GoodLife Fitness Dartmouth Penhorn Plaza

Positive experience: Sauna broken first week there due to “oils on the elements” annoying frankly. Everything else has been exceptional.

Negative experience: Staff does not enforce their own policy regarding cell phones or "odors". People are consistently parked on machines texting as if it were a phone booth.The level of body odor paired with liberal application of industrial grade cologne has made the facility so offensive to the nose it was enough to scrap my membership after eight years. Save the money and invest in a home setup. Commercial gyms have become unusable outside of early morning or dead of night.

Positive experience: You Pay one of the highest fees in canada and dont get enough hours of operation!! It would be great if they , At least they can keep it open all days till 10 or 11pm !! They dont have punching bags too!

Negative experience: Staff was friendly, but darn those showers were the worst I have ever seen in a gym. Bring your shower footwear here. Looked contagious.

Fantastic experience: I've been a member at Goodlife Penhorn for well over 10 years. In that time, I have seen many good associates come and go. There are several working there now, but I want to point out that Tatiana is one of the best I've seen yet. She's a real go-getter, which is the exactly the kind of person Goodlife should want on their team. Not only that, but she makes time to talk to members and makes them feel welcome, which in my view, improves the gym experience.

Fantastic experience: Great Jim, and friendly staff. Trainers are great especially TATI

Fantastic experience: My wife and I enjoy our time at this gym. Kyle Wells and Tetiyana are excellent training professionals--and even better people. I also enjoy the men's sauna--very hot, and always working.

Fantastic experience: Great place, good trainers Tati is great!

Negative experience: $28 for a drop in rate is madness. $15-20 MAX for a guest in the area to use the facilities as a one off is reasonable but nearly $30..you're having a laugh. I wasn't in town long enough to justify a weekly pass and they did not offer me a free trial. Do better.

Fantastic experience: Great gym great equipment thanks

Fantastic experience: Amazing place for workout!! Staff is very helpful and their training starter option is the best for anyone starting workouts

Fantastic experience: Love every time I go in the staff is incredibly friendly and always willing to help. The gym is consistently clean and well-maintained. The locker rooms are spacious and equipped with all the amenities you could need, including showers and saunas. Also the ones working front desk are so friendly and the Manager was the sweetest and most helpful with anything questions I have. Please dont change guys really helping the world be a better place.

Negative experience: Extremely basic gym. You'll pay a premium price for the bare minimum. They never add new equipment, max out at 100lbs dumbbells and have never had any plate loaded machines. Also very cramped during busy hours as the layout is awful. They do nothing well and if you have any complaints they'll probably do nothing.

Negative experience: Busy location with quite limited space. If you wanna see the most impressive dust collection go take a look at the fans in their group fitness studio

Fantastic experience: Best gym I’ve ever tried ! I am from Montreal and there are none in my city I wish there were ! Also the staff were very nice and welcoming.

Fantastic experience: We were home visiting family and needed a gym to go to. The location is well equipped, clean, and has a very friendly staff. I will definitely be back when we visit again.

Positive experience: This location needs to be open 24/7. The current hours in addition to the upcoming revisions to be implemented - do not make any sense. Lots of broken or worn out equipment, for which every week there's new postings of equipment out or service. Lastly, the inconsiderate members who insist of dropping weights which is not only disrespectful, (as the property doesn't belong to them) also stresses other patron's out as its startling. "We need to do better, come on people".

Fantastic experience: I have been a member at this gym for many many years . Gym is great , always clean , equipment is always taken care of and the best part is the staff. Always greeted with a smile , very attentive to needs and always helpful . The employees work very hard and are under valued . Highly reccomed

Fantastic experience: Good life is a great place to work out with people who understand your desire to be fit. The staff are exceptional, especially the front desk who make you feel welcome and supported. Fellow members are friendly and make you feel like you are with Family.

Negative experience: Goodlife is the place to be if you like being recorded by creeps working out and inside the lockeroom.

Fantastic experience: Fitness advisor Tetiana had gave me best experience in this field and the gym is pretty spacious and convenient with a clean equipment.

Negative experience: Male showers are absolutely filthy and few smell like urine. Last year I visited this location for the first time since its the closest to where I live and that's when I noticed this issue the first time. Brought it up with the local staff and they notified me that they're aware and the manager is working on it. Few months have passed, been using the location closest to my work until today and issue still hasn't been resolved which is why I'm writing this to bring more attention to the issue

Negative experience: Sometimes on weekends staff shows up late. Waiting outside of the gym now with a lineup of people and no one inside

Negative experience: Poorly maintained and managed. Who doesn't like a gym that closes early on weekends and randomly throughout the week.

