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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Slik on June 29, 2014, 08:05:53 AM
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Was at Gold's yest and noticed some of the machines are not kept up as well as in the past. Then someone said that beyond a doubt that this time its not a rumor. Gold's Venice is closing. Gonna talk to the staff and confirm today. :'(
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Your time has long since passed.
Adios, GOLD'S GYM, Venice! All herald in the new Planet Fitness era!
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Google bought the property years ago. It's been suspected for quite some time that the Venice Gold's would be closed or moved out of there.
Huge technology/media companies like Google and Facebook are one with US government/NSA. They get what they want.
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Except for Charles Glass, Ric Drasin and maybe a half dozen others its not really the Mecca anymore. Just another gym full of skinny fat Planet Fitness types.
Fortunately my memory banks are full of the good 'ol days.
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Ok. There's a lil over a year left on their lease from google. Supposedly trying to negotiate for longer lease at leases end so I guess well see wut happens.
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Hope not closing.
Just visited Golds last month.
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What's the cost per day? I have to take a drive and check it out. maybe pay through the nose for a meal at the firehouse.
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I am glad it's closed.
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What's the cost per day? I have to take a drive and check it out. maybe pay through the nose for a meal at the firehouse.
$20 if you're a retard and tell them you're from out of town
tell them you live in SM, Venice or MDR and are looking to join a gym and you'll get a free pass
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I am glad it's closed.
;D
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Looks like its staying.
http://www.laweekly.com/informer/2012/05/15/confirmed-google-will-take-over-golds-gym-in-venice-plus-170000-square-feet-of-surrounding-real-estate
Update No. 1: Google spokesman Jordan Newman confirms that Google will begin renting out the Gold's building in summer 2014. But, he says, "we have no plans to expand into Gold's Gym space. In fact, we are working with them to extend their lease." Newman has no comment on the remaining 170,000 square feet, aside from his previous statement that "we have no immediate plans to expand."
Update No. 2: Apparently in response to disgruntled muscle men, L.A. City Councilman Bill Rosendahl has taken the Gold's-to-Google debacle into his own hands. He promises in a statement today that Google "wants the gym to stay where it is," and even "hopes to strike an agreement that will keep Gold's Gym where it is for 10 more years":
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If it does close for economic reasons (No, not Obama...this time) it's because of what I've been saying. The overhead is too big for what they charge. I'm sure real estate isn't cheap and for as long as Gold's has been around, they should actually own the freaking property instead of leasing it.
Like most of the big commercial box gyms....and Gold's is a typical "box" gym, I'm sure they run in the red every year.
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i bet that charles glass will drop few tears if this is true.
sad
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What's the cost per day? I have to take a drive and check it out. maybe pay through the nose for a meal at the firehouse.
I ate at the Firehouse 7-8 years ago and prices were fairly reasonable. However, they recently raised their prices to ridiculous levels... brutal.
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Except for Charles Glass, Ric Drasin and maybe a half dozen others its not really the Mecca anymore. Just another gym full of skinny fat Planet Fitness types.
Fortunately my memory banks are full of the good 'ol days.
EVERY TIME I AM IN GOLD'S I SEE DEX, RICO, CORMIER, PEDRO, GLASS, HESTER, WORLD HARRIS, O'HEARN, ETC......
STILL HEAVILY POPULATED WITH BBING CELEBS.
HOPE THIS STORY IS NOT TRUE!
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Looks like its staying.
http://www.laweekly.com/informer/2012/05/15/confirmed-google-will-take-over-golds-gym-in-venice-plus-170000-square-feet-of-surrounding-real-estate
Update No. 1: Google spokesman Jordan Newman confirms that Google will begin renting out the Gold's building in summer 2014. But, he says, "we have no plans to expand into Gold's Gym space. In fact, we are working with them to extend their lease." Newman has no comment on the remaining 170,000 square feet, aside from his previous statement that "we have no immediate plans to expand."
