Kicked out of gym for doing renegage rows????
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I went to a PF once and was interested in joining - asked if I could do deadlifts and they said yes. I took a look around and there were no barbells, only smith machines. I asked how I was supposed to do deadlifts and homeboy at the front desk said people do them on the smith machines.
I did not join.
Did we check out the same PF? I got the same response about deadlifts. This past weekend I checked out a powerlifting gym, not fancy, no treadmills or ellipticals , just weights. The guy who owns it is a former bodybuilder and now he trains bodybuilders, powerlifters, figure competitors, etc., he HATES PF. His gym is close to one and he gets a lot of overflow, PF members that join his gym so they can lift.
BTW - I love renegade rows, though I do them as part of (wo)manmakers. Got a lot of weird looks when I did them at the resort gym on my vacation in the DR last year.0 -
emily_stew wrote: »
Um what? The guy in the video the OP posted..haha. A large muscular man with very nice teeth and an awesome beard. I like
Edit: and tattoos. The trifecta!
He caught my eye haha0 -
emily_stew wrote: »
Um what? The guy in the video the OP posted..haha. A large muscular man with very nice teeth and an awesome beard. I like
Edit: and tattoos. The trifecta!
Ha Ha Ha !!! My bad!!! TOTALLY evil mind of mine!!!
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My main beef with PF pizza is that I'd put money on it being terrible pizza.
Good pizza is worth fitting in to your numbers. Crappy chain pizza? The stuff that might as well be Wonder Bread and Catsup with Velveeta melted on top? Vile.
Same thing with the Tootsie Rolls. You find me a gym that will give me Belgian Chocolate? I'm in. Year contract if there's a wine pairing.0 -
Do you want to know why, sofaking6? Because at the time, he didn't know about PF's reputation. After he learned the truth, he left the place and found someplace that had more regard for its clientele.
BTW, I certainly hope that you're not trying to shift blame to the client in situations like this.
I thought you said in the OP he was kicked out for doing the move. Was he kicked out or did he leave the place after he learned the truth?0 -
Do you want to know why, sofaking6? Because at the time, he didn't know about PF's reputation. After he learned the truth, he left the place and found someplace that had more regard for its clientele.
BTW, I certainly hope that you're not trying to shift blame to the client in situations like this.
I thought you said in the OP he was kicked out for doing the move. Was he kicked out or did he leave the place after he learned the truth?
I gather he was asked to leave for doing the move and thus decided to cancel his membership.0 -
I don't know who DB is or what that has to do with my point, but if the pizza is alright I can't fault him for doing that, it should work out to a lot less than actually buying pizza once a week.
To be clear though, once a month, I'd go in. Plow the pizza hard, walk over and do something to set off the lunk alarm, then strut out.0 -
He was doing something else. I go to Planet Fitness and I do them all the time nobody ever looks twice at what I am doing. I do take the dumb bells to the floor section designated for pushups etc adn not in the main weight area.
By the way your buddy did not get thrown out because he did that excercise. He got thrown out for being a jack hole. Nobody is ever thrown out for doing any excercise in any gym. The gym employee comes over and tells you to stop doing it. If you stop you get to stay if you don't then you need to go because you are a jack hole not because of the excercise.0 -
As others have already said, some PF locations are more laid back than others. You're simply fortunate in that your particular PF facility is more reasonable.cliffodom1 wrote: »He was doing something else. I go to Planet Fitness and I do them all the time nobody ever looks twice at what I am doing. I do take the dumb bells to the floor section designated for pushups etc adn not in the main weight area.
Sorry, but you're wrong. Here's proof:By the way your buddy did not get thrown out because he did that excercise. He got thrown out for being a jack hole. Nobody is ever thrown out for doing any excercise in any gym. The gym employee comes over and tells you to stop doing it. If you stop you get to stay if you don't then you need to go because you are a jack hole not because of the excercise.
http://physicalculturist.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/warning-no-deadlift-gym-rules.jpg
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As others have already said, some PF locations are more laid back than others. You're simply fortunate in that your particular PF facility is more reasonable.cliffodom1 wrote: »He was doing something else. I go to Planet Fitness and I do them all the time nobody ever looks twice at what I am doing. I do take the dumb bells to the floor section designated for pushups etc adn not in the main weight area.
Sorry, but you're wrong. Here's proof:By the way your buddy did not get thrown out because he did that excercise. He got thrown out for being a jack hole. Nobody is ever thrown out for doing any excercise in any gym. The gym employee comes over and tells you to stop doing it. If you stop you get to stay if you don't then you need to go because you are a jack hole not because of the excercise.
http://physicalculturist.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/warning-no-deadlift-gym-rules.jpg
OMGWTFBBQ. Although, if that was up when OP's friend joined, he has no excuse.
