Founded in 1965 in Venice, Calif., Gold s Gym International, a subsidary of TRT Holdings, is one of the largest co-ed gym chains in the world. The company provides the latest equipment and services, including group exercise, personal training, cardiovascular equipment, spinning, Pilates and yoga, while maintaining its core weight lifting tradition. Every day Gold s Gym members climb more than 1.7 million flights of stairs, run nearly 600,000 miles, bike almost 250,000 miles, lift more than 3.6 billion pounds and lose almost 50,000 pounds of body fat. Gold s Gym International, headquartered in Venice, Calif., has nearly 3 million members and operates and/or franchises more than 600 facilities in 43 states and 25 countries worldwide.