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I can't believe the morons at Gold's corp. The latest owners TRT Holdings bought Gold's for who knows what reason. They have no idea about the indstry and their atest CEO has quit making him I am not sure but I think maybe the 3rd or 4th since they bought it back in 2005 or so. Gold's was the best in the world at one time. And even though they have more corp. gyms now they did it in a fucked up way. World Gym recently sold last year for near nothing. They had lost over 100 gyms in a year. It is too bad.
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Gold's is raising gym fees, I believe this month or next.
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I can't believe the morons at Gold's corp. The latest owners TRT Holdings bought Gold's for who knows what reason. They have no idea about the indstry and their atest CEO has quit making him I am not sure but I think maybe the 3rd or 4th since they bought it back in 2005 or so. Gold's was the best in the world at one time. And even though they have more corp. gyms now they did it in a fucked up way. World Gym recently sold last year for near nothing. They had lost over 100 gyms in a year. It is too bad.
How's your gym coming along, must be close to the grand opening of the most awesome gym in the world. :D
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According to multiple gym owners, World raised its franchise fees to exorbitant levels over the past several years, so many of them dropped the World brand and have renamed their gyms.
As for Gold's, there are some great franchisees (especially in Las Vegas) out there, even if many are shit.
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How's your gym coming along, must be close to the grand opening of the most awesome gym in the world. :D
Hey some things work some things don't. Gotta move on. How is whatever you do going?........................ ... Just as I thought.
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to many cage fighters
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Gold's Venice was once awesome. I caught it at the tail end of that in the early 2000s. Have heard it sucks major ass now.
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Just as I thought.
What did you think?
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no worries, is the gym still happening?
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isn't powerhouse still doing ok in the hardcore segment?
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isn't powerhouse still doing ok in the hardcore segment?
The "hardcore segment"?? That would be so small it would not matter one bit. If Powerhouse is still doing OK and i don't know then it's because they have broadened their customer base. where i live there was about 10 years ago many Powerhouse gyms, well the franchise owners left Powerhouse for a couple reasons, no franchise fees to Powerhouse and to lose the Hardcore image that was keeping them from attracting the rest of the gym goers and therefore making a profit. % wise very few people wanna work out in a "Hardcore" gym. So they go for the $$
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Come workout at Keith Jones' Gym! You too can look just like Keith, and perhaps land a role as "Jabba the Hutt" in the remake of Star Wars!
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The "hardcore segment"?? That would be so small it would not matter one bit. If Powerhouse is still doing OK and i don't know then it's because they have broadened their customer base. where i live there was about 10 years ago many Powerhouse gyms, well the franchise owners left Powerhouse for a couple reasons, no franchise fees to Powerhouse and to lose the Hardcore image that was keeping them from attracting the rest of the gym goers and therefore making a profit. % wise very few people wanna work out in a "Hardcore" gym. So they go for the $$
Agreed. The money is in functional gyms that cater to the general public. Gyms like NSC and BSC are good examples of this. Raking it in. There is no money in "hardcore" gyms (except in a few cases).
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The "hardcore segment"?? That would be so small it would not matter one bit. If Powerhouse is still doing OK and i don't know then it's because they have broadened their customer base. where i live there was about 10 years ago many Powerhouse gyms, well the franchise owners left Powerhouse for a couple reasons, no franchise fees to Powerhouse and to lose the Hardcore image that was keeping them from attracting the rest of the gym goers and therefore making a profit. % wise very few people wanna work out in a "Hardcore" gym. So they go for the $$
all the powerhouses i knew of around here turned to xsport fitness.
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Come workout at Keith Jones' Gym! You too can look just like Keith, and perhaps land a role as "Jabba the Hutt" in the remake of Star Wars!
You should know by now Goatballs, all I am trying to do is be as successful as you. You are the epitome of success and I just want to be like you. Don't be mean. Someday I will hopefully just be half as successful as you. Guide me oh lordship
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Gold's is raising gym fees, I believe this month or next.
Luckily, I'm locking in at $150 per year. I never understand why people pay monthly, when the pay at once, is available, with low renew fees.
I feel they should charge the drug trash more though. It really brings down a good gym facility.
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I can't believe the morons at Gold's corp. The latest owners TRT Holdings bought Gold's for who knows what reason. They have no idea about the indstry and their atest CEO has quit making him I am not sure but I think maybe the 3rd or 4th since they bought it back in 2005 or so. Gold's was the best in the world at one time. And even though they have more corp. gyms now they did it in a fucked up way. World Gym recently sold last year for near nothing. They had lost over 100 gyms in a year. It is too bad.
Instead of worrying about the 100's of gyms TRT operates, how about spending more time opening up the one you've been promising people to do for 2 years.
Its embarrassing for you to speak about TRT when you can't even open your own facility
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Instead of worrying about the 100's of gyms TRT operates, how about spending more time opening up the one you've been promising people to do for 2 years.
Its embarrassing for you to speak about TRT when you can't even open your own facility
He mentioned a year ago, when the economy really went belly up, that he could not open the gym and ceased all talks about the gym.
The only ones talking about Keiths place now, is the ones that hate on him.
