Best thing about your gym?

[ldskenpo]

I have seen a couple of threads to talk about what you dont like about your gym. What about what you LIKE about your gym.

For me, I like the fact that it is 3 min walk from work, and that the cardio stuff is in a separate room from the weight room, so if you are in the weight room you dont have to deal with the blabber mouth talking on her cell on the treadmill.

[Hollow1]

Flipping easy one here...it's in my basement!!!

[Dean]

Its one mile from my place and it has mostly free weights. Plus i have a key for early training with nobody bugging me. And no fee!

[musclealchemist]

Some find looking ladies come in from time to time. thats about it.

[Tom]

I set up a 12X12 horse stall in my barn with quite a bit of stuff! I like it's always cool in there and it takes perseverence just to go out there especially in the winter when I experienced some temps in the the teens out there. I can flex in the mirrors and the horses looking over the stalls next to me won't judge me or laugh at what some consider vanity. Infact I can yell and swear without any care. I play whatever music I like as loud as I like and the nearest neighbor is more than an acre away! My cardio room consists of an elliptical in my living room so I can be with the family and hopefully entice my wife to try it out. The best part is I have saved thousands in gym dues and could justify a once a year gym purchase if need be based on these savings when I was still outfitting.

Good post Idskenpo!

-T

[Nas]

You can grunt, scream and deadlift
They don't care about your clothes and shoes
You can ask to W/O even when they are closed

[dnise]

I recently switched from Powerhouse gym to a much smaller local gym. Its not as fancy but it's very comfortable. I practically have the place to myself at 5:30am and at night there are about 10 people there at a time tops.

[Shark]

The looks I get in my gym are great. I think I am pretty much the only one as serious as I am in there. The looks of disbelief fuel me.

[Gainer65]

Flipping easy one here...it's in my basement!!!


Ditto.

[darkside64]

the fact that I go to it j/k.

[Barron]

its about 200 feet from my dorm and no one is ever there...

[Satchmo]

I just switched to Powerhouse Gym from a 24 fitness and I love it. It is definately THE hardcore gym in the area and they almost cater to serious weightlifters more than others. They have very expensive heavy duty equipment, professional squat racks, dumbells up to 150, and some great cardio machines with individual TVs. The vast majority of the people that lift there are hardcore or HUGE and even several women lift seriously. There are signed pictures of bodybuilders lining the walls and the owner is a female bodybuilder. Oh yea, and I pay $10 less per month compared to 24hr.

I mean, you know it is a good gym when they have an Animal "Shut up and Train" poster hung in the mens locker room.

[wolf]

The original Powerhouse - They have everything I need and the guys that work their don't have attitudes - They're enthusiastic, not snotty. Good people.

[MuscleTension]

Not many people go there, like a max of 5 at a time. Real cheap!

[MuscleTension]

My skool gym sucks, but a good thing is that I am one of the heviest lifters in there, and I break a lotta necks when I pull off some squats! Haha.

[Pokoritel]

Hey Animals,

The best thing about my gym would be that it is fairly large, and I have trained in small gyms and I did not have a good expeirence. Also, another great thing about my gym is that there is a nice small dungeon in the basement. It is really funny because upstairs looks like a damn beauty parlor, and when you walk downstairs you enter a totally different world. Its awesome.

Danny

[ldskenpo]

I know I already posted, but i saw something tonight I feel i should share.
A new guy came into the gym tonight, went and setup for cleans. pulled out some chalk from his bag chalked up his hands. The weight room is wall to wall black rubber mats.
one of the privates detailed to work there saw this and went and got the gym manager to get him to stop. manager walked in, saw what was going on, and then looked at the private and said, " you got a mop, right? make sure you use it in here tonight when you lock up."
I daresay not many gym managers would have said that, makes me all teary inside.

[LurkingBeast]

My gym's 24/7 just 5 mins from my house. I can go train at 11pm or 5:30am. Plus there are a few rather large guy's there, which is always a great push to work for what you see before you!

[Hollywood]

A friend of mine runs the gym I lift at. It's small compared to more commercialized gyms, but its got everything we need. I know everyone that goes there, so we blast music and get after it.

[Tron]

My gym is at my workplace and usually either just me or 1 or 2 people. So it's just like having a gym to myself! Talk about heaven.

[NEW B]

my gyms name is the old school gym need i say more

[js71474]

I have been going to my gym for a little over a year and the core members that are there everyday know me and they that when I am lifting there is no bullshit, no talking to me, and if I need a spot they just jump in. Likewise for them, they know I will help out anytime. It's a small gym but everything is there that I need and if not I improvise. I am just glad I got a place to train!

[Young&Hungry]

Nothing at all, hahaha. The people I've met though are irreplacable, though. Got me started on the road to where I stand today, and I can't do anything else but help a struggling shmuck in the gym like they did for me. I'm living proof that a little help can spark a fire inside.

[born0withno0soul]

I like my gym as well even though its a 24 hour fitness. They are cool about people sometimes accidentally dropping weights or grunting a bit because it happens and they understand. or atleast i have not done it enouh for anyone to tell on me. Only time will tell. been there for 6 months. We have an awesome selection of free weights and machines. I believe in both. No body in my gym is rippep like a freak or anyhting and im usually the only one getting the crazy looks for working so damn hard i get sick or almost get sick. I have some friends that are pretty big and strong enough to spot me but they just go to hang out and chat for a couple hours a night. I go early in the day when there is less people and i can concentrate better. No one there to help me acheive my goals so im alone on wanting to be a bodybuilder. I like it that way.

[lord boltron]

I train at my local ymca, its ten minutes from my house, and along the route i take home from work, but most importantly, really the only thing I DO like about the gym itself, is the few hardcore guys who train there too.

were few, and were often looked down upon by the "normals", but we go in and get the job done.

and its cool to look up from a ball bustin set of deads and see someone givin you that "nice" nod from over on a bench with a barbending load on it. True animals are an extremely rare species here in brampton ontario, but we always seem to congregate together somehow.

especially when theres 12 idiots doing jumping jack flip flop push ups off 15 swiss balls scattered everywhere.

[dtb004]

My gym is a great for me. There is like 4 people in there when I go in the morning. The guy who works there in the morning is jacked, and if you need something, you gotta find him at the weights b/c everyday he's lifting while working! Awesome! It's got cracked posing mirrors, loud music, and all iron, no rubber weights. Has the cardio and most of all, you are respected. The old people are in there working hard, women, men, etc.... By the way, my gym is simply named "The Gym".

