Gold's Gym

Expérience positive: I came to the gym and heard the information that there are two gyms, one for girls only and one for guys. I started working out and I see that more and more girls are coming to the guys' gym. At the end of the training I came to the staff and asked why girls were working out in the boys' section. (Because in the women's department guys can't work out) The answer from the staff was: the women's gym is for girls, and the guys' gym is for everyone and it's normal (the girl who answered the questions rolled her eyes). It looks like discrimination. I came to the gym and did not want to see girls, because (half-naked girls) prevent me from concentrating on my work in the gym. I will not come again because of that.

Expérience positive: Staff are so friendly and supportive which is what inclined me to sign up for a one week pass (Price was $50 for one week). The atmosphere is a little congested though, almost no space between machines, I find it kind of dangerous. Majority of the machines are not really adjustable either for taller/ larger people. After my one week trial I was not as interested to continue with a membership there! Would be nice if the owners invested in a larger space or cut down on some machines OR limited access time so people are not piling on one another.

Expérience positive: Ok gym, every barbell bent, no fun when it shifts with heavy squats.

Expérience négative: I have been a member, without any issues, for over a year. I have been trying to cancel my membership for over a week. I have called twice and emailed twice but heard nothing back. When I call they assure me they will get to it but then blow me off. I would not recommend this gym to anyone as cancelling your membership is a nightmare.

Expérience fantastique: this is by far the best gym in Kamloops! I have been coming here for 2 years and the community is like no other! The staff go above and beyond (especially Maggie!) if you’re looking for a gym in Kamloops, this is the one!

Expérience négative: There is a huge air conditioning problem we will always sweating !

Expérience négative: This gym is disgraceful. First of all it’s $35 biweekly, so $70 a month. It wreaks, I don’t think they have proper ventilation in the bathrooms so the whole gym smells like poo and sweat on a regular basis. I’ve been going for 3 months and one person has greeted me at the door, on top of that the male staff always look like they’re angry about something. They play the music obnoxiously loud and my headphones can’t cancel it out half the time. The women’s section I think has all the old equipment from the co-ed side and it feels like it’s going to collapse, the free weights on the women’s side only go up to 40lbs, so I have to go to the co-ed side for half my workouts, and the women’s benches are all in a fixed position and none of the benches on the women’s side are adjustable. All the foam rollers stink and are so old, they’re caved in in the middle. The towel service and the tanning booth is an extra fee as well. Also you pay an extra fee for any additional upgrades the gym might be doing like replacing equipment and perhaps buying new foam rollers. So I am very curious to know where exactly my $70 a month was going?

Expérience fantastique: Great gym, friendly staff, lots of options of equipment

Expérience fantastique: Best gym in town! I’ve tried them all and Golds is the best place for a workout. Great equipment, great staff and always improving the gym every year. Golds has been helping me push to be my best for years. Let’s go!

Expérience fantastique: The staff are amazingly friendly and welcoming. The equipment is excellent and the gym is always clean and well maintained. I love that my membership includes the classes!!! Lots of positive and supportive people and gym members of all levels.

Expérience fantastique: great gym and friendly staff!

Expérience fantastique: Golds Gym has such a great atmosphere! The gym has plenty to offer from tanning, fitness classes, personal training, protein donuts and so much more! The membership price is very reasonable. The equipment selection is insane, you’re never waiting for machines. The staff are educated, kind and keep the gym in top notch condition! My boyfriend and a one week trial but after day one we knew we were here to stay.

Expérience fantastique: Golds gym Kamloops is the greatest gym in town. It has the best equipment with the best variety, very friendly staff who push you to be the best version of yourself. The members of golds gym are very friendly and many see each other as their gym family. This gym is many people’s sanctuary away from the stresses of the real world. Keep up the great work, Golds Gym Kamloops!

Expérience fantastique: Best gym in town! The ladies section has everything I need and the HIIT and spin classes are great. Staff and management are amazing.

