Lincoln Family Phoenix Downtown YMCA

 

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Steve B.

Phoenix, AZ

If you live or work downtown and are looking for a new gym or fitness center I would strongly recommend you take a look at the Downtown Y.  They recently completed a major overhaul of their cardio and fitness equipment and now have one of the finest equipped gyms in Phoenix.  The upstairs has a large number of new cardio machines and also features a high-tech circuit station that will track your workouts automatically.  The downstairs free weight room is great as well.  And like other Y's you have basketball, swimming, and a very large number of free classes from kick-boxing to yoga to spin.  The staff is friendly and dedicated to doing a good job.

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Brian G.

Phoenix, AZ

After posting my review, I received a call from the membership director. Someone emailed her my review. She was very nice and apologetic, so I agreed to meet her to tour the facility again. Because of her outstanding followup and customer service, I decided to join. Therefore, I'm raising my initial rating of one star to three. After I've spent some time there and gotten to know the facility and amenities better, I'll probably adjust my rating accordingly.

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Elite '08

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Norma R.

Aspen, CO

This Y is just great. Friendly, young staff, who are mostly volunteers, great mix of people, AWESOME machines, and just labyrinthian in design, which makes for great fun and added fitness (and totally Escher-esque at times... did I just go down the up-stairs?). Another kind of strange but cool thing about it is that I always have pleasantries with other gym goers, like, hello, goodbye, please, thank you, have a great day. It sounds average, but it's like the people that go there are on the same respectful, polite page. It's gym utopia.

The only downsides are the small, 4 lane pool (but at least it HAS a pool) and the pain in the ass it is to get there because of light rail construction. Both of these are so marginal, though, so I give it a very solid 5 stars.

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Elite '08

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Dave B.

Phoenix, AZ

Totally revamped ... and WAY nice.

Having been a member at LifeTime fitness prior to joining here, I'm a little spoiled which is why I only gave it a 3 star review.

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Pierre Trudeau I.

Phoenix, AZ

When I first moved downtown a few years ago I'd regularly drive by and glance with curiosity at this decrepit old building on Van Buren. One day I heard it had gone through some "renovations," so my ghetto curiosity got the better of me and I made my way past a couple of bums standing around to walk inside.

I couldn't believe my eyes. The beautiful, stained cement flooring grabbed my attention right off the bat. I asked the staff for a tour of the facility and I was instantly sold. Goodbye, LA Fitness, hello, YMCA.

It's nice running into my downtown neighbors here now and then. Since ASU moved downtown the crowd has also transformed into a nice mix of young and old, everyone from college students to cranky old federal judges.

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Elite '08

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Kristin C.

Phoenix, AZ

It's fun to stay at the -  Y  -  M  -  C  -  A !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Come on, you know you want to sing it in your head every time you see it.  At least do the little motions with your fingers.  How could you not?

Well, this is one of the locations where folks actually DO stay at the YMCA.  While most Y's have moved into just watching your kids, offering some classes and functioning as a gym - this one has a full residential area as it's the oldest YMCA in the valley.

One especially interesting note - this YMCA had the first indoor, completely enclosed pool in the entire State.  How's that for cool?  Want to know something even cooler??  It's NOT on the first floor!!!  

As I don't have kids, and I have my own happy little casa, for me this is just a place to work out.  They really have an amazing gym. And it's not just one room - there are several rooms on several floors.  And if you're a member there aren't any extra costs associated with taking any of the other fun fitness classes either.  They offer some pretty cool ones too.  

Personal favorite - and I almost hate to mention it.  They have an outdoor running track. But it's not on the ground.  It's a "roof top track" that actually extends out from their lower roof line.  So based on when you go you can be watching the sunrise, the sunset or the awesome city lights of downtown as you walk or run around the track.  Pretty darn awesome.

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