Clean, well kept facility with decent equipment, for both cardio and strength training. Not the greatest in terms of layout regarding room to spread out for deadlifts and other powerlifting movements. Two squat racks.
I enjoy having this as my gym. Everyone is quite friendly, and it is never overly packed. The worst part about this gym is the parking, but even that is not usually an issue.
So far not to impressed. When I signed up for my membership no one showed me around or how to sign in an out or how it works. And I am a low income member and asked for prices on things for my kids like swim lessons or gymnastics and was told to look in a paper they have which does not address rules or prices for low income members. Not happy so far feels like if I had money i would have been treated different. I am going to speak with a manager or person like that an see if it helps.
Bad management
I have been trying to get hold of Director in Daycare, did 20 calls, left VM sent email and stop by 5 times. No response at all on availability and any information. I never see such bad management
John
My daughter went here for a little over a year, we liked it at first. When i picked him up while she was in diapers her diaper would be overloaded like she hadn't been changed in a couple of hours. When she moved classes i noticed a change in her behavior and when picking her up one day she was screaming on the floor (no teacher paying her any attention) she saw me and ran right to me, she calmed down immediately. I took her out right after just based off of that, i felt my child was not being cared for properly.
Great people and assortment of equipment. Good trainers. Other gym goers are super friendly.
The quality of the Manchester Y is so much lower than the Londonderry and Goffstown Y - both for kids' classes and for summer camp.
The baby swim lessons we did here, with Laura, were good. But nothing since then has been. I signed my daughter up for beginning soccer, which she had previously taken in Goffstown. At the beginning of class, they had all the kids, ages 5-8, line up and then said GO! as they kicked the ball out in the center of the indoor court. Mayhem ensued as kids were just running all over each other, with no direction at all from the "coaches." She was 5 and overwhelmed, as this was nothing like the Goffstown lessons, so we got them to switch her to a swim class. We then had to cancel THAT because the teacher (a guy, not Laura the director) was really bad. We transferred to Goffstown which was awesome. It's funny because apparently Manchester and Goffstown are under the same ownership. Side note: The best swim lessons we've had are at Envy Sports Club highly recommend!
This year for the first (and last) time, I enrolled her in 1 week of their summer camp, because the week's theme was supposedly science, which she loves. Usually she goes to camp at Londonderry, which is fantastic. I wrongly thought that this camp would be quite similar since it's part of the same "network" of Y's, so were extremely disappointed. It is indoors all day long and is basically the same as a daycare. There was no actual science going on. They made a little popsicle stick raft that fell apart (I had to use wood glue on it after she came home), they made slime, then did a volcano that didn't work (and with which no science was discussed), and there was another thing that was canceled due to lack of materials. That was the "science." And she mentioned a lot of time just sitting around "doing nothing." After the first day she actually asked if she might be able to go to Londonderry instead, but we would have had to lose our deposit/registration fees and pay them again. NOT going back!
Could use some updates, but the staff is friendly and the free parking garage is convenient.
My family is being going there for a long time
It's the best. Best staff. Best administration. Best kid programs. Best kept equipment. Best sauna, steam and showers. Best organization mission of trying to bring people and families into the YMCA family, people who might be resource challenged, people who might need help accessing top quality gym facilities and group classes.
Great Family environment! Well run sports programs, Amazing child care, beautiful pool with clean locker rooms and multiple work out rooms with all the equipment you could ever need. The extremely helpful and friendly staff are just the icing on the cake! Absolutely the best YMCA I have ever been a part of!