Gold’s Gym

Golds gym redmond. You have dedicated hot yoga studio. I don’t understand why the classes are so bad. Avoid Mandy on Mondays & rachelle on tue & Thur mornings as it’s very slow with no flow. It’s a waste of my time. Mandy told me she taught yoga for 20 years & worked at golds redmond for over 18, so it’s obvious what her problems are:
— an overweight trainer with egos bigger than their buts & as ifs. I’ve been harassed by more than one trainer and her initial starts with M. Another laughed at my seahawks hat as the owner heard everything. It’s good I don’t see that one anymore but M is here to stay, I mean who would want an overweight trainer who harasses members?

I’ll keep his sweet and simple, because I’m a sweet and simple kind of gal. (others may argue against this statement).
Redmond and Issaquah are the only Gold’s locations that I have been to. I love both, blowing LA Fitness (my home gym for the last 4 years), out of the water. I like Redmond a little bit more because it is more spacious.
What I love about both:
–clean, clean, clean! can’t stress enough how big of a factor this is to me, especially seeing what I have seen at LA fitness
–women’s locker room/​showers. not much to say here; but they are nice!
–new equipment. I mean, come on, I can watch youtube videos while on the elliptical???
–cardio theatre. so rad. so, so, rad.
–an abundance of cardio machines. I’ve had to wait so many damn times for cardio machines at other gyms.
gold stars for gold’s gym!

This gym seems headed downhill.
Increasingly crowded — and parking between 4 and 7 or so is a nightmare. They have valet parking which is ridiculous — it inconveniences people who aren’t too lazy to find their own parking place because car lines and double parked cars block lots of people in.
At peak hours the locker room is knee deep in wet, used towels. It’s nasty. Staff maybe picks them up once a day? Whatever it is, it’s not enough. And they don’t keep the shower area stocked with towels so too bad for you if you undress and expect a towel from the cabinet.
Plates get left on machines and other equipment gets left around the gym wherever people decide to drop them. No staff ever corrects this.
Wifi gets weaker by the day. I can’t even use it to stream music any more.
Weird spacing between some machines — there’s plenty of room but some are slammed together so you have to wait to move plates until the person next to you finishes doing the same. Weird.
I’ve pointed out people who ALWAYS leave machines fully loaded with tons of plates and this problem in general — nothing happens.
I’ve raised issues in countless surveys — have never received a response nor has anything gotten any better.

I have read a majority of the reviews here and would say they paint a very realistic picture of what you get at Golds. I agree with all the pro’s, and nodded my head along with the con’s. I was a member for a year here, and I really do miss it.
The positives:
Space! I feel like I never had to wait for a machine. I lift fairly heavy so I enjoy a real squat rack, heavy dumbbells, barbells, etc and while you will always have to wait a little bit for a squat rack I think I only left once without being able to get my squats in.
The Hot Yoga is really nice, but you do have to find the right instructor for you. There were two that I adored (Kristen and Fred, both teaching different forms of yoga). However, I did go to a few and left much less than impressed. Some literally block the door and do not let you leave, which disrupts class so much more than just letting the person slip out then slip back in. I mean, what if I have to poop? Sheesh. It doesn’t have to be all that serious…
They have all the great kettle bells (although I do wish they were a little closer in weight, jumping from a 25 to a 40 (or something like that) isn’t always easy on your back) and also box jumps. I always left feeling really great about my workouts.
The hot tub is great, the bathrooms are always clean and people are always cleaning them. Overall I really do miss this gym.
The cons:
Yes parking is a pain. I always risked it and just parked at Kohls, so it didn’t bother me too much. But had I gotten a ticket or towed the parking would have driven me ape shit.
The pool /​hot tub ALWAYS has kids in it. OMG I have never seen more kids in my life than when I’m working out at this gym. For as much as you pay you would think they would be in a kids club or something. They’re usually playing on treadmills, stair machines, running and screaming in the locker room, sheesh. Oh and the steam room smelled like someone dropped a bottle of ammonia in it about 2 weeks after we joined. We never got to use it again. You literally can’t breath in it. Im not sure how that never was fixed.
The contract I signed left me feeling uneasy. They always make you feel like you have to sign up RIGHT then (that is their job) but when I left I felt so uneasy in my stomach about it. I actually regretting signing the contract that I did, but I did enjoy the gym so pick your poison.
The ladies weight room (if that’s your thing) is a joke. It’s small, stuffy, and doesn’t have the best equipment. BUT, if you’re really self conscious it is a good alternative.
I would continue working out here if I still lived in the area. I really did enjoy it.