[k1usa]

I train at the Fitness 19 in Fremont ca...first thing is..the price....like it says....19 bucks a month..thats it. The staff there is great...good people and really have supported my efforts to reclaim my life and health. I never feel bothered by the trainers...but they are always there to help spot and assist. I like the equipment...its always working...never broken....good free weights...location is great...and I can also train at the other gyms they have in the bay area....so..its all good...oh yea....I can get noisy...and grunt...the owners are all lifters and body builders....so its all good.....

[Q]

My school's brand new gym is about 200 feet from my door. I can check if it is busy from my back porch. I also enjoy the 6 squat cages and 6 olympic lift stations so there is always a place to do squats or deads. Finally if you can go at the right time there will hardly be anybody there.

[USMC_Muscle]

Man Im deployed so Im lucky to have a gym here. It has decent equipment but the one thing that really sucks is that he dumbells is that they only go up to 100 lbs. I guess they didnt think that the army could do more. Well thank god Im a MARINE.

[DreamZero]

It is old and ugly. For most, it could be a "what sucks about my gym" point, but the fact that there is no bay window, no sunbeds and no fushia spandex keeps it raw, in a spartan way.

[Arbalest]

My gym is open 24/7... and... they've got a couple treadclimbers =) lol

[Dunk]

Man Im deployed so Im lucky to have a gym here. It has decent equipment but the one thing that really sucks is that he dumbells is that they only go up to 100 lbs. I guess they didnt think that the army could do more. Well thank god Im a MARINE.

Dude where you at man?? I was in Fallaujah for the big push and they had like 3 gyms I think, the one was sweet had hammer strength and stuff, pretty nice.

My gym is pretty sweet, Its got 4 squat cages with 2 of them having platforms, then they have another platform for olympic movements. 2 jammers, and oh yea, most of all, no smith machines

[Padre]

What's good about my gym:

The fact that it's free for military members.

[Mr.Totality]

its quiet and usually empty how I like it

[txpower]

i like my gym because nobody goes to it so noone bothers me

[USMC_Muscle]

Dude where you at man?? I was in Fallaujah for the big push and they had like 3 gyms I think, the one was sweet had hammer strength and stuff, pretty nice.

My gym is pretty sweet, Its got 4 squat cages with 2 of them having platforms, then they have another platform for olympic movements. 2 jammers, and oh yea, most of all, no smith machines


Im at Camp Ashraf, eastern part. Our gym is small. We just have 1 of not everything that I need to lift. But we do have a power/squat rack, smith machine, and like i said b4 only dumbells that go to 100 lbs. I need a real gym here.

[Dunk]

yea, I just did the basic shit while I was in Iraq, it was tough with going out all the time. Best of luck to you though man

[RippedNYLifter]

My gym is always open, and waiting for me. No preps doing curls either. I own my gym.
















(Homegym)

[NickPalmer15]

My gym is cheap, almost everybody knows me, it isnt too busy (I had trained at a Bally's.... old people and women) they have everything that I could ask for right now

[humanforklift]

I'm free to yell and drop those heavy weights! No "Fitness Club" bullshit.

[jeff00z28]

Im one of few who does stuff other than bench press. Alll anyone at my gym is strong at is bench for the most part. They bench more than they can squat or deadlift cuzz thats ALL they do aside from some other chest and arms exersizes. It gave me a good laugh today when I heard some guys complaining that there needs to be more bench press benches... There are 3 set aside for flat, one or 2 for decline, and 2 for incline in a medium sized gym... So i dont ever rly have to wait for anything cuzz they are all gathered around the bench lol.

[ffmedic32]

Members Fitness in Lima....Its a kickass place to lift, everyone gets a key to the place, shitload of iron, DB up to 150, limited cardio equipment mostly all weights. No rules at all, any music ya want as load as ya want. Scream yell slam weights.. Bring in special equipment of your own, we have brought in boxes, bands, chains, kettlebells. Do whatever the fuck ya want

[Phil800101]

Both at home and at school, the gyms I work out at are never really all that crowded, so I rarely find myself waiting to use anything. Besides that, they have all the equipment I need and are both pretty basic, in that neither gym has any frills or needless shit. At home, my gym is open 24 hours which is really nice.

[StockRock]

I like the fact that my gym is connected to my house. I transformed my two-car garage into a dungeon

A few months ago, everything went into the shed. Barbells, Dumbells, and a few different machines were added along with a wrestling mat. I installed a kick ass sterieo system with surround sound along with other goodies.

Talk about convinence...

[sacrifice]

i like how if you go at the right time witch is like 4:30 am its only you and the iron. the got all the stuff and no extras like sauna dont get me wrong thats all great but when i go to the gym i just want to lift wieghts and do cardio when im cutting.

[Hothands]

The price of my gym is pretty good.....and that we basically have the same group of people every morning. Our routines don't get in eachothers way and we know when to stay out of eachothers way. It was just a natural thing that happened, not because of discussion but because of a mutual understanding. (oh, and I met my lady there)

ALTHOUGH, I cannot wait to become a home owner so that I can start creating my gym and not have to worry about being too loud or any crap like that.

[Far Beyond Driven]

Simple. It's a well equipped, huge chain gym with a sauna, and despite being a franchise gym, I can grunt all I like and the snob factor is really low.

[invictus1]

i lift at the oldest gym in Texas

[bigrhino]

i was away from my gym due to a Hurricane Katrina hitting my city. well, i now appreciate my gym much more b/c while i was away, i was at the biggest pussy/poser gym you could imagine. to make it worse it was connected to the local high school, so come 3:00 all the curl-ers come out. then i realized they had a hardcore gym hidden in the back.

coming back to see my gym, like a rat hole(you guys would have loved it), completely demolished. now i dont really complain too much about my current gym.
i would pick how they seperate the cardio, machines, and the real weights and real machines.

[Ricky P]

I like being one of the most experienced at my gym. I like the respect I get from the people that work there, and the looks I get from the people that workout there. Most people stick to the treadmills and elipticals so I don't mind that most of the people aren't there for the reasons I am. Most of them mind their business and stay out of the way, and I do the same for them. It's quiet, I am able to keep to myself, helps that my shirt says "I'm not here to talk."

