Author Topic: Golds Gym Venice - Arnold Disowning It? (Read 38999 times)

cswol · « **Reply #100 on:** May 27, 2007, 11:24:52 AM »

willie 8-ball golds gym is not those guys home gym, the only bber who made golds their home gym in the past couple of years was gunter and cormier, sure some bbers may go workout there if they are in town, but the mass of bbers left golds gym years ago, bob chic still trains there and thats about it.........the gym has become a total craphole for cheesey people, trainers and their clients........they finally fired mateo, the manager, thank god, but the gym is really nothing anymore but wasted space for the shit people who go there, and the punk corporate workers there.

War-Horse · « **Reply #101 on:** May 27, 2007, 12:39:22 PM »

True. mostly skinny fags in daisy dukes...shadow boxing in front of the mirror on a "core" rubber training ball.

Dumbassses skipping rope in between the machines, while reading "bluboy" magazines....

The real golds is down the street on pacific avenue with sheets of plywood over the plate windows..

willie mosconi · « **Reply #102 on:** May 27, 2007, 12:49:11 PM »

Quote from: cswol on May 27, 2007, 11:24:52 AM

willie 8-ball golds gym is not those guys home gym, the only bber who made golds their home gym in the past couple of years was gunter and cormier, sure some bbers may go workout there if they are in town, but the mass of bbers left golds gym years ago, bob chic still trains there and thats about it.........the gym has become a total craphole for cheesey people, trainers and their clients........they finally fired mateo, the manager, thank god, but the gym is really nothing anymore but wasted space for the shit people who go there, and the punk corporate workers there.

yeah, I suppose you are right in some ways

I actually don't really care who goes there or what is on the walls, I just want a place with a vast array of equipment so I don't get bored working out and for now, Gold's still has that.

Pollux · « **Reply #103 on:** May 27, 2007, 03:14:31 PM »

Quote from: larger_format on May 27, 2007, 11:17:25 AM

can you say C O R P O R A T E

Can you say corporate jerks?

tommywishbone · « **Reply #104 on:** May 27, 2007, 03:22:26 PM »

Quote from: willie mosconi on May 27, 2007, 12:49:11 PM

yeah, I suppose you are right in some ways

I actually don't really care who goes there or what is on the walls, I just want a place with a vast array of equipment so I don't get bored working out and for now, Gold's still has that.

Willie is correct. Gold's Venice is still an excellent gym, it just ain't Gold's Gym Venice anymore.

willie mosconi · « **Reply #105 on:** May 27, 2007, 04:32:14 PM »

Quote from: tommywishbone on May 27, 2007, 03:22:26 PM

Willie is correct. Gold's Venice is still an excellent gym, it just ain't Gold's Gym Venice anymore.

yeah, that's the only thing that concerns me a bit. I mean, I want the gym to stick around just because of the equipment. Yeah, it's kind of exciting to see "stars" of bb here and there, but more so I just care about getting a great workout and the equipment at Venice Gold's is the best of any gym I've ever worked out at. The only one that comes close for me is the Iron Pit in Bloomington, IN- the town in which I went to college.

http://www.ironpit.com/

BigSexy50 · « **Reply #106 on:** May 27, 2007, 04:38:45 PM »

Quote from: willie mosconi on May 27, 2007, 04:32:14 PM

yeah, that's the only thing that concerns me a bit. Yeah, it's kind of exciting to see "stars" of bb here and there, but more so I just care about getting a great workout and the equipment at Venice Gold's is the best of any gym I've ever worked out at. The only one that comes close for me is the Iron Pit in Bloomington, IN- the town in which I went to college.

http://www.ironpit.com/

Look at all gyms, the trend it is to do wat 24 hour fitness did, complete quality control with maximaztion of profits. All large franchises would be foolish not to adopt this model. If you want hardcore find a place like MetroFlex, othrwise this genre is DEAD! And it is a shame. Conisdering the country followed the lead of a few leading this lifestyle to find ourselves where we are fitnesswise today.

cswol · « **Reply #107 on:** May 27, 2007, 06:11:04 PM »

lil poppa pete.................... ......rob unfortunately left the LA area a few years ago, he had broke up with his girlfriend, and went back to school.........he was trying to get a job coaching at ucla as a grad assistant, but had to finish up some courses........he left from working behind the front counter, then finally move back up around sacramento to finish out his school, so he could get a job coaching....I havent talked to him for a couple of years. Hope this helps.

cswol · « **Reply #108 on:** May 27, 2007, 08:39:34 PM »

yeah rob is a good guy, I use to call his cell phone, but he never answers his phone, but I think it was real hard on him when him and his girl broke up, he took it well but they were real close, remember how they use to workout together in the gym, and I use to eat lunch with them all the time at fresh to go, but hopefully he is doing well. I know I will see him down here eventually if he moves back.

donrhummy · « **Reply #109 on:** May 27, 2007, 10:16:27 PM »

Here's the reason why:

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Gold's had $1.2 billion in revenue last year from its 620 clubs, including 500 in the U.S. Bally Total Fitness had $1.05 billion from 361 units, and 24 Hour Fitness had $1 billion from 340 units.

With double the gyms, they're pulling in basically the same revenue. That's BAD.