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The hardcore gyms just don't make it...money wise. These big new commercial gyms do well mainly because of phantom members, who show up a few times a year. Most people that join a harcore gym actually use the gym. I suppose they also make $ on ancillary items...drinks, personal training, etc.
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He mentioned a year ago, when the economy really went belly up, that he could not open the gym and ceased all talks about the gym.
The only ones talking about Keiths place now, is the ones that hate on him.
Exactly, 2 years ago he was shooting down my personal training studio and mini-gym ideas and was bragging about his giant gym that would literally run Las Vegas....guess who turned out to be right????
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I can't believe the morons at Gold's corp. The latest owners TRT Holdings bought Gold's for who knows what reason. They have no idea about the indstry and their atest CEO has quit making him I am not sure but I think maybe the 3rd or 4th since they bought it back in 2005 or so. Gold's was the best in the world at one time. And even though they have more corp. gyms now they did it in a fucked up way. World Gym recently sold last year for near nothing. They had lost over 100 gyms in a year. It is too bad.
they are not 'screwing it up'
it has been screwed up for a long time
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Instead of worrying about the 100's of gyms TRT operates, how about spending more time opening up the one you've been promising people to do for 2 years.
Its embarrassing for you to speak about TRT when you can't even open your own facility
Hahaha me not opening my gym is still way more than anything you have done. Epic failure on your part.
He mentioned a year ago, when the economy really went belly up, that he could not open the gym and ceased all talks about the gym.
The only ones talking about Keiths place now, is the ones that hate on him.
Thanks man. The only people who rag on me are the ones who have no idea about the gym business or business itself. I had bad timing and my partners knew it and it didn't work out this time. The only people crying are the haters. And thank god they are people like Goodrum and Goatballs because they mean nothing to me or anyone else so it is better they are not anywhere near a supporter of mine. Oh by the way Goodrum where is your gym you said you had being built. And yours was just a piece of shit 1500 sq ft gym. Whatever happened to that. My water bill costs more than it would have cost to put that together. You are the "apex" of the term failure. Not one person on this site or others support you or believe your bullshit. Yet, you still pawn it off on us. When are you going to learn.
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Exactly, 2 years ago he was shooting down my personal training studio and mini-gym ideas and was bragging about his giant gym that would literally run Las Vegas....guess who turned out to be right????
Really where is your gym. Did you ever open this mini gym. NO! You are literally a retard. You don't belong on here or any other related site. That is why you get kicked off all the time. Quit pretending like you know something. You are a joke but you are the only one who doesn't realize it.
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Exactly, 2 years ago he was shooting down my personal training studio and mini-gym ideas and was bragging about his giant gym that would literally run Las Vegas....guess who turned out to be right????
And at the time the gym was going to open. But once the gym no longer was planning to be opened, he stopped talking about it. So, Vince, in the real world the basis of your argument is called "a moot point." It does not matter. If he was continuing to talk about his gym opening, then you could talk about it. But he is not.
And he wasn't the only one talking about your personal training either. And that's not the only thing he was talking about, and again with anyone else.
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And at the time the gym was going to open. But once the gym no longer was planning to be opened, he stopped talking about it. So, Vince, in the real world the basis of your argument is called "a moot point." It does not matter. If he was continuing to talk about his gym opening, then you could talk about it. But he is not.
And he wasn't the only one talking about your personal training either. And that's not the only thing he was talking about, and again with anyone else.
You are hired as my new agent
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Its true, I have owned a "hardcore gym" now for 15 years, I work 75 hours a week for very little money and i'm getting my dick beat in the dirt by a fucking ballys and a Planet Fitness near us. Even most of the guys around my way who THINK they are hardcore are too scared to come to my place. Plus most people are just cheap fucks and would rather save $8 and Join these chain joker clubs. The Gold's that was nearby just closed its doors after only being in business for maybe 3 years. Twinks rule the world now fellas.
Check out my website and dream about the day when gyms like this were in every town. www.ironsport.com
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Its true, I have owned a "hardcore gym" now for 15 years, I work 75 hours a week for very little money and i'm getting my dick beat in the dirt by a fucking ballys and a Planet Fitness near us. Even most of the guys around my way who THINK they are hardcore are too scared to come to my place. Plus most people are just cheap fucks and would rather save $8 and Join these chain joker clubs. The Gold's that was nearby just closed its doors after only being in business for maybe 3 years. Twinks rule the world now fellas.
Check out my website and dream about the day when gyms like this were in every town. www.ironsport.com
The majority of the guys on here will never ever be able to relate to what we grew up with in terms of a real gym. I started training in 1974 or so in a neighborhood gym this man built in his backyard (he turned his garage into a gym). The fees were $20 a month, he had everyone have a training book where he personally wrote your workout down for the next day. He was an old timer olympic lifter we called "Doc". He was a mentor to many. There was bike rims used as pulleys, and giant gears and plates used as weights and machines he created and welded himself. There was even a boxing ring there. Very basic and no more than 10 people could workout at the same time. It was really hardcore but awesome. I started at the Original World's Gym back around 1980 or so. That was the most experience I learned in training. After that I went to Ray Mentzers gym "Muscle Mill" in Redondo Beach. That was the last really hardcore gym I trained at till I got to Hawaii and trained at "The Gym" which was awesome. I hate the way the gyms are now. I am a barbell and dumbell guy. I was at the gym I go to now and awhile back I couldn't figure out how to use this lower back machine. The good ol' days are gone. The mega gyms is the way it is now. The generate a ton of money but it just isn't personable like it used to be.
