[quote]SpeedKills wrote:
I work as a trainer for Home Court America in SA (on I-10 + Callaghan) and I’ve been known to sport T-Nation shirts when I visit other gyms in town. By the way, I am not recommending HCA for hard-core use. To quote Mike Robertson, “everytime I train at the corporate club, a little part of me dies.” I’m waiting to open a warehouse gym in the next couple of years.[/quote]
Their phone number is stored in my cell phone.
[quote]jm85 wrote:
Don’t mean to hijack the thread. But I’m looking for a good gym in San Antonio.
The gym I’m currently at, I won’t say any names, cough, Spectrum, cough are closing the location that’s .5 mile from my house. It was a really old location with a pretty decent weight room that was hardly ever crowded. All the other locations have more flat screen tv’s than Best Buy’s showroom and some even have rubber plates! [/quote]
We’re at Lifetime. The plates are octagonal, which makes deads rather troublesome. But other than that, we like it. (Unless my husband has something different to add in which case, I like it.)
We’ve got similar plates. I still pull off the deadlifts and OL-variations, but it sucks. I’ve got a nice little training room that I’m trying to get approval to put a squat rack in and a platform. We’ll see. I’m actually going to start doing some training using the Velocity Sports Performance platforms. I’m hoping to hit a 405-pound front squat and a 300-pound power clean. I’ll need a true set-up for training and I know the guys over there, so here’s hoping.
[quote]SpeedKills wrote:
I work as a trainer for Home Court America in SA (on I-10 + Callaghan) and I’ve been known to sport T-Nation shirts when I visit other gyms in town. By the way, I am not recommending HCA for hard-core use. To quote Mike Robertson, “everytime I train at the corporate club, a little part of me dies.” I’m waiting to open a warehouse gym in the next couple of years.[/quote]
man, I used to have a membership there, I joined to play basketball, but they kept renting the stupid courts out ALL the time. I joined Lifetime Fitness. They’re building another one at the rim, I10/1604. They both have the sucky hex plates though, definately NOT hardcore.
[quote]SpeedKills wrote:
I work as a trainer for Home Court America in SA (on I-10 + Callaghan) and I’ve been known to sport T-Nation shirts when I visit other gyms in town. By the way, I am not recommending HCA for hard-core use. To quote Mike Robertson, “everytime I train at the corporate club, a little part of me dies.” I’m waiting to open a warehouse gym in the next couple of years.[/quote]
Let me know when you open your warehouse gym, I’ll join.
[quote]SpeedKills wrote:
We’ve got similar plates. I still pull off the deadlifts and OL-variations, but it sucks.[/quote]
Most of the 24hr Fitness gyms in my area have the same thing. I just put down a couple of those yoga mats on that are strewn throughout the gym on each side and it seems to help.
I’ve seen the tribal logo shirt T-Nation on a pretty good sized guy at one of the clubs, but no Testosterone shirts (besides the one I wear–which get plenty of funny looks).
LJ
[quote]SWR-1222D wrote:
BIGRAGOO wrote:
I have yet to see one around here, but I did catch a Biotest shirt on ESPN on a poker player. I thought that was cool.
Dude, could it have been that kid who was talking about being great at playing poker, and I think he got kicked off for threatening people here too?
That would be funny. It would take me too long to find that thread, but it was great.
I found one guy who recognized my testosterone shirt, but I’ve never seen him post here.[/quote]
No, this wasn’t a kid I saw. He looked like he’s in his thirties.
[quote]Race Fan wrote:
BIGRAGOO wrote:
I have yet to see one around here, but I did catch a Biotest shirt on ESPN on a poker player. I thought that was cool.
Would it help if I showed up at Felix’s with my Alpha Male shirt on?[/quote]
Well, let’s see…yes. Now I think I know who you are.
[quote]buckaroo wrote:
Does Biotest have any shirts that are mesh? Preferably a midriff. I wish Biotest would start carying some Zubaz pants![/quote]
Outstanding!
[quote]ThatGirl77 wrote:
jm85 wrote:
Don’t mean to hijack the thread. But I’m looking for a good gym in San Antonio.
The gym I’m currently at, I won’t say any names, cough, Spectrum, cough are closing the location that’s .5 mile from my house. It was a really old location with a pretty decent weight room that was hardly ever crowded. All the other locations have more flat screen tv’s than Best Buy’s showroom and some even have rubber plates!
