Guelph YMCA-YWCA

I love this place! The main reason I am excited about this particular YMCA is that parents can exercise with their kids ages 10-12 in the gym, as long as they take a short 1-2 hour session together with a personal trainer at the YMCA! ♥ They also require that a parent is always within arm's length of the child when the child (10-12) is working out. My child loves working out with me! Other parents are respectful of the rules as well, and their children are always at an arm's length. Also, this location has a huge teen presence! It is great to see so many teens excited to workout! This gym definitely has a positive vibe. It is also regularly quite busy with people, which adds to the energy of the room. They also have super thick gym mats for doing stretches on; I have never seen ones this thick! ♥

Family change room: It is enormous and well maintained! It is wonderful to have so many individual stalls for kids to get changed in!

Equipment/Gym: See my pics for some of the equipment. They have the main gym room and many rooms throughout the building with gym equipment. They also have a basketball court that is always filled with teens and sometimes men. There are squash courts. The weight machines have holders for your water bottle! ♥

They have a water bottle filling station.

Lockers: You need to bring your own locks, and your lock can't be too thick to fit through the locker hole if you are using the lockers across from the gym.

Staff: The custodian went out of his way to help me with something for my child -- really wonderful person! One of the personal trainers is particularly friendly (the really tall guy). The girls at the front desk are friendly. The swim instructors have been lovely people as well.

Bathrooms: They are kept incredibly clean! Wow!

Food: They have vending machines and a cafe. The cafe has limited hours. They have tables and chairs in front of the pool to eat and watch your kids.

Pool: It is smaller than the Cambridge YMCA's pool, but it is adequate.

Hours: See my pic.

Wheelchair accessibility: The bathrooms and doors have wheelchair buttons. See my pic. There are a ton of wheelchair parking spots. I have never seen this many in one area!

Parking: There is a shocking amount of parking in their massive parking lot.

YMCA amalgamation: You can use your membership here or at any other YMCA in the Waterloo or Stratford/Perth regions. However, each YMCA has different policies, so that may affect your experience. For example, the Cambridge YMCA has a minimum age of 15 or 16 to use their weight machines. At the Guelph YMCA, it is 13 with no training. See my first pic: "Fitness Age Policies."

*I took the indoor pics on an unusually quiet bad weather afternoon, so don't judge the foot traffic by the pics.

I believe as though the hierarchy of male and female dominance is determined by strength levels and compound lifts. The Y has given me the space and community to CRUSH countless goals and become a better person. You may hear complaints about us ego lifting, screaming however I would follow up with a simple and noble question…”well what’s ur bench?”

staff is soooo good with the kids, gave us peace of mind to go and workout, take a few laps in the pool knowing we didn't have to worry about them! Also always clean, never had an issue with this YMCA.

It was our first time to visit YMCA today and had an amazing experience,especially thanks to the very sweet and friendly lady , Malissa. She introduced lots of proper activities for my kids enthusiastically and patiently and arranged the perfect time for them.Excellent place for the family having fun especially in the cold winter time!

Such an awesome facility. The staff are extremely accommodating and seem to enjoy what they do (makes a HUGE difference). My kids have benefited greatly from the small class sizes in their swimming programs. This is also an ideal place for those who can not afford regular gym memberships, from what I hear they offer financial assistance to help cover the cost of membership for those in low income families.

This is by far one of the best gyms I have ever been to. The facility is beautiful and modern. There high end change rooms and hot tub is amazing and is worth the extra coin. The equipment is excellent and clean. But by far the best feature of this YMCA is people who work there! They make this Gym what it is. They genuinely care about you and helping you become the best version of you!. The staff working at the front are professional, helpful and friendly. The trainers who run the fitness classes are knowledgeable, funny, caring, and help push you at a level that works for you. Even the people who frequent the gym are friendly and help. I cant say enough good things about them or this gym so if you have the chance to come check it out I assure you that you will not be disappointed.

Probably the best fitness facility in Guelph for the membership cost. Very friendly and helpful staff, even with all of the COVID restrictions that they are obligated to follow. The app for booking a workout time works really well. My son and I really look forward to our workouts there especially since most of our regular fitness activities have been canceled for the last year.

Great location, great gym for weightlifting, and really phenomenal staff. Very friendly & sociable. I've been to every gym in Guelph and never received the same friendliness as at the Y!

Couldn't possibly happier with the customer service here. It's a fantastic (somewhat massive) modern facility that's kept well and clean yet the staff putting so much effort communicating with me whether for membership or information reasons, is what really stood out for me here.

It is rarely busy relative to other YMCAs that I have frequented. The staff are friendly and professional. The facility is clean and the equipment is well maintained. The online system used for booking a squash court is outstanding. It is a great place!

Nice facility and knowledgeable staff that go out of their way to help you

I joined the YMCA about a year ago. The gym is very clean and the change rooms are well maintained.

There is a lot of classes available and a very active squash community.

The staff are all very friendly and always willing g to help.

I'm a bit biased because I've worked here for almost 8 years. I've got small children and make full use of the family programs and swimming lessons. I also get the benefit of working out at lunch and tapping into a wealth of knowledge with all of the personal trainers.

This location has the best deal in town for a child's birthday party (up to about age 7, depending on maturity/interests.) The price for the XYZ room party includes juice, pizza, cake, (plates, cups, utensils) a craft, and use of the party room for 2 hours. There's a play structure similar to McDonalds, a small climbing wall, foosball, air hockey and toys. The cost covers 15 children. We had a staff member helping with the craft, clean up, distributing food and cutting the cake. All you need are your own invitations and loot bags. You don't have to be a member to book a party here, but they do book several weeks in advance.

Signed up today and the service was excellent!! Everyone was so friendly and answered all our silly questions.

I love this place. You can do workout, play sports , swim and pool and other activities. I like the fancy locker room +18. You need to pay a bit more($14/mo) but I think it's worth it

LOVE THIS PLACE! I love all the classes they have. The instructors are excellent, high energy, there is no way you won’t be motivated to work out.

Nice clean gym,
Staff is always helpful if needed
Never over crowded
Lots of different equipment and classes
Very kid friendly
Pool is never packed

I love going to the Ymca good after school program every night so I recommend here

Amazing place for all walks of life. Offers so many different programs. Very friendly and welcoming. Would recommend joining.