West Morris Area YMCA

I signed up to this place to basketball. I workout at a better gym so I signed up for basketball. It seems that every day I go to play there’s always something wrong. The other day it closed at 6. Today, «the curtains needed to be repaired» the thing about it is that they could have repaired them before they opened. So this place is ok, kinda dirty but it’s decent. Definitely not worth the money that you have to pay. It’s equivalent to playing at an outdoor court will it’s dark and raining.

I have bad gym karma I have learned but so far this YMCA in Randolph has been quite okay. The yoga rooms are terrific and teachers good, the weight room is okay and sufficient (equipment is old, I had a problem with one machine, there was no one to fix the problem but … well, its okay if you can look past that). The pools are nice but very limited times for «family swim,» I wish I could access the pool more.
I give the gym four stars because its a gym I can actually go to (rather than being run off by angry Y people), its fairly clean and has some okay classes. The people at the front desk are okay and don’t harass you (not like that other Y in Morristown area), but you have to wait about 5 mins to be «checked over» each time you enter the gym, because they are so into confirming every detail of your card and computer linked photo when you come (Americans, how you love your «border control»!). Because *they* made mistakes on my card when they issued it, every time I come in I have to wait. I see other people waiting too. So that is something you have to live with. I have tried to fix the problem with the number on my card and the ever-​changing expiration date but the staff keep assuring me it is okay, but it is then not okay the next time I come. The staff at the front desk seem like volunteers.
Other advice: do not use the vending machines there. They steal your money. It is run by an outside company that is completely unresponsive. The staff at the Y also hate those vending machines.

This YMCA is fairly well taken care of. The locker rooms could use some updating and the bottom floor weight area is not appealing at all. It’s too dark and no windows. It feels like you’re in a dungeon. Also there are people who stand in the middle of the track and have extended conversations and the staff does nothing about it. There are many inconsiderate people there. The staff are a mixed bag. There are some staff members who are extremely nice and friendly and some who are very not. The patrons are pretty much the same. I have rarely had a person there strike up a conversation. The maintenance of equipment is a bit sketchy. The pool and steam room area are frequently closed for various reasons, which is very annoying. All in all, it’s not a bad gym, but if you’re looking for a friendly atmosphere with cheerful patrons and staff, this isn’t the place.

This is primarily a gym so it should be categorized under fitness and gyms, not daycare, first of all. Decent equipment, fairly clean, and a huge offering of classes. If you go mornings from 7 to 8am, lots of seniors talking loudly in extended conversations in the main equipment room over the noise of the running machines, which can be a bit distracting, but the morning members are a much friendlier bunch than the after work crowd who seem on the rude side, don’t hold doors, and have long conversations on cell phones while on the treadmill, etc. Morning staff is generally much nicer than evening staff. Downside for me is the music because it is so not uplifting and completely inappropriate for working out. Music is 70’s rock, all the time. Slow rock usually. I have put in several requests in their suggestion box to play upbeat music that every other gym in America plays that will motivate other gym members during workouts but it goes unchanged. I go to this gym because my boyfriend lives in the area, but otherwise i would find another gym that plays better music as i don’t like to damage my eardrums playing my ipod, which i am compelled to do to block out the slow rock. i have been a member of many gyms in my life and this is the one and only gym i have ever gone to that plays this genre of music for its customers. I do like this type of music outside of a gym setting but it is incredibly hard to work out to Led Zeppelin and the like. It is so slow that Phil Collins music would be more motivating. My other gripe is that no one else brings a lock so I routinely open 15 lockers before finding an empty one in which to put my stuff.