YMCA of Boulder Valley

On day two of my YMCA membership and couldn’t be happier. Registration and tour were smooth as butter yesterday and the staff were happy to accommodate me by ensuring we were wrapped up before my class begin (hooray for lunchtime TRX).
I was pleasantly surprised by everything that the venue has to offer. Free Ozo coffee in the lobby, hot tub, sauna, pool, and an indoor track.
Today I returned with a friend to take a dance class (I should mention here that dance is not my forte and I have a long history of freezing up in class). As myself and my friend had printer troubles this AM I was happy that the Y offered to print the online pass out for my friend — phew, relief.
This dance class consisted of all ladies, a very talented and passionate teacher and amazing music. The teacher really helped us to open up, spread our wings and just let go. Following the class two separate classmates approached my friend and I to thank us for joining them and to tell us they had a great time dancing with us. I was totally blown away.
I’m super glad to be a member here and look forward to returning tomorrow (they have a Jumpstart program where you can earn incentives such as a free personal trainer session for 12 visits in 30 days).
Though the parking lot is a bit full the bike racks always seem to have lots of extra spots.

After their July 4 closure, the pool was too cold for my kids, and remains so. We were told to go to the Arapaho Y, where my son has been stung twice on the slides (not that they can control that). But when I went to cancel, I was a couple days past the two-​week deadline, and there was no flexibility. I was put off and disappointed, as now I’ll be paying for another month without any use.

I love the Mapleton and Arapahoe YMCAs. I use the YMCA mostly for fitness classes. The cardio, strength training, and combo/​boot camp classes they offer are all challenging workouts and the instructors are positive, energetic, and caring. The community/​members are also welcoming and encouraging. I go to the YMCA 3 – 6 times a week for the past four years and still love it!

The good:
Very nice gym and a lot of equipments that are well taken care of. Most of the members are nice and down to earth, it’s more like a family gym which I enjoy very much. Location is also convenient. So overall it IS a great gym to work out at.
Most of the trainers are also very nice people.
The bad:
Front desk staff are rude and demanding except for a few. What do you expect when the woman running it doesn’t have a sense of manners nor consideration nor sense of customer service?
They don’t care about how you feel or how to treat people and they are quite condescending, so do not be nice with these people. They’ll take it for granted and treat you like they treat college students.
I only gave 2 stars because as an athlete mental happiness is important to me and other people who are serious about their well being. When you are hassled with random things every other week and they won’t just leave you alone, you’ll build the feeling of hatred towards these people.
So if you can ignore this and just come in, smile, check in, work out, then leave, it’s worth it.

Has it all. Great gym!

Watch out for the hot tub. A friend of mine was visiting and wanted me to go to the Y with them. I got a 3 day pass. Went into the hot tub a couple times. A few days later I noticed red bumps in patches around my body. I didn’t think much of it until I went to the doctor. Doc said I had a type of folliculitis most likely from the hot tub. In other words, a bacterial skin infection. This is actually quite common in hot tubs that are not kept clean. Needless to say I needed to start antibiotics and that was very frustrating over something so trivial as getting in a hot tub. In their defense, there is no way to prove that it did in fact come from their hot tub, but I can’t think of anywhere else it could have. I keep a detailed food/​activity journal and the Y was the only thing I had done differently in 6 months. Had a clean bill of health until visiting that Y. Will never return.

The YMCA is a fantastic facility for both exercise, and building community. I love their workout classes and, more importantly, I LOVE the people I exercise with. This is a down to earth gym that gives back to the community. My body feels good after going for a workout at the YMCA, and so does my heart.

The staff here is very friendly. Not a huge variety of equipment, but it’s never packed so that makes it a great place to work out at any time of the day.

Not enough time available for adult lap swimming. And even when lap swim is scheduled, the life guards sneak in private lessons and tell members to move out of the way,

I am writing the review specific to the Arapahoe location and specific to ice skating.
The ice skating lessons for my kids are amazing. My 3 and 7 year old love them. The teachers are so fun and patient. They even allowed our visiting cousin to join the lesson with my 7 year old. Awesome! The staff has been very kind.
I would only give 3 stars for the rest of facility. The locker rooms stink! The smell is just too much. The kids area is just not that great. The equipment is OK and so are the classes but their are better gyms in the area.

