YMCA — Local services in Peoria

Jayda is a new personal trainer at the Y. I was concerned about being the first client ever. I was so wrong. The night before we meet, Jayda works out a special program for me. She’s a great coach for form and really pays attention to my goals. She is able to adjust weight and intensity to match my abilities. We started out slow with one move at a time. She listened carefully to my request to work more than one muscle at a time. Now we are doing what she calls super sets. While I am working my legs she has me holding weights close to my body to engage my core. She is able to adjust or down based on ability. I think sessions with Jayda are worth...

Got my son a membership so he can stay conditioned and hang with his friends this summer… policy’s changed after joining, saying he cannot go because of his age! Not acceptable actually, a 14 year old child can go unattended but my son can’t go with his 18 year old sister or 20 year brother because of the new policy, he is 13… yet a 14 year old can!!! Worst policy ever! Even offering to pay the family membership he still can’t go at all! And I should not have to… this is ridiculous… director has yet to return my call. New policy is, if your 13 year old does not have a 21 year old with them, they can’t...

My experience was not great this year nor was it for my child. The teen reach program has no control over the behaviors of the kids. My daughter had a incident happen to her that was traumatizing and the leader of the program didn't take good steps to getting things in order. My kids will never go back to their teen reach program or their summer camp. The counselors are rude to some of the kids and immature. I'm not happy with my experience at all with this program! I will be contacting supervisors. Very toxic and...