YMCA of Oakville

Clean, well maintained facilities. Class times and availabilities are a little wonky, specifically on weekends.
Staff are nice and very helpful.

Spotless, clean;
New equipment;
Pleasant staff.
Heated pool up to 8 feet deep; also a kids pool.

I blame the Oakville Y and their genius Techno Gym equipment for my inability to work the weight room at any other YMCA. Every member gets a smart key and free personal training session when you sign up. Then they go around with you to every machine, load your height/​weight and they test to see how much weight you should be lifting. After that, every time you go by yourself, you just plug the key in to the machine, the chair moves to where it should be and the weights configure to the perfect arrangement (until you get stronger and have to reconfigure). The key also stores how much you’ve been doing over time, tracks your cardio, allows your personal trainer to message you and suggest changes to your program — it’s great.
The YMCA itself is a great facility for families — they have a lot of swimming lessons, day care stuff, exercise classes, etc. I’ve heard guys complaining that the free weight area sucks compared to Good Life (I wouldn’t know, I think the little bin of 5 lb dumb bells and medicine balls are top notch).
This YMCA loses a star for classes. They only have one or two classes every morning, then one at noon, and maybe one or two more in the evening — way less than the Toronto YMCAs. They don’t have spinning every morning either (however, I like the Oakville spinning instructors a lot — all of the classes are very tough and challenging — no duds unlike some other facilities).