YWCA

Shortly after I moved to Bristol, I joined the YWCA Fitness Spa. It might have been one of the best things I could do for myself. At the beginning I would go in and do my own work outs on my own or with a friend. Last spring, I joined the Spring into Fitness 8 week classes they offered. Over the summer I tried their evening classes and made some new friends. Eventually I realized that my best time to work out is my lunch time. Aubree and her staff have been fabulous about working with me whenever I can come in. If I cannot make the class schedule work, then they have worked with me as an individual. My work outs with Aubree are fabulous and I look forward to them each week. If you are looking for a great place to work out, with staff that care and women who will support you, then the YWCA Fitness Spa is the place to be.

This review is for child care. It took me almost a year to catch the director at the office, she never returned my phone calls and I was never put on a waiting list because nobody else had «authority» to do it. My daughter was not happy there and I felt uncomfortable leaving her there. On occasion my husband would hear a teacher in an adjacent room scream at a toddler «this is what you get for standing near the door» when a child was hit by the door. When you walk in a room an overwhelming smell of poo hits you, because they put diapers in a huge trash can near the door without a lid. Teachers seem less than enthusiastic and unfriendly at times. My daughter was constantly hit «by a friend» and frequently when we picked her up, we found her crying. After 3 months, we took our child out of there.
You might like this place for the sliding scale, long hours and the fact that they provide all the meals.

Terrible. Very unwelcoming to out-​of-​towners. I called to see what the rate was for drop-​ins and was told they don’t let people drop-​in. I’m not paying for an entire month for 1 day — no thanks. Plenty of other places to choose from. Their website is all about «empowering women» — how are you empowering and helping women when you won’t even let visiting women workout?