White Bear Area YMCA

Fantastic experience: I'm surprised at the negative reviews! I have had nothing but a great experience at the White Bear Area YMCA. All the staff has always been super friendly and helpful. Not to mention the facilitiy is very clean and always looks excellent. You shouldn't run away from this place just because of some reviews. Check it out for yourself first! I love it.

Fantastic experience: Love love love the White Bear Lake YMCA! The trainers are so friendly and helpful. The front desk staff take the time to greet the members when entering and wish them well when they leave. I took my daughter with some of my guest passes. She enjoys the machines and weights so much that she is now a member too. Thank you!

Fantastic experience: Great staff! Very helpful to individual needs!

Fantastic experience: Best place to exercise for the whole family we love this Y specially thank you for all you do for the community young and old.

Fantastic experience: Very good option in WBL area. Nancy Drake and Laura provided excellent customer service I've experienced in recent times. I'm glad that the service they provided helped me to register my kids in swim lessons on time. Really appreciate your help Nancy and Laura! Thanks Karl and Peter for wonderful parent child swim lessons. Special mention to Sarah and crew for well maintained Swimming facility.

Fantastic experience: I was struggling getting answers about my insurance reimbursement from Maplewood and eastside and Laura at the front desk went above and beyond to get answers for me. She even helped me with submitting an application for financial hardship due to losing my job. I am so appreciative and am hopeful that my family and I can continue a membership here. I love the classes, instructors and child care here too!

Fantastic experience: The staff at this facility are all exceedingly friendly, professional and kind. The facility is always extremely clean. During Covid, I can honestly say that this facility has the best cleaning standards and safety protocols out of any YMCA or any facility open to public. As an outdoor ultramarathon runner, I can say it’s the cleanest facility in the metropolitan area. Staff and customer service are quick to assist with any issues.Thank you.

Fantastic experience: Staff is very friendly and helpful. Glad I'm a member.

Fantastic experience: I love this location. I take a lot of classes and the instructors are great. The folks at the front desk are very nice and always to help. WBL is my favorite location.

Fantastic experience: Positive: Communication , Professionalism , Quality The staff is super friendly and helpful. The Y is very clean along with the equipment. The pool is great for all ages.

Fantastic experience: My granddaughter has been swimming at the Y since she was a baby. The instructors are very knowledgeable and make swim classes fun and they do an excellent job of teaching skills. I like the Forever Well exercise classes. The instructors emphasize that everyone has different levels of fitness and movement and effort is the key to maintain and increasing as well as maintaining fitness levels .

Fantastic experience: Great area, great distance to bike too, and even though their isn't a Hot Tub like in the Forest Lake one, still a great place to work out.

Fantastic experience: My grandson takes swimming lessons at the WBL YMCA. The instructor is so good with him!

Positive experience: This YMCA is great! The only thing I don't like about it is the gym floor. The gym floor is old and slippery and could be dangerous if you are running and you slip and fall. All the other YMCA's have gotten a new gym floor and I think you all should consider getting a new gym floor too.

Fantastic experience: My son had a great time at flag football camp held at White Bear lake Y. Staff was friendly lead by professional sports staff with additional youth assisting the kids in each group which provided a great staff/student ratio inorder for child to learn understand new skills with a personal They offered extended hours if needed. Very well put together, safe and organized with daily schedules with veriety of activities throughout day to keep them active an unintentionally unaware learning, building skills that will be used throughout their life! Decided to sign my son up up for Golf camp offered thru Y next month. Highly recommend to keep your child off the devices moving around outdoors during summer.

Fantastic experience: So impressed with the customer service! Becky at the front desk is AMAZING! She is friendly, efficient and welcoming. She went above and beyond for me today by registering my son and a group of his friends for the YMCA teen summer membership program. Becky is a shining example of the type of person a business ought to have representing them. A++!!!

Fantastic experience: White Bear Y is a wonderful, down to earth, friendly Y that is welcoming for everyone. It's so conveniently located, right off 694, so it's easy to access even from neighboring communities in the NE Metro area. In my opinion, all the staff work very hard to make this Y work. Sometimes I feel guilty (but not really) because, as a Senior, my membership is free for me through BCBS insurance. I would definitely pay the membership price if I didn't have this great benefit!

Fantastic experience: I love the Y in White Bear Lake. It offers a lot of classes, the staff is very nice, considerate, and professional. They are always willing to help and answer my questions. I have had Beth Taverna as a trainer for several years. She is very knowledgeable and listens to your concerns or ideas. She gives excellent feedback and offers valuable suggestions. I do recommend the White Bear Y to my friends.

Fantastic experience: Very nice clean facility. Friendly customer service. This YMCA has an extremely large pool that my son loves going to.

Fantastic experience: The Silver Sneakers classes are Awedome.Instructors challenge us and make us believe we can still move it!

Fantastic experience: Amazing staff, extremely clean, great customer experience. I'd give it more than 5 stars if I could.

Fantastic experience: This YMCA is my favorite!! With awesome staff, an amazing pool area, and even better workout floor, this place is worth the five stars for sure!!

Fantastic experience: Super friendly staff, clean facilities, and never very crowded equals a win for me. I’ve been a member for about 5 years. The weight/exercise equipment is everything I need. The indoor and outdoor pools are great for the kids. Both of my daughters have also done swimming lessons and sports here, too. A+

Fantastic experience: Went as a guest. Very nice facility. I really loved the sauna and pool. Showers were very hot and friendly. I forgot to bring soap and shampoo and a kind man shared with me. I will be looking into this Andover Y.

