PROS -in cosy English countryside -great atmosphere, everyone knows eachother -no need for lockers or keycards, everyone trusts everybody else -can even take drinks or whatever if you have no change, they trust you to pay next time -no aggro whatsoever -get free help from PTs anytime -built out of old factory space so has giant truck-loading door open for fresh air when it's hot -plenty of machines (if that's your thing) besides the free weights -I'll repeat - great friendly atmosphere -plays metal when there are no girls or boomers around -plays classic boomer rock when the boomers are around
CONS -shuts at 8pm weekdays, closes at noon on Saturday for the whole weekend -fairly pricy for a rural gym at 30 bongbucks a month -no separate cardio area so during group sessions you have to manoeuvre around them, can be awkward -only one, rather grotty shower -not really within walking distance (not a problem for me anyway) -shut on bank holidays which I always fucking forget -only two squat racks and one bench so sometimes you're left waiting -it's the countryside. Sometimes fields smell like shit and it wafts in if you're unlucky -only one cable machine, the only machine I use. It's busy a lot. -plays whatever zoomer shite is on the radio if cardiobunnies are there
I rate mine 8.5/10. The only thing that really bothers me is the opening hours. You're a gym, you should be open weekends. I know PTs have a life and need to unwind like the rest of us but there are 5 of you, surely you can go out drinking on rotation? The shit smell happens rarely but doesn't bother me anymore anyway. You end up sort liking it after a while when you live out in the sticks.
Do home gym peeps have any special equipment or routines for potentially dangerous PRs? I wouldn't want to risk it with bench
Isaiah Sanchez
no you either lift it or guillotine it
Owen Ortiz
Shameless self-bump
James Rodriguez
PROS -Never gets too busy, generally piece of equipment is always available -Lots of cool people to talk to if you become a regular -Mostly men with some thots -Friendly staff who don't care about noise -Plenty of cardio equipment -Plenty of barbells -Not too many fuckboys or cookie cutters -No worries about getting something stolen -Gym kept clean -5 DL platforms -2 racks and 4 racks without safeties -4 Cable towers -Can pretty much do what you want and fuck around if you're a regular
CONS -$50 a month -Dumbbells only go up to 100 lbs -Only two flat benches -A fight for the good barbells -Always a search looking for clips -Usually shitty music -Closes at 11 on weekdays and 8 on weekends (Would prefer 24/7) -On the smaller side -Has machines but a lot of the time only one of each -Annoyingly loud classes -Lack of attractive women -Mostly men with some thots
Jaxon Jackson
based, what county lad? similar set up at mine
Carson Gomez
Pros:
>Relatively inexpensive for my city @45/mo >Large range of equipment, from machines to kettlebells to bumper plates and a regulation boxing ring >well laid out, power racks and multipurpose rooms are never cramped >ridiculously few people go when I do, like 5-6 max >gym staff are all bros or gymrat milfs who love me
Cons:
>Whenever I'm forced to go in the evening for some reason it's *swarmed* with fucking people >Tons of eastern european oldbois clogging up racks with bullshit old man exercises >lots of instagram thots taking pictures and scowling at pretty much everyone >very few people actually move big weight, and get weird whenever someone actually lifts
Chase Reed
How are the birds where ur at?
Jordan Robinson
>$50 a month Christ just go to planet fitness, $10 a month 24/7 jesus
John Wood
This was my gym while i was at uni, it was literally paradise.
Pros: -£20 a month with student discount. -Open 24/7, no staff on bank holidays but still open. -3 floors, weights on ground and first, machines on second and cardio/martial arts on third. -4 squat racks, oly lifting area and pretty much any machines you could think of including meme ones. -Wide open plan with huge windows so there was a constant breeze. -Everyone was friendly, PT's weren't overbearing and just helpful. -Very safe, cameras everywhere. -Quiet most days unless 6pm week days which is standard. -Sauna/steam room and great showers.
Cons: -15 minute walk which really isn't that bad.
Jose Myers
PROS >24 hour access >tons of racks, platforms and benches >caters to serious lifters, limited machines and cardio equipment >high quality power bars, weightlifting bars, deadlift bars and speciality bars >belt squat, and reverse hyper machines >calibrated plates, bumper and powerlifting discs present >competition racks >sweet interior, molded ceilings and brick walls >multiple private restrooms >owner is in frequently and trains there, nice guy >employees are all nice people >nobody gives a fuck if you slam your weights because everyone does it >majority of people there are strong, sociable and pleasant to be around
CONS >downtown so limited parking >sometimes 4 power cages, 5 comp benches, 2 competition racks, 4 deadlift platforms, 4 weightlifting platforms, 4 other squat racks and all the 45's present aren't enough for all the people there
Brody Peterson
Pic related.
