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Gold's Gym - Whippany
Gold's Gym - Whippany
(12 Reviews)
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901 Route 10 Whippany, NJ 07981
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(12 Reviews)
Service
1 star average for Service
Environment
4.5 star average for Environment
Expertise
2.5 star average for Expertise
Staff
4 star average for Staff
Recommended
2.5 star average for Recommended
Value
1 star average for Value
I think the place is great since the swim team left! The pool is always open, there are no little kids running around in the locker rooms and no swim meets!
They are in the process of a huge renovation so not all of the equipment is installed yet. The price is right though.
by gymtime27
December 01, 2008
I may not be a professional. Heck I'm only 13 but I do know one thing, and that is that I completely despise the Golds Gym Facilities. I guess I should start at the beggining. I'm a swimmer. I've been practicing at the JCC in Whippany since 1st grade. I'm now in 8th. I guess you could say I know everything about everyone. We're all one big family. The coaches helped raise me and my friends there are the best I've ever made. Well it all changed. The JCC went into debt. I remember the day like it was yesterday. My friend Meital called me, her mom works at the JCC in the UJC department so she was one of the first to know. I couldn't believe it I was in shock. We managed to keep our team for another year which was a miracle. We had an amazing season winning almost every meet and coming in 2nd in the State Championships. We were just happy to have a team which made us train even harder. Then over the summer we got wind that Golds Gym was taking over. We were fine with it as long as we had our team. We didn't. Golds Gym employees talked to some former JCC customers and they complained they couldn't swim laps because of our practice. Golds decided it was bad for buisness so they shut us down. They fired my head coach who was working there for over 15 years. They also fired the other 2 coaches. For me, I still haven't gotten over it and it's been months. I've been looking for a new team but nothing is the same. Nothing compares to the Waves Swim Team. The coaches were amazing and all they wanted to do was make you the best you could be. The swimmers were all so kind. No one was judged on our team, everyone was truely happy. I know I was whenever something terrible happened like my great grandfather dieing or my aunt being diagnosed with pancriatic cancer all I wanted to do was swim. It kept me happy. Now that Waves is gone I feel like a part of me is missing and nothing can replace it. You may not understand but just imagine loosing a family. Imagine loosing 200 best friends, and 3 parents who have helped you through everything. The reason I don't have that anymore is because of Gold's Gym and they're selfishness to make as much money as they possibly can. It doesn't matter that now 200 swimmers are left without a team to go to and 3 fabulous coaches have to find a new job so they can all support they're families. Gold's thought canceling the swim team would be good for buisness little did they know how angry each and every swimmer would be. They are now 200 members short. Golds Gym took a part of me and now I can never get it back. Swimming isn't the same although I still love it, I don't feel the rush I did before because now I'm not with all my best friends and my coaches. Now I'm by myself trying to find a team as magnificent as Waves but no such team exsists. I may only be 13 years old but I know what it means to feel and be upset. Ever since Golds Gym took away my team I have'nt truely smiled just faked it. I do not enjoy my school friends company anymore and all I want to do is go back to Waves even though because of Golds Gym that is impossible. You may not understand how I feel and the rest of my team feels but just picture yourself in my shoes. Loosing 200 friends and 3 parents. I lost my family. I lost my life.
by Katiee
September 12, 2008
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901 Route 10, Whippany, NJ 07981