Glenora World Health

This is a pretty standard gym. I like that it’s large and there are always enough machines and equipment even during the busiest times. The change rooms and shower area are always clean which is great. I also really appreciate the woman’s only room for when the main area gets really crowded. You do have to jump through the typical hoops that always come with a gym membership. for example the free trial they offer isn’t really free — you do have to choose to sign up for a membership to utilize it. I dislike they try to pressure you into referring other people to sign up at the same time — who would really appreciate having their contact info given to a gym without their consent or knowledge? They also strongly encourage you to sign up for personal training sessions which is pretty expensive. You get two free sessions with your membership which I have declined to use since I’m not interested in feeling pressured to buy more. However if you are new to working out or need to find a program for weight loss it would likely be beneficial. Also be aware if you don’t cancel before 30 days of your membership expiring, it will automatically renew. After getting all the membership details out of the way however, I am pretty happy with the gym and the facilities.

I am proud to call this gym my 2^nd home!
This is my favorite location out of all the World Health clubs in the city.
Atmosphere is bright and welcoming. There are large windows that let in a lot of sunlight during the day.
Plenty of mat space to throw down for before/​after workout stretching.
It gets a bit busy during peak times but I find that the members that come here are very friendly.
There are free amenities in the change rooms, and even towel service for a small fee. There is a kids club daycare for parents who want to workout. I don’t have kids yet but I think that is cool!
Group Ex classes are amazing! My favorite class is Group Power. I always feel like I’m getting a smashing workout.
Bonus is the Fresh Fit Foods for after workout meals. I love the hummus and the almond butter snacks!

I have never had a membership to World Health Club so I can’t comment on any pushy salespeople but have had the opportunity to visit and try out a few of their clubs. I’ve been to the Glenora location a few times; once for a class and the other time to work out on the machines. The last visit was to work out on a Saturday morning.
The locker area is spacious and clean. The layout works that not everyone is in one area with one row of lockers like as some gyms. There are the full body length and half size lockers which is great and you need to bring your own lock. There are benches scattered around by the lockers. There are big mirrors, hairdryers, lotions, and I think even hairspray! There’s a door to separate the lockers from the toilets and the shower area. The showers are huge and private, and they provide shampoo, conditioner, and soap. I didn’t even need to bring a towel as they provide that as well!
I went to the cardio machines where they have rows of bikes, ellipticals, and treadmills. I hopped on an elliptical but I didn’t see the antibacterial wipes, which I like to use to wipe the machine before I use it in case the person before me didn’t. The machines are great with each having their own tv and lots of channels! It makes the time go be quickly. I noticed where a few people were going to get wipes so I got some to clean my machine down.
The free weights and weight machine area had lots of options so it wasn’t too crowded. There were benches unoccupied it’s nice there’s room for everyone in the area. I also think there’s a Women’s Only area upstairs but I didn’t check it out.
Closer to the front by the offices are chairs which is great if you are waiting for a friend to come out of the locker area. The shoe area is also big so shoes are on top of each other.
Great gym!

This is an EXCELLENT environment to get your fitness on! I went here last week, for my very first experience at a World Health Club. I was super impressed! It was easy to find and there were plenty of parking spaces available around the facility.
Before working out, I ate a quick breakfast at Fresh Fit Foods, conveniently connected to the World Health Club. There was a wide selection of healthy breakfast options, as well as drinks. The foods were prepackaged and refrigerated. I finally opted for a farmer’s skillet breakfast, which I warmed up in the microwave in the eating area. For a beverage I choose a Karma passionfruit drink.
I had a chance to try out a one hour power class, held in an upstairs room at the facility. I’m so not a weight lifter but I thought YOLO! The class was a Zumba-​like version of weight lifting. The instructor was super energetic, motivating and painfully fun! I had a lot of great laughs, with a couple friends, as we attempted to keep up with the instructor.
As the class progressed, the weights seemed to get heavier, with each movement. I was using muscles I never used before. A pure beginner, like myself, can take this class, but I strongly suggest you start with light weights. The goal is to push yourself but not to cause injury! During the class people would add and remove additional weights.
I didn’t try out the exercise machines, downstairs in the main area, but I noticed that there were a wide variety of elliptical, bikes and other fancy machines used to work out. I also liked how there was a seating area just outside the locker rooms.
The ladies locker rooms were clean and spacious, with plenty of lockers, toilets, showers and a sauna inside. For your added convenience, they have lotions, antiperspirant spray, hair dryers and hair straighteners to use. I was amazed at the organization behind this place!
I left the World Health Club in a refreshed and happy mood. Super pumped to continue with the rest of my day.
The next day, I became sore in my upper chest (pectoral) area. This was to be expected, since I worked out muscles that I hadn’t before. I simply took an Advil and gently massaged the aching area. After a couple of days I was totally fine.
Overall, I was impressed with my brief experience here. I would definitely consider coming back for more!

Gym staff was welcoming and friendly. The instructor was good, not really a blasting workout but it super fun to learn some new dance moves! awesome playlist too! Is a must try if you like dancing: D

Lovely location with ample parking (former grocery store).
Lots of open space and cool air with tall ceilings.
Group fitness is located upstairs — again, lots of space.
There is a Fresh Fit Foods located right inside for a snack or meal on the go prepared with optimal nutrition & protein in mind!
If I lived in the area, this would be my go to gym.

