Motiv Fitness

Negative experience: this gym lacks professionalism when interacting with its members. I’ve seen the owner curse at members and be extremely rude. They lack putting money back into the business. Instead of replacing the two most used cardio machines (stair climbers) they have just stuck a “out of order” sign on it for almost two years. The membership price is ridiculously high for what you pay for (ripped vinyl, broken equipment) staff walks around with head phones in, on their phones behind the desk. I miss when it was “abs-o-lute” new owners have changed the enjoyable atmosphere of the gym. I’ve brought concerns to management in a respectful way and now get a cold shoulder as I enter the gym. They don’t want any feedback on how to improve cause they believe they are already “the best” if there was more accessible gyms around the valley, I wouldn’t be investing any more money to Motiv.

Negative experience: Unfortunately, this gym just isn’t what it used to be. There’s always something under maintenance and instead of just investing into replacing it so that no one is waiting weeks/months on new vinyl, they’ll just buy a new random machine that takes up more room when the gym is already so small. All the equipment and accessories (minus maybe 4 machines) are all 12-15+ years old. The prices are what hurts the most, because for just $2 more bi-weekly, you can go to Goodlife and Motiv is just nowhere near that standard. They blame it on rent increase which is understandable, but maybe it’s time to think about moving into a new spot with more space; a gym shouldn’t be something so hard for your customers to afford. It’s very unfortunate how much the price has increased in just 5 years. However, the staff have always been kind to me. I have great friends who work here and workout here. I’ve been at this gym off and on for almost 10 years and this is where my Dad became a physique body builder. I think adding the supplement section was an awesome choice. This place just needs a lot of love to justify the price, or steps need to happen from within so a price decrease/more sales on memberships, can happen.

Fantastic experience: Respectful members, staff and Clean equipment. Very good place for a good workout. I left my winter jacket there and couldn't pick it up until two days later. It was still there with my items in the pockets. ( I never called to ask the staff to watch it, I just showed up in good faith). Hands down best public gym around IMO

Fantastic experience: Good showers

Fantastic experience: Perfect

Fantastic experience: Nice place

Fantastic experience: It's very welcoming, the staff is friendly, easy to approach. The people I that uses the gym are great too. It's a place where strangers feel like family.

Fantastic experience: Lots of equipment to workout! Great staff when you need some info about how things work in there.

Positive experience: A small town gym that has enough variety of equipment to get the job done. Staff were friendly and the facility was clean. We went at different times throughout the day and it was never overcrowded. Weights were never re-racked in order, which was very frustrating at times looking for specific weights. A lot of equipment was also under maintenance or has seen better days. A little paint job, hex dumbbells, and reinforcing gym etiquette would do this gym wonders.

Positive experience: Great small town gym with all the equipment you'd need for a good workout. I've been coming here for over a year and the staff and clientele are very friendly. Equipment is clean although starting to show signs of age. Equipment is down at times, but care is usually put in to have an alternate machine. Hours are okay. Weekend hours are horrendous. My gripe is with the price to benefit ratio. Being a goodlife member for 2 years , I find it tough to rationalize paying the same amount for far lesser. The addition of a sauna would be a great way to fix this. Especially with the upcoming price hike (which will make this gym more expensive than goodlife). In the past year , i've only seen the addition of 1 new machine. Unfortunately, it seems ownership is unwilling to take this into consideration and I'm afraid if nothing is done, I will be considering going elsewhere from now on.

Fantastic experience: Great gym. I signed up with Cody to do a few introductory PT sessions to get my 40yo self back into the gym and feel comfortable with what I was doing. It was a game changer. I usually go around 8.30am and it's super quiet and lots of access to all the equipment.

Fantastic experience: Motiv Fitness in New Minas has a fantastic Spin Club. It’s very affordable, has excellent instructors and offers many class times to choose from throughout the course of the week. 45 minutes of Spin is a perfect invigorating activity which leaves me in a great frame of mind with a fresh recharge afterwards. I highly recommend it.

Fantastic experience: Been going to this gym since two months, have best experience in nova scotia, Staff is So polite & always available to answer your questions. Lots of equipments & separate warm up & weight lifting sections, Big Changing rooms with lockers in there, can also buy gym products. plans & prices are so good, good discount options for family. Highly recommended place.

Positive experience: It’s a good gym, has everything you need. It’s well set up and has friendly staff! It is quite small though, that would be my only minor complaint. If it’s their busy hours, which are right before or after dinner time, good luck getting a machine you want. But, like I said, cardio, bodybuilding, or power lifting, they have pretty much everything you’ll need!

Fantastic experience: Never been here.

Fantastic experience: great gym more lots and lots of great equipment for any can of workout

Positive experience: Staff was welcoming, gave a tour before signing up. Features a great selection of cardio and free weight/ machines.

