written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . january 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message goodlife fitness inc. type private industry health club founded 1979 founder david patchell evans headquarters london ontario canada number of locations 300 clubs area served nl pe ns nb on mb sk ab bc key people david patchell evans founder and ceo website goodlifefitness.com goodlife fitness in toronto goodlife fitness centres inc. is the largest health club company in canada with over 300 locations across the country . 1 contents 1 partnerships 1.1 goodlife and les mills international 1.2 jillian michaels bodyshred 1.3 24 hour fitness u.s. 2 goodlife acquisitions 2.1 goodlife acquires seven gold s gym locations 2.2 goodlife purchases toronto based extreme fitness 3 goodlife kids foundation 4 goodlife marathons 4.1 goodlife fitness victoria marathon 5 goodlife on reality tv 6 criticism and controversy 6.1 controversy over misleading ads 6.2 great big gym ripoff survey 6.3 controversy over sales tactics 6.4 controversy over telemarketing practices 7 references partnerships edit goodlife and les mills international edit in june 2005 goodlife became the official canadian agent of les mills international programs the world s largest provider of choreographed exercise to music group fitness classes . 2 jillian michaels bodyshred edit in february 2013 goodlife fitness announced a partnership to become the exclusive provider of jillian michaels bodyshred in canada . 3 24 hour fitness u.s. edit in september 2015 goodlife fitness announced a partnership with 24 hour fitness in the united states . now goodlife fitness members can use over 400 locations with their canada wide membership across the u.s. and vice versa . goodlife acquisitions edit goodlife purchased the alliance and family fitness club chains in 2007 2008 . as of october 2011 they have over 275 clubs across canada . 4 in 2009 goodlife fitness expanded into eastern canada by acquiring nubody s family of clubs . 5 goodlife fitness also partnered with energie cardio in quebec in that same year . 6 goodlife fitness has been rumored to be taking over the target canada locations that will soon be up for grabs . 7 goodlife acquires seven gold s gym locations edit in december 2012 goodlife acquired seven independently operated gold s gym locations in canada . the locations include three clubs in calgary and one in airdrie alberta as well as locations in peterborough vaughan and scarborough in ontario . this made goodlife the largest fitness club chain in the calgary region with 13 locations . the total number of goodlife clubs in alberta increased to 16 spanning from calgary to lethbridge to edmonton . 8 goodlife purchases toronto based extreme fitness edit on april 1 2013 goodlife fitness announced its acquisition of extreme fitness inc. a leading operator of fitness clubs in the greater toronto area and surrounding region . 9 this acquisition brought the total number of goodlife fitness clubs in canada to over 300 with 82 in the greater toronto area . 10 goodlife kids foundation edit goodlife kids foundation is a canadian private foundation that envisions a canada where all kids have the opportunity to benefit from an active life . goodlife marathons edit goodlife fitness is the title sponsor of two marathons one taking place in victoria british columbia and the other in toronto ontario . goodlife fitness victoria marathon edit the goodlife fitness victoria marathon formerly known as the royal victoria marathon or rvm is a marathon race held on vancouver island in victoria british columbia canada every october . it was first held in 1980 . in 2006 the full marathon saw 1863 participants . the event also features a half marathon 8k and 1.2 k kids run and attracts nearly 10 000 competitors annually in all races . the full marathon is a certified boston marathon qualifier . goodlife on reality tv edit goodlife fitness has taken part in undercover boss canada and canada sings . 11 12 criticism and controversy edit controversy over misleading ads edit in 2005 a federal competition bureau investigation found that goodlife fitness clubs had published misleading ads . in a settlement goodlife fitness published a corrective notice in newspapers throughout central canada and on its website paying a 75000 penalty and agreeing not to make false misleading representations in future marketing . 13 great big gym ripoff survey edit in january 2011 goodlife fitness came in second place in the cbc big gym ripoff survey ranking gyms with the most problems with over billing and cancellations . 14 controversy over sales tactics edit in january 2011 goodlife fitness was caught in a media backlash 15 16 17 after one customer who was attempting to cancel his membership was roughed up by security guards at its rideau centre location ; 18 and after another at its orleans location was chastised and banned for chatting about the benefits of other fitness clubs . 19 the incidents drew attention to strong armed sales tactics reported by employees and clients . 16 controversy over telemarketing practices edit in 2011 goodlife fitness was fined 300 000 for illegally using automated calling devices known as robocalls to contact its members without their prior consent to advertise the opening of a new club . as part of a settlement with the crtc goodlife fitness published notices about the violation in newspapers and on its website . 20 references edit canadian business magazine august 2011 issue . lesmills international additional text . jillian s gon na make goodlife sweat . canoe blogs.ca . goodlife buys rival extreme fitness expands to over 300 canadian locations . the globe and mail . retrieved 2016 04 07 . progress media august 13 2009 . nubody s founder to step down goodlife to acquire chain . progress media . retrieved december 24 2014 . cnw group . energie cardio new partnership between energie cardio and goodlife fitness . retrieved 2010 03 04 . hollie shaw financial post . goodlife fitness first to stake out target canada locations as it aims to hedge against competition . january 20 2015 . retrieved january 27 2915 . goodlife fitness acquires seven gold s gym locations across canada . goodlife buys extreme fitness . pehub.ca . goodlife fitness acquires seven gold s gym locations across canada . http www.wnetwork.com shows undercover boss canada episodes season 1 goodlife.aspx top watch video . globaltv . goodlife fitness clubs pays 75 000 over misleading ads . cbc news . 2005 02 09 . the gyms we heard most about in our survey . cbc news . archived from the original on january 6 2012 . gym guards beat man to pulp when he tried to cancel . consumerist . a b strong arm tactics leave a bad taste . canada.com . http blog.soshalgroup.com post 6692016605 social media the accountability machine . retrieved february 13 2012 . missing or empty title help dead link attempt to cancel gym membership turned violent client says . cbc news . 2011 01 12 . goodlife loses a member over policy . canada.com . retrieved december 22 2014 . goodlife fitness fined over robocalls . cbc news . 2011 08 23 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title goodlife fitness & oldid 739106289 categories health clubs in canadaprivately held companies of canadahidden categories pages with citations lacking titlespages with citations having bare urlsall articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from june 2016articles with a promotional tone from january 2012all articles with a promotional tone navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia 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