Gold’s Gym

Nice gym with great hours and equipment. Some problems in maintaining supply of disinfectant spray and paper towels for members to clean the equipment after use. Hopefully this will improve.

I was happy with my old Gym in Pointe Saint-​Charles but we moved to the west and it became too far. So… we embraced in a quest for our next gym. Among those that we visited, I decided to get a membership at this one. My reasons were:
–Location: Convenient, on my way between my house and places where I work and go out and shop. Near a train station, so easy to go when not in car.
–Hours: It’s open 24 hours! Always open, so whenever I want to exercise, there is no excuses!
–Services: It’s a big gym with lots of different machines, clean showers, a women-​only section. Among the places I did consider, it was one of the most complete. The one thing missing is a pool but there are other options for that.
–Price: It was pretty much in line with the prices at the Y and other gyms. True, a place like Monster gym was cheaper if you are two but since it was a bit far, I would have been the only one going so it lost its edge there. There was one in Ile Perot that was cheaper but it felt old and not at all on par as services goes so not comparable really.
Bonus: It’s on boulevard Saint-​Charles so I am not too much disoriented from Pointe Saint-​Charles ;-)
It’s also part of a small mall with a supermarket and an SAQ so it’s convenient when you need a few things at the same time.

Je viens de déménager dans le West Island et je cherchais un nouveau gym pour m’entraîner, car mon ancien gym est maintenant trop loin de chez moi pour que je puisse y aller souvent. Je né connaissais cette chaîné américaine que de nom seulement. Voici mon expérience récente:
POUR: infrastructure récente, petite section pour femmes seulement, deux saunas, beaucoup de machines dont le Power Plate, un bar à jus (que je n’ai pas encore essayé). Les employés au comptoir sont très gentils et compensent pour la mauvaises attitudes des autres. La clientèle est variée: des retraités, des étudiants, des femmes de tous âges et pas vraiment de Monsieur Muscle! Yeah!
CONTRE: Attention! Il y a beaucoup de pression pour vous faire signer des contrats coûteux avec des entraîneurs personnels. L’attitude pushy de l’employée qui fait votre évaluation de santé et de certains entraîneurs personnels (un regardait son téléphone cellulaire pendant qu’il était avec un membre…) Parfois très achalandé après 17h00, surtout le jeudi. Évitez les heures de pointe si vous le pouvez ou armez – vous de patience! Le manqué de bilinguisme de certains employés.
Honnêtement, je regrette le YMCA de Pointe Saint – Charles, mais en même temps, j’ai besoin de m’entraîner, alors je mets de l’eau dans mon vin. :(

I have been to many Gold’s Gyms and this one is one of the nicest. The Gym shares the indoor space with a pharmacy and is a year and a half old. This «Prestige» franchise has another location to use with your membership.
As soon as you walk in the doors to the building there’s a nice juice bar and they have 5 $ shake specials every month.
The front desk girl was nice and the facility was great. They have HumanSport equipment and TechnoGym (from Europe) equipment and it works amazingly, I had a great workout! They also have a Power Board to make your training more concentrated. The cardio machines have their own personal TV’s.
There’s a Woman’s only section, a Cardio Cinema where you can watch movies while working out, Yoga, Steam room and Sauna in the bathrooms and granite counter tops, it is a small locker area though, but they do have digital lockers where you can store your gear.

Plenty of classes here too I got to try out a spin class and the pedals and seats were more comfortable for me to use than the other typical spin bikes I’m used to so I had a Great Spin Class here. They also have a kids Garderie.
I recommend this gym if you’re nearby and are looking for a great workout in an updated gym, the adrenaline always gets a smile from me :)