The YMCA at Essentia Wellness Center

Fantastic experience: Love it here so far! These guys have been so good to me while recovering from back injuries. Thank you! Great facility, they've got everything. Best staff anywhere!

Positive experience: Very much so a clean , nice, well lit “wellness center”. Locker rooms are clean. Equipment is clean and always in working condition. If you’re a looking for a good “weightlifting” place… this certainly is not the place for you. Certainly has its perks over other gyms in the Duluth/Hermantown area

Fantastic experience: This is one of the nicest YMCAs I have been to. There is a lot of great equipment, nice fitness studios and a beautiful indoor pool along with a therapy pool, a hot tub and a small water park for kids. But the best part is the staff - they are incredibly nice and helpful. I really enjoy going there and love the classes!

Positive experience: For gym junkies/lifters: Clean, spacious environment but LIMITED free weight section and only one of each for machines/benches - so during busy times you will be waiting! The worst part is the amount of kids/teenagers that attend here that like to sit on their phones or fool around and hog equipment; some staff are okay with monitoring the kids but not very often. 4pm-6pm are usually very busy times. During the school year, there are less teenagers here, until school gets out then they come flocking in! Parking is no problem here vs the downtown branch.

Positive experience: **Gym review only** The good: Equipment is modern and installed correctly (good plates/barbells/racks). Bumpers for only lifters on platforms which you wont find many other places around here. Locker rooms clean. The bad: Gym needs more equipments. Any gym worth their salt needs atleast 3 squat racks and there are only 2 here. Racks will fill up and you will be waiting even off peak hours. Also only one bench and it's entirely too small (narrow bench / short distance from ground) this bench is not safe to use for man with a decent sized frame, and there is only one. Scale in the bathroom is an ancient rusty mechanical scale despite the gym being relatively new, and is not calibrated or properly maintained.