Fantastic experience: My husband and I go to the WBL YMCA at least once a week. He uses the equipment, like treadmill and weights, while I take a yoga or pilates class. Afterward, we meet in the pool followed by the sauna. The facility is very clean, the staff is friendly, and parking is free. So impressed by the variety of classes offered, and the quality of the instructors. Top notch place to exercise, learn how to swim, do yoga, weight training, etc.

Fantastic experience: I’m 78 and have been going to Gentle Yoga for years! I love it...Heather is a perfect instructor. She explains the what and why of all the moves, she’s personable, friendly and so darn nice!

Fantastic experience: I love this ymca. It's by far the best gym I've ever been to. The staff are incredibly friendly - after going fairly regularly for a couple months, multiple employees recognized me and knew my name. The gym equipment is always very clean and rarely crowded. The pool usually has plenty of open lap lanes if you don't go during swim team practice (2:30-5:30 weekdays). There are also tons of classes offered for free and various types of courts which they will loan you the necessary equipment for free.

Fantastic experience: BEST YMCA in the area. Great crew always keeps the place clean, safe, and secure. Huge pool area very well monitored. Weight room facilities are spaceous.

Fantastic experience: Large selection of workout areas, latest aerobic machines. Free weights, 2 large pools.

Fantastic experience: Very friendly staff, clean facility, and nice outdoor swimming for kids.

Fantastic experience: Get a membership and take the kiddos to swim. You wont regret it for a second. They have watching your kids while you workout included in the membership. It's great to spend time with your family and it's also awesome all the massive amounts of different classes you can go to...included with your membership. People are super super nice and you NEVER get that feeling of people are "watching you work out" feeling. A+ to the facilities, employees and the great equipment they have. A+++

Fantastic experience: Great place to work out for adults, has daycare for kids even has a really nice gym and swimming pool, has excellent out door pool and mini water park with water slides lockers and much more.

Fantastic experience: One of my favorite place, calm to get in and out of. Busy, but in a "I am not alone sense not a there are no machine sense". I fully trust the worker in the kids club which is a huge plus.

Fantastic experience: Rosie is an awesome Oula instructor. I'll definitely be back for her new Monday night class!

Fantastic experience: Awesome staff and well maintained. I always feel comfortable going there to exercise, and there is always a spot available at the times I go.

Fantastic experience: Very friendly staff, well-equipped gym, a large variety of classes with enthusiastic instructors, and a family-friendly, non-judgmental atmosphere. Great place

Fantastic experience: Great workout area. Kind team but the vending machine had it out for me and denied me my cliff bar :(

Fantastic experience: Never too buisy. Employees are kind and always ready to help. Great equiptment. No intimidating monsters.

Fantastic experience: Really like this YMCA A+ in pools splash pad wade pool Diving board pool And more Water slide is like 3to4 stories high Plus the equipment room Daycare programs

Fantastic experience: I take part in group exercise classes 3 to 5 times per week. So good that I'll get up early to be there.

Fantastic experience: Great place to workout with great child care. Wonderful outdoor kid's pool

Fantastic experience: This a great Y location. They have a huge pool and decent size workout room.

Fantastic experience: My family is extremely pleased with our neighborhood YMCA. Great amenities. knowledgeable staff. We go weekly.

Fantastic experience: One of the nicer Y locations, especially if you like child free lap swim.

Fantastic experience: There needs to be a way of providing six stars. Okay. This, so far, is hands down, no competition, the best YMCA I have ever been to in all my travels. They have thought of everything, small to big to make it as perfect as it could be. They have permanent speakers in the natatorium ceiling playing music. There is also a shower in the natatorium itself, making it so easy to use before and after bathing. There are three pools, one with a.... Wait for it.... DEEP END AND FULLY ADJUSTABLE DIVING BOARDS! They have a seasonal outdoor water park. The locker room showers provide for private or military style layouts. There is raquetball. Two courts, always booked. There are hand painted Y murals and art everywhere. The spin bikes are the best I've ever seen, even better than the Keisers I reviewed earlier. The wellness center had incredibly clean and well maintained equipment and a staff that gave personal attention. Most of all, though, what I noticed was an energy, an ownership, and a pride among all the staff that filled the place with comfort and expectation. Almost worth moving to White Bear for.

Fantastic experience: I love this YMCA, ample facilities, spacious, friendly staff, friendly and considerate members, four step Mills, amazing aquatic center! Complimentary sweat towels.

Fantastic experience: This YMCA is great. They have all the amenities that you would expect from a Y. The staff is great, especially the kids stuff staff. They were great working with me and my son who has a healthy dose of stranger danger so that I could eventually get some alone time to work out or even just sit and drink coffee. A godsend for this stay at home dad.

Fantastic experience: Great workout classes, friendly staff and a great place to bring the family to the pool.

Fantastic experience: The indoor pool is one of the nicest around. There is a sauna but no hot tub.

Fantastic experience: The child care staff is amazing here! Barb is one of the nicest people I have met and she knows all my kids by name as soon as she sees them. I feel very fortunate to be able to have our kids in such great hands while I go for a work out - thank you for doing such an amazing job!

Fantastic experience: Group fitness classes are great! Knowledgeable instructors who bring great energy. Body pump instructors are especially awesome. Love going to those classes and my kids enjoy the drop in child care. My youngest enjoys it and feels safe which is wonderful because she is typically very shy and hesitant of new people. Excellent place all around!