GoodLife Fitness Etobicoke East Mall and Burnhamthorpe For Women

Negative experience: I’ve visited this gym twice, and both times it smelt absolutely horrible! Some extra measures need to be taken to fix the smell. I had to leave.

Negative experience: - Biological males identifying as women are allowed to work out in this gym - Girls record themselves working out in this gym even though women come to the gym for privacy reasons, where are these videos going? Probably on some social media site (there is no consideration for women who wear hijab and remove there hijabs to workout or just women who don’t want to be recorded in general) - A very small gym that can be overcrowded very easily GoodLife Fitness for women, do better

Positive experience: Tiny gym but not too crowded

Negative experience: I was going to sign up but due to the reviews of allowing biological males into the gym this will be a hard pass. Please contact me if you ever change this in the future

Fantastic experience: Fun environment and everyone is friendly!

Fantastic experience: I have been attending this gym for almost a year to workout with a personal trainer, front desk staff are always there to answer any questions and help with any issues regarding scheduling, Mariam Ajiroba is an excellent personal trainer, kind and understanding not to mention motivating! This gym is staffed by the most kindest women I had the pleasure of meeting, this is definitely the best gym I have attended thus far.

Fantastic experience: Kim beautiful person to work with

Fantastic experience: Favourite place to get my workout in!! Great staff, members, and friends :)

Negative experience: worst hours ever

Fantastic experience: I recently joined Goodlife with this as my home location. I've had a wonderful experience with the staff, everyone has been very friendly and helpful. I signed up for some personal training sessions with trainer Gozde and it has been an excellent experience. Gozde is an absolute pleasure to train with, she's very knowledgeable and friendly and made me feel confident and comfortable on this new journey, would 100% recommend!

Fantastic experience: I recently signed up for Personal Training at Goodlife Fitness East Mall Women’s location and it was the best decision I made. I had been observing Cierra, one of the Personal Trainers, when I went to the gym as she was so focused on her client(s) giving them her upmost attention. So when it came time to book, I already knew that Cierra was the trainer for me. Cierra is very professional and will go into detail on how to do certain movements by first showing you. She will push you to the max as she has total faith in your abilities. I am already seeing amazing results both in my sessions with Cierra but also in the various group classes that I do at GLF. She has inspired me to be a stronger person inside and out. I am more confident in challenging myself to do just a bit more or go the next weight level. If you are thinking of trying out PT, I would highly recommend Cierra. You will not be disappointed. ********************************************** As a mother of a non-binary person I am very proud to be part of the Goodlife family and how they prioritize and support womenhood in all its diversity. I have been going to this location for 20 years since it first opened at Loblaws. I have attended various group fitness classes. The energy and passion of the group fitness classes is what keeps me coming back. Although it may be smaller than other gyms, the staff and instructors have done their best to accommodate everyone. The group fitness instructors are extremely knowledgeable and helpful when explaining how to do the different activities. All the staff there are very friendly, trying to acknowledge you by name when you enter the gym. The staff ensures to make it a safe and welcoming environment space. I am also very proud to be a part of the fundraising for Move4Kids which is a national fundraising event supporting MOVE by GoodLife Kids – a FREE physical activity and fitness program for youth ages 12 to 21 with autism and intellectual disabilities. This Goodlife location incorporates many different activities to help raise funds and motivate the gym members.

Negative experience: Disgusted that this location doesn't care about women's safety. As others have stated, trans identifying people can use the co-od GL gyms. The management and team are too cowardly to ensure that a biological male, with biological male organs, stays out of this gym and more importantly, out of the women's only change room. A man wearing a wig should not be permitted to enter a woman's only gym. It's absurd that nothing is being addressed at this location. Pathetic. This gym was set up to give women a safe and comfortable space to exercise. That doesn't exist anymore. Why is the owner not responding to these valid reviews and doing something? Don't waste your time going here.

Negative experience: I travel a lot for work and have tried multiple locations in multiple cities in Ontario. I was very excited about trying a GoodLife for women. It was an absolute disappointment. One of the staff member treated me with total disrespect. Giving me attitude, making up rules that don’t exist, yelling at me and threatening me to cancel my membership when I went to have a conversation with her to seek clarification. As if it wasn’t enough, she then told the manager that I made comments about her, which I never did. They handled this whole thing very poorly and as a result told me I wasn’t allowed at this location during the 25 days “investigation”. It was very insulting to be treated this way and I will file a complaint with GoodLife customer service. Will never go back again.

