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DALLAS, TX<\/strong> – Gold\u2019s Gym celebrated 50 years as the gold standard of fitness at its Gold\u2019s Gym Convention. An annual event, this year\u2019s Convention, hosted in Dallas, TX, which is where its global headquarters is located, drew hundreds of franchise owners, gym managers, corporate leaders, fitness celebrities and vendors to celebrate the brand\u2019s monumental 50th Anniversary. To top off the night, Gold\u2019s Gym inducted Arnold Schwarzenegger into its esteemed Gold\u2019s Gym Hall of Fame. Schwarzenegger helped Gold\u2019s Gym put mainstream fitness on the map in the 1970s.<\/p>\n \u201cThis week, we celebrate 50 years as the world\u2019s leading authority on health and fitness,\u201d said Aaron Watkins, President of Gold\u2019s Gym. \u201cWe were honored to celebrate this milestone with special guest Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is a key part of the heritage of our brand, and has helped catapult fitness into the mainstream.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I first came to America, I went to Gold\u2019s Gym before I even went to my first apartment. Gold\u2019s Gym became my home, it was like a family to me,\u201d said Arnold Schwarzenegger. \u201cAt the time, physical fitness wasn\u2019t mainstream, but look at what we have accomplished in these 50 years, now everyone is working out. Remember that you all are a part of the fitness crusade that we started 50 years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n In 1965, in a small concrete room in Venice Beach, Gold\u2019s Gym opened its doors and launched a fitness revolution that would go on to bring exercise and healthy living to the forefront of American culture. Today, Gold\u2019s Gym delivers life-changing results for millions of members, while changing perceptions of what it truly means to be strong throughout its 700 gyms across the globe.<\/p>\n From its humble beginnings as a gym that featured homemade equipment, to the addition of group exercise classes and unique amenities like Cardio Cinema\u00ae, Gold\u2019s Gym has built a legacy of strength \u2013 inspiring millions to achieve their potential through fitness.<\/p>\n Gold\u2019s Gym is already taking steps to ensure that legacy in the next 50 years \u2212 from its recent partnership with Microsoft, which brings fitness into the next era by providing branded workouts on the Microsoft Band, to an exciting variety of 50th initiatives including theGold\u2019s Gym Fit Test, Gold\u2019s Gym 12-Week Transformation Plans for anyone in America and the launch of its Gold\u2019s Gym Strength Exchange.<\/p>\n \u201cAs we look ahead to our future, we are positioning Gold\u2019s Gym to continue its legacy of strength through domestic and international growth that will allow the iconic brand to reach and change even more lives,\u201d added Watkins. \u201cIt\u2019s our hope that 50 years from now, everyone in the world will have access to the first-class fitness experience and elite personal trainers that only Gold\u2019s Gym can offer.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter if you come from the Middle East, Japan, China, Russia or Austria. It makes no difference where you come from; you are a part of the Gold\u2019s Gym family. That is the beauty of Gold\u2019s Gym and that is why I will never forget this place, even today,\u201d continued Schwarzenegger.<\/p>\n An American icon and global brand, Gold\u2019s Gym locations span from Australia and India to Japan to the Czech Republic and beyond. Excited to expand its global footprint even further, the brand signed a deal earlier this year that will bring Gold\u2019s Gym to Mongolia, Jordan and Morocco. It now boasts a presence on every continent except Antarctica. The iconic symbol of strength transcends culture, language barriers and politics.<\/p>\n To help celebrate its 50th Anniversary, anyone in the U.S. can visit any Gold\u2019s Gym for a complimentary week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" DALLAS, TX<\/strong> – Gold\u2019s Gym celebrated 50 years as the gold standard of fitness at its Gold\u2019s Gym Convention. An annual event, this year\u2019s Convention, hosted in Dallas, TX, which is where its global headquarters is located, drew hundreds of franchise owners, gym managers, corporate leaders, fitness celebrities and vendors to celebrate the brand\u2019s monumental 50th Anniversary. To top off the night, Gold\u2019s Gym inducted Arnold Schwarzenegger into its esteemed Gold\u2019s Gym Hall of Fame. 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