This is the only YMCA that I have ever heard of where you have to pay to attend a yoga class. They wont tell you this directly if you call to ask about their classes, so if you have a Y membership and just show up expecting to attend a yoga class, you are asked to pay up for a full eight classes. I got there early, no one at the front desk or even the instructor mentioned that the class required an additional charge. I was terribly embarrassed once a lady with a clipboard came in as the class was about to start and she only looked at me bluntly said who are you? With everyone else starting at me, like I was some trespasser. Furthermore, if you arent a skinny middle-aged woman you cant expect to fit in. Even before the who pay up incident, I noticed that everyone there knew each other and had no interest in acknowledging me, like a social cliche.

Great programme

Horrible ymca and is terribly ran. worst ymca i’ve ever been to

You can do your work out at your on pace on multiple equipment

Ive been a member for 3 years. Overall the Y provides a very good facility at a very reasonable price. Staff are friendly and helpful. The physical facility is well maintained and kept clean. One criticism is the cell phone policy. Cell phone use in the locker rooms is banned for no credible reason. Meanwhile cell phone abuse in the exercise areas is rampant. People routine sit on exercise equipment while totally immersed in texting. There are signs up reminding members to be courteous and allow others to work in between sets. Many members routinely ignore this admonition (while testing) and are quite annoyed when I ask to work in. The Y needs to reconsider the cell phone policy and emphasize the point about not using exercise equipment as furniture while texting. I could care less if someone wants to use their cell phone in the locker room but am really tired of people hogging exercise equipment while totally immersed in text messaging.

Ive been a member since 1990. Im physically disabled to J.r.a. I now attend the arthritis aquatics classes and enjoy the routines as well as the socialization and encouragement by and with others. And the instructors are vtruly concerned.if our well being and knowledgeable on arthritis. If not for the membership aid program I could no afford to be a member at all. This would be detrimental to my health to the y is the only fitness facility with indoor pools available for the general public. However, to unwanted divorce two years ago (after over 20 years together) Im now on my own do of poverty level income. In Bloomington this is very hard. To I receive medicaire (for my primary health insurance) I can go to places that participate in silver sneakers. However, the Monroe county y does not. The membership aid also is increasing to cost of living overall. It would greatly help me to be able to use my silver sneakers membership. Twin lakes accepts it but has no pool. I can only do aquatics fitness now to recent total knee replacement. I am considering checking out the Spencer y to takes silver sneakers but Ive been going to the s.e. one so long I feel like it is a second home and the people Ive met in the arthritis aquatics classes are like family. So I do not want to leave this y. Please, seriously consider adding silver sneakers to your membership for people in situations as I. Thx. Much. Hope you have a good Christmas

I dunno why Bloomington is so proud. The full membership in my hometown is $37 plus 10% off for military with the joiner fee waived. For Spencer and Martinsville its $50 for TWO adults!

I have really enjoyed my experience visiting the Bloomington Southeast YMCA. We have been members for quite some time, although we suspended our membership for a couple of years. The facilities are very well-maintained and with god equipment. Our interaction with the staff has been very positive and they are particularly good in organizing some special events like runs and breakfast with Santa. The pool area is very nice, including the area for small kids to play. I also really like their camps, which have many offerings.

Considering the population it serves, this YMCA does a fantastic job of offering good facilities and programs for the local populace at a very affordable price. The availability of short time childcare is a much needed boon for parents too.

Do not listen to these old reviews!! Ive been coming to this YMCA since I was 6 (I am now almost 23) and I love it there. Staff is very friendly and inviting - even at 5:30 in the morning! They have recently upgraded almost all of their equipment and workout rooms. They offer a variety of classes and provide a great family environment. I have always enjoyed the time Ive spent at the Y, and look forward to coming back for many more years to come.

I figured Id write a review about my positive experience here over the last few months to help offset some of the negative remarks. Im a new member here (but not new to gyms) and this facility has a lot to offer. The free-weight room has more than enough equipment for the number of people I see in there. I usually go after 8pm. The machine room has a nice variety of cardio stations as well as a whole range of pulley machines for every muscle group. There is a nice indoor running track, basketball courts, racquetball, 2 hot tubs, 2 pools, 2 levels of locker rooms and showers, and all kinds of specialty classes. The staff is great and friendly. Im not sure if there was an issue with cleanliness in the past, but I see two people cleaning machines and vacuuming every time I go there.There are two negatives that come to mind.The towels are tiny and not soft at all. They actually scratch your skin.Also, at least one of the pools or hot tubs seem to be closed for maintenance every time Im there. But usually they are up and running shortly after.Overall, I highly recommend this YMCA. Its a great deal for the money and a positive environment.

Not happy at all! I have a family membership in another city and I came to this Ymca and my daughter was not listed in the system. They made me back home even showing the birth certificate! My daughter wanted to use the gym and I had to pay for her and a join fee too! I had to pay in double! Take care, they will steal your money!