Negative experience: Great place to workout and lose consciousness because of heat and sweat. HVAC is not working for at least one month. The cooprate wants to save money on HVAC so we can die from heat and the musk of peoplewho do not shower before working out. Goodlife will hold you accountable for everything on your end, but you can't challenge their end. Management is great, but their hands are tied and can't do anything for the poor consumer. Goodlife is quite quickly in taking subscription fees but will take ages to replace damaged necessary equipment. You can't safely workout in the absence of HVAC.

Positive experience: Only been going since march; not a bad club! The female's sauna is a dry wood one and relaxing. Only complaint is the upstairs section can get really warm, could use some floor fans especially on the hot/ humid days.

Negative experience: Bad facility outdated facility on top there is bad customer service, it’s not 24 hour either for half the week. I wish it’s competition Worls Gym was still open, this GoodLife location is not for experienced folks.

Negative experience: This as been my home gym for about 8 years, I love this gym and ALL past staff. This past year I've had some personal issues that had slowed me down BUT when it came to my attention the newer staff that had been hired this past year as been judgemental and talking about me with other members I stopped going all together. This is very unprofessional and weights heavy on my mental health to be judged by people that dont know me or as never even took the time to say hi to me. I have came back but well not tolerate this behavior in future and goodlife should have there staff at a higher standard .I am not the only member that as experienced this. This is sad to pay for a membership to be judged mentally and physically instead of getting healthy . Talk to your staff and educate them and also to not have them talk to members/ clients about others.

Fantastic experience: An amazing gym. Good equipment and service! Staffs are very friendly and helpful. Manager is super responsible!

Fantastic experience: I really enjoy the staff here. They’re always nice and very helpful when needed. Will be coming back :)

Fantastic experience: Excellent place to workout, very spacious and what makes it better is the kind staff they have, always with a big smile all the time.

Fantastic experience: I love this goodlife! They are so welcoming and have the best customer service!

Fantastic experience: this is my favourite goodlife! the staff here are so friendly and approachable!

Fantastic experience: Great gym, wonderful staff, great mix for beginners and experienced folks alike.

Fantastic experience: love this goodlife! super kind and knowledgeable staff

Fantastic experience: This good life is my favourite! The staff is incredibly kind and accommodating and the manager, Nagad, always deals with member concerns in a prompt manner. Will continue to come back here!

Negative experience: Inexperienced staff, not worth trying for anyone with experience. This gym is much fit4less with bad equipment due to their policies on noise and safety with weights. Staff would suggest certain ways to accommodate clients and backtrack the next day. Of all the GoodLife facilities in the Atlantic region, this is the worse.

Fantastic experience: Updated* *Will change the stars if something is done* I had something happening but within 48 business hours, their Manager reach out to me ans she was being very understanding and offered a solid solution. I decided to removed the description of the event itself because I believe it was not from ill intent and I was assured that it would be addressed. Its a great gym with fantastic team and lots of room and equipment.

Negative experience: It’s an average gym. It’s close and has all the equipment, but sauna often breaks, showers aren’t very clean, and towels are often not available. To upper management and those in charge of replying to these reviews: I suggest YOU email local management and hold them to a higher account. I’ve done my part.

Fantastic experience: The assistant manager Sarah and trainer Derek where amazing!

Fantastic experience: Good gym with nice employees, good selection of amenities and equipment.

Positive experience: Nice place with towel service , bathing area and sauna. Spacious space for cardio and strength training. The biggest disadvantage is its not 24 hours open throughout the week. Closes at 10 on Friday and Saturday and even worse is at 6:00 p.m on Sundays.

Fantastic experience: Love this gym. Very welcoming, helpful staff and best of all no judgments. So happy I jointed

Fantastic experience: Womens change room is doused in kiddie parfume, made it hard to breath, reminded me of the parfume counter at The Bay or Sears. . The facility itself was dirty throughout. Rather disappointed. Members spend sufficient money to attend these facilities, so to find able bodied young people sitting at a desk while everything is dirty is counterproductive. Went back today, the place was spotless and no heavy scent in the change room. So much nicer, I stayed for the 2 hr workout today!!! Thanks to the owner for rectification!!

Negative experience: Very sad to learn they won't be bringing back childcare. It is so important for parents to be able to go to the gym. I understand removing it when covid happen but to not bring it back is truly heartbreaking.

Fantastic experience: Nice and clean, staff are great there

Fantastic experience: Great staff and atmosphere.

Fantastic experience: Not a bad club, it is massive and has lots of equipment. I do like the lay out. I had training there, and reallly enjoyed it. The gym has a mixed bag of people, which is nice. The staff are pretty friendly - friendlier than other locations I’ve been to. The tanning beds are clean and they work well. Huge Change rooms

Fantastic experience: Stopped by twice while on vacation. They were very nice and let me use the free trial both days. Facilities were much nicer then my home gym and I enjoyed the sauna as well.