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"We must evolve," said Gold's Gym Senior VP-Chief Marketing Officer Joe Flanigan. "If we stay exactly where we've been, soccer moms and boomers move on and we remain a brand with nice black-and-white photographs of when Arnold [Schwarzenegger] used to work out there."

http://www.goldsgym.com/golds/pressroom/press_new.php?id=29

onlyme · « **Reply #110 on:** May 27, 2007, 10:53:13 PM »

Quote from: donrhummy on May 27, 2007, 10:16:27 PM

Here's the reason why:

With double the gyms, they're pulling in basically the same revenue. That's BAD.

http://www.goldsgym.com/golds/pressroom/press_new.php?id=29

The difference is ALL the clubs 24 and Bally have are corporate. Not all 620 Gold's Gyms are corporate. Not sure what thoe numbers reflect in terms or Gold's. Does that include the merchindise too. That is really where Gold's generated their money. At their peak they were in more than 13,000 retail outlets worldwide.

Topskin69 · « **Reply #111 on:** May 28, 2007, 03:21:32 PM »

UPDATE!!

Well...after doing a lot of digging...I found out the "official" reason why Arnold demanded his pictures be taken down.

Turns out that Artie Zeller's wife was demanding that Gold's managment pay her royalites for the privilage of using Arnold's pics. Gold's managment told her to pound sand... Arnold caught wind of this and due to his long-standing friendship with Zeller...decided to get involved and issue a warning to Gold's that we wants to have NO association with the franchise any longer.

As for the murals being painted over....my understanding is that ethier the owners or some corperate heads very high up on the food chain did a walk thru of Gold's recently...and demanded that they were not in vouge or some crap along those lines....

The good news is that I dont think that Gold's Venice wanted to do this....they simply didnt have any choice in the matter.... still...it looks like the writing is on the wall...

M!

"I slept with faith and found her a rotten corpse upon awakening; I drank and danced all night with doubt, and found her a virgin in the morning."
A-Crowley

McFarland · « **Reply #112 on:** May 28, 2007, 03:36:25 PM »

Going...

McFarland · « **Reply #113 on:** May 28, 2007, 03:37:02 PM »

Going...

McFarland · « **Reply #114 on:** May 28, 2007, 03:37:52 PM »

Gone.

War-Horse · « **Reply #115 on:** May 28, 2007, 03:42:39 PM »

No one can say mexicans arent hard workers......

ManBearPig... · « **Reply #116 on:** May 28, 2007, 03:43:02 PM »

is that a james caan and michael jordan autograph i see painted over?

that's horrible. jeff, do you plan on working out there after they remodel?

what do you think of milos' gym?

Pollux · « **Reply #117 on:** May 28, 2007, 03:50:45 PM »

Thanks for the pics, Mcfarland. Now I truly believe what Gold's is doing.

Pollux · « **Reply #118 on:** May 28, 2007, 03:57:53 PM »

I'm sorry, but I gotta bitch and whine one more time about this fuckin' ridiculous movement that is happening to Gold's/Venice....

What made Gold's/Venice (to me) was the atmosphere of the pictures that hung on the wall - Arnold's especially. The famous "Mr. Olympia Wall". The third room with the famous celebrity autographs. The famous "The Mecca of Bodybuilding" painted in the main room. Now granted, the gym still has top-notch equipments - I assume - but the title of being "world famous", I think, is gone!

Topskin69 · « **Reply #119 on:** May 28, 2007, 03:58:47 PM »

The nail in the coffin....

Bodybuilding is dead. Long live bodybuilding.

M!

Pollux · « **Reply #120 on:** May 28, 2007, 04:05:00 PM »

Quote from: Topskin69 on May 28, 2007, 03:58:47 PM

The nail in the coffin....

Bodybuilding is dead. Long live bodybuilding.

M!

Yup. Those pics Mcfarland posted showed me that that was in fact the nail in the coffin.

War-Horse · « **Reply #121 on:** May 28, 2007, 04:11:35 PM »

All of us should look for abandoned gas stations to make into our local "Weights only" gyms.......

To the 70's here we come!!

Pollux · « **Reply #122 on:** May 28, 2007, 04:15:23 PM »

Quote from: War-Horse on May 28, 2007, 04:11:35 PM

All of us should look for abandoned gas stations to make into our local "Weights only" gyms.......

To the 70's here we come!!

You know what would be the shit, but would never happen, is if they reopened the original Gold's on Pacific Ave. back to a gym.

Topskin69 · « **Reply #123 on:** May 28, 2007, 04:20:17 PM »

That may not be entirely unfeasible....someone owns that property...and it isnt exactly doing a whole lot at the moment. Of course it wouldnt be a "Golds" but it could be a Gym once more. Someone on this board probably knows about the legal situation regarding the building. Perhaps with some more info we could all do something....have a reputable third party set up a donation fund to get a non-profit gym of the ground. A non profit business can pay employees....all profits can be redistrubited towards maitnence/new equipment/employee overhead/holding bodybuiding events etc

This is a bit out there...but not completly unfeasible...

M!

War-Horse · « **Reply #124 on:** May 28, 2007, 04:23:19 PM »

Quote from: Pollux on May 28, 2007, 04:15:23 PM

You know what would be the shit, but would never happen, is if they reopened the original Gold's on Pacific Ave. back to a gym.

Ive been talking to Onlyme and he says Pete g. is pissed about this whole thing...Hes tryed to buy the golds on pacific from an old lady who owns it....but she wont budge.
It sits there with plywood over the plate glass windows....doing nothing!!!!

That is the MECCA!!!