C B Pennington Jr YMCA

Positive experience: It's nothing fancy, but it was a good facility for my daughter's beginner volleyball team.

Negative experience: It is definitely not as good as before 2016 flood. Most equipment looks very out-dated. Not a very good selection of equipment.

Fantastic experience: Tried out the spin class. 1 hour workout with no standing breaks. Everyone was really nice and supportive. I'll be back, but with a wide seat cushion...crotch area sore due to the really small and hard seat. My legs felt like jelly when we were done, but it's a great workout!

Fantastic experience: Great family environment. Classes offer accomplished instructors and the gym has a nice range of equipment without being overwhelming. While, Ms. Amany and Ms. Pam in the daycare are exceptional with my child, he looks forward to accompanying me to the gym.

Fantastic experience: I enjoy going to this location. The staff are friendly and helpful.

Negative experience: Someone stole my engagement ring out of the locker room!!!!!!! I had made flyers to see if anyone still had it and if they would return it the next day after I put them up the employees took it down saying they’re “not allowed to put things up” but they’ll take a copy and ask people if they seen it, for one I’m not dumb I know damn well yall not asking people if they seen it because I went one of my cousins in there the day after and no one asked her anything I’m starting to think one of the employees stole it and probably sold it to a pawn shop by now

Fantastic experience: Love this Y and the friendly staff. Aqua fit classes have been a game changer for me. Lisa & Mishka are both excellent instructor's. Both are unique and keep us motivated. There are water weights, foam boards and noodles to help with water resistance. The lifeguards are all friendly and vigilant. My son prefers this Y because it has 12 ft deep area and he doesn't have to wait for lanes to open or classes to end before getting in the pool area. The center has an upstairs walking area above the gym. It has two decent dressing/shower areas with lockers on two separate locations. The workout area looks out to the pool and has plenty of equipment. I never had to wait long for a machine like most Y's I visited recently. The monthly fees are reasonable and affordable. Love that they offered 0 joining fees this Summer. Looking forward to trying the pools with heat during the winter months. (Americana Y, Paul G Manship Ymca and a new one being built and due to open 2025.

Negative experience: If I could give negative stars I would, this place will never be getting business from me ever again! The people that work there are rude, when I came there for swim lessons in the first day someone asked me with an attitude why I was there, and then on the days my child had swim lessons they said they would let us know 30 minutes before if they would be cancelling class only to let me know as I'm walking to the pool. And not only that but when I asked about a refund they said that they couldn't give one but in a group text it was stated that we would get refunded for the days missed. I do not live close so that is not only a waste of time but a waste of gas! And lastly my children were looking forward to swim lessons this summer and thanks to them my children are sad. They won't be getting another dime out of me!!!!

Negative experience: My children will never return to this ymca for sports! Let’s start with volleyball the ref sucks she thinks they’re parents who don’t know the game of volleyball so she makes dumb calls throughout the game. If she calls something on one team and the opposite team does the same thing she doesn’t make the call. Her attitude sucks!!! My son plays soccer half of his season was cancelled due to not enough players or the weather and none of them were rescheduled which means it was a waste of money!! This is suppose to be an opportunity to give children the time to learn the technique of sports not the opportunity to cheat them out of games or cheat them out of seasons! This organization won’t get another quarter from me or my family

Fantastic experience: The instructors Nicole & Lisa are fabulous. Classes are fun & challenging Attendant in gym, Darrel, is knowledgeable and eager to help.

Fantastic experience: Very spacious

Positive experience: I guess I should’ve read the Easter brochure a little better. It’s a really nice place but our babies were 18 and 15 months old and they didn’t have any egg hunt for them but they had lots of faced coloring and had lots of free food and the kids really enjoyed it anyway they had Easter Easter bunny. It was nice.

Fantastic experience: Very Clean, Easy Parking And Handicap Accessible, C B Pennington Jr YMCA Has Programs For All Age Groups Including Senior Citizens. The Staff Members Are All Very Friendly, Helpful, Knowledgeable And Professional. Last Year When Several Schools Closed Without Any Advanced Notice To The Parents And Guardians, This Particular YAMC Stepped Up And Accepted The School Children. Especially The Lower Elementary And Middle School Children. Also This YMCA Had Staff On Hand To Provide Age Appropriate Activities For These Children. Therefore A Lot Of Parents And Guardians Were Able To Go To Their Jobs And Work Their Schedule Shifts. I Would Definitely Rate This YMCA 10/10. "Definitely A Great Asset To The Community Especially In A Time Of Need".

