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Review: Gold's Gym -- Lorton, Virginia
Posted on Feb 23rd 2010 3:15PM by L.A. RobinsonName of Gym: Gold's Gym, Lorton
Address: 7700 Gunston Plaza, Lorton, Va., 22079
Phone Number: (703) 339-6339
Web site: www.goldsgym.com/lortonva
Amenities:
Showers
Lockers
Locker rooms with hairdryers
Dry heat sauna
Women-only exercise area
Juice bar
Kid Zone childcare (Additional charge)
Massage therapy (Additional charge)
Physical therapy (Additional charge)
Membership fees: $624 for a one-year membership paid in full. $85 joining fee, $45 per month after. Military discount offered.
Review:
Located in a strip mall, the Gold's Gym in Lorton, Va., appears small from the outside. Once inside, it's clear this gym is no lightweight. The 33,000-square-foot facility is bright, clean and packed with equipment, classes and amenities.
There are 68 pieces of cardio equipment, including 20 treadmills, 18 ellipticals, 12 recumbent bikes and eight rowing machines. Many machines face a bank of televisions with various programming, which often feature music videos and news shows.
Gym-goers at this Lorton location ranged in levels of physical fitness. A few worked with personal trainers while most preferred to workout alone, either on the machines or in the weight room. Two women used machines located in the women's-only equipment area. This room can be accessed only through the women's locker room.
This facility has three fitness classrooms. The choices on this day were Body Step or Forever Young -- each on opposite ends of the fitness spectrum. Other classes include Pilates, yoga, Latin dance, body combat, body pump, core conditioning, cycling and rowing.
There's even a boot camp class that takes participants outside the gym for running, push-ups and interval training.
Staff at this gym are both helpful and responsive. The mission here, they say, is to learn about a client's individual fitness goals, then help them achieve success.
Check out how to pick the best gym for you.
Address: 7700 Gunston Plaza, Lorton, Va., 22079
Phone Number: (703) 339-6339
Web site: www.goldsgym.com/lortonva
Amenities:
Showers
Lockers
Locker rooms with hairdryers
Dry heat sauna
Women-only exercise area
Juice bar
Kid Zone childcare (Additional charge)
Massage therapy (Additional charge)
Physical therapy (Additional charge)
Membership fees: $624 for a one-year membership paid in full. $85 joining fee, $45 per month after. Military discount offered.
Review:
Located in a strip mall, the Gold's Gym in Lorton, Va., appears small from the outside. Once inside, it's clear this gym is no lightweight. The 33,000-square-foot facility is bright, clean and packed with equipment, classes and amenities.
There are 68 pieces of cardio equipment, including 20 treadmills, 18 ellipticals, 12 recumbent bikes and eight rowing machines. Many machines face a bank of televisions with various programming, which often feature music videos and news shows.
Gym-goers at this Lorton location ranged in levels of physical fitness. A few worked with personal trainers while most preferred to workout alone, either on the machines or in the weight room. Two women used machines located in the women's-only equipment area. This room can be accessed only through the women's locker room.
This facility has three fitness classrooms. The choices on this day were Body Step or Forever Young -- each on opposite ends of the fitness spectrum. Other classes include Pilates, yoga, Latin dance, body combat, body pump, core conditioning, cycling and rowing.
There's even a boot camp class that takes participants outside the gym for running, push-ups and interval training.
Staff at this gym are both helpful and responsive. The mission here, they say, is to learn about a client's individual fitness goals, then help them achieve success.
Check out how to pick the best gym for you.
