Anyone belong to a YMCA? Cost?

To join the YMCA here it is $55 a month. Here that's access to all of the ones in the area. If you have a lower income they also have membership based on income. I did that when I was in college and it was only like $24 a month. And if you're a senior citizen they have a reduced rate too.

I love my Y!!! It's $44 a month. Exercise classes are included in that fee, but not swimming lessons. The fee structure is dependent on family income and life situation (seniors pay less, sliding scale for others, etc.) We travel often and far so it helps to be able to use any Y around the country. Something good to know if you are deciding between the Y and other gyms.

We have a teen room and a kiddie room so they hang out in those places - never have seen a problem with any of them and I go often and at different times.

I will say that it's family-oriented, but there are groups like you'd see at other gyms, like body-builders, etc. It is a downtown gym, so I love the diversity of the membership.

Enjoy whatever gym you join!

$82 per month for a family. Nice pool and facility. Most classes included. People of all shapes and sizes. I pretty much just hang out in the weight room, though.

OMG. That's effing insane! We have this fairly new uber gym here that's pretty expensive. But it is literally the size of a small mall. It has two Olympic size pools, one inside one out. Rock climbing walls, boxing rings, all kinds of stuff, and I still don't think it cost as much as your Y.

I'm in NE ohio. We've been Y members for years. Our family pass is currently $65 a month. I think we did pay a one-time start-up fee of $75 or so. They often run specials throughout the year where that fee is waived. It's been great for our family. My kids played sports, took gymnastics and martial arts and swim lessons (reduced fees for members). I've put them in youth exercise classes and my husband and I have taken classes (free). My daughter has attended their camp at reduced rates for 8 years now. We also use their workout facilities and pool. I also love that they have showers. We've had to use that before in emergency situations (power outage, water issues), etc.

We used to belong to our local y, but it's been several years now. It was about $100 a month for a family. Most of the exercise classes were included, but aquatics and ice were additional. It was a good deal when my son played hockey - there was a pretty significant discount for members, and I could work out while he practiced. I didn't find it to be particularly "social". But I'm sure that's going to vary tremendously by location. Non-members can pay for drop in classes. You might try a few and get a sense of whether you like the classes and the social aspect.

We have a membership through my husbands work. They pay just over half of it and it's paid annually. There is no fee for classes. I think we are paying $365 per year and the company kicks in $400 or so. We are a family of four.

THat's what ours was the last time I checked and you still had to pay for classes.  Needless to say, I didn't join.  

I believe we pay around $150-$160 per month for a family membership. There are a few classes you have to pay extra for, but most else is included. It is a very nice Y with a lap pool and a pool for smaller kids with a slide, sprinklers, etc. The downside is it can be overcrowded.

I paid close to 100 bucks a month for the Y and had to pay a huge membership or something to upkeep or maintain or expand the buildings. It was not worth it at all. I would look elsewhere before going to the Y.

Such a variety of pricing depending on the location.

I joined for about a year. It was $55/month for my individual membership. They had a good variety of classes that were included. (I think some were extra, but not anything I was interested in).

Pros (for me at my location):
- good variety of classes
- facility was clean
- lots of cardio equipment
- convenient location
- had both an indoor and outdoor pool (outdoor pool looked cool for families with a slide and things - not my thing, but would be a benefit for many).

Cons:
- Parking sucked
- gym hours weren't convenient - closed at 6pm on Sundays, opened at 6am on the weekdays - I wanted later on Sunday and earlier on weekdays
- I just didn't like the atmosphere - hard to explain, but I like my gym to feel like a gym, not a family hangout spot. I may be unique in this though - I understand a pumping gym with sweaty hardbodies is what other people are trying to avoid.
- Random, but the classes were in (very nice) rooms in the basement, and it bugged me for some reason.

I switched from a 'luxury' type gym to the YMCA to save $$, but ended up going back to the luxury gym (cafe, spa & salon, hot tubs, steam rooms, sauna, 3 pools, etc).

Our Y bases your membership cost on income.

I agree with *KAS* about the hours. I hate how early they close on weekends, and we never go there on weekends because of that. We usually have too much going on during the day to hit the gym.