Copley-Price Family YMCA

We rented the basketball court for 2 hours for $ 100 total. Pretty normal prices for a private gym.
The basketball court here is really nice and BIG. If you’re not in shape, you might wanna play on the shorter courts.
What I didn’t like was 5 minutes before our time was up, the security guard kept reminding us about it. As soon as our time was up, and I mean AS SOON, the guard was kicking us out, so half of us hopped out of the gym with one shoe on because she was in such a rush to go somewhere. It wasn’t like we were playing still. We were changing our shoes.
Nice gym. Horrible staff

LOVE it here and so does my little one! Lots of things to do for and with the kids, great workout environment.

This gym is SO well maintained! An A+++ to the janitorial staff here! An overall great layout and a beautiful pool area!

Jeff Bence has helped me with an Inbody test at the Mission Valley YMCA and was as nice as they come. Hes now over at the Copley location I am sure they are glad to have him and you will be too if this is your Y of choice.

Worst experience in my life. Went to workout with my mom. I show up in gym attire. Sports bra and workout shorts. I’m a figure competitor and focus on my workout not on anything else. I was asked to leave because it was a family gym and my attire was inappropriate. I looked up the rules. The rules on dress clearly state «no explicit, inappropriate attire». My mom called to complain and say that a sports bra is not a sexual invitation nor inappropriate.
The woman embarrassed me by waiting until I started working out. No one else who worked in the gym mentioned my outfit being inappropriate.
The ymca is run by conservative groups so I should know better than to think they recognize females as people and not sex objects.

Tried the Fitness Aire and Total Fitness Elevate class with instructor Chris. It was 20 minutes, intense but very fun. It’s outside on the rooftop with a small group. Also tried the Total Gym Elevate Bodyweight Resistance which was also fun. A must try!!! :) I really like this YMCA:)

I’ve consistently been going to the Copley-​Price YMCA after seeing that it was minutes from my daughters daycare and 10 minutes from work. The website and photographs had me sold initially, so I went and checked it out a couple months back. Needless to say, I’ve now found my primary Y (I have the Y Plus membership to go to any).
PROS:
The facility is brand new, only opened a few months back at the start of 2015. The fitness room upstairs is big, spacious and practically takes up the whole top floor of the building. The lobby downstairs is also very welcoming, with a snack bar and lots of seating. I LOVE the play area they have in the back for kids — it’s spankin’ new and looks very safe. All I have to check out is the pool! In addition to all these amenities, one of my favorite parts, is actually the women’s locker room (weird, right!?). There are vanities to get ready with complimentary hair dryers and best of all — the showers have complimentary soap dispensers and privacy curtains! It’s like showering at home (well, you know what I mean).
CONS:
Despite all the equipment being new, as well as all the amenities, there are some negatives. The towels provided to wipe down the machines are always soaked, yet I don’t witness many people wiping down the equipment. The staff really needs to switch out the towels more often. Lastly, there are always way too many children using the cardio and strength training machines. I use the gym at 7:30 in the morning, and somehow there’s at least half a dozen kids killing time on the machines while their parents work out. Have they not seen the awesome day care unit and playground?

The Y has many parts and obviously every member gets to use different departments that may function above or below expectations. This Y offers many great venues, classes, etc.
This review is for the tiny sign that reads Shower Before Entering Pool that can barely be seen on the entrance to the indoor pool. This is the only sign. No sign is placed by the outdoor pool.
I spoke to several members who observed that most pool users do NOT ever shower prior to swimming.
Inspite of numerous reminders by at least 4 members I know, no signs were added and the policy is widely ignored.
So much so that people feel uncomfortable to even bring up the topic again.
I think it’s reasonable to expect:
1. More signs, inside locker rooms and by pool entrances. 4 magic words PLEASE SHOWER BEFORE SWIMMING.
2. I was told it would be rude of lifeguards to enforce shower policy. O.k., so how would you enforce something you are not even requesting in the first place?
3. Most members simply forget. Signs inside shower room and by outdoor pool will simply remind.
It is a very simple sanitary matter and it is surprising to see it so widely overlooked.

What a wonderful gym!!! Love it!
Gym staff are incredible folks! Stephen and Renatta gave me a good tour of the equipment and helped me set up a training program to suit my needs.
Jennifer and I always have great chats, about exercise, and everything under the sun!
Ryan is quiet but always watching to be of help to everyone!
Vincent taught me an exercise to relieve the kinks in my back that I developed as a senior who forgot she was a senior — exercising with too much enthusiasm! LOL
Front desk staff are efficient and very nice! Aggi made sure that changes to my recurring payments went through quickly and that is greatly appreciated!
I have been telling everyone about what a great gym this is!

Me and my family couldn’t be happier with the YMCA. The children’s facility is awesome and they allways have enough staff. Gabby especially is so nice and seems to genuinely love her job. They have top notch equipment and very nice gym overall. The classes are are good and they keep adding new ones. I have not seen any kids in the weight area at all. Maybe that depends on when you go.
Thanks Copley YMCA.

