Gold's Gym — Local services in Goldsboro

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This morning I woke up and headed out to the gym like I have most Saturdays of my adult life. I went to Gold's Gym Goldsboro where I warmed up and started my deadlift workout.

After my warmup I proceeded back to the deadlift platform where I was met with 315 pounds left on a bar. I then proceeded to clean up the weight left behind. (To be very specific there was a Rogue Deadlift bar on the platform with bumpers and (2) 45-pound plates.) This was on a Rogue Deadlift platform that has rubber flooring for metal plate use.

(Background) I do competitive powerlifting and I do not use a Deadlift bar out of season. I had ankle surgery a few years back and I don't have the mobility that i would like in it so a "Straight Bar" Challanges me more at the bottom of the lift and forces ankle flection. This is why I use a Straight bar or commonly known as a "normal Bar".

I Proceed to find a Rogue Straight bar that I have Back squatted 625 on multiple times with no issue. I start warming up and was confronted once i had just placed 225 on that bar. The Gentlemen told me that I could not use that bar for deadlift and that I absolutely HAVE to use the Rogue deadlift bar. Now I have never been told this. There were absolutely ZERO signs of this NOR did my contract say anything about this. So me and the gentlemen shared a few works and I requested to cancel my gym membership. Then I spoke to the manager "Sharon" over the phone were she just laughed at me basically and said that I needed to leave if I was not going to "follow the rules and use that bar". I asked them to show me where I signed that rule and they could not provide me with that information. I said then that is breach of contract. I never agreed to that rule. I then said I won't be paying a cancellation fee then and she laughed again.

Basically, I just got kicked out of a gym for using the wrong barbell.....

This is not how you operate a business, much less a gym. I have MANY MANY friends that own gyms from Emerald Isle, NC to the damn mountains. They do not operate a gym in this manner.

I say all of that to say this. If you want to go to a gym and workout as you, please then I would absolutely not go to the Golds gym in Goldsboro, NC. It is an absolute disgrace to...

Pros and Cons for sure.

PROS: The staff is very friendly. The clientele is diverse and polite. The size of the gym is awesome (Even during peak times, I can always find something within my plan to do. I don't do much cardio, but their machines are never even close to full). The division of the weight room, machines, cardio, and classes makes it more comfortable for all fitness levels. The variety of equipment is nice. They often have free classes and bootcamps included in your memmbership (I haven't done any, so I can't speak on them). The cost ($39 a month or so) is a decent value if you go to the gym more than once a week. Parking isn't crazy like some gyms I have been to. Child care (during certain hours) Tanning (see cons list, though) Truly 24/7 Entry (Staffed during peak hours) No high pressure sales tactics 12 Month Contracts (unless you pay in full or a high monthly fee)

CONS: No one that works here or works out here cleans up much. If you leave a towel or bottle on the gym floor, it will be there for days. I rarely see gym members clean the equipment after use. *They do have someone do minimal cleaning of the bathrooms and gym floor, but I mean minimal. There aren't showers in the locker rooms (I would like the option, but with the way they maintain the gym, maybe it's for the better). If equipment has small things wrong (the handle is broken, the padding is missing, etc)...Just get used to it. I have not seen them fix anything since I have been there. The tanning is a nice perk (for an extra $20 a month), but the beds and bulbs are old. The fans don't work (they have floor fans), and the bulbs have not been changed or the beds cleaned (under the acrylic). I have to tan twice as much just to keep a base.

I originally started at the Clayton location and was happy to be able to use this facility after I moved to Goldsboro. The Clayton location was a tad cleaner, but the Gold's Gyms I have been to before are normally maintained better.

There isn't a lot of competition in Goldboro (smaller facilities, the gym on the Air Force Base, Crossfit, or the YMCA), but I think even if a budget gym like Planet Fitness came to the area, it could impact...

Let me start by saying that I love this place, I’ve been going to this place for many years but today we had a misunderstanding about the kids cove rules. I started taking my children to the kids cove in January; I added them to my membership 30 dollars a month, I was not given any kids cove rules, the next day one of the kids cove ladies looked for me to tell me that they were going to close the kids cove so I went to get my kids and took a picture of the kids cove scheduled placed on the door. Today one of the kids cove ladies went to look for me again and I was told they only keep kids for 2 hrs , and I was given a warning and I was told that if it happens again they are going to reduce my time 15 mts and also she gave me a kids cove rules paper, pretty nice ladies in the kids cove by the way; So I left since my time was up and called the gym and Sam answered the phone, I asked him why I was not given a kids cove rule paper when I signed my kids? ; his answer was that he had already spoken with me about this issue ; which him and I never had a conversation about the issue previously ; apparently he signed up my kids from what he told me but he never gave me the kids cove rules and only took my money and had me sign up on the computer only , I guess he was in a hurry! I didn’t like the fact that he lied about it, instead of apologizing , he made it seemed like it was my fault, to me that’s very poor customer service skills to be working in the front desk, other than that this is an awesome place, this is the only complaint I have ever had in many year of going to Golds gym. If you signing up for anything at Golds just make sure you ask for...