Gold’s Gym

I would give Gold’s gym in Gilroy 5 stars, except for the hours are not optimal for someone who needs extended hours due to work, kids, and life in general. I have to maintain my membership at 24 Hour Fitness due to Gold’s opening late on the weekends and closing early on the weekends. The hours are not conducive for someone needing extended hours.
I will say that this is hands down one of the cleanest gyms. The staff is extremely friendly and helpful, and the atmosphere is great! The equipment is up to date, and they have a great kids care center if you need to tote the little ones along with you!
I love that the bathrooms are clean, that
The equipment is maintained and that the members are friendly.

While the equipment isn’t state of the art. Quite frankly its not a true Gold’s gym. I do enjoy working out there, its not like 24 hr. which is always packed. The Main reason I give it a 5 star is because of 2 Employees that go above an beyond. And they’re Heather, and Angel. They truly enjoy there jobs and really go the extra mile to accommodate Gold’d clientel.

A very good family friendly gym. The staff is friendly and helpful. They keep the place really clean… most of the time. The exception is when Angel is on vacation. He takes real pride in keeping the place clean. The equipment is well maintained and there is usually enough gear for everyone (unless you go during the 4 – 6 PM peak). The locker rooms are clean and have a great dry and wet saunas. The patrons come in all sizes, shapes, and levels of athletic ability. The nice thing is that anyone can fit in. The free weights are well arranged and come in both low and high weights. They have a variety of machines and classes. Both my wife and I enjoy the place.

I was passing through on the way back to SF a couple of weeks ago and am a member of Gold’s Gym at another location. I was able to use this facility free of charge and really, REALLY enjoyed the experience. The equipment was state-​of-​the-​art and the staff were very helpful. Wished I lived in Gilroy!

This gym is one of the cleanest I have been to. I have also been taking personal training from KEN. He is awesome and makes you feel very comfortable. He knows what he is talking about and you feel like family when working out. Overall helping me reach my goal.

STILL love this gym! Best one in Gilroy. So clean and great staff!!!
I have been to many gyms, and this is still my favorite for many reasons. Yah, it is a little on the small side; but they have everything you would need, and all the equipment is new and functioning! So worth the money!

I have been a member for 18 months, staff is great, facilities are always clean and it’s in a pretty good location.
The negatives: it’s smaller then other local Golds. They have limited space making it hard to bring in new equipment. The free weight area is always busy and they don’t have all the equipment other local Golds have. Parking sucks… not enough spaces.
I strongly suggest:
1. Expanding before people go somewhere that has the complete offering of equipment.
2. Staff to visit the Bernal Golds to see what they offer then copy it.
3. Figure out what to do about the parking issue… if you want more members you need to have more spaces to park.
4. Don’t sit and wait for more members before doing items 1 — 3 above, if you wait too long people will go somewhere else. Plus if you resolve these issues more will be interested in joining.

Personal: I have been a member here for just over a month. I’ve previously trained under Ray of Rays Built Tuff Gym (he trains body building competitors), and held membership at the Santa Clara Golds (this is much improved) among a half dozen others in my lifetime. I workout after work 630 – 8 and Sat mornings.
Pros: Clean facility, kids care, I’ve had to wait for a stairmaster only once for less than ten min (usually they are only half occupied), folks are there to workout — meaning there is minimal idle chatter or machine hogging, equipment is well cared for, staff is friendly (my guy checked in via email and was very responsive to my questions). Lockers have locks on them you can set code each visit, spa/​sauna. There are women here working out hard. I love that.
Cons: kids care hours are limited, no free weights in machine/​abs room which significantly hampers my productivity. Free weight area gets packed and minimal benches. Makes it hard for a small female to get in there… Especially since I go alone and the guys are usually spotting each other doing multiple rounds. TRX not setup you have to go get it yourself and set it up which is not conducive to getting in and out before my kids bed time. I forget which but one of the two is always out of order, spa or sauna which is what sold me on this gym vs others.
Overall no regrets. I do recommend.
#eatclean #trainmean #getlean

I have been in Fitness for nearly 20 years and have worked at multiple gyms including Golds Gym Venice Beach. I think they have a well laid out facility and more than adequate equipment. Staff is all pretty personable and have been flexible with me when freezing and restarting my account. Their childcare is a great deal and the facility is as clean as you will see anywhere. I was bummed to see the basketball court go but will forgive them if they get an Olympic platform and a few more bumper plates.

Best gym in gilroy, I checked every single one of them for a week and by far gold’s was the best, let’s be honest a gym it’s a gym it’s some what supposed to be a little dirty right? Not this one by far the cleanest gym I’ve ever been a member of, super friendly, polite, professional staff, and the general manager John Castaneda it’s the best got me, the wifey, my daughter a hell of deal, he was respectful, no bs around and it has all the equipment you need to work out, I don’t know why some people complaint about not enough, if you know what you’re doing a pair of dumbells will be enough to get in shape, but this gym has that and more, and some people are complaining about the basketball courts been taken, let’s be honest it’s only a certain group that uses them and pretty much takes over the court, instead they add it more classes and stuff great… No complaints here if you’re looking for a great gym give them a chance trust me.

By far the best gym in town! Up to date equipment along with a clean environment is always a plus. Friendly/​cool staff as well, this gym could have easily gained a 5 star rating from me if they would have not removed the basketball courts back in April. However this gym is in a great location for expansion so more additions to the gym can be a possibility? All in all though a good gym worth checking out if you’re a gym rat or newbie seeking out a gym to put work in.