I still think it's a franchise specific issue.
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DragonShoe_GCole wrote: »That would have pissed me off 'cause I do those all the time (except I do a push up, then pull the dumb bell up)...
Yeah, I do the push up version too, and I've done them with kettle bells, which is a little trickier for balance.0 -
As others have already said, some PF locations are more laid back than others. You're simply fortunate in that your particular PF facility is more reasonable.cliffodom1 wrote: »He was doing something else. I go to Planet Fitness and I do them all the time nobody ever looks twice at what I am doing. I do take the dumb bells to the floor section designated for pushups etc adn not in the main weight area.
Sorry, but you're wrong. Here's proof:By the way your buddy did not get thrown out because he did that excercise. He got thrown out for being a jack hole. Nobody is ever thrown out for doing any excercise in any gym. The gym employee comes over and tells you to stop doing it. If you stop you get to stay if you don't then you need to go because you are a jack hole not because of the excercise.
http://physicalculturist.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/warning-no-deadlift-gym-rules.jpg
OMGWTFBBQ. Although, if that was up when OP's friend joined, he has no excuse.
I still think it's a franchise specific issue.
more than likely true…
i still think PF blows though ….0 -
You have got to be effing kidding me?! No deadlifts? How is that even intimidating?? You don't have to be a powerlifter meathead bro dude to do deadlifts. I just watched a toddler do it with pink dumbells. I mean come on......
As others have already said, some PF locations are more laid back than others. You're simply fortunate in that your particular PF facility is more reasonable.cliffodom1 wrote: »He was doing something else. I go to Planet Fitness and I do them all the time nobody ever looks twice at what I am doing. I do take the dumb bells to the floor section designated for pushups etc adn not in the main weight area.
Sorry, but you're wrong. Here's proof:By the way your buddy did not get thrown out because he did that excercise. He got thrown out for being a jack hole. Nobody is ever thrown out for doing any excercise in any gym. The gym employee comes over and tells you to stop doing it. If you stop you get to stay if you don't then you need to go because you are a jack hole not because of the excercise.
http://physicalculturist.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/warning-no-deadlift-gym-rules.jpg
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I've seen folks do those at various gyms (I have an insurance card that gets me into various local gyms). I've seen it at the Y, and PF, as well as my preferred weight lifting gym. Never seen anyone hassled for it.0
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BTW PF seems to have run into problems by telling a Muslim woman to wear a baseball cap instead of her hijab.
Warning: strong language.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Vl0HWZEM3BA
ETA BTW this is an opinion piece not a news article.0 -
You have got to be effing kidding me?! No deadlifts? How is that even intimidating?? You don't have to be a powerlifter meathead bro dude to do deadlifts. I just watched a toddler do it with pink dumbells. I mean come on......
As others have already said, some PF locations are more laid back than others. You're simply fortunate in that your particular PF facility is more reasonable.cliffodom1 wrote: »He was doing something else. I go to Planet Fitness and I do them all the time nobody ever looks twice at what I am doing. I do take the dumb bells to the floor section designated for pushups etc adn not in the main weight area.
Sorry, but you're wrong. Here's proof:By the way your buddy did not get thrown out because he did that excercise. He got thrown out for being a jack hole. Nobody is ever thrown out for doing any excercise in any gym. The gym employee comes over and tells you to stop doing it. If you stop you get to stay if you don't then you need to go because you are a jack hole not because of the excercise.
http://physicalculturist.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/warning-no-deadlift-gym-rules.jpg
because it is a "powerlifter/body builder move" and PF is catering to people that are scared of those types...0 -
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You have got to be effing kidding me?! No deadlifts? How is that even intimidating?? You don't have to be a powerlifter meathead bro dude to do deadlifts. I just watched a toddler do it with pink dumbells. I mean come on......
As others have already said, some PF locations are more laid back than others. You're simply fortunate in that your particular PF facility is more reasonable.cliffodom1 wrote: »He was doing something else. I go to Planet Fitness and I do them all the time nobody ever looks twice at what I am doing. I do take the dumb bells to the floor section designated for pushups etc adn not in the main weight area.
Sorry, but you're wrong. Here's proof:By the way your buddy did not get thrown out because he did that excercise. He got thrown out for being a jack hole. Nobody is ever thrown out for doing any excercise in any gym. The gym employee comes over and tells you to stop doing it. If you stop you get to stay if you don't then you need to go because you are a jack hole not because of the excercise.
http://physicalculturist.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/warning-no-deadlift-gym-rules.jpg
One of my MFP friends had to change gyms recently because her PF removed the barbells and weights.
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