Gold's Gym — Attraction in Kennewick

I want to preface this by saying that it's not a bad gym, and for the price of the membership, it's easily one of the best in the area.

I've been coming here off-and-on since they opened up, and it's definitely become nicer over time. There's newer equipment, and overall it's much cleaner than it used to be. Switching from badges to the app was a great choice, and the app is very easy to use (on Android specifically) with plenty of options.

The main issues now, are how early the gym closes, faulty equipment here and there, and how often the gym is packed, though the latter of which I doubt that they can do much about, other than extending operating hours to at least midnight. I've only had one negative experience with the people at the front within the past decade+.

The broccoli haired zoomers and the boomers both like to stand around and "occupy" the benches while just talking, and not actually lifting. This is ridiculous and frustrating at the same time. This should not be allowed. At least be open to rotating with people while you're taking a break from your set, instead of hogging the already limited amount of benches.

That aside, it would be great if we got at least two more flat benches by the free weight area, and more of the short blue ropes for tricep pulldowns, as well as the individual grips for seated rows, as the V-shaped ones have holes in them which dig badly into your hands and are VERY uncomfortable. I could've sworn these used to have rubber grips? Anyways, the Precor treadmills are very hit or miss on whether or not they work. A lot of them squeal and wobble. Some of them have faulty buttons too. I think the new treadmills in the back are really nice, and there should be more of them to replace the Precors.

Anyways tl;dr the price:value clearly beats out every other gym locally, and I think just for that alone, Gold's is worth signing up for. Expect some inconveniences here and there. 8.5/10

Edit as of 8/13/2024: the benches wobble more, and not all the dumbbells are tight (you have to turn them yourself to tighten them) which is a huge safety hazard in my opinion. When I got a 110lb dumbbell up, it rotated as I was benching, which was terrifying, cause it doesn't take much to throw your form off at that kind of weight. The gym is also significantly more packed than before, which is crazy to think about, since it's always been busy. WE NEED MORE SHORT, FLAT BENCHES. I hate the adjustable ones where you can raise it at an angle. The short, straight flat bench (literally only one) is AMAZING for stability and leg drive, but people always seem to use it on the smith squat rack?!?!?!??! It's still the best gym I've gone to, but man, it does not live up to it's glory days. I do love the chalk, though. It's awesome that it's provided, even if the chalk bowl is empty...

I've been a member of this gym for 3-4 months so far. I've had my discontents with cleanliness of floors etc. before but nothing critical. Last Saturday completely changed my experience for worse. I went for my favorite Sprint class at 8am w/ amazing instructor Bridget. The room where the class takes place is tiny so I usually leave my jacket and purse on a bike that nobody's using right next to me and pick it up after the class, never had any issues before. This Saturday two women that seems like were the new ones entered the class a bit late and after it finished immediately left the room grabbing their stuff & turned out not only their but also my jacket and purse. Unfortunately I only realized they left with my stuff a minute or two after. I went straight to reception in hope to get any help, but the woman who was working her shift was no help at all, more than that she was acting like I was overreacting and nothing happened or maybe my belongings were just picked by mistake which wasn't the case. My jacket is huge and fuzzy, trust me anyone would notice if they grab it by mistake. For my request to see camera's recordings the receptionist said she had no access to it. That was it, she didn't even try to pretend she cared about theft happened in her workplace, she wasn't surprised as well. After that I returned to the room where the class was taking place and told our instructor about what happened and thanks to this amazing person Bridget who actually was concerned about it and she started to look for my stuff or the women who took it. Finally she succeed and found my belongings in the CGX room, where another class I wasnt even attending that day took place. My jacket and purse were on a chair with other people's belongings. I checked my purse to see if it still contains my credit card and phone, everything was there so I just left the gym, happy I got my stuff back. Later that day there were numerous attempts to make transactions with my card remotely, luckily my bank called me to confirm and I said it was fraud. Moral of the story: 1) never take your belongings to the gym, 2) you will not get help from receptionist, 3) thank you Bridget for helping me out, I really...

My husband and I decided to get a membership to get into shape and signed up with Clint. He's a solid guy, really professional and gave us a 3 day trial to try it out first. The hot tub rocks and the steam room is great too. The whole facility is clean with employees constantly walking around making sure the facility is tided up. The equipment works and there's more than enough to go around. My husband and I even tried raquette ball and had a great time.

We had our first training session with Johnny and he is honestly incredible. Solid dude and a great, kind personality. He worked with my husband first and taught him exercises that would help with his double jointed shoulders as well as other workouts.

My session was great too. I've been having knee issues from being a bit bowlegged and told him as such. I also felt comfortable enough to tell johnny that I had anxiety issues and hated squats. So of course we did squats. Turns out I hated doing them because I've been doing them wrong this whole time! Johnny showed me proper form and got me to stop hating squats but to love hating them! He showed multiple exercises that would help with my knee pain as well and I was surprised at how well it worked! I messed up multiple times and he was super nice about it too! He's gotta be one of the most patient people I've met since if I'm being honest I messed up a LOT.

If anyone's looking for a trainer I would 100% ask for Johnny. He also showed my husband and I stretches that we can do together for recovery. As well as teaching us more about fitness outside of just working out. Really just a knowledgeable guy.

I'm sitting now the next day, totally sore but also way further along on my fitness journey than I would have been without his help....