TOP 12
PLACES
TO
TRAIN
WEST
1. BURLINGTON
FITNESS &
RACQUET CLUB
Location:
1233 Dillon Road, Burlington
Website:
burlingtonfitness.com
For over 30 years, the
renowned and multi-dimen-
sional Burlington Fitness
& Racquet Club has been
a community landmark.
As of November 2016, the
high-energy club saw new
ownership in Fitness, Etc.
Inc., which has operated
another large fitness facility
in Milton for the last seven
years. BFRC is an excellent
versatile fitness experience
and has retained the loyalty
of many members for over
25 years. In addition to its
enormous weight-training
and cardio facilities, BFRC
offers tennis, squash, indoor
golf, Jiu Jitsu, group classes,
and rehabilitation services.
Under Fitness, Etc. Inc.,
it has already undergone
4. WORLD GYM
MISSISSAUGA
Location: 3355 The
Collegeway, Mississauga
Website: worldgym.com
OLYMPIA MUSCLE
AND FITNESS
a complete facelift in
the training realm, while
continually upgrading their
racquet sports facilities and
change rooms. BFRC also
offers extensive personal
training and coaching and
has its own full-service
restaurant.
2. OAKVILLE
NATIONAL
FITNESS
Location: 474 Iroquois
Shore Road, Oakville
Website:
oakvillenationalfitness.com
A local community
mainstay now in its 41st
year of operation, Oakville
National Fitness has
everything you’re looking
for and more. It’s the only
fitness facility in Oakville
with both a co-ed centre
and a women's only club; a
25-yard, three-lane swim-
ming pool; squash and rac-
quetball courts; a boxing
studio; a Zerona Laser Fat
Reduction Centre; child-
care; swimming programs;
and physiotherapy and
chiropractic services, all
conveniently located under
one roof. The club offers
four different membership
options to suit your needs,
including “no contract,
no obligation.” At least
nine different types
of classes are offered,
including kickboxing,
muscle ball, and Zumba.
The club is also home to
“Oakville Boxing and Per-
sonal Functional Training”
and promises to charge
you up metabolically,
throwing real punches in
its exhilarating classes.
Oakville National Fitness is
Oakville’s fitness gem.
3. OLYMPIA
MUSCLE AND
FITNESS
Location: 4141 Dixie Road,
Mississauga
Website: olympiamuscle-
andfitness.com
As owner Isaac Afrifa puts
it, Olympia Muscle and
Fitness is “a bodybuilding
mecca dedicated to pro-
viding the most cutting-
edge strength training
equipment.” OMF opened
in 2012 in Mississauga and
is as hard core of a gym
as you’ll find anywhere.
It’s a place where both
bodybuilding pros and
pro photographers feel at
home. Mr. Olympia win-
ners (including seven-
time champion Phil Heath
and four-time champion
Jay Cutler) have trained
in its hallowed halls, along
with numerous IFBB pros
(Olympia is home to pros
Bob Weatherill and Joanne
Williams). With a vast floor
space and an abundance
of free weights, machines,
and cardio equipment, OMF
has everything a serious
bodybuilder could want.
Personal training and
boxing circuit programs are
available, and numerous
low-rate membership op-
tions are offered.
Since 1976, World Gym
has been providing
“seriously fun fitness.”
Founded by bodybuild-
ing icon Joe Gold, World
Gyms are known for
launching the modern
fitness revolution.
Here, you can take your
weightlifting seriously;
they assure you they
are not a “resort gym.”
World Gym is thriving in
Mississauga and offers
the most modern brands
of strength machines
and cardio equipment.
Plus, as a gym that has
its roots in the 1970s, you
can be sure you’ll find
a broad range of free
weights, including bar-
bells, dumbbells, racks,
and benches—what
World calls “the core of
any strength-training
program.” Should you
require guidance, expert
personal trainers are on
hand. For most of the
week, World Gym is open
24 hours a day for your
convenience.
WORLD GYM
MISSISSAUGA
MUSCLEMEMORYMAG.COM
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