Gold’s Gym

Ok, the entrance and foyer smell like urine. Seriously. I don’t know if there is a homeless camp that hangs out there or if they are having problems with their plumbing but in either case something needs to be done.

False advertising rip off! Flyer states 3 months for $ 33, sales rep states that price is for the 1^st 3 months of a one year contract. Nowhere on the flyer is that indicated. Stay away, this place can’t be trusted! Unilocal forces me to give this place a star, but it’s really a ZERO.

This place seems to have a bad rap. But this is not what I’ve experienced in my last 5 months of membership. The staff is super friendly. And every time I’ve had a little problem finding something, or with a guest pass they have truly gone above and beyond to update it.
I also trained with Tyler who was excellent. He helped me so much with my form and all my questions. I’ve lost 20 lbs, and feel amazing. It’s always clean, though they could keep up more on machiene maintenance, there’s so many machines that I just hop onto another. I love this gym.

Generally nice staff and a nice selection of classes to attend but the gym is very dirty with quite a few machines in much need of repairs. If you are a germaphobic I’d stay well away from this gym. It’s difficult to find disposable towels to wipe equipment down with. I use this place simply because its close to my office otherwise I’d much more prefer the Richland facility. The parking can be challenging.

The only reason I go here is because rab fitness is not by the highway when I go home… this place is super dirty. don’t believe me, let’s start in the men’s restroom never clean look at the toilet turning yellow do to never wipe down, have seen them mopped, now let’s move to the workout… look in the weights dusty and dirt. trash on the weights this place sucks…

I feel bad to give the Kennewick Gold’s such a low score, however; I’ve never had any great experiences there. My trainer could’ve cared less about me (he doesn’t work there anymore) and the younger members of the staff are always rude to me. The Richland locations has much better equipment and a nicer staff.

I have always went to the Golds in Richland and am shocked at the difference in gyms by location. Golds Kennewick is dirty, the equipment is always broken down, it’s ghetto and hard to find parking because the gang bangers loiter in the parking lot all hours of the night. I seriously feel disgusting when i leave there and feel my money is a huge waste.

I will admit, i should have cancelled my membership with Golds Gym a long time ago. That being said, the way they collected money from me was what i would consider fraudulent. A few months ago i see that my bank statement has paid out to a company called GG from Sandy, Utah. The amount was 60, which was not an amount that i have regularly subtracted from my acct for any bills. I believe my card has been compromised so i immediately cancel. Well guess what? It was Golds Gym and they went ahead and let that go about 9 months before someone attempted to contact me about my late fees. My Mother received a message on her answering machine saying «this is Golds Gym. Please call, its important» When i called them the receptionist says «oh yeah, you will be sent to collections in 10 days if you don’t pay 185 dollars» I have never in my life been sent to collections, so i went in and paid and asked them for proof that they had tried to contact me as i had not received any voicemails or emails or paper statements. What i got was a fraudulent statement that claimed my email was «bad» (which its not) and that voicemails had been left on answering machines that were never left. There was also a claim that a formal letter was «written» but it did not say «sent», and thats because it was never sent. I feel terrible for people who never get the message and their credit is shot due to this shady gym and their collection methods that are designed to make them money and essentially screw over the customer.

DO NOT ATTEND THIS GYM
Worst gym I have ever dealt with.
Being a gym-​goer for all my adult life, its hard to really make me hate a gym.
There is not much about this gym I like. I gladly paid the $ 100 early termination fee for my 1 year contract.
I moved back to the Tri-​Cities about 10 months ago. I knew right away I wanted to join Gold’s. I was eager to pay the extra $ 76 for a training program as well WHERE I ONLY MET UP WITH A TRAINER ONCE A MONTH. It must me good– one would think. I was only disappointed. Apparently even the Trainers hated it there… I went through 3 «personal trainers» during my 6^th months because they quit… It didn’t end up being very personal OR helpful. I can learn WAY more from online sources, which are free.
I was unhappy with the front desk, the cleanliness, the fact that many of the machines were under repair, the parking lot.
If you are looking to join a gym you enjoy, look elsewhere.
I would not recommend Gold’s Gym in Kennewick to anyone.

This Golds is closer to my house but I like the Richland one better. I swim and the Kennewick gym pool isn’t really monitored from the teenagers messing around in the pool taking up an entire lane just talking. The pool and bathrooms aren’t as clean in Kennewick as they are in Richland… the odor alone is a giveaway.

JP and I came here for a pre-​Thanksgiving dinner workout. I was just amazed at how many people were in the gym on a holiday. This Gold’s is essentially the same as the Richland Gold’s with respect to equipment and design. Actually, I have to wonder if the designers of the Gold’s gyms also designed Fred Meyer stores. The look is amazingly similar.
The Kennewick gym is clean and modern with an excellent selection of aerobic machines and weights, though I’m not a big fan of Precor brand because their stuff seems a little clunky.
My beef with the Precor Crosstrainer is that you have to push so many buttons to get going (though it is nice that each machine has its own television screen). It’s not that I’m old and afraid of the digital age but I feel that sometimes analog controls can be easier than digital to use. Or at least, have separate areas of digital controls on the machine, so that you don’t have to drill into so many menus to enter your settings.
That centralized digital access turns me off. Here, let me give you another example. On my 90s Honda Civic, I simply have to push a button once to reset the trip odometer. But recently, when I had a loaner Civic and wanted to reset the odometer, it took seven clicks from the menu to accomplish that. Seven clicks. Ridiculous. That’s one of the reasons I’m still driving that old Honda.
Nonetheless, the Kennewick Gold’s is an excellent gym, with a flexible and accommodating attitude towards out-​of-​town nonmembers. I will definitely return, even though Kennewick is a small town and I married into a family where the Kennewick branch has split into the feuding Hatfields and McCoys. When JP and I were at the gym, JP ordered me to not acknowledge a couple of cousins from the McCoy side of the family. Oh boy.

