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| - This is my home gym (Eaton Centre North). I'm a true gym rat and also born in the Chinese Year of the Rat which makes me either 26, 28, 50, 62, 74... i'm not 14 or 86 :D I was also a former Bally member (like the reviewer Sunny V) before they got taken out by GoodLife and Extreme. The best part is my membership got grandfathered when GoodLife took over so I've got a very good rate. From a corporate perspective, they are a 5 star organization in this aspect of club managing. I have no issues with their policies and how they treat their members.
Most of my fellow work out friends are at Extreme which is both good and bad. Bad is I do miss hanging with them at the gym and my jaw muscles are much weaker but good is I actually get a work out and I'm out much faster. From a social perspective, this is more of a corporate club as members are courteous but not chummy. You'll always get a few oddballs (ie. smelly, dirty or strange like the tranny who likes to wear his thongs to do a strip dance routine but he's recently moved elsewhere) so if these are your thing you may have your senses aroused. Overall a good mix and plenty of eye candy if that is your thing too (both guys and gals). 4 stars here.
Equipment and facilities is definitely 3 stars and dropping. The club is about 10 years old so it badly needs a face lift. The size is about 18,000 sq. ft and the free weights area is a tad small. The aerobics room is a decent size and the rubber flooring was installed over the old wood floors when GoodLife took over a few years ago. Unfortunately that was the extent of the reno and here I give the management only 3 stars. The spinning room has an old bouncing floor (not sure if that is good or bad for you) and the yoga studio is a bit cramped. They brought in a few machines when they took over but everything is rather dated. Lockers are on the small side and they do have a steam room and showers (I don't use them since I live nearby).
I've been to some of their older clubs and if GoodLife has a fault, it is they do not seem to bother updating their older clubs. I've been to several of their other gyms (Yonge-St. Clair, Manulife Centre, Bloor Park, Liberty Village, Coxwell-Gerrard, 2 Queen or also known as Eaton Centre South). Liberty Village is a beauty but too far for me. The trainers here are OK but a few are not as professional and lack friendliness or turnover is rather high but that's typical of all health clubs. I'll assume the compensation is the likely the issue here. Overall, I would give this gym a rating of 3.5-4 stars but dropping due to it's age. Rumour has it they are building a new flagship location nearby... to be confirmed in 2011.
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