Likes and dislikes of your gym.

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  • ShibaEars
    ShibaEars Posts: 3,928 Member
    Likes:
    - inexpensive
    - full size track
    - some classes are included in membership
    - clean

    Dislikes:
    - classes usually start too late for me
    - fitness area is kind of small
    - have to take certain classes to have access to kettle bells & barbells/plates :grumble:
    - there isn't always space available on the track
    - Kids classes take priority when they're up on the track (kids sports teams work with trainers, so I'm not allowed to use weights/equipment if they're up there, which I don't agree with, since I pay a membership)
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Likes:
    -only a mile and a half from my house
    -affordable (I pay $30 a month)
    -easy to use machines/equipment
    -a women's-only section (the chain used to be only for women, but they built into what used to be Bally's and took on a lot of their old members)

    Dislikes:
    -no wifi, so I'm stuck watching whatever's on the CBS or ABC stations if I'm not reading something (and it's even worse if I'm there when Dr. Oz is on!)
    -they're only open until 6 on the weekends (24 hours during the week), and I want some time to relax after work before I go in
  • dont_tap_my_aces
    dont_tap_my_aces Posts: 125 Member
    Gym: Golds

    Likes: location, cost, fellow members, more than 1 squat rack (although only 3 total)

    Dislikes: the only thing i can think of is that there is this stereotype about Golds and how only roid/meat heads go there. this is super far from the truth at least at my location and the times i've gone. there are definitely a lot more stronger dudes here than you'd find at planet fitness or some other crap gym, but everyone is busy focusing on their own lifts so who cares?
  • Wilbur_NOLA
    Wilbur_NOLA Posts: 120 Member
    Gym: Home Gym (Smith Machine that doubles as a regular squat rack and has cables for pull downs, triceps press, biceps curls, etc, olympic bar w/ 2.5/5/10/25/35/45# plates, multi-position bench, dumbells up to 40, curl bar, pull up/dip station, treadmill.)

    Likes: I can curl in the squat rack 24/7

    Dislikes: Wife sometimes forgets to re-rack her weights
  • Legs_McGee
    Legs_McGee Posts: 845 Member
    I go to a very small local gym.

    Likes:
    Cheap ($12 a month)
    Clean
    Great staff, friendly clientele. Everybody knows my name - "NORM!"

    Dislikes:
    No pool
    Limited classes
    A lot of the equipment is old and run down. You fight for the spin bikes that have seats (kidding ... sorta) BUT they're working on improving all that.

    All things you would expect from a small, low budget, local gym. Works for me.
  • ValGogo
    ValGogo Posts: 2,168 Member
    People hate this but here it goes:

    I know it's about vanity and attention seeking behavior, but.....yesterday I saw two; one girl with the tiny shirt to show abs and she was fixing her hair in the mirror and 'mirin for no less than 5 minutes....by the cable machine.; and one guy who was lean-ripped but he had on the stupidest looking shirt. I just wanted to rip it off him and wipe down my bench. It was cut so that it was basically an hourglass with a neck hole and some material to cover the lower waist. Just wear a frakking tank top. You will look less like a doofus.

    Oh and when they throw the weights on the floor. Dude, what if that lands on my foot....I'm like three feet away from you, idiot!

    And when people stand around, in the way when you need some space to work out. MOVE!

    And the baaaaaad music.

    But that's mostly the people. The gym is cool. I like it.
  • ValGogo
    ValGogo Posts: 2,168 Member
    Gym: Golds

    Likes: location, cost, fellow members, more than 1 squat rack (although only 3 total)

    Dislikes: the only thing i can think of is that there is this stereotype about Golds and how only roid/meat heads go there. this is super far from the truth at least at my location and the times i've gone. there are definitely a lot more stronger dudes here than you'd find at planet fitness or some other crap gym, but everyone is busy focusing on their own lifts so who cares?

    Come to Howard Beach, you WILL see gorillas. But I still like Golds. I thought everyone would be a dou&he but so far, nothing but niceness.
  • s_pekz
    s_pekz Posts: 340 Member
    Gym: Steve Nash

    Pros:
    Very clean (insane clean team always working)
    Lots of cardio equipment
    2 squat racks (plenty for teh clientel)
    Lots of weight equpiment in the regular area
    Lots of weight equipment in the girls area

    Cons:
    No squat rack in the girls area
    No pool
    Cardio equipment is a little old - the tredmills sometimes make some strange noises
    Treadmills facing a mirror so you basically can only watch football games or hockey games in mirror image (they are on the opposite wall)
    Cost: 40 a month


    COmpared to the gym at my university this is a step down with the exception of squat racks in the regular gym (at university they wer ein a separate room in the basement) but I really like it.
    Staff dont bother you unless you ask for help

    And thus far no creepers or irritants
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  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    I go to Retro Fitness:

    Likes:
    Clean
    Cheap
    A lot of lifting equipment
    Suits my needs

    Dislikes (in general):

    People not minding their own business and focusing on their own workout. If I feel like flexing in the mirror, that's my prerogative. I do wut I want. :smokin:
  • jamieben1824
    jamieben1824 Posts: 46 Member
    Likes: Affordable, 1 block from home, 24 hours with key fab entry, quiet and slow most of the time, Nice staff, no waiting, no judging
    Dislikes: No classes, equipment needs some updating, no juice bar/protein bar
  • ktaylor1188
    ktaylor1188 Posts: 141 Member
    Likes:
    Lots of free weights
    Tons of Machines
    Affordable
    Decently considerate people
    Sexy people :P
    Lots of classes
    Pool

    Dislikes:
    Kinda busy
    Not 24hr
    Could use another squat rack though
  • k8blujay2
    k8blujay2 Posts: 4,941 Member


    Dislikes: Wife sometimes forgets to re-rack her weights

    Which from my prospective is better than the firemen forgetting to re-rack their weights... :grumble: They use the 45 lb plates and I'm no where near that... I can move them, I just don't feel like I should have to.

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