{"id":3069,"date":"2020-07-24T13:01:34","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T13:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/blog\/55-birthday\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T18:49:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T18:49:58","slug":"55-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/blog\/55-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold\u2019s Gym Turning 55!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the summer of 1965, bodybuilder and former Merchant Marine Joe Gold founded Gold\u2019s Gym in a cinder-block building in Venice Beach, California, with equipment he built himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>55 years later, what began as a small gym at the beach has grown into a global phenomenon. Thanks to word of mouth, <i>Pumping Iron, <\/i>and an explosion in fitness culture, Gold\u2019s Gym has grown into what it is today: the world\u2019s most iconic fitness brand. Five and a half decades since the Mecca first opened, Gold\u2019s Gym now has nearly 700 gyms in 29 countries around the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are going to be celebrating our 55th birthday all week long on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/goldsgym\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/goldsgym\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/goldsgym\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>.&nbsp; We have a few surprises up our sleeves so be sure to check back here throughout the week. &nbsp;Help us celebrate by tagging us and using #Golds55!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SHOP OUR GOLD\u2019S GEAR COLLECTION:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.goldsgym.com\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Since 1965 Venice Unisex Tee<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.goldsgym.com\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Joe Outline Unisex Tee<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.goldsgym.com\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Men\u2019s Muscle Joe Tee<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.goldsgym.com\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Legacy of Strength Unisex Tee<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tunes\">SPOTIFY PLAYLIST: <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to follow Gold\u2019s Gym through&nbsp;the decades? We have playlists throughout the decades to get you pumped during your next workout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">60\u2019s Workout Tunes<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/user\/yihtdx23a184iw5p7cghywnu5\/playlist\/2VEqDFsWI7sLJs5MXGabu8\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">80\u2019s Workout Tunes<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/user\/yihtdx23a184iw5p7cghywnu5\/playlist\/1y1cmeIhhAGYTmCXB95nGc\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2000\u2019s Workout Tunes<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/user\/yihtdx23a184iw5p7cghywnu5\/playlist\/3ZthprjDGES2P38kusBrX5\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;To celebrate, we\u2019re working out through the decades with custom, era-inspired workout playlists and more.&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":6171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_post_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[98,99,74,100],"class_list":["post-3069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-55-years","tag-birthday","tag-golds-gym","tag-workouts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3069"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9798,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3069\/revisions\/9798"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}