Great Bridge/Hickory Family YMCA

Love a great indoor and outdoor option for pools and this YMCA in Chesapeake has both. The outdoor swimming pool and play area is seasonal. This Great Bridge Y has been a favorite over the years. I use to visit here with frequency and found it to be clean with super staff. Parking can be challenging during peak times however. The lot is kept clean. The facility offers a variety of programs for its members. I am only familiar with aquatics. The indoor six lane 25 yard pool is well maintained and chlorinated properly. Guards are always on duty and often are young, but professional. Tide Swimming offers a club swimming schedule at this location. There is also an aerobic pool and two water slides. The deck has been tidy. Locker rooms are good size and spic and span. The outdoor pool is a huge hit in the Summer and offers a large deck to sun. I would recommend the Great Bridge YMCA if this is a gym that's in your area. It's not new, but well maintained and family friendly. 3.5 rounding up.

This is our home Y and I'm writing this from the perspective of the occasional gym goer who has a child under 1! My wife and I love it! The childcare option is clutch. The staff is soooo friendly and they take such good care of our little one. There's enough gym equipment in the weight room and cardio sections to find what you need to get a good workout in. Equipment is updated and new and they take good care of it (clean and operational).The coffee bar is a nice added touch. When I'm able to sign up for classes, the instructors are enthusiastic and wonderful. Definitely try out on of the cycling classes if you have the chance!

Thank God for the Ymca!! It's heaven for parents that need a break. I was able to take the kids to go to the pool since it is spring break. Then after enjoy my own time with some Zumba class while the play at the play zone. They have good staff that watch the kids. The locker rooms are nice and clean and equipped with a sauna. I like that they have a dryer to dry off our swim suits.I can't wait for the summer when the kids can play in the outdoor pool outside. As a member there are great Incentives. They have stay and play and parent night out where u drop your kids off for a few hours on the weekend to have a date night or a break! I love the birthday packages here as members and they have scholarship programs to help u out financially...I recommend the sports and the classes.. especially the summer camps!

Overall: Not bad - ok(ish). Gets the job done :/I basically come here every afternoon when I'm not floating around the ocean. I vary my times, sometimes, but most typically get here around 1400ish although I've been here at almost all hours with the exception of when they open. Wayyyyyyy too early for me. As I write this review, I realize this IS a YMCA and marketed as a family establishment. Nothing against families as I have my own and have brought my kiddos up here a few times and we always have a good time. But, 99.9% of the time I'm riding solo. :)So the goods. Semi-convenient drive home from work (off 168) and about a 15 minute drive from my house. All the staff are super friendly and the facilities are mostly clean. Most of the equipment is usually functional all the time but there are days when something is broke ;)Like today. I counted at least two treadmills down and several of the weight machines were broken (the clip mechanisms that hold your phone was broken). The pool is great when it isn't slammed with kids running around and screaming, same with the gymnasium. There is also a game room with a rock wall that one can drop the younger chitlins off at while you get your sweat on. The bads. I can't stand a crowded gym. At all. It's also expensive at around $100/month for a family membership. Crowded + expensive = :(This facility basically serves Chesapeake (Hickory, Great Bridge, Grassfield, Deep Creek) and probably some in southern Virginia Beach. The free weight room is mostly ridiculous and usually a wait for something or someone is standing one machine over obnoxiously starring at you waiting for you to hurry up and get off their equipment. For me, it's a drawdown. Some people like crowded weight rooms so they can strut around, take mirror selfies, and show off their "gains" but I'm not one of them. So, hit or miss on the over-crowded gym scene leaning mostly to being too crowded. So that's it. Great facility, great location, great staff, just busy and expensive. YMCA should look at building a new facility over in the Grassfield/Deep Creek area as this one is way too busy almost all the time. Sorry for no pictures, you're also not supposed to take any photos at the Y. Happy lifting!!

I used to look at the Y as just a gym, but it is so much more than that. Sure, you can use it as one, and when I have the equipment is always in perfect condition. In fact, you can say that about the whole place. Everything is VERY well maintained, from the pools (yes, pools!) to the saunas, huge hot tub, party rooms, exercise classrooms and equipment, kids play rooms - everything! The atmosphere is safe and friendly - you'll get a lot of smiles here! I'm specifically talking about the Battlefield location in this review, but every YMCA I've been to has had the same level of quality, which does not make this location average, but rather all of them above average. That's relevant because a membership lets you go to any location, not just one. Five stars, obviously.

I've been to many YMCAs in the Hampton Roads area, including the one in Elizabeth City and Currituck. This one by far is my favorite. It's the largest (I think), and they even built on a couple years ago. The staff are all very friendly and accommodating. The facility is very clean. They offer a ton of classes ranging from water aerobics to yoga class, to muscle/core building. Their outside pool is huge with a baby/toddler section. They also sell ice cream in the summer. I also take my "work" children there for summer swimming lessons. We've been doing his for over 10 years and the Y have been so accommodating to us. Membership for a family is around $120 so younger to come to get her your money's worth. It's worth it!

I've been coming here for the past 2 months for swimming lessons. I've since become a member because they have so many amenities and the staff is very friendly. My daughters absolutely love their swimming instructors and I don't believe you can really go wrong with any of the instructors.In the summer not only is the indoor pool open but also the outdoor pool which has lots of activities for the kids.I believe they even have a day pass for you to use the facilities for the day but I would call ahead to make sure. I have not personally used all the facilities but I know they have a fitness room, exercise room where various classes take place, a children's daycare and of course the pools.

I am a stay at home mom, and when you are a stay at home mom...you just can't do the things you use to do. One of the things is...take care of yourself. Its hard to watch a baby and try to exercise. My son barely naps...so I feel like I can't get anything done. Well the YMCA has a daycare that will watch your kids so that you can go get fit, and that is exactly what I do. I drop my 10 month off and my husband and I go workout. It has been nice to actually get a break for an hour from screaming and crying and diaper changes. BUT the daycare could be CLEANER...my son got sick real quick after I put him in there. Its normal...babies get sick, BUT two weeks later I brought him back and after working out I went to pick him up from the daycare...His hands were straight black from crawling on their disgusting floor. IT WAS TERRIBLE...It needs to be cleaned. It makes me nervous about the whole place, just because the daycare was so dirty. Is the equipment being cleaned often? The showers? The Bathrooms? After picking my son up...a day later...I was quick to get sick...and I barely ever get sick!

Not bad, took kids for swimming lessons they enjoyed it. Very nice instructors, front counter wasn't very friendly though. Definitely will come back. The gym and pools are very nice

They asked my 11 year old son what gender he "identified as" when they were filling out an accident report. I'm so glad they forced me to explain transgenderism to my kid. The facilities are great. The staff is hit or miss; theres one middle-aged woman at the front desk who is always rude, but I haven't seen her in a while.