Goodlife Fitness - Toronto - Toronto

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By:artist

On:Sep 11, 2008

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After graduating university my gym membership on campus had expired. I had to start looking at health clubs around my area.

I decided to try out Goodlife Fitness. What I liked was I found the facility to be very clean and had great workout equipment. Most of the cardiovascular machines have televisions hooked up to them to make your workout seem to go by faster.

One thing that struck me about Goodlife is that the staff are very friendly. They always know your name and greet you when you walk through the door. I was also able to try out a few of their fitness classes. The fitness instructors are also very enthusiastic about exercise and motivating (in a positive way).

Because Goodlife is a large chain of gyms they do have those initial deals (ex. pay only 30 cents enrollment fee on a one year membership -- the one right now) to get you to commit to a 1 year contract. The woman went through all of the fees with me. There are different ones for regular adult, student and corporate. I found that the fees were actually cheaper or comparable to many other gyms I had been to before (minus my campus gym, because that's made for students!).

Be aware however, that there are certain locations in downtown Toronto where they only have Platinum memberships for those particular locations. They cost more than the regular ones but have extra benefits.

Like all health club memberships, they become more "worth it" depending on how often you go. The thing is, when people first join they like to have the idea that they will go very often in order to get the best bang for their buck. But as the year progresses, many people do stop going or will end up not visiting as often. I think when it comes down to choose a membership, you must keep in mind your commitment level to exercise. If you really want to commit to a workout regime and know that you will work hard enough to reach your goals, then committing to a contract will probably benefit you more mentally and physically rather than robbing your wallet financially.

Even though I was not ready to commit to them at the time (I am currently very mobile) the woman did not pressure me to join. She understood and said that she hoped that maybe I would join another day in the future.

When the time comes for me to get a full membership at a health club I will keep Goodlife in mind.

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