Here is a shot Gene Mozee (hall of fame photographer) took of me (one of many) at Ray's Muscle Mill for an article he never got around to doing.
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The majority of the guys on here will never ever be able to relate to what we grew up with in terms of a real gym. I started training in 1974 or so in a neighborhood gym this man built in his backyard (he turned his garage into a gym). The fees were $20 a month, he had everyone have a training book where he personally wrote your workout down for the next day. He was an old timer olympic lifter we called "Doc". He was a mentor to many. There was bike rims used as pulleys, and giant gears and plates used as weights and machines he created and welded himself. There was even a boxing ring there. Very basic and no more than 10 people could workout at the same time. It was really hardcore but awesome. I started at the Original World's Gym back around 1980 or so. That was the most experience I learned in training. After that I went to Ray Mentzers gym "Muscle Mill" in Redondo Beach. That was the last really hardcore gym I trained at till I got to Hawaii and trained at "The Gym" which was awesome. I hate the way the gyms are now. I am a barbell and dumbell guy. I was at the gym I go to now and awhile back I couldn't figure out how to use this lower back machine. The good ol' days are gone. The mega gyms is the way it is now. The generate a ton of money but it just isn't personable like it used to be.
Here is a shot Gene Mozee (hall of fame photographer) took of me (one of many) at Ray's Muscle Mill for an article he never got around to doing.
maybe the days of wanting to look like a gorilla are over, "no worries"?
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Shit! You're all babes in the woods!
How many of you can recall the original and real hardcore 'gyms' that offered 'bowling pins' to train with?
Or those mechanical belts that shook the fat off your ass?
Or the loose and swaying benches that you had to balance on while attempting to set those original bench press records before guys like Pat Casey did the impossible with 600 pounds (while the lions roared - See previous post a few years back).
How many of you GetBiggers remember the original world of Personal Trainers when you'd simply worked in with the likes of Reeves, and Eifferman, and Hilligen, and gradually with the likes of some new big kids named Scott or Schwarzenegger or Draper or many others.
You'd simply asked, "Can I work in with your guys?" and proceed to accomplish the same lifts that they were doing. There was no negative-this or positive-that bullshit and no fees exchanged hands unless you enjoyed your workout with stronger lifters and volunteered to buy the lunch at the Germans or the Swedish Smorgasboard place just around the cornor.
And if you were a bit weaker, it never was a problem removing a plate or two in them good old days. Patience was a virtue back then.
Back in those good old days, just about 90% of the gym rats could do a 300+ pound bench before they asked to train with the 'bigger guys'.
You guys got no idea what a gym was like when crazy guys like Lalanne or Baptiste ran the only 'gyms' in town outside of the local Y's.
Hell, I never even saw an Olympic plate until I saw a shit-load of them at the original Gold's.
Gyms before that time were dumps in which you had to search through a pile of ten pound 'plates' and bolt them together if you could find the pair of pliers that were often missing.
And there was no such things as squat racks! And every bench would sway at the slightest breeze even before you sat on it. Benching anything over 135 was a life threatening experience.
Then came a new business called American Health Studios and someone took the ball from Jack Lalanne and rebuilt it for the masses and 'gym things' and 'gym rats' started to gradually improve.
Shiney chrome gym-things appeared almost overnight and those bowling ball pins and medicine balls disappeared immediately, but even today if you look hard enough your can find one of those machines that shake the fat off your ass (or the bottom of your feet).
Then some guy named Joe started welding and the gym business got hard-core for the first time in its life. At first it simply attracted UCLA and USA football players and a few guys who wanted to have a muscular body (actually less than 10 muscle-heads in the whole LA basin back then). So the competitive football players outnumbered the less than competitive bodybuilders back then, but that was soon to change.
Joe eventually sold to Ken and then Ken sold to Pete and his guys but not before Ken had to sue Joe for attempting to use his own name once again (he lost and World Gym became "World Gym" and not another Joe Gold's) and Pete sold lots of T-shirts which kept the doors opened.
And then one day Pete saw lots of people outside looking in the window to watch the guys who were lifting heavy things by that window so that they could they would be admired by all those window lookers.
So Pete built a bench and placed it inside the gym to that those on the outside could come to the inside and sit comfortably and watch the heavy-thing lifters.
This small act of kindness on Pete's part resulted in increased T-shit sales which allowed the Pete and his business to at least keep their doors open a little while longer.
And then someone thought of even a better idea. Why don't we open Gold's Gyms all over the USA. And maybe even someday in Dubai, India. (This solid thinker was way ahead of his time!)
And so the Gold Gym Franchise was born ..... Keith knows more about this than I myself can recall.
And that is just the beginning of this story...... More to come if there is any interest.
