Is it me or there ain't no mid-range gyms out there?
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LA Fitness is 24.99 a month here.
I'm currently building my own gym in my garage tho
I'm currently building my own gym in my garage tho
Thank god I work for the gov't. free gyms on deck 
OneTimeforTheMind
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Thank god I work for the gov't. free gyms on deck
govt gyms be hit or miss on equipment
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World Gym $20 they have at least two squat racks...shrug
I dont mind because they also have a Smith machine I can do squats on.
I dont mind because they also have a Smith machine I can do squats on.
There aren't any "high-end" gyms where i'm at for the most part, at least in terms of price, except for crossfit. Most mid range chains (ie golds) and low cost fitness centers here. My new gym would be considered "high end" for this area I guess. But it's really just a strength training oriented gym.
I have noticed that the bare-bones strength oriented gyms seem to be going to way of the dinosaur (not sure why though).
I have noticed that the bare-bones strength oriented gyms seem to be going to way of the dinosaur (not sure why though).
That's a problem though. I see many cats on machines, who don't have any practical strength translate into real life scenarios. I remember lifting a TV (75 in 4k) earlier this week with a fit coworker, and he struggled beyond belief, because he had no real strength.
c/s. my brief stint and planet fitness taught me all I need to know about smith machines.
had me feeling like Hercules till I got back to them real weights
You haven't lived until you've seen someone doing DL on the Smith Machinec/s. my brief stint and planet fitness taught me all I need to know about smith machines.
had me feeling like Hercules till I got back to them real weights
Oh yeah, that's one of the big things I notice, i would call a gym and ask if they had free weights/a power rack, and they'll be like "yeah!" and you get there and it's a bunch of machines and some dumb bells and one squat "area" and a bench press
I'm going to have to look up this fukkery on youtube.
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I rarely ever do them on the Smith machine but it's underrated when you just want a constant pump.
You basically got Planet Fitness for $10 which is nothing but treadmills.
Then you got Blink which is like $20 and gets crowded. There's dumbells but maybe just 2 squat racks if you're lucky, which double for use for bench press. And they're always occupied.
Then you got like NYC Sports Clubs which is like $100 but really the same shyt as Blink except they have yoga classes and shyt.
Then fukkin Equinox which is like a goddam car payment.
Why ain't there like a $50 bodybuilding gym??
My first gym in the 90s was $30 owned by a cop/former amateur BB and had maybe 4 treadmills....
....In the back corner.
....across from a boxing heavy bag
Dont get me started on crossfit.
$150 to do pull-ups and snatches.
Any of you ever look into creating a home gym??
planet fitness is completely out of the question. too ratchet, equipment sucks. go there is you want to lift heavy for cheap.
i got to Blink in my area in the BX and it opens at 5am so i try to get there no later than 630am because after that it turns into Wepa City.
The real sweet spot is corporate gyms. My last job had a private gym and it was never that packed outside of very specific peak hours. but the damn place stayed mostly empty because even tho it was only $7 a week you had ALOT of women (and men) who didnt want to be seen by other co-workers in the gym.
ultimately i want a home gym and that will be it. traveling to and from the gym gets to be more of an inconvenience after a while