Fantastic experience: C. B Pennington is a great YMCA with amazing programs for the kids! Great customer service and an amazing staff led by Ms. Brittany Flowers. She is a dedicated, hard-working leader that gives nothing but the best. She is a great representation of what C.B Pennington represents and what all YMCAs should strive to employ.

Fantastic experience: I’ve been dealing With CB Pennington YMCA for almost 10’ years more so with the sports program. Brittany is always ready any of my questions whenever they come up. She’s very personable and remains calm in any situation. The sports department is definitely better because of her.

Fantastic experience: Wonderful place to work out!!

Fantastic experience: I love this facility. Everyone is so nice. I love the evening line dance class. I am able to attend after work.

Fantastic experience: I love the Cardio Line Dance Class at Pennington. A lot of Seniors attend this class. It benefits the body and mind; improves flexibility and increases energy. Cordia is a great instructor; she is patient, kind and fun. Come and join the fun!

Fantastic experience: The cardio line dancing class every Tuesday and Thursday at 11:30 is the best. Cordia is an excellent instructor. If you are struggling with getting the steps, she will dance next to you so you can get it. Love the class!

Fantastic experience: Awesome program! Excellent instructors!

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff! Great camps!

Fantastic experience: C.B. Pennington has the most family friendly and engaging staff of the capital area. I love being a part of something that’s so much more than just another gym.

Fantastic experience: The community and atmosphere here is nice. I feel very welcome working and visiting this place.

Fantastic experience: It's okay

Negative experience: I hate to leave this negative review because of the history of this place in the community. However, it is not right how it is run. I purchased private swimming lessons for my daughter in early summer, set to begin on July 24th. We were not contacted in any way, either email or phone, for the entirety of the summer (but I figured this was just protocol). We showed up at the scheduled date and no one expected us. Literally, 3 lifeguards who hadn't graduated high school were the only ones "in charge" around the pool. Two of them ignored me and walked away without acknowledging my question but one was kind and told me she didn't know what to tell me, since the woman who normally held private lessons was gone for the week. I insisted we'd paid. She clearly didn't know who to ask or what to do, so she took charge herself and started giving "lessons" to my daughter. There were about 15 other children from the summer camp in the shallow end. It was not conducive at all to any lessons. By the time we got in, we were already 5 minutes into the scheduled time. A woman soon showed up with a Staff shirt. She seemed to know what to do! I thought this was the real teacher, that someone had called the replacement teacher, since we had been scheduled. However, she stayed with us for 5 minutes before beginning group lessons nearby. The "lesson" ended early because the young high school girl just left my daughter and I in the pool without saying anything. This incident reflects a severe lack of ability on the managements part. How can a paid and scheduled private swim lesson go by the wayside like this? Especially in this day and age, it's as simple as sharing a Google Sheet with your superior which contains all contact details of paid lessons. I spoke with the manager Ms. Pizzolato after, as we had clearly not been expected nor had we received the value I'd paid for with a true swimming teacher. She told me all scheduling was through the Head of Swimming (I forget the real title of the woman but let's go with that) and that she had no ability to look us up since she didn't have access to that schedule. I asked if she would be back the next day to continue with a real swim teacher and she told me no. She told me we should've been contacted after we'd booked, for confirmation and to receive info. Then, when it was known the woman would go on vacation, we should've been contacted to cancel. I asked her to find out if there would be a replacement teacher coming from a different branch and to give us a call or an email. She agreed and we left. Hours later with still no contact, I called the YMCA general number and they referred me to the general manager's office number, Mr. Josh Landry. I left a message about the problem. Then, I sent an email to the same manager I'd spoken to at that branch. I was told I would receive a refund, since no one would be coming to replace the swim teacher. This was July 24th. I have still not received a refund despite talking directly through email to both managers. I hope they follow up or at least they use the money to redo their changing rooms, which have not been renovated since I worked there 10 years ago.

Positive experience: The young lady at the front desk was very helpful in answering my questions. Disappointed they were not part of Silver Sneakers.

Positive experience: Not bad.

Fantastic experience: Great staff, very welcoming.

Positive experience: First time ever visiting. Went for my daughter's volley ball game

Fantastic experience: Nice, modern facilities. My son plays basketball here and they are running a great program.

Positive experience: The new workout room is smaller but very nice. I am happy they were able to move it out of the gym. Still very disappointed that money is not available to fix the indoor pool.

