I joined Gold Gym, Pune at Kalyani Nagar last year August 2008, I had planned to enroll for 3 months and include a diet counselor service with my gym membership, I met the gym marketing executive abject who convinced me to go for a yearly membership which seemed feasible to me along with one month free membership on paying upfront money for yearly membership, I was running into a lethargic lifestyle with a risk of increased obesity, so I knew it was time I hit the gym.
Facilities: This gym has good infrastructure and opens at 6:30am in the morning and closes at 10:30 pm in the night, it is closed on Sunday’s, exercise equipment are also well maintained and serviced regularly with good attention paid to hygiene factor for members, the locker room, bathing facilities are well maintained, they also have a sauna section, swimming pool, in house salon, A/C in the gym is not always functional
Additional services: Like many gym centers even gold gym has fitness contests running, notice boards are abuzz with gym activities and happenings, extra classes like salsa, yoga, wellness sessions running within the gym, however I do not care about all that jazz stuff, for me workouts are of prime importance.
Staff: The staff here is an issue, the fitness trainers when found me new at gym used to assist me in my workouts, and used to shift to their self selling sales talk, I don’t mind that, but they give you a cold shoulder once you say no to hiring a personal trainer, unless you are good looking chic, I find only one or two trainers genuine and who assist members proactively in case you are doing any workout or exercise wrong.
when I met the fitness instructor to plan workout regime for me, I clearly told her that I have damaged my left hand twice due to a fracture, and I cannot do heavy workouts they gave me an exercise plan, but the weight training was putting strain on my left hand, I decided to put less strain on my hands, as I was clear that I was not here to build my body and muscles, my main target was to loose weight.
My diet counselor was patient and did not coax me into much of dieting, suggested me few changes in my diet, which I was successfully able to do, not all of them, I have cut down heavily on eating outside food, fried food, colas, snacking has turned healthy, fruit intake has increased, and this has shown positive sings on my health.
The trainers here are pumping out their own bodies during afternoon sessions when they do not have much crowd, I normally go in that schedule, I am yet to get my ID card, I carry a cheap card paper with no photograph of mine, when I tried complaining this to local gym in charge he turned a deaf ear, even their customer care mail id does not work, my mail bounced back.
Verdict: I would not recommend this gym to a serious health freak, if you have money to splurge and you don’t care about it you can give this gym a try, I am not joining this gym again, the staff here is a big let down, though the infrastructure is good.