Expérience fantastique: Best gym in Kamloops hands down! Not only do they have the best equipment, it’s consistently clean, the staff is so friendly, they have a kick ass manager running the show and the members are wonderful people. Definitely recommend:)

Expérience négative: The best equipment in town & super friendly staff. Low rating due to owners not handling certain activities in the gym better. Their contracts are a bit of a headache Response to owner: It was my absolute pleasure to discuss. Thank you for taking the time

Expérience négative: I signed up 1 year contract at this gold’s gym. I moved to Vancouver cuz of plan changes and initially I wanted to transfer my membership to a Gold’s gym in Vancouver but the transfer policy in Kamloops gold’s is really frustrating. I ended up paying more than $150 just to terminate my membership cuz of the frustration. They made it just hard enough for people to get frustrated and pay off how much ever they ask and get done with it. It shouldn’t have been this hard to get your gym membership transferred as it’s under the same name.

Expérience négative: I registered for this gym for 1 year and I completed 8 months there and after 8 months I was moving to Vancouver and wanted to transfer my membership to a Gold’s gym in Vancouver. Apparently I cannot transfer my membership to a different Gold’s gym and have to either pay a termination fee (105CAD) along with 31 days of membership price (60CAD). Or the other option is to start a new membership at another gold’s gym which would mean my Contract at Gold’s Gym will start again and also have to pay 31 days of membership at this Kamloops Gold’s Gym. It doesn’t make sense to me because I am moving more than 350km away from the gym and that should be reason enough for them to let me cancel or terminate my membership for free.

Expérience positive: Friendly staff, clean facility, and all the equipment you could ask for.

Expérience fantastique: Absolutely the top gym , it has everything and all top of the line as well as knowledgeable friendly staff

Expérience fantastique: Best gym around, clean, easy to navigate, awesome and friendly people

Expérience fantastique: Big love

Expérience fantastique: This gym is top-notch! Impeccably clean facilities, a well-designed layout, and a friendly, inviting community make it a standout. The team here is fantastic—knowledgeable and always ready to help. Highly recommend for anyone looking for an amazing gym environment!

Expérience positive: Straight BUSSIN

Expérience négative: It's a very frustrating gym and the frustration is largely centered on the way it is organized, I'll do my best to describe the issues below. The weightlifting side is over packed with machines which makes it awkward/difficult to get to the machine if it's busy which I found adds an extra 10-15 mins to a workout when navigating through everything. Meanwhile the female-only side is very similar in size with a 1/4 of the people and plenty more space, there's a clear discrepancy and more investment was made to a smaller crowd. The free weights has a great selection of dumbbells but unfortunately the same space situation arises and your sharing a very small area with multiple people. So anyone interested in doing biplexes or other similar workouts is immediately disadvantaged moreso than they would usually find, and it's next to impossible to do a decent circuit. The rates the gym charges are not up to par with what is offered in my opinion. Overall it's a disappointing Golds brand gym I've been to, and would look at other places if you intend to find a gym that's comfortable for any workout that includes a lot of movements or multiple equipment.

Expérience positive: Great equipment and staff... Too many kids standing around talking and thinking they are something they aren't

Expérience fantastique: The only spotlessly clean high-end gym in town. I’ve worked out here 3-7 days a week since 2015 and am continually impressed with the cleanliness of the facility, the new equipment that is constantly being installed, and the friendliness of the staff. The membership fees are, from what I understand, competitive and quite reasonable. Big bathrooms/ change rooms, tanning beds, expansive work out areas including free weights, cables, machines, studio, cardio areas along with a ladies only portion. Best gym in town, full stop. :)

Expérience négative: Don’t waste your time and money, there are way better gyms in town. It is extremely poorly run.

Expérience fantastique: Da best pump eva

Expérience fantastique: Great gym, very clean. Would recommend.

Expérience fantastique: Amazing Amazing! Absolutely love this gym and staff!! I had to leave my other gym due to homeless/druggies in Valleyview and regret I didn’t switch earlier!! As I said amazing staff as well as great work out classes! Keep up the good work! Best GYM in KAMLOOPS!

Expérience fantastique: If you're going to have a gym membership in Kamloops I highly recommend this place. Been lifting for 38 years so I know what a good gym is about. This is a good gym!

