The cleaning staff do a great job, the programming is varied, the pool is good for exercise year-round, the staff are very welcoming, friendly and helpful, there is a great selection of equipment, the yoga instructors are very knowledgeable, and the hours are expansive.
Nice facilities, convenient location, reasonable price.
As an additional note, it would be nice to get a hook for the middle shower I'm the men's locker room. There was there before the renovation, but not anymore. There are only two total hooks for the three men's showers, which is inconvenient if all three are in use.
Great yoga offerings (we still need Monday and Friday morning classes). Great staff—friendly and knowledgeable. The Mind Body Studio is quite nice. We need better quality blocks; the ones we have are dangerous.
I have been asking the YMCA of the North Shore to update the locker room facilities for 10 years--and you've done it! Thank you!!! The locker rooms are clean; the floors and showers no longer smell; the steam room is clean and functional. I'm overjoyed! We have maintained our Y membership after we moved to Lifetime for the past few years because we believe in the Y and and we are now seriously considering dropping Lifetime to only use the Salem YMCA.
I have one more request for the Salem location and it has to do with the gym equipment. Right now you only have two power racks/squat racks and one Smith machine. The rack is the most important piece of equipment in any gym and it's always busy at Salem. The average person needs 20m on the machine to complete their workout so it's rare there is an opening. In order for my family to fully move to Salem YMCA, there needs to be more power racks. I would suggest no fewer than five. I propose removing the smith machine, and moving the hand weights to another part of the gym in order to make room for the additional racks all along the wall. They don't need to be new and fancy machines! Maybe another Y is getting rid of theirs?
Thank you for being an excellent resource!
I’ve had trouble committing to exercising in the past because I can be self conscious and get gym anxiety, but every one at the Y has been super nice and helpful I’ve felt comfortable working out since being here.