Downtown Family YMCA

One of the best YMCAs I’ve ever visited! The Downtown Chattanooga YMCA truly has something for everyone—plenty of group fitness and wellness classes, excellent childcare services, a beautiful indoor pool, racquetball and basketball courts, and spacious multi-level fitness areas with high-quality equipment. Whether you’re a parent, a senior, a student, or just someone looking to stay active and healthy, this facility offers a welcoming, inclusive environment for all ages and fitness levels. Everything is clean, well-maintained, and thoughtfully designed. I travel often for work and use my nationwide YMCA membership to explore different locations—this one easily ranks in my top 5. I’ll definitely be back when I return for the Smoky Mountain Volleyball Series. Highly recommend it for locals and visitors alike!

Great downtown location that is under going some great renovations. Friendly staff and great child care makes it a great place for families but all of the awesome cardio, strength training, and group fitness options means it has something for everyone. I especially love all the new Life Fitness and Hammer Strength they have there. There are more options coming soon too. Great facility!

This place has been newly remodeled and it seems to be a perfectly fine place to work out.YMCA is pretty affordable and typically has great child watch as long as you call to make sure you know what hours they are actually open. Two big pools let you get your swim on for sure, an indoor track down stairs is nice also. Plenty of free weights and treadmills to boot. They do have a couple racquetball rooms left. They actually have a nice indoor basketball court here also, but don’t think you’ll be playing basketball, they seem to shut that thing down most of the day for the newly believed pickleball.

Julia is the best ever in customer management!!! She was out here in the pouring rain with us when my husband accidentally dropped our keys in the parking lot sewer drain. She literally was taping things together and on the ground to reach them so we’d be able to get home! 5 ⭐️ customer service I also enjoy the lap pool and some of the new treadmills that have come in. Constantly bringing in new equipment like a hack squat machine!

I’m so glad I actually went in to look around because I was really impressed with the amount of equipment available for resistance training. Not to mention a plethora of cardio machines. The only reason I am not giving the Y the fifth star is because of the steam room. It was working on my tour but by the first day I went in to workout it was out of service. Hopefully it’ll be up and running soon. The sauna is a good substitute for the interim. Had to upgrade to 5 stars. I’ve been going here almost a year now. The Y has really been an environment that makes me feel happier just being there. Whether I’m having a great workout, relaxing in the sauna or steam room or just writing in one of their sitting areas. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️