Reviews of Sylvan Adams YM-YWHA (Gym)

Stone Lewis

Amazing place got to meet some amazing people and awesome coaching for all sports 10/10

Daniel Dery

Great environment with friendly staff.

Tara Babando

A nice community fitness centre. The staff is nice, and the executive locker rooms are well maintained. It has friendly and laid back vibe to the centre, and their personal trainers are A+. The only major downfall is that the air in the pool area is TOXIC! The pool was originally built for salt water treatment. Since then the administration has switched to Chlorine, which would be fine if it had the proper HVAC (ventilation) system in place. Instead swimmers are treated to a haze of noxious chlorine fumes. After a month of swimming there I began to develop breathing problems - so I had to cancel my membership. Based on the long-term effects of exposure to chlorine fumes (CANCER and ASTHMA), I recommend going to the "Centre Sportif du Parc Olympique" (Salt Water), or finding a pool with a better ventilation system.

Moshe Peres

Amazing gym!!

Fanny Thiffault

(Translated) Completely new. Center of very varied physical activities. All kinds of new trends in group classes. WOW. For everyone. (Original) Entièrement neuf. Centre d'activités physiques très variées. Toutes sortes de nouvelles tendances dans les cours de groupe. WOW. Pour tous.

adam rulli

Clean courts, 20$ for a day pass. Locker rooms are kept clean.

Yuotube

When I first started I was greeted by 2 rude girls at the front desk, they were unhelpful and disrespectful to me and my parents. But now, there is a very nice guy at the front desk and he is very helpful and nice. There is equipment that target all most of the mucles but there isn’t a lot of space. The price is very good for what you are getting. And if you’re 13 you pay 18,50 a month.

Georgette Bensimon

Great place to work out. Wonderful choice of classes or apparatus if u lije to work out on ur own.

Mael Houck

Great gym! The staff is friendly and knowledgeable.

Ronnie Peretz

Great place to do workout and play basketball, The only down side is if you only want to use the gym for basketball you have to buy the full membership which is too expensive.

Berly

I do not recommend their CPE/daycare, especially for teachers. They have an outside management that makes decisions without consulting the employees. When I worked there, the director mysteriously disappeared and we were not given a reason. Children have to nap for 2 hours even if they are not tired. But they do have an enclosed outdoor playground. (Might be polluted with all the construction)

Abrar Hoss

Clean, well kept, spacious facility. The staff is very friendly and helpful. Usually not a lot of people so helps to get the workout done smoothly without much wait.

Robert Dee

Great place. Great classes, great programs for all.

Jeremy Arnie

I tried once the Sylvan Adams YM-YWHA, especially the Ben Weider Gym and the pool, and I would say that the gym is big, well equipped, peaceful and clean. Then, both the cloakroom and the showers are neat. In addition, there is free shampoo, shower gel, and hair dryer. Finally, the pool is quite big and deep and the water was very hot, so it was nice to swim there. Despite this, the cons are that at the entrance all backpacks and bags are checked and I did not like that, some staff members are not really competent, and finally, the majority of the gym's guests were older than me, it was not Jurassic Park but almost, and that was not very motivating.

M S

Nice place to workout,I wish guys you dropped the prices a little bit to be reasonable for everyone .

Marry S

Nice!

toto 2809

Good basket there

Ziad Nawfal

Thanks

Isaac Hassoun

A little pricey, but there's everything

Laura Barugel

Love it!

Mitch Schwartz

Tribe fit is the best workout ever

Martin Georgiev

Expensive, old machines, even if some renovations were done recently I do not recommend this place. Staff is friendly though!

jonathan p-a

Excellent place to do many activities and sports for all ages, they are going through renovation, I cannot wait to see when it's complete. You can go swimming here, fitness center for work outs, cycling , open gym for basketball etc... ym-ywha is a real gym great for everyone at reasonable price

Ota Sarai Haku Narata

Good, clean and productive.

Robert Presser

The new men's and ladies health clubs are fabulous! If you are looking for a quality experience, come check them out.

Gerwell Baguso

Facilities are nice. Definately did not regret signing up.

Jorge Flores

(Translated) Many activities for children (Original) Muchas actividades para ninos

Sofia VP

Very good pool!

Mordechai Beck

Great facilities. Sauna and steam rooms next to large pool, good gym, food food options, great expanse.

Kevin Ye

Awesome local gym. The only downside is that it's not always open, and closed early on Fridays.

Nanci B.

Tons of classes of all different kinds. Definitely something for everyone.Renovated and spacious

Liisa Shafer

I have been coming here for years and I love this place!

