3150 Sublette Ave. gwrymca.org/Location/South-city-family-ymca
South City Family YMCA is not your typical gym that primarily focuses on physical fitness. Yes, you can develop washboard abs, increase your V02 max, run laps around the indoor track, or swim in the pool in the weight room and fitness area (newly renovated) or in the spin class (so popular that reservations are required). can. , or even a shooting hoop. But there’s more here. It starts with games in the community area in front of the locker room entrance, it starts in the member’s nursery and the coffee machine in front, people like to stay there and chat, even if you occasionally give someone a cup. Even if you had to ask, the front desk staff hid it so the kids wouldn’t get too much caffeine. The location in the southern part of the city is also the perfect size. It has everything you could want to exercise in, and there are rarely long lines to buy equipment, but it’s not so large that you often run into your neighbors or the university. A friend I haven’t talked to in years. Moreover, all these classes and care are built into the price, which is on a sliding scale, so absolutely everyone can afford to participate. —Jessica Rogen
