Culver-Palms YMCA

First, the staff is lovely. The facility is meh and the women’s locker room is really awful. The locker room is always wet everywhere. The only way to enter and exit is through the pool area. The showers are nasty and the locker room itself is crumbling, dark, dank and old.

The staff and what the Y represents make this place incredible, but I do have to dock stars for the facility. Through no fault of their own, the space was repurposed or just built a long time ago and doesn’t properly suit the needs of the growing Culver-​Palms community. The rooms are small, space tight and limited, ceilings hang quite low.
This is not to say that you can’t have a great experience or get a full workout in… I’m able to get most of the exercises I need done. But, if there were a larger space to accommodate more equipment, it’d easily be a 4 or 5-​star.
There’s usually always parking during the day. The pool is nice.
tl;dr Great staff, space is cramped, decent pool, enough equipment to get what you need.

Kinda shocked at the negative reviews. I belong (or belonged) to 24 Hour Fitness and other gyms (anyone remember Bally’s?), but most of my time is spent here.
The facility is older, but an effort is made to keep the equipment up to date and working. The locker facilities are serviceable, but (at least the men’s) are a bit dated. The indoor pool is especially welcome during the winter months.
But the best feature of this location is the staff. Not only are they friendly, they know what they’re doing. Tina Groff, the Healthy Lifestyles director, has put together a fitness class schedule which would be amazing for a facility twice the size of Culver Palms, taught by qualified (and certified) instructors who kick my butt in a good way. The Group Power class is especially grueling, but well worthwhile, while Boot Camp, Kickboxing, and Spin (indoor cycling) are as good (or better) as classes at far more expensive gyms. Mario Joval, the program director, keeps the place humming along.
The Culver Palms Y staff has created a friendly, family-​oriented location helping encourage my family to keep fit.

My 6 year old recently participated in the basketball league, and it was an overall good experience. Practices are on a weekday once a week around 6pm. The practice was held at the culver city ymca and it was outdoors in their court. This is not ideal but it wasn’t busy, so we were able to get to practice early and stay late for extra practice. Games are Saturdays and for age 6−7y/o, it was either 11am or noon at culver city middle school. There’s a real referee (and he’s really great!) but he is not always on time. Lamondo is the director of the basketball program, and he does an overall good job. The coaches are volunteer coaches/​parents, and they were pretty good.

This is a review on wet tots, childcare and cancellation.
Wet tots class: you can’t hear anything because the echoing, there isn’t much beyond just singing together which you can’t really hear the words of the songs. Even overheard the staff member saying «they’re not listening» to another staff. Sounds like the older classes are better but if you’re going for wet tots it is lacking.
Childcare: I’ve worked in childcare when I was a teen and in college. We made every effort to help the baby stop crying when they first come in but not so much here. I haven’t had an opportunity to get in my own workouts because they always bring the baby back out to me within a few minutes. Also there isn’t childcare during significant portions of the day.
Cancellation: it’s quite a lame policy to have to cancel over 15 days in advance. I went in to cancel my membership a few days ahead of the next billing cycle and now I have to pay for an additional month because it wasn’t 15 days prior.
What a waste of money. The westchester location is significantly better.

I love this place! My daughter goes to the daycare here and I love the teachers and the director. She also goes to the YMCA for dance classes and everyone there is amazing as well.

Discriminated against and then laughed at by staff. When reported to manager he also said discriminated remarks. Pool area is humid and water cold. Danger is close due to the lack of maintenance at this facility. Recommend that you go to LA fitness better facilities and friendly staff just up the street and their pool is air conditioned and warm with no dangerous maintenance issues. My life is very important and after 1 visit I will never belong to the YMCA.

This review is for swim lessons only. My 4 year old started lessons there this year, and was beyond scared to swim (think crying and running away from the pool). The instructors went 1 on 1 with him (and sometimes 2 on 1!), and were so patient — it was amazing. Truly a great group teaching the kids there — we’ll sign up again this summer.

