Soundview Family YMCA

★★★Eric Lofgren

Not overly impressed with this location, staff is friendly but it just came across that they didn’t know everything about the facility when asked specific questions. It also seemed like they were under staffed but, it may have just been timing of my visit

★★★★★Dennis Hill

My wife is a member and wanted to share her experience with Soundview YMCA: Review for Personal Training. I was going to wait to write this review until I reached my goal weight. However, I have gained such amazing results in such a short amount of time, I wanted to share my experience now. I started personal training with Michael Ferrucci at YMCA Branford in April 2024. He took on a mess with me: cancer survivor, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, high triglycerides, and lots of weight to lose. At the time of this review, I have lost 35 lbs, my blood pressure is now normal, I’m off insulin and off all other meds (all doctor approved). My recent blood work results showed an astounding improvement. This is the first time in my life that I have had this much success losing weight naturally. I have not used any weight loss drugs or injectables. I just visited my PCP for a checkup and she had nothing to say except keep up the great work. Without a doubt, I would not be where I am now if I didn’t have an opportunity to work with Michael. He really cares about his clients, is patient, gives you his undivided attention while training and is mind-blowingly knowledgeable about all things related to personal training. His level of expertise is above and beyond. I feel beyond fortunate to have him as my trainer because all his knowledge and experience has resulted in life changing improvements to my health. 2/1/25 Update: Still training with Michael. Down 72 lbs to date. Diabetes reversed. Feeling great! 5/7/25 Update: Still training with Michael. Down 86 lbs to date. 1/15/26 Update: Still training with Michael. Down 94 lbs.

★★★★★Garret Higgins

The staff are very friendly. The facility is always clean, and they’re great about fixing broken equipment. The weight room is severely lacking. There aren’t enough plates. It has been this way for years. For whatever reason, they just don’t invest in basic equipment. Update: they revamped the strength room. It’s great. There is plenty of room and equipment to do real strength training. I really appreciate the effort they put in.

★★★★Christopher DiAdamo

I'm surprised by all the negative reviews so I felt the need to post a positive. The kids have always enjoyed the camp, the facility is nice, my wife enjoys the pool (although lane hours can be tough) and I enjoy the gym (quiet, clean and no cells allowed). The only improvements I would like would be for a few more weight machines and private shower stalls.

★Im Outhere

I’ll start with the positive. The facility is really nice and it’s really clean. That’s about where the positives end. I joined the YMCA hoping to be able to swim laps before or after work. Unfortunately that never happened because they keep ridiculous hours for the pool here. They open so late That I can’t catch a swim before work and after 3 PM every day they let local high schools have a monopoly on the competition pool every weekday!?! Shouldn’t paying customers get some time? When I brought this up to the staff I was told that I could swim in the recreation pool. Yes, that’s true but there’s only two lanes that are always filled and the rest of the pool is filled with children learning to swim. In conclusion, if you’re thinking about joining this YMCA just don’t. It’s some of the worst money I’ve ever spent because I literally got nothing out of it. The staff also leave something to be desired. This is one of the worst reviewed YMCAs in the whole state. You would think at some point they would take it to heart and start caring about their clients here.