Madison Area YMCA

The Y in Madison is very welcoming and friendly. There are multiple gyms and a wide selection of workout machines. I personally like the E-gym because all your machine settings are stored and you don’t have to remember them. Or you can use the excellent personal trainers on staff who will remember your settings for you. Ha! There are also two pools and dozens of swim classes including learn to swim, lifeguarding and pool fitness classes. Plenty of other gym classes too and I like the yoga and spin classes. They have so many other classes the list is too long to write down here so check it out. If you’re into team sports, they have pickle ball and basket ball on 2 full basketball courts. In summary, I think it’s great value considering all the options to get fit.

Although easy to use, there is no way for users to see all the classes they booked at a glance. Also, if you double booked two classes at the same time for example, or waitlisted on one, it needs to give you a clear message why instead of just saying “Booking not allowed”. I tried putting a class in Favorites but it doesn’t seem to work. It just keeps asking me for the location. Not a well designed app IMO.

This has everything you could possibly want. Classes that you can search by date, activity, or instructor. An easy sign up and for class descriptions. Even my 90-year-old mother uses it, never asking me to help her. It’s very convenient.