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| - We have been members since this place was called Central Y. It is overall a great place to work out. THANKFULLY we never ever go after 4:30 pm weekdays, that would be a nightmare (and from what we hear, is so). I used to work out after 5pm and made alot of business & personal friends, yet I'm not in that world anymore. Overall the latest team (as of this email date!) is good. In the past, you could fall over on the workout floors (& I have helped folks who have) and never a staff person around. Now the staff is friendly, helpful & visible. I don't do classes, yet there are plenty of offerings. The womens locker room is clean when I arrive (vs a disaster area after the AM working crowd leaves :-) ). The equipment is mostly good (need NEW rowers!!) and kept up by really great maintenance guys (ok, no girls, yet). The weight room downstairs is good, though more often than not crowded. Weight room staff please gently nudge people to get off their blasted phones (emailing, txting, changing their music whatever) & not letting people work in between sets. Also the music in the weight room is TOO LOUD (& terrible).. I also wish the staff could walk through the 3rd & 4th floors every minutes and get the jerks off their phones who cannot read or don't care about the very respectful NO CELL PHONE signs. One guy weekday mornings (white hat, arrogant attitude) breaks the rule ALL THE TIME, staff has talked to him and he still does it (then others will start being as rude/arrogant about it). One bad guy yet people glare and he disrupts the zen of the morning (9-11 ' ish timeframe) workout adults, who respect people (other than white ball cap jerk). I think the variety of equipment is great and there is something for everyone.
FitCentral trainers are THE BEST (especially Janet & Jill) and worth the occasional if that's all - fee to train right for your body mind & soul. (I cannot be comfortable the Y staff has beyond the basic training, and certainly not the time, to provide a good overall training workout).
This is a busy, high-volume Y so lots of whining people who demand alot. I give them credit for trying to make people happy. I am smiling more when I workout as I'm less peeved about all the non-caring people, unkempt equipment and unclean locker rooms - because it is truly much better than it has been in a very long time. Keep it up!
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