Pig, actually the days of looking like a gorilla have just begun..... but only for a very select and positive few. I'm right in this assumption but only time will convince you otherwise.
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maybe the days of wanting to look like a gorilla are over, "no worries"?
Don't tell that to the IFBB pros.
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Stunt? You have to get all your stuff on tape and then get yourself a ghostwriter. Absolutely fascinating stuff. Very American, if you know what I mean.
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Thanks, Chimp! Nice of your to say that!
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I only defend weak people and things but this time I come to sort of defend Keith and the extreme and positive manner in which he attempted to put the "best gym in the world" together.
If it wasn't for this fookt-uo economy we would all be seeing what every real gym should be in today's modern age.
A place to fight and train and even run, and even fight, and train adn get beat up at high altitudes!
A place where you could come and relax and watch people lift heavy things and possibly even set new world records.
A place to watch heavy hitters getting the shit kicked out of them by even heavier hitters and shake hands when it's all over.
A place to wonder about. Why wasn't this done earlier? How did one man think of all this gym stuff that is so new to every gym rat everywhere.
But this economy hit hard and fooked it up. The best laid plans of mice and men .......... are often led astray (or something like that!)
I though I saw it all over all these years, but I had the opportunity to visualize Keith's mind when he thought about and discussed this passion of his with myself and many others , and each and every time, I said "WOW!" to myself and anyone else who came close to understanding what he planned to do.
Someday you positive GetBig thinkers might be receiving a lifetime membership for being so damn positive. But I know a couple who will be blocked at the front door. (Maybe!)
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You should know by now Goatballs, all I am trying to do is be as successful as you. You are the epitome of success and I just want to be like you. Don't be mean. Someday I will hopefully just be half as successful as you. Guide me oh lordship
In that case, here's a pearl of wisdow: If financial success is what you're after, opening a gym is about the dumbest thing you could do.
Hope this Helps! :D
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Thanks, Chimp! Nice of your to say that!
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I only defend weak people and things but this time I come to sort of defend Keith and the extreme and positive manner in which he attempted to put the "best gym in the world" together.
If it wasn't for this fookt-uo economy we would all be seeing what every real gym should be in today's modern age.
A place to fight and train and even run, and even fight, and train adn get beat up at high altitudes!
A place where you could come and relax and watch people lift heavy things and possibly even set new world records.
A place to watch heavy hitters getting the shit kicked out of them by even heavier hitters and shake hands when it's all over.
A place to wonder about. Why wasn't this done earlier? How did one man think of all this gym stuff that is so new to every gym rat everywhere.
But this economy hit hard and fooked it up. The best laid plans of mice and men .......... are often led astray (or something like that!)
I though I saw it all over all these years, but I had the opportunity to visualize Keith's mind when he thought about and discussed this passion of his with myself and many others , and each and every time, I said "WOW!" to myself and anyone else who came close to understanding what he planned to do.
Someday you positive GetBig thinkers might be receiving a lifetime membership for being so damn positive. But I know a couple who will be blocked at the front door. (Maybe!)
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I'm pretty sure me and 90% of America are not looking for any of these things. A bigger screen on the treadmill would be nice though
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Yea, Monkey. That is what most seem to be looking for but Hard Core is still a reality among many others.
The world travels in continuous circles.
And so, it seems, does life.
And let's not overlook 'history'.
Someday 'hard core' will be selected by the masses and history will repeat itself .....
But on a much more massive scale.
But for most GetBiggers only a return of the Hula Hoop and mis-matching socks will convince them otherwise.
Respectfully submitted. Stunt
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Someday 'hard core' will be selected by the masses and history will repeat itself .....
Respectfully submitted. Stunt
That some things are mutually exclusive seems to escape you.....
Respectfully submitted, Monkey
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Hahaha me not opening my gym is still way more than anything you have done. Epic failure on your part.
Thanks man. The only people who rag on me are the ones who have no idea about the gym business or business itself. I had bad timing and my partners knew it and it didn't work out this time. The only people crying are the haters. And thank god they are people like Goodrum and Goatballs because they mean nothing to me or anyone else so it is better they are not anywhere near a supporter of mine. Oh by the way Goodrum where is your gym you said you had being built. And yours was just a piece of shit 1500 sq ft gym. Whatever happened to that. My water bill costs more than it would have cost to put that together. You are the "apex" of the term failure. Not one person on this site or others support you or believe your bullshit. Yet, you still pawn it off on us. When are you going to learn.
I said I was going to open one in the near future. I didn't go and set a booth at an expo or build a website or franchise it like you did. However there is a new gym in my town that will be opening up in 2 weeks that's only 2000 sq ft. Smaller gyms are more suited to smaller towns or communities and using the town name or etc in the business name helps advertise the business more to residents rather than a name like Golds or Planet Fitness.
There are more ants than elephants, Keith. Smaller and more compact gyms are easier to open up and operate than major chain gyms which are going the way of the dinosaur. Even Anytime Fitness is now offering 1500 sq feet gym franchises so the idea is catching on as I stated years ago to you.
