Quakertown YMCA — Attraction in Quakertown

I am going to start this post by first saying that I truly appreciate and value what the YMCA does in regards to being community oriented. The front desk staff is extremely friendly, helpful, and engaging. They really do enjoy helpung clients out. The facility is really big and kept very well maintained. There is a lot to offer in this facility with the pool, sauna, basketball courts, pickleball room. Now, to break down the weight room. The cardio room/turf area has elite equipment for people who are on strict diets/HIIT training programs. Love that they added a sled to the turf section. In regards to the weight room, the machines are top notch, dummbells are really great, love the metal plates, and love that they still allow the use of chalk. A lot of gyms wouldnt allow chalk, the YMCA does (have to clean up after yourself). The barbells though are a bit run down with minimal knurl on them as they are older York barbells that have seen better days. They do have a safety squat bar, but again, it has seen better days. They do not have a swiss bar, or a cambered bar. The only other negative of the YMCA outside of barbells, is they only have 2 squat racks. A lot of guests use these two racks for other lifts outside squats, so you may wait awhile if the place is packed. If you are a swimmer, love to play basketball, enjoy bodybuilding, or just staying toned/getting/staying in shape, this gym is for you! If you are power lifter, or olympic weight lifter, you may want to look into...

Thoroughly disgusted by how this YMCA treated my child while he was in their care. We planned for him to participate in Pizza Thursday and paid 2 weeks in advance, yet my son was turned away come lunch time, and the staff thinks our concerns are getting a refund, not the humiliation our son faced when all of his peers and counselors were eating pizza and he was not served lunch that he rightfully should have had. If a 6 year old approaches you and says they should have pizza lunch, the least the staff could do is double check their actual system to see that the order was in fact placed and that child is to be fed. What kind of teen/adult will eat in front of a child they just denied food to? Fortunately, we pack our son extra food on these days as he has a larger appetite and is very active, so just pizza doesn’t cut it for him. However, the Y staff member I spoke to instead said that this sometimes confuses the counselors when there is packed food (they are required to bring snacks). As if the incompetence of the staff is justified because he still had snacks to eat. Unfortunately, an apology does not fix this, though I have requested that the camp counselor at least apologize to my son. It is hard enough to stand up for yourself, especially as a child. This YMCA may as well be the lunch lady who turned down the kid for not having...

Today around 8:30 AM, I dropped my 17 month old son off at the child center, so I could work out for an hour in the wellness area. It usually takes him about a minute or two to calm down once I drop him off. And the girls usually pay attention to him and help him transition. This time I don’t know who was working… But when I dropped my son off, he ran over to the window when I was walking by and followed me the whole time through the window and he was crying very hard. I stood on the other side of the wall where he couldn’t see me for two minutes and for those whole two minutes, he was crying and screaming his eyes out. I then went to the bathroom to give it another minute… And when I came back, he was sitting in the corner in the same spot, still crying, and no one was paying attention to him. At this time, there were only two or three other kids in the area and three teachers. The three teachers were, standing around talking amongst themselves. No one was paying attention to my son. I decided I was not OK with this and I went to pick him up. He ran over to me right away and he had a huge gash on his forehead. So not only did they not pay attention to him while he was visibly upset, but they allowed him to get hurt. I was so upset, that we left. I wanted to bring this to your attention so it is not happened to...