There’s so many things to do at this gym everything from swimming to basketball to every kind of weight to exercise bikes to stairs to personal trainers to classes you could come here everyday do something different and never do the same thing twice only down side parking is terrible that they do offer free valet. They also have a nice steam room sauna and spa

In town visiting. I wish we had a gym like this near us!!! It was $ 25 for a drop in (which was a little steep) but it was good for 24 hours (which they told me when I called). So we strategically planned our 2 workouts within 24 hours. Great equipment, locker room, steam room, sauna… almost wanted to stay in town longer to take advantage of it!

Overall the gym is very adequate. Front staff super friendly, not crowed at all by standards of other gyms I have experienced, and the personal training staff are excellent. The pool is 25 yards, and has 4 lanes.
The location is a re-​purposed bakery, and the layout with respect to the women s locker room is awkward. And with no restrooms on the main floor, women’s bathrooms are upstairs with the locker room: go up the second floor, squeeze between the aisles of treadmills and ellipticals, take a sharp right, then a left, then a right. The locker room condition and cleanliness is typical of other better gyms.
Parking can be tricky. They do have free valet staffed by super friendly people, but there have been times when the parking lot if so full, they took my car across the street to near Kohl’s. Retrieving the car involves a longer– than-​you– may have planned walk — probably 2/10’s of a mile –to retrieve it.
My main concern is that their contract policies seem intended to keep money flowing into the club, and are not intended to be flexible and customer sensitive. Case in point: following a pending job loss in our household, I went in to cancel my personal training, which costs $ 265 per month. The fitness director encouraged me to just suspend the personal training — assuring me I had a choice after that time to continue or cancel.
Four months later, still in job search, the $ 265 charge appeared on my credit card. No one bothered to call to just say hey do you want to start up again; and in fact on asking for a little flexibility, the request was denied multiple times by the fitness director, saying without variation that the contract states you must cancel 10 days prior. This approach makes business sense for most cases; but job loss in this area is not a prevalent risk for their revenue stream, and I still can’t believe how adamant and immovable they are in their approach. It seems especially harsh given that I initially just asked to cancel the personal training, and feel both stupid, and tricked, for being talked into suspending.
So overall an adequate club, but I would be very cautious of the contracts, and don’t let them trick you into suspending a service rather than cancelling.

This is the best gym I’ve ever been to. Amazing and courteous staff, extremely clean, and a really amazing facility that literally has everything you could want in a gym and more.

Usually, when you sign up for a gym you are enticed by a smelly gym, dirty equipment. Gold’s is not that gym. I’ve been a member for 2 plus years. I’m sad to have to part from this gym as we re-​locate for jobs.
Here are the pro’s:
— Clean bathrooms, you always see someone in there making sure the bathrooms/​changing rooms are clean and stocked with towels, Did I mention that the shower curtains are changed like every 2 months.
— New and clean equipment, Golds is always updating their machines
— Friendly staff, Great place for teenagers to have a first job or if you are in school.
— Valet Parking used it a few times, great when its super busy at golds you never wait more than 10 minutes for your car and if you are complaining, then you need to find a new hobby.
— Salt water pool
— Steam/​Sauna rooms
— Free weights
— Classes, yoga, hot yoga, pilates, zumba, cycling etc etc
— Managers who love their job and you can tell its not a job, its their passion
— No matter how busy the parking lot is, the gym layout is amazing it never feels cramped at Golds.
Cons:
— Customer service is not always 100% this is from new staff who are very young and learning the art of customer service. However, they have amazing management to teach them. I had an incident where the girl over the phone would not freeze my account «stated I had to come in». I was freaking quarantined from heart surgery. I can’t come in. I told her thank you. I knew if I wrote to one of the managers and just explained my situation my account would be frozen. Yup it was, for 2 months while I healed. (sometimes, you have to bend the rules for customers). so its not really con, its knowing who to talk to :)
— I would love it, if they could design a bathroom just for parents/​kids this is my wishful thinking. I do not enjoy sharing my bathroom time with screaming children.

Golds in Redmond is absolutely fantastic! It is huge, has everything you need and they have a salt water pool! The staff are always friendly and the trainers are top notch! Golds gym gym is the obvious choice to join in Redmond as the facility is beautiful! Also they update their equipment regularly not to mention the club is extremely clean!

