Gold’s Gym

Nevada1 

on Citysearch

15 years ago

I WAS HARASSED BY THE SEXIST EMPLOYEES – I can't even give this place a "star" but couldn't publish the TRUTH until I did. But trust, this place deserves NOTHING. After 13 years (on and off at various Gold's locations from Boston to Venice Beach), I was forced to terminate my membership at Gold's gym Fenway. After a month of renovations, to a point where members were paying to smell paint and use only portions of the facility, I had enough. While irritated and began to complain to Bobby and Nicole (who is a dead ringer for S... read more

ShellyA 

on Citysearch

15 years ago

I went to this craappy gym for 5 years on a "month to month" basis. NO CONTRACT. I finally decided to cancel 2 months ago and still haven't managed to make them stop charging me. Here's what's gone down so far: 1. I called the gym to cancel two months ago. The manager asked me why I was quitting and then got really rude and pissed of when I told her. They told me I had to call ABC Financial. 2. ABC asked me a million questions about why I wanted to quit and tried to talk me into just putting the account on hold (for a fee). ... read more

Contributor 

on Citysearch

17 years ago

Despite its Hollywood connections, this franchise's focus is on pumping iron, not newfangled razzle-dazzle. – In Short The Terminator and the Incredible Hulk (aka Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lou Ferrigno) lifted weights at the gym's Venice, California, flagship years ago, but even today, customers frequenting charter locations are bound to encounter serious muscle. Take note: The boys with bulging biceps are the mascots, not the majority. Gold's generally offers Spinning, aerobics and kickboxing classes, yet weight-training re... read more

mc78 

on Citysearch

17 years ago

Not Worth Joining - Billing Nightmare – The gym is fine, but the customer service/billing company is a complete nightmare. Even AFTER your membership is up, they pretty much make you drive to the billing company (ABC Financial Services) in Arkansas and write in permanent marker that you want your membership to end. Emails and phone calls are not sufficient. In the meantime, they'll keep deducting membership fees from your account despite the fact that your membership is over and you've requested several times to cancel it. O... read more

floridagator84 

on Citysearch

18 years ago

worst gym ever – I signed up here because my old roommate worked out here, and at first I couldn't complain because the price was decent. However, what I didn't realize while the guy took me on my tour of the place was how awful the dudes that work out there are. I'd say about 80% of the guys in there are "screamers" and eyed me up every time I walked onto the floor. I am a big guy, six-foot-three and about 225 pounds, yet the gazes i was getting made me feel like I was 400 pounds or had a gigantic booger hanging out of my n... read more

lorenzee 

on Citysearch

19 years ago

I Miss Gold's Gym - Fenway :-( – I'm a super sized girl and used to go to Gold's. I thought a girl like me would be out of place there but the price was right so I joined. I was most comfortable there. Friendly non judgmental staff and a cross section of people there for the same reason I was. Yeah, lots of muscle jocks and spandex queens in full makeup but they were all really nice. There was one knucklehead in the crowd but the folks at Gold's handled it. With all these new gyms popping up who like to put their customers o... read more

RicaB 

on Citysearch

23 years ago

Not just for musclebrained jocks – When I joined Gold's Gym, I was a pudgy girl who'd never stuck with an excercise program in my life. And while it's true that Gold's has more than its share of burly gym rats, I never felt out-of-place or conpicuous among the Schwartzenegger-clones. If anything, they inspired me to stick to my fitness program and lose 25 pounds.