Gold’s Gym

First, the positives: Open early mornings. Nice staff. Child care is a bonus, too! My wife loved the classes. Great equipment.
Now, for the negatives: We have been members of Gold’s since it opened at the Flanders location. We signed an 18-​month contract, and once that contract expired, we were informed that our new contract (we didn’t sign any paperwork) would be on a month-​to-​month basis. How it was explained to us (again, no paperwork/​paper trail for this), was that we could cancel at anytime we wanted, now that we weren’t bound by a contract. My wife and I needed to cancel our memberships because of an out-​of-​state career move. We were then informed that we needed to give two-month’s notice… yet we were set to move in a month. We cancelled our membership in June 2015, and now it’s September 2015, and Gold’s is still calling us to submit payment for the final month of our contract (again, no paperwork supporting this!) for a month where we weren’t even in NJ, using the club. Like a previous member said, Gold’s has set up their contracts so that members have to pay to leave (they’ll continue billing you!), even on a so-​called month-​to-​month contract.

The equipment is in good condition. The gym is not huge but has everything you need to get a good workout.
There is a spin room and a room where people take classes. The gym has tanning booths and also daycare if you want to drop off the kids while you are working out.
The locker room is clean and seems to be maintained.

Gold’s Gyms contracts are designed to provide Gold’s with extra money at the end of your contract. In short if you plan to let your membership expire at the end of your contract you must give the gym 3 months notice of your intent to non renew your expired contract. If you don’t give the gym 3 months notice, they will bill you for the three months after you notify them of your intent to non renew. These terms should be enough to take your business elsewhere. Planet Fitness in Ledgewood is just as nice, cheaper and does not rip off it’s customers at the end of their contract while providing no services. This place should be avoided. I would give them negative stars but to post you have to give them 1.

I was in Flanders visiting my boyfriend’s dad with him and needed to get a gym day in (I rarely miss!) so I asked my bf’s cousin, who is a trainer about the gym.
She suggested going in and trying it out.
I’m glad I did! The area is spacious with TVs, tons of cardio machines, weights and a group exercise room. I attended Body Pump as I’m an avid and committed class member at my gym in Camden County.
I loved it! Ally was amazing and a great instructor. Things are different everywhere you go, but the feel and excitement were the same. The energy was high, the music was interesting and fun and I loved the overall class.
I will be back tomorrow for the kickboxing class, as I’m back in the area for a baby shower!
This will most likely be my go-​to gym on weekend visits up north.

It’s a gym. Has Daycare. Everyone is very nice.

Think twice before signing on the dotted line. As written earlier, the billing practices are deceptive and misleading. They will do everything possible to avoid answering your question and change the billing policies midterm. The staff at Golds Gym will redirect all your questions over to outsourced company called ABC Financial and pretend not to have any answers once you sign up.