What do you love about your gym?

Nothing other than it's close proximity to my house.

The fact it's locally owned in my small city and has good equipment that commercial gyms don't often provide and how quick they are to fix things when they're broken...they don't wait around to have someone come in to fix it, they pretty much fix it themselves..

I think my main gym is great for a lot of the same reasons you just listed. I just take classes there as it is a personal training facility more than a regular gym. But the members are all very close and encouraging of one another. The classes kick my butt and push me to do things I would not do on my own. And every once in a while some of my fave fitness people come in that I admire. 24 I like because I can go to multiple locations so it's good if I am traveling and they offer cycle classes which I am a fan of. My work gym because that is where I do my lifting. It's a nice facility with upgraded equipment, towel service, cable and 24 hour access.

I love that there are very few people that go at 5 a.m. when I do

I go to Planet Fitness, and while I am against so many of their selling points(pizza, bagels, free tanning, etc.) I do like that for the size of the gym, there are tons of cardio equipment, so you're never waiting for a machine, and that it's usually the same with weights. I don't strength train too much(although I do much more now than I did 6mos ago!), but I never see anyone waiting around! And the only other reasons I go is because I only pay $20/mo, and it is in the same plaza as my job, so I really can't have an excuse not to work out(unless it is a holiday). If it wasn't so convenient for me, I would probably go to a different gym...

I am a member of the YMCA currently. The one I normally use I like because it's small and close to work. I like the general "Y" because there's like 8 of them here that I can use depending on what I want/where it is and they mostly all have full facilities. My old job had it's own fitness center. It was mostly old people because they did cardiac rehab there. I like old people and they like me, so it worked out.

petitehealth wrote: »

Iron_Miss_Canada wrote: »

Everything. Just walking in and smelling the chalk, sweat and iron calms me down. Regardless of whether I'm the only one in there or its packed full the atmosphere and energy is just amazing.

Sounds awesome. Is it a cross fit gym or other?

It's a very small powerlifting/Olympic lifting/ athletic strength and conditioning gym.

I go to the YMCA - so the free childcare. No excuses not to go, not even "I have kids" because I can take them with me. Also, there are 5 locations near me and they are opening a 6th even closer to my house.

Oh, they keep the cardio room nice and cold Stuffy, hot gyms are the worst.

I read this to see if maybe I was missing something about my gym(s)

I belong to 24 Hour Fitness and I regularly visit 4 locations.
- One has parking
- One is a nice walk up some hills from my house, I visit this one weekends when I don't plan on doing much else.
- One is sort of dark and intimate, this is the one I like to try new things at and it is also a decent walk from my house, although flat.
- One is where I started at, plus on weekend mornings it is dead!! Close to work so also a quick stop after work or even at lunch.

Two locations know me by name and I know them by name as well (yes, I know my names shows when check-in but these are the only two the feel comfortable enough that we address each other by name).

Though I have been considering joining one really close to my house during the Fall/Winter months ???

A mile and a half away and $15 a month

petitehealth wrote: »

Pinnacle_IAO wrote: »

I train at Paramount Sports Complex.
I enjoy the variety of available possibilities. They have a rock wall, full weight room, cardio theater, resistance circuit, gymnastic area, martial arts room, aerobic room, full gymnasium, trampolines and fitness staff to address every need.

very cool, I want to try a rock wall!

The rock wall is cool, and there is one night out of the week where people show up just for that. You get strapped up for safety, then climb your heart away with no fear of falling. .

I dig that mine is 24/7 and ladies only, so generally the squat rack Ana free weights are always free!!!

Childcare. And it's actually really great childcare. Like I've had this girl babysit my lo at my house. So that was huge for me. Having good dependable people take good care of my child so that I don't have to worry about her. Also I love the classes and I generally don't have to wait for a squat rack (there are only 2).

I am starting to not love my gym at all. The only things going for it are that it's super duper close and open 24/7, and the staff are