The Original Gold’s Gym
The exterior of the original Gold’s Gym, featured in the book ‘Pumping Iron,’ underwent an alteration during the ownership of Bud Danitz and Dave Saxe when it was painted red, white, and blue. In their […]
Gold’s Gym
The Three Muscleteers Notes: Part 2
Joe Weider The small ads in the back of Weider magazines for Gold’s Gym tanks and T-shirts were half Gold’s Gym’s revenue in 1979. Weider pulled ads mysteriously. Connors had 2 theories. Weider saw Gold’s […]
1960/early 70s Gold’s Gym Notes
Notes from Men’s Journal Article on Gold’s Gym Ken Waller was Gold’s Gym Manager Ed Giuliani quote: “I’d go to the beach, and they’d give me the wolf whistle, guys on a blanket wanting to […]
The Three Muscleteers Notes: Part 1
Ed Connors’ The Three Muscleteers was one of my must-purchase Kindle books this year. It’s available as a physical copy as well, just not in hardback as this article’s accompanying illustration depicts. These are notes […]
Original Gold’s Gym
Jurassic Gorilla https://jurassicgorilla.com The first Gold’s Gym, established in August 1965 in the sunny coastal enclave of Venice Beach, California, holds a hallowed place in the annals of bodybuilding history. Often referred to as “the […]