GoodLife Fitness Centres

Good convenient location to work out. New equipment. Will be nice when renovations are complete. Beware of personal trainers in plain clothes soliciting clients
7 years ago (26-10-2017)

I've been to many different GoodLife locations. Most are VERY nice, but this location is the worst gym I've seen. It's men's shower reminds me of a prison shower, just a pole in the middle with 5 shower heads (if they can be called that). No towel service - which is one of the best perks of GoodLife. No hack squat machine. I know it's under renovation but GoodLife might be better off just closing this location until the renovation is complete, it really reflects badly on them. If this location were to be the first that i entered - I definitely wouldn't have signed up. Thankfully in Ottawa there are tons of other great locations - so avoid Rideau - head to Queen street or Landsdown. The nicest location in the city right now is Herongate.
7 years ago (12-09-2017)

Wish I could review this place a second time. I don't know why I bother to ever go to this location. Terrible location. Constantly too busy to use the equipment. Better off using one of the larger independent gyms in the market. The classes are dangerous, the instructors don't ensure that the participants are doing the exercises properly; I've heard of several people injuring them selves during body pump, and I've witnessed several people doing instructed moves wrong in front of the instructors and the instructors do nothing to correct the dangerous mistakes.
7 years ago (27-10-2017)

I know this place is being renovated, the cleanliness in the men's shower and change room were " Russian prison" levels of dirty. With what seemed to be black mold growing on the floors in the showers. This places needs a Facelift ASAP, the whole dungeon work out feeling is really apparent and the scent of old forgotten gym is strong. For the price GoodLife is charging I excepted more, GoodLife has shown their Ability to create great gyms here in Ottawa. This one just seems like a unloved step child. I really hope they realize how negatively this gym reflects on their image as a whole. Equipment is decent, just clean the change room and repaint some ceilings and install some brighter lights. "Help people live the good life today "
8 years ago (22-05-2017)

This disrespect I got here was too much. I tried to get a membership, no one was friendly and you could feel everyone judging your looks (this is what stops many from going to the gym by the way). This associate talks to me about the memberships, only after much insistence on my part did he give me a price; I'm a student, I need to compare prices, why are you keeping them a secret? Any who, I decide to power through, and he told me to show up the next day at 3PM to sign the papers and finalize it all. I'm there the next day, on time, and he is no where to be found, I wait, I ask the front desk if anyone can help me sign up, they say I have to wait for him in particular, and they didn't know where he was. I ended up waiting 40 minutes. Do you think I'm a joke? I stand up to leave and he appears and asks why I'm leaving. He had been in the gym the whole time. I tell him the about the wait, I tell him that that was very unprofessional and disrespectful, he couldn't care less. If I could give this place 0 stars, trust me I would. And if I still remembered his name after my finals, I would write a formal complaint. I hated the two hours I spent in this good-for-nothing gym. Now I work out at the YMCA-YWCA. MUCH cheaper, like a third the price. And you get to be with your community.
8 years ago (16-07-2017)