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  • Just couldn't join this gym, despite the proximity and a corporate discount. First, the positive things: -It's clean -It's pretty spacious -They have a range of cardio machine brands-mix of Life Fitness, Precor and Cybex. I like Precor ellipticals best but prefer Life Fitness treadmills so this is good for me. I'm stuggling to think of anything else that I liked. I wandered in because I'd been inundated with flyers in my post box from them but one actually looked promising-2 months at $10/month. No obligation. No long term contract. Sounded good! Obviously I expected it was too good to be true though. I happened to be passing one day so decided to pop in. The girl at the desk said she knew nothing about such offers so I'd have to speak to the membership guy. He walked out all fake smiles and joviality. He decided that I was Australian after I'd uttered a couple of words-obviously wrong and didn't bother just asking me where I was from. I asked him about the offer and he basically refused to tell me about it, mumbling something about it only being for the first 2 months of a 12 month contract. We had to go on a tour of the gym then. He took the elevator up one floor because he had hurt his back training. In the gym. Good lot of cardio machines and it didn't seem that busy but was a Saturday lunchtime so hard to judge. Some weight machines but scant free weights. Saw a room for personal training which had the kettlebells and balls....for use with the personal trainers. The changing room was nice. The thing he seemed most proud of in the whole gym was the lounge and juice bar. Honestly, in my opinion, this is the most pointless waste of space imaginable. I want to go to the gym, do my workout and leave. i can sit on my ass undoing my good work by drinking hundreds of calories at home or somewhere else. I was then brought to the office. He took my details-scrawled down on a scrap of paper-and then started pushing me to join there and then. I was repeatedly asked WHY I wouldn't join then. I said I had to think about it. But why not? And on.... I had to invent somewhere I had to be to escape. I said I'd prefer to try the gym first, but he'd only allow me a pass for sometime he was on duty. I sprinted out the door. At home later, after my fictitious important thing to do, I started Googling. Turns out blog.to wrote about these tactics a couple of years ago and got 258 comments from dissatisfied people (http://www.blogto.com/sports_play/2008/05/extreme_fitness_extreme_ripoff/). One of the big gripes was an inability to contact managers and/or head office. I tried emailing the marketing division twice and got no reply. I also checked the Better Business Bureau-they get a big fat F. (http://www.bbb.org/kitchener/business-reviews/health-clubs/extreme-fitness-inc-ho-in-thornhill-on-1036564) At the moment I'm doing a week's free trial at Goodlife. Not half as fancy but has everything I want and they weren't at all as aggressive. 99% certain I'll be joining there. Wouldn't touch this place.
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