Gold’s Gym

This gym is never disappointing! The environment and staff are very pleasant. I’ve met good people here in my past years of being a member. Only thing I wish they had was a sauna but other than that no complains here.

I always get what I need from any Gold’s that I’ve visited.

Yes it can get very meaty (snap back and fat stacks), thirsty (hydration is essential), extremely weedy (alternate preworkout I guess), and ghetto (step above eastside) at times but what can you do given the location. It’s a no bollucks, let’s workout type of place. Everyone seems to be doing their own thing and is there to put in work and bounce.

I just love this gym to death, i’m very happy i made the choice to change from Bally Fitness to Gold’s Gym. Even tho all you see are tough men, i really like it because I get more motivated to actually work-​out and plus everyone is in their own thing not like Bally you couldn’t really do much becuse of the elderly people just standing around.
AAAAANDDDDDD the parking lot is awesome! Very spacious, never have a hard time finding a parking!
My bf and I really like this gym better, i hope we can stay for as long as we can! :D

The place was great. There’s plenty of parking. Prices are reasonable. They have plenty of benches and machines. As to the comments of it being, urban, I’m from NYC, and it didn’t seem at all urban to me. People were serious and polite. If I lived in the area, I’d seriously consider joining the gym.

My girlfriend and I use this gym for our prep. I’ve maxed out at all other gyms. This one is the real deal. The atmosphere is what you make of it. I’m not there to socialize. Looks like everyone is pretty serious as well. I am very happy. 5 stars.

Had a month to month membership here about a year ago. Signup was easy and straight forward with desk attendants. My work started offering a gym for free and canceled my membership shortly after 7 months. Was very easy to cancel in person without the run around. If I decide to join a gym again I’ll be back here.

I am utterly disappointed and unsatisfied at the service they provide their members or at least the service i was provided today. I consider myself a regular here being that i come in 5 times a week.
Being that it’s nba playoffs season i was wondering why 0 of their 15 tvs were showing the game. Instead there was one tv showing the Merediths show (???) one showing the ellens show and 3 on cnn and other random channels.
So i politely went to the front desk and asked one of the girls if she could change one of the tvs to the game. I told her exactly where i was going to be (at the treadmills) and she said she was the only one at the front desk so it would take her awhile. And i said ok even though there was another girl restocking their clothing that was literally 2 feet away from the front desk who could’ve easily assisted a customer if needed.
I was on the treadmill for more than an hour and a half!!! Waiting for one of the 3 tvs in front of me to change to the game!!! First of all, how long does it take for one to step away and change a tv channel. I’m guessing less than 5 minutes… And if she couldn’t do it, why not ask an employee who was actually working the floor? So i thought maybe she forgot.
Then when i walked towards the exit, there were 3 employees behind the desk including her with no customers… Just giggling. And i was expecting an oops i totally forgot but no she just looked at me like she knew i asked for something but just didn’t do it, no smile, nothing. That is just so rude.
I hope the girl with the glasses isn’t the manager because she just gave me the most unpleasant experience that I’ve ever had going to this gym.
I pay for my membership like everyone else. It seems like they only cater to those athletes/​body builders that are sponsored because that is what this gym is known for. It seems like you have to be a body builder to experience some quality customer service from this place. 2 thumbs down for the girl in the glasses. Although i haven’t encountered any other issues with the rest of the staff.
PS: disappointment and dissatisfaction brings bad reviews