Update No. 2: Apparently in response to disgruntled muscle men, L.A. City Councilman Bill Rosendahl has taken the Gold's-to-Google debacle into his own hands. He promises in a statement today that Google "wants the gym to stay where it is," and even "hopes to strike an agreement that will keep Gold's Gym where it is for 10 more years":
Article is from 2012. ::)
Even if it stays, watch the membership fees increase by 100% to compensate for Google's rental rape.
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It would be funny if it is closes and all the bodybuilders throw a tantrum and boycotted google. The boycotting would be epic. All 63 bodybuilders would abstain from using google as their search engine to look for schmoes. A major collapse of Google and the US economy.
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If they want me to move my van, they're going to have to arm wrestle me for it. I'm not even sure that the piece of shit will even start.
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It was just a gym with the brand name Gold's gym.
I only care about the original Gold's, the place were Arnold trained during the 70's.
I believe that place is a private residence now, but I hope when the owners move on someone will buy it, restore it to the original gym and make it into the world's most awesome bodybuilding museum.
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If they want me to move my van, they're going to have to arm wrestle me for it. I'm not even sure that the piece of shit will ever start.
This is pretty similar to Goodrums life. Except he lives in a trailer and has Caliber Fitness, the greatest training/nutrition website ever to grace the world.
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Article is from 2012. ::)
Even if it stays, watch the membership fees increase by 100% to compensate for Google's rental rape.
Damn, I have to keep better tabs on the dates of bodybuilding articles!
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This is pretty similar to Goodrums life. Except he lives in a trailer and has Caliber Fitness, the greatest training/nutrition website ever to grace the world.
In 6 months, Vince could still be in the van, but if he can out lift everybody, out squat every body, out bench ‘em… who’s the king?
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:'( sorry to hear it but that don't effect me any got tons of my own iron. ;D ;D ;D ;D
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If they want me to move my van, they're going to have to arm wrestle me for it. I'm not even sure that the piece of shit will ever start.
I warmed up on the step mill next to this bloke in April last year, he was later seen getting carted out on a stretcher...
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I warmed up on the step mill next to this bloke in April last year, he was later seen getting carted out on a stretcher...
Did he recover
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Damn, I have to keep better tabs on the dates of bodybuilding articles!
They are moving to Goodrum's vacant trailer for awhile.
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$20 if you're a retard and tell them you're from out of town
tell them you live in SM, Venice or MDR and are looking to join a gym and you'll get a free pass
And if the front desk clerk isn't a retard they will require your ID for any free pass
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It would be funny if it is closes and all the bodybuilders throw a tantrum and boycotted google. The boycotting would be epic. All 63 bodybuilders would abstain from using google as their search engine to look for schmoes. A major collapse of Google and the US economy.
;D
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Did he recover
He was hooked up to some oxygen, paramedics did not seem to be in great rush getting him out of there, hopefully he recovered...
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Unfortunately this is what I heard too. The Perlhof and Webster Comp. is leasing one of there property's to Google . (the old gas company building right across Golds)
I have heard from Webster that Google made an offer on the Gold's building so high ,they couldn't refuse. That was 2 years ago.
Golds is looking to move to the culver city area, for a bigger, newer building.
I have great Memory's from Gold's Gym. From the mid 80s on. It truly was the MECCA of Bodybuilding but it has changed for the worse after the couple from South Africa sold it.
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:'( sorry to hear it but that don't effect me any got tons of my own iron. ;D ;D ;D ;D
Ha, nice pair of old ''ball' dumbells :)
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It was just a gym with the brand name Gold's gym.
I only care about the original Gold's, the place were Arnold trained during the 70's.
I believe that place is a private residence now, but I hope when the owners move on someone will buy it, restore it to the original gym and make it into the world's most awesome bodybuilding museum.
i respectfully disagree. The Mecca in the 80s n 90s was not just another gym. It still isn't just another gym to this day. Its got an electric atmosphere. One of the best in the world. There r still tons of well known bodybuilders lots of beautiful women n some of the best variety of old school and new school equipment of any gym...period. The Mecca is pretty much still packed w members day n night.
