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How Gym, the Gold Rush, became a worldwide celebrity and media hotspot

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 24, 2022
Gold's Gym, a small gym that started in 1965 in Venice Beach, California, has since evolved to become the most famous fitness firm in the country. Gold's Gym has grown to become a multinational brand with over 600 stores located on six continents over the past 55 years. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lou Ferrigno, and Franco Columbu all worked out at the original Gold's Gym, which later evolved to become the world's most legendary gym. Ranier Schallers, the current owner of RSG Group, bought the gym in August 2020 after the previous owners declared bankruptcy during the Covid-19 pandemic, which left California on almost complete lockdown. Schaller, 53, his partner Christiane Schikorsky, 44, and their children Aaron Schaller and Finja Sghikorsky are missing after their twin-engine turboprop crashed into the sea off the coast off the coast of Costa Rica, according to the author. During the golden age of bodybuilding in the 1970s, Gold's in Venice Beach earned the reputation as the "mecca of bodybuilding."