Is Gold's Gym any good?

[jamiestauber]

Anyone here have any experience with Gold's? The gym I currently go to sucks (just 1 ****in squat rack) and I need to switch.

[desslok]

Are you talking the actual gym or the equipment?

[jamiestauber]

Are you talking the actual gym or the equipment?

Moreso the actual gym. I'm going over there tomorrow so I'll see the equipment myself. The guy on the phone said they have two power racks. I just don't want to sign up for something that sucks lol.

[JustinPSherman]

If equipment availability is a big priority (as it is for just about everyone in the gym) make sure you go check it out at the time you'd use it... that way you see how busy it is and if it's actually worth it to go there. Most commercial gyms tend to be packed at peak hours, so it may be worth checking out smaller gyms in the area that don't seem at first glance to 'not suck' but will be much more worth it in the long run. I love that I can walk into my gym, do everything uninterrupted, and leave, all within an hour. Plus it's a lot more affordable than most commercials in the area.

Just my .02.

[WannaBeATank]

I went to one once, and I hated it.

They had deadlift bars for squat/bench.
You couldn't use chalk.
The squat rack had rubber on the part where you racked the bar, which felt odd to me.
You couldn't deadlift.

[jamiestauber]

I went to one once, and I hated it.

They had deadlift bars for squat/bench.
You couldn't use chalk.
The squat rack had rubber on the part where you racked the bar, which felt odd to me.
You couldn't deadlift.

FML lol. I don't think I'm going to renew my apartment's lease tho in August so I'll move somewhere else. I guess I'll have to do gay training for a couple of months.

[jamiestauber]

If equipment availability is a big priority (as it is for just about everyone in the gym) make sure you go check it out at the time you'd use it... that way you see how busy it is and if it's actually worth it to go there. Most commercial gyms tend to be packed at peak hours, so it may be worth checking out smaller gyms in the area that don't seem at first glance to 'not suck' but will be much more worth it in the long run. I love that I can walk into my gym, do everything uninterrupted, and leave, all within an hour. Plus it's a lot more affordable than most commercials in the area.

Just my .02.

There aren't any. I've asked cops, fireman, google, etc. Jersey City is ****in gay.

[tchudt]

i don't know if all bench press benches are the same in all the Golds; but at 5'5" tall my arms are a bit too short to unrack the bar from the bench. i'll have to roll my shoulders up toward the bar and unrack. can be uncomfortable with heavier weights. i don't have problems with their other equipment - like the cages, or pullup/dip station. they even have bumper plates if you want to clean.

my regular is 24hr , where i don't have a problem with bench pressing.

[jamiestauber]

i don't know if all bench press benches are the same in all the Golds; but at 5'5" tall my arms are a bit too short to unrack the bar from the bench. i'll have to roll my shoulders up toward the bar and unrack. can be uncomfortable with heavier weights. i don't have problems with their other equipment - like the cages, or pullup/dip station. they even have bumper plates if you want to clean.

my regular is 24hr , where i don't have a problem with bench pressing.

I'm 6'5'' (srs).

[desslok]

Well most gyms have some type of 1 week free trial, I would highly suggest doing that and going every day that week, at times you would normally go, so you got no surprises.

[jamiestauber]

Well most gyms have some type of 1 week free trial, I would highly suggest doing that and going every day that week, at times you would normally go, so you got no surprises.

I have no idea why I didn't think of this with my current gym. Thanks I will definitely do this.

[tightspot]

I have no idea why I didn't think of this with my current gym. Thanks I will definitely do this.

it might worth u a try.

[deadpool9]

I currently go to a Gold's Gym. I like it with a few exceptions:

Dumbbells only go up to 75lbs.
Only 1 true squat rack. But at least the squat rack is set up so you can deadlift in it too.
All multi-position benches are bolted down so you cant move away from people next to you.

Other than that, I like it. Tons of cardio equipment, never have to wait for a treadmill/eleptical/etc.
Lots of benches to do free weights on.
Very clean and organized.

[buffbrown21]

I currently go to a Gold's Gym. I like it with a few exceptions:

Dumbbells only go up to 75lbs.
Only 1 true squat rack. But at least the squat rack is set up so you can deadlift in it too.

Other than that, I like it. Tons of cardio equipment, never have to wait for a treadmill/eleptical/etc.
Lots of benches to do free weights on.
Very clean and organized.

Same here and only $10 a month!

[ironwill2008]

75 pound dumbbells, and only 1 Squat rack. Joe Gold is probably turning over in his grave.