[ldskenpo]

I know I started this thread a while back, but i have since moved and started going to a new gym.

on two occassions in this new gym, I have seen service techs walking through and checking all the equpiment for maintenance issues. And what they have done is convert the basketball court part of the gym to the weight room, and have 3 each incline,flat and decline benches, 2 power racks, and 2 smith machines.
and it is open from 0500 til 2400 ( post gym)
Robert

[MC-Hitman]

My local Powerhouse Gym has friendly workers/trainers circulating all the time
Most of the older lifters go balls to the wall, even some seniors (really old folk) can make most of the high school kids cry (old-timers pwn here!!)
They also do extensive renovations every few years (They are bringing in new fee-weight gym equipment at the end of the summer)

But I won't get to break them in :(, I'll be back to my colleges ultra-skat-hole of a gym ><

[LegendKillerJosh]

I think I have the best gym ever. Only 99 bucks a year for the following - 4 squat racks, 4 smith machines, 6 flat/inc/dec benches, plenty of free benches, huge db rack, plenty of 100 and 45's everywhere, and most of the people in it are actually hardcore powerlifters (right on the border of detroit) and not too much of a meat market in there. not many goofs that just talk the whole time. great gym.

[k1usa]

over this last year...my gym is like my extended family...takes all kinds...but its my home as well....

[brandona]

I can use chalk, cuss, scream, fart, drop weights, do power cleans...and as long as I follow the cardnial rule...RACK MY WEIGHTS when I am done, nobody cares...i clean up my chalk mess and go about my bidness...I can even use the equipment in a manner other than intended...pretty sweet....

-B

[gjn5002]

When I was at school, PSU had just built a multi-million dollar complex complete with 20 foot plasma screens and every machine known to man. Also pretty amazing considering the fitness fee is only 40$ a semester. Gym hours 6am-12am also a plus.
The gym back home in a dungeon but I prefer that plus we get to plug our iPods into the stereo and crank that shit.

[dominatetheiron]

it has weights thats all i need.

[Iron_Fist_Of_Allan]

Although my gym is called a fitness center, no one bitches when i puke in the garbage can, grunt a little or drop the odd weight, plus the price is right and they have everything i need to make gains except for a leg press.

[Toni69]

Both of the base gyms I go to are always empty! I think its mondays and wed's that there are a group of people but most of the time, I have both places to myself. Then again, this gets to be annoying at times cause I like watching people train..it fires me up sometimes, plus..the times I need a spot...I can never get one cause nobody is ever around!

[1skinnyassedrunt]

I've been to a few gyms and I noticed last week that the gym I am currently using the 'heavy weight room' (squat, deads, bench press etc), is sound proofed, the gym I was at before, is bigger has heavier weights, but when I asked one of the staff for a spot and was pushing as hard as I could on a set of barbell bench the manager told me to decrease the weight a little, when i did so it didnt feel like i was pushing myself @ all, at least at my new gym you are left to it, unless you need a spot.

[krazyassmexican]

i hate my gym is so pussy that it should change it's name to curves

[Little Houghton]

nobody dicks around, even the old ladies are into what theyre doin, and understand whats going on. ive had 50 y.o. + women screaming at me to finish my sets, plus the owners are some of the best people you could come across. theyll do anything they can to help someone, even though theybe been screwed over more times than they can count. plus, like NEW B stated earlier, its fuckin called the old school gym. what else do you really need?

[FeelthePain]

My number one gym is in my basement. Convenience.

I sometimes use the local YMCA. Best part about it... no one is ever using the heavy DBs, so I never have to wait.

[Testpolska]

One my gyms I go to has 1 squat rack. Its a hammer strength rack. For some reason I love to squat in that type of rack as opposed to a cage or an open rack. The downside is they only have one. The up side when I come in no one is ever using it, and if they are they clear out pretty quick.

My other gym has some bigger guys there so its nice not to be top dog, you got something to chas after which is nice.

[Powerfreak]

for starters 250lb plates
http://s156.photobucket.com/albums/t29/bdweston/?action=view&current=DSCN0378.jpg

http://s156.photobucket.com/albums/t29/bdweston/?action=view&current=DSCN0377.jpg

And then of course the only bench I have set up in the new place right now.

http://s156.photobucket.com/albums/t29/bdweston/?action=view&current=DSCN0376.jpg

Yes the plates do fit on the bar.

[Riesjs]

The weights and cardio machines are in completely different rooms. Plus we allow chalk. NICE

[Roland]

Just got to this new gym, which is Milos Sarcev's Koloseum gym in fullerton, ca. I only trained there for a week and already saw Milos, Hidetada yamagishi, and some other pros training there. The atmosphere is hardcore. The cardio equipment is all upstairs. That's all for now, hopefully there will be more good stuff later on.

[lightattheend]

my gyms right in my house in my basement, it's a great thing when your gym has no closing time and no one hogs the weights. and another bonus: NO rules! I can make whatever noise I want and no one will tell me quiet down

[Arnold Is Numero Uno]

i have a gym in my basement

the best things are convenience, custom music/lighting(if that even matters lol), never waiting for a machine, and it is easy to focus

[MassMonster]

its big ... its downstairs away from the cardio monkeys.... we got a dumbell room a machine room and a power room... its hardcore down to the bone... and most of all it has chains....;)

[Lowdown5]

100 pound plates, all the equipment you can imagine, dumbbells to 200 pounds, 2 buckets of chalk, 5 or 6 puke buckets, loud ass rock and roll, good vibe.

[Arnold Is Numero Uno]

100 pound plates, all the equipment you can imagine, dumbbells to 200 pounds, 2 buckets of chalk, 5 or 6 puke buckets, loud ass rock and roll, good vibe.

is this a home gym or a local gym? its awesome that they have chalk for you and puke buckets....any gym that has that is a fuckin Animal gym

[Lowdown5]

is this a home gym or a local gym? its awesome that they have chalk for you and puke buckets....any gym that has that is a fuckin Animal gym


Local gym, called Muscle Systems. Kris Dim and a bunch of local cats have all trained there, hardcore doesn't do it justice.

[benmatthews90]

the nails in the wall, the loud music, the bucket in the corner

[YOUNG_BB]

WHATS SO GOOD ABOUT MY GYM???

well thers an advantage and disadvantage

THERE IS NO MACHINES

SQUAT RACKS, INCLINE BENCH, FLAT BENCH, DUMBELLS AND LEG EXTENSION BENCHES

[IronSport]

That I can completely fail on my last set of squats outside of the rack and the sounds of crashing weights and my ass hitting the floor barely raises an eyebrow.. just a glance and and a head nod from one of the vets to make sure I'm cool.

[cable]

people push you, when you push yourself to the limit and your trying to get those last two reps out the guys that are standing around will yell at you and force you to finish the set.

