Olympic lifters

I do some oly lifts as part of my crossfit.. but I'm not an advanced or "heavy" lifter yet. :

I do cleans as snatch c/j are not allowed.

I do cleans as snatch c/j are not allowed.

Which gym do all of you people go to that have lift restrictions? I'd be canceling my membership and finding a new gym if someone threw that crap at me.

For real! I never heard of that. They must be afraid that you'll get strong, buy your own bar and bumpers then stop coming to their gym.

As if they don't allow oly lifts. I work out at my uni gym, and they're usually pretty lax unless you're being a d-bag. I heard planet fitness doesn't even allow deadlifts anymore :bigsmile: :laugh:

Don't even get me started on Planet Fitness. They are the giant purple joke of the lifting world. It's ****ing pathetic. I'd like to break the limp *kitten* wrist of every employee that sounds that ****ing alarm.

no $#!t, I had not heard about the 'lunk alarm'. I never knew why people were so against Planet Fitness, I do now!

haha, no squat racks, do barbell lifts, no more than 20lb dumbells, no grunting... no progress! What a joke.

I'm glad I found my current gym, there you are looked at as the odd one out if you are using any machine other then the lat pulldown. If you don't have a barbell or dumbbells in your hand, you don't belong there.

i do some oly lifting when its incorporated in my crossfit WOD

As if they don't allow oly lifts. I work out at my uni gym, and they're usually pretty lax unless you're being a d-bag. I heard planet fitness doesn't even allow deadlifts anymore :bigsmile: :laugh:

Don't even get me started on Planet Fitness. They are the giant purple joke of the lifting world. It's ****ing pathetic. I'd like to break the limp *kitten* wrist of every employee that sounds that ****ing alarm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBRG4RkE51Q

I wish I had a gym like that near me.

You might, and not even realize it. Some of the best gyms in the world are the small hole in the wall places that no one has ever heard of. When I was in Connecticut recently visiting my girlfriend's family, there was this place up there called The Lion's Den. They do boxing/mma training, and have a huge amount of lifting stuff, including some strongman stuff that your average gym rat would have no clue what to do with (chains, logs, etc.)

If not for the small sign out front, just by looking at the building, you've have just thought it was a huge storage shed or something.

As if they don't allow oly lifts. I work out at my uni gym, and they're usually pretty lax unless you're being a d-bag. I heard planet fitness doesn't even allow deadlifts anymore :bigsmile: :laugh:

Don't even get me started on Planet Fitness. They are the giant purple joke of the lifting world. It's ****ing pathetic. I'd like to break the limp *kitten* wrist of every employee that sounds that ****ing alarm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBRG4RkE51Q

I wish I had a gym like that near me.

You might, and not even realize it. Some of the best gyms in the world are the small hole in the wall places that no one has ever heard of. When I was in Connecticut recently visiting my girlfriend's family, there was this place up there called The Lion's Den. They do boxing/mma training, and have a huge amount of lifting stuff, including some strongman stuff that your average gym rat would have no clue what to do with (chains, logs, etc.)

If not for the small sign out front, just by looking at the building, you've have just thought it was a huge storage shed or something.

I found one powerlifting gym near me, but they were more for training athletes than for normal folk like me.

So? Just because you are a 'normal folk' right now, doesn't mean that you can't be a total badass later. Always reach higher and push harder. Hell, I am in piss poor shape right now (21% bf, 5'10", 223 lbs.), but that doesn't stop me from going in there and slinging all the iron I can while working toward my goal of being as strong as I possibly can.

They told me they weren't interested in working with me when I toured the gym.

I'm sure you all saw how big Steve (owner of the iron sports gym) is right now haha. He's definitely not an "athlete in training". But if a gym is snobby enough to turn down a potential customer, I would say they are worse off than planet fitness. On a personal note, I hit a PR of 165lb snatch today.

They worked mostly with NFL players and stuff. They were expensive too.

But yeah, it was not nice. Oh well.

Congrats on the snatch! That's awesome!

I'm sure you all saw how big Steve (owner of the iron sports gym) is right now haha. He's definitely not an "athlete in training". But if a gym is snobby enough to turn down a potential customer, I would say they are worse off than planet fitness. On a personal note, I hit a PR of 165lb snatch today.

I can agree with this, but with an exception. If the gym has a strict training setup, and everyone there works with a trainer, then I could see them turning away someone who didn't have goals that matched the trainers' philosophies. It would be a waste of their time and your money to get involved with it.

Congratulations on the snatch PR.