YMCA of the Seacoast

Walter Parks

Never had any lanes available for swimming and no timeline was ever given for when reservation-only pool use would be ending. Charged me for a full extra month when I never used the facility in the 16 days I had a membership. Never had a negative experience with any other Y chapter I've been a member of.

Kathleen Bates

Scheduled, organized, available staff as needed. Fitness room clean and storage of personal items available.

Tyler Dawson

Could be much better. I've belonged to many many YMCA's in my life and this is the worst. The only reason I go here is because of the financial assistance. I will say the staff is pretty friendly though and have never had any kind of problem with any of them. The floors in the weight room are always filthy. The weight room wasn't really put together by someone who is really into working out and getting stronger it seems. Seems more built for older people. I had to request a straight bar attachment for the cable machine when i arrived... Pretty much the most basic attachment ever. Most of the dumbbells are broken and the heads move a lot and it is just a matter of time before they fall apart on someone. I've told them about this several times. they just take the dumbbell out of the weight room and someone puts it back later. They only have one squat rack and no smith machine. They only have one bench and no incline or decline bench. They also only have one set of plate weights for the bench and the squat rack so if someone is lifting heavy you have to weight a long while to use the other. There isn't enough room for workouts other than weights too if the class room is in use. The pool doesn't have the greatest hours and they seem to close all the lanes for classes more than they should rather than leaving one lane open for lap swimming. If you aren't receiving financial assistance i would check out seacoast sports club, about the same price and you get more.

Allen Pincket

Poor man's Y; weights are falling apart, equipment is outdated, and very little elbow room in the fitness room and locker rooms. Only one shower has hot water; and its been like that for at least a year. This place needs a facelift badly. I don't understand the cheapness all-around given the costs; they limit childcare hours, swim hours, weekend hours, and the hours always vary day-to-day and season-to-season; very difficult to keep track of, and too much pinching pennies to in order to limit staff payroll.