[1skinnyassedrunt]

That I can completely fail on my last set of squats outside of the rack and the sounds of crashing weights and my ass hitting the floor barely raises an eyebrow.. just a glance and and a head nod from one of the vets to make sure I'm cool.

I know for a fact that if i did that @ my gym tomorrow (leg day), the staff would come running and be scared that they dont have enough insurance.

[IronSport]

Sounds like the all too familiar story that most of us have been forced to relate with at some point... hang in there, man.

[IronSport]

I know for a fact that if i did that @ my gym tomorrow (leg day), the staff would come running and be scared that they dont have enough insurance.

Sounds like the all too familiar story that most of us have been forced to relate with at some point... hang in there, man.

[xjoshiex]

my gym is literally a one minute drive from my house, or like a five minute walk. It great to be that close considering i train between 5:30 and 6 in the morning and not having to drive a while is great.

[Jimmy]

for the most part, everyone actually re-racks their weights, its really nice to come up to an empty bar or and empty leg press now and then. and it is 1 block from my house.

[NickSP]

It's not planet fitness, or a "judgement free zone," nor do they have a lunk alarm
They supply chalk.
Squat rack, cage, benches, a lot of Hammer Strength equipment, couple cable crosses, leg press, they've got everything you need in my eyes
DB's up to 150 I believe it is. Most of the time, you know it's at least a decent gym if you've got some big DB's.
You're allowed to lift hard.

[7707mutt]

My gym has daycare other wise I would not be training

[DMH56308]

There is nothing good about my gym! Lacks equipment, atmosphere sucks, and full retired people on cardo equipment. The one and only thing that is ok about it, no one is there at 4:50am when i get there, i'm usually the only one in the place until 5:45 or so! and its 3 blocks from my place that is about it!

[JUGGERNAUT]

The only thing good about my gym is that nobody cleans up their weights and I get to warm up with their last (3rd haha) set max. No Animals in site in that place brothers.

[Hoffdogg]

Good Stuff - Between work and home, close to both. Hardly anyone uses the free weights, and I usually have it to myself. It's only been open about 9 months, nice and clean, good equipment.

[1skinnyassedrunt]

I've never been able to understand how gyms in the US can be open 24-7 and 70% of the gyms here in the UK are always shut my eleven, and those who open to midnight during the week, the membership is somewhere along the lines of £70, the only hardcore gym in my area a proper 'balls 2 the wall' place is run by a pro bodybuilder but is only open 10am-10pm during the week and 10am-4pm at weekends ive trained their a few times but im waiting between exercises 'cause after 12pm, its packed!

[Squat_Heavy]

Good things

1 its owned by my training partner, so hardcore guaranteed
2 I work there so i have keys, allthough we have a keycard system and i train for free!!
3 a powerrack that can withstand nuclear war
4 2 solid benches that are good to bench on
5 chalk allowed for competitive lifters and such
6 after 8pm its the powerlifters and bodybuilders place, the regular people usually vanish when we start lifting heavy

[bobbymart]

I am the manager of my gym it is literaly a 2 min walk from my apt. and although i dont alow people to grunt, slam weights ect. 70 percent women and not hardcore women in my gym, i still have all the good equip life fitness, hammerstrength smith machine, v squat, power rack, ect... i lift when it's empty and it's my gym so i can do all the grunting and slaming i want ha!

[AnthonyB]

No one ever uses the squat and power racks.

Next month im training at this other place for only 75 a year. All dead weight, 3 benches, DBs up to 150, power cage, cross over, pull up bar,all i need.

[Squat_Heavy]

Oh, also we have dumbells up to 230lbs, forgot to mention that

[Flash419]

Gives me a keycard to swipe to open the door. Which means I can come or go 24 / 7, holidays included. Tons of weight, and great equitment. And after a long hard day at work, when I'm on my way home at 2am, I have to drive right past it. So,.... no excuse to not go in and do what must be done. No more missed workouts, and at 2am, the place is all mine.

[Cstlfx]

The thing about my gym, its on campus so its only a 10-15 minute walk. No one lifts before noon so its free range anytime before then. Also, theres plenty of free weights and machines.

[Stillfers_dad]

gets so crowded in the gym right now since they are preparing for the Philippine Mr.Universe qualifiers show...damn where running out of plates..nice to know also that when you sit aside with them you feel like a bromstick so it really motivates me to train hard and take some pointers from them

[Meat]

2 min from my house...3 racks of dumbells, one of which goes up to 250 pounds...they got coleman's name written on em haha

[dominate77]

it's really big, has dumbbells from 3 to 120 pounds, squat rack, pull up bars and tons of machines and machines keep most of the people away from everything else so theres usually no waiting for your lift..they have an upstairs for cardio, a whole room for stretching and abbs, no one really cares if you grunt or anything like that during your sets, my friend works there, they now sell animal products because i told my friend how great pak was, most people put their weights away, the bus stops by there to drop me off after school, it's only about a 10-15 minute walk home, the weights are organized and theres plenty of them

[1qazx]

since i use my school's gym im happy it got 4 bench presses because at one point i remember like 6 or 7 kids standing around one and 2 others were being used and so me and friend got the other one, im just happy i get there before any1 else to save my "special bench" because its the most comfortable to me, also they dont give a crap if i scream...loud.

[Stiff]

Everything. It's like cheers in there, and I'm Norm.

[born0withno0soul]

my gym has dumbells up to 180 lbs. they have pretty much everything i need. it is a 24hour fitness but i have been going there so long now everyone recognizes me and does not give me a second look when i do something foreign to them like deadlifts or squats

[Liftbig21]

besides the signs and the anal owner and some whackado highschool punks...my gym isnt to bad...3 power racks...tons of benches..dbs up to 150..and same as the dude above me ..everybody knows me in there asks me for advice and im happy to give it to them and when they see me deadlift and shit like that they dont look twice unless im goin really heavy...then they get nosey haha.

[spyderman4g63]

It is close to my house (if my car breaks down I can walk). If I am on midnight shift I go in around 2pm and it is empty (this is good and bad). The best part is the guys a train with if I go in later in the day. They have been doing this shit since before I was born.

[MassMonster]

it feels like home every time i desend those stairs into the pit... respect is always given.... and everyone does their own thing.... no bs

[Maharg]

My gym right now? Not much. There are 10 year olds running around in the weight room taking up the only bench in sight. The gym i am helping put together? Everything about it is amazing. The walls are brick and metal siding to keep the bars from goin through, chalk stations, deadlift platform, powerlifting grade bench press. You name it we got it. I have even been hired on to help the owner with her diet when she gets ready for competitions.