Fantastic experience: This gym is amazing, I have the most amazing trainer Gozde akar, she transformed me as a person and most importantly my body.. if you guys come here most definitely will recommend her. She feels like more like a close friend, she uplifts you mentally. Amazing that’s all I can say.

Negative experience: The manager was very rude and condescending when speaking to us. She has this superiority complex and it was not appreciated when we were inquiring about memberships and day passes. I did not feel safe and the workers were very condescending as well. For a women’s only gym there was not much support for women.

Negative experience: DO NOT GO TO THIS GYM! NOT SAFE FOR WOMEN!!! I was there today and was scared and embarrassed to be a member of this club, a 6'2 Transgender was at my gym. I could not go to change as I felt my privacy had been breached and I was afraid that if I brought up any concerns you I would be banned or they would confront me. For an average gym thats poorly staffed and way too overpriced I would much rather buy equipment and workout at home. DO NOT GO HERE!

Fantastic experience: Estoy encantada.

Negative experience: Etobicoke - the east mall location is no longer a ladies only gym. Trans people disrupted my privacy and sense of security. I asked the management to make ladies only time or Trans only time or find any other solution but they never listen. I lost the motivation and used the gym only a couple of times within the last 3 months. sometimes I reach the gym, I find a Trans person and I leave immediately. really disappointed. goodlife fitness is going to lose some of their loyal customers soon.

Negative experience: Due to their decision to allow a biological man into the gym and changing room, causing me to feel unsafe, I had to cancel my membership at the women-only gym. Despite its excellent staff, friendly environment, and skilled instructors, I had initially paused my membership, hoping the gym would reconsider its policy after numerous complaints. Regrettably, I had to cancel my membership and switch to another gym.

Fantastic experience: Best gym great equipment friendly staff super clean

Fantastic experience: Personal Trainer Review For: Kassandra Jenner Personal Trainer at Good Life Fitness By: M. Anne Moynihan Date: September 2023 I have been a client of Kassandra for just a little over one year. Throughout this time, I have really enjoyed and grown to appreciate our sessions! Kassandra has many excellent skills and knowledge that qualify her to be an effective personal trainer. First, she is an effective communicator; directions are always articulated with clarity and when there are questions or concerns, she takes the time to reiterate specific tasks. She performs her role with care while demonstrating an enormous level of patience! Second, she models an effective instructional approach as she sets up tasks and various movements while using the machines; before we begin a specific task, Kassandra takes the time to explain the various targeted muscle groups, the necessary form and the desired outcome. As a result of her calm demeanor, I never feel awkward asking questions or expressing concerns. On a more personal note, since beginning my sessions with Kassandra, I have developed greater strength in my upper and lower body, my physical resistance has improved, and I feel much more confident in meeting my present and future fitness goals. Thanks to Kassandra’s encouragement and direction, I am excited about my progress as well as the prospect of actually attaining my desired objective to commit myself to life-long fitness!

Negative experience: They says the gym is only for women but there is big men which they identify as women.which that won’t make him women. People should stand up for the right and not ruin our community. Women means Her/She/ princess and Queens. Not a men with ladies cloths on. Disgusting

Fantastic experience: I love this gym. Great teachers. Lovely staff and community members.

Fantastic experience: Equipment and bathrooms need a renovation, badly but its a women's gym so therefore my gym.

Negative experience: stuff is not nice. stuff manager (Sheerin?) is condescending to customers. I let her know about an issue with on demand training, she interrupted me and asked me to leave it and later on called me in and implied that I did something wrong with it. the manner with which she communicates in general is rude and absolutely not appropriate for a customer service representitive. I go to a lot of other good life locations and the customer service has always been at the highest level. I will continue going to those locations and avoid this gym. they also don't have towel service.

Fantastic experience: I just recently rejoined this GoodLife location, after a 3 year COVID hiatus. I am thrilled with the group exercise selection offered and can easily fit in at least 4 classes/week. The atmosphere in this club is wonderful. Front desk staff are warm and welcoming. The manager is approachable, open, kind and fair. I am excited to be working out at this club again and feel welcomed and appreciated each time I walk in.

Fantastic experience: I started with good life fitness at east mall in September after 2years break during covid.The staff is super supportive and friendly. The instructors are very encouraging. It’s a very relax and calming environment. Thank you for excellent service.