Very basic but meets my needs. Always enjoy the group classes and the trainers are always ready to help in the fitness center. Love Group Power with Torrie & Zumba with Rachel! Toni teaches a crazy good high level Zumba class on Tuesdays too.
Not crazy about their childcare room though… so I do not recommend taking your kids, especially little ones.

Brandon makes this gym a ⁵⁄₅. Guy is the absolute best.

This YMCA may be a bit small and older but the staff is amazing and they have put a lot of money into maintenance and updates.
I was a member of this YMCA for about half a year. When i had some health issues come up that limited my mobility they worked with me so I could access the pool.
The equipment they have is really nice and they have a suggestion box where yiu can request equipment, classes or even changes to their schedule. They now stay open later due to member suggestions.
The staff here always made me feel welcome and if I had not had to move I would still be a member.

I have been coming here for years! I love it, the staff are friendly and the pool is
kept very clean. I also like that it is warm enough for me when I wake up early
and swim

While I would agree that this place is rather small it has all the essential things to get a good workout in! I prefer the cardio machines in the back however there is also a small weight room that one can use to get in a good amount of strength training in. I know that a lot of people come here for the swimming and the swimming exercise classes they look like a lot of fun to be in.
I would also like to mention that the staff working at this place is also really friendly and professional I have noticed that you can sign up for one-​on-​one sessions to be spotted or perhaps if you need some motivation to workout. I haven’t been coming here long but I know that there is a range of classes available such as yoga which are on Mondays at 7 p.m. I believe. For the monthly due this place is awesome!

We’ve had a family membership for about a year but my daughter just started taking swim lessons here and is so far having a great time. Their Fitlinx system (the computers hooked up to their machines) is fantastic and all of their machines in the fitness room are new. The staff is also the warmest and friendliest I have ever seen — I honestly don’t think I’ve met a single rude person working here. This is a great, affordable place to work out if you’re in the neighborhood and don’t like dealing with meat market/​fashion show-​type gyms. The only gripe I have is that the free weights room is very small and doesn’t have a lot of equipment, but other than that, it’s a great place for families.

I take my son here for swimming lessons. The staff is great. My only complaint is that the waiting room is a bit small.

I’ve been a member here for a few years now and I generally love this place. The people are all friendly and it feels like home away from home. The one thing I would change, however, is the hours on Sundays. The facility opens at 11am. The zumba class I love starts at 11:15 and ends at 12:15. This cuts right into the middle of the day and makes it difficult to do other things like brunch with friends, etc. By the time I get home and showered it’s already 1pm. I typically have to pick between the gym on sunday or other things. It would be nice to be able to do both. :-) If they could open at 10 even, that would be better than 11am.

The machines are tailored to your individual progress/​needs, ample machines for everyone to use, friendliest and most helpful staff, and great classes!

While the Culver-​Palms Y may not be the fanciest of gyms, we are big fans. We also take our child there for swim class, and he really enjoys it. The Y has a great community connection, and we are proud to support it.

This place is great. My main focus here is strength training and cardio, and all my needs are met in these departments. There are plenty of options to choose from to help my workout routine be different every time.
On top of the weights and machines, I occasionally take advantage of the many fitness groups and swimming sessions they offer. For a gym, this place has everything I need!
Desmond and Brandon are amazing, too.

Short and to the point…
Haven’t tried the gym but looks good.
$ 61./mo. family membership.
Front staff isn’t very good.
Kids swimming… Good maybe not great! My daughter is 4 and learning, she loves Alma and is progressing. Warm showers and overall clean. Indoor pool and parents can watch comfortably from lobby with tables and chairs. The lobby does get hot and crowded, get there early to get a seat.
Kids Ballet… Not great! It’s a good activity class but not learning much skill. Again my daughter is 4. The teacher has a hard time controlling the kids at times and the program is always the same with the same music and routine. Parent viewing is outside and in the sun. I previously had her in Creative Station which I liked a lot but got pretty expensive for a ³⁄₄ year old. I took her out of Ballet for now, I think we may try a different location because you can’t beat the price!