Gold’s Gym Northgate

Tried the 7 day free pass — was immediately asked to sign up for 50 $/​m yearly membership with 1 month free offered — hadn’t even tried the gym yet.
I found golds had all the equipment I wanted, and wasn’t over crowded, even at prime times — it was kind of dark, and dirty feeling though, with a lot of damaged cardio equipment — so in my opinion, overpriced for my needs and taste.
There were a lot of people there who really looked like they knew what they were doing — lots of free weights, cardio machines, weight machines, cable decks, etc — even a punching bag area and boxing area and showers and sauna — a shop with supplements and shakes too.
The prices weren’t posted, and when I asked beyond the first person who tried to sell me the 50 $/​m I was told if they aren’t sales, they can’t even give me guidance on typical pricing, so I felt like something fishy was going on — no one asked me if I enjoyed my trial or followed up with me after — I went back to my old gym, crowded, but bright, cheaper, and they say hi when they see me.

I signed up and went for my first time after work tonight. No many people there at 3:30am lol. It is going to be and awesome way to end my nightshift.

I’ve walked past Gold’s Gym many times and not once did I ever think about stepping in. It looked to gym prestigious to me. However I landed upon a 1 month free membership and thought I would check it out.
When I stepped in I was blown away by the equipment they carry. High tech treadmills, bicycles, stair masters, ellipticals, and all sorts of machines to work out every single muscle in your body.
I also liked that they had a mini basketball court, a sauna room and a stocked café at the front entrance. Plus it was nice that their locker rooms were super tidy and didn’t smell bad.
The only negative thing for me in that gym is that I wish they had a bigger area for stretching/​core exercising. Also, I don’t see why it’s necessary for some of the girls at the front desk to have half their breast popping out of their shirts and also no knowledge of the way things work around the gym. Just saying.

Gourgous woman at counters, lots of equment and easy to use.

Full disclosure, I’m one of those guys with a gym membership that rarely goes. Lately, never. My fiancé & I signed up with Gold’s during a Valentine’s Day promotion a few years ago. It’s been great for my fiancé, who goes several times a week and recently started instructing. For me, it’s always great when I go, but I lack the motivation to keep going.
I’ve been to this location and the Northland location several times. I much prefer this location. I can’t explain it, but the other location feels very elitist to me.
This location has about what you would expect from a Gold’s Gym. It has machines for working out on, a basketball court/​classroom, showers, a food/​beverage station and a woman’s only area. It also has a pretty elaborate martial-​arts area and routinely holds MMA and other martial art classes. I’ve never had any problems with the staff and the clientele is pretty laid back too. No loud grunting or anything silly like that going on from my experience.
The classes they hold, and to which my fiancé instructs some of, are really quite good. The only problem is knowing the schedule. They rarely update their website and the current schedule listed is from July. They are a 24 hour gym, which is convenient, but they are not a true 24 hour gym.
Although advertised as being 24 hour, the gym is only 24 hours Monday-​Friday. On Saturday and Sunday, they are open 8 – 8. Not a big deal, but important if you were planning a visit after leaving the bar on a Saturday.
The locker rooms are usually very clean, and apparently have some security. Now this may or may not sit well, but their locker rooms do have cameras. Whether they are working or not, I don’t know and don’t really want to know. But I imagine it would come in handy if something was stolen. If you’re interested in checking it out, you can get a one day VIP membership from their website.
Almost forgot, new addition to the gym that I love. Their new treadmills, installed a few months ago, have iPod/​iPhone hookups on them. It allows you to listen to your music through the treadmill, which is handy if you want to switch back and forth between tv and music. If you have an iPod Touch or iPhone, it will play any videos you have onto the treadmill’s screen.