Gold’s Gym

Stay away!!! Any other gym is better this place is a total rip off and gets you for your money and binds you into contracts and automatic renewals. If you try to cancel be prepared for a manger to always be on away and a lot of run arounds. I’ll take my business where it’s appreciated at 24 hour fitness.

I’ve had a gym membership here for around 6 years, and I must say the staff gets worse and worse by the year. Extremely rude and unfriendly. Such a disappoint for a gym.

I’m probably the most average American gym rat in that I’m not actually in shape for 11 months out of the year, so I’m glad that Gold’s isn’t full of grunting, sprinting, hyperfit folks. It’s nice and cool in case I wanted to pretend to sweat, and the staff was EXTREMELY helpful and friendly every time I came in. My biggest complaint is that the equipment doesn’t seem to be maintained very well. Four of the eight stationary bikes had «out of order» signs on them, and after trying all four, only one of them actually allows you to use all of the available functions.
I should add that I don’t lift weights because I workout by myself and that’s dangerous without a spotter so I can’t really comment on those. I’m (attempting to be) a cardio person and there are a lot of treadmills and most seem to be working decently if you’re a walker like me. They have a smattering of ellipticals in the back and some classes that I never took as well.
Overall, decent gym, WAY way way overpriced membership for the quality though, at over $ 100 for 2 – 3 months. I’m probably just going to get some bug spray and start walking around the neighborhood early-​ish in the morning… at least until the next holiday that demands we overeat until we hate ourselves, then I might revist this whole gym thing.

I love this gym! The staff are friendly and I LOVE the classes. Whether it’s Zumba, Bodypump, or yoga, they’re all great! I had some friends have a few issues with their contracts but they didn’t read over them. Like come on people, the world isn’t full of glitter and rainbows. The classes are awesome and its not just full of buff rude dudes. I see older people, younger people, lots of women, handicapped people… it’s a gym and everyone is just trying to better themselves.

This place is poorly run and a total rip off. The signature classes are nothing more than a con scam. They just want your bank info so they can draft money. The managers have zero customer relations skills. I’ve had plenty of other gym memberships at country clubs, the YMCA, and trainer studios but none like this. When my term expires I won’t renew and I had this membership for 11 years but never again. They have scammed the last $ at of me. There are plenty of comparable gyms in the area so don’t waste your money here. For more read my review on Google.

This gym is 1000x better than the one in Conroe. The equipment is clean and well maintained. The locker rooms and showers are all clean.
The classes offered are a variety.

Ok gym, but BEWARE of Draconian contracts. I signed up with a promo coupon (cancel anytime, $ 10 a month) but didn’t read the fine print on the contract which has me bound for 2 years.

BEWARE THE HARD SELL!!! — Would have given this five stars for the great classes and overall facilities — good equipment, clean etc BUT every meeting with a staff member turns into a hard sell session. Seriously — if I joined on a $ 10/​month plan then no, I am NOT interested in signing up for a personal training package that runs anywhere from $ 720 — $ 4000 annually (the price changes daily depending on who you talk to). I understand that personal training is how gyms make money and maybe the trainers work on commission BUT when I say no I actually mean it!

Love this gym! Welcoming staff, clean, spacious (even on a packed Monday), worth the drive, not so annoying grunting guys (there are the occasional) but overall great. Everyone is courteous and for the most part they get their workout out of the way and move on to the next machine. They don’t hog equipment like the crowd at the 1960 and aldine westfield Golds Gym!!! Although there is this guy that works on the weekends especially on Sundays and he is the only one with the worst customer service. You’ll know what I’m talking about when you check-​in with him.

I am visiting from las Vegas and the people working here were horrible. The girl working behind the front desk had a bad attitude. Go somewhere else.

This place is a scam! They lure you in saying you only hv to pay one fee and then $ 20/​month and then all the sudden you see hidden fees on your credit card. When you call the person that signed you up specifically Eddie he says I know I discussed it with you and your husband. Kind of funny that 2 of us were there and neither one of us heard all these other charges. Then all the sudden 2 months after we signed up we get charged an annual fee really??? We just signed up and the guy again said he told us but he did not! It’s a disgusting business practice to tell you one thing and get charged another. Then he says you signed where we spoke about it. Maybe it’s our fault for not reading the fine print but when they tell you to sign they say this paragraph is everything we discussed which is not the case. I can’t wait to be done with gym. I will nvr sign up again and will make sure everyone I know knows how they operate.

