North Port YMCA

Classes are good. Marcel’s yoga class is wonderful— always a great workout, and
Brenda’s pilates class is an ab-​killer. Cannot more highly recommend these two instructors. My problem (and often heard from many members) is the administration– they don’t know the first rule of club membership– that is that the members are always right (remember– customers are always right??? smile and try to work it out, don’t be so rigid and inflexible. The administration is generally rude, unhelpful, undiplomatic, and run the place like a pack of dictators running a detention camp. They cop mega attitude if a member challenges their authority, or asks for a compassionate request to help a senior member. Finally, If cleanliness is next to Godliness… this place has nerve to claim to uphold Christian values. The place is filthy and the floor is never cleaned, (we members have to get the boom and clean our floor space for yoga), the mirrors have smudge marks, and the exercise balls are coated in a thick layer of crud. Administration should not focus on their self-​perceived elevated status, rather, they should pick up a boom and pray to the Lord that they can shed their slum mentality, be nicer to members, and learn that diplomacy should rule the way they administer.