My dude used to work at that Columbus Circle Equinox gym several years back. I remember one time I was in NYC for a few days so I hit him up to see if he could get me in there for a couple workouts. He hooked it up, but warned me beforehand that 80% of the men in the gym were
. I went in, did my workout and tried not to make eye contact with anyone. It was mostly all white people too, Columbus Circle aint nowhere close to Harlem. It wasn't that bad.... til I went in the locker room. There was probably more dudes in the locker room than there was on the gym floor. But they were all in the back near the showers, so I just didn't go back there. After I was done lifting I talked to my dude for a while and he told me I got lucky because I came thru on a pretty tame day. THEN he told me that PUFFY works out with a trainer at that gym at least twice a week, and WILL SMITH works out there whenever he's in NYC.
(He did say however that Will Smith could bench 315 for 12-15 reps.
Needless to say, whenever I've gone to NYC since then, I just don't work out.