We’re at Lifetime. The plates are octagonal, which makes deads rather troublesome. But other than that, we like it. (Unless my husband has something different to add in which case, I like it.)[/quote]
Admitting my ignorance here, how does the shape of the plates have any effect on deadlifts?
[quote]blue9steel wrote:
ThatGirl77 wrote:
jm85 wrote:
Don’t mean to hijack the thread. But I’m looking for a good gym in San Antonio.
The gym I’m currently at, I won’t say any names, cough, Spectrum, cough are closing the location that’s .5 mile from my house. It was a really old location with a pretty decent weight room that was hardly ever crowded. All the other locations have more flat screen tv’s than Best Buy’s showroom and some even have rubber plates!
We’re at Lifetime. The plates are octagonal, which makes deads rather troublesome. But other than that, we like it. (Unless my husband has something different to add in which case, I like it.)
Admitting my ignorance here, how does the shape of the plates have any effect on deadlifts?[/quote]
The sides on octagonal plates don’t always match, so when you bring the bar to the ground, the plates that aren’t on a flush side have to rotate to stand on a side, which makes the whole bar move and isn’t ideal for a lift that include the weight touching the ground.
[quote]BIGRAGOO wrote:
blue9steel wrote:
ThatGirl77 wrote:
jm85 wrote:
Don’t mean to hijack the thread. But I’m looking for a good gym in San Antonio.
The gym I’m currently at, I won’t say any names, cough, Spectrum, cough are closing the location that’s .5 mile from my house. It was a really old location with a pretty decent weight room that was hardly ever crowded. All the other locations have more flat screen tv’s than Best Buy’s showroom and some even have rubber plates!
We’re at Lifetime. The plates are octagonal, which makes deads rather troublesome. But other than that, we like it. (Unless my husband has something different to add in which case, I like it.)
Admitting my ignorance here, how does the shape of the plates have any effect on deadlifts?
The sides on octagonal plates don’t always match, so when you bring the bar to the ground, the plates that aren’t on a flush side have to rotate to stand on a side, which makes the whole bar move and isn’t ideal for a lift that include the weight touching the ground.[/quote]
24 hr fitness pisses me off, but its the only thing around here even remotely close.
[quote]BIGRAGOO wrote:
blue9steel wrote:
Admitting my ignorance here, how does the shape of the plates have any effect on deadlifts?
The sides on octagonal plates don’t always match, so when you bring the bar to the ground, the plates that aren’t on a flush side have to rotate to stand on a side, which makes the whole bar move and isn’t ideal for a lift that include the weight touching the ground.[/quote]
Thanks, man. What Big said. 
[quote]ThatGirl77 wrote:
BIGRAGOO wrote:
blue9steel wrote:
Admitting my ignorance here, how does the shape of the plates have any effect on deadlifts?
The sides on octagonal plates don’t always match, so when you bring the bar to the ground, the plates that aren’t on a flush side have to rotate to stand on a side, which makes the whole bar move and isn’t ideal for a lift that include the weight touching the ground.
Thanks, man. What Big said. :)[/quote]
Didn’t mean to answer for you. Sorry.
[quote]BIGRAGOO wrote:
Didn’t mean to answer for you. Sorry.
[/quote]
No worries. You got there before me and explained it better nayway. lol!
[quote]BoxBabaX wrote:
24 hr fitness pisses me off, but its the only thing around here even remotely close. [/quote]
We’ve got a couple around Portland that are pretty good. There is one that hasn’t been renovated since they bought it from Golds. It has two squat racks, two power racks, and a DL platform (with two old school round 45s!) But most of them have done away with the platforms.
LJ
[quote]LittleJohn wrote:
BoxBabaX wrote:
24 hr fitness pisses me off, but its the only thing around here even remotely close.
We’ve got a couple around Portland that are pretty good. There is one that hasn’t been renovated since they bought it from Golds. It has two squat racks, two power racks, and a DL platform (with two old school round 45s!) But most of them have done away with the platforms.
LJ[/quote]
I wouldn’t know a DL platform if I were to trip over it. None of the gyms I’ve belong to had one. I just DL in the power rack on the rubber matting.