Seriously one of the nicest gyms I've ever been to. Sometimes busy but it's kept tidy and organized. Only recommendation would be to extend weekend hours. Closing at 6pm on the weekends? Come on now...

Fitness is important, and with the amount of people that frequent GoodLife (see them coming and going with their trademarked gym-bags), it makes me believe that many others feel the same way. The staff are helpful, energetic and positive and in great shape themselves to set the bar correctly. Newcomers have the opportunity to partake in a three day free trial, or an extended two week trial at a very good price. The hours are good - this one is open 24 hours during the week to help those on shiftwork. Many classes are offered at no extra charge which encourages meeting others and guidance in the arena of fitness. There are lots of interesting machines to use and an abundance of paper towels and spray bottles filled with disinfectant for the good people to wipe off their oily residues when they are finished. Sounds great no? Why only three stars Manfred? Well, I understand I am in the minority here, but I shall have my say nonetheless. After 10 days of my trial I threw in the towel. My biggest complaint was that one has to sign up for an entire year to make the dues in anyway affordable. One can pay month by month, but the price is astronomically ridiculous. I did not care to be roped-in to using a sweaty treadmill or cycling machine during the many months when our city's beautiful walks and arbours charge no fee for their use. The world outside is a gymnasium to be certain. The ultimate downfall of GoodLife Fitness in my esteem was the noise. Dance music and remixes thumping the beat through the whole place! And if you look carefully, not a single person is without ear-buds of their own. In order to hear your own workout music selection on your mp3 player you have to crank the volume and deafen yourself to drown out the jungle-rhythms. Accompanying this barrage of noise are the omnibus of giant television screens everywhere. This is a perk for some. On a number of the fitness machines you can plug your ear-buds directly into the machine and hear the audio with the corresponding TV set (if you turn it up really loud). All of the televisions are set to display closed-captions so that you can read along with Dog The Bounty Hunter or Storage Wars while you row your way to a new you. While this is preferred by many I have difficulty bearing the slime oozing out of a single cable channel, let alone the cesspools of crap polluting the air in front of two dozen of the things. I may have kept a membership if I was guaranteed that the gym was to be a mecca of solitude, save for the music a patron brings for their ears only. All that said, if it's between sitting on your couch and eating pizza or getting your ass over to GoodLife for your Zumba workout, you will probably have a better, longer life if you choose the latter.