At the Sacramento Central YMCA, we believe that everyone deserves the opportunity to experience the life-changing benefits of swimming. Our year-round, heated indoor pool offers a safe and inclusive environment for people of all ages and abilities to learn vital water safety skills, improve fitness, and gain confidence. Whether you're seeking swim lessons, water exercise, or lifeguard certification, our programs are designed to empower individuals and foster a stronger, healthier community.
Swimming is more than just a fun activity—it's a life-saving skill that provides lifelong benefits. Through our trusted and nationally recognized swim curriculum, the YMCA ensures every participant has access to experienced instructors, certified in CPR, AED, and First Aid, who are dedicated to making swim lessons accessible for all. With affordable pricing, financial assistance options, and a full fitness facility available, we strive to make water safety and wellness a priority for every family.
Water activities are not only essential for safety, but they also offer a fun, low-impact way to stay fit and active. At the Sacramento Central YMCA, we invite you to explore our diverse aquatic programs, from water exercise classes to lap swimming, all designed to help you improve endurance, strength, and flexibility in a welcoming, supportive environment. Join us in making a splash toward a healthier, safer future.
Open Pool & Lap Swim
From Water Exercise to Open Swim to Lap Swim, our pool has programs and times for everyone!
Swim Lessons
Knowing how to swim is a life-saving skill that opens up a vast array of opportunities to stay fit, develop self-confidence, build relationships and safely enjoy aquatic activities.
Benefits of Swim Lessons with the YMCA:
- America’s most trusted swim teacher with nationally practiced swim and water safety curriculum
- Indoor, heated pool open year-round
- Skilled, trained swim instructors certified in CPR, AED, and First Aid
- Two lifeguards always on duty
- Different class size options (Group, Semi-Private, Private)
- Lessons for every level of swimmer and of all abilities
- Affordable pricing and financial assistance available to make swim safety accessible to all
- And a full fitness facility available to members before, during, or after swim lessons
Water Exercise
Water exercise classes are a fun way to use the resistance and buoyancy of the water to improve cardiovascular fitness, strength, and flexibility. classes combine light to moderate aerobic workout with exercises in the shallow and deep water to help increase endurance, core strength, and flexibility. Water exercise is perfect if you’re looking for a fun, low impact workout.
Lifeguard Certification Classes
Build a skill. save a life.
Being a top-quality lifeguard comes from rigorous training, commitment, vigilance, and quality supervision. A lifeguard who is experienced, prepared, and confident is an asset to the community. That's why the Sacramento Central YMCA offers American Red Cross Lifeguard Certification Courses.
The Lifeguard Program is a scenario-based training course, where participants learn what it takes to be a professional lifeguard. This course provides all the certifications required by the State of California to lifeguard at any pool, beach, or water park