T. Claude and Gladys B. Ryan Family YMCA

★★★★★Yolanda Brionez

I know some people don’t love this place, but I’ll never understand why. It’s an old school type gym. Venice Beach style. Lots of free weights under the tent and outdoors. Parking can be tight but there are options close by, Cleator park has tons. The weekly classes are excellent and I just love the community. They do so many programs for the youth in the area. I am always grateful for the YMCA.

★★David Roberts

I’ll start this off with the staff are incredible. That said, I really struggle with the way that the pool is handled for private and swim teams. As of right now, there are 5 days a week after 3:45 that 0 lanes are available for swimmers. The schedule is posted online which I appreciate, but I find zero lanes being open to the public unacceptable - especially during the most common hours. I’ve got a limited window I can swim, and wish that they would either reduce class size or stagger classes to be more accommodating.

★Camden DeJohn

Extremely disappointed in the treatment my wife received today at the YMCA. She was told she couldn’t use any equipment—no treadmill, stairmaster, elliptical, or weights—simply because she had our baby safely strapped to her in a carrier. She wasn’t causing a disruption, wasn’t being unsafe, and has never had any issues doing this at other gyms (Point Loma Sports Club, for example, has always been welcoming and accommodating). This felt less like a safety concern and more like being kicked out without reason. There was no willingness to discuss options or offer solutions—just a blanket “no” to everything. It’s incredibly discouraging for a new parent trying to stay active and healthy. We expected better from an organization that’s supposed to support families.

★Jeffrey Kraby

Weekend hours are extremely limited. Seems silly paying for full membership only to have couple hour window on weekends. I wish gyms would take customers more seriously. These hours prevent me from meeting my gym goals. There is NO heating here….. so if you go to the gym at 8 am, expect temps to be in 40s or 50s when you work out (not sure how healthy/safe this is). By the time temps warm up mid-day, the gym closes (1pm on weekends). I like to workout in mornings, so I don’t know how to resolve this other than to avoid the gym altogether…. Which doesn’t seem fair or reasonable to me

★★Robert Buntin

Please do something about the seating for the soccer field. Every week at least one person falls down trying to climb the steps. Today i saw three people go down. There are screws poking up where we’re supposed to sit, the retaining wall is eroding and we can’t see anything. Why build a giant chain link fence in front of the spectators? What are we keeping out? Right now it’s only purpose is as a backstop for all of the bodies rolling down the hill. It’s dangerous, it’s unusable and someone is going to get seriously hurt. Please make this a priority.