Expérience fantastique: Signed up July/2022. Was very intimidating going to such a popular gym. No gym bros in sight, no craziness. Just great people, using the gym to stay healthy or get their health back. Very happy that gold's kamloops helped me go from 310 lbs to 240 lbs in 5 months. Definitely recommend

Expérience fantastique: Great staff, everything you need at a gym.

Expérience négative: When covid hit I stopped going to the gym. Went for a week or so and then again stopped going coz they were not following covid rules. I didn't go for months but kept paying for the membership. When payments stopped coming out of my bank account, the manager threatened me and told me that she will send my file to collections(I did not visit the location for more than 6 months). I also asked her to freeze my account, but the manager told me that I am not eligible for it. When I was signing the contract, this was never mentioned to me. The one time when I visited for a yoga session, the entire class was full. I had to leave since there was no space. It's a small property, always overcrowded and half of the members are just hogging the equipment. Instead of giving me a credit, she wanted more money. I paid her off, even though I was overseas, but I can't believe how greedy she was and lacked compassion. I also paid one time yearly prorated fee and gave her one month's notice but still, they were not happy about it. This is the worst business I have ever dealt with.

Expérience fantastique: Great gym with amazing staff and manager, highly recommend this gym.

Expérience négative: Good luck cancelling your pass or getting ahold of the manager when the charges keep coming out. Worst run gym in Kamloops. Some of the staff is friendly, but the manager is awful. Won’t be back. ***edited to say - owner responds to a Justin.. my names just Justin, but not sure it necessarily a good thing that I’m not the only one that this is happening to, but I’m not surprised

Expérience fantastique: Equipment is a little crowded for the space, but overall good experience

Expérience fantastique: One of the best gyms here in Kamloops. The staff is so polite and machines all work and are in good shape. First gym I’ve stuck to for longer then a year because I feel comfortable working out there without getting judged by staff and other gym users. Would recommend golds to anyone who want a nice gym with good price as well. ~Lisa~

Expérience fantastique: Extremely friendly and accommodating staff, enthusiastic about their work. As someone dropping in from out of town, I am thankful I chose here!

Expérience fantastique: One of my favourite gyms to go to in BC! Great equipment and atmosphere.

Expérience négative: If you like gender segregated commercial gyms, you'll love Golds. If you fit in with the 90% of people that want to count reps on a comfy padded machine while you play on your cellphone, you'll love Golds. If you're a competitive lifter and are looking for a gym with the energy that comes from a crew of people pushing themselves and each other, you'll love a different gym.

Expérience fantastique: Very clean, well organized and well priced for a membership. Great classes available for no extra charge. I recommend the yoga!

Expérience négative: Terrible customer service. Will never recommend this gym to anyone and will never go back. You can blame the government all you want but it was your response to the changing circumstances and lack of care/customer service that was the problem. I have emailed you for assistance but wasn't provided any.

Expérience fantastique: Lots of machines and also has 3 proper platforms/squat racks. Could use more benches by the dumbbell racks. Love coming here.

Expérience fantastique: Best gym ever!!

Expérience fantastique: Great Facilty

Expérience fantastique: Very clean and friendly to all levels of lifters. Lots of space and the machines are in good condition. Great spot to workout Your local Kamloops Realtor

Expérience fantastique: Best gym ever

Expérience positive: Clean, well maintained gym with nice equipment and a variety of stuff. Lots of parking.

Expérience positive: Feel conjusted otherwise a good place

Expérience fantastique: Great place to go for sure! I go everyday and have never had a problem all the staff is awesome other than the owners daughter can be a little rude sometime but other than that great high quality equipment, not usually too busy and there great with there covid protocol

Expérience négative: ممتاز

Expérience fantastique: Best gym in town

Expérience négative: Denied me access and told me to leave because i wasn't a local. Typical gold's gym cliquey attitude.

Expérience fantastique: Its an investment

Expérience fantastique: Best gym in Kamloops. The women's side is the best one I've ever been to, has basically everything you need, rarely have to go to the co-ed side. Very reasonably priced if you commit to a year.