Fantastic experience: Great atmosphere, friendly staff

Fantastic experience: Great place to work out that isn't over crowded, great employees as well

Fantastic experience: Motiv is an excellent gym. I have been going there for over 5 years, usually three times a week. Excellent facilities, knowledgeable and helpful staff, and easy access.

Positive experience: It’s a good gym, has everything you need. It’s well set up and has friendly staff! It is quite small though, that would be my only complaint. If it’s busy hour, right before or after dinner time, good luck getting a machine you want.

Fantastic experience: Good service. Friendly staff. Clean. Attention to safety and satisfaction of clients.

Negative experience: The owner was horrible trying to meet customers needs, customer service was pathetic

Fantastic experience: Good service. Friendly staff. Clean. Attention to safety and satisfaction of clients.

Fantastic experience: Amazing facility, wonderful equipment and friendly staff, the only gripe I have is the lack of free benches they have out, take away the bench presses and racks and they only have one open flat bench and one open incline bench which often means a lot of waiting. That nitpick aside highly recommend this place

Positive experience: Well equipped gym that's got pretty much everything you would need for a good workout. Plus a supplement store.

Fantastic experience: Best gym in the Valley. Has the most services: supplements, nutrition advice, massage therapists, and various classes. When equipment breaks, its fixed within days versus Acadia taking weeks. It's cheaper than most other gyms, with senior, military, family, and student discounts. They provide an excellent and positive atmosphere. They have a multi purpose room, another spin class room, various cardio equipment in a cardio area with televisions, a weight room with various equipment (including hacksquat machines etc), and another room with a turf section for sled pulls, and infinity-rig for squats, and a deadlift platform. Bumpers and steel plates are available. And the best thing about the whole gym. The lighting is amazing. Shows striations on basically everyone. Whoever installed the lighting here, please contact me to come do the lighting in my house

Fantastic experience: Awesome place to work out

Fantastic experience: This place is the only thing that gets me through the harsh Nova Scotia winters. Without Motiv, I would have wasted away and crumbled into tiny chards of ice many winters ago. Thanks so much to John, Cody, Marika, and the whole team for keeping us warm and healthy.

Fantastic experience: Love doing my work outs here. It's relaxing and welcoming and there's more then enough variety when it comes to the equipment available, which is all very well maintained and there's a great assortment of classes you can take that are all included with membership. They even have multiple billing options making it easier to afford. They have shower and towel service available with membership as well as a supplement store conveniently located right on location with membership discounts. You also get a discount card for a few local businesses. All in all its a great gym.

Fantastic experience: Fantastic gym with fantastic classes offered! A wide variety to keep your workout varied.

Positive experience: Great staff, great space.

Fantastic experience: This place is the only thing that gets me through the harsh Nova Scotia winters. Without Motiv, I would have wasted away and crumbled into tiny chards of ice many winters ago. Thanks so much to John, Cody, Marika, and the whole team for keeping us warm and healthy.

Fantastic experience: Love doing my work outs here. It's relaxing and welcoming and there's more then enough variety when it comes to the equipment available, which is all very well maintained and there's a great assortment of classes you can take that are all included with membership. They even have multiple billing options making it easier to afford. They have shower and towel service available with membership as well as a supplement store conveniently located right on location with membership discounts. You also get a discount card for a few local businesses. All in all its a great gym.

Fantastic experience: Excellent Gym, friendly staff and a welcoming environment to work out in.

Fantastic experience: Clean equipment, lovely staff and plenty of classes to choose from. :D

Negative experience: I joined years ago under the bi-weekly payment plan, for one year. At the end of the year I called asking how much longer I had on my membership and was told that it was already expired. To me "expired" means your membership is over and you can no longer come. Recently I noticed I was still being charged membership fees, when I called to ask about it the woman on the phone was very abrupt with me and spoke in a rude tone, telling me there was nothing she could do to help me but she'd leave a note for the manager to contact me. This is fine, I understand if it has to be the manager to help me but you could at least be nice about it. When the manager called he said "you had the only membership that doesn't expire, best thing I can do for you is cancel it right now." And that he had nothing on file about me ever cancelling. I am very dissappointed, I realize this scenario is part misunderstanding but I also feel it is part negligence by there system as perhaps if someone has not shown up for an extended period of time they should have something flagged in the system to alert them that the member is not showing up. If I had become incapacitated in some way and my family hadn't know about this I could have potentially just continued to pay gym memberships forever as it was coming up in my account as "NS LTD" fees every time, it didn't ever come up as "motiv" until the very last payment and I certainly would have caught this much sooner if it had.

Fantastic experience: Nice gym! Found everything I was looking for.

Fantastic experience: Wide variety of equipment to meet anybody's fitness needs. I love yhis place!

Fantastic experience: Excellent Gym, friendly staff and a welcoming environment to work out in.