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Its true, I have owned a "hardcore gym" now for 15 years, I work 75 hours a week for very little money and i'm getting my dick beat in the dirt by a fucking ballys and a Planet Fitness near us. Even most of the guys around my way who THINK they are hardcore are too scared to come to my place. Plus most people are just cheap fucks and would rather save $8 and Join these chain joker clubs. The Gold's that was nearby just closed its doors after only being in business for maybe 3 years. Twinks rule the world now fellas.
Check out my website and dream about the day when gyms like this were in every town. www.ironsport.com
Damn, you got a row of Atlas Stones sitting in the background..... :o
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Its true, I have owned a "hardcore gym" now for 15 years, I work 75 hours a week for very little money and i'm getting my dick beat in the dirt by a fucking ballys and a Planet Fitness near us. Even most of the guys around my way who THINK they are hardcore are too scared to come to my place. Plus most people are just cheap fucks and would rather save $8 and Join these chain joker clubs. The Gold's that was nearby just closed its doors after only being in business for maybe 3 years. Twinks rule the world now fellas.
Check out my website and dream about the day when gyms like this were in every town. www.ironsport.com
That's too fucking bad...man. Shame.
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I can't believe the morons at Gold's corp. The latest owners TRT Holdings bought Gold's for who knows what reason. They have no idea about the indstry and their atest CEO has quit making him I am not sure but I think maybe the 3rd or 4th since they bought it back in 2005 or so. Gold's was the best in the world at one time. And even though they have more corp. gyms now they did it in a fucked up way. World Gym recently sold last year for near nothing. They had lost over 100 gyms in a year. It is too bad.
And this affects me, how? ???
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Hey some things work some things don't. Gotta move on. How is whatever you do going?........................ ... Just as I thought.
Whatever I am doing has skyrocketed the last few weeks and I'm loaded up with work!!1 Thanks for asking. 8)
Wait.......was your fat ass being sarcastic? I'm not the one that came here and bragged about how great my gym was going to be. ;)
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Damn, you got a row of Atlas Stones sitting in the background..... :o
Yeah, my background is in powerlifting/strongman/highland games so I have most of the strongman equipment for anyone to use down there. We have about 5 or 6 strongman that compete on a regular basis that train there. Its a 7500 sq ft facility with a cardio room, selectorized machines, very clean locker rooms, we are in a highly populated suburb of Philly. It's just a tough row to hoe when you have these $10 a month places opening up near us now. I'm still plugging away though, I'll never stop trying.
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I said I was going to open one in the near future. I didn't go and set a booth at an expo or build a website or franchise it like you did. However there is a new gym in my town that will be opening up in 2 weeks that's only 2000 sq ft. Smaller gyms are more suited to smaller towns or communities and using the town name or etc in the business name helps advertise the business more to residents rather than a name like Golds or Planet Fitness.
There are more ants than elephants, Keith. Smaller and more compact gyms are easier to open up and operate than major chain gyms which are going the way of the dinosaur. Even Anytime Fitness is now offering 1500 sq feet gym franchises so the idea is catching on as I stated years ago to you.
#1 no way in the world could you afford to do what we did at the Olympia. #2 no one in their right mind who knew anything about the gymn industry would do business with you. Smaller gyms cannot handle the pricing the bigger gyms can offer. The only place you can build a small gym like you want is in towns that are small. A 2000 sq . ft gym can only handle a membership base of maybe 500 at the most, and that is stretching it. If a middle size to large size club moves in you would close down. With a small club like that you can barely make enough to cover your overhead. You can't have any locker rooms per se. The clubs like Anytime Fitness have a small market share. They may be opening up but they are losing down too. At one time Curves would have as many as 1800 clubs for sale. they open and they close after just a couple years. You are small minded and have small aspirations. You can't afford to do what I have done or tried. It is that simple. You think the people who were or are involved with me because I am fat. Wrong they get involved with me cause I know what i am doing and I have 30+ years experience. Again, my past helps me. Don't try to compete with me Goodrum. You are way out of your league. You could not get one person with any type of reputation or experience to support anything you do. By the way if a certain Bill passes through Congress then Anytime Fitness might find themselves in a bind. Oh by the way, it is a fact that franchises and larger establishments survive longer than independant owned smaller businesses. There are some rare instances where an independant will survive and that is because they have built a positive reputation in the community and establish loyalty with their members.
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Whatever I am doing has skyrocketed the last few weeks and I'm loaded up with work!!1 Thanks for asking. 8)
Wait.......was your fat ass being sarcastic? I'm not the one that came here and bragged about how great my gym was going to be. ;)
Dude everyone has seen you. you don't have anything to brag about. Come back when you do something worthwhile. As ugly and fat and stupid looking as you are, you actually make me feel better about myself. Thanks for that
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Dude everyone has seen you. you don't have anything to brag about. Come back when you do something worthwhile. As ugly and fat and stupid looking as you are, you actually make me feel better about myself. Thanks for that
LOL, I seriously doubt your diabetes feels good about yourself. Did you lose the cane yet?
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I saw a place on Fri called 'My Gym' and it had a sign saying it was a gym for children. A gym... for children. And I thought: WTF??
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LOL, I seriously doubt your diabetes feels good about yourself. Did you lose the cane yet?