Fantastic experience: Such a wonderful place to workout, stuff is very nice! The place is clean and quiet

Fantastic experience: This is my favourite GoodLife location! It is very clean and the staff are super friendly. I am always greeted with a smile and if there is anything needed, they are also helpful. I enjoy the classes they have and the instructors care about making sure you know what you are doing!

Fantastic experience: Amazing studio i highly recomend to everyone to join!

Fantastic experience: Amazing environment where you feel supported by all the workers!

Fantastic experience: I have been working out at Good Life, Etobicoke East Mall location since summer of 2022 and began training for the CN Tower stair climb which I successfully completed in April 2023 in just over 31 minutes. Thank you to Good Life and my two kids and helping me train for the fundraiser! Happy 44th anniversary Good Life!

Fantastic experience: I’ve been coming here for a couple years now, and I’ve always enjoyed my workouts hear the community the Francie make, and the staff are very friendly and very helpful along the way

Fantastic experience: This is the best place to workout. It’s small and all of the staff are friendly.

Fantastic experience: Very clean, staff is very friendly.

Positive experience: They are very friendly and helpfully.

Fantastic experience: I have been going to this gym for about 6 years. I started my fitness journey here and I am so glad I did. I have been to other locations and this one is by far the best with the most friendly, attentive and comforting staff. The environment lets you build relationships with the staff and other gym goers. After trying other gyms and other locations, I always come back here. I definitely recommend this gym.

Fantastic experience: I have been a member with Goodlife for about 10 years , in the past 3 years I have been going to the East Mall . I find the staff very helpful , the instructors are amazing !!! I highly recommend if u are looking for a good work !

Fantastic experience: great atmosphere and excellent staff!

Fantastic experience: Been going to this gym since 2017. I love the energy, team members, and amount of equipment this location has. Kim, Alex, Lena, and Christina are always so kind to me and very helpful with the machines!

Fantastic experience: Had a great experience signing up at this Goodlife. Akua was very helpful and empowering when discussing my personal fitness journey . All staff that I met were very engaged and supportive. Thank you!

Fantastic experience: Best place to workout.. The place is clean and the staff is very supportive and friendly...

Positive experience: Small, quaint all women’s gym. Fairly clean though you can tell the cardio machines haven’t had a good deep clean in a while. Staff have been nice and follow up with new members which is a really nice touch.

Fantastic experience: The location is great for workout and for groceries for one trip. A plus is that all the staff are very nice, and supportive. I am feeling like a family-like of fitness . The manager is great and professional; debby is wonderful; kim is very helpful; ava is a very good personal trainer And the instructors are very nice. Today, by accident, I locked my key in the locker. kim,manager and debby all took great efforts to help me out. What a great team work! Thank you for your help. This club is highly recommended.

Fantastic experience: I had never worked out in my life and being a mom of two i thought it was a good start point to have a personal trainer. Ava was amazing and very professional assisting me through this journey. At the end of my sessions i could see great results. I definitely recommend this location and Ava as a personal trainer.

Positive experience: very difficult to get to a class

Fantastic experience: Best place for workout. This gym I feel is so clean and safe, hygiene. staff here is so friendly and supportive. specially my trainer gozde she is the best trainer I have met ever.

Fantastic experience: I started going to this gym in late August after not going to a gym for 3 years. From the moment I stepped in, I felt supported by the staff and quickly became comfortable using the equipment. Yes, the space might be smaller than others, but when classes aren't in session the studio (which has fans and workout equipment) is available for use. I don't find myself waiting to use equipment most of the time and the space is clean. Overall, this is a solid gym where you can get a good workout in. The staff are knowledgeable and friendly and there is no judgement.

Fantastic experience: Women's only club! LOVE LOVE LOVE IT! The best staff, caring, and supportive !!

Fantastic experience: I absolutely love this place! Great workout environment, very clean, very friendly staff as well! highly recommend for a great and peaceful workout session!

Fantastic experience: As someone who has worked in the gym industry for a long time, I have to say the gym is "GOOD." This gym is spotless and very welcoming. You will see women of all body types, ages, cultures and backgrounds. The space is smaller, so I highly suggest you consider the time you attend this gym. If you want intense leg workouts, do not attend peak times. I would say tour the gym and check it out, but from the motivators to the general manager, this gym is pretty amazing. It's my favourite location at the moment. :)

Fantastic experience: Very convenient location

Fantastic experience: Best gym! Equipment is always clean and the people actually follow protocol (wiping down machines when they are done). It's a bit smaller but it's really nice and I feel very comfortable and safe there. The people who work there are the best. So friendly and helpful!!!