When you sign up for a gym franchise, you never know what you’re going to get. While there are some that cater to just the casual gym user, others, like Gold’s Gym Redmond in particular, succeed at helping the casuals, the hardcore, and everyone in between.
I began going here when I was sixteen, and like many people, had no idea where to start. There were so many options to choose from: machines for every muscle you could think of, two large free weight areas, three squat racks, multiple cable machines with tons of cable grips to choose from, and an entire upstairs dedicated to cardio. In addition, there is a well sized pool with a hot tub and therapeutic pool, multiple saunas, and best of all, clean locker rooms. Even though my training has advanced from going down a row of machines to charting my progress with free weights, cables, and barbells, I have still had plenty of equipment to choose from for more advanced lifting moves.
Although this is still my favorite gym, there are still a couple of improvements that could be made. I would have more suggestions, but the gym has addressed most of those before I could even make them. The gym staff seems to genuinely care about their customers and I am constantly seeing construction signs and new areas popping up. Some might disagree with me on this, but as a free weight lifter, I would love to see an expanded floor area for Olympic weight lifting, as there seems to be room for it only during the early mornings or nights. I would also enjoy seeing a glute-​ham raise machine, as many of us office workers are susceptible to weak hamstrings. Other than those minor suggestions, I am happy with what the gym management is doing to keep up with the broad range of the needs of the clients that it serves.

it is a very nice Gym, I am a member of Gold’s Gym for a bout 6 months now and very
satisfied. Big swimming pool, nice staff and good service.
Keep it up guys.

Wow, my last update of this Gold’s was in 2011! Time to update again, especially since they’re constantly changing something here at this gym. Some updates are fantastic whereas others, not so much.
I’ve been a member here since they opening in Redmond (what? 8 or more years ago?) and I’m a regular here. I used to see a fantastic personal trainer here, but he moved to the Bothell gym. That’s one of my pseudo-​gripes with the trainers: there’s a pretty big turn-​over here in terms of trainers, so if you find one you «click» with, don’t get too attached, as they’re bound to move elsewhere eventually (I think I had 3 trainers over the past 5 or 6 years). But I have to say, all the trainers I had were great. But I really clicked with one, but he left Redmond a few months afterwards.
The gym is huge and always clean (unless you go super-​early in the morning, as I do, and then the facility is in disarray — especially in the pool area. I believe housekeeping staff arrives at 5am, so it’s all cleaned up soonafter). The machines are constantly updated, and I like how they recently renovated, moving the personal fitness desk from the middle of the first floor to an area by the front desk, where you check it. It makes more sense here, and it looks good.
I LOVE the locker room facility! It’s really beautiful and well-​kept. They supply lovely wall-​mounted shower gel, shampoo, conditioner and shaving gel in the showers. The steam room has an intoxicating menthol/​eucalyptus steam which never fails to clear up my sinuses whenever I’m stuffy. The sauna is also great.
The salt water pool is usually kept at a warm temperature and is one of my most-​used features here. (I don’t like how they removed the digital clock that used to be on the south wall, but that’s a petty concern, I guess). There are also 2 hot tubs and a popular therapy pool, too.
Like Win, below, I am most disappointed in the changes they made to the Cardio Cinema. This was a major draw for me (and my neighbor, and others I know). It used to be in a real cinema room but then was moved to a tiny room upstairs, when the spinning classes became über-​popular, so they moved the spin classes to the way more spacious cinema room. I was not thrilled about this move, but I tolerated it (what choice did we cinema lovers have?), Many of the machines didn’t work (I always went on the treadmill here), and the new, small cinema room became so crowded at times, many of us had to forego watching the movie. I didn’t think things could be worse, but oh no! How wrong I was! Now it IS worse — WAY worse: now they moved the Cardio «Cinema» downstairs to the main floor, in the old spa area. So if you’re working out on the bikes upstairs (as I usually am), or even on the weight machines downstairs, if you want to use the Cardio Cinema, you have to walk by all the people in the waiting area, and the front desk (can you say awkward?); it’s rather far removed from any of the areas where we all work out. And even worse: it’s no longer available ²⁴⁄₇! Now it’s only available from 5am-​10pm. This is horrible for those of us who come in at 3:30−4am, for a pre-​work workout, or for those folks who work the graveyard shift and come here after work. Since they changed the hours, I cannot use this feature at all. And it was my favorite and the main reason why I joined so long ago! (Also, the movies they post online on their cinema schedule is always wrong, and they always blame Netflix for not delivering movies on time. It’s a moot point for me, but some of you guys might want to know).
I like how they have an annual «Body Transformation Challenge», a «Member Appreciation Barbeque», and other member-​oriented events. Also, I think it’s fantastic how all aerobics classes and hot yoga are included in your membership. Plus, they have a lot of smaller amenities: big screen tv in the waiting room, an Emerald City smoothie area (sooo good!), a computer one can use at the counter, as many free towels you want, hair blowers in the locker room (along with Q-​tips, cotton balls and mouthwash) and, for the most part, the staff are pretty friendly.