Positive experience: Decent gym, with well maintained workout areas and new equipment. The only reason this gem of a gym got a 4/5 instead of a 5/5 is the simple fact that it's not truly a 24hr gym like it's counterpart in Bedford. I've added a picture of the schedule as way of notifying anyone who is looking for a late night or very early work out.

Fantastic experience: Edit: Initially had some issues caused by very poor communication however I had the opportunity to work with the Fitness Manager, Jake. He worked with me in order to rectify the issues with my account, provided multiple options for payment plans and made sure I was able to keep going with my training at a different facility. He was a dream to work with and would strongly recommend that you talk with him if you're experiencing any issues with your account or training. Tried to suspend my account and personal training due to medical issues which apparently they couldn't because I had paid in full already. Then my trainer quit - he was excellent and would 100% recommend. No one reached out to continue training, absolutely no communication until the email saying they were going to send me to collections for lack of payment. Called the number provided to sort it out and no answer for 3 days. Eventually was told that I had to get in touch with the fitness manager to sort this out who was on vacation bit was told they would get back to me as soon as they got back. I still haven't heard anything and they're still sending the threaten collections emails. .

Positive experience: Place is a good gym for the location, staff, amount of equipment too but the thing that’s not good is that they advertise being a 24 hour gym when it is only actually two days a week. If not gonna be 24 hours all the time then probably should take the sign off the building.

Fantastic experience: Love this gym

Fantastic experience: Excellent Customer Service Awesome Location Very Clean

Fantastic experience: Great location! Staff and personal trainers are very friendly and knowledgeable. Definitely give it a try if you are looking for a gym.

Fantastic experience: Very safe

Fantastic experience: Great gym. Clean and lots of space. They are 24/5 and should update the sign, as it closes on weekend nights.

Positive experience: Went there yesterday. Lots of equipment (both cardio and weights) and the sauna works well. Love this location. Only thing to improve - reorganize a space (perhaps 2nd floor between stairs and windows) to provide all members a spot for turf/trx/kettlebells. You're allowed to use those things but have to ask the personal trainers permission which is frustrating.

Positive experience: Great place to work out

Fantastic experience: Great place

Fantastic experience: A very nice, pleasant facility to work out. Great location (Sobeys, Marks, Pur and Simple, freeway access) and tons of parking space.

Negative experience: My gym bag was stolen at this gym first time I went there, cameras wont help you either because police wont do nothing about it, wouldn't recommend this gym to anyone!

Fantastic experience: Undoubtedly the best Goodlife in the province. Manager has brought in a couple cybex pieces (squat press, hack squat) that make this gym a little different than all the other GoodLifes. Not crazy busy, chill staff, and better vibes than most other GL I have trained at.

Positive experience: I personally go there.My wife likes it alot

Fantastic experience: Positive: Communication , Professionalism , Quality

Fantastic experience: Clean, kind staff, bench and platforms not crowded.

Negative experience: I Have nothing negative to say about my personal trainer, he has been the absolute best! However, Goodlife as a whole is nothing but a money hungry establishment! I understand signing a contract that locks me in for a year with a personal trainer, but no one saw a Global pandemic coming and hundreds have lost income! I lost HALF of my income, I live alone with no financial help and could not afford three PT sessions a week anymore. I could only afford one session a week. In order for me to get out of my three session per week down to one session per week I had to pay nearly $1000 ON TOP of the $407 every two weeks! I could not afford the extra $1000 and had to continue with breaking the bank to pay for my gym membership, essentially a second months rent AFTER I explained my financial hit due to covid! This passed month I have medical issues and lost my ability to walk and stand, I am no longer able to work and have a DRS NOTE stating I am not able to continue at the gym for the time being and i have NO INCOME at the moment! My account was suppose to be on a temporary freeze, but instead I wake up this morning to Goodlife STILL taking money out of my account when I physically can’t even be there! I am DONE with this gym and they will not be getting another cent out of me! I will be contacting the head office and taking this issue further!

Fantastic experience: Super nice facility here! I came into this GoodLife hoping to join a new gym, unfortunately when I thought about it the location was a little too far from my house. I spoke with Veronica and she was lovely, talking me through my options and telling me about the gym. I'll consider joining GoodLife in the future if there is a location closer to where I live.

Positive experience: Fitness center like they adjusted for covid

Fantastic experience: Been my gym for years. Nice and clean place and atmosphere.