Nice try. Not even close to having diabetes and I bet my cholesterol is lower than yours. No cane yet though but sure could use one. Anything else you want to say to try and make you look better, but fail. Keep trying.
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I saw a place on Fri called 'My Gym' and it had a sign saying it was a gym for children. A gym... for children. And I thought: WTF??
Hhahahahah! Place sounds like a nightmare. Like kids need a gym, little creeps should be out riding bikes, climbing trees that kind of stuff. parents so afraid to let little Johnny out of their sight for one second they need to bring them to a gym where someone has their eye on them all the time. Like someone would really wanna steal their little obnoxious brat.
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Nice try. Not even close to having diabetes and I bet my cholesterol is lower than yours. No cane yet though but sure could use one. Anything else you want to say to try and make you look better, but fail. Keep trying.
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You fell off that pedestal you put yourself on years ago, you're just too fat to realize it.
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Hhahahahah! Place sounds like a nightmare. Like kids need a gym, little creeps should be out riding bikes, climbing trees that kind of stuff. parents so afraid to let little Johnny out of their sight for one second they need to bring them to a gym where someone has their eye on them all the time. Like someone would really wanna steal their little obnoxious brat.
The more I thought about it the sadder it got. I bet it also has to do with the childhood obesity epidemic which seems to have afflicted 2/3 kids (because 2/3 parents think high fructose corn syrup is the same as corn and fruit). Poor little butterballs don't even get to have a proper childhood anymore. Kid's gym my ass. Go catch some dragonflies or something.
Maybe I should poke my head in there before I judge tho. Might be full of a bunch of chalked up 6 year olds with wrapped knees squatting for PRs, and when I walk in one would shout "The women's gym is down the road, skinny!" :o
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Gold's is raising gym fees, I believe this month or next.
My friend join the local gold's gym when in open. He was paying 25 bucks a month locked in rate... and he canceled that to workout at the school's always-packed gym.still he he has his BA, he been paying like 30 bucks to do cross fit is some dudes backyard. :-\ Talk about down grade. :-\
Im pay 45, for the basic plus 5 for locker. >:(
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The more I thought about it the sadder it got. I bet it also has to do with the childhood obesity epidemic which seems to have afflicted 2/3 kids (because 2/3 parents think high fructose corn syrup is the same as corn and fruit). Poor little butterballs don't even get to have a proper childhood anymore. Kid's gym my ass. Go catch some dragonflies or something.
Maybe I should poke my head in there before I judge tho. Might be full of a bunch of chalked up 6 year olds with wrapped knees squatting for PRs, and when I walk in one would shout "The women's gym is down the road, skinny!" :o
LOL Yes that is a good image of what I'm sure it's not. For sure it's more like a bunch of spoiled brats running around screeching, crying, whining, demanding, unappreciative, selffish little fucks.
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#1 no way in the world could you afford to do what we did at the Olympia. #2 no one in their right mind who knew anything about the gymn industry would do business with you. Smaller gyms cannot handle the pricing the bigger gyms can offer. The only place you can build a small gym like you want is in towns that are small. A 2000 sq . ft gym can only handle a membership base of maybe 500 at the most, and that is stretching it. If a middle size to large size club moves in you would close down. With a small club like that you can barely make enough to cover your overhead. You can't have any locker rooms per se. The clubs like Anytime Fitness have a small market share. They may be opening up but they are losing down too. At one time Curves would have as many as 1800 clubs for sale. they open and they close after just a couple years. You are small minded and have small aspirations. You can't afford to do what I have done or tried. It is that simple. You think the people who were or are involved with me because I am fat. Wrong they get involved with me cause I know what i am doing and I have 30+ years experience. Again, my past helps me. Don't try to compete with me Goodrum. You are way out of your league. You could not get one person with any type of reputation or experience to support anything you do. By the way if a certain Bill passes through Congress then Anytime Fitness might find themselves in a bind. Oh by the way, it is a fact that franchises and larger establishments survive longer than independant owned smaller businesses. There are some rare instances where an independant will survive and that is because they have built a positive reputation in the community and establish loyalty with their members.
Keith, I wouldn't need the money. I'm eligible for a number of government grants because I'm black. In fact, I was actually once approved for 100,000 dollar grant a few years ago. But even so, I simply wouldn't open a mega gym because people are tired of the nonsense that goes on which is give them the world so they'll sign a 3 year membership and then once they do, they're pretty much dissed and dismissed.
Small community gyms are the current wave now. Lower overhead due to size and more consumer friendly. That as well as MMA gyms for obvious reasons
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Keith, I wouldn't need the money. I'm eligible for a number of government grants because I'm black.
Don't forget gay, ugly and broke.
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Keith, I wouldn't need the money. I'm eligible for a number of government grants because I'm black. In fact, I was actually once approved for 100,000 dollar grant a few years ago. But even so, I simply wouldn't open a mega gym because people are tired of the nonsense that goes on which is give them the world so they'll sign a 3 year membership and then once they do, they're pretty much dissed and dismissed.
