Tell me about your gym

[resonator]

Tell me about your gym, the highest dumbell weight and number of squat racks. Plus any weird rules (no grunting or slamming of weights). Also how much do you pay? What do you like/dislike about your gym?

I just called the local YMCA and got the sales pitch from "Guy". After arguing with Guy for five minutes he finally gives me some info, the dumbells only go up to 75 (wtf) but he wouldn't tell me how many squat racks they have unless I came in for a tour...The price is $75 signup and 40 a month. I'm calling other places now because this YMCA is just a joke and I'll probably go with a real gym instead even though it is twice the distance.

Seriously, are most gyms a joke like this???

 

[trex74]

The Y in my area has a sign up fee too, it's ridiculous.
I signed up for a year in a private gym and pay 43/month

 

[Tblock1]

Dumbells go to 75 pounds(I think, however the last 2 aren't labelled) 1 squat rack, free!!!!

 

[captainahole]

39.00 month no sign up if you catch their specials, 2 squat racks, dumbells up to 150lbs,2 sets of each up to 75lb, memebership is for all three gyms in city. One i work out at is the smallest of the three. dropping weights is a no no though.

I don't think there is anything I really don't like about it. It has everything I need. Oh yeah lots of titties.

 

[ExtraMile]

1 squat rack, 1 smith machine, 4 olympic bars, 1 EZ bar, 1 short straight bar, some weight plates (not many only 8 45's) a chin/dip station, crossover station, lat pulldown, adjustable height cable and stack, 1 benchpress rack, a situp bench, 1 flat bench, 2 adjustable benches, dumbells up to 88s and some machines and cardio stuff. Costs £8 a week which I think is around $15. Chalk is allowed though which is cool

 

[JDid23]

a little over 1,000 dollars for a family membership for the year at my local YMCA which includes all facilities... gym, pool, basketball, etc.

not sure about a single membership though

 

[Unit 2005]

We got some big dumbells - 80kg (176lbs) 4 squat racks, 6 bench press, 2 incline bench press, 3 smith machines, about 15 free benches.....pretty much an amazing gym and im very lucky to train there.

 

[resonator]

Ok just got off the phone with a different gym. Dumbells go up to 140, 3 squat racks, $30 a month, no signup, open 24/7. I think I found a winner!

 

[JDid23]

We got some big dumbells - 80kg (176lbs) 4 squat racks, 6 bench press, 2 incline bench press, 3 smith machines, about 15 free benches.....pretty much an amazing gym and im very lucky to train there.

i'd give my left nut to train there

my gym has 1 smith and 1 rack... and everything is done by the rack with a barbell besides benching.

 

[mwm5]

150lbs dbs, multiples of every peice you can think of...it's a hardcore gym setup pretty much strictly for bb. the owner is a competeing heavy weight so he has all the bells and whistles to do it right. not a huge place though, perfect size and isn't ever over crowded. he has a smoothie and supplement bar. i pay $30 month

 

[Foxxxy]

up to 100lb dumbless, 3 squat racks, 3 bench, 3 adjustable benches, 2 leg presses, some excersise stuff, pull up bar, and then the other usual stuff. $70 for a year. open 18 hours a day.

 

[greentree]

I used to go to golds, $52/mo. I now go to the YMCA for free, because my parents have a family membership. I am 25, own a house, and have a career, but I still qualify as their child! I'm not sure what the exact rules and age limit are, but it works for me.

 

[moya]

brenda athletic club... its got a smallish weight room, but is a huge facility (quite a few amateur/national level swimmers and tennis players train there)... no signup fee... 35$/month (i pay 40$ which includes the club in another city, they have bumper plates there)... but 90% i am at my home location which has: 1 power cage, 1 squat rack, 1 leg press with 36 plate capacity (working on it...) plenty of plates, even a set of 100's, dumbells up to 110, steam room... and a bunch of other shit that i dont rely use, 15 tennis courts, full basketball court, 1/2 length olympic pool with lanes, 3 other pools, spa, cardio shit, machines etc... they dont mess with me, i make a mess with chalk then clean it up when im done and all is good... make some noise have some fun... i love it!

 

[gstacker]

I pay 29.95 and I get a bunch of weights scattered all over the place while the emoyees sit behind a desk and do shit! Here's a video right after my work out... Excuse the heavy breathing lol

YouTube - Messy gym

 

[kx250rider]

Around my area (Los Angeles north/Ventura County east), I recommend Powerhouse. Gold's Gym is good too, but a lot of yuppie millionaires with their Porshes illegally parked, and they sit on the machines to trade stocks by Blackberry. If you go to Powerhouse, you go to work out. I have the feeling that the problem I mentioned at Gold's, is mainly that location (Simi Valley; 1st St and Los Angeles Ave).

Now just to be clear, I've never belonged to either one. Just been in those places many times, and that's what I see. And for membership, you're going to have to start a war in order to get a fair deal at any of the big chain gyms. They all want you harpooned into a year or more, with automatic debit, and a lot of strings attached. Just demand the CASH MEMBERSHIP price, and NOT a year's membership. That way, they know you can walk away if they don't keep the place in shape. Otherwise, you're married to it for a year if you don't want your credit wrecked.

I got sick of all that, so I built my own at home. It's a small room, and not much space between machines... But it's MINE. I have a pro-quality Life Fitness smith machine, Icarian pec deck & rear delt pull, Flex high pulley with 220-lb stack, Icarian selectorized bicep curl, Icarian spider curl bench, hex dumbells 10 lb through 120 lb., Life Fitness leg extension (selectorized 200 lb), Parabody hack squat (plate loaded), Seated leg press (selectorized 300-lb), and Icarian prone leg curl (selectorized 220-lb). I also have some cool ab stuff, including a custom-made flat roman chair, and a vertical crunch bench, and a Nautilus pullover chair (selectorized).

I got all that stuff used on Craigslist and eBay from gyms out-of-business and a few millionaires who buy that stuff new and never use it. I paid less than it would have cost to belong to a gym, and I can work out immediately, whenever I feel like it. Something to think about, if you or a friend has room...

Charles

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[timtim]

up to 200 lbs dbs, 4 squat racks, 2 power racks, 3 smith, and all the other shit and a ton of hammer strength stuff too. 2 to 3 sets of each db except the big boys (120s to 200s). 45 a month.

 

[ryansdad]

I go to 24hour Fitness Lance Armstrong Sport. Been a member for 14 years when it was a Golds, then 24hour bought them in this area. I pay $24/month with all club(any 24hour in the US) access. The one I go to has 2 power racks, 1 squat rack, 2 smith machines, 3 flat bench, 2 inclines, and 1 decline. DB's go up to 120lbs. It has the stop sign looking plates which I dislike with a passion. In the process of building my owm Gym in my barn. Got about 500lbs of olympic plates, a power rack, and 2 olympic bars. Planning on buying a shit ton more and droppin' the membership.

Jeff

 

[Unit 2005]

i'd give my left nut to train there

my gym has 1 smith and 1 rack... and everything is done by the rack with a barbell besides benching.

Ye i know, i love it.

 

[musketeer]

Home gym:

17'x12' Steel building at the back of my garden.
Rubber flooring with aluminum sheets under the oly lifting dec.
200kg of bumper plates and 90kg of smaller plates.
Pendlay Men's Oly bar.
Olympic dumbells and lock jaw collars.
PowerTech Squat rack with chin and dip.
Nautilus incline bench.
Weighted belt, chains, bands.
Sit-up bench,balance ball.
Treadmill.
TV, big sound system, big fan.
CHALK.
NO "moron's in the gym" except me.

I used to work out at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre which has a heavyweights room used by internationally competitive athletics team as well as oly lifters, MMA and powerlifters. It's a good gym but my schedule was too tight to allow consistent training out there so I built my own gym. It was really basic and underfunded and looked like something from a 70's Bulgarian facility, but there was excellent old equipment, 10 lifting platforms, and just amazing people to train with.

 

[Peanutz26]

My gym is not that great. Its not hardcore.

 

[ready2rumble]

atmosphere wise, my gym is the bomb....i usually dont take my phone in but next time i will and snap a couple photos.

its tiny, a key member only gym and not many members...owner uses it for personal training and only a few select others have keys to come in whenever.

only about 600 sq ft, no a/c, no windows, no mirrors, concrete floors with hunks of carpet for padding, chalk everywhere, weight dropping ok. equipment is old and rusty but it works, playboy centerfolds on walls, stereo with cd player - play whatever you want and however loud you want. we do big3 team lifting 3x a week. this gym is as hardcore and old skool as it gets. only downfall is the size, you gotta move shit around to make room. 25 buckos a month.

 

[SwitchMan]

World gym Highland,In Every bar in the place is cheap and bent. 1 power rack, 1 squat rack, several benches, shit load of plates but all of them are off, some by as much as 6lbs. good hampton dumbells up to 150 and Ivankos up to 75lbs. Lots of hammerstrength and fag equipment and one shitty homemade platform. Same cardio equipment thats in every cheap cookie cutter gym. At one time Miguel Torres trained out of it but he has sinced moved. Dropping,grunting,chalk and everthing else is tolerated for the most part. locked in at $20.00 a month for life. open 24 hours 5 days a week and 8 to 7 on weekends I think. Steam room and cheezy pro shop. What can i say I like my gyms like I like my ladies.........cheap and dirty.

 

[mmo115]

my gym has:

3 flat, 2 incline, 1 decline
1 squat rack (kinda a ghetto one, but gets the job done and nobody uses it)
dumbells up to 150 lbs (still shiny and brand new lol)

it costs 50 bucks to sign up then 14.99/month - and you can get tanning for an extra 5 bucks a month

wicked good deal (i actually work here and sell memberships)