Gold's Gym Huntersville — Local services in Charlotte

Update: 5 stars The leadership at Golds has made some great improvements, spacing is better, new machines, and a separate personal training room. They’re also in the process of adding a bunch of new kettlebells and redoing the machine placement to maximize space. They’re willing to listen and put money into things that will help the gym and that’s awesome. Everywhere has issues but not everywhere will listen to their clientele and make changes, this gym does!

Also, Sam and the training group are awesome. I’ve been to many gyms and often the staff trainers are on their phones the whole time scrolling while their clients have horrible form, not here! The trainers here know what they’re doing and spend lots of time making sure their clients do too. I would recommend this gym to anyone would recommend their trainers to bodybuilders and newbies alike. Great job!

Original Review: Overall, I really like this gym but I have to give it 3.5 stars (Google only lets me do whole stars for some reason) due to a few fixable issues that I’ve noticed in the 6 months I’ve been a member. First the positives, this gym is very clean and the staff is friendly, helpful, and knowledgeable. There is a good variety of equipment to target all the major and minor muscle groups as well. I also routinely observe the trainers helping the trainees with form, even minor corrections, which is something I don’t often see staff trainers do at other gyms. The new sauna is a great addition and from what I see, is a big hit with members. I see staff re-racking weights all the time so that things are where they should be for the next person, which is wonderful but also should not be necessary. I implore my fellow members to do better, clean your machine and put your weights away, it’s common courtesy.

Now for the negatives, of which there aren’t many; the first is that while having a variety of machines is good, the gym has gone too far and it's too crowded with machines. With the recent addition even more machines, it’s gotten to the point where you can barely pass between machines without climbing/stepping over part of one. There are also no longer enough weights (plates) to keep up with all the machines that require them. I routinely see people searching for plates or see a machine with only one or two plates racked on them. The biggest thing that is missing though is a proper grass and kettlebell area. As mobility exercises are becoming more popular the small grass area at this gym is not sufficient, nor is the handful of light kettlebells they have there. Right now they have one 30lb, one 40lb, and one 50lb kettlebell as their heaviest ones and that is just not enough to do much with. I love to see kettlebells, in pairs go up to at least 80lbs. I know kettlebells can be expensive but all of these could be purchased for the amount one of the new machines cost so the barrier should be pretty low.

To get to five stars, for me, I would love to see some of the duplicated machines removed. This would free up space to freely move around s well as free up plates for use on other machines. The biggest thing I’d like to see is a larger grass area with more kettlebells, as I outlined above. I do understand space is at a premium so I’d be happy with just some more kettlebells, both in pairs and at higher weights. One solution to all of these issues is, there is an entire room dedicated to cycling but I’ve never seen more than one person in it (and I vary my workout times) and usually they’re just warming up. With space at a premium, I think it would be great if that room was repurposed into being the grass area with kettlebells, medicine balls, TRX, and stretching equipment. Then the whole main floor could use the previous grass area and it would free up space, which may even reduce the need to remove machines because now you’ve got the space to spread them out...

Amazing gym! Super friendly and kind staff. The fitness manager, Adrain is one of a kind. He listens to what his customers say and doesn’t just push stuff on you to sell it, he truly caters each experience to his customers. Gym is clean and up to date. Personal trainers are also amazing. They again cater each session specially for that customer and are not a “one size fits all” kind of trainers. 10/10 would recommend!

I wanted to make an update to this post. I’ve been a personal training client of Dre’s for about 3ish months now. Today, in between set, he posed a question to me to give him some personal feedback on the experience of having him as a trainer. It took me a minute, to think because it’s just not something I’ve thought about. But I wanna share here what my thoughts have been so far.

Dre has been able to push me motivate me beyond what I even believed was capable. Dre is patient and understanding and truly understands that everybody is in a different starting position. Dre listens to his clients. I recently brought up a concern about a plateau I hit and wasn’t losing weight. Instead of shrugging it off, we both collaborated to come up with something to try as a potential solution to the problem. He actually listens and takes in what his clients are saying and doesn’t just shrug off their input or opinion

Dre is also very accommodating and very communicative as well. I suffer from lower back pain and this was something Dre asked right at the onset of our time training so that way he could tailor my training to ensure to not aggravate or injure it. He doesn’t just have a cookie cutter “one training style fits all”. He’s able to tinker and change the training based on the individuals goals and performance of where they are now and where they wanna be.

I was truly unable to find any cons from my experience so far. I’ve worked with about 2-3 trainers prior and this is hands down the best and most top notch training I’ve ever had from somebody. I can’t thank Dre, and the rest of the Golds Gym staff, enough for their time and commitment to...

When I first started going to this gym (about a year ago) I thought it had the potential to be 5-Stars but as I have continued my membership my expectation decreased. I think my initial dissatisfaction really started from day one, but I had a hope that things would get better. Despite its lack of a stretch area, and classes, we signed up for this small gym 20 mins from our house. We should've have listened to our gut because this gym still has not lived up to the potential it could have.

On the initial day we signed up we voiced our concerns to the desk clerk. She ensured that any problems we had would be resolved with the arrival of their new location. She confirmed that the bigger location would have a better stretch area, more classes, and an overall larger facility. For the price you pay for this small location, we could easily be at a gym with more amenities. But, the idea we could transition into a new and bigger gym, made us okay settling for a few months.

As time has gone on, we have realized we were set up. It has been almost a year since we first signed up, and the larger facility is no where near completion. I drove past the supposed "new facility" earlier this afternoon, and the building is still in shambles. The old sign is up, and there is still full construction needed inside. The desk clerk lied to us from day one.

Buyer Beware: There are several other gyms in the area with better amenities, better machines, more variety of classes, better service, and better prices. There really isn't any point of joining this gym, as it does nothing to outshine the other gyms...