Golds Gym Treadmills Reviewed

Golds Gym Treadmills

Golds Gym treadmills have been known for providing great value on their entry level machines.

Is This The Brand For You?

If you’re looking for great entry level treadmills then this brand is a good choice. With their new models, you'll certainly have a hard time looking for a cheaper brand that offers the same features. (You might want to visit our best buy treadmills page to see if there are Gold's Gym treadmills included in our list)

About Gold’s Gym

Gold’s Gym is a chain of gyms, founded by Joe Gold in Venice, California. It was featured in the movie “Pumping Iron” starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lou Ferrigno, which bought a lot of attention to the gym.

Currently, Golds Gym is the largest co-ed gym chain in the world with more than 600 facilities in 43 states and 25 countries. They are also licensing their name for fitness products that now includes treadmills.

Golds Gym treadmills are licensed by Icon Health and Fitness. Icon is the largest manufacturer and marketer of exercise equipment in the world. It has 4,800 employees and 10 manufacturing facilities in the United Stated, Canada and China. It is also owns the license to other well known brands like Proform, Reebok, and Weslo just to name a few.

Price Range

Gold's gym units are priced between a little below $400 up to as high as above $1,500. These prices include Gold's latest models.

Weakness

It use to be that the biggest weakness of this brand is that they lack variety. The VX5000 was, for the last few years, the only unit Gold's has been selling. But that problem has been fixed with the introduction of new and better models. However, the brand still needs to put more effort in their marketing. A lot of people still don't know that there is a Gold's Gym brand for treadmills.

Would I Recommend It?

To conclude, I do recommend Golds Gym treadmills but only as a starter treadmill. Although they have improved their quality, it is still not good enough for hardcore runners. (See our best buy treadmills page if you are looking for machines with excellent quality)

Where to Buy?

If you plan on buying a Golds Gym, I suggest you get one from walmart.com.

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But before you buy, please read our reviews on individual Gold’s Gym treadmills below. It will help you better choose the fitness equipment that suits you best.

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golds gym 450 from walmart 
The second day we used it it wouldnt incline,shortly after the screen went blank. returned it for another same thing happened to the electronics after ...

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piece of junk.  Not rated yet
Walmart does it again. Makes a company build according to their specs so they can sell it cheap. The display lit up for couple of minutes then dies. Hope ...

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Hi,

All I have to say is your product SUCKS! I will not ever buy another one of your products again. We bought the 450 treadmill on Feb.4,2009 and when ...

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I purchased the new Golds Gym 550 Treadmill.
2 months into ownership and the display screen is flickering. I have sent e-mails to the warranty company ...

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Got the 450 and the first day the incline went up and wouldn't go back down. If this can't be fixed it is going back.

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Had this unit for just over 5 months (got it brand new). The display no longer works and the warranty is only for 90 days. When I called, the factory suggested ...