Great Y - I love it here. They also have excellent yoga classes/teachers.

Nice Place To Go The only thing that can improve the pool and make it fun is by adding waterslides to the pool and i use to be in the y family

Family oriented. Energy true that the state of mind and family members can be found in.

Great family centered fitness center. Excellent programs for seniors, also. Good pool, track, spinning, weight room, exercise machines.

I have been going to the YMCA since I was a kid. They have great summer camps, I made tons of new friends. Pool is so fun and I love to be able to run on the track outside when its a nice day, or when its raining run inside

Been a member for 18 years. ...always satisfied. Clean, well.maintained, friendly staff and great administration.

Wife array of classes and great facility!

Keep those basketball nets fresh and the rims at 10 feet and Ill give you another star.

Friendly staff and were very helpful

Not accepting Silver sneakers members not fair they accept inIndianapolis and surroundingYMCA

Very friendly staff, Locker room could be cleaner, but everything else is clean and nice.

First day of Y camp and counselors are late! No sign in sheets either!!

Friendly staff, superior program and facilities.

Feels like family. Best running group.

The membership cost is really low compared to all the benefits that includes. There are many group classes all day and people are really friendly!

Facility in good setting has great potential. Ive been a member for over twenty years and unfortunately this (SE) location has been poorly maintained, has gross locker rooms, and has an overall unkempt appearance. Free weight room is small and overcrowded with the equipment not properly spaced. Nice new pool area. Caters primarily to family and unemployed day crowd. Slipping but recoverable.

Amazing love it!! The staff is great and also its a great place to achieve goals!

Not bad . Better y. No sauna but there s a jacuzzi by pool . Great wifi speed

The basketball gym is nice. The weight rooms and track is nice. But please do something bout the bathroom. They smell like urine the smell is extremely awfull. No excuse for the Y to be like this. Ive been to over 14 Ys in 3 states and never seen one like this. But Ill just go to the other one near ivy tech they also have great privacy (shower rooms)

Great for kids and families. Weight room is small. Cardio is always crowded. I belong because it is the only place in town with racquetball other than IU and the courts are old and dirty and hard to get time on at peak hours. But like I said, great for kids. The new pool, especially.

Terrific staff and facility- kid friendly

The worst experience ive had at ymca. I have visited many ymca facitlities and this is my absolute least favorite. I went there this morning for the first and last time. There was many bad things but the absolute nastiest thing was their towels smelled like pee. I dont mean a little. They smelled like they were sitting in a bucket of pee before they folded them and handed them out. Will never ever go to this ymca again. Best of luck to anyone who does.

NOT CLEANED PROPERLY. The worst of all possible gym crimes. The locker rooms are actually scary--the smell of urine in the toilet area is beyond belief. The cleaning staff doesnt seem to be aware that you have to clean under equipment, wipe down 100% of the surfaces (not just the handles), get a scrub brush behind door partitions in the restrooms, etc. The whole place should be shut down for a week of intensive blasting with high pressure steam and bleach.The equipment is decent, not fancy but adequate, but the (lack of) cleanliness is not acceptable. Also, they have a sign up for equipment with a 30 minute limit, but they dont enforce it. Whats the point? If I want to use a machine for an hour, Ill just put down another name after mine. This is a (nonfunctional) stop-gap to prevent them from having to do what really needs to be done--EXPANSION of the cardio area. Space-wise, vast open areas are dedicated to basketball, an indoor track, and childcare while the main workout areas are undersized and poorly ventilated. They really need to shut this place down, sterilize it, and get a professional layout to get this gym up to modern standards. The challenge seems to be that they try to serve too many masters--there are hundreds of little children running around all the time. While I understand the family concept, this facility is sorely lacking in adult-only spaces. Sure, they have areas that are marked adults only in the workout room--but the parents and kids dont obey them, and the area overlaps with the gymnastics room for children, so there are always kids back there. As far as the locker rooms, marking the upstairs as adults only would seem to be a big step... but there are no walls to the upstairs area, so the kid noise is still constant! This does NOT make for a relaxing experience.I like my gyms well equiped, well ventilated, relaxing and CLEAN, and would be more than willing to pay a premium membership fee to find that. Unfortunately, there dont seem to be any gyms meeting those standards in Bloomington.

Great plave and a lot to do.. very crowded though.

Dedicated staff, awesome members, great classes. Boot Camp has really helped me get in shape and improve my 5K time.

Too much money and too crowded to lift weights

Great place.

‏The worst place in Bloomington .. They dont respect customers and lie a lot .. I dont trust them .. I think they lose a lot of their customers daily

Nice gym

Great YMCA

Somewhat expensive

Sad place

I love the Y.

The membership fees seem a bit steep, but there arent many other alternatives for non-students.