Bartlett YMCA

It's a well equipped facility, very nice..but the rules are just off putting and I'm disappointed. I've been a resident of Bartlett for 21 years and a member of the ymca for 3. My job pays for my Y membership. In order to come here I would have to cancel my jobs membership and have it switched here for full cost.( free vs $780/yr) I can use any YMCA in the country, just not the one a few blocks from my house. Rules are for a reason, but jeesh make it make sense.

My beautiful gym is ruined. My yoga no longer had a room. The entrance was like grand central station last wed. mornings. A school bus drove up dumped a bunch of kids left them there to disrupt everything then took them away. They seem to be allowing people who are not Bartlett residents into the gym. The parking lot is overly full. I thought the Y promised not to change things. Igather this because Bartlett voted for a bad mayor who wants money not people who are proud of Bartlett. If the mayor is behind this loss of Bartlett Rec shame on him.

I really enjoy going to this Y. It’s so convenient and the staff members are so friendly and accommodating. Cannot wait until renovation is complete…

I just don’t understand why the YMCA even allows this location to operate under their name. This place should’ve just remained the Bartlett Recreation Center bc they don’t allow people who are YMCA members with other home base locations to use the facility without paying for a daily pass…yet their members can use any other YMCA facility for free. Make it make sense. But then again, that’s Bartlett for you.

Some instructors show up at the time the class starts, workout balls the small one are always flat, very dirty and no text or email regarding hour changes or events. They don’t offer the same classes the other YMCA’s do. Members are not linked to the other YMCA’s. This was piss poor planning regarding this take over. Do Better!! Update after Renovation: Well they took some classes away and replaced it with a bunch of Power 40 classes a total of 22 it looks like. I have been told it’s like Orange Theory which I am not a fan of. Looks like 22 classes for the new class. They they moved some class hours where the regulars can no longer attend because we work and can’t rearrange our schedules in order to attend. The spin class room has a floor that is not for working out it’s more of an office floor. They still do not have mirrors that go all the way to the floor. The other workout room over by the weights they just put pain on and got new equipment. The weight room got new equipment. It seems that the only rooms that really got a lot of money in all of this is these power 40 rooms looks like a disco or a techno club. Oh and we got new sound systems. None of the existing members seem very happy with these new renovations and for most of us they do not fit our needs. A lot of us will be looking for another place to go and a lot have been going to this location for 20 years or more. They made it corporate with no regards to what the members wanted. YMCA of TN you are a disappointment. Your classes only last now 45 minutes. Why? Because you do not know how to plan properly? I am just so unhappy and I will be looking for another place that can fit my needs and I hope the others members as well.