Been a member at this gym since they first opened. They were actually set up with minimal equipment in the spa area next door while the main gym was still being finished. There is a huge variety of equipment and enough cardio machines to go around, even in the busy hours. They’ve got a pools, hot tub, basketball court, yoga studio, group class studio, spinning studio, cardio cinema and a smoothie bar.
A few years back the spinning studio and cardio cinema switched places, which was a huge negative for me. I was a big fan of the cardio cinema until it was moved in to a small room upstairs that had little ventilation and gets SO hot. Now I’ll brave it if the movie is a really good one or if it’s on the empty side, thus less heat.
Parking is the biggest problem for this location. If you go in the off hours it’s no problem. It starts getting bad around 4:30 in the afternoon and goes for a couple hours. They do have a valet parking service during their peak times that is supposed to park off site, which is not always the case. It is really frustrating when you’re been searching and waiting for a spot only to have them snapped up by the valets. Management has said that parking off site if their policy but it’s not enforced very strongly.
This location has a bit more of club feel than a gym feel. The staff is always cleaning here! They do a good job at keeping the equipment and facility kept up. It’s locker rooms are spacious and have plenty of lockers, stalls, showers and counter space. There is also a steam room inside each locker room.
The staff here is friendly and helpful. There are a few other large gyms in the area but none of them live up to this location.

Bad membership services and consideration to customers.
I have been a member of Golds Gym for over 16 years. I became a member of the original one in California after Golds Gym Redmond from construction time. I moved way and have not been able to use the facility. But have been paying for suspend my account. They charge me the full price when I called the response was we have systems in place, this is how it is… Basically as long as you are paying and not showing up they are loving it… I have recommended people to them and this is the consideration one get there… NOTHING!!!

First time at this Golds, it’s huge! Very nice and clean inside. Nice equipment, cardio theater sucks though way too small compared to other Golds’s I’ve been to.

On a recommendation by a friend I joined Gold’s Redmond a few years ago!
I had previously thought Golds was only for really huge Guy’s and thought no way. I couldn’t be more wrong (maybe in some locations but not this one). This one is Beautiful compared to most the gyms around the area.
I absolutely Love it here. It’s just a beautiful facility, beautiful locker rooms and I really LOVE the Salt Water pool and steam room.
I’ve taken several different classes which I’ve really enjoy and the ladies gym is nice and private if you’d prefer.
I’ve worked out with a couple different trainer who were helpful and kicked my butt-​who doesn’t need a good butt kickin trainer!
My kiddo loves the kids gym too which works out great too!
I found that some of the moves in the classes I couldn’t do without pain (whiplash injury several years ago) and every time I would mention it to the instructor before class, they have been great about showing me another way that isn’t painful to still participate, so I appreciate that.
Overall it’s a great gym!

It’s a shame to see what Gold’s Gym has become. Plenty of treadmills and other machines, but only a couple squat racks, and just a few barbells. This is not the Gold’s Gym that you’d see advertised by Arnie in the golden days of bodybuilding.
Anyways, I checked in for a couple of hours at the Redmond facility, which cost 23 dollars, and one of the employees was just atrocious. Here was this middle aged man, of poor build and stature, giving me sass after I asked about their prices. Just talking to him made me sure that I’ll never even look into going to this gym again. If you’re an upper middle class soccer mom, this is the gym for you. But what an absolute shame that Gold’s Gym doesn’t cater the needs of the group that made it what it is today– bodybuilders.

I have a member since they opened. The facilities need better support to keep the pools and spas working. More times than I can count that I’ve come in to swim and the spa pool is out of service. Also, I have been disappointed in the cleanliness of the locker room. Not sure if I’m going to keep my membership and might decide to move to another gym.
Not recommending this gym at this time.

The Redmond Gold’s Gym is a very nice facility for your workouts. The membership staff here is very down to earth and clearly wants to make sure the club is a right fit for you. I appreciate that the tour is started by welcoming you and letting you know this and asking permission to ask you questions to understand how they can serve you best. They are very upfront that if you have a question or concern, to please ask so they know what they can do for you. The club is older, yet is very well kept up and very clean. The vibe in the club is very welcoming and personable.
The issues I had were the cost to join (without specials you are looking at over $ 200 if you do not sign a year contact) and membership dues over $ 60 a month! This is insanely expensive; however, it could still be of value if you use the club for all of its offerings. They offer several group classes (including hot yoga, cycling and high intensity classes) and have 2 of the new Curve treadmill machines (the ones that are without electricity, you do all the work). These are higher end items you simply wont find elsewhere.
The steam room and sauna is also located in the locker rooms. To me this is a major disadvantage. I do not want to look out the glass door and see naked men walking around the locker room and worse yet do not want to have one sit directly next to me in the sauna, especially when there is extra unoccupied room in the sauna… In addition, of all the time I have spent in locker rooms, I have never had so many people talking on the cell phone in the locker room.
All in all though this clubs is leaps and bounds better then 24 Hour Fitness Redmond in terms of amenities, staff and overall value when you look at what is all included in membership. If you are simply looking for a gym with cardio and weights, this is not the place for you (because of price), but if you are looking for a place with more advanced workout machines, top notch classes and a more luxury gym feel, this place of of value.