Ellen Beverley Pascal

Mostly positive experience once you find the correct entrance to the building.

Elena Mvt

Cool gym. Clean. Equipment gets updated. Lots of classescan be attended with your membership at no extra charge. Open long hours. The workout room should be expanded

oum séyé

very expensive gym almost 50$ per month

Elana Fogel

Great gym, great classes especially spinning classes with Stages bikes. Indoor parking is a real bonus!

Mariana Gallardo

Excellent facilities with great and friendly staff

Steven Kaminsky

great gym

sydney pfeiffer

Seems to be a bit disorganized. But it's the first day back so it seems the staff were a bit overwhelmed. Looks great.

B M.C.

Very good community center. You do not have to be Jewish to join despite being the "Jewish community centre" From what I understand their wrestling program is very good and they seem to be a popular choice for seniors looking for a place to exercise

zheng jason

(Translated) Too hard to park (Original) 太难停车

Rami Negev

Quality Jewish community centre good for the whole family and open to other nationalities. Fitness facilities are top notch. Daycare services are very good to.

Adam Kleen

I like it there

Shahlla Karmali

I signed up at this Y because I recently moved to Montreal and this was the most conveniently located gym for me. Though their facilities seem fine, I've experienced nothing but problems with the staff so far, save for one or two. The staff at service desks have been completely useless on multiple occasions, continuing to talk amongst themselves when I've approached them for help. Today, I tried to use their pool for the first time, not realizing that there are times when men's and women's swim are separated (this in itself seems problematic, but that's an issue for another time). The women's entrance to the pool was locked, so I approached the FOUR staff members at the desk to ask why. When I approached the staff, they barely acknowledged my presence. Once they finally revealed to me that it was a men's swim time, they didn't bother to explain the way the schedule distinguished between men's and women's swim. They just went back to themselves without even bothering to apologize for the inconvenience. Once got their attention yet again, I asked them if someone could notify my boyfriend, who was already in the pool. They all looked at each other and made excuses as to why they couldn't do it. One of them finally attempted to call the pool, while continuing to make as little eye contact with me as possible, and couldn't reach anyone. My boyfriend eventually exited the locker room, wondering where I had been, so we packed up and left. The staff could not even be bothered to wish us farewell. I am well aware that I could have been more observant when I checked the pool schedule beforehand and avoided this entire situation, but the way I was treated was completely unacceptable regardless. If you are looking to join a fitness centre that provides any kind of customer service, this is not the place for you. Do not expect anyone to go out of their way for you here or bother to help you out.

Yosef Ataev (Ariel)

A really good gym

BurntRubba

Great place to work out and relax

Saurabh Chamoli

One of the biggest letdown is the painfully slow and sluggish WIFI at the gym. C'mon guys, you can do better. How much does a high-speed Fiber Wifi cost you per month, $60,$70? They definitely need to do something about it, I have already complained about it multiple times but the situation remains the same. I love the swimming pool though as I don't need any WIFI while swimming. lol

David Go

Ok

Jerry Golick

Still a great place for community activities

Adam Chano

Beautiful renovations, great gym, friendly staff!

Daveyboy 330

Beautifully crafted facility, The cardio room is excellent and they have all types of different elliptical machines and treadmills and bikes. Wi-Fi it works excellent as well. However if you're only goal is to use the weight room you'll be disappointed. A lot of the machines are outdated and a lot of the adjustments on said machines are stuck in one position like the seats on the shoulder press for example will not raise up or down and cetera. If it was just one or two machines I would understand but many of them have adjustment issues so I'm not sure why they don't have some cheap mr.fix it come out with a toolbox and within an hour he would have all the adjustments fixed. It would make our workouts much more pleasurable.

Moorish

The equipment downstairs at the gym could use some cleaning more often.

Shanna Farina

Good gym and equipment, trainers are friendly and knowledgeable!

Mukesh Sachdev

Nice place to exercise and swim

Aidan Marcelissen

The gym here is amazing, equipped with almost every machine you can think of and plenty of space. Reception is very efficient, and security is great. I thoroughly enjoy going here every now and then.

Agi Bold

Used to train at this gym during my teen years, best place to develop yourself. Wide range of activities, equipments and friendly staff.. Just wanna say thank you to the Jewish community for making it possible for many young people. It was very affordable during those times. (2010-2012)

Sylvie Lallouz

The best of the best!

Erin Godfrey

Best Zumba classes in the city!!!! Not to mention many other amazing group fitness classes to choose from! Very friendly and helpful staff ready to help get you started with whatever fitness program you decide!

