Brandon Harris

Review of Countryside YMCA

The picture is of myself (in the background frowni...

The picture is of myself (in the background frowning) and one of my Mortgage lender buddies (looking determined) working out in one of the Grand Halls of this absolutely MASSIVE YMCA. I have no need to be a BUFF Realtor, but I'd prefer to not be a FLUFF Realtor. So we popped into the YMCA, a decision I regretted for the right reasons, and my face reflects that.

There aren't many places now-a-days that can be classified as staples of the community, but Countryside YMCA is one of them. My family and I lived in Countryside, and you can literally WALK to the YMCA from that neighborhood. I liked to walk to it to drop my daughter off, and think to myself "I should go in there more" before walking back home. We live in Shaker now, and it's still conveniently located. My daughter loves the Gymnastics program, and I love having a membership and planning to start going next week.

You get a lot of value for your membership, consulting and the works. They offer a military discount, which I appreciate, and I like the sheer amount of extra curriculars the program offers to my family, even non-fitness things like photography. There are multiple pools, and courts for every sport you can think of in the labyrinthian halls of this monument to health and betterment.

If you want to meet your neighbors, and look serious about the intent to get fit, there is no reason NOT to elect Countryside YMCA as your choice. It does get crowded at peak times, but at least you can suffer together with other members of the community as you remind yourself that even though you don't need muscles to sell houses, it couldn't hurt.

Except for the pain associated with attaining said muscles.