Fantastic experience: Looking forward to getting back in there. Been a member for years, has it all, great for kids, uplifting and inspiring.

Negative experience: You cannot workout your legs in this gym. NO ONE works out their upper body so when you actually want to workout your legs its almost impossible. Someone is always doing hip thrusts for 30 minutes to 1 hour on the squat rack and everyone is rushing to get to the leg machines

Fantastic experience: my fav gym

Positive experience: Small Gym but decent on the inside, there are alot of cardio machines

Positive experience: Feel safe working out in this GL. Place is clean & #s are controlled w/ bookings. Highlight of day to do classes again for physical & mental health! Instructors could more consistetly wear their masks just before & after class is over while they're chatting w/ members. If they modeled this, other chatty members would follow their example! It's a pandemic people! Stop taking advantage of loophole where you can take off the mask during workout/class. GL associate at check in reminds members to sanitize their hands upon entry to club, & to wear masks in changeroom . Wish associates would also remind members/instructors of the GL mask rule, especially when they're talking loudly, potentially aerosoling virus in the indoor space. Hope the princesses can do their part in wearing masks to keep all safe.

Negative experience: women only

Positive experience: Good but classes became very busy. You have to come early and take a number from the front desk and wait in a line to join a class. The place not very big but clean. Only women and can’t see from outside.

Positive experience: Nice location Left message and no one returned my message

Negative experience: Feel like having an only women gym is discrimination

Positive experience: Small, but quiet and has everything you need. Tanning, showers and sauna (but sauna was broken) staff are friendly. Women’s only which is nice if you just wanna zone out in a quiet gym

Positive experience: Very convenient as it is located inside the Loblaws in the 2nd floor. Ample parking and easy to find. It’s small and it’s women’s only. Equipment is great, classes are also very good - it has a welcoming vibe. My only wish is that it opened at 6 so I could go before work. (It opens at 7)

Negative experience: Women only...

Positive experience: Nice place, friendly staff, reasonable price. Going to both locations (Woman’s and West Mall) prefer more Woman’s just because it’s closer to home and not too crowded. Have an ultimate family membership for a few years now. Really enjoy their classes (Body pump, flow, etc...) Awesome instructors! However there’s one that is pretty rude and definitely needs to improve her communication skills... Not a great role model. P. S. Dear Management, please reach out to me if interested in more details, will be happy to share

Positive experience: Really nice space that makes you feel comfortable. It's a little but small, but after a while you get used to it.

Negative experience: Clean gym with friendly staff. Some limited equipment but over all great. The only poor aspect was when I was told my deadlifting was too loud and disruptive. I can’t put mats under my bar it elevates my stance and there was not 2 mats available. Besides it’s a gym and some noise is going to happen when you’re lifting 200-245lbs. Really unfair to sensor some use because some clients don’t like a bit of noise while on the stepper.

Positive experience: The employees are very nice and helpful but the facility has limited amount of equipment

Fantastic experience: Membership costs only about $10/week after the initiation fee. That’s a real deal! The fitness classes are all lead by great instructors. Classes used to be overcrowded sometimes but now they have the members sign in 15 minutes before class begins, and they check names as people line up to go in. I also like the fact that GoodLife doesn’t make it impossible to cancel memberships like some other clubs. Nothing fancy but it’s clean and they have everything I need.

Positive experience: It's one of the very few women only locations where you dont have consciousness of being among men. I wish it had more flexible hours like 24 hrs facility especially on weekends as weekend mornings are busy and its convenient to go in the evening.

Fantastic experience: They've upgraded their equipment recently and is changed my workouts

Negative experience: Sometimes no hot water in the shower, a lot of times spa is closed without explanations. A lot of machines are broken and some are poorly maintained, sometimes it takes 2-3 weeks to repair a machine. Some working machines are taken to group activities area and are replaced with broken machine from that area. This is not something you would expect after purchasing an ultimate membership. Staff is very friendly though and that is why I am giving 2 stars.

Fantastic experience: VERY FRIENDLY STAFF

Positive experience: Nice, but small.

