YMCA – Eagan

I enjoy this YMCA for a few certain reasons, a lovely track on the second floor, a (generally) clean feeling, and a friendly staff who have been very helpful, and it isn’t overrun with Children.
However, the Eagan YMCA has some ‘splanin’ to do! There are little things that knock it dowm from being a 4 or 5 star gym to a three star. Since starting at the Eagan location, I’ve begun to notice certain tiny things that are a nuisance at first, but after going for a few months makes me just want to scream (which I am politely doing via a Unilocal review). As I said generally clean above, I’ll point out the locker room’s towel dispenser hasn’t worked since I started frequenting this location so random rolls of towels are just left out, which is kinda nasty. I cant imagine its expensive to fix those things (even the downtown Y has those working!)
Also, the treadmills are really nice as far as the programs and capabilities (I watch the Packers there when they aren’t on locally) there are problems with logging into your Y account.
I think its a good gym, but the way they don’t take care of little details drives me a little nuts.

This is an excellent and — with a few minor exceptions — well kept Y. It’s huge. I take my son to the pool each Sunday to enjoy the water slide while I go for my run.
The life guards are attentive and really great to deal with. One, a math major who wants to teach someday, asks the kids some math questions before they go down the slide. Nothing required, but I absolutely love that he does it. Another, I call «Little Napoleon». He is *quite* attentive and I’m sure he is fodder for minor rebellions from the young swimmers behind his back.
There are a few treadmills that have shorts in the headphones that I find quite annoying and they have been working on the hot water in the showers for a few months now with no improvement short of more signs informing us that they are working on it.
All in all, I really like this Y. It’s big, the staff is friendly, there are a lot of classes, daycare, and the faults are few.

This is a nice facility that is well maintained with an excellent staff. They were more than happy to whip out the bolt cutters when I accidentally locked the padlock key inside the locker on my second day of using the facility. (and it was there lock too… ooops).
They have a nice clean locker room and great cardio equipment. There is a large swimming pool, indoor track and basketball courts but I pretty much just use the cardio equipment. The treadmills have TVs on them so I can watch the morning news during my workout.