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u respectfully disagree. The Mecca in the 80s n 90s was not just another gym. It still isn't just another gym to this day. Its got an electric atmosphere. One of the best in the world. There r still tons of well known bodybuilders lots of beautiful women n some of the best variety of old school and new school equipment of any gym...period. The Mecca is pretty much still packed w members day n night.
Very true! Its still a madhouse and its hard to get parking. But back in the day it was like no other gym around.
People came from Sweden, Austria Russia , Indo China just about every country on this planet just to have one workout or take a pict. lol I'm telling you sometimes there were even Aliens from the other side of the universe in Gold's hitting the squad rack. Or at least that's what they looked like. It was fucking great..
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Very true! Its still a madhouse and its hard to get parking. But back in the day it was like no other gym around.
People came from Sweden, Austria Russia , Indo China just about every country on this planet just to have one workout or take a pict. lol I'm telling you sometimes there were even Aliens from the other side of the universe in Gold's hitting the squad rack. Or at least that's what they looked like. It was fucking great..
feminine women and non pregnant men. those were the days
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Very true! Its still a madhouse and its hard to get parking. But back in the day it was like no other gym around.
People came from Sweden, Austria Russia , Indo China just about every country on this planet just to have one workout or take a pict. lol I'm telling you sometimes there were even Aliens from the other side of the universe in Gold's hitting the squad rack. Or at least that's what they looked like. It was fucking great..
wut year did it move? I remember I just missed it. I never did workout in the original golds dammit. Was at vinces a couple times back in the day
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feminine women and non pregnant men. those were the days
Now we have this instead
(http://foro.eliteculturismo.com/attachments/bodyfitness/17852d1365792306-dana-linn-bailey-dana.jpg)
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:'( sorry to hear it but that don't effect me any got tons of my own iron. ;D ;D ;D ;D
Sweet fucking setup buddy!
I`m extremely jealous. :(
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Huge technology/media companies like Google and Facebook are one with US government/NSA. They get what they want.
I'm sorry to hear about Gold's but this is the larger issue to me. I am shocked that most people have no problem with companies like Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, etc getting so big and so powerful and obviously being best buddies with the federal government. These are the same liberals that used to cry about censorship and fascism. Now that their guy is in the White House they suddenly don't have a problem with it. I don't mind them being giant hypocrites. I'm just worried about that big hammer that they are swinging around. Way too powerful, way too powerful.
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I'm sorry to hear about Gold's but this is the larger issue to me. I am shocked that most people have no problem with companies like Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, etc getting so big and so powerful and obviously being best buddies with the federal government. These are the same liberals that used to cry about censorship and fascism. Now that their guy is in the White House they suddenly don't have a problem with it. I don't mind them being giant hypocrites. I'm just worried about that big hammer that they are swinging around. Way too powerful, way too powerful.
Must be how Phil Heath feels. Heath swinging around that big hammer with his 100s
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=497139.0;attach=537610;image)
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Now we have this instead
(http://foro.eliteculturismo.com/attachments/bodyfitness/17852d1365792306-dana-linn-bailey-dana.jpg)
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"What can I do in my photos to emphasize my horse face?"
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Must be how Phil Heath feels. Heath swinging around that big hammer nasal passage with his 100s
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=497139.0;attach=537610;image)
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i respectfully disagree. The Mecca in the 80s n 90s was not just another gym. It still isn't just another gym to this day. Its got an electric atmosphere. One of the best in the world. There r still tons of well known bodybuilders lots of beautiful women n some of the best variety of old school and new school equipment of any gym...period. The Mecca is pretty much still packed w members day n night.
Point taken. It's not just a gym.
But I was a little disappointed when I learned they moved it. The pumping iron gym Is the one I'd like to see.
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It was just a gym with the brand name Gold's gym.
I only care about the original Gold's, the place were Arnold trained during the 70's.
I believe that place is a private residence now, but I hope when the owners move on someone will buy it, restore it to the original gym and make it into the world's most awesome bodybuilding museum.
I keep waiting for Arnold to do something like that. It'd be good PR too as long as he pushed the health & fitness aspect instead of the drugs, as he always has. His image needs a paint job and Fitness Museum Benefactor beats 'decrepit maid humper' any day.
