[quote]milktruck wrote:
Im in Miami Beach now, moving to Brickell or Midtown soon. I bounce around between the UM gym and area LA Fitnesses, none of which are convenient from here. Im working in the gables and might switch to Ballys on Coral Way if my free pass works out well.
I think youre in Central Florida right? Im talking about the Orange City LA Fitness. I went to high school out there. I guess there are people out that way and its not super rural or anything but Volusia County is an absolute wasteland that shoudnt exist.
Oh and I do <3 Phil Collins. Not for lifting, obviously, but I grew up with that stuff stuck in my parents tape deck and cant deny I like it still today.[/quote]
I also live in FL. Broward County to be a little exact. Dont go to Ballys, there contracts are terrible. You will be stuck there and you wont be able to cancel your membership. It happened to me. I had to get a Dr. note to be able to cancel my membership. What a horrible gym.
A friend of mine used the 7 day free pass when i started and 2 years later he got a call from a collection agency trying to collect his dues that he never paid. They wanted like $2,100 bucks from him. He explained that he never even sign up for the gym that it was a free trail. Apparently if you dont cancel your free trail they automatically start your membership? Not sure what the out come of that was with him though. I just laughed.
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Well, the āsignatureā LA fitness in downtown miami wont let me go without a 140 upgrade fee and like another 30 bucks a month. I asked what that gets me and the guy said ātowel serviceā and that its āexclusive.ā Pretty much the worst thing about miami is people who are into overpriced ābottle serviceā and being pointlessly āexclusiveā so I decided to cancel my membership.
The Ballys web site will let you sign up without the sales shakedown and its between school, work, and home, so I figured if its not a madhouse and there is a squat rack and power cage Id give it a try. Didnt think it would be a life sentence cause they let you skip the sales racket, but i believe you.
LA Fitness makes you request a letter from the front desk, then you have to send it in within 10 days i think and your membership ends like 2 months later. Such horseshit.
Is it really that crazy to be DLing heavy in a commercial gym? I deadlift more (frequently) than I bench, I should hit up a gym for fun and see what looks barbell lunges getā¦
I love my commercial gym (WA only, 5 locations) because I lift heavier than 80% of the guys in there. Two squat racks, hardly ever a wait. Lots of fat people doing cardio who look exactly the same as one year ago. The cute girls crowd into some yoga classes and then leave (no, Iām not one of them). The place is highly entertaining.
I hate my commercial gym. Iām looked down on for deadlifting, or doing the few things I can train there with proper form. Last time I pulled a DL in there, I got some chalk dust on the floor, the guy looked at me like iād shit in the middle of the floor.
I love the confused look on their faces when I turn up covered in sweat from my work out in our dusty hell hole, shins bleeding and looking a bit dazed, before I just hop on the elliptical and do my thing. I love getting stared at knowing that they wonder why I dont go and train with the weights there. I love the knowledge that iām stronger than all of them, but theyāll never know one way or the other.
[quote]MattyXL wrote:
Because I wear sunglasses while I lift, and so does everyone else.[/quote]
I canāt wait until Iām 240lbs just so I can get away with this.
[quote]MattyXL wrote:
Because I wear sunglasses while I lift, and so does everyone else.[/quote]
I canāt wait until Iām 240lbs just so I can get away with this.[/quote]
Its awesome espescially when doing bicep curls in the squat rack
[quote]MattyXL wrote:
Because I wear sunglasses while I lift, and so does everyone else.[/quote]
I canāt wait until Iām 240lbs just so I can get away with this.[/quote]
Its awesome espescially when doing bicep curls in the squat rack
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[quote]MattyXL wrote:
Because I wear sunglasses while I lift, and so does everyone else.[/quote]
I canāt wait until Iām 240lbs just so I can get away with this.[/quote]
Its awesome espescially when doing bicep curls in the squat rack
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oh thatās just meanā¦[/quote]
and when I throw 25s on the barbell, im so fucking hardcore with my aviators!
[quote]MattyXL wrote:
Because I wear sunglasses while I lift, and so does everyone else.[/quote]
I canāt wait until Iām 240lbs just so I can get away with this.[/quote]
Its awesome espescially when doing bicep curls in the squat rack
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oh thatās just meanā¦[/quote]
and when I throw 25s on the barbell, im so fucking hardcore with my aviators!
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[quote]MattyXL wrote:
Because I wear sunglasses while I lift, and so does everyone else.[/quote]
I canāt wait until Iām 240lbs just so I can get away with this.[/quote]
Its awesome espescially when doing bicep curls in the squat rack
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oh thatās just meanā¦[/quote]
and when I throw 25s on the barbell, im so fucking hardcore with my aviators!
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[quote]MattyXL wrote:
Because I wear sunglasses while I lift, and so does everyone else.[/quote]
I canāt wait until Iām 240lbs just so I can get away with this.[/quote]
Its awesome espescially when doing bicep curls in the squat rack
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oh thatās just meanā¦[/quote]
and when I throw 25s on the barbell, im so fucking hardcore with my aviators!
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[quote]MattyXL wrote:
Because I wear sunglasses while I lift, and so does everyone else.[/quote]
I canāt wait until Iām 240lbs just so I can get away with this.[/quote]
Its awesome espescially when doing bicep curls in the squat rack
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oh thatās just meanā¦[/quote]
and when I throw 25s on the barbell, im so fucking hardcore with my aviators!
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Holy shit I went to that Ballys and did my free session around 6:30 PM. I went up, walked around, foam rolled, and left. Such a madhouse. People throwing around plates to looks tough, some kid dropping 315 while he was quarter-squatting, people lined up to curl in the squat rack, not enough bars for the bar-needing equipment, a near fight at the water fountain, everything not in use was reserved by a towel by a guy on a cell phone. I realized pretty quick i was not going to be able to get a work out in under 3 hours.
However, if I could have worked out I would have joined, but the access to equipment issue is really the only issue. I love the D bags, especially when they are stronger than me lol, and the retards and cardio bunnies. If you have to deal with this overcrowding at such an extreme, though, my heart goes out to you. They even tried to get me to sign up before my session, without even showing me around lol.
So I signed up for the summer membership where I go to grad school, which I didnt want to do on principal, but whatever, its probably the best gym around anyways.
I love being looked at for having weird form on the bench when Iām benching properly (lol HEāS TOUCHING HIS CHEST WIT DA BARZ)
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One time I was doing max effort incline bench and had a kid spot me for my last single. I brought the bar to my chest and stopped it there for no more than a split second, I like to do incline from a dead stop for whatever reason, and he tried to save me as soon as the bar passed my eyes. After I got it he started telling me how he thought I didnt have it because I went too low and you arent supposed to go that low like i was an idiot. That was a single at 225, so I asked him if he and his friend wanted me to leave 145 on and he said yeah. As I walked away they took the 45s off and put on 25s anyways. He had a lot of advice for a guy doing half reps with 95 lbs! some people might find this annoying but it happens infrequently enough that I get a kick out of it.
Iāve left my old commercial gym but I used to love the way people stared at me like I was some kind of crzed lunatic when I deadlifted.
I loved the way I could press more than 99% of the people there could āsquatā. And ftr, NOBODY in that place ever hit parallel or lower.
I liked being asked for advice on lifting and technique, even if it wasnāt listened to half the time.
To be fair I liked the way one of their staff knew his stuff and nobody had a problem with me chalking up the bar and making a mess 'cos I always tidied up after myself.
