YMCA Somerville Health and Aquatic Centre

Really friendly staff and fun atmosphere. Love the Group Fitness.
They are always working on something more to offer their members, which is really nice!
All staff make an effort to get to know you, and welcome you every time you come in.

I am Currently attending doing a 30 day trail and as someone who has never been to a gym and only gone to a few different boot camps I am pleased to say 4 days in and I've gone every day for at least an hour and loving it! The staff have been very friendly and happy with excellent customer service! It feels clean & fresh in there and it set up great!! Today I had a consultation to be measured (not weighed!! :)) and had a program designed for what I was wanting to achieve - the questions asked were so positive which was refreshing and not what I was expecting :) I am keen to continue & perhaps look into joining up and I cannot wait to attend some of their classes :)

It makes me sad to put a bad review on True Local, but my experience at YMCA was definitely not a good one. When I joined originally, I spent 2 minutes being weighted and measured to get a program written out for me to use in the gym. I specifically told the staff I had no interest in weights and would like to only work on my cardio levels for now. When given my program it was all weights and no cardio. at the weight levels where way too heavy, as I am quiet small and would have been very obvious to anyone. I didn't enjoy YMCA and never liked the classes and didn't feel comfortable. I decided to wait out the 12 month term because I didn't want to pay the cancellation fee. When I was sure it had ended, I called to make sure my membership was cancelled. They said yes. Well, over a year and a half later I had money still coming out fortnightly and it has only now been resolved after speaking to highly rude employees of YMCA. I was not offered my money back ...read more

My son goes to swimming lessons at SHAC. The staff are excelnt and the swimming program is very well organised. I am a member of the gym. The fascilities are great but it is not a full sized gym like you would find in Melbourne. Staff are friendly and knowledgable.