Someone should send him an email. The movie thing isn't happening for him anymore, so it'd be a great way to get back to his roots, serve the community, blah blah. It'd also be really cool.
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I keep waiting for Arnold to do something like that. It'd be good PR too as long as he pushed the health & fitness aspect instead of the drugs, as he always has. His image needs a paint job and Fitness Museum Benefactor beats 'decrepit maid humper' any day.
Someone should send him an email. The movie thing isn't happening for him anymore, so it'd be a great way to get back to his roots, serve the community, blah blah. It'd also be really cool.
I know that Arnold has some of the original equipment. One of the old cable machines he has in his trailer when he is on location
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:'( sorry to hear it but that don't effect me any got tons of my own iron. ;D ;D ;D ;D
You are a wise man
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If they want me to move my van, they're going to have to arm wrestle me for it. I'm not even sure that the piece of shit will even start.
true getbigger right there.
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It's a sweet place, but also highly overrated. Every time when I see a Gold's video, I see more people talking, resting & texting than lifting.
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Very true! Its still a madhouse and its hard to get parking. But back in the day it was like no other gym around.
People came from Sweden, Austria Russia , Indo China just about every country on this planet just to have one workout or take a pict. lol I'm telling you sometimes there were even Aliens from the other side of the universe in Gold's hitting the squad rack. Or at least that's what they looked like. It was fucking great..
Classic pic right there. But you do know that is the second place, right? Not the current location.
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It's a sweet place, but also highly overrated. Every time when I see a Gold's video, I see more people talking, resting & texting than lifting.
keep your mouth shut until you actually go there and experience it in person......
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keep your mouth shut until you actually go there and experience it in person......
Man, I would love to, but I guess I have to hurry.
PS, my mouth stays open, deal with that.
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EVERY TIME I AM IN GOLD'S I SEE DEX, RICO, CORMIER, PEDRO, GLASS, HESTER, WORLD HARRIS, O'HEARN, ETC......
STILL HEAVILY POPULATED WITH BBING CELEBS.
HOPE THIS STORY IS NOT TRUE!
I guess my problem is what I consider a celeb. When I was a member it was Platz, Samir, and yes Glass, Mike Christian, Barbarian Bros., Lyle Alzado (OK football), Franco, Arnold visiting in street clothing, Draper when down from No Calif, Lee Priest in the summers, Metzers, Dickerson, and a dozen others......The other members were for the most part Bodybuilders, local pro athletes, movie stars training for rolls, and pro wrestlers. It was a daily who's who. The major mags were always in there.
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everytime I am there (almost annually) I see actors such as James Caan and athletes such as Kobe Bryant......among all the bbers I listed earlier.
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everytime I am there (almost annually) I see actors such as James Caan and athletes such as Kobe Bryant......among all the bbers I listed earlier.
So you're a schmoe, that acts like a gym rat? :D
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So you're a schmoe, that acts like a gym rat? :D
I guess.....if you say so.
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... The other members were for the most part Bodybuilders, local pro athletes, movie stars training for rolls, and pro wrestlers. It was a daily who's who.
Were they hot and fresh, at least? Butter provided?
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So you're a schmoe, that acts like a gym rat? :D
No one trains at the Mecca. It's more of a beauty pageant than training.
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No one trains at the Mecca. It's more of a beauty pageant than training.
I'm starting to believe this after seeing numerous videos. I guess that huge egos and the internet killed the hardcore atmosphere.
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James Caan doesn't even train there anymore. He's just showing up for the free rolls at this point.
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I'm starting to believe this after seeing numerous videos. I guess that huge egos and the internet killed the hardcore atmosphere.
I've been there before. People just standing around. Shame.
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I've been there before. People just standing around. Shame.
yeah the regulars are annoying as fuck
but, I've had a spot from Scott Mendelson on bench while there which made it all better.
It has the best range of equipment I've ever seen in a gym ... but most of the heavy DBs all got gradually broken and never replaced in the 4 years I trained there.