Best Gym near Westfield, Massachusetts

Ms. Bella Z is great instructor. She sees my 3yrs autistic son every Saturday since last summer. My son didn’t know how to swim independently until he started with Bella. When they both met my son felt comfortable with her and his swimming has improved a lot. He gets really excited every Saturday because he knows he will have a good time with her. If someone ask me about a swimming school I recommend, I will say Roots Aquatics with Bella! 😂☺️ I hope she wins the price because she definitely deserves it and I thank her for all the work she does for my son!

I am a Registered Behavior Technician and support my client in his community sessions where he swims with his instructor Bella. From the start Bella did an amazing job pairing with him, understanding his unspoken needs and wants and making accommodations for his disability. We even tried working with a different instructor one day for a makeup and it did not go well because the bond Bella has with my client is what gets him in the water. She does a great job offering different play opportunities to keep him engaged. She uses his preferences to motivate him and is very patient. At the start of swim lessons the child required myself and his mom to get in the water to feel safe. Now after just a couple months he grabs Bella’s hand and walks into the pool himself because she has helped give him the confidence to not need us. I will personally be recommending swim lessons with Bella to other families I work with that wants to teach their child with Autism how to swim.

First swim class with my daughter today went “swimmingly” with Mrs. Jenn as her teacher. I would highly recommend anyone who has a child to come take a look at the clean facilities and enroll in a swim class with her. We will see you next week Mrs.Jenn!!

Miss Dani is my daugher’s swim instructor this fall! This is the first time this fall she goes in the water without me . My daughter went from a 3 foam pieces on her swim belt to one and 1/2 foam pieces within a little over two months. She’s only 2 1/2! Thanks Miss dani for giving my daughter some great life skills!

We have been going to Roots for swim lessons since June. Our daughter is usually a student of Ms. Sadie, but Ms. Martha filled in last week. Both instructors are great and so patient with our 3 year old. She looks forward to every lesson! We highly recommend Roots! #RootsofGratitude

I love it here, my daughter comes regularly and we go swimming together on weekends occasionally. It's clean staff are great and accommodating to my daughter's needs. The lifeguard was more than happy to help and take the ramp out for her to use to get in the pool. The other guests are just as kind and is overall a great place.

This place used to be great but it really has gone down hill in the last couple of years. Things break down and are out of service for weeks and months at a time. Suana is constantly broken. One of them broke down in the mens locker room and they just slammed the door and it never reopened. Pools are down for weeks sometimes. It is like they don't make any effort to keep their equipment up or the place clean anymore. Time to move on.

Decent and updated facilities with the exception of the completely outdated and unhealthy Mens locker room. I say unhealthy since it’s in the basement with poor ventilation and a grotesque worn out carpet crawling with bacteria. Lockers are rusting which is indicative of high humidity levels. They have made no efforts to modernize it and doubt they ever will

Manager and life guards did not let child swim because she WAS wearing armbands. I ask them why can’t she swim and they said because it’s in the rules, but couldn’t explain why.

I am so happy I joined this facility, it’s the happiest place with the friendliest people! It’s made working out so much more enjoyable. The staff here are amazing and knowledgeable. The classes they offer are both professional and challenging, while also providing great social interaction. It’s just a wonderful and fun YMCA. Amazing 💕