rev:text
| - It the start of another year, and hopefully I don't physically breakdown like my former company's mainframe computer. Oh well, I did for a month, but what the heck even a Chevy 454 big block engine that fell on my knees a few weeks ago, isn't stopping me this year. The wonders of a great knee brace, Bromlein, and a few other natural inflammatory had me back into a gym.
I have to admit a few years ago, I wasn't a fan of Golds because they always had message of something waiting to be repaired on some of their most popular machines, but after that one week pass a few months ago, and watching how quickly the maintenance personnel are on the fix. This is not a problem for me.
The misconception of Golds is that the majority of their members are bunch of roid raging meatheads who love looking that themselves in the mirrors. I believe LVAC has more to those types in the free weight room, and this Golds location is now getting more mom's, high school students, and general population that wants deals, but not get locked into a long term contract. Also, it's not a meat market , because most of the guys just want to workout, and get the heck out of there. in other words, it's not a social club, like other gyms.
Back in December, I signed up for the 14.99 special, and I'm enjoying this gym quite a bit. The membership package I selected gives me one guest pass each day, and I can walk into any of their Las Vegas location. There also a 9.99 month to month deal, but your stuck at this location, which isn't a bad thing at all. For both of these plans, you still have visitation passes for their other Golds Gyms around the world. Something that the Meat shop on Eastern/215 can't not match up. So if you do travel outside of Nevada, this is another bonus.
The gym has everything you need for a workout, and what I enjoy the most in the workout area...The television are put up high on the wall, so they won't break my concentration. but there are a bunch of televisions in the cardio area. I have to admit, there less machines than LVAC, but a few years ago, I never use machine at all. How time, and age has changed that, but Golds has enough machines to keep me happy.
What got me to sign the dotted line for this gym was the Cardio theater. I never ever thought the concept of watching a film and spinning away would greatly cut the effort of burning calories. The room is the size of a very large screening room, and has a mix of bikes, stairmasters, and treadmills. Good grief, I was forced to watch "Twilight" one day, and even that made the cardio easier to do. Thankfully, my friend's daughter was there with me. and told me the ending of that movie, Sorry, I wasn't about to sit for that entire vampire movie, and see a bunch of hybrid dogs and bats battle it out for some woman.
Gold isn't a bad deal at all, but AT&T reception does suck in the area; so I been having a hardest time checking in for Yelp. If you have any doubts about this gym, just get a 7 day pass...it's doesn't cost you anything to check it out for a week.
|