Fitness SF, Market Street Formerly: Gold's Gym

GOLDEN

My gym - I LOVE IT! Everyone's so nice and friendly. The clientele's diverse and accepting...oh, and queer as fuck! HOORAY!

gym or urban sanctuary?

entering this huge exercise palace is is a respite from the city that rages around it, especially late at night when it empties out and you have dozens of machines all to yourself.

Comfortable

This gym has reasonably good equipment for a neighborhood gym, but has some clearly lacking areas, and would be impossible to fix due to size. As with the Sister Gym on Brannon, lacks amenities - particularly freely available towels. I greatly dislike locker rooms with any carpet, industrial or otherwise, I immediately have a "isn't clean" feeling. Steamroom is sequestered behind the showers, and is remarkably crowded all the time with friendly men. Parking is difficult peak time or not. Friendly staff, some very worn out equipment, but in general worth the visit - better than 95% of all small neighborhood gyms. My most frequently used gym for me in SF due to proximity to hotels and B&B's like Parker Guest House.

Smaller than the SOMA branch but easier to get to

This two-floor gym is smaller than their Brannon Street location but a lot easier to get to (and for me, convenience is a key motivator). I'm told it's rather cruisy, though no one has ever hit on me! (Kidding.) One warning for guys who are shy: the showers are in one big open room, not private stalls.

Under One Roof

Everything you need in two well-laid out floors. Friendly crowd with a little something for everyone.