Expérience fantastique: Best gym in Kamloops

Expérience fantastique: Awesome Gym, great atmosphere. Highly Recommend!

Expérience fantastique: Energizing power class, the best!

Expérience fantastique: Always good 10/10

Expérience fantastique: Great workout place

Expérience positive: Great place just wish it opened earlier

Expérience fantastique: Hands down the best facility in town and the price is really good too! The pretty much have any equipment you could possibly want or need. The staff is really friendly and accommodating. Depending on what time you go, it can be pretty busy. So scope it out a bit if you dont like working out around a lot of people. But I have never felt uncomfortable working out here :)

Expérience positive: Good gym, but personal trainers are bullies.

Expérience négative: ‍♂️ does not deserve a review

Expérience négative: The lady working front desk is rude

Expérience négative: Turned down for a free day pass because I'm not a resident. 99% of people would have let it fly. Not at this gym.

Expérience fantastique: Great Gym in Kamloops.

Expérience fantastique: One of the best place to go for gym. This place is always clean, has a great customer service. One thing I love about this place is that it has specific woman section.

Expérience fantastique: Newer equipment and easy to use. Staff is always willing and ready to help you with a question or issues.

Expérience positive: Best equipment in town

Expérience négative: They continued to charge me after I had to move to a city that did not have a Golds Gym. Despite sending proof of address and reasons for moving, the remaining months of my contract were still charged and sent to a collections agency. Attempts to resolve were ignored by the manager.

Expérience négative: How they sell their memberships at the front desk is totally different to what their contracts read! Do not sign their contract without reading all of the small print!

Expérience positive: I've worked out at Gold's Gym in Kamloops almost 2,500 times. I can say conclusively that it's an exceptionally well-equipped, well-run facility. I highly recommend this gym!

Expérience fantastique: Always cool with A/C and plenty of cardio machines for everyone. Nicely labeled machines with how to properly use them and great people working there to show you in case you don't know.

Expérience positive: My wife has been a member for 6 years and while they have a well kept gym, their accounting department could use some improving. They have billed her twice a couple times and are very disorganized with their billing.

Expérience fantastique: I love it! The staff is great. I like the separate ladies area, i can get my workout done without any distractions. Gym is quite large even when it's busy you will find your own space.

Expérience fantastique: Full facility gym. Excellent variety of equipment and an excellent choice for people looking for a "bodybuilder" gym. Staff was friendly and people were polite. I'll be going back.

Expérience positive: Big gym. Even when it's busy, you can still get your work done. Not a lot of posers. Solid place.

Expérience positive: good equipment. friendly staff. but missing a star because how crowded it's getting. almost seems they need a cap on members.

