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Gold's Gym International, Inc. is an American chain of international co-ed fitness centers (commonly referred to as gyms) originally started by Joe Gold in Venice Beach, California. Each gym offers a variety of cardio and strength training equipment as well as group exercise programs.
Joe Gold was known for the personal encouragement he gave trainers, although delivered in sarcastic jabs at their faults. Among Joe Gold's many devotees was Arnold Schwarzenegger, [4] who began working out at the gym in 1968 soon after arriving in the US. Schwarzenegger called Joe Gold "a trusted friend and father figure."
Sprague eventually did relent and let Gold open the gym under conditions that Gold could not use any variation of his "Gold" name, no photos in the gym for three years, plus a monetary amount. [15] In May 1978, Sprague's first book The Gold's Gym Weight Training Book written in collaboration with photographer Bill Dobbins was published.
Gold's Gym Dreamland, a franchisee in Cairo, is under fire for posting the following advertisement, which has since gone viral: Gold's Gym/Facebook. Social media users did not react kindly to the ...
The newest Gold's Gym opens Friday, Dec. 29, just in time for El Pasoans to make healthier resolutions. The gym, at 12261 Eastlake Blvd., will open from noon to 8 p.m. for a soft opening.
Gold's Gym opened in South Asheville in 2014 after The Rush Fitness Complex closed. The location has previously been a Bi-Lo Grocery, a chain that closed its last stores in 2021.
Joe Gold started Gold's gym in 1965. [10] [11] Many world-famous bodybuilders trained there. Gold sold the gym in 1973 and went back out to sea as a sea merchant. When he came back, he regretted that he had also sold the rights to his name. Since he could not use "Gold" in its name, he opened a new gym in Santa Monica under the name of World Gym.
24 Hour Fitness was created in 1983 by Mark Mastrov.With the merger of the #2 and #3 largest fitness chains in the United States. Mastrov had been using a local gym for rehab after a knee injury, and turned the gym into a 24-hour nautilus facility after buying out the owner. [1]