AquaCityBoy
Veteran
I just got back from Anytime Fitness down the street after signing up for their two-week free trial. It's the first time in four years I've worked out anywhere other than my university gym (not counting those two weeks in August when I went to a Crossfit gym to take a Ninja Warrior class).
I didn't have any problems with them honoring the whole two weeks, which I've heard was a problem at some locations. The doors are always locked, so I have to ring the doorbell to get in, which means I can only go during staffed hours (Monday-Thursday 10-7, Fri-Sun 10-4) or pay $25 for a key pass, which I might go ahead and do since my works hours are crazy the next two weeks.
It's a much smaller and different gym than I'm used to, but they have a decent amount of equipment. I went around 10:30, and it wasn't too busy, so I didn't have any problems waiting for anything (they say their peak hours are 5-9 AM, as opposed to 5-9 PM at my university gym). They have little spaces for machines for each body part, a small free weight area, a classroom, and upstairs deck with cardio equipment. What's weird is that they don't have any dedicated deadlift platforms, benches, or squat racks, and instead just have a "functional fitness zone," which is a big rack with four spots to rack weight for bench and squats, and some open area to do deadlifts. I guess this makes sense given the size of the gym, but it's kind of awkward if you're trying to max out. There weren't a lot of plates there either, so it was kind of a pain to add weight because I didn't want to take too many of the 45's.
Also, they're right next to a nail salon, so they say don't drop the weights too hard or the stuff will fall off the walls in the salon and they'll get mad, so that's a pain if you try to max out on deads, or try to do a lot of drop sets.
All that being said, I still got a decent workout in. It was leg day, and like I said it wasn't too busy at all, so I didn't have to wait for anything. And they're cool about moving stuff around, so if there's no benches in the "functional fitness area," I could just grab one from the free weight area, or take one of the rowers from the classroom and move it outside.
I didn't have any problems with them honoring the whole two weeks, which I've heard was a problem at some locations. The doors are always locked, so I have to ring the doorbell to get in, which means I can only go during staffed hours (Monday-Thursday 10-7, Fri-Sun 10-4) or pay $25 for a key pass, which I might go ahead and do since my works hours are crazy the next two weeks.
It's a much smaller and different gym than I'm used to, but they have a decent amount of equipment. I went around 10:30, and it wasn't too busy, so I didn't have any problems waiting for anything (they say their peak hours are 5-9 AM, as opposed to 5-9 PM at my university gym). They have little spaces for machines for each body part, a small free weight area, a classroom, and upstairs deck with cardio equipment. What's weird is that they don't have any dedicated deadlift platforms, benches, or squat racks, and instead just have a "functional fitness zone," which is a big rack with four spots to rack weight for bench and squats, and some open area to do deadlifts. I guess this makes sense given the size of the gym, but it's kind of awkward if you're trying to max out. There weren't a lot of plates there either, so it was kind of a pain to add weight because I didn't want to take too many of the 45's.
Also, they're right next to a nail salon, so they say don't drop the weights too hard or the stuff will fall off the walls in the salon and they'll get mad, so that's a pain if you try to max out on deads, or try to do a lot of drop sets.
All that being said, I still got a decent workout in. It was leg day, and like I said it wasn't too busy at all, so I didn't have to wait for anything. And they're cool about moving stuff around, so if there's no benches in the "functional fitness area," I could just grab one from the free weight area, or take one of the rowers from the classroom and move it outside.
when I go a week without lifting
. I take an intake of 2200-2400 calories, I make sure I take a gram of protein per body weight. I must admit, I have trouble on the weekends touching the protein intake. Tend to lack on the shakes those days. Tryna lose that fat though. I've probably drank soda (diet coke always) 4-5 times in the last 6 weeks and had french fries 2-3 times. I used to have that much weekly prior to working out.
