"I work right across the street from the Downtown Y.  I joined because it was convenient; I can walk across the street, work-out on my lunch hour, there's always a trainer and never a wait.  It's not an expensive club, it's not a 'beautiful' people club, it's exactly what it needs to be for me; a gym.  Some people think the Y is just for kids: kids swimming, day camps, kid programs.  It's NOT.  The Y is whatever you need it to be but most of all, you get out of it what you put into it."