YMCA of Greater Worcester

This place sucks. Each time I went the play gym was off limits and I was directed to have my 22 month old child play in the lobby. It would have been less offensive if I was told to have him play in their parking lot!!!

Front Staff is ok. Programs are good have been family members for many years where all my kids have gone through or are in the swimming program, good value

I have been a member of this Y for over 20 years and having been going almost everyday (most times twice a day) since moving back to worcester 4 months ago.
Tonight was the absolute worst, went to sit on the bench by the gym to put on my cycling shoes and there is a bloody used bandaid on the bench, sit down, put shoes on and ready to workout. When i stand up a woman tells me I have something on my behind… a huge wad of chewed gum! absolutely disgusting!!! spent over 20 minutes in the bathroom trying to get it out of my brand new pants.
The staff is unfriendly and uninterested.

My wife and I recently joined this YMCA. Overall worth the membership, the facilities are adequate. We have not had any issue with crowded gyms and waiting to use equipment. Several classes are offered which my wife attends regularly.
Invest in a lock for your locker and avoid any issues with theft…

My wife and I are members here. Everything here is AOK.
The only issue is if you have a meeting with a Staff member (not a class/​lesson, an actual 1:1 meeting) they always seem to be late.
Other than that, excellent facility.

Review is specifically for the greendale branch. Overall, I’d suggest not wasting your time and starting with some of the other clubs/​gyms in the area if you are looking for a full service membership (like JCC or WAC) or revviewing different options around the city to piece together what you need. The nice things about the Y is that they do have lots of programs for families, even recently added a gym area for younger kids with a parent. There are 2 pools — though neither the pools nor the locker rooms seem to be kept particularly clean — the warm pool always tends to have a cloudiness to the water. The kids gym offers a bounce house, play mats for gymnastics stuff, some slides, balls and a small soft climbing structure for kids 1 – 6 Its a good space but in need up updating and some cleaning. Most of the equipment in the workout area is newer and the space was renovated fairly recently. They also offer childcare though you should eyeball it yourself to see if you would be comfortable using it. It is in a fairly removed area of the building.
The downside of the Y is that overall it is old and tired. Though noted the work out area is newer and a new gym for families was recently added, this was done while they also reduced their space losing the building accross the street. This leads to a tighter parking lot and often during peak hours you hunt for a space or park on the street. It also feels more crowded and there is more of a load on the dressingrooms that look like they were already in need of a makeover in 1970. The pools as noted aren’t the cleanest and I have witnessed a few potty accidents which I suppose can’t be helped but are gross none the less and probably the pool should have been shocked before letting people back in. The cost of the Y is around $ 100 monthly for a family of 3 and most of the services that are offered in the brochure cost something additional. Things that are often free at other Y’s even, like Zumba classes, tumble time mommy and me things. None of these are very much, but if you are paying a premium for a monthly rate, you do expect exersize classes will be included. Also the availibility of classes are sparce. For example there is only 1 zumba class offered now — this is clearly the fitness crave of the moment so would be nice if there were several time slots like you would find at other gyms. Also there has been over the years a large problem with theft at this location. Perhaps somewhat due to the fact that the locker rooms are on a different floor than most of the staff or perhaps just bad luck. Regardless, just something to be aware of.