Positive experience: No pool

Fantastic experience: Soccer ⚽️ (Sports) Summer Camps Swimming Lessons ‍♀️ Gym ️‍♀️ and much more! Everything we need in one place! We LOVE THE Y

Fantastic experience: The staff is so friendly and helpful

Negative experience: They have the worst customer service nobody that’s at the front knows anybody about their system and how it works not only do they tell you anything but they all have a different supervisor and they are never in they took my money with no problem but soon as I to started asking questions they send me through 6

Fantastic experience: I love my people at YMCA

Fantastic experience: Great people!

Fantastic experience: My son play flag football there

Fantastic experience: Love the Pennington ymca..love aquafit class during summer months and do light and low and cardio kickboxing. Great instructors and great friends I've made !!

Fantastic experience: Great family time at the pool

Fantastic experience: C.B. Pennington, Jr. YMCA has an outstanding staff.

Fantastic experience: Very clean!

Fantastic experience: Love this YMCA location! All of the group exercise instructors are so kind and will take time to explain things when needed. Amelia at front desk is always welcoming and kind to members. Also, the facility is always very clean.

Fantastic experience: this is not the usual YMCA that me and my partner goes to, but ours was closed for the weekend, it was a nice atmosphere update/6-5-22 love this gym, it’s small, quaint with a family friendly atmosphere

Fantastic experience: this is not the usual YMCA that me and my partner goes to, but ours was closed for the weekend, it was a nice atmosphere update/6-5-22 love this gym, it’s small, quaint with a family friendly atmosphere

Negative experience: I wouldn’t Recommend the ymca summer to a roach. Don’t send your kids here. Lack of communication is one of the strong points at this place. Don’t mention the kids watching the kids and half of the staff are HIGH! Don’t send your kids here! I will admit that some of the stuff is good but it’s the Camp director that lacks the the communication and they have to listen to him.

Fantastic experience: Great place to workout and great place to meet nice people. All of the trainers and staff are super nice. I highly recommend.

Fantastic experience: CB Pennington YMCA is great! Mischa’s, Darrell’s and Lisa’s classes are fabulous!

Fantastic experience: I love every YMCA. They are always clean and well organized. The staff is excellent and friendly.

Fantastic experience: Best members! Truly feels like family. Staff friendly, great classes and the new renovations are beautiful!

Fantastic experience: Excellent

Fantastic experience: I love my YMCA CB Pennington location. Great professionals, friendly staff and an awesome instructor/trainer in Lisa. I take several of her classes every week and feel great. She has worked with me in the gym as well with a regimen for upper and lower body. She is the best in the business. If you want to start off your new year getting healthy and in shape this is the place. A great group of people who creates a warm friendly place to socialize and exercise.

Fantastic experience: The Y is one of my most favorite places to be! My husband and I have lost 190lbs combined and we couldn't have done it without the Y. The friendly staff and knowledgeable class instructors make losing weight and getting healthy...FUN!!!‍♀️

Negative experience: Update: Changes in the summer program overall made it no longer ideal for my son. While the y probably had its reasons to split the grade bands by gender, the model did not fit. Bullying and other issues influenced my son to want to take a break more than participate. Switched to Brec this past summer and he loved it. 2021 Review: Great place for summer camp. Whole staff was communicative and worked with my son. We will definitely be back next year.

Fantastic experience: Awesome kickboxing class !!! Social distance in force.

Fantastic experience: Loving the Friday morning H.I.I.T class with Karshina. A great way to begin my day.

Fantastic experience: I did the floors there thanks for the job i would luv to hear from Jr YMCA again in the future thanks p.i.m

Fantastic experience: I made this gym my home gym even though it's all the way across town. It's very low population so there's plenty of machines opened for our usage. The ladies involved in the child care are always very kind, courteous, vivacious and we appreciate them watching our 4-month infant son while we catch a good workout. We love the other locations but they're just so busy during the rush hours it's hard to get the machine that we want. If for some reason the CB Pennington location is closed we might just withdrawal our membership. Thank you CB Pennington employees. Thank you all YMC employees for maintaining such a cleanly positive environment.

Fantastic experience: Love thid place

Negative experience: Not a place for Adults Too many kids in a small place

Fantastic experience: Only at the pool but very nice

Positive experience: Good for kids soccer game

Positive experience: Good facility! Convenient, easily accessed. Well kept!

