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| - I had a membership at this location for just over a year and loved it.
Pros:
1. Women's Only location = NO MEN = get your sweat on and don't care. Plus everyone generally leaves you alone to do your thing, although you'll get the odd girl who will take the machine beside you and make sure she watches your speed and calorie burn very intently. Pretty sure this happens at every gym.
2. Great class schedule. Different classes each night with different instructors. DON'T be too intimidated to try the classes like I was. There are many different levels of fitness in each class, and the instructors are very good at being motivating, but making sure everyone can keep up. In all honesty, I found myself to be at a higher level than most participants in terms of fitness and never had trouble with keeping up, and I am definitely not a gym rat by any means.
3. Pretty good service - the girls who worked there were usually very nice and accomodating, although I did notice a fairly high turnover rate in hte staff. But I hear Goodlife likes to promote it's staff, and this is a norm across all Goodlifes.
4. No contract. If you want to put your account on hold while you're on vacation to leave at any time, you are able. I had no problem putting my account on hold on two different occasions when I was out of the country, and once when I was in school and had no income, they allowed me to suspend my membership until I was able to pick up a part time job.
5. Never overly busy - always machines available and lots of space.
Cons:
1. In a supercentre, so the hours are dependant on the hours of the grocery store. Kind of limited.
2. Classes on the weekend are in the morning only. Tough on sleep lovers like me.
3. Different prices for different members. I was told there was 1 price that was non-negotiable when I joined - but when I cancelled my membership as I'm moving downtown and not sure on my income with my new job, I was quickly offered 50% off - by the receptionist. No joke. If she has that kind of power, what kind of discounts are available? And what are others paying? Made me feel like they had been ripping me off for months.
My advice is join this great location, but see what kind of discounts, if any, you can get. Don't blindly acceot the $25 bi weekly payment like I did.
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