About
Community center offering a fitness center, pool, sports, classes, childcare, and summer camp.
The T. Claude and Gladys B. Ryan Family YMCA features an indoor heated pool, an outdoor lap pool, and a warm water pool. While specific temperatures are not publicly listed, YMCAs typically maintain lap pools at cooler temperatures (e.g., 78-82°F) suitable for exercise, and warm water pools at higher temperatures (e.g., 88-92°F) ideal for therapy or younger swimmers. The indoor heated pool is generally kept at a comfortable temperature for general use (e.g., 82-86°F).
What are people saying (AI review summary)? Reviews highlight several significant concerns: public pool access is severely limited due to private teams during peak hours; the gym has an unsupportive policy against baby-wearing during workouts, causing new parents to feel unwelcome and impacting their ability to stay active; the soccer field seating is dangerous and unusable, with hazards like falling steps, exposed screws, and an obstructing fence; and there are widespread issues with untrained staff and poor management, suggesting a need for extensive training across the organization.
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Amenities
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Good for Children
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Accepts Credit Cards
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Accessible Entrance
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Accessible Restroom
Reviews
Listing Reviews
September 2nd, 2025David Roberts
I’ll start this off with the staff are incredible. That said, I really struggle with the way that the pool is handled for private and swim teams. As of right now, there are 5 days a week after 3:45 that 0 lanes are available for swimmers. The schedule is posted online which I appreciate, but I find zero lanes being open to the public unacceptable - especially during the most common hours. I’ve got a limited window I can swim, and wish that they would either reduce class size or stagger classes to be more accommodating.
April 11th, 2025Athena DeJohn
I was really disappointed after being told I could no longer work out at this gym while safely baby-wearing my newborn. I did this regularly at my previous gym with no issue, and it was a big part of staying active as a mom. The staff member was curt and dismissive, and the reasoning didn’t make sense. Initially, she said I couldn’t use the treadmill, stairmaster, or elliptical — which I was fine with(and totally understood). But then she told me I couldn’t do anything else with my baby strapped to me either. I understand safety concerns, but if I'm baby-wearing properly and staying within my limits, how is that any different from any other risk assumed in a gym environment? If someone trips on a treadmill or a toddler gets bumped walking to childcare, are you suddenly liable? For a gym that claims to be “family-friendly,” this experience felt the opposite — unwelcoming and unsupportive.
April 11th, 2025Camden DeJohn
Extremely disappointed in the treatment my wife received today at the YMCA. She was told she couldn’t use any equipment—no treadmill, stairmaster, elliptical, or weights—simply because she had our baby safely strapped to her in a carrier. She wasn’t causing a disruption, wasn’t being unsafe, and has never had any issues doing this at other gyms (Point Loma Sports Club, for example, has always been welcoming and accommodating). This felt less like a safety concern and more like being kicked out without reason. There was no willingness to discuss options or offer solutions—just a blanket “no” to everything. It’s incredibly discouraging for a new parent trying to stay active and healthy. We expected better from an organization that’s supposed to support families.
April 13th, 2024Robert Buntin
Please do something about the seating for the soccer field. Every week at least one person falls down trying to climb the steps. Today i saw three people go down. There are screws poking up where we’re supposed to sit, the retaining wall is eroding and we can’t see anything. Why build a giant chain link fence in front of the spectators? What are we keeping out? Right now it’s only purpose is as a backstop for all of the bodies rolling down the hill. It’s dangerous, it’s unusable and someone is going to get seriously hurt. Please make this a priority.
July 9th, 2025leo bonek
Absolutely terrible experience YMCA does not train the people that work at the YMCA.... They know how to pick up the telephone and say hello beyond that nobody has trained them, The YMCA is such a stressful place because the management is so poor, They need an extensive training program and then it should be done three times over so each and every person that works there is completely fully aware of all the very common questions that come in
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Opening Hours
| Sunday | 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM |
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| Monday | 5:30 AM – 8:00 PM |
| Tuesday | 5:30 AM – 8:00 PM |
| Wednesday | 5:30 AM – 8:00 PM |
| Thursday | 5:30 AM – 8:00 PM |
| Friday | 5:30 AM – 8:00 PM |
| Saturday | 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM |
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