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A Healthy Balance

A Healthy Balance

5.0(4 reviews)
3.5 mi

I don't write often but when I experience exceptional treatment I feel I should. A small gym that…read moreis big on creating a welcomed environment and gets results. Strength training is what I needed to complete my training for the Boston Marathon this year. With a well thought out plan and motivation from my semi private group I finished (and felt strong doing it!). Can't speak highly enough of Alicia's attention to an individualized workout plan.

I went to a healthy balance for a year. I lost about forty pounds. Not only is this a small gym…read morethat gives you a lot more one on one attention but You get an individual workout plan to suit the needs you are looking. Both staff and other gym members work together to help boost your motivation. There is not only trainer but they also have nutritionist you can see on there staff who work together to create a nutrition plan that goes along with the work out plans that are assigned. I never thought I could be a runner and three months into this gym I ran my first 5k. What surprised me the most was not that I finished the race but I had the stamina from beginning to end. The gym is very clean. The owner has members bring other shoes to use while in the studio so things you might have walked in outside don't get into the workout floor. I have been to other gyms before but unlike those I have never felt like a healthy balance was dirty or full of germs. They have Clorox wipes all over and your asked to clean the mats if you use them. If my current job wasn't an hour in the opposite direction I would defiantly go back to a healthy balance. I would highly recommend this gym to the person who wants to lose weight but has no idea where to start.

South Shore, Emilson Branch YMCA

South Shore, Emilson Branch YMCA

2.9(42 reviews)
3.2 mi

Weird vitriol from other reviews, and I'm confused as to why…read more "This gym is probably good for people with kids." Uh, yeah - free babysitting (up to 75 mins a day), and multiple family-based programs including activity nights, camps, and athletic class for the squirts. "Employees making sure you sign up for treadmills." I appreciate the 30 minute limit for high volume days, and the ability to sign up for a time block. Plus, their equipment is ultra-modern. I was doing sudoku, before running a simulated trail, and watching 20 clear channels of cable. Oh, and it's got Netflix! "Overly crowded!" Emilson charges $115 for a family membership - that's up to five people in a single household. They've got indoor and outdoor pools, a sauna and a steam room, a spin studio, basketball and volleyball drop-ins, free group exercise programs, FREE BABYSITTING, a decent snack bar, a friggin' Sky Trail (think a four-story vertical obstacle course on a track), and more. These sort of amenities make for a huge draw, and subsequently, peak hour crowds. "Someone was putting mascara on in the bathroom." What can I say? Saturdays get crazy for me. It's no Equinox in amenities or exclusivity, but it's near perfect for us.

If I could put a 0 rating, I would…read more I paid for a 2026 summer pass to use South Shore - YMCA Hanover's outdoor pool. After noticing parents did not use consistent types of flotation devices for their kids to swim and not seeing any posted placards showing what was or wasn't allowed, I brought a flotation device for my son. I held my son the entire time he was swimming. Despite, this I was told that the device was not allowed because it was an inflatable device and could be punctured, however I had seen other kids with similar flotation devices previously. On the next visit, I brought a hard foam progressive swim pack (a belt wearable back float designed to help young children to learn to swim independently) for my son. Still holding my son to teach him to swim, I was denied again and told a different answer, the device needed to be coast guard approved. In the hour I had been at the pool I, however, still hadn't noticed any placards mentioning this Coast Guard rule nor had I had seen any other floatation devices inspected prior to use. I believe South South YMCA Hanover was deliberately targeting me. Being consistently the only Asian among white families - I wonder if that was what started the ordeal. I asked them why a widely used hard dense foam progressive swim pack, used at even their South Shore YMCA swim classes, could not be used and they provided me the same response that differed from the first response. I had asked if their lifeguard rescue tubes were coast guard certified and they could not show me proof - only that they felt it was widely accepted for use. In fact, their pool didn't have any visible coast guard approved lifesaving apparatus, a huge safety and insurance concern. Based on my experience with Aquatics Director Paul Kelly, I believe he needs to fired. I felt targeted and their inconsistent application of their own rule among patrons and even their own staff. I also felt they violated their core mission I had signed onto as a member. I don't believe they were caring, honest, respectful, nor showed the responsibility to nurture every child through their swimming development. My son now feels discouraged from swimming, asked how his flotation devices was any different than his peers. I have the burden to explain to him that we may have been unfairly targeted and that it was not his swimming nor his choice in flotation devices.

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