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Gold's Gym
Category: Active Life Fitness & Instruction Gyms Gyms [Edit]
565 36 St NECalgary, AB T2A 6K3
(403) 272-4653
2 reviews for Gold's Gym
2 reviews in English
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Review from Tim K.
Calgary, AB
10/20/2009
Gourgous woman at counters,lots of equment and easy to use.
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Review from Moez T.
Calgary, AB
10/20/2009
Full disclosure, I'm one of those guys with a gym membership that rarely goes. Lately, never. My fiance & I signed up with Gold's during a Valentine's Day promotion a few years ago. It's been great for my fiance, 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 fiance 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.
