Ymca-Van Buren

January 11th, our dbq dolphins came into the shark infested waters and had a grand ol time👍 one of our dolphins made state and regionals with her torpedo butterfly stroke 🏊‍♀️

During this hideous weather my pipes burst and I was in desperate need of a shower. The lady over the phone told me in an extremely rude tone that they do allow a shower unless I want to pay the 77+ membership. Wow. Way to b there for the community... I think you have lost ur way ymca. F-

Overall I’d say I like the Y. But I love the sauna/steam room and the sauna literally never works… Super fristrating

It's the Y. So the prices are cheap, patrons are old and have no gym etiquette. You'll be terrified they'll fall over dead at any second, which in death, still take up the machine you need. The weights are old Ivanko steel plates, which are heaven. The weight room is small. You're going to have to wait for the 45 year old man to finish using his 3 sections of equipment at the same time. You'll also have to put away his weights as they'll just leave them anywhere, but the rack. It's the cheapest gym in town with a pool. So, if you have the mental fortitude and constitution of a rock or simply dont care, this place is for you. Also, I once saw a 350-pound man blow dry his ass crack with the hand dryer. He looked at me as if I was encroaching on his post shower ritual and promptly stared at me until I was done washing my hands, something else he was confused by. So, if you are a germaphobe, your worst nightmares are here.

Staff is very nice and very helpful and the pool exercises healed my knee replacement a lot faster