Plenty of dumbbells, weight plates – including 100 pounders, and equipment; several machines I have never seen before as a member of maybe ten other gyms in my life. That is the good news.
The bad news is that the gym is poorly supervised and the club’s rules are seldom enforced.
People bring their gym bags to the floor every time I have been there.
People sit on machines and benches looking at their cell phones or reading the newspaper, preventing other members from working out. Other members have to wait to use equipment.
Members take three or four sets of dumbbells from the rack and set up a private training area. A few times I have seen people, including staff members, take dumbbells to the GGX room to work out privately.
Employees don’t wear name tags so it is impossible to give credit to the ones who are helpful and do a good job or complain about the ones who stare at their own smart phones behind the front desk or put plates on the red racks out of order. Give a Gold’s t-​shirt to the fellow who wipes down machines; he does a good job. Also, have him report problems with equipment daily; then follow up with corrections.
Equipment is not maintained in an excelled fashion. Several weight tags are missing on the weight trees; which leads members tp replacing the weight plates to the wrong place. For the torso-​twist machine, the adjusting knobs have been missing for months. [Update: replacee in early March,’ 15]. The pins to adjust the weight stack on machines are not attached and easily lost.
The area for using dumbbells is poorly designed, probably by someone with no experience on a gym floor.
Club management has prominently posted some of the important rules of the gym throughout the building. This is good. However, the postings are titled Memorandum. Title the postings GYM RULES, in very big red letters, and more people will read, and one hopes, follow the rules. Post one rule each day next to the scan machine: No gym bags on the gym floor’ one day; «no cell phones», another day; «Don’t hog equipment.»

Signed up about 4 months ago and I’m so glad I did. I usually go first thing in the morning so its pretty empty. There’s a small section where they advertise and sell their gym clothes in the main lobby. Once you enter the gym area, you can turn your head either way and you’ll see a large variety of equipment. Its well organized and clean. Even though Golds comes across as a place where only beefcakes go to pump iron, you’d be surprise to see how many skinny dudes go and don’t know what they’re doing. So, if you’re that skinny dude, dont feel bad. The beefcakes will help you out.
one last thing. if you go after 6 or 7 pm good luck with that. It gets packed!

Ever since this gym received new employees, it’s service has gone downhill. These high ego, stern, and arrogant employees (I’m only referring to two males) only complain about my gym bag on the floor, but they do not bug the other members about it. The guy in the red shirt told me it’s because they don’t want anyone’s items stolen from their bags, but putting my gym bag in a unsupervised cubby will not prevent that… stupid logic. These guys are prejudice on certain people (The younger crowd), will go to the ends of the earth to nag at me and my training partners, and will not pick on those who are bigger than them. I miss the old employees and hope this gym does something about their newbies.
I was also told I could use my chalk as long as it’s confined and I kept it clean, but only these newbies complain about it and it really grinds my gears… Do they even lift?
Update: There is a bodybuilder there that uses chalk frequently and doesn’t get any restrictions from the manager because hes swole as hell and even I wouldn’t mess with him. But the manager and him are buddies so for me, I’m the only one who is being perpetrated.

This gym just seems to appear worse and worse every day that I walk in.
First of all, the biggest issue is seriously with a lot of the people that go here. To incorporate a doge moment: So douchebags, very neglect, wow. People don’t put back their plates. People leave dumbbells wherever they drop. People drop barbells constantly making sudden noises that make you almost poop your pants, especially on leg day. People sit there «in-​between sets», texting on their phones for 15 minutes and not moving unless you really give them a reason (a serious issue where there are a smaller number of machines available, like the ONE pec deck flye machine). There are water bottles, wrappers, and paper towels to wade through in order to walk anywhere in the gym. Machines are never cleaned, some of the stranger people jump around the gym doing what appear to be horribly dangerous and unorthodox exercises (slipped discs, slipped discs everywhere!) while grunting about as loud as one might be inclined to if they took an arrow to the knee, and HOLY CRAP this place needs some air freshener, or a window, or SOMETHING!
And this is all without mentioning how much people clearly steal from this gym. When I started coming to this location a month ago, there were a TON of dumbbells to get at. Going for the smaller silver ones to do a warm-​up set about a week and a half ago, I realized that 75% or more of the smaller ones were GONE. I asked the front desk, where I was informed that theft was prevalent and that maybe they would get some more dumbbells, eventually. WTF?
As a note, I’ve never been in the upstairs bathrooms/​locker rooms. I’m too afraid.
Now, when it comes to staff, some things I can only assume are the staff’s fault and/​or responsibility to handle, which is why I mentioned the bad people first; however, there are a few perturbing elements clearly contributed by or ignored by staff. To start, why are literally half the cardio machines out of order? Even if this was a rarity, it still seems incredibly unacceptable. If items are being stolen from the gym, why aren’t measures being taken to catch the thieves? Why aren’t the stolen items being replaced? Also, «double-​battery» who tends to work the night shift is often a total dick. There really isn’t a reason to turn off all the TVs 20 minutes before the gym closes. If I’m closing out my night with a cardio session, how is it fair, as a paying member, to be unable to watch TV? He also makes closing announcements sometimes up to 5 minutes before the actual time he is declaring it is, which is just stupid as hell.
The variety of weights available for strength training here is fine, and the membership price is fine. But I’m shopping for somewhere new.