Great gym! We are members in San Diego, and since they do the program for Y members where you get 10 free visits to any other YMCA in the country for free in a calendar year, we got to experience BV YMCA recently :). I’m fairly sure the gym is inexpensive to join (as ours is in SD), and the facilities are VERY nice. Wish they’d get some of the Precor machines that the Friars rd location in SD has, but I was satisfied with the ellipticals. My husband loved the rowing machines (our gym doesn’t seem to have those, at least not dedicated ones!) and the treadmills. Great people & super friendly staff. The Y is definitely as good as it gets! :)

Oh, if only this gym and its price point existed in NYC. But alas, I’ll have to settle for $ 8 guest visits while I’m in town visiting the family.
While it’s not anything fancy, the YMCA of Boulder Valley has just about anything and everything you’d want in a gym. From the large day-​care center to a high class swimming pool, an ample variety of TV-​equipped cardio equipment to massage and martial arts. Think of a sport, and they’ll find a way to have you play it. Do you play racquetball? Are you looking to practice figure skating? The list goes and on and on… I could spend hours upon days enjoying all the variety of activities they offer. And if you’re part of a family, they have an array of discounts, events and adventures for all ages.
The locker rooms offer more of this theme with free lock rental, a jacuzzi, steam room and sauna. And all this is only $ 52/​mo for a single adult (1^st month free), and there’s even better discounts if you sign up with a partner or family. Now, if I could only figure out how to pack it up in my suitcase and bring it back to the East Village with me…

If I could vote negative 1 star, I would. Our child is in the BCSIS after-​school program through the YMCA of Boulder and the staff has been terrific. This is most important and kept the program from getting minus 5 stars. The negative is that the billing team/​dept. is inaccurate, non-​responsive, unyielding…
We stay ONLY because we can’t find an alternative that affords us the convenience this program has offered. The price is too high and if you’re using FSA to minimize the impact, good luck to you. The billing errors combined with non-​responsiveness mean the process will be messy at best.
The moment we find a viable alternative to this Y program, we’ll take it.

Great customer services and fair prices!

I love this place. They have good membership deals, great fitness classes, and they help out the community in times of need. It’s clean and the staff is friendly.

I have patronized the Y since I was a kid. It has gotten even better over the years since they remodeled. I would say it is probably the best gym deal I have ever had, anywhere in the world. I go there to slam the ball against the wall in the racquetball courts (very therapeutic), use the circuit training machines (all new), sit in the steam room occasionally, and take yoga classes. They also have a pool and saunas, massage, etc. My only complaint is with their yoga classes. They have one great teacher and a bunch of other crappy ones. The classes are never consistent because the crappy ones often sub for the good one. Also, it would be nice if they had a M/​W/​F or T/​Th schedule with a consistent teacher for those who work 9 – 5. As it is, I can really only go on Tuesday nights at 6p. There is a class on Thurs at 6p too but I refuse to take it because the teacher sucks. Anyway, aside from that the Y is a great deal.

So far, so good. The Boulder Y is nicely remodeled since the days when my kids were in school. My new insurance includes a totally free membership here, so I went in a few weeks ago, signed up, & got a bit of a tour and my membership card. I’m scheduled to meet with my personal trainer on Monday to create a workout plan. This is so cool!
September is a good time to, figuratively, turn over a new leaf. You know, everyone’s doing it in January. Therefore, I can avoid the crowds by beginning in September.
I’ll keep you updated as to my progress…

What a great deal.
They just renovated the «Y» and it looks just like any upscale health club now. They have all the great cardio machines (featuring Cardio Theater on each one for you own personalized TV viewing), weight machines (with electronic workout tracking if you set it up), free weights, swimming pool, hot tub, sauna, basketball court, dance/​workout rooms, spinning room, massage room, locker room, showers, etc etc — whatever kinda ‘room’ you want :-)
We have a family membership (4 people) for $ 70 a month. The kids like the pool and the skating rink over at the Arapahoe «Y», I usually lift weights and do spinning classes, and my wife does the cardio — great for the whole family.

When I first decided to give the Y a shot, I was broke, and knew they have a 10 day free trial pass. I was expecting a sleazy, dirty place a la «village people» song…
Boy, was I wrong. The gym here is fantastic. It’s clean, all of the machines are new, and all the cardio equipment is hooked up to individual TVs so if you’re like me and don’t have cable, you can got there to get your fix.
There are tons and tons of classes offered each day, from yoga and pilates to aqua aerobics, step, spinning, and cardio-​kickboxing.
Membership is $ 46 a month, but its on a sliding scale and you can apply for financial aid to get a cheaper rate.