Usually go to Gold’s in Conroe. This one is a lot larger and cleaner. I’m not sure if I’m just coming at good times, but Magnolia Gold’s is a lot less crowded too. Staff in Conroe, however, are nicer and more welcoming

I enjoy Gold’s Gym. I find it a nice atmosphere and clean. It is has your standard gym fare, such as «the gabber leaners» — those who stand and gab endlessly thinking that standing near a workout machine will buff you up; there is also the «too tight and it ain’t right» folks — they need no explanation; and then there is the «buff for muff» — these are dudes who only do the flat bench and pump and pump so much weight that their nipples protrude to great length, it’s a big creepy I even know that.

My first time ever going to Gold’s gym. I like the facilities a lot and the trainers are friendly and helpful. They look like they actually enjoy their job. After going to my 24 hr fitness for a few years, I’ve noticed how the staff was dull and they didn’t keep up with the equipment and things were dirty. I’m glad they have it together here at Gold’s gym.
Oh they make yummy shakes there too. Try one and also meet Gregdon — trainer. Very helpful!

I had a Gold’s Gym, Magnolia, TX membership for 3 years. Along with my membership, I had a one-​year personal training contract. I fulfilled both contracts, and went to the gym and cancelled my membership and the personal training contract (you have to cancel them both, something that was in VERY small print), even though you have to be a member to utilize the personal training, so why do you have to cancel both? Because they will use any means possible to steal money from you. When I signed my personal training contract, I wrote them a check for the first month’s charge and the enrollment fee. I canceled my membership 9/​2010, and I received a threatening letter this week from Paramount Acceptance (the company that handles their billing) threatening me with collections and attorneys if I didn’t pay the amount I owed. I owed them nothing, as far as I was concerned, since they debited my account every month and when I canceled my membership, everything was fine. But when I called Paramount, they were ignorant, rude, and just plain clueless about what they sent this letter in regards to… Calls to Gold’s went unreturned until today, when I was informed that they never cashed the check I wrote them on 9/​2009, so I must pay them over $ 157 or they would turn me over to collections. I have a copy of the check that I wrote them in good faith, expecting them to cash it. I have never seen such a poorly run business, and such clueless people in my life. Oh, they offered me amnesty if I would rejoin the gym and sign a new one-​year personal training agreement — as if that would EVER happen. Avoid this gym with everything you have, it is overpriced as far as personal training, and poorly run…

Shouldnt even have one star! Worst gym experience I have ever had. Staff is rude and unfriendly. ABC Financial is even worse to deal with. I specifically told the guy if I would need to sign a contract I didnt want to sign up because I would be moving. He told me I would not need to sign a contract but I would need to sign approving them to draft out of my account. Come to find out that was a 2 year contract. Once I tried to cancel my membership, that was an absolute nightmare! My card was overcharged multple times. They also «forgot» to mention a $ 40 annual «gym upkeep» charge. I should have listened to everyone who warned me about Golds being a huge scam. Unfortunantly I learned the hard way. This company is a complete scam and huge rip-​off!!!

Over $ 700 paid for a 3 year membership for 1 adult, plus a promise from the manager of $ 74/​child/​year. What happens? First attempt to work out and approached by the manager asking for a credit card for the $ 20/​month fee per child. Huh? The contract clearly stated that they were $ 74 for the year, TOTAL. Complete rip-​off, and a completely untrustworthy place. Avoid at all costs.

Great gym, great staff, great equipment, etc.

Gold’s Gym should really be named Gold’s Gym/​ABC Financial Services in the interests of full disclosure. (ABC is a wholly-​owned subsidiary). Their business plan is to lure you in (particularly if «you» is a recently emancipated adult of 18 or so), with a cheap promotional rate (e.g. $ 20/​mo!!!) and then slip you another document about two months in that triples your fee and obligates you for two years [and your first born.]
This is a national policy and a google of Gold’s will show complaints from sea to shining sea, so the Magnolia branch is just another bad apple in a tub of bad apples.
The referenced business practice makes it possible for Gold’s/ABC to make 3K% in interest on that $ 20 membership. And you thought Wall Street was bad!
Is it a good gym? Don’t know. But it’s a helluva loan shark.