Okay,
Gym has excellent deals no body can compete with this location, $ 1-​$ 10 dollar deal’s. Unbelievable. There’s so many ways to lose weight fast here.

Ok lets do this.
Set one:
Gym is clean, lots of weights and locker room doesnt smell
Set two: there is a ton of machines and the dead lift room is awesome. What a work out presses are, believe you me!
Set three: can be crowded around 6−8pm, as in crowded, i mean the free weight areas are usually all taken up. By big dudes. :hides:
Set four: the ceiling is too low and the music is horrible. Small amount of girls & alot of dudes. Dunno if thats bad or good. Probably bad ;)
People are in their own little world here. Good place to get in shape. & by shape i dont mean circular.

One of the best Golds Gyms I’ve been too by far. Always clean and a lot more space to work out than other GGs I’ve been to. Workers here always happy and always greet you. Two thumbs up on customer service! Not sure if this is the right gym for you? They have a free 7day pass to try it out.

If you’re one of the those people who bitch and whine about the «unfriendly atmosphere» in gyms, save everyone the headache and stay away from Golds. If you want some cardio bunny, housewife yoga themed gym, go to 24 or Curves, cause Golds — specifically this one — is angled towards people who take strength training seriously and don’t care about how someone at the from desk greets them.
I’ve been coming to this location for over 5 years and have never been disappointed. They have a hex bar for deadlifts, plenty of equipment and more than enough power cages for those of us that like to do big compound lifts. As always, they charge a cut-​rate for membership and get you signed up in a flash if you’re new.
Again, if you are one of those people who would let their workout be ruined by someone not greeting them right or the gym not being immaculately clean, grab some tissues and move on to the rubber coated all-​type gyms out there.
If you’re looking for a serious environment where you can focus on your lifts and work out without being crowded around or pestered, go here.

You know… for what it is worth… This place is not the most busy which I really like. I am
get through my cycles and then get on with my evening.
Todd is really nice and gets. you checked in really.quick.
The location is convent and the parking is really.good.

The first thing I want to say about this review is it’s been literally 10 years since I worked out here (24 Hour suits my needs better), so keep that in mind.
However, this is the best gym I’ve ever worked out at.
Plenty of parking; good, new equipment (at that time); friendly staff; free weights and benches always available; and best of all it was super clean.

Doesn’t get any better than Golds!
I decided to try out this other new gym that was closer to home and let me tell you I learned my lesson and wont be doing that again. This gym has everything and I mean everything that a gym would possibly need and more. This gym is very clean, never had a prob with parking, and the staff are friendly as well. I’m glued!

This is my second home, my temple. Catch me deadlifting every week and letting out a bitch ass cry as I try to pull only the bar. I also curl in the squat rack because it’s convenient for me.
This gym has a very motivating feel to it. It’s not like 24 hour fitness where the atmosphere feels laid back. Weights are always neat, unlike 24 (sorry i’m a hater LOL) where the dumbbells are at the wrong location.
The equipment is always maintained and isn’t dirty at all. I pay 15 dollars a month for this quality gym so i’m not complaining.