This is a review of the group fitness facility at World Health Glenora. Unilocal fit club held a neon glow Zumba class here! I was pretty excited about this concept of Zumba while glowing! Not sure if it is a regular offering here, but what a fun twist!
I agree with the poster below that this class wasn’t as heart pumping as other Zumba classes I’ve tried. The selection of tunes was more fun though, from the standard Latin Zumba fare, to pop/​hip hop tracks! I wish the room had been a bit darker to maximize the glowiness — the glow sticks that Unilocal provided lit up, but the room wasn’t really dark enough for any white or neon that anybody wore to glow. Still, it was fun to see so much bright clothing in a class!
In terms of the room, the instructor had a platform she stood on which was elevated half a foot or so, but sometime it was still difficult to see her foot movements unless you were at the very front. There were also 4 big pillars around the room which disrupted flow of the dancing with any travelling moves (and which I’m sure blocked the views of people standing in line with it).
The locker rooms were very clean with nice amenities. And the inclusion of Fresh Fit Foods in the facility is a tasty, healthy bonus too.

The Zumba was fun but I didn’t find it as challenging as I would like. It did make me break a sweat but never felt tired by the activity. I prefer a more intense cardio workout. I’m giving this experience 4 stars because of the Fresh Fit Foods. Located right inside World Health Club, they had free salads and snacks available to try. I took the Thai Chicken salad and it was delicious. Still have to try the protein box and the oat bake box. Sounds like a couple of delish breakfasts to me.

I honestly don’t know why this gym has such bad reviews. I understand that sometimes it can seem that they’re pushy with memberships but it’s a gym. When I went in, they were not insulting, pushy, nor condescending. I ended up joining but when I let on that I was just there for the free trial, they were still just as accommodating as when I joined. Even after I joined they staff are friendly and helpful and are eager to help out of you ever have any questions.
Even at more busy times there’s always machines available and even if someone is using the one you need, everyone is virtuous and doesn’t hog machines or weights. They have a separate women’s area which is quite small but has free weights and abundant machines for the busy times or if you aren’t comfortable working out in a coed environment. The gym is always clean when I go (anytime between 7am and 8pm) and I never feel uncomfortable working out here.
Definitely check this gym out if you haven’t and decide for yourself if this is a good fit for your fitness lifestyle!

NEVER SIGN UP WITH THEM!!! MONTH TO MONTH, OR CONTRACT, THEY WILL LIE TO YOU AND TRY TO TAKE YOUR MONEY! While the staff are friendly, they have evidently been trained to lie to you. I honestly don’t blame them, as it appears simply to be an absolute lack of management throughout the company, as the lies and poor business practices are evident at any location.
The sales consultants will certainly lie to you, but this will also be reiterated by all staff members for several months. Referral «Bonuses» don’t actually exist (they will promise you things, but will never deliver, despite using your contacts for their benefit).
Also, they will certainly mess up billing. Upon cancelling a month to month membership, they failed to properly cancel payments several times (this has happened to nearly every person I know that has ever had a world health membership). They will send collection notices regardless of whether your automatic payment already went through, and they have caused several credit cards to be cancelled as they will try to process payments several hundred times in a day if they have an error on their end (this is viewed as possible fraud by card companies and will likely cause your card to immediately get cancelled).

Gym is barely tolerable. The clientele is not very friendly. The front desk staff suck. They do just the bare minimum for their jobs and don’t really give a s_​_​_​about customers.
I had a pretty good experience with a trainer though he was really verbose.
The club managers are quite friendly but the staff at the club in general could use a lot of people skills training. Some of the trainers are quite nice esp the male ones.

I sold my soul to world health on a contract of 2 years at $ 40 a month exclusively to this location. honestly I haven’t had any problems with them. the upgrades are nice, especially in the locker rooms. but I was very annoyed that they took away half the space in the womens only section. there’s zero room to stretch or workout if you have more than two women in there at a time.
I haven’t been able to take any classes due to their schedule. they fall on the busiest times at the club when you cant even get a parking spot and with my work schedule it doesn’t work. they don’t have people there to offer all the different types of classes either.
on a good note when I first signed up they were very pushy which I expected. but I was firm on what I was willing to pay and it worked out. you get two free training sessions when you join. one is an assessment and the other is to make a workout plan starting out. I requested a trainer that best suited my style and outlook. she was great! she put together a workout plan that was perfect for me and I wasn’t left completely exhausted the next day due to my job being physically demanding. I like to go and don’t get harassed by anyone or bothered with sales tactics since I joined. it has most of the equipment I need and when you go at the right time is fairly quiet

I will say I do love this location, however I had nothing but issues with this location. I will say that Dawn is a great person and she helped me with my membership initiation and training, she is the best thing at this location bar none.
I will say that the personal training I took was a joke, I will never pay for personal training again in my life. It was awful, inexperienced and WAY over priced. If they are going to take your money at least make you lose weight, or teach you things that you can take from it. I paid for 24 sessions, so about 3 months 2 – 3 sessions a week and I paid about $ 85.00 every two weeks for a YEAR!
I have opted to go to a different location, due to the fact that the personal training made me so angry. Plus, I have joined a bootcamp outside of World Health to get the results I want and NEED for far less money! I will still keep my gym membership for a while as I still workout there.
My suggestion is DO NOT TAKE THEIR PERSONAL TRAINING IT IS A RIP OFF. Do something else like a bootcamp or fitness class at their gym!
Hope this helps anyone as good gosh that is a ton of money!!!

Open 24 hours, Smaller cardio room, jugo juice, good changing rooms with full size lexically lots of area to workout. Not totally modern equipment but when I role around 930 to 10 pm lots OF access to everything

Dated equipment, however they have excellent staff. One employee, Dawn L. was super helpful with my membership concerns. She has taken care of several people I have referred her way and I must say I am so glad she was helping because she really takes her job seriously.
Its great staff like this, that make me willing to wait for the equipment to slowly end their life cycle and update this old club. There are a lot of local business owners at this club as well due to its close location to glenora and easy access due ot the traffic circle.
But as far as gyms go, they could really use an update to the equipment. I will keep my membership and wait for a while longer for sure.