Fantastic experience: I like it

Fantastic experience: The staff at this location is wonderful. Very helpful and friendly. They are encouraging.

Fantastic experience: My 5 year old son loved his swimming lessons class. Wonderful, caring, professional teachers!

Fantastic experience: Awesome! Went to Adrian's Kickboxing Class. It was amazing.

Fantastic experience: I really enjoy this YMCA. Its smaller but easier to get around. The pool is amazing, the gym has all the equipment I need, and the staff is so nice and approachable.

Fantastic experience: Love this YMCA! I have never wanted to join a workout club. When pushed by my husband, I reluctantly agreed with not much hope. Now, I’m addicted to it! Love the staff members especially at C B Pennington! Personable, professional and knowledgeable!

Fantastic experience: I have.belonged to the Ymca for over 25 years and I love it. The staff and trainers are amazing and always helpful. I have made life long friends with other people who use the facility. The workouts I do have help to keep my bone density at a above National level and at my age that is very important. Give It a try

Fantastic experience: Silas plays soccer and basketball here everyone is kind and forthcoming with any info I may need!!

Positive experience: A very sociable place

Positive experience: Pool is not well kept

Fantastic experience: I really only use the pool currently but the entire staff is friendly and work hard to resolve any issues I’ve had. The lifeguArds are professional and caring about the folks swimming. I would encourage anyone to join and use these facilities.

Fantastic experience: I love the group exercise classes and child care provided for them. My daughter loves KidsFit, and we enjoy that the indoor pool is open year round.

Fantastic experience: I’ve been a member of this Ymca for over 18 yrs. Staff members are very friendly, making you feel like you are part of the family. Welcoming atmosphere is kept very neat & clean. Good variety of classes available to members. Posted by member, G. Davis

Fantastic experience: Into our 4th season, all have been great experiences. Skills and fundamentals taught, sportsmanship always encouraged and we appreciate the prayers before games.

Fantastic experience: I thoroughly enjoy going to the Y. It’s comfortable and has all the equipment that I need. Staff is friendly and helpful.

Fantastic experience: Very friendly and helpful staff. Many different classes from dancing to water arobics. Latest exercise equipment and a indoor running/ walking track. Affordable pricing with no yearly contract. Outdoor pool and an indoor heated pool with hot tub.

Fantastic experience: Love all the Ys but have found my new home here. The staff, particularly Lisa, are the best. Thanks!

Fantastic experience: great environment for getting in shape physically & mentally.

Fantastic experience: The US Masters team is amazing!!!! The coach is amazing also! If you can’t swim, he’ll have you challenging Michael Phelps in a year... you won’t win, but it’s still gonna be fun!!! We went from swimming 500 yards an hour to over a mile in less 4 months. Lots of fun!!!!

Fantastic experience: Pool is safe and facility is clean with friendly helpful staff! Great place for my family and to spend quality 58me together!

Fantastic experience: Great place to excersise and meet friends. If you need a trainer ask for Daniel he helps me tremendously.

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff, clean restrooms, many classes to choose from, ease of parking, and great instructors! You can also go to any of the Y locations with your membership.

Negative experience: I furious and very upset at the announcement that the indoor pool is being closed. That pool is the reason i pay dues to the YMCA. As a Senior, I could take advantage of FREE membership at several other health centers. In my opinion, the indoor pool at this branch is the nicest of all the Y's pools. There is no other like it. The YMCA, its board and administration should be ashamed as the fiscal mismanagement that caused this closure. Continuing to build new facilities instead of maintaining this superb pool is wrong in so many ways! I will drop my membership.

Positive experience: It was very good but the councelers make children do plank and pushups as punishment

Positive experience: Close to home and has what I need for my workout. Good hours.

Fantastic experience: Very friendly staff and clean facilities

Positive experience: They're still remodeling. Steam room and the spa(hot tub)steam room and hot tub is not open.

Positive experience: 位置方便，有室外游泳池和儿童游泳池，室内篮球场很标准，网球场也不错

Positive experience: Let's to do

Positive experience: Great workout

Positive experience: Great group work outs with friendly folks.

Fantastic experience: Such a wonderful place to meet friends and get healthy together.

Fantastic experience: Great staff, friendly.

Positive experience: Easy parking and good basketball facilities.

Positive experience: Friendly and helpful staff, good hours of operation, variety of activities and reasonably well maintained considering the property is still recovering from the flood damage in 2106.

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff

Fantastic experience: This is a great place also the staff is friendly. The customers are really great and friendly.