Lohse Family YMCA

Love this location of the YMCA for their friendly staff and constantly improving interior. They are under construction at the moment but most of the amenities are open except the pool for now. Very modern and sleek updates and Belina is a delight and always handles issues proficiently and professionally, you are in great hands. It has everything you need from cardio equipment to free weights and a variety of classes to choose from like Zumba to Spin. The only downsides some people may find are the parking situations (either a meter or the parking garage) and the hours are 5:30am-8:00pm Mon-Fri, 8:00am-12:00pm on Sat, and Closed on Sundays. If that's an issue there's all the other YMCA's in Tucson you could check out while this one is closed!

Really love building community through the services and amenities offered at the Y! Friendly desk agents, lots of workout options, easy to get to in the heart of downtown: right across from Jacome Plaza. Recommended!

We had the best experience in swimming lessons at this YMCA. The program was so well organized, the pool clean, and everyone so helpful and friendly. My son's teacher was amazing - the perfect mix of gentle encouraging, fun, and knowledgeable. Swim groups were extremely small (2,3,4 kids) and the price is such a bargain.

First of all the parking situation is a pain, you have to pay to park...everywhere. There is no free parking anywhere except for on the streets but only on Saturdays. The lockers are so old and either broken, rusted, or both. The hot tubs are gone. The steam rooms are permanently closed which caused a lot of members to leave. They changed the shower heads to junk and they spray water EVERYWHERE. The sauna is so old and disgusting, the same filth has been under the seats for months, and it's so roach infested that you can sit there and occasionally one will scurry across your foot. The entire wet area is hardly ever cleaned and not too long ago the same dead roach sat in the shower for a week and a half. Basically, the Lohse Family YMCA is an old building and they just don't have the money to refurbish the locker rooms or the sauna, and they really don't care about the cleanliness of the wet area and the sauna so you have to use them at your own risk. This is why I filed a complaint with the Pima County Health Department. And then there are the morons who think they can pour water on the electrical heater. Due to dissimilar metal corrosion it will blow, It's just a matter of time.They absolutely do not care about their handicapped members...at all. I have severe back issues and I have been on disability for my back since 2001 and Medicare since 2003 that require me to bend over and stretch my lower back in the sauna. I was told that I am not allowed to bend over and stretch my lower back in the sauna...ever. I was constantly harassed, stalked, yelled at, and threatened by the punk that works on Saturdays. I clearly explained my situation to the management but I was told that I was not allowed to bend over to stretch my lower back in the sauna...ever. That is blatant discrimination against the handicapped.I was supposed to have a meeting with Christie Herbst to straighten this out, but due to my back issues and difficulties walking on this particular day, I was running a little late but obviously she does not care about handicapped people so she did not wait...which is why I said that "I will be there about 4 ISH" in my email. I arrived there around 4:20. For that, I filled a formal discrimination complaint with the corporate offices in Chicago. I have also retained the services of The Arizona Center for Disability Law and was advised to file a complaint with The U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, because under the Americans With Disabilities Act they are clearly in violation of federal laws. They then cancelled my membership. That turned out to be a good thing because I am Jewish so I joined the JCC. They have clean locker rooms, a hot tub, steam room, a sauna, and free parking. They will even let me bend over and stretch my lower back in the sauna because they know how important it is to ones health with severe lower back pain to bend over and stretch one's back, plus they know it is a crime to not allow me to stretch my lower back.There are plenty of other gyms around with clean locker rooms and that don't discriminate against the handicapped. Avoid the Lohse Family YMCA at all costs and join one of those, trust me, you will be a whole lot happier.Since this review will be here forever, I trust that folks will read this and avoid the Lohse Family YMCA of Tucson, and I sincerely hope that the good people at the corporate offices will read this and find out how this facility is run and intervene. This YMCA is in dire need of new management. People who do not respect the excruciating pain that handicapped people have to deal with and federal disability laws should not be allowed to work in the health club industry.I will keep adding to this review as necessary, stay tuned.

I thought I had written a review of the Y, I have been a member here since 1993, and I remember when I was a kid going to the ground breaking ceremony of the Y in Lawton Oklahoma. Since my youth I have spent immeasurable amounts of time at the Y, from day camp, to overnight camp, ski trips, Saturday mornings, swim lessons both adult and youth.I have paid for my youngest nephew to go to Y camp (and will continue to do so). I cannot imagine my life without being a member of the Y, I might go through spells of working out more or not at all, but all the same it is a great organization and keep coming. Spending time at the Y, for youth and adults is like going to the library, everybody should belong and participate. The Y is a way of life.

I have been going to the Lhose YMCA since it opened in the 90's.The jacuzzi, steam room and sauna are long gone. The swimming pool hours were drastically reduced without notice to members at the start of the new year. The only afternoon hours are now from 5:00 to 7:00 PM only on Monday and Wednesday. Morning hours end at 11:00 AM. As a result of the reduced hours the pool is overcrowded during the hours it is open. For most of the 30 plus years I have been going there the pool was open all day Monday through Friday.The facility has been remodeled recently, however that means little if the amenity I would like to use is closed.

I go to the Lohse YMCA for Gentle Yoga on Tuesdays 1145 - 1245. A homeless guy had locked himself into one of the 3 bathrooms on the main floor (downstairs by the lockers). I waited 15 minutes until he opened the door. "What???" he scowled at me! There was DEBRIS everywhere in that bathroom! I tried to report this incident to the main desk. Nico, at the desk, was swamped with potential new members. I saw Belinda at her desk and told her about homeless people in our YMCA downtown bathroom. "I'm still at lunch," she told me. WHO IN THE HECK is management?? WHO takes care of making sure that I / members of the Y are "SAFE"?? Homeless people ARE using showers in the Y! This needs to be addressed. Our members should feel safe and that management can LISTEN + RESPOND (politely) to us.

i go to lighthouse and lohse and there both great staff very friendly and never to buisy

What's not to like about LOHSE YMCA. The staff is helpful, friendly, welling to motivate, and are knowledgeable about member needs. The new renovations has not only beautify the building nestled in the rich cultural center of Tucson, but has increased the ability for someone to develop physically through top equipment, renovated studios for a variety of given classes by very knowledgeable instructors. I love the variety of mood lighting installed in the yoga studios. Membership is well worth the commitment for what all LOHSE offers. The YMCA has committed itself to being a community first organization, taking "Mind, Body,Spirit" to a sustainable top level.

So I went to this YMCA today for a children's basket ball game. I thought I've been meaning to check this place out maybe it will be the gym I choose. The game is at 11am and I check in and am told to sign in and wait outside as there is a game going on now. They then amend it to the lobby area with no chairs, but to stay away from the bike rack, but also away from the doors. So with two full teams of players and their supporting family's shoehorned into this lobby, but with repeated reminders to stay behind this line and away from the bike rack (with a single bike in it) and elderly and disabled people looking longingly at the seats we are clearly not allowed to sit I just beyond the counter I decided this is not a gym to consider. There are currently 44 of us lined up here in a small space treated poorly and literally yelled at by staff. Either stagger the games or provide seating for the disabled and elderly. Don't treat people in your facility like a nuisance. These rules are pretty universal.