I walked into heaven today

[jcp2]

JCP did you tell Joe I said Hi

I just missed him, i talked to some high school kid who was bamboozled by my questions, i am going to stop in tomorrow. The place looks exactly like what i am lookig for though.

 

[BigRonWannabee]

damn, Ive been gym hunting but havent found anything close to what id call heaven. Good find my man, and 10mins from your house?? Bastard!

 

[iron addict]

Yeah, no shit. The town I live in (population 870, I actually live on 5 acres on a mountain) doesn't even have a gym, and the next closest gym 25 minutes away is a Golds, and when I walked in there I witnessed a swarm of guys with 14 inch arms doing 23 sets of curls and 33 sets of flys. I couldn't get out of there fast enough. So......I still train at home. Ah rural living.

IA

 

[MuffDyver]

oh, i get it. thats what the little "nj" is next to your location. lol
i'm slow.

 

[huskyguy]

Part of what makes a gym great or not are the people who go there. I have been to gyms with wonderful state of the art facilities but it was a fashion show and the people were not serious about working out. My gym is a dungeon, but its clean and has the right equipment, but most importantly the gym owner and members are serious about lifting weights. The members at my gym are helpful to new people without being arrogant jerks, and the owner expects people to clean up after themselves. Were all competitive with each other yet supportive as well. I like my gym mainly for the people.

 

[lil g]

sounds great...my gym has nice weights ... round and all...the 1 complaint i have about my gym is the god damn fucking music...puts me to sleep..they play R&B, BRITNEY FUCKING SPEARS, and all that other girly shit

 

[blackbeard]

Part of what makes a gym great or not are the people who go there. I have been to gyms with wonderful state of the art facilities but it was a fashion show and the people were not serious about working out. My gym is a dungeon, but its clean and has the right equipment, but most importantly the gym owner and members are serious about lifting weights. The members at my gym are helpful to new people without being arrogant jerks, and the owner expects people to clean up after themselves. Were all competitive with each other yet supportive as well. I like my gym mainly for the people.

i couldnt agree more..but you have to remeber if your a gym owner the idea is to cater to the broadest group of people to make the most money..

im pretty sure im the only person in my gym that powerlifts..my gym is pretty populated yet if my gym were to suddenly become a PL type gym wh would go there?

 

[Brat]

At my gym, there are two owners (they're married)...a figure competitor and a PL'r...both sides (general fitness v. PL'ing) get catered to...there's a nice li'l heavy room with a monolift and 100lb plates for all the PL'rs to grunt and groan and giggle in(I love it when they do that...)...He's even hosting a PL'ing meet there this summer...sure, there are people that complain about the noise sometimes ("Those guys scare me"), but I doubt my boss will do anything about it...Music's hard and the plates are round...

 

[Princess]

At my gym, there are two owners (they're married)...a figure competitor and a PL'r...both sides (general fitness v. PL'ing) get catered to...there's a nice li'l heavy room with a monolift and 100lb plates for all the PL'rs to grunt and groan and giggle in(I love it when they do that...)...He's even hosting a PL'ing meet there this summer...sure, there are people that complain about the noise sometimes ("Those guys scare me"), but I doubt my boss will do anything about it...Music's hard and the plates are round...

i think thats perfect. a gym has to make money- they make it through the general public, who are housewives and students and stuff during the day and the rest of the time its gonna be a mix- if you give a place for each type of person to do their thing, thats great- let Bodybuilders do their thing and let powerlifters use chalk and have a serious lifting area and find some type of music everyone can at least tolerate. my gym plays a lot of techno- its fine and not offensive to anyone. the downstairs lifting area is away from all the cardio, its cool, clean, and the floor is a great material.

 

[Bast]

Been in my hardcore gym since the beginning
powerlifters everywhere, only me and a handful bb´s there. Not very clean, hard music and everything is perfect....

man i love my gym

 

[Deep South Chris]

i need to find a new safe haven as well...worlds gym just fucked me over so im boycoting them..i was thinking powerhouse..