Member Testimonials
Convenient, good parking
Knowledgeable staff
Basketball coach for session with my 12 year old son was excellent. Engaged and engaging, encouraging and informative
The people, facilty, and pool classes.
Individualized coaching based on my goals. Excellent coaches who are friendly and easy to understand.
The classes and instructors
We really appreciate the Parkinson's dance program on Mondays.
location, relatively early hours, 1/5 mile track, generally friendly staff
Activities from pickleball to weight lifting, beautiful pool, classes and great ventilation! Loooove the humongous fans! Closer and easier to access than the downtown Y which is not only farther from my house but now very difficult to access!?
The availability of classes
Don’t want my listen 360 to be anything less than a 10, by not responding. MFB killing it!
Activities, equipment, track and staff.
Loving the Aqua Cardio classes. All the instructors are awesome and provide a great workout.
I like the friendly and responsive staff as well as variety of classes offered. The weight and cardio equipment are well maintained as is the cleanliness of the facility. Great job MFB!
Friendly people, plenty of equipment, clean, accessible to all
I like that the hours of the facility allow me to be able to go to swim, work out or use the track at almost any time of the day on my schedule.
I also like that the facility is clean, and all the equipment is usually in good working order.
Almost all instructors are great!
So much to do so I stay motivated. Thank you for always being friendly.
Mary Free Bed is a clean, friendly, exercise environment for all persons to enjoy!
Whatever your fitness or rehabilitation goals are, MFBY is there and can help you!
It’s a great place to work out. I enjoy many of the classes and have made many friends there.
The water aerobics instructors
-Clean, accessible facilities (love the pools)
-Friendly, very helpful staff
-Therapies and daycare on-site
Pool and friendly helpful staff.
Good facility, Good People, friendly & helpful staff!!
Nice facility.
space, layout, variety of workout stations and machines
Instructors are great.
I personally love the variety of group classes, the friendly environment, and the lap pool. MFB had the best changing and shower room and sauna as well and I greatly appreciate all the hard work of everyone who makes the environment great! I am thankful to the YMCA for introducing me to cycling, aqua aerobics, ballet, badminton, dance, and being able to try new types of fitness with their variety of classes and at all accessibility levels. I love being able to squeeze in yoga later in the evening as well after lectures or working and be able to bring a friend with a GVSU or KDL pass. Everyone is very kind and helpful whenever I have any questions about how to use a weightlifting machine. Thank you for being an amazing community building space and welcoming people to stay happy, healthy and active! I love that I can volunteer here too to give back, and am very thankful to the financial aid programs as well. Another friend of mine recently joined the Y, and a second one plans to use their workplace’s new health benefit program to join the Y so we can swim and take classes together and I couldn’t recommend it more!! Compared to other gyms that mainly only offer machines, free weights and are a silent and independent environment, I love that the Y is community and program oriented. The more the merrier! I love seeing more kids and adult programs and summer camps receive funding, access, and volunteers and I love knowing that the Y cares to take all that is poured in and truly pour it into the people they serve, in creative, fun, novel ways that encourage genuine wholesome healthy movement and wellness. It really shows.
Great childcare! Clean facilities, and can find a time in the day to go when it's not overwhelmingly busy.
Expansive and many options
A separate lap pool