Wadsworth YMCA

Welcoming, friendly, knowledgeable staff and clean facility. Other members make you feel welcome too! Great place to get in shape, meet nice people and unwind. Nice job Wadsworth!

Most people don’t understand what YMCA means. It’s Young Men’s Christian Association. That being said you would think it’s a God fearing up stand able place. It’s not! It’s about money. They don’t care if they have quality instructors or not. They don’t care if management is rude or not. They play games with there pricing. Most Community Rec centers were built for the Community not this place. If you only plan on going there one month. They make you buy a year membership pass. It’s just greed. We originally signed up but I just got to costly for a family. So my son started using it one month out of the year. They were charging 5 per time. But they ended that and they want a year member ship now! They turned my son away because he wanted to play basketball. 5 dollars is good enough a day. They want him to pay$ 60 for month! I see nothing Christian about the YMCA.

I actually agree with what others have said. Wadsworth YMCA is an extension of the high school. Flooded with high schoolers who sit on weights and make rude comments. Poorly designed locker rooms, dark, silent, small… I’m always worried I’m going to bump into someone changing. Not enough weights to go around. A lot of disorganization with the weight equipment. The staff is disconnected from the patrons, except for the nursery staff. Lap Pool is pretty much Wadsworth swim team property. The basketball courts are soccer team, baseball, softball, track, basketball team occupied constantly. The gym itself could stand to extend their hours of operation. No towels, sauna, steam room or racquetball, yet you pay like you would if the gym included these things. I was stopped by the parking lot attendants coming and going to make sure I was parked correctly. Recently, they upped their pricing with no notable change in service.
I’ve lived different places and been a member at multiple gyms, this YMCA may look nice, but it is very poorly run and does s poor job of considering patrons apart from high school athletes.
My wife and I talk about switching gyms, but the child care and closeness are the only things keeping us.
In saying all these negatives, I must say the water pressure at the water fountains is top notch.
Please, please, YMCA staff or administration, if you read this make some real changes. Simple labeling of weights could fix organization. More open court/​lap pool times. Open the gym at 5 and close at 10. Pipe some music into the locker rooms. Have the gym attendants acknowledge regular attendees. If I don’t attend any classes I should not have to pay for them.

If I could give this place no stars, I would. The staff is terrible. I would never have guessed it was a Christian association. Coming from another ymca and moving to the area, I was appalled by the daycare, the gym staff, and the greeters. This is not worth 70 $ a month to send your family here. I pray the staff is changed soon bc everyone has complained about this staff and nothing has been done. Disgusting.

This rating is for the new outdoor pool, not the indoor facility. I have never heard of more absurd safety rules or seen ruder lifeguards at any pool I’ve ever been to. You need to be within arms length of your kids 5 & under at all times, even in splash pad with 1 inch of water. This is really feasible with more than one kid of different ages. Basically all kids that do not pass the swim test need to wear a life jacket and still be within arms length. And don’t think of letting that distance increase or you will get yelled at by some 15 year old lifeguard. I went twice and both times were the same. I won’t go into the rest of the safety rule list, as this post is long enough. The supervisor agreed that the rules are absurd but they are not in a position to change them due to the «insurance» requirements. Both times I went there were many other patrons arguing and complaining. I’m all for safety, but I have never left a pool angry in my life until this place & I’ve never seen so many other people angry as well. They also refuse to refund the money for the season pass. They said too many people are complaining and they can’t give refunds to everyone. Just awful customer service in addition to the over the top safety rules. Even if the rules were normal, the design of the pools are bad. The splash area for little kids is nice, but the rest of the areas are way too small.

The good: It’s a brand new gym close to where I work. Tons of cardio machines. All the cardio machines have televisions attached to them, as well as iPod ports.
The bad: It seems like more of an extension of Wadsworth High School than a YMCA. I didn’t notice much in terms of fitness programs that were run here. It just seemed like a place for high schoolers and middle schoolers to hang out after school. Also lacking in weight training equipment.
The ugly: Unfriendly staff who ignores anybody who enters or leaves. I’m so used to Akron Area YMCA locations — Barberton, Green, etc. — actually being helpful, kind, and welcoming. Not at Wadsworth. It felt like the staff here was here for a paycheck and nothing else.
I thought I would like this place, but I was proven wrong. I guess I would continue going here if I needed to run during when a television show I like is on, but I’ll just do my weight training in Barbertucky, thank you very much.