[Great White]

The best thing about my gym is that i am the only one there. Of course i have my lifting partner there, but thats it. 6 in the morning throwing up weight and not having to worry about some kid coming up to you and asking you how many sets you have left and throwing you off your game. That and its at a college so right when i'm done in the gym im walking out and see the young college chicks walking around. thats a bonus

[RoJoHen]

I go to the gym around 11pm, and the same people are always there. We all have our own things that we do, and I don't have to worry about people getting in my way.

I even made acquaintances with one them, and we spot each other when it's needed. But otherwise, we leave each other alone.

[Big Wides]

Since there is a thread "The Worst Fucking Thing About My Gym"...... I'd figure to start a thread on the best part (springing forward from last nights conversation while training), there has to be good points out there.....here is what i have so far

- Plenty of pies for the taking
- Leg area always seems to be empty
- The aboundance of equipment that can be used to stimulate different fibers
- Adapting to what is available to train with
- My Training Partners

Let's here what others like about there gym

[brandona]

Other than the fact that I train in a fully loaded powerlifter's dream gym, by far the best thing about my gym is the people...I get great help from the guys in the gym, the lifters that have been at it for a long time...On guy upon finding out that I was compeating this weekend, offered me anything I needed, knee wraps, singlet, belt, anything I needed...He even checked to see if he had an old suit and shirt that I could use....

Last night I went to get get a shirt to wear to the meet and I took the baby, they all stopped to come over and see her, even the owner came over....By far the human element of my gym is the best part...and its in a basement and the music is LOUD!!!!!!

-B

[krazyassmexican]

MYSELF....

i am not braggin
i am not hardcore by any means
but my gym is full of space takers
full of people benchin 5 times a day and working out biceps

so overcomin on that atmosphere and not becoming one of them
makes my gym be better everytime i step on it

[mex.i.can]

best thing about my gym is that there is plenty of equipment to go around (even despite the space wasters) and it's open 24 hours a day so i don't have to worry about getting my workout in before a certain closing time.

[McFly]

MY TRAINING PARTNERS
100 pound plates :)
the owners that come over to see big lifts or doing it themselves not coming over to tell you "you aren't allowed to lift that heavy sir"
the old school big house speakers from 1975 hanging from the walls!

[mjsef88]

the best thing about my gym is the...well...the entire gym.

-tons of equiptment, bells up to 150lbs, tons of benches not attached to stands, 5 squat racks

-the set up. used to be a racketball court, so they tore down the walls on the inside and clustered different things by bodypart. makes it easy to superset.

-the manager is an oldschool bodybuilder, always offers an opinion or suggestion worth its weight in gold

-the people. honestly they are dicks when you first meet them. but after you show up and prove you're not just taking up space they are amazing. Im not putting them down, they help the ones that want to be there. But they wont even make eye contact with the 5-times-a-week benchers and the guys who curl in the squat rack.

-location. 10 minute drive from my house.

-uh..probably the most important. tons of puke buckets, chalk everywhere, grunting, smashing of plates, loud music.

[brian22]

- Plenty of pies for the taking
- Leg area always seems to be empty
- The aboundance of equipment that can be used to stimulate different fibers
- Adapting to what is available to train with
- My Training Partners


aren't you forgetting the completely hardcore music they play?



In all seriousness though, I like the deadlifting area. My previous gym was a small local one that didn't have one so I'd have to "borrow" a barbell from a bench and just deadlift on the floor in the small weight room.

[jhicks3301]

The thing I like about my gym.....


45,000 sq feet of gym..... 8 squat racks..... 5 flat benches.... 4 Incline... DB's go up to 160

[ATLMusclBro5]

The best things about my gym:

1. It never closes! I love going after midnight and seeing folks training. It's nice to know that people are committed to their goals no matter the time of day.

2. Hardly anyone uses dumbbells over 80#. It's just like having an entire set of dumbbells to myself.

And most importantly...

3. The locker rooms are clean and well stocked. Enough said!!

[Shawn J]

I have the whole gym to myself!

[Jon2036]

best parts of my gym

- olympic lifting platform
- CHALK!

[bigffmike]

Not a lot of people durning the day, Multiple pices of equipment like 2 of every thing except leg stuff. The locker room is clean. The trainers will kick lofers off equipment if they arn't doing anything to free it up.

[HWRNHN]

The best thing about my gym, is the same thing as the worst thing about my gym... guys that are bigger than me. Just when i start to get a little cocky, there they are, dirty looks and all. I eat that shit up with a spoon.

[Hercules]

The best thing about my gym is that I have a key and can train whenever I want. I also have the choice of 10 full cages with platforms, 2 Olypmic bars per cage, a few tons worth of plates, 4 sleds, and a built-in sound system that I can crank with my music at my volume. Life is good...

[eblnyc]

good one super heavy duty wides...i love my dunegon..rusty weights in a smelly basement with equipment so old that half the time you don't know how much your lifting..they got a ton of 100 pound pies for the sled and the best part is most of the time there is no one there...

[MELTDOWN]

ours is a GYM.....not a fitness box. you CAN squat, d/l, grunt, use chalk and straps. there are plenty of plates, proper weighted d/b's and floor pads.

[NightStorm]

I love my gym because:

1) it's only a 5 minute drive from my house.
2) it has top notch equipment and plenty of it (both free weights & machines).
3) it's super clean (bathrooms, lockers, you name it).
4) it's open 24 hours.
5) did I mention it's only a 5 min drive from my house.

The gym does not make the man. One's faith and determination does, combined with the love of the iron.

[jeff00z28]

my gym is right across the street and down a lil ways about 1/4 mile away i guess if that. Its nice to have 150lb dumbells 2 racks 10+ barbells, a full line of HS machines w/in a 5 minute walk and no one complaining about rules

[BigBlueBear]

Best parts of my gym...

My partner is always there, even if he ain't workin out
I never have to wait on a piece of equipment
No fuckin cardio bunnies on the same treadmill / eleptical for 2 hours
I can get as loud as I want doin deads

Oh... and it's the same neighborhood as me... literally.
I workout in my boy's garage and we throw the iron down right.

[js71474]

The best thing right now is we just got a ton of new equipment which means no lines and a whole lot more opportunities and ways to lift. It looks like a different gym. Definite motivator!

