Mid-County Family YMCA

Why does this YMCA Make its own hours , closes at 4pm on weekends , closes at 9pm on weekdays ? Every other Y is open till 10pm and to top it off, the staff believes 9pm means 8:45pm everyone needs to be out of “their” facility !!! News flash buddy without members there is no ymca !!! This place needs an overhaul asap !!! No one cleans !!! This place is disgraceful. Things are getting worse and worse. The front office has been informed & they just ignore it, if I come here one more time & see all the nasty shit, I’ve been seeing the past year !! I am going to just call the health department my damn self !!! Fair Warning to the staff.

I really enjoy my workouts here. It's not too crowded and no one is intimidating (whether they intend to be or not) in the weight room or classes. It's very normal person/ beginner friendly. There's a brand new family locker room. The pool has lanes, a deep end, and a large hot tub & a sauna. Ladies locker room (formerly the girls locker room) has a dressing area and a steam room. In general a comfortable place to be. The weight & equipment rooms are pretty new equipment and neat. Some of my friends won't like the old-school feel of the pool and gym / track but I appreciate the space & it is very nicely maintained. The synchronized swimming instructor is the nicest person I've ever met. Across all YMCA's I wish group classes had a secondary instructor to assist with form. The all-levels classes have so many people trying to do advanced form before they've developed the support for it. - I find this distracting & feel for the instructors who really want the clients to listen to their bodies more. All movement is progress, & as long as no one is hurt that's just the difference between a studio and a Y class.

Gem, unpolished but perfect for me. The shower was updated and new with everything I needed. The seated elliptical and t5 trainer was very well situated in the gym. The life machines were perfect for my arm workout. Everyone seems satisfied and even happy here. Great parking and handicapped parking. Will Go there again.

This Y has publicized hours on the website and supposedly different actual hours posted somewhere in the Y which are very hard to see. Regardless, if they are going to post hours on the site, they need to abide by them and stay open as long as they say. I have gotten kicked out 15 minutes early a few times now, which is more than annoying. It cost me time/money to drive there that I might not have taken if I knew they were going to shortchange us on hours. Further, they need a firm, enforceable policy about members playing music or videos on their phones aloud without headphones on. I come to the gym, as I am sure others do, to get in my own zone and don’t appreciate being forced to listen to others’ music or whatever else they might listen to. Recently when biking near the upper track, I encountered a runner who was blaring her music while running around the track for 30 minutes or more. I asked her to turn it down or put on headphones a few times, and she refused each time (said something to the effect of “you’re at the gym; suck it up”). I phoned down and asked the woman at the front desk to intervene; she said she was too busy. I called again, and she said the Y had no rule about music playing and so, effectively, people could play their music out in the open, anywhere, and as loud as they want. Really?? For a place thay is supposed to foster inclusivity, the rules are not consistent or altogether considerate of others.

I cancelled my membership for this to be my home branch. Still a ymca member, but went to the South City YMcA instead and O-M-G it is a night and day difference. The people at front desk here DO NOT CARE about members. They are so unhelpful and rude, it’s crazy. They do not solve problems, I had to go to an entirely new branch for them to get my account straightened out. Been going to this gym for years now.. I only use it for the Jacob’s ladder and previously racquetball courts and the heavy bag in the gymnasium. I dread coming to this ymca. Nobody wipes off the machines and it’s disgustingly dirty everywhere-I’m not sure if they ever clean this gym.. in the gymnasium they have stuff lining the entire perimeter of the basketball courts..the one single heavy bag they have is chained up in the corner with the dust broom. it not only feels as though they don’t take things seriously and do nothing, but also don’t listen or frankly care about my experience with their members. It also LOOKS and feels so gross and dirty. I highly suggest you consider NOT this branch, but another YMCA branch in the area. You will have a friendlier, cleaner experience.