I recently moved to a new part of Vancouver so I’m looking for a new gym.
I go to check out Trevor Linden’s Gym “Club 16” ( should have known…)
I have to fill out a full form to take a simple tour ( for insurance purposes )
Gym easily has 35 + ellipticals, treadmills, steppers, rowers etc.
Dumbbells to 80 lbs …
ONE squat rack … and not even a proper one at that ( not a cage but just a “rack” )
When we get to that point of the tour ( about 45 seconds in ) I say to the guy " is that the only squat rack ? " he says, " ya, but you can use the smith machines too !!" I say " sorry, I’m mainly going to be doing powerlifting and oly lifting so I’m not interested…" Then I just left…
You would think that a gym owned by an ex professional hockey player would at least have some decent facilities for athletes…
The reason they have only one squat rack is insurance purposes. At my gym, there is no oly bar or squat rack because of liability. I have to drag my kettlebells in and out of the gym. There’s a fitness center where you can play hoop, indoor soccer, hit golf balls in the area. They put in a new gym. I asked the manager if they were going to put real weight in there or just a bunch of sally machines and dumbbells up t 50 lbs. He said they don’t want people getting hurt.
In my next house, I’m having a 3 car garage. Two for my rigs, one for my gym.
[quote]BCFlynn wrote:
The reason they have only one squat rack is insurance purposes. At my gym, there is no oly bar or squat rack because of liability. I have to drag my kettlebells in and out of the gym. There’s a fitness center where you can play hoop, indoor soccer, hit golf balls in the area. They put in a new gym. I asked the manager if they were going to put real weight in there or just a bunch of sally machines and dumbbells up t 50 lbs. He said they don’t want people getting hurt.
In my next house, I’m having a 3 car garage. Two for my rigs, one for my gym. [/quote]
It couldn’t just be insurances purposes though when there are other gyms near by that do have many squat racks… I’m sure it’s less expensive with less squat racks but not overly so.
I was just surprised that a gym owned by a hockey player would be targeted at house wives… thought it was going to have platforms and bumper plates.
[quote]BCFlynn wrote:
The reason they have only one squat rack is insurance purposes. At my gym, there is no oly bar or squat rack because of liability. I have to drag my kettlebells in and out of the gym. There’s a fitness center where you can play hoop, indoor soccer, hit golf balls in the area. They put in a new gym. I asked the manager if they were going to put real weight in there or just a bunch of sally machines and dumbbells up t 50 lbs. He said they don’t want people getting hurt.
In my next house, I’m having a 3 car garage. Two for my rigs, one for my gym. [/quote]
It couldn’t just be insurances purposes though when there are other gyms near by that do have many squat racks… I’m sure it’s less expensive with less squat racks but not overly so.
I was just surprised that a gym owned by a hockey player would be targeted at house wives… thought it was going to have platforms and bumper plates. [/quote]
Why are you surprised? If the goal is to make money, I’d do the same damn thing and line that pig with treadmills aplenty. I’d be willing to bet the ratio of soccer moms to all powerlifters, oly lifters, and serious athletes combined in my town is 50:1. Curves has a full parking lot, while I lift in my basement breathing in the mildew stank. Money > Reputation. Snoop Dogg taught me this valuable lesson by being on all the Nickelodeon shows my kids watch.