[ThaiFighter]

I train at this little shitty hole and i love it because down the road is the nicer gym and everyone that just go to the gym to socialize is at that place. so my gym is usually empty, on a great day its just me in the weight room and acouple ppl doin their cardio. so thats what i love about my gym its shitty

[Arbel]

the people

by far the most hardcore crowd around
it's not rare to see a bunch of people around someone doing a big lift cheering him on.
first time i deadlifted 500 i had like 9 guys screaming in my ear " lift that fucking bar ! "
in hebrew ,russain and english (a wired mix ,but it gets your going LOL )

[RogueLion]

the people

by far the most hardcore crowd around
it's not rare to see a bunch of people around someone doing a big lift cheering him on.
first time i deadlifted 500 i had like 9 guys screaming in my ear " lift that fucking bar ! "
in hebrew ,russain and english (a wired mix ,but it gets your going LOL )

Fuckin awesome

[big H]

ours is a GYM.....not a fitness box. you CAN squat, d/l, grunt, use chalk and straps. there are plenty of plates, proper weighted d/b's and floor pads.

im with you there man, the gym i work at has a cardio/all machine room in the upstairs for the usual fitness shit, and then a shitty lol 10 feet wide basement for the real weights. so i love that in the basement theres usually no one wasting time, and if there is they see a few of us down there and realise they dont fit in. and because its the basement all of the trainers stay out lol, theres never anyone to tell you your beeing to loud or lifting to much weight or just make things akward, there are about 12 regular guys who are all buds and all push eachother. its liek living in a good neighbourhood where everyone is secretly competing againts eachother and themselves. it makes it a hard core gym, with a family aspect, where theres always a familiar face

[spanish.iron]

DA WIMENZZZZ!!!!!!!!..............

lol I'm j/k, but not. There's a lot serious females at my gym. The ones in their 40's are the crazy ones. When I started lifting, more than half of them were pullin more weight than me. Right now, there's about only 1 or 2 that outlift me haha... Anyways you can't beat motivation like that. My friend with a hot mom says,"Chris your gettin pretty big man...my mom said that your arms are bigger than my dad's at the dinnertable last night... it was wierd." And then I say, "No man I gotta get stronger...you don't understand... the woman are outlifting me!!!" Besides that, my gym has an awesome line of equipment. Anything I'll ever need. I'm paying less than half the regular monthly fee because I signed up before the gym opened. It's not exactly a hardcore, grunt and smash weights kinda gym... but I've never seen anyone complain when a guy does get loud. The only thing they don't tolerate is damage done to the equipment or the facility which is pretty understandable.

[Jimmy]

my gym is perfect, its extremely well equipped with a wide variety of maybe 5-6 year old equipment. so not too new and fancy but not too old either. we just got new dumbbells and treadmills, cages, and some fancy cable shit. DB's up to 150, i cant lift them, but they serve as inspiration. for the most part every member is enthusiastic about lifting and we have a solid crew of gym rat regulars. management doesnt give a shit if you bang weights, use chalk, yell, etc.. juice bar, supplement store stocks the full Animal line, sauna, pool, tanning, boxing, its got a shit load of stuff, and i will not deny it, some FINE women frequent that place.

[Mean Machine]

The old guys.

We have quite a few older fellas, around 70 or so, that just love to come in and see us youg cats lift. They come over and encourage you when you are going for a big lift and help load and unload bars just so they get a chance to chat. I know a lot of people don't like to talk when they are in the gym but I will take a few mins out of my workout for these guys any day.

[Phil800101]

1. Open 24 hours, 7 days a week.
2. Close, about a 5 minute drive.
3. Relatively empty when I go (weeknights around 8-10pm)
4. Enough equipment to get the job done, and then some.
5. Good sized free weight/weight machine areas.
6. Plenty of cardio machines, even though I hate cardio.
7. Fairly cheap, which is a nice plus.
8. Nice locker room, although I never use it except for the bathroom.

[ThirdEye]

1) It has some weights.
2) Its slap bang next to where i work.

I'll update you if #3 ever comes around...

[The_Beast]

1.Its Called the Powerhouse, yet there are no powerhouses except myself.
2.During the Christmas season, all they play is Christmas Music.
(doing my rounds for delts, with 315 on the smith listening to 'Jingle Bells')
3.There is more people becoming members for the Cycling Classes rather than the Weights.
4.20 minute Drive, minimum through traffic.

And yes, that is the Positives. You could only imagine the Negatives.

[PrometheusCon]

1) Great hours. Usually open 6:30am to 1:00am.
2) I've got 3 to choose from... (PSU gyms FTW. White building, Rec Hall, or IM building)
3) Even distribution of machines/free weights.
4) Multiple squat racks, benches, etc in every gym.
5) No one is there super early.
6) Machine locations are usually organized to body parts.
7) It's got other options like racquetball, basketball courts, swimming pool, etc.
8) Cheap. 95$ for both semesters and all the above things (pool, etc) are included.

[stewy37]

1. Within walking distance
2. I get to do whatever I want.
3. The people. While there are a bunch of retards, there are plenty of cool people that lift hard and are fun to be around.

[TylerC]

1. It has no hours, if ur first, u open the place up, if ur last, u shut it down on ur way out
2. Nothing but heavy metal and rap play
3. You should never have a bad workout here
4. The people...huge and motivated, some strong as hell too
5. Lots and lots of weights
6. 10 minute drive from my house
7. Chalk
8. It's home, I'm more comfortable there than I am sitting here typing this

Worst thing about my gym?

1. Bathroom locks dont work, actually the doors dont have handles, actually the whole freaking bathroom don't work....sheesh

[Riesjs]

Not a ton! haha. its 24/7 and its a franchise!! it is not a true weight lifters gym....cant wait to find one with DBs over 100 and a power rack...

[McKnife]

- plenty of pies
- plenty of barbells and dumbells up to 150
- the manager doesn't mind us using chalk, yelling or grunting
- a lot of machines, not necessarily new ones but a cable is a cable and a squat rack is a squat rack so...
- some nice trainers who know what they're talking about and don't try to tell you what to do and how to do it
- a nice crowd, one of the 10 strongest man in the province
.... well a lot of other things but it's just to long to make a list of 'em

[Roland]

-milos's gym
-Hardcore, oldschool atmosphere, mecca of bbing
-It is the gym of Flex photo shoots
-Met a lot of pros including jay cuts, ronnie coleman, melvin anthony, hide etc.
-Only serious lifters, it is almost empty when I go
-Grunting, 100lb plates everywhere, dbs up to 250s,
-Its like a family
-Cardio theatre upstairs, a bunch of machines and free weights downstairs, squat racks, smith machines, etc.
-The gym is inside a big warehouse space
- You probably have seen it on the fitshow
--- a lot more other stuff
pics: http://koloseum.com/gallery/

[Cstlfx]

There's a huge thread right now about the worst fucking thing about your gym. I'm feeling lighthearted and would like to hear what makes everyone's gym great. Doesn't matter for what reason, lets hear why those gyms are great.