Stephane Silber

Beautifully reno'd.

Achyut P. Adhhikari

It is Jewish community development centre. It works for the whole Jewish society in Montréal. It basically receives donations from the different donors and the government too and spend money on socio-cultural and economic well-being for the Jewish people in Montréal.

Max Bohbot

Everything you need in one place!

Daniel Perel

Great facilities, nice staff, convenient hours, and parking lot is a huge plus.

Marc Perez

Very nice community Center. They have a really big indoor pool. The gym and basketball court can hold many games at the same time.

Oscar Guérin

Great fitness center ! Loved the fitness classes, the weight room is well equiped as well, haven't tried the swimming pool Generally the staff is very polite, except one guy who works there on tuesdays around 6pm : SO RUDE

Oussama Vld

(Translated) Nice property with a nice basketball court but the gym lacks machinery and maintenance (Original) Bel établissement avec un beau terrain de basket mais le gym manque de machines et d'entretien

Anne Marie

Excellent facilities and staff

Sold by Anna Jitomirski

They have a lot of activities for kids and adults at this location. There's also a gym and a pool.

Elias Nathaniel

Great community/sports center. Facilities being renovated.

Em Flegg

Ok But gym and cardio is tight and getting tired.... The guy who runs strength area is a real wash.

Matthew Kolovsky

The group classes were organized, high intensity, and provided me an outlet to form new friendships. The trainers were highly professional, giving me pointers on how to perform certain workouts to get the best benefit out of them. We performed several workouts which included bodybuilding techniques (gaining muscle mass), high-intensity cardiovascular activity, repeated movements, slow and steady movements with heavier weights, and finally, to cool down, some stretching and yoga. My overall experience with the group classes was positive.

Jeffrey “Juge” Gilman

Best gym - great facilities - always clean and the staff is plentiful and super friendly. The hours are also VERY convenient for early-birds or night-owls.

abhishek chaudhry

Very nice and good gym.. Lots of equipment.. Friendly staff.. Badminton and swimming pool.. And the best part it's friendly on pocket too.. I love my Y!!

tse khe

Absolutely incompetent management. The staff is extremely polite and the facility great ,but unfortunately the management team involved with membership are totally incompetent.

Mad Sam

Awesome place

Leonid Chukhovsky

Plenty of classes, clean facilities, something for anyone

Marguerite Szczygiel

(Translated) Great customer service and the courses are dynamic! (Original) Super service à la clientèle et les cours sont dynamiques!

Moshe Shak

I am aware that the Y has many different types of activities. However, in my brief late visit I was impressed how the young and the old are having a great time exercising... The young were playing basketball in the gym, while the dancers in the other hall kept on dancing with smiles on their faces. ....when I walk an hour a day I do not smile or enjoy it as I used to enjoy playing basketball.

marianella zavaleta

This is my favorite place to do exercises

Kevin Pierre

Montreal's premier fitness and recreation spot. Top notch group fitness classes and first class fitness instructors. State of the art cycling studio and cutting edge small group personal training to maximize your results. Friendly staff and homie facility.

Oceanic 84

A community gym/fitness centre that is not too overly crowded, or busy.

Pia von Westphalen

I've had nothing but a positive experience here. Been a member for a few weeks now and had a couple of personal training sessions as part of my initiation fee. Let me tell you -- it's worth it, it's fun, and they're really knowledgeable. The facilities are well maintained, the gym is HUGE, and the staff are really friendly and helpful. With access to so many amenities for an affordable price, it makes signing up here a no brainer. Highly recommend you check this place out if you're looking for a gym to go to. ????????

Marie Backer

(Translated) Good (Original) Bien

Hank Kevin Ravel Zouho

Nice

Andyl Ouabi

really clean but they should add more stuff in the gym

Patrick Augustin

Great facility, high quality equipment, friendly staff. No more headaches. Highly recommended.

Alicia Grobon

(Translated) I'm taking the Aqua baby class with my kids and I love it! Professors Victoria is amazing, the water is hot and the locker rooms and showers are always clean. (Original) Je prends le cours Aqua baby avec mes enfants et j’adore ça! La professeurs Victoria est incroyable, l’eau est à bonne température et les vestiaires et douches toujours propres.

Mike P

Pros: Less expensive than most gyms in the area Large pool Cons: Not kept very clean. Out of my 5 months working out there, I not once witnessed any cleaning by the staff. The gym is ONLY somewhat usable if you don't plan on working out between 4-8pm on weekdays. If you do, expect it to be over-packed with no weight equipment available for use.

