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| - This is the closest Y to my house. I am happy with it overall.
I usually exercise solo. The Harris Y has a ton of services, and the facility houses a wide variety of fitness equipment and space. If I want a quieter workout, I can go to either the 2nd floor running track, where there are a few machines, or to the adult women's locker room. I often stick with the main fitness room.
I am lucky that I can usually go at one of the least busy times (2pm-4pm weekdays), but I lose out on being able to take classes (at least ones that are not aimed toward seniors). Classes I've taken at other times of day: Cardio Strength (probably my favorite), Mat Pilates, Beginner Pilates, Cycle. They've all been fine. It's a crap-shoot, like everywhere else, when it comes to how good the instructor is (or how compatible they are to your style).
Employees are nice. One of the workers in the cafe went waaaay out of his way to get me a room temperature water one day. I just thought I'd try asking if he had any sitting around, waiting to go into the cooler. He said, "let me check," and went all the way to the storage room in another part of the building for me. Totally didn't have to do that, but it was super nice.
I've seen the Y personal trainers and fitness room attendants swoop into action whenever someone is in trouble on one of the machines or with the free weights. I've seen this happen twice now, and they've been great about helping the person quickly.
Wishes for improvement:
- The steam room in the adult women's locker room is in terrible shape. It looks like it could be used as a filming location for the next Saw movie sequel. Missing floor tiles, Missing plastic caps on the plastic bench leg ends, light fixture hanging from the wall with bulb exposed, 5 pounds of caulk and rust surrounding the fire sprinkler head on the ceiling, stained wall and ceiling tiles, failing grout, door deposits rust stains on the floor, etc. The steam room would normally be my favorite part of going to a fitness center, but it's not in this case.
- I'm always a little disappointed when walking into the Y on beautiful, sunny days because there are few windows. I wish the main fitness area was more open to the outside.
- The desk where you swipe your member card, borrow locks, get balls, etc. is a little too casually run for my taste. The people who work behind the desk often get into long conversations with members or fellow employees, and I have to but in to get what I need. The chattiness is cute and everything, but it gets annoying after a while.
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