Flagstaff Family YMCA

While the gym could have more equipment, and the time it takes to repair broken equipment is a little long, this is still my favorite gym facility in Flagstaff. The staff are friendly, the community and youth programs are great, and you'll always feel like they are making the most of the money they are receiving. I'd happily continue supporting this Y over all the other facilities I've been to.

Somewhat unprofessional. Weird hours. Trainers/classes monopolize the best slaces/equipment even when "open." I would not recommend joining unless you have kids to utilize daycare. Location and slow-paced vibe are the best qualities.

Decent place to work out. I came to the YMCA, because it's closer to where I work and live and because it was a little cheaper than my other gym. I was going to cancel, because I missed having a good shower and steam room, but decided to stay for the convenience and access to the nice basketball court. positives +fairly extensive workout area. Good cardio equipment. Not the best selection of weights and machines, but plenty for me. Weight machines they do have are high end and fairly new. +cheaper than Summit/FAC - not that much cheaper, but the extra $5 I saved was appreciated. I think getting a nice shower/hot tub with clean towels may be worth $5 to me personally, but if you dont use those amenities, it may save you money) +basketball - great full basketball court. basketballs to borrow. +climbing equipment, childcare, etc - it has a lot of options. I just havent tried as I'm only in for cardio, weights, and basketball +rarely crowded. +fairly good hours. Other than Sunday evenings, there isn't a time I really can't go in. If you want to go in Sunday evenings, I recommend FAC. negatives -staff is hit-or-miss. Some really friendly staff. Some that are annoyed to get off their phones to answer questions. Summit and FAC definitely have more friendly and helpful staff if that is important to you. -no towels. You have to bring and launder your own if you shower there -can be a little dingy/dirty at times or at least look that way -lockerroom is tiny, dirty, and lacking in amenities. Showers are cramped. No steam room, sauna, or hot tub. If more than two people are in the locker room at one time, you will bump into others and feel like a sardine. -bad wifi and entertainment. I don't need TVs on all the equipment nor good wifi to enjoy myself while working out, but if you do, it's worth noting. Hard to even stream Netflix on their wifi and the TVs built into the cardio machines have only a handful of fuzzy stations. Wifi is plenty good for music and podcast streaming. Wifi is a pain to join and makes you sign away your first born and then redirects you to a commercial advertisement.

The only nice thing here is the facility. Otherwise a complete ripoff for the price, even more that they decided to take the punching bag away. I wouldn't recommend to anyone!

The staff is really rude, they sit on their phones at the front desk and if you ask a question they treat you like your bothering them. No one ever knows whats going on there and if you call for information they always say they will get back to you and never do. My three kids hate the daycare staff that watches them while I workout. (Not to say they are all bad, there is one guy and one girl my kids love when they are working. They actually pay attention to my kids, let them rock climb and play board games with them). Ashley is one of the staff and my two daughters say is very mean and never lets them do anything. My son also says she just sits there at the desk on her phone or a computer and yells at the kids to stop doing things. Ive stopped bringing my kids to them because its become more of a fight to get them to stay. Exercise equipment is always "under maintenance" for months at a time! And the hours are horrible!! They close early on friday nights and sundays they dont open until 10am and close at 4pm. I will not be continuing my membership. This place is a joke!