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World or Gold's Gyms can be good or otherwise; they're franchises, mainly, so to a great degree the quality depends on the owner. The World I attend was owned for many years by an old-time bodybuilding champ, and he cared a lot about keeping all the stations operating, all the upholstery on the benches in good shape, the locker rooms clean, the walls freshly painted, and a good workout-floor culture. Despite the fact that it's not a real hard-core gym. He told me he didn't make a lot of money, but he was running a good gym mainly because that's what he wanted to do.
He recently sold out to some of his employees, and they're carrying on. The payment options he offered are either month-to-month with automatic checking account withdrawal, five- or ten-visit punch-card passes, or a year-long membership at a discount.
I have honestly had no complaints.
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