I first brought my children to this Y a week after they opened. I will spare all the details but did want to share how wonderfully staffed this Y is. I am so grateful to have met Stephanie who runs the preschool. In our brief interaction this woman unknowingly changed my life. Stephanie genuinely cares and you can clearly tell in the first few minutes of meeting her. I was going to cancel my membership but left it open after meeting Stephanie.
Child watch has been great and they did have a challenge set out for them with my 2 year old everyone there was extremely patient in her warming up process that took a week or so.

I have been a member of the YMCA for a few years, starting off in water aerobics with our old favorite instructor, Chuck. My mom and I have grown fond of some of the other instructors’ classes, since then, Miguel & Bobby being the two stand-​outs.
Over the time I’ve been going to the Copley Y and the new Copley-​Price YMCA, things have changed quite a bit. While I am somewhat disgruntled with a lot of the changes «for the better» in the new YMCA, I can not say enough good things about our Aqua Zumba instructor, Rosa Ruiz.
If you want to enjoy an experience, try Rosa’s Zumba classes. You can choose whether you’d like to take her class on land OR in the pool. I have never been what one would call physically inclined, but after taking the class a couple of times, even _​I_​have learned some of the moves. It’s so much fun, I can hardly even notice that I’m working out. This is a pretty big deal to someone who has physical limitations.
Rosa is a great instructor. She puts on her music, sets the tone and gets the whole class worked up. This might not sound like something you want to see, but you just haven’t lived until you see a pool full of older women in bathing suits, shaking their groove things and being «sexy»!
She’s a very positive person who motivates us to work hard, but to only do as much as you feel you can do. She encourages us to drink water to stay hydrated and is concerned if you have been missing from class for any reason. She likes to yell a lot, but she does it out of LOVE!
She teaches a couple of different classes, Check out what’s best for you by looking into the Group Exercise information on the Copley-​Price website.

I am a new member to YMCA. I was excited when I initially signed up, it is a beautiful, new, large facility. I’ve only worked out a few times, but I was disappointed with the lack of cleanliness at this brand new gym. Many people do not wipe the machines after use. This is gross! I do not know why there aren’t more signs posted admittedly explaining that wiping machines after use is MANDATORY! People should not be allowed to use the machines/​weights without a towel. Period. Many gyms ask you upon entering if you have a towel, and if you do not you must rent one or you cannot work out. The little yellow towels the Y provides out on the floor are often saturated by early morning. Not sanitary.
I’m recently relocated but my previous gym was also a large community non-​profit center. It ran like a well oiled machine. And the staff was also responsible for wiping/​cleaning equipment. Children where allowed, but were required to have adult supervision under the age of 12. I don’t see why something like that cannot be implemented here. At least to prevent injury or accident. I agree with other post about children running around. It seems like a safety issue and liability. I believe health and fitness are important life skills children should learn about, but running around the machines and playing on equipment doesn’t qualify. Staff should be supervising, walking the floor making sure this isn’t happening– there are plenty of staff on site. I hope this YMCA gets it together or I will be forced to cancel my membership :-/

Keep in mind that the YMCA is for the community. This is not LA Fitness and not even 24 hour. There will be kids here so be prepared to get your work out amongst adolescences. This is a fantastic opportunity for youth to come in exercise. They may not know gym etiquette or even plain etiquette for that matter. However, this is a fantastic state of the art facility. My wife and I enjoy burning calories here.
My advice is that you come during several different hours because there are a lot of kids running around after school hours. Also, there are a lot of people who are joining a gym for the first time so adults may not know the gym etiquette yet either.
The classes at this Y are not filling up as fast as other Y’s around the county so you can take your time. Unlike the Mission Valley Y where you have to show up 30 mins early. We really enjoy the cycle/​spin class with Wes and Caprice.
Overall this is a great gym. There are a lot of «January Joiners» and first timers so be patient while people get used to the written and unwritten rules.

