Gold's Gym
Reviews
We need a Bally's or L.A. Fitness I always thought the best gym Martinsburg ever had was Martinsburg Health and Fitness at the Holiday inn but thats gone now thanks to a buy out of the hotel and allegedly frivolous law suits 2nd to that was Rando's (didnt last long) then Id say Golds in Charlestown then Extreme then Golds in Martinsburg if for no better reason then the fact that (for people who care) they dont repair things that need fixed fast enough including padding on benches or resting pads for arms, broken treadmills etc... Next is the slide rails on smith machines are never lubricated not allowing for smooth operation Extreme has the same problem 3rd unless you work out between 12-4 a.m. then a few times a month your gonna run into a handful of teens holding up a piece of equipment that you need to use staring at their smartphones and talking to each other 4th they reported me to a collection agency for owing them 1 dollar and not knowing it didnt find out until I got my credit checked and looked into it be careful about that just a heads up and 5th there tanning beds use old lights that are way past there replacement dates so there effectiveness is terrible (use lotions) 6th they refill there water jugs with water from the water hose its not clean filtered water at all (bring your own) and the employees rarely refill the jugs anyway and if youve ever been there lets face it the equipment could be so much cleaner as many ppl that use this gym they should have someone cleaning all the equipment almost round the clock for 2015 this is really not up to standard its my understanding that none of this is managements fault by the way Ive heard how at least in the past managers try to get the owner to agree to change things to make it better but he refuses but thats 2nd hand info. Still I give it 2 stars because they do have good classes and have some unique things like the movie theater I think thats cool also I like it that they blast music that way you dont have these morons walking around blasting music on their cell phones like at the mom and pops gyms. All in all this is just my humble review but maybe im picky considering theres at least 80 cars parked outside at any given time in fact there isnt a gym in this county that isnt overcrowded pretty much between 7a.m.-11.30p.m. without a doubt the best "health club" in our area is at Shepherd University If you can deal with the all student staff and afford the price they definitely blow everyone else away but make sure you get a parking pass before you do anything else trust me on that one. At the end of the day this county needs a 5 story Bally's or L.A. Fitness spread the crowd out a little bit and provide a better quality of Health Club I think most would agree its time for out with the old in with the new.
Don't get strung along by Gold's Gym Martinsburg! If you want to cancel your Gold's Gym account, then you need to (as per the contract's fine-print) inform the gym's ACCOUNTING department via email, and as of that moment they'll make you pay for 30 more days. Don't get FOOLED by the slick-talking line they say at the front desk "Cancel at any time." This is deliberately incomplete information. If you press them on it, they'll admit that what is correct is that you can give your 30-day-notice at any time; but even then they don't always tell you that the 30 days starts ONLY if you notify the Accounting Dept. via email. If you just let the front desk know "I'm giving my 30 days notice now", then you are going to get had, because they will tell you that your account is cancelled or that "we've taken care of it," but meanwhile they will keep on charging you. I've been strung along for 3 months now, while they kept charging me. Only after about 10 phone calls (over the course of those months) have I now (supposedly) gotten my account cancelled, and--though polite--they still wouldn't give me back the money for the unused months, even though I made a personal appeal to them.
They have a nice variety of classes & I especially like that they have a room for women only. As a bigger girl, I tend to be a bit self conscious around the people that obviously spend hours in gym everyday.
the zumba classes were the only thing i liked...treadmills barely worked right...staff is pleasant..but the accounting dept sucks!!! was told i was not signing a contract and that i can cancel anytime...i go to cancel they tell me i can only put up to a 90 day hold on my acct..i did that...unsure if i would be back after 90 days, life happens and i forgot about it, got a bill the month after my 90 day hold, for $130, i call to ask about this, was told my "contract" started back up for another yr after the 90 day hold, i asked the guy why i was paying the $30 a month vs the $20 a month so i didn't have to bind in a contract, he could not answer that. "waiting" for another call back.. this same situation happened 10 yrs ago and i swore i would never go back,but i like the fact they have children's room..so figured id try it again, after this time, never again! i asked the guy when i was joining the gym, over and over again that i can cancel at anytime, i do not have the chance to do much because of my job, it just so happened i had 2 mo's that i was able to do something for myself...wanted to make sure when my job needed me again i was able to cancel...he kept saying yes. lier!
I workout there 3-4 times a week. It has become a hangout for the workers to do nothing but talk. The evenings are the worst 8 out of 10 (80%) workers in the evenings are "BROTHAS" trying to make out with the white women . I can't even bring my children in the evenings because they play that trash music about bitches shaken there booty's in the air. I mean where have all the mature people gone? DISGUSTING !