I like my gym for a few reasons. One if you go before 9 in the morning, no one at all is there because its on campus and college kids dont wake up that early.
Also, if the main room gets crowded, they have a dungeon downstairs thats just freeweights so I can have at it without being bothered by the prissy people.

How about other people? Whats the best thing about your gym?

[Pokoritel]

They have a boxing room in my gym, and I love boxing.

[ThirdEye]

Someone already beat you to it a while back...
http://forum.animalpak.com/showthread.php?t=2423

[eblnyc]

yeah,wides did a thread about this one...

[ThirdEye]

Yea, remember him doing one, but looked up his threads and it wasnt there?

[panzerwagen]

In my gym you will find mostly free weights, old and worn rubber discs and iron dumbbells. Most of the machines are old monsters, not the fancy crap you find in sports clubs and similar places... It's not a big ass gym... you are allowed to rumble about and be noisy and drop the weigts on the floor while deadlifting. This is a place where you can grow stronger and develop without being disturbed by the business... I'm talking about the business that is going on in far too many so called gyms today - in these gyms, attention is focused on so many other things than the actual trainig... it's almost as if the essence of training is dead and forgotten.

I love my gym because it is a gym, and not a friggin disco hall lounge whatever.

Cheers!

[Cstlfx]

Damn, that one was buried, sorry about that. I cant believe that The Worst is always at the top of the pile. No one wants to say good things about their gym, they just want to complain about it. Very sad. Well, close this one up then. Sorry for the duplicate.

[ThirdEye]

Its cool bro. I used the search to dig it up and couldnt find it, so i had to go thru 12 pages of my posts to find it. This thread is beyond merging now, so just head over to the other thread and post up there.

[hayden_28]

i am the only one so i can do what ever i want

[WeeMan]

i am the only one so i can do what ever i want

haha cool

[Carpe Diem P.T]

Lets add some positive - what are the best things about your gym? what goes on there that makes you keep coming back.

The gym i go to:
1. its always quiet. even in peak hour
2. its a very friendly place
3. no posers

[SQUAT or DIE!]

haha

1. im stronger than the ego kids
2. theres TONS of 45's
3. the kids that work there are friendly and the guys actually know how to spot/ know how to train for the most part.
4. its free
5. where else can you squat 500 and have people just stand there in awe and say "wow your strong" and you just smile and say "thanks".. i used to get gaucked at and shit at 24 when i did LP, and people would ask me mid set if i still needed the weights on the machine...
6. theres a PL gym 50 yds away.. :)

[scals17]

The best thing about mine is the fact that I am the head supervisor of it. So when my schedule screws my day up, I grab my keys and open it up for myself.

[BamBam92]

The best thing about my gym is that its my place of refuge...thats about it...I go there, do my business..and get the hell out...

In IRON,
Josh

[Matt Dickerson]

This is too easy!

1. We have all the weight and equipment we need
2. I can do whatever I want whenever I want
3. I can listen to whatever I want however loud I want
4. Everyone that trains at my gym is hand picked and we all have the same agenda.
5. There is no Lunk O Meter. In fact, being loud and obnoxious is kind of encouraged.
6. Its free for me.

[Tork]

The best thing about mine is the fact that I am the head supervisor of it. So when my schedule screws my day up, I grab my keys and open it up for myself.

Hell Ya, I would do the same thing!


What is best about my gym is the millions of db's and plates! The eye candy doesn't bother me either, but you can not beat free either. Active Duty gyms are the best because they are free! The Row machine also does it for me specially when I am in the Cut like now

[jeff00z28]

good equipment
about 1/2 mile from my house as the crow flies
pay about 7$/month
my dad goes there
good looking women sometimes (not that i stare)
theres a few other serious lifters
jocks from my former highschool see the former skater kid outlifting them w/o juice
SINGLE showers which i will need for about a months since our shower is out of order at home

[Chin]

I really can't think of anything good to say... other than its close and its technically free...

Chin

[DreamZero]

Lots of open space with a dozen of olympic barbells and about hundred 45s. Mark your territory, crank the music up and go "RHGHAHGH".

[calcaneous]

1. powercage
2. deadlift station
3. amazing military press
4. db go up to 160lbs

[Mutant]

I wrote one of those threads that sounded like a lot of bitchin' and moanin' about my gym but that's not what it was so much. My thoughts just came out wrong. I was trying to let everyone in on a cool experience I had at my gym that helped me get a great workout. And that's what I love about my gym--no matter what kind of day I'm having there's ALWAYS a reason to have a fuckin' awesome workout and get it done!

[MassMan]

Just me and the powerrack to wage war

[WeeMan]

i love that it is full of absolute MONSTERS!!!

[MassMan]

i love that it is full of absolute MONSTERS!!!

Where do you train?

[WeeMan]

Where do you train?

scotland....haha
its tiny little bodybuilding gym near my house.

[squattingtillipuke]

I am currently in the process of making my own spot in my barn...almost done.

I have db's to 120, my own squat rack (NO BB CURLS ALLOWED!!!!), leg curls and extensions, regular bench, incline bench, lat pulldown etc.

I am looking forward to being able to go in there blast my music and blast some weight and not having to worry about anyone else getting in my way. Just a nice calm pace at which to build my fortress in!!!!

[BrotherInArms]

I have the keys to 'em.

&

I helped pick out the equipment.

[newbreed]

Hardcore environment

[SQUAT or DIE!]

scotland....haha
its tiny little bodybuilding gym near my house.

ha ive seen pictures of the scotland games, i dunno if thats what yall call it.. but ive seen the dudes who throw the damn trees... i would like to trasin with them boys..

[Polish Prince]

The Iron Chamber Gym, it's known to some of the top underground powerlifting contest in the US atleast that was the word on our last meet. machine was going to come out as a special guest but got snowed in in albany, ny.

have lots of world class powerlifters and record holders in different divisions that lift there as well as a big up in coming bodybuilder Jay Bednar.

it's in the basement of a bookstore the owner rents out and everyone pays a small fee and you receive a key and go anytime u want. if after store hours upstairs you can crank the radio up as loud as you want. only about 25-30 members, lots of free weights and banners, motivational writings on the walls, nothing around you but cold hard steel and the cement floor covered in chalk. needless to say it's pretty hardcore!