Fantastic experience: Great gym. Great equipment

Fantastic experience: Great staff, great facility.

Fantastic experience: Had Alex as a personal trainer, decent guy, but wanted me to lift all the weights my self, dont see much point in paying him if I got to do all the work, nice facility, good spot If you want to workout I guess.

Fantastic experience: Great staff, great people go there, it's very friendly even if half the people there look mean, it's because their zoned in that's all, they have all new equipment, could use a few more things but overall it has all the needs to fill if your into fitness of any sort, they also have classes if that's what your looking for, personal trainers, saunas, showers and massage chairs , can't go wrong joining Goodlife

Negative experience: I have been a 22 year member I was told my tenure does not matter .. I have tanned at GoodLife for as long as there has been tanning beds but now I am not allowed anymore , unless I pay up lol.. I guess I was lucky to get tans.. Yet many others have never heard of a fee for tanning and tan there as well with nothing said ... some days they give you towels and others your not allowed . I guess it depends on who you are . 22 years of money means nothing at Portland st GoodLife lol .. can’t wait to go back ...

Fantastic experience: Great gym. Great equipment

Positive experience: I enjoy lifting weights and I get a very good price (doesn't hurt that my membership is grandfathered)

Positive experience: Never crowded lots of machines good training area

Positive experience: To many guys using multiple machines at once .turn off.usually the don't like cleaning machines after use.to many leaving weights on machines after use. Donna at front desk very FRIENDLY.two thumbs up.

Positive experience: Nice place nice people. Sometimes it gets a little crowded in there. Could be cheaper. It's pretty expensive just for a regular member ship. Never paid this much for a gym member ship anywhere I ever lived.

Negative experience: When the trainers are working with clients they occupy more than 1 or 2 pieces of equipment at a time. Asking others to wait.... I have waited as long as 20 mins to use a leg press. That’s unacceptable. They have personal training only sections. Shouldn’t they use those areas ? Today the trainer didn’t even come back to clean the squat press machine or tell me that his client was done. So disappointing!

Fantastic experience: Nice gym nice service

Fantastic experience: Nice, clean gym with friendly staff. I recently did 6 weeks of group training with Katelynn and it was fantastic. She makes sure everyone is doing the exercises correctly and also adjusts each exercise for your individual strength/ability level so it is challenging for each person but still safe. Ask her about the program, it is really good value and makes working out fun. I also really like the yoga classes, and my son loves the JUMP staff. They are great with kids and he looks forward to going there.

Fantastic experience: My second home

Fantastic experience: Love the staff, trainers, and group fitness classes!

Fantastic experience: Great staff great environment . I don't feel intimidated

Fantastic experience: Love this location

Fantastic experience: good location and clean gym

Fantastic experience: This is a great early morning, before work/school gym. it has a stand up or lay down Tanner that is usually available and also has a massage chairs near the front doors. Lights are on the second floor completely separate from the cardio machines. The male locker room has lots of room and space. the staff is very friendly and welcoming when you go there.

Negative experience: Grease

Positive experience: An ordinary popular gym with affordable membership fee. Decent facilities. Friendly staff. A little bit too crowded in rush hours. Nothing else to complain.

Positive experience: Very nice place but missing some equipment

Negative experience: No notice was posted that I saw about closing early on family day. The price of your memberships should cover the cost of paying a staff member statutory holiday pay. You certainly make enough money off your members! If I have to work all day I expect to be able to work out when I'm off not get turned away at the door at 8pm

Negative experience: Poor customer service. Very poor.

Positive experience: Nicest GL staff in the East coast work here. The only downside is that they need some new equipment, they have the same stuff here for the past 10 years or so. Most of the equipment is in good working order but it's just time for a little spice up.

Fantastic experience: Clean, organized and polite support staff, perfect hours and prime location with a supplement shop right out the door.

Fantastic experience: Being open for just 4 days at 24/4 is a tease. It would be good competition with Bedford and Lower Sackville which do have them open all week. The least we could do if we can't is to be open at 6 versus 8 on the weekend.

Fantastic experience: I used to workout here almost every day until I got my home gym set up. They have a little bit of everything for whatever your needs. If you mainly do cardio, they have a lot of treadmills, ellipticals, bikes, and stair climbers. If you're in to body building, they have all the strength equipment upstairs for your needs. They even have two power racks along with a squat rack for your squats, deadlifts, OHP etc. Great gym for everyone.

Positive experience: Decent lifting equipment for a goodlife. 2 power racks and a squat rack, spacious dumbbell area, and look to deadlift. Bars are okay. Chalk is fine if you clean up after yourself. In general a relatively powerlifting friendly gym. Just don't drop the weights

Positive experience: Big club with good equipment but busy