Expérience négative: I would avoid this gym if possible. Some things to note: - The gym has two sides. One for women, one for everybody. This means a good portion of the gym is not usable by anybody who has the wrong genitalia, yet the women can come over (if they choose) and use the other side, but you cannot use their side. Gender based sides to the gym is a horrible out of date idea because it limits the overall size of the gym for 70% of the members. - If you are a woman, this isn't a bad gym to go to because their side generally isn't going to be that busy, plus they can come over to the other side and workout/show off if they want to, which many do. - If you are a man, it sucks because the machines are all close together and 90% of the day the gym is overcrowded so you wont be getting a workout in. The free weight area is too small; the entire gym is too small, for the amount of traffic. There is a very small window throughout the day where you might get lucky for the gym to be quiet enough to workout in. Some traffic is fine, but when it screws up your entire workout it's not good. - The staff are ALL females, most of whom are not exactly in shape looking that have a "don't have time for you, give me money" type attitude. The gym clearly hires based on gender-bias considering there is not one male working here. - The gym is contract based, which means unless you sign up at a lucky time (e.g no contract membership might be offered once or twice a year) you will be stuck paying for this gym until your contract expires. Think about this, because you will be stuck paying for the membership for an entire year. - They still charge you even after you cancel/contract expires due to paperwork screw ups/or because they do it on purpose and hope you don't notice. This happens to a lot of people here when they go to cancel. - Gym has some stupid rules, like everybody requiring a face towel. - If your membership fee doesn't go through (say your credit card expires and you forget to tell them, or they don't update the payment properly) you will be charged a large fee for the bounce (like 20+$) that you will have to pay. Overall the gym is simply too crowded to workout in, has gender bias hiring for staff, the staff that do get hired know practically nothing about fitness or clearly dont bother with fitness (due to how they look) don't even attempt to give proper customer service and wants you to sign your name to a contract in a gym that has no cap on members, charges you even after your contract expires, Advice for improvements - Do away with the "women only side" mentality and expand the gym for everybody, there is no reason people cannot workout together regardless of gender. More space for everybody. The gym is too small otherwise, or restrict it so women can only workout on one side, and men on the other if you want to be fair. Having one side dedicated to one gender that can openly walk to the other side but not vice versa shows sexism and is stupid concept. - Space the machines better - Hire both genders - Enforce a cap on the amount of members to keep people happy - Get rid of the contracts, or if you are keeping them enforce a gym member cap on the amount of members. Contract-based gym's are supposed to have a cap on memberships so people can actually get in and workout. All in all 2/5 stars. Gym's I would recommend instead - Anytime Fitness (contract but has cap on amount of members) good place to workout at non peak hours. - Snap Fitness (their gym is too small, but you can get a workout in during most times of the day + no contract, no penalty for cancelling) - No limits fitness (big gym, you can get a workout here, much better than this gym if it is within distance to your house) - Heavy Metal Gym (Cheap more serious minded gym, generally not too busy, go here if you want something cheap and more serious minded) This golds is probably one of the worst gym's in the entire province. Don't come here if you want to get a decent workout in because it wont happen due to the high traffic.

Expérience négative: -Machines are too close together and frequently broken -Gym is always hot and stuffy, even in winter -Freeweight area is too small and nearly impossible to find space to workout during busy hours. There isn't enough barbells. If you want to use barbells and dumbells - this is not the gym for you. -Changeroom is filthy -Far more expensive than other gyms in the same area -During peak hours it is almost impossible to get a workout in because the gym is packed full of teams of kids hogging the most popular gym spots. Other better options in the same part of town: Snap Fitness The City Aquatic Center Anytime Fitness Only work out here if you are desperate

Expérience négative: terrible music you can barely hear. Broken equipment and a bunch of useless machines. Hardly any natural lighting. All women staff who don't really know their way around a gym. Overall one of the worst golds gyms you'll go to, poorly ran.

Expérience positive: Best place to workout in Kamloops.

Expérience positive: I had high hopes for this gym given the name and reputation from the States and visiting other locations. I`ll just post a couple pro`s and con`s for you people considering it: Pros: -Decent hours - at least for Kamloops (where everything closes early) -Heavy Dumbells 120 lbs I think -Decent machines (hammer strength) -2 Squat racks, although often used by people who don`t do squats.... -Decent month rate with a max 1 year commitment -Not over crowded, but maybe thats a bad thing..... Cons: -Darker a a bigger mood killer than the dungeon type gyms usually in basements - has had burnt out bulbs (hi bay lighting) for the last 8 months hmm....... -Gym buys $10,000 fat making machining because the ``people` picked it, yet doesn`t have enough $100 barbells in the main gym for all benches and squat racks -Music is often quiet and from the 70`s which makes want a nap -Gym is cluttered with machines, hard to move around between them -The classic heart rate monitors on their machines don`t work or widely inaccurate -Does a yearly purchase of new equipment usually very expensive gadgets and no consideration of say... a third squat rack, more barbells I`ve made a few suggestions - gone unconsidered I guess. My interpretation is that this place is `just there` and not looking to stand out and go above and beyond. *********************Update May 2015 *********************** it has taken awhile, but they club has invested in changing the lighting and WHAT A DIFFERENCE! can't wait until its done! now hopefully they can start cranking up the music and playing modern music rather than painfully mellow music from their daytime members ;)