Gold’s Gym

It’s a cheap gym membership ($ 10), so you get what you pay for. If you want a gym just for weights and cardio. If you want a fitness club then pay more and go somewhere else. There are plenty of other choices in the area.

After reading the reviews, I was hesitant about joining this gym. Since it is walking distance from my apartment, I decided to give it a try. It is small, but the equipment is always available. I LOVE the fact that there are classes for everyone. My personal favorites are kickboxing and spinning (get there early to sign in). I will say that the women’s area is not the best, but if you are not a shy lady then you should definitely use the equipment in the main area.

I had a similar experience to a lot of the people that commented on this gym. The staff (particularly weekend) were not helpful. I asked for a channel change and it took fifteen minutes to do that… even when the person did get around to changing the channel, they fiddled with it for ten minutes then gave up and left it on college basketball (which was already on three other t.v.‘s) I wish I could say this was the only time it happened.
The staff were, quite frankly, rude. The machines are dirty and many of them do not even work. The vast majority of the clientele at the gym are also tools quite frankly. meat heads who are there to see and be seen. I canceled my membership (which was also met with rude comments) and intend to find a more people (not just female)-friendly gym.
I would recommend that you look elsewhere.

I have a love-​hate relationship with this place. Sometimes I feel like I live here-​6 days a week… here it goes
Love:
–plenty of parking
–tried my first group cycle class here and am now an addict
–can do an abs class once a month to get some new moves for my lunchtime workout at my office
–no one bothers me
–can usually get a machine i like without waiting
–coming here has helped me lose over 50lbs in the last 1 ½ years and now I’m keeping it off
–women’s area where I don’t feel like someone is staring at my ass or judging my workout.
–bathrooms seem pretty clean
–most people wipe down there machines
Hate:
–the weekend desk staff is useless and rarely fills the paper towels or sanitizer spray bottles
–group cycle classes fill up fast and some of the bikes need to be serviced or replaced
–women’s area gets the leftover/​older equipment
–no cell phone policy isn’t enforced at all-​who wants to workout next to someone yakking away.
–it gets really busy Monday nights, the first month of the year and right around spring time-​us regulars get irritated by this.
–instructors don’t show up or classes get canceled last minute way too often (this week was especially bad-​3 times no class).
It has the basics, allows me to get the job done, most of the time, without a problem. Great gym-​no, but you get what you pay for. If you want more, go to Lifetime in Columbia. Just be prepared to pay 3x as much. Oh, and I’m a hot girl and I workout here!

I will be finding another gym when my contract is up. The childcare at this Gold’s is terrible. My son cries because he hates it so much. It’s basically a room full of older kids running around knocking over toddlers and infants. The attendants have little control, and are often watching TV, not the kids. There are no activities set up for the kids.
I am taking the classes only membership for $ 20 a month. I suppose I am getting what I paid for. There are only 1 or 2 classes that are truly fun. The rest are mediocre, basic and kind of boring. There doesn’t seem to be a way to provide feedback. The steps for the step classes are in truly bad shape. Peeling and bubbling, a tripping hazard.
Basically they need better classes and a REAL child care.

From the Iron addicts perspective.
This is what happens 5 times a week.
I walk in swipe my card, put my crap in a locker, weigh in and put old clothing on. Ipod-​check, Worn out lifting straps-​check, okay I’m ready.
People have been friendly up to this point. No bothers at all. I go directly to the squat rack or free weight area, stretch, insert Ipod, initiate pain sequence. I lift alone and heavy. Usually make as much noise as I feel like. I rarely have trouble getting a machine because I never use machines. I floor is pretty dirty however, sometimes when I collapse I notice that I’m sitting on 3 – 4 years worth of body hair between the cracks of the protective flooring. The only time I get disrupted are when people ask how many more sets I have or when bible thumping chicks come up and talk to me.
Some things I do like:
— The water fountain has good water pressure most of the time.
— No hot girls to distract me
— Never a line for the squat rack
Some things I don’t like:
–No lifting chalk– what gives with the Gold’s gym ban on lifting chalk!
— No hot chicks, I repeat there are zero. The front desk needs to work on recruitment or something.
It’s a good place to go and lift Iron and get big. Not a good place to socialize and play grab ass so you can brag to you’re friends that you went to gym yesterday. Not a good place to find a date. Oh and Sunday’s around noon are the best time to come and be loud as shit b/​c no one is there except for a select few 45 yr old 280 lbs muscleheads.

I hate this gym. I hate this gym. I hate this gym!!!
Went by yesterday (Sunday) just to make sure they knew my annual contract was up and that they shouldn’t charge my debit card anymore. (Called them several times but no one returned my call) Walked in and told the annoying quasi asian b! why I was there and she informed me that the cancellation can only be done IN PERSON 9am — 5pm Mon through Fri.
me– I work 9 – 5 Mon thru Friday, can I just fill out the paperwork today and you guys can process it tomorrow?
UGLY GIRL: No, you have to come in person to cancel 9 – 5 Monday through Friday.
me– (AGAIN) I WORK Mon thru Fri is there anyway I can do this without being here?
UGLY GIRL: well, you can mail a CERTIFIED LETTER and write that you want to cancel the membership
me– the membership is already OVER. why do I have to write a certified letter?
UGLY GIRL: we ask that everyone writes a CERTIFIED LETTER so that they can’t say the «freakin» letter didn’t get here.
My frustration is mounting VERY VERY high.
me– I’m here. All three of you (the UGLY GIRL plus two UGLY GUYS) are here. Can I write a letter right now and give it to you?
UGLY GIRL: no, it has to be CERTIFIED.
OH MY FREAKING GOD!!!
The conversation went on like this for what seems like forever.
Bottom line: the contract in written in stone and apparently in blood. I get that. I tried to get out of it and was told (after unsuccessfully trying to get in contact with them forever) I can’t terminate the contract. Since then I’ve been paying faithfully every month. What I’m asking is NOT about terminating the contract. The contract is OVER as of January 2009. They, however, insisting that I write a CERTIFIED letter in 30 days advance to inform that I no longer want the contract that already expired. It’s like they are trying to FUCK ME OVER ONE LAST TIME!!!
They are going to charge my card until they get a letter! WTF is their problem???