For more than 100 years, the YMCA has been an innovator and leader in health and fitness program developments for the world. The YMCA takes the wellness, or holistic, approach to health and fitness. Its programs, organized around the principle that there is a oneness of body, mind, and spirit, focus on prevention.

YMCA members have a wide range of exercise alternatives from which to choose. Whatever your choice, adopting a healthy lifestyle habit can improve the quality of one’s life, as well as prevent the onset of heart disease, increase the lung capacity, aid in circulation of oxygen and nutrients throughout the body, lower or normalize blood pressure, reduce body fat, maintain or build muscle mass, increase the range of motion in joints, and increase bone density, which reduces the risk of developing osteoporosis.