Foglia YMCA

beautiful (and very clean) facility. daycare room is definitely very clean; teachers are nice! wish they offered a military discount like other y’s.

The facility is big — and everything is relatively new but we are looking for a different club because…
— My son doesn’t enjoy coming here anymore. He’s 2.5 and cries at all but one or two of the «Maze» (child care) women. They don’t seem to be very compassionate and seem cold, even to me — an adult. When my son started acting differently, it really made me rethink this place. I can’t enjoy a workout if I know my son will cry the second I try to leave — and he doesn’t have anxiety like this at other times.
— Safety! They literally buzz ANYONE into the childcare room. What is the point of a locked door if you buzz just ANYONE in? Do they honestly think someone there to harm a child would LOOK like a psychopath? The parents cards should be what’s used to open the doors, IMO.
— Open swim is impossible, as others have mentioned, even for children UNLESS paying for swim lessons. So we did that — and he hasn’t learned anything. It’s just songs and going in circles, lifting them in and out of the water. I would prefer he learn survival tactics and «monkey crawling» on the wall like REAL swim lesson places teach, even at young ages.
— Meatheads (and I can lift over my body weight as a female) are constantly leaving the plated machines loaded and try to do their own mini-​circuits, getting annoyed when you start unloading their machines. Plus they drop weights ALL THE TIME.
The only pros are that it’s a generally nice area so you don’t get a lot of riff raff if you forget to lock your car one day (whoops!) and there’s a nice playground area outside that you can take your child (ren) to.

All my children have been to the ymca summer camp. They love the counselors. I also use the equipment to work out. My youngest uses them for Aftercare at school. They are fabulous.

Great facility. Easy to use, clean, plenty of activities for a mid-​size YMCA.

The best YMCA that I have ever been to. We have been members for a few years now. Our daughter actually went to 3 and 4 year preschool there too. She has also done swim lessons which were great. This place is modern, up to date and clean. It has a great sense of community as well. Highly recommended.

I go for the Yoga. Candy’s the best. Facilities are great, but it does get crowded up in there. Still a great facility.

I just joined this YMCA and the fitness facilities are top notch. I used to pay twice as much for a smaller selection of cardio equipment in the city. The facilities are clean, the machine selection is really good and they have seperate studios for yoga, piliates, and cycling in addition to one big studio for classes. A really nice facility.

While the facility is newer than some YMCA’s, I wouldn’t recommend it to people looking for any level of adult experience or if you want to swim laps at any time other than the morning.
With the pool, their priority is definitely the swim team, which practices and takes up all but one lane of the pool after 5:30pm. And don’t think that the kids won’t end up in that one lane. Even during open swim the pool is swarming with kids that are practically jumping on your head if you don’t watch closely. The lifeguards are nearly worthless at stopping it. So far, and I’ve been a member for 2 months, I have been jumped on, I have backstroked into a child and have been hit by numerous flying kickboards or water noodles. It is like a busy day at a waterpark.
Also, don’t be fooled by the «Spirit, mind and body» studio. I have no idea what they use it for, but it isn’t yoga. They cram that into a tiny corner room.
Overall, I don’t think you get what you pay for unless you have children and can utilize the youth programs. It is definitely not a place geared for adults and I’ve already begun looking for a new gym.

Huge. I love this YMCA. Unfortunately you get raked over the coals for a single-​person membership here, but since they didn’t have any Bally’s north of Vernon Hills or Lifetime’s north of Schaumburg, I settled for the YMCA. In general, as YMCAs go, this one’s top notch.
I would give them five stars, but for the ridiculous price of their single memberships, you could go to a MUCH better Lifetime Fitness. The membership price for family members are on the cheap in comparison, which ticks me off, since I know I wound up paying for things that kids use that I never would…