Small community gyms are the current wave now. Lower overhead due to size and more consumer friendly. That as well as MMA gyms for obvious reasons
Just to let you know anyone can get a grant, just qualify. And you are not black. You must not have got the inter-racial memo, the black race kicked you out last year. By the way being black does NOT automatically qualify you for a grant. or every black person would get one. Don't try to act smart to someone who knows better. You will always get caught
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Why the hate for Vince?
dude seems like a good person.
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if i could shed some light as i am a employee of Gold's..
...Golds is a franchise meaning that while there are corporate policies that are "held" within each individual franchise, each franchise pretty much has free reign to run the gyms however they want
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I worked out at Gold's for a yr and to be honest, $45/mo just wasnt worth it, became too much of a pretty boy/girl gym.
Found a dungeon around the corner for $10 bucks a month, how can I go wrong...
I also think the econonomy is hurting gyms....people paying their bills instead of getting healthy...
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I also think the econonomy is hurting gyms....people paying their bills instead of getting healthy...
its only hurting the working class as the rich are still able to go to their PT sessions at 70 a pop. Like my boss who is still doing 40 plus hours of PT a week at 60-70 a session
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Why the hate for Vince?
dude seems like a good person.
Because I've been spanking Keith for his ignorance for so long. He can't get me out of his head and goes to bed thinking about what I say.
Keith, you failed on your promises to the people because you used the money meant for the gym for your dinner plate. ;D
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Screw golds. A few years ago I joined one and paid for a year, with the understanding I could transfer membership since my job might require me to relocate. I had to relocate and golds corporate kept 75% of my fee, even though I was only at that gym for 1 month. I hope they go completely under. Rant over.
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Worst businesses to open
1. Bar
2. Gym...
2 of the biggest failure ratios...
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Because I've been spanking Keith for his ignorance for so long. He can't get me out of his head and goes to bed thinking about what I say.
Keith, you failed on your promises to the people because you used the money meant for the gym for your dinner plate. ;D
No.
It's because you're retarded, Vince.
Quicker- you've been around long enough to see how Vince can show his "know-it-all" side, as well as make flat out stupid comments. He's proudly been displaying his delusional ways for a long time.
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Gold's Gym is being bought out by some company named "OneFitness". The name will stay, but Gold's Gym will be under that umbrella.
I visited a local Gold's Gym, after getting solicited by a very cute trainer (Megan was her name, I believe), handing out freebies (AS IN GYM PASSES ;D ) at Vitamin Shoppe.
The manager there told be about their "specials" and, after I asked about buying a Gold's tank top, he informed me that they don't have any more, partially due to this corporate restructure of the clubs.
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Worst businesses to open
1. Bar
2. Gym...
2 of the biggest failure ratios...
i disagree. It really depends on who is starting and running it.
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Because I've been spanking Keith for his ignorance for so long. He can't get me out of his head and goes to bed thinking about what I say.
Keith, you failed on your promises to the people because you used the money meant for the gym for your dinner plate. ;D
hahahah yea keep thinking that. It is the only way you can convince yourself. God are you stupid.
i disagree. It really depends on who is starting and running it.
Exactly. I have no doubt if Pete and the gang still owned Gold's it would still be the best. Guaranteed they would have an additional 200+ gyms under the Gold's name.
if i could shed some light as i am a employee of Gold's..
...Golds is a franchise meaning that while there are corporate policies that are "held" within each individual franchise, each franchise pretty much has free reign to run the gyms however they want
Not all Gold's are franchises. Most still are but they (corp.) have bought quite a few of them out. And yes you can do some things the way you want but there are still certain things you have to do by corporate standards.
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Golds Gym sucks, its just a name now.In as Vegas, the Eastern and Serene location they put up a fighting cage.Now that gym sucked already, have poor ventiation bad air circuation, and they didnt even hve a standing calve raise machine.Now its only going to be hotter in the gym and even ess room for much needed equiptment.Pus they have about a 1500 sq ft areas, for "women only" which is stuipid because I have never seen more then 2 girls at most in that gym.Most of the women train in the guys section.Why didnt they put the fighting gym in the womens section.To make matters worse, 3 doors down there is a fighting gym that is 20.000 sq ft, and golds want to compete with a 1000 sq ft are?????? The problem is there is to many fighting gyms openeing up.I think some people take martial arts for 2 years, or watch ultimate fighting and think "why dont I open a gym.There must be atleast 250 fighting gym in Vegas.You shoud see the guys that go to them,lol.They al have the big "tap out " sticker in there back window, to let you know they are a "fighter" lol
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i fight on da streets all da time.
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No.
It's because you're retarded, Vince.
Quicker- you've been around long enough to see how Vince can show his "know-it-all" side, as well as make flat out stupid comments. He's proudly been displaying his delusional ways for a long time.
HHAHAH he maybe delusional but most people here go out there way to abuse him, his not a dickhead, i think his a ok fella.
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HHAHAH he maybe delusional but most people here go out there way to abuse him, his not a dickhead, i think his a ok fella.
Of all the people on here Goodrum bothers me the most. He is so full of shit. And for someone who literally is not liked by most people, has not done a fucking thing in his life yet makes it sound like he has, makes a joke out of bodybuilding, pretends to be "in the know", falsely promotes himself as a super guru and PT yet has nothing to back it up, and basically is just a waste of air and water. He is the epitome of "delusional"
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isn't powerhouse still doing ok in the hardcore segment?