Looking for a good trainer try out Terin at Golds Gym, Kennewick. I have been going to her for a month and am very impressed. She listened to what I wanted. Rather than canned routines, each week she gives me something different but fits the bill. Gives me not more than I can handle but takes me to the brink. If you are serious about your fitness goals she can help you achieve them.

I have been going to this gym for a solid three years, and I have seen a solid decline since it opened. You’re lucky if you get a treadmill or elliptical that works. My husband got shocked when he plugged in his earphones; on two separate machines. Most others just don’t turn on. As for the quality of the weights, free or otherwise, I wouldn’t know because I’m scared to go over there because of the leering meat heads. (Not golds gyms problem, but still). The desk staff always seems like I’m bothering them to get keyed in, their conversation is obviously way more important. The instructors for the classes teach well, but I feel like with them if you’re not in their little circle of favorites, then they won’t acknowledge you at all. I had taken the same class from the same instructor for two years, and despite my effort to be friendly I was always given the cold shoulder, even when I was obviously pregnant and looking for extra instruction.
The only good thing about the gym is the child care staff. They are always friendly and genuinely seem to care about the children.
I was so excited when that gym opened in that location, but now I am disappointed every time I go in. I will be looking into joining another gym.

This is the highest review that I’ve ever given a gym. The other three reviews that are here aren’t reviewing the actual facility or the staff, but the quality and laziness of the of its members or their billing practices (although I agree with Danyel T that Gold’s Gym needs to be help responsible and support our vets. I work at the Veterans Hospital). This is probably the nicest, cleanest, and most spacious Gold’s Gym that I’ve been to (one of the pros about having a membership at Gold’s is that it’s reciprocal at their other locations). They have modern cardio machines with TVs and variety — from treadmills, ellipticals, and stairmasters. The strength training equipment is modern with a big selection of free weights. They have a cardio move theater, where you can watch current movies to help pass your session quickly. Their is also a full-​size court that you can play basketball and volleyball (on certain nights). They have a pool, but it is usually a playpen full of kids. It’s an above average gym, and it gets the job done.

I don’t have any complaints about the staff or facility itself. It’s the people that have memberships there that annoy me the most. What is the point in buying a huge cup of Starbucks coffee then drinking it while you are walking on the treadmill? Every time I go in I see this and almost throw up in my mouth.
There are always older guys running around in wife beaters that are 2 sizes to small and almost see through because they are soaked in sweat. I do not wanna see this, no one wants to see this, if you have to wear a wife beater invest in one that is black please.
Chicks in the Lady’s Gold section: when you are done using weights or mats, put them back! So many people just leave them sitting out in the middle of the floor. The other day I saw an elderly lady trip over a kettle bell that was left out. Thank goodness she didn’t bust a hip.

Do you believe in ghosts? In unicorns? Wearing a bracelet will transform the energy in your body and allow you to have better balance?
Of course not.
So then why do so many people think that walking on a treadmill is exercise and the solution to their weight problems? Shouldn’t activity at the gym look different than the task of moving from the buffet line to your table? Or the method you move the ½ gallon of ice cream from the freezer to your couch? Look, if this was easy, everyone would be skinny. Its hard. REALLY hard. And it takes a lot of disipline. Save your money and time and stay home if you are ready to completely restructure your life.
Those that practice a lifestyle of staying fit disdain the months of January and February. As predictable as birds flying south for the winter or salmon swimming upstream to spawn their eggs, a sizeable population of people decided minutes before midnight on December 31 that they are going to overhaul their life and find the discipline to go to the gym. Noble gesture, I suppose.
The gym is out of control now. If you want to workout from 5 – 7 Monday-​Wednesday, plan on parking at Safeway.
Here are some tips/​suggestions/​irritant reducing things to make your resolution come true.
1. Update your gym clothes. Just like regular clothes, there comes a point in which they become outdated. What you wore 10 – 15 years ago is ready to be cut into rags at this point.
2. Dont carry a water bottle. ESPECIALLY the really big ones that are commonplace here. This is the only gym Ive been to on earth were the members have a very real fear they are going to get dehydrated before they can make it to a water fountain. Very few of you are doing any real cardio anyway. I run 3 miles up an incline and I don’t need one.
3. You dont need to wipe down cardio equipment if you didn’t sweat. And 99% aren’t willing to put in enough effort to sweat.
4. Abs are small muscles and cant be seen unless you have very low body fat. A very easy cost benefit analysis demonstrates that your time is better spent focusing on larger muscles. By the looks of 90% in there, the best use of your time is cardio. CARDIO, CARDIO, CARDIO.