Today is my first visit to the Sheppard location of Extreme (I am mainly a Dunfield member - Yonge and Eglinton) and I have to say I am very impressed by EF at Sheppard. The entrance was quite grand with the waterfall and the floor was not wood, but with square stone like material. The concept and theme throughout the gym was consistent and was kept very well.
PROS
- Longer and better towels!
- They expanded recently and the new space is AWESOME!
- State of the art treadmill that lets you plug in your iPod or iPhone to listen to music, TV, surf the internet and also automatically sends your run time information to your phone. It's pretty neat, but I am not sure if it's necessary if you are a runner to have all these distractions on the screen. Oh yes it's a touch screen~
- Way more equipment than Dunfield (and newer)
- Swimming Pool (about 3 lanes)
- Great yoga room/mirror room for class purposes
- More hair dryers than Dunfield
- Tanning booth/machine (looks kind of scary...)
CONS
- The Spinning room looks smaller than Dunfield
- NO SHAVING CREAM! ARGH why?! Not the best place to get ready for work (Points to Dunfield)
- NO ironing board (Points to Dunfield) + No hangers/coat rack
- NO rain forest shower head, but crappy tiny facets. And the water temperature control is not user friendly~ (Again points to Dunfield)
Overall my impression of this location is still good, but I wish the ending of my workout was just as good as the grand entrance. It would be nice if I had a condo upstairs to shower, but then it just doesn't make any sense to have a condo just to shower lol 3.5 Stars out of 5