I’ve been coming here since the week after they opened. It’s within walking distance of my house. I am trying to be patient.
I come in the morning, so no issues with kiddos on the equipment (thank goodness!). That would drive be bananas. I’ve mentioned several things to the staff, I’ve written suggestions and I’m pretty sure it goes into an abyss of nothing.
I don’t know what the deal with locking the classrooms is. I’ve asked and been told it’s because they can’t supervise. Uhh… I’ve seen staff members walking around the gym and walking past those empty, locked classrooms frequently. That excuse doesn’t fly. Are they afraid of vandalism in the 10 minutes between rounds? I don’t know.
The reason access to the classrooms (not being used for classes) would be nice is that the «designated» area for stretching is ridiculous and unsafe. It’s in the middle of the gym at the end of a row of treadmills. I’m not sure how you’re supposed to do ab exercises while you’re constantly worried about being walked over. Plus it’s small and can really only fit a few people, and even then it’s weird…
One of the staff members last week kicked me out of a classroom so he could lock it. I am at the gym several days a week and have never been asked to leave an empty classroom (he knows who I am as I see him every time I’m there). I was pissed. He wanted me to move to a classroom that had loud music blaring and a personal training session going on (I didn’t know that classroom was even available for use since it was obviously being used by a trainer). Today someone asked for access to a room to stretch before the class I was taking started and a different staff member gladly unlocked the door.
They need to get their stuff figured out regarding locking/​unlocking classrooms. Perhaps post the rules somewhere? When can a classroom be unlocked and when must it be locked? Leaving it at the discretion of the staff is frustrating. Perhaps they should designate a better, more secure area for stretching/​pushups/​lunges/​etc. When the classrooms are full I sit way over by the side wall next to the cardio equipment and hope I can get done before a staff member tells me not to stretch there either (hasn’t happened yet but I’m waiting for it).
The classes all pretty much require passes (at the desk upstairs). No, it’s not designated on the new sheet for March, but trust me on this… the yoga classes get VERY FULL. I wish they’d have more classes in the late morning/​early afternoon. I’d also love a kundalini yoga class. Hopefully they’ll get there. I know that adding classes takes time.
I’ve asked several times about the lack of hand sanitizer stations also. I am obviously missing how difficult it is to wall mount some hand sanitizer around the gym… However… they DO have large bottles at the desks (sometimes empty… but at least the bottles are there– ha!).
That being said, one of the staff members who works upstairs there is just awesome. So nice and friendly and tries hard to answer my questions. He’s my favorite! They also just got a bunch of new ellipticals (both regular and a few more AMT).
They moved the new really cool Octane recumbent ellipticals to the back row and stuck in a HUGE stairmaster in their place. Hmm.
They are experiencing some growing pains. I am still very hopeful they can continue to work out the kinks. I still enjoy the MV gym more (a whole room for stretching!), but I’d like to love this one since it’s so close to my house.
Come on Copley-​Price– I’m seriously rooting for you to be amazing.

Ah, bummer. I was sure all these folks claiming kiddos were on the equipment were exaggerating, but unfortunately come afternoon-​time, it’s true. I’m not sure why little ones are allowed on the cardio machines, especially considering the very real possibility of smooshing a tiny finger or breaking a clumsy ankle, but they are — and at certain times during the day they are EVERYWHERE. It really makes me want to ask their parents why they aren’t taking advantage of the childcare option, though I know it’s none of my business.
I have also noticed that the group exercise rooms have been closed, which means any stretching or body-​weight training is relegated to a bit of unused ground about the size of a queen bed. Nooootttt fun if more than one person wants to do spread-​eagle stretching.
As many others have said, I realize that this is less a gym and more a community center, but for the safety of the youngins and the sake of us cardio-​lovers who really would like just like to workout for 30 minutes without a kindergartener running circles around the equipment, maybe set up some adults-​only hours. Or better yet, parents, don’t let your pre-​pubescent kids on the equipment, period.
Talk about a honeymoon phase. Color me disappointed.

Everything is nice and new. Those are the only positive things I can say.
This place starts getting crowded around 2:30p with children and young adults. Many of the children (under 12) are playing on or just watching TV on the cardio equipment unsupervised. I understand this is more of a community center than a gym but children don’t belong around weights and fitness equipment.
After 4p there is always a wait for cardio equipment but they don’t have any waiting lists or time limits.
The have 4 fitness studios but only have one open at a time. On more than one occasion a class has been in one studio and the others are locked. I’ve asked for the others to be opened but have always been told that they can’t supervise the additional studio. This is an issue because there isn’t any additional space to stretch or exercise.
Since the Y downtown closed I was looking forward to this spot to open. I will now be leaning toward canceling my membership once I find a new Gym.

This is my update. I went again today, at 2:15, right before the Superbowl. Same situation. I actually watched a woman get off her cardio machine and collect her 5, that’s right 5, children that were playing on various pieces of equipment (weights and cardio machines) and walk down the stairs. How could she possibly keep her eye on 5 kids running around an open floor?
The whole downstairs is a daycare. Does the weight room have to serve as one, too? With so little space devoted to a «gym» this is a real downer.

Beautiful facility. Great parking wonderful staff. Beautiful pools, However oversold memberships not enough equipment long lines to wait for machines, most hours of the day, no scale in the men’s bathroom. No place to just stretch out before working out and not enough free weight equipment.
It’s still very new and they’re working hard but I’m about to give up my membership. Update 2÷19− I submitted my membership cancelation. With regret

What can I say, a brand new gym 3 minutes from my house! Brand new cardio and weights and weight machines. Indoor/​outdoor pool, splash pad for the kids, basketball court, big child care room. Cool teen center. Seems to be very family-​centric. Seems they are still building sports fields.
Cons:
— Parking limited
— Divider wall between between the main 2 workout rooms instead of real wall so you hear the super loud music from the other room. Really really bad planning there
–no workout classes Sundays. Assuming they will eventually ramp up
— sports fields right in the middle of busy streets. Nothing like sucking in a bunch of car exhaust when you are playing sports