My gym (Powerhouse Gym) just won "best place to workout" by the Press Enterprise in a readers choice poll..
All the big names are just miles away.. La Fitness, 24 Hour Fitness and the list goes on..
I don't think many hardcore lifters read the Press Enterprise newspaper..
I think it really helps that we make everybody feel comfortable in the gym while these animals are lifting..
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Of all the people on here Goodrum bothers me the most. He is so full of shit. And for someone who literally is not liked by most people, has not done a fucking thing in his life yet makes it sound like he has, makes a joke out of bodybuilding, pretends to be "in the know", falsely promotes himself as a super guru and PT yet has nothing to back it up, and basically is just a waste of air and water. He is the epitome of "delusional"
the kicker is that he seems to really BELIEVE the malarkey he spews
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Of all the people on here Goodrum bothers me the most. He is so full of shit. And for someone who literally is not liked by most people, has not done a fucking thing in his life yet makes it sound like he has, makes a joke out of bodybuilding, pretends to be "in the know", falsely promotes himself as a super guru and PT yet has nothing to back it up, and basically is just a waste of air and water. He is the epitome of "delusional"
Delusional he probably is, but in the world of bodybuilding who isnt delusional?
99% of bodybuilders are insecure fags with no brains, they think its cool to walk around with a 5 litre bottle of water, juicing at 18, spending hundreds even thousands on supplements to give them the "edge" lol
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the kicker is that he seems to really BELIEVE the malarkey he spews
I dont believe everything he says. But i give credit where its due, he gets dissed and keeps popping up.
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Delusional he probably is, but in the world of bodybuilding who isnt delusional?
99% of bodybuilders are insecure fags with no brains, they think its cool to walk around with a 5 litre bottle of water, juicing at 18, spending hundreds even thousands on supplements to give them the "edge" lol
Yes but the thing is he is NO bodybuilder. He does not train with weights and barely diets. He is soft and smooth at a weigth and height he should have some muscle. He looks like a guy (use that term loosely) who just sits around and types on a BB forum board. There is not one thing about his physical appearance that says bodybuilder. He admits he enters contests to see other guys in thongs not to win.
I dont believe everything he says. But i give credit where its due, he gets dissed and keeps popping up.
Thats because he thinks we are kidding. He doesn't realize when he is being made fun of. Maybe it's because he grew up with his family and friends making fun of him so much that it is just normal for him.
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Yes but the thing is he is NO bodybuilder. He does not train with weights and barely diets. He is soft and smooth at a weigth and height he should have some muscle. He looks like a guy (use that term loosely) who just sits around and types on a BB forum board. There is not one thing about his physical appearance that says bodybuilder. He admits he enters contests to see other guys in thongs not to win.
Thats because he thinks we are kidding. He doesn't realize when he is being made fun of. Maybe it's because he grew up with his family and friends making fun of him so much that it is just normal for him.
hahah you dont like him at all, i can tell hahahahah
anyhow back to the topic, sorry to hear bout the big gym not happening (economy sucks..i know) will you consider trying again in the near future?
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the kicker is that he seems to really BELIEVE the malarkey he spews
I know he does.
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I know he does.
THE WHISTLEBLOWER REPORT:
THE TRUTH BEHIND TRAINING
This is the report no-one wants you to see:
• Not the certification companies - they don’t want you to know that
Personal Training is an unregulated field and that their credentials are
largely arbitrary; in most cases they won’t help you get or keep a single
client.
• Not the fitness conferences - they don’t want you to know that Training is
different from every other profession, so the same rules don’t apply. That
you can add as many new advanced exercises to your arsenal as you want,
but they won’t ever be useful to 95% of clients in the general population;
nor will they help you to get or keep a single new client.
• Not the health club directors - they don’t want their trainers to know that
“hustling” in a health-club and trying to “sell” clients into huge training
packages to make quota, all the while making only a small percentage of
the training fees, is the worst possible scenario to practice this profession.
(they also don’t want to admit they’ve wasted their lives).
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THE WHISTLEBLOWER REPORT:
THE TRUTH BEHIND TRAINING
This is the report no-one wants you to see:
• Not the certification companies - they don’t want you to know that
Personal Training is an unregulated field and that their credentials are
largely arbitrary; in most cases they won’t help you get or keep a single
client.
• Not the fitness conferences - they don’t want you to know that Training is
different from every other profession, so the same rules don’t apply. That
you can add as many new advanced exercises to your arsenal as you want,
but they won’t ever be useful to 95% of clients in the general population;
nor will they help you to get or keep a single new client.
• Not the health club directors - they don’t want their trainers to know that
“hustling” in a health-club and trying to “sell” clients into huge training
packages to make quota, all the while making only a small percentage of
the training fees, is the worst possible scenario to practice this profession.
(they also don’t want to admit they’ve wasted their lives).
Can you summarize Vince?
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Can you summarize Vince?
Visit Super-Trainer.com for more info
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Visit Super-Trainer.com for more info
Damn Vince I dont want to read all that stuff..just summarize 8)