[Lowdown5]

ha ive seen pictures of the scotland games, i dunno if thats what yall call it.. but ive seen the dudes who throw the damn trees... i would like to trasin with them boys..


Scottish Highland Games, they do what is called tossing the caber. I have tried it a few times and it is hard as hell. The goal is to toss it, have it hit and flip over but stay on the center line and go the farthest. Tough shit to do.

[SQUAT or DIE!]

Scottish Highland Games, they do what is called tossing the caber. I have tried it a few times and it is hard as hell. The goal is to toss it, have it hit and flip over but stay on the center line and go the farthest. Tough shit to do.

thank you for correcting me, i wasnt sure.. but you gotta be a bad SOB to do that, training for that kinda thing must be intense..

[MassMonster]

Best thing bout mine.... ha! I run the place.... feels good to go into the gym and have people move to the other side cuz they kno u mean business

[Lowdown5]

thank you for correcting me, i wasnt sure.. but you gotta be a bad SOB to do that, training for that kinda thing must be intense..


It is very intense, they train hard. There are other events to putting the stone kinda like a shot, throwing a hammer like a kettlebell over a raised bar. Those guys are some badasses. And they do it all in a kilt! LOL

Gotta love us Scots!!

[SQUAT or DIE!]

It is very intense, they train hard. There are other events to putting the stone kinda like a shot, throwing a hammer like a kettlebell over a raised bar. Those guys are some badasses. And they do it all in a kilt! LOL

Gotta love us Scots!!

ha i think having the opportunity to train with them would be amazing, kilts and everything..

[Lowdown5]

ha i think having the opportunity to train with them would be amazing, kilts and everything..


Check and see if they ever have games in your area. Go and check em out, really pretty fun and lots of good food too!

[SQUAT or DIE!]

Check and see if they ever have games in your area. Go and check em out, really pretty fun and lots of good food too!

haha mostly we have hispanic events and north of me theres tons of german events too.. they have a mini octoberfest.. MMMM

[Lowdown5]

haha mostly we have hispanic events and north of me theres tons of german events too.. they have a mini octoberfest.. MMMM


Just sent you a PM with a link. Games are April 5th and 6th in San Antonio. Check em out.

[CraigTurner]

I know I already posted, but i saw something tonight I feel i should share.
A new guy came into the gym tonight, went and setup for cleans. pulled out some chalk from his bag chalked up his hands. The weight room is wall to wall black rubber mats.
one of the privates detailed to work there saw this and went and got the gym manager to get him to stop. manager walked in, saw what was going on, and then looked at the private and said, " you got a mop, right? make sure you use it in here tonight when you lock up."
I daresay not many gym managers would have said that, makes me all teary inside.

wish i had the experience that the person your talking about had..i pulled out chalk in my gym and immediately got told its not allowed..i was rather frusterated..but..this thread is about what we like..so..id have to say..its..somewhat cheap..beside that..hm..hard one..

[GUNJAK]

1) We all have a key, so hours are not a problem.
2) Enough iron to load up every bar in the place and still have some left over.
3) Dedicated partners and hands on owner.
4) No pop/top 40 on the radio, just that hard shit.

[BamBam92]

Bes thing about my gym....

It as weights in it!

[SQUAT or DIE!]

1) We all have a key, so hours are not a problem.
2) Enough iron to load up every bar in the place and still have some left over.
3) Dedicated partners and hands on owner.
4) No pop/top 40 on the radio, just that hard shit.

i think thats gotta be the best best thing about my gym so far... lucky SOB

[Enforcer]

I love my gym. No windows- down in a basement area, No Hot women to distract you, and Heavy weights just asking to be moved

[LittleMan55]

I go in the a.m and its just me and my trainig partner most days. Kind of like our own personal playground, with lots of heavy things to push and pull! Evenning time its packed with the jack jawers, so the best thing about my gym is the lonely mornings.

[zanderfever]

The fact that I have seen more people benching/incline benching 3 plates with good form, then dumbasses benching 2 plates with a spotter doing all the work

[ldskenpo]

its a tent set up in the desert with sheets of plywood thrown down so the equipment dont sink into the sand, it keeps the lazies out cuz they wont think through a problem, if your hands get sweaty- you dont need chalk, just pat your hands into the sand.

[JUGGERNAUT]

its a tent set up in the desert with sheets of plywood thrown down so the equipment dont sink into the sand, it keeps the lazies out cuz they wont think through a problem, if your hands get sweaty- you dont need chalk, just pat your hands into the sand.

That's awesome

[The Sun]

it has a power rack to squat in.
that's about it.

[prowrestler]

i can do practically whatever i want in it!

if i get noise complaints for putting a barbell down, they just ignore it. im aloud to use chalk on everything..but i clean it cause im nice :)

your not suppose to drop dumbells but im alloud!

ahhh

oh, WWE comes to my gym when there in town.

we have 6-8 power racks, all with a pull up bar too.

the women look amazing! ( when i rest, i can watch!)

we have 175 dumbells and cause i big guys is reppin them on the incline press, where getting bigger ones! i think a set up to 200.

i gotta say, my gym is great, just some people in it are not lol

[IronWilson]

What surprises me is that I go to the YMCA, and they actually provide us with chalk. The YMCA has a bad rep with being a commercialized gym, and for the most part it is. But when you walk down the stairs to the basement, you see tattered equipment, power racks, and a place that looks like a dungeon. There are even some old school power lifters that work out there. It's actually semi-hardcore.

[painisprogression]

Best thing about my gym?

#1 - Not you typical gym
#2 - While I am working and lifting 9-5 solid rotation of Heavy Metal, Death Metal and occasionally my own band of the radio (Cd's)
#3 - Nobody over 50 has signed up in a long time and the ones that are haven't shown in a while.
#4 - Chalk
#5 - Rusty bars
#6 - No cell phone reception in metal building
#6 - Very few mirrors
#6 - Yes I listed 6 three times (666)
#7 - People staring at you like your a freak when you have a squat/bench/deadlift suit on
#8 - It's cheap for memberships

[Feel The Power]

I lift at a good hardcore gym.. alternative/rock music always on the speakers.. bucket of chalk in the corner. Pictures of arnold and other bodybuilders on the walls. Mainly serioius lifters go to my gym, but of course there are always a few who ruin it. Also, its open 24/7!!

Out in the middle of the corn fields here in Iowa...