Times, and Gold's Gyms, have certainly changed.

[JoeTheBarbarian]

There aren't any. I've asked cops, fireman, google, etc. Jersey City is ****in gay.

It took less than a minute on Google to find a gym called World Boxing & Fitness Center in Jersey City. I see equipment in the background in the video and I bet there isn't a juice bar.

The following link has several gyms listed that are not that far away...

http://tnation.t-nation.com/free_onl...yms_in_jersey_

[KingOfChaos]

You guys who only have 75 lb. dumb bells in a Gold's Gym are getting bent over a chair. My gold's gym has dumb bells up to 250 lbs., three squat racks, three smith machines, etc. Only thing it could use more of is 1) less ****gy time pop music, and 2) more actual benches.

[jamiestauber]

It took less than a minute on Google to find a gym called World Boxing & Fitness Center in Jersey City. I see equipment in the background in the video and I bet there isn't a juice bar.

The following link has several gyms listed that are not that far away...

http://tnation.t-nation.com/free_onl...yms_in_jersey_

That place is a half hour walk away (I dont have a car). Thanks for trying to help though.

[deadpool9]

You guys who only have 75 lb. dumb bells in a Gold's Gym are getting bent over a chair. My gold's gym has dumb bells up to 250 lbs., three squat racks, three smith machines, etc. Only thing it could use more of is 1) less ****gy time pop music, and 2) more actual benches.

Everyone has complained and complained, but they say they do it due to insurance costs. Young kids getting hurt/getting others hurt. Yet they allow you to load straight bars to the end.....

I am only going there because my regular gym closed for renovations. Plus I am putting together my own home gym soon (with a power rack, cable crossover, etc.)

[deadpool9]

That place is a half hour walk away (I dont have a car). Thanks for trying to help though.

Buy a bicycle? That can count toward your cardio.

[allstar5044483]

Gold's Gym is only the best. I used to work out at the same one as Hulk Hogan when i lived in florida, but i never saw him there. but yeah it was the ****, only huge mother****ers go there.

[jamiestauber]

Buy a bicycle? That can count toward your cardio.

haha I might actually do that.

[buffbrown21]

You guys who only have 75 lb. dumb bells in a Gold's Gym are getting bent over a chair. My gold's gym has dumb bells up to 250 lbs., three squat racks, three smith machines, etc. Only thing it could use more of is 1) less ****gy time pop music, and 2) more actual benches.

Gold's Gym is only the best. I used to work out at the same one as Hulk Hogan when i lived in florida, but i never saw him there. but yeah it was the ****, only huge mother****ers go there.

Those are true Gold's Gyms....these (ones with dumbbells to 75lbs) are more like Gold's Gym "CLUBS" or something.

I rarely go to mine, unless the guys from my martial arts gym are going as a group or I just want to play on the machines a bit. But for $10 a month, I couldnt pass it up.

I pretty much always do my weight lifting at home (my dumbbells go higher than 75 lbs, after all) and do other work (bodyweight, TRX, circuit training) at my martial arts gym. So essentially, Gold's Gym is my 3rd option.

[deadpool9]

Gold's was the only thing in my area that I found affordable. It's $15/month here, no contract.
It is a Gold's Gym Express, so I guess thats why its not really a "hardcore" Gold's.

My old gym was a military gym, and was only $90/6 months, no signup, no fees. And provided you a towel, lol.

[cgc]

75 pound dumbbells, and only 1 Squat rack. Joe Gold is probably turning over in his grave.
Times, and Gold's Gyms, have certainly changed.

Yeah....There used to be a dark and dank Gold's in the town over that I worked out in years ago. Man, I loved that place.
The last Gold's Gym I was a member of had a little corner that has free weights (dumbbells did go up to 125lbs), but the rest was cardio and circuit machines. Now it's been renamed Atlanta Fitness and IS a bit too "froo froo" for my liking....which is why I started building my gym at the house.

Gold's Gym is not what it was back in the day like what you saw as an example in the movie "Pumping Iron". Now THAT was a gym...

That place is a half hour walk away (I dont have a car). Thanks for trying to help though.

Buy a bicycle? That can count toward your cardio.

Second on the bike thing. Cut your travel time down to 10 minutes (20 round trip) and get some cardio in.....Crap, Wal-mart has some pretty cheap bikes these days or pick up a cheap one on Craigslist.....
problem solved

[jamiestauber]

I finally went over there. The guy on the phone said there were two power racks, but they were really squat racks (**** sucks for 6'5'' guys). Free weight area was incredibly small. ****s ****in depressing.