I have been going to this gym for a couple years now. It has grown alot, has always been clean and has had a great staff who put a big effort into customer service. I have been impressed with how quickly broken equipment gets repaired and how they keep adding new equipment. Keep up the great work Gold’s Gym Gilroy!

I am surprised this gym has such a low rating. I am giving this gym a 5 star review because it is clean, well organized, new equipment, large showers, the staff members are friendly and helpful, there is something for everyone, day care toys are clean and new and in the locker room the sauna and steam rooms are clean and do not smell of mold. Another big plus for me is you cannot go into the sauna or steam room with your shoes and work out clothes on. I used to belong to another local large gym but quit because they were not clean, members would go into the steam room and sauna after working out with their shoes on and sweaty clothes, the locker room smelled of mold, parking was frustrating and I did not feel safe working out there at night. Yeay for the Gilroy Gold’s Gym! I would love it if they could add a pool!

I rate this gym a 4.5 for variety although it isn’t perfect but close. The things that they’re missing is an olympic lifting stage with rubber weights for powerlifting, a GHD machine, and they won’t let me bring in my Olympic Rings to do ring muscle ups. However, I signed up because it’s as close to a CrossFit gym as it gets without having to pay for a CrossFit gym price. The hoist machine is the highlight. It has an adjustable box jump, a wall ball spot, Kettle Bells, rope whip, etc all in one space. Very convenient. They also have only one rowing machine but at least it’s there. I’m very interested in the cinema cycling area. I’m not good at basketball but at least there is a court. I could give it a 5 if it only had the missing pieces of equipment that I needed.

Great equipment, classes are included, locker rooms are first rate, and management puts customers first.
So glad my best friend in Gilroy helped me find this perfect gym. I had tried Curves at almost twice what this costs and it had less than 10% of the amenities.
For the price i am paying, I couldn’t even buy most of the hundreds of state of the art equipment. The treadmill and elliptical machines are kind to my knees and electronically adjusted to just what I need. Their group exercises are part of the fees I pay, and their instructors are great at motivating both the experts in the class as well as older and less in shape people, like me.
I was shocked at how classy this gym feels because I thought Gold’s Gyms were about weight lifting body builder types. While, there are more than a few of those guys in the free weight areas, there are so many other options for newbies who just want to get in shape.
The staff has been very helpful too and when I was concerned about hard sell of one «coach» the manager let me know the woman who was pressuring me to have personal coaching was new and this gym expects coaches to help their members and not pressure anyone into buying additional services, unless one is wanting to buy their individualized professional services.
They seem to welcome everyone and I have always been able to use equipment without waiting. I have never been a member of gym other than Curves but I can not imagine anything that would make this place more first rate.
I think Gold’s Gym is one of the best deals in Gilroy, and Gilroy is known for value.

I got a membership at golds gym because my friend got me a pass to do Zumba and boot camp and I loved it. However their management sucks!!! First they let Kathy (boot camp trainer) go. I’m more upset now because they let Andee go. She was an amazing Zumba instructor. There’s no one like her. Today I had to walk out from Zumba… Their morning instructor is nice but sorry she doesn’t know half of the moves Andee knows. The only two trainers they have left is akua and Allen. They dont appreciate their employees. I thought golds gym was top of the line??? I’m unhappy with their customer service and soon I will cancel my membership with them. Kathy was my inspiration she was fun and helpful, she would teach boot camp at least 5 – 6 times a week. They shouldn’t mind paying their trainers more money $$$$$ I mean after all… WE are the ones paying from our own pocket not them. I would recommend getting a membership here. It’s getting to expensive they don’t deserve our money.

Signed two weeks ago and I love the place. It’s been open 3 years and it looks brand new inside. All the equipment is kept clean. The locker room and bathroom are kept clean. So far I’ve been almost everyday since I signed and I can’t find anything I’m unhappy with.

While in town visiting family I got to check this place out and I really liked it. It was my first time in a Gold’s Gym and I feel like I got a great workout.
Nice equipment. I love how some of the machines count your reps:) it sounds silly but I like to clear my head and not count or think while doing sets, I feel like I get a better workout.
All of the staff I spoke to were very helpful and friendly, they issued a guest pass right away and I appreciate the hassle free experience.
I wish all gyms were like this!

Not too impressed. Small place. running machines do not have a negative incline nor a quick incline/​decline or speed. For being newer machines, I’d figure that would be standard. Tried the movie room, only one treadmill. Very stuffy in there, no air flow other than the open door to the room. There were a few other people, and two of them kept talking loudly (since they were competing with movie sound). Then one decides to turn light on. I left and moved on to another room, only air flow is 1 large fan (moving very very slow) on ceiling. In general poor air circulation throughout.
The basketball/​gym classes are the same room.

I love this place. I guess I’m a gym rat since I belonged to 3 before I moved to Gilroy. At first I joined another older, popular gym in Gilroy but it was so hard to train there. If I was doing back I’d have to go from room to room, upstairs and down. It drove me batty. At Golds, everything is right there!
The locker room is as nice as Club One, just minus the towels (super clean & new!) My daughter LOVES the Kids Club and is always asking to go to ‘Mommys Gym’. The employees are really cool too. Yolanda and Eamon are both really friendly and helpful. The cycling instructor is very good too! I really recommend that class and Bodypump.