Positive experience: No frills...has everything you need. Just no towels. 31/2 actually out of 5.

Fantastic experience: Small gym but great atmosphere. I feel very comfortable when I workout here.

Positive experience: Really great and welcoming environment.

Negative experience: Needs facelift, good cleaning and new equipment. Some classes are overcrowded. It would be nice to add more sessions for popular classes.

Positive experience: Needs more floor space, better air conditioning and mat cleaner

Negative experience: This is the closest Good Life gym to the place where I live and for some reason it's women's only. If there are gender related concerns than there should be a room dedicated to a gender, not the whole gym.

Negative experience: EDIT: They improved this issue for a while, but it started happening again...men waltzing in and employees not caring at all and not letting us know ahead of time. Really disappointed at the staff’s nonchalant attitude. if you say you’re a women’s only gym, then make sure you are. It’s as simple as that. ——- The reason I come to this gym is for its strict women's only environment. While I realize that many women are okay with men walking in, a portion of your clientele are absolutely not. So when I'm working out on a machine and I look up and see a man standing at reception, I feel incredibly disappointed, and frankly, violated. The policy is for your staff to walk around with a sign to indicate a repair/delivery man is about to enter. That way, if any women would like to leave the gym floor until the man departs, they're able to do that. Unfortunately the staff doesn't seem to care about this policy. Instead they just prop up a sign at reception saying "repair man on site" at the *same time* as the man is entering. That obviously doesn't give us time to consider our options, especially if we are focused on the actual workout. I talked to the staff and manager (and even GoodLife head office) multiple times about this, but it never changes. It seems like listening to your customers is not a priority for you.

Negative experience: This is a women's-only gym unfortunately GoodLife does not specify that on their map search locations so when you are looking for a local GoodLife you find out it's sexist biased only

Fantastic experience: Small but nice women only gym. Staff is a little pushy though to buy packages

Positive experience: Nice centre but the classes were not very good

Fantastic experience: Love Goodlife! Their group exercise class schedule is amazing. The LesMills classes (Body Pump, Body Combat etc) are the reason I will never switch gyms. And now they have virtual classes so I can do a class on my own schedule!

Positive experience: small women only gym. convenient and efficient. group classes are frequent and diverse. Friendly staff and sauna is great.

Fantastic experience: Nice place for females only

Positive experience: It's a good location if you prefer smaller locations with less people. It can feel cramped sometimes, but as someone who's self conscious I enjoy it.

Negative experience: This place is tiny, with very limited machines, equipments and space. If you want to do your own workout, it's very hard to do so as there is no designated space for that - you'd have to squeeze between trademills. Hours of operation are shorter too.

Fantastic experience: Body Jam on Fridays with Leah is, in my opinion the best way to end a week. This class is amazing!!!!

Positive experience: The service is much better now, and the trainers are nicer. The classes are still crowded. The instructors are great, if you can get in. One of the ladies working in JUMP child minding was very rude. I understand she didn't want to miss her exercise class, but don't get bothered with your members because you want to leave early. Child minding is until 12pm here. Not 11:45am.

Fantastic experience: Favourite location in the area. Feels more like a local gym club. Good teachers and fun classes. Nice to be able to pick up food supplies after the gym.

Negative experience: Wrong location

Positive experience: A lot of these good life gyms in Toronto need more bench press stations (two is not enough) and seats for doing free weights. Too many people at this location talking, texting, checking Tinder on their cell phone at this location while monopolizing equipment.

Fantastic experience: Great gym with qualifed passionate personal trainers!

Positive experience: ONE STOP BODY SHOP! Doing your workout before getting your groceries is an effective way to keep the food going into your cart clean! For a boutique size club with high traffic the equipment provides everything you need for a total body workout.

Positive experience: Great Instructors, especially Suzy on Tuesday mornings doing body flow. Love this class.

Fantastic experience: Great service everyone is so polite

Negative experience: This gym needs an update. The equipment is old and tired and there is not enough cardio machines. I moved so I starting using this gym for convenience....and since I started over 4 months ago, the same elliptical machine has been broken- and there are only 5 or 6 and they are SO OLD!!!!!! The gym is close to me so I sometimes use it, but it is worse for wear. The washrooms are disgusting, everything feels dirty. If you have another option I would chose something else. PS- Trainers, it's really rude to sit on a piece of equipment as a chair while you watch your client on another machine.