YMCA

The High Street Y may not be the newest, shiniest gym in Lexington, but it shouldn’t be discounted! The staff are helpful and friendly, there are always machines open, and for $ 30 a month it is definitely budget-​friendly. Great pilates and yoga classes for all levels of experience.

I have a city-​wide YMCA membership. I used to only visit the Beaumont location to do water aerobics with my friends, but recently I decided to check out the other two YMCA’s and have started to come here instead of Beaumont. This is an older location, and a lot less crowded than the Beaumont Y (but not as empty as Northside).
I usually run on the track, which is above the gym. You have to climb an old iron spiral staircase to get to the track and it isn’t air conditioned, so it is oftentimes empty (which is exactly what I am looking for). The track rattles in some spots, so that may bother some people. Also, if you have a fear of heights, I wouldn’t recommend using this track.
There are a good number of classes that you can attend at this Y. I have gone to the Zumba class and enjoyed it. One of my friends does pilates here and really likes it.
A big plus is that they have towel service at this location and not the others. I also want to note that at this Y people are a lot less shy about walking around without towels on than the other two!

Great place to work out. Ymca of central Kentucky is a great organization!

Love working out here. The upstairs weight room is GREAT! If you cannot stand the crowds and lights of places like golds and urban active than this place is for you. I can only wish for a new leg press machine. This is the only piece left out of the puzzle. The current one will bow your back with too much weight on it.
The staff was able to work with me on an extremely competitive monthly rate. I cant get over how nice the equipment is compared to the price of a membership.
There are some strange people that come here though… I cant stand it when old dudes walk around the locker room in the nude for prolonged periods of time. Its just creepy

The High Street YMCA (right in the middle of Downtown) is a fantastic gym. So it may not have all the fancy schmancy, brand spanking new equipment of Urban Active or Golds Gym or whatever, but I’ll tell you, it also doesn’t have the ego, and the hair gel and the grunting, and posturing that usually goes hand in hand with those places.
The membership rates here are excellent, and it’s never terribly crowded. The worst times are basically morning and evening rush hours before everybody goes to work and right after they get off, but even then, there are machines available, racquet ball courts open, and at least one lap lane in the pool. And best of all, this place has free towel service. I prefer this Y to the Beaumont Center location hands down!