Gold's Gym

Pros: Great variety, inexpensive, clean and well maintained
Cons: The scope of the place can be intimidating and confusing, can be a meat market at times

Gold's is to fitness what the Cornucopia was to the first Thanksgiving feast. The hard part is deciding what to do and what you want to get out of it. There's something for everyone, whether you're a seasoned bodybuilder, an aerobic fitness junkie, or...

Pros: Large and full of equipment
Cons: Also full of creepy men! Staff is unhelpful and uncaring.

I had the opportunity to visit a Gold's Gym as the guest of a friend who had a membership. At the time, I was shopping around for a gym, and she told me that I should try Gold's, so that we could work out together. She said that she enjoyed going there...

Pros: Excellent equipment and cleanliness
Cons: Hours too short on weekend

All gyms, even within a given franchise, have their own personality. This is true of Gold's in the Bay area. Some gyms are very hardcore and intimidating to the newbie -- others are not. In all cases, the local Gold's gyms share the benefits of a...

Pros: complete workout place with bells and whistles
Cons: heavy sales pressure

This review is for Gold's Gym Palumbo Dr-KY. When I decided to exercise regularly about a month ago, one of the first places I checked out was Gold's Gym. It's a 2-story healthclub complete with a pool, women's only area with strength training ...

Pros: They are convenient and have parking. For which they take no responsibility.
Cons: Arrogant attitudes, shady practices, rude management and poor staffing.

It's interesting to read these reviews by so many disgruntled consumers of a non licensed company. WARNING!! Here's what's going on with the Gold's Gym in Hollywood CA. I've been a member of this gym since January of '96. I've only had to ...

Pros: Impressive free weight room, decent aerobics area, acceptable locker room.
Cons: No separate overhead lifting area. No indoor track.

As a serious lifter, I am finding this gym very well-suited to my training goals (one of which is "get in, train, get out"). I work in Weymouth and live in Watertown. So the gym is more or less on my way home. At $35 a month (annual contract), I have ...

Pros: Great equipment; clean locker rooms
Cons: Trainers; customer service; lie to make you sign up; can't resolve issues locally; impossible cancellation.

I joined Gold's with my girlfriend and told the girl who was giving us the pitch that I would be staying on for a longer time than my girlfriend and would cancel her membership early. She worked out some options for me and told me that she wasn't sure ...

Pros: clean. good equipment. plenty of cardio machines. Great childcare center.
Cons: Customer service!!!!! Customer service !!!!! Customer service!!!!!

In the beginning, just walking into the gym, was intimidating; Let alone working out in it. However with each and every day that passed I began to feel more comfortable. It's true, Golds Gym is NOT a place to "Meet and Greet". It is a no nonsense ...

Pros: Excellent Staff, lots of free weights & machines, + extras!
Cons: Cost

This gym isn't at all like I thought it would be or have seen advertised...a meat market! Yea, there are several big guys there, but it's not every person like the magazines make it seem. This gym has a ton of extras! A indoor heated pool, sauna, spa,...

Pros: free parking, 150+ classes a week, pretty people, new equipment
Cons: expensive, noisy, lots of beefed up guys, kind of intimidating

i have been desperate to find a gym in the west hollywood/hollywood area for the last 2 months. i received a flyer from gold's gym hollywood for $0 to start and figured it was worth checking out (most of my friends belong to 24 hour fitness and pay $39/m ...

Pros: NONE
Cons: They are only concerned with getting the contract, after that they don't care about you.

I haven't read all of the reviews on epinions, but I am willing to bet that all of the fabulous reviews are written by people who haven't had to have any problems resolved by Gold's, such as billing issues, or cancellation of services. I signed up ...

Pros: Not expensive.
Cons: Need to redo the locker room.

This review is for Gold's gym in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I was with that gym for a year in 2005. The monthly membership fee was reasonable, a bit lower than most gym's in the city. I was paying RM120 per month (approx. USD33). They charge an additional ...

Pros: Lots of equipment, clean facilities
Cons: Unbelievably poor business practices.

I have 18 years of gym and lifting experience and my girlfriend has about 10 years. Colectivly, we have much experience with the fitness world and have never seen quality issues like this. Summary: Membership time: 2003-2004 Amount of ...

Pros: excellent equipment
Cons: rude staff, lying sales personnel in Northern Virginia locations run by Rapheal

Firstly, let me start off by saying that I have been a loyal customer of several Gold's Gyms over the past eight years. I take working out seriously, and Gold's generally seems to offer the best equipment, service, locations and hours. However, I would ...

Pros: Convenient Hours, Plenty of equipment, Quality classes, Clean
Cons: Costs more,but worth it. The most gym for your $$. Contract is fair.

First, I will give one caveat. This review pertains to my 16-month experience as a member of the Gold's Gym location in Dewitt, NY. From reading the other Gold's reviews I see here, I can flat out tell that not all Gold's are created equal. However, ...