Endless Waltz

(Translated) No shortcomings except expensive (Original) 除了贵没缺点

Flavio Romani

Great Community Centre with attentive personnel

John Tushan

Good gym. Terrible response time to inquiries. The staff responsible for answering e-mails are either very slow or do not care about our questions. I've written 3 e-mails so far to ask a few questions and they haven't responded yet. I don't suggest you communicate with them using e-mails. Perhaps in person? Good luck anyway with getting some answers.

George Korakakis

Terrible things get stolen from lockers all the time. The administration refuses to act I it.

normand girard

(Translated) The equipment is correct opening hours not accommodating (Original) L'equipement est correct les heures d'ouvertures pas accomodants

Patricia Jones

It is an excellent gym. A great range of group classes, a huge cardiologist room, a huge weight room. There is something for everybody. Swimming programs. Indoor track. Several large gymnasiums. This place has everything.

Jeremy Elbaz

Fantastic facility Very well kept regular locker room. The health clubs are newly renovated. Offers steam and sauna room. Private showers. Olympic size pool that is one of the cleanest in the city. The staff in incredibly helpful, friendly and very willing to offer pointers.

Vanessa Branco

Great gym, they have all the equipment and fitness classes for an awesome workout. Super nice changing rooms freshly renovated. Friendly and helpful staff.

Yonite Bohadana

I love to work out here. Running track, pool, classes, spinning, great staff. Locker rooms are brand new and kept very clean.

Liat Ben dov

I highly recommand Alison's pilates classes on Tuesday at 12:15 She is extremely professional and the classes are given well.

Alastair Hibberd

Great gym for a good price. Never too busy on the morning, still not bad in the evenings. Both the locker room and the gym are clean and organized.

Gitta Bixenspanner

I love the Y and the opportunity it affords me to exercise in many types of classes. BUT... PARKING is becoming impossible since the buildings started. It is frustrating to miss half the class because of lack of parking in the indoor lot as well as alternate parking restrictions. Wondering if there is something you can do about that. THanks

Dina Koja

It was Ok

Derek Vanburen

Best place to be

eugene

I love this gym - but now after the covid 19 closing, they have no possible date or information about when they may reopen even though I asked 2 different people. Government laws allow re- opening now and many gyms have done so. They are citing safety concerns. The fact that they are in the middle of a major renovation is probably a big issue which they don't want to mention. And NO - I am not interested in zoom classes of booking a class in the park which they keep suggesting.

Sam Haddad

Great place. Great swimming

Alexandre Benoit

Pros Reasonable price. The staff is very nice in general. The gym is fairly clean and they try to renovate it slowly. They have a few interesting courses and a few different platforms. Cons The equipment in the gym is a little bit limiting. The worst point is the schedule. They close too early on weekends (mainly on Friday where they are never open during evenings). Also, they have an insane amount of hollidays over the year where they are close.

Owen Hortop

This gym is well maintained and has good equipment. Security is tight because it's part of the community centre. Not the cheapest membership, but worth the money. There's never a wait for the cardio machines but there are only two barbell platforms and there can be a wait for those.

Lisa Aki Toyoda

Excellent and very clean facility with very friendly staffs. The ladies that cleans the locker rooms are so sweet and always smiling! Nothing can beat the indoor parking for winter time!!!

Young Han

I hope the personnel on the reception desk will be less impatient while Im calling. If they hang up that easily, I have to make a call them again.

Ndg Citizen

I am giving the YMHA 3 stars because of some of the nice reviews I’ve read from other members. I only signed up for the pool. There are many elderly people who use the pool and for this reason they heat it to 84 F (30 C). It’s on the warm side for the swimmers who use it. It’s not unusual for the temperature to go above 84. Lifeguards encourage elderly members to complain that the water isn’t warm enough. When you contact someone in regards to this, they dont return your phone call. Staff is generally friendly. Receptionists at the desk are allright but could be more service oriented. The organization seems more interested in signing people up than ensuring that they are satisfied. I will say that many members appear to be happy with the facilities and programs. The pool is used mostly for aquatics programs for older members, and lessons for kids. There may still be some regular swimmers early in the morning. Most of the swimmers I know would find it too warm.

Jonah Baumann

Newly renovated facilities are great.

Elliot Shuster

A pillar of the community, you will always feel welcome at the Y. Brush up on your Yiddish while doing some elliptical. Great activities for all ages.

Todd Mcarter

Great Gym Swimming Great Pool.

Carla Rabinovitch

It's all about team work. The "Y" is contagious when one person joins there are others who want to join. Like I said its contagious!!

jiangempire nika

Very unfriendly staff. I see the staff will yell to the folks if they don't leave the fitness center before the closing time. BTW, the hygiene condition is not very good. I just saw the pool was cleaned once. Not mention the dirty weighting facilities.

吴荟泽

(Translated) The front desk service was very poor, the management was not polite and did not respect the people who paid the money. Half of the field is close to 15 people (three baskets) and the other half is for the individual? ? ? ? Managers take our things directly? There is no respect for us at all? Not worth it, pay 20 knives at a time? (Original) 前台服务态度很差，管理人员没有礼貌，并不尊重交钱的人。一半场将近15个人（三个篮筐）另一个半场让个人？？？？管理者直接拿我们的东西？对我们完全没有尊重？不值得来，一次交20刀？

juntao shi

very bad daycare。

Richard Cyr

(Translated) Excellent in everything (Original) Excellent en tout

Daniel Reicher

The friendliest place to go to the gym and swimming pool.

M Time

Impressive variety. Clean and neat

André Péladeau

Nice staff and they re upgrading their equipment.

Genady Balik

Good sport facilitie

W G

The gym and facilities are nice, and the staff are friendly. However, they are closed every Friday afternoon and evening which is pretty inconvenient for someone who has a set workout schedule they need to follow. None of the staff I spoke to before signing a contract told me about this closure and I really think it's important enough to tell your members beforehand. It's to coincide with Shabbat I believe, but I think they should cater to all their members, even the non-Jewish ones. Frustrating to pay a membership somewhere you are restricted from working out during prime hours.

Jacob Fried

The mens dressing room had a beautiful make over, it's very nice add comfortable

squats blast

I enrolled my son 4.5 year old for swimming class. The coach looks uneasy, not active, no smile, no encouragement, no appreciation and most important not friendly nor helpful for a toddler. He is so uncomfortable and unsafe with her. He had only 2 class and next 2 class he cried a lot and after he never wants to go for swimming class. Seems like she has no experience coaching and not at all for kids. Very bad experience.

Melissa McDonald

Very nice gym, great facility, friendly staff, would recommend

Fadlo Haddad

Great Staff and newly renovated training facility. Makes the transition in and out of the facility safely with the pandemic going on.

vargha tebyaniyan

Incredible facility with friendly staff and good pricing

Mhanny Jr

Nice place for fitness!

Seoyoon Choi

Good programs for a variety sports and language courses. The facilities are also very good and all the staff is very kind.

ahmed khiri

A good place to workout there is everything you need in a gym and more

Igor Cabrera

(Translated) At the reception are not efficient, they lack information to give, not a great need to help you. I have been a customer for 5 years and there seemed to be no records of my activities, if you do not take note of your activities there he does not know that you did in your last course and what your next corresponding level would be . If you have any questions, they will give you a brochure. Even for the classes they offer, they did not seem to know the content of each level of course, for example for children's swimming races the levels are called starfish, shark, etc. but they knew the skills for each level. They will rather send you to speak directly with the teachers to better inform you (a waste of time). For piano lessons, the same thing, you must contact a phantasy teacher to agree with him for the schedule. The levels of the lessons for children that I have lived: Dance, swimming and piano are almost to pass the time our children. Teachers in general are not too gifted. You wonder why I am with them, simple, I live 3 blocks away. (Original) À la réception sont pas efficaces, ils manquent d'info à donner, pas un grand besoin de t'aider. Cela fait 5 ans que je suis client et il semblaient pas avoir des registres sur mes activités, si tu prends pas note de tes activités la-bas il sait pas que est que tu as fait dans ton dernière cours et quel serait ton prochain niveau correspondant. Si tu demandes un peux des questions il vont te donner une brochure. Même pour les classes qu'ils offrent il semblaient pas savoir le contenu de chaque niveau de cours, par exemple pour les courses de natation d'enfants les niveaux s’appellent étoile de mer, le requin, etc. mais ils savaient les habilités pour chaque niveau. Ils plutôt vont t'envoyer parler directement avec les profs pour mieux te renseigner (une perte du temps). Pour les cours de piano, la même chose, il faut contacter avec un prof phantasme pour se mettre d'accord avec lui pour l'horaire. Les niveaux des cours pour enfants que j'ai vécu: Dance, natation et piano sont presque pour passer les temps nos enfants. Les enseignants en général sont pas trop doués. Vous vous demandez pourquoi je suis avec eux, simple, j'habite à 3 rues.