Pros: >Free(with tuition) >Open all day >More than enough space >Dozens of racks and machines with tons of redundancies to accommodate just how many people use it >10s EVERYWHERE >I cannot stress the quality of the girls here, it's absurd >Lots of staff if you have a problem >Huge indoor lap pool
Cons >Always very crowded >On campus, and I live off campus(but can use my apartment's gym if needed) >Even at 6'4 210 I still get mogged on the daily >It's Florida state, so there is always someone bigger than you waiting to use your rack >My ex works the front desk(it's okay though bc I make quadruple what she does)
Pros >has the basics. Squat rack, deadlift platform, benches (flat and incline). >is at work >is free >work is a research university full of nerds so the gym is mostly empty
cons >only has the basics but... >too many meme machines. Like 4 different versions of a lat pulldown. 4 of those compound machines that warp into 30 different configurations for 30 different useless exercises. >People who show up are mostly fugly as shit. Guys are emaciated and emasculated. Women look like they walked out of racist propaganda posters. >half the time, half the gym is closed off for classes. And I'm talking classes that are so memey they make wii u look like the olympics. Like the other day there were 12 grown ass 'people' doing toe touches and, I shit you not, weight shakes (like those fapping weight shake commercials) without weights to the tune of the 8mile soundtrack on repeat. I discovered that these classes are a)paid b)taught by anyone who wants to teach a class
Overall, it's a 6/10. 4/10 if it wasn't free.
Aiden Butler
College Gym >Pros Filled with Bros and thots Large and spacious Nice indoor track Decent Equipment
>Cons Filled with Bros and Thots Always too busy and not enough equipment
Joshua Ortiz
I have a squat rack with metal guards on the sides. So that covers bench press and squats for safety.
Ayden Cooper
Home gym here
PROS >Open 24/7 >Workout alone > No shit music >Don't need to interact with any one >Don't need to wait for anything > Got AC and a laptop >Got all the weights I need >Can spend 5 hours there if I want
CONS >Limited equipment, I have enough to do all the compound lifts, but no machines >Can lose track of time and waste too much time >No one to spot me or provide help (I have safety guards for everything so that's not an issue)
I'd rate it 9/10 desu. I will never go back to a public gym.
Pros >Open 24 hours >Super cheap, $100 for over a year >Decent equipment >Friendly vibe, but not so friendly that anyone tries to start random conversations
Cons >Pretty small, only 2 squat racks >Popular with highschoolers that like to hang in packs and hog stuff for 40 minutes at a time >Got busted for selling meth and firearms on the side a while ago
Christian Sanchez
Pros >Almost always empty >Free weights area is at a couple meters below ground and is a very tall all around concrete built room with Windows so keeps very cool throughout the year >Cheapest in the neighborhood at $17 usd (chekc value of argie peso while reading this, it may have flopped even more) >A good array of plates in both kgs and lbs >Great ambience overall, feels like graveyard hours run almost all day except from 5pm - 8pm when everybody goes to the gym at once
Cons:
>Cable machines are all in lbs, also regular dumbells. It does have russian dumbells rated at kgs >Sundays there's no gym because no trainers come that day. Tennis and paddle courts are open tho.
Noah Cruz
Pros >i am the dj of the place >everyone likes metal like me >everyone likes gay music like me >guys scream reee when a weight falls >scream between sets >old timers get the gym keys so we can stay late
Cons: >Barbells are useless >no grip >shitty whip >they all weight 20lbs >bench is useless >tfw i want to work out in home gym with gym bros
Alexander Lewis
sounds pretty cool, cant you talk to the manager about the weekend? im and we are talking to the owner to open on sundays
i want a home gym but im poor :( >very few people actually move big weight, and get weird whenever someone actually lifts man this happens to me too, i hate lifting seriously around dyels man can you give me some ideas about home gym? i want to start mine but its too expensive and my family is afraid i will lose contact with the rest of the world
Bentley Hughes
pros: it's at my uni so it's really accessible to me good locker room free condoms in locker room cons: always crowded unless its at 7am or 10PM Bench and squat rack always taken by some guy lifting 25s. One day I was squatting 2 plates(only because I sprained my back squatting 285 so I'm going low) and this guy comes to my rack and asks if he can use the 25lb plate. I gave him a disgusted look for even thinking that I would use anything lower than a 35. Always some DYELs on the bench benching the bar or adding 10lbs on each side. They always come in groups and stay there for an entire hour. Like I would come in and they're there. I leave and they're still there. I only bench,squat and do pull ups. The pull up section is almost empty(because DYELs and fatties can't do them) but there's fuken useless towels EVERYWHERE
Jack Brooks
Kek
Logan Reyes
Pros: >I can workout naked >don't have to share equipment with normans >can play whatever music I want >can read hentai doujins between sets Cons: >no cable machines
