chld watch, so I’m able to work out like she is taken care of by great staff members. The treadmills are fantastic for running!
It doesn’t hurt its just a few blocks up the road from our home!

Just to note, I like (d) being a member of YMCA because of the kids programs they have, that underprivlidged kids can take part, and that part of my money went to support that.
The staff has always been nice and relatively helpful, but the facility itself is very dated. The equipment is limited, the hot tub is often dirty, with broken jets, and tepid. The steam room is like a warm day in Miami, and not the after workout reward I look for.
When trying to run on the treadmills, I felt the belt slipping on 2 machines, and advised the staff. They seemed concerned, and I was told it would be fixed right away, and it was not. I looked for another (they do have several) and the 3^rd had the same problem. It’s a lawsuit waiting to happen if someone slips, but more practically, it just drives me nuts having to worry about the belt slipping while I am running. I simply cannot get a good workout with that on my mind, and if I can’t get a good work out, what am I paying a gym for?
After this happened, I cancelled my membership and wrote my reason for doing so on the cancellation form. I never got a phone call, an apology, a refund, nothing. I never even minded paying higher membership fees (I even had them take out extra in order to contribute to some of their programs) but I need to be able to get a good work out. It actually saddened me to have to go elsewhere to do just that.