GoodLife Fitness

This gym isn’t very clean. The steam room never works and lockers are always getting broken into. Pass on this one.

I’ve been generally happy going to this location for about 6 months, but I’m sad to say that I will soon switch if I can find a convenient alternative. It’s a pretty good gym with good equipment, but it has a security problem at the least. My car was keyed badly in the parking lot a few weeks ago; there are no security cameras. I’ve had personal items stolen from the men’s locker room. The showers are often out of soap for days at a time. The people at the front desk are nice, but as one of them said when I complained about thefts, «we have lots of douchebags here». Yup, I guess so.

Great location but gets super busy. Even in the evenings when you want to avoid people it’s still a happening place. The equipment is in need of updating. Bring your ipod and don’t plan on being able to use their tvs and radio as the equipment features more often then not don’t work. Their spin classes are great!

Good gym, great staff. Only complaint is that they are closed at 8pm on the weekends, every other night though they are open till midnight.

Try for a month or 2 week pass before committing, you can then decide if this location suits you. It has physical issues constantly. Some may not bother you so you should give it a few weeks before committing. Can Goodlife either install wifi or have Telus install their free wifi? It would seriously improve the place.

A family member happened to be at the Goodlife Beacon Hill location when they observed one of the cleaning staff washing the toilet bowls with a cloth, and then washing out the same cloth in the sinks where members wash their hands, brush their teeth, apply makeup, and have no idea that fecal matter is being dispersed. The cleaning person washed out her cloth in these sinks after each toilet, repeatedly. Her actions clearly contravene the Alberta Health regulations that applies to maintaining clean healthy wash facilities (looked it up this morning), and it sickens me that this practice continues to this day. Very disappointing, and a direct reflection on Goodlife Management which is tasked with monitoring all aspects of the facility, that affect their paying clients. I am considering contacting the news media… would make a good story on the 6 o’clock news.

Horrible experience. Management at this establishment is horrible and quite rude. Trying to transfer my membership to another individual has also been a nightmare. I went in and signed all of the necessary paperwork (and paid the $ 51 recently introduced transfer fee) with the new individual to the club. Throughout the entire process I was met with hostility and rude management, and was thankful to finally be done with this «club» and left with my receipt.
Unfortunately, this was not the end of this club for me. As it turns out, my membership status remained as «ACTIVE» despite having it cancelled. GoodLife has still been taking money out of my account after I have transferred it to a new individual.
Currently told there is nothing the individual club can do about it and the only option is to call the head office for GoodLife in hopes I «may» be able to get a refund of the money taken out of my account.
I would recommend avoiding the GoodLife in Northland Mall to save yourself some much un-​needed stress.

I use this gym a lot lately rather then the Cochrane location (where I live) because the cardio equipment have their own TV’s I don’t have to watch 10 of the same tv or have the tv not on a channel at all (Cochrane). Also there is a womans section for those of us like myself that don’t want to look stupid in front of a large gym of people… and the tanning I pay the extra $ 28 a month for the multipass and tanning. The staff have always been amazing and friendly!!! I would suggest looking into Wifi as I would love to be able to bring my Ipad (wifi only) in to use my workout apps…

I really like this gym and its location. Unlike my previous gym, i’ve never had to wait for equipment and if a cardio machine is not working it is quickly fixed and there are many othwr options. I love the classes, especially the spin class! The staff is also always friendly. I also enjoy the steam room! I’ve heard that the mens one hardly ever works, which would be good for them to address. The womens one, however, is great! It would be nice to see hand sanitizer more readily available. Another thing that would be great is if there were more of certain class offerings such as yoga or spin on the weekends. That being said I can go to any other location that is offering the class I want and jusy drop in.

I’ve been a member here for over a year now, and I think I’ve almost got a better chance of going on a double date with Charlize Theron and Jennifer Lawrence then the steam room ever working at this place. Not to mention, that I would blow that date if I showered at this gym first, because I would smell of stale towels and mouldy shower stalls. You think that with all the member fees, they would prioritize things that make it pleasant for the members… Like a working steam room, tap handles on all the showers, and equipment being fixed in under a month. Frankly the management of this location is more appalling than a school bus fire. But hey, if what you’re looking for is basic functioning. ish equipment and no extras whatsoever, you should totally sign up here.

Their gym has high quality machines and excellent use of space, however the most fucked up thin ice ever seen was they have a POP MACHINE in the gym! Lmao wow that’s no «good life» example! Also they have no anti bacteria pumps which I commonly seen at «other gyms» spread conveniently throughout the gym. 6 out the 18 treadmills didn’t work.
If these things where changed I’d rate the gym

I joined here a couple of months ago. This used to be a Gold’s gym but now it is Goodlife and I don’t know what the difference is because I never went to Gold’s. The staff is very friendly here, but more so when you are interested in signing up. Beyond that, I don’t really know what they do… but they’re nice. I thought it would be cool if they were around more when I need a spotter rather than having to disturb another patron who is, like me, just trying to enjoy their music and solitude while working out. OK I should mention there was a Sikh dude who I have seen on patrol so he was certainly available if I needed him but I have not ever seen anyone else. Also, I don’t know what their routine is when it comes to organizing the weights section. Many gym users are sloppy and don’t put back their weights and I think this could be resolved by more staff presence in that area. Finally, I don’t go to the gym to watch TV but damn, when it’s NHL playoffs, can’t they have CBC and TSN available on the treadmills and elipticals?
Now the good stuff… they spent money on changing the DISMAL lockers in the men’s change room (can’t speak for the women’s). It’s much nicer now. They have PLENTY of machines to use and the weights area is big! Compared with the massive Beacon Hill location, Northland is far superior for it’s weight lifting area. Beacon Hill is better suited for all Goodlife’s FANTASTIC classes! Any of the les mills classes are awesome and really make you feel like you are getting full value for your payments. There are so many more things available that I haven’t even tried. All in all, I’m happy to call the Northland location MY gym, and I have seen positive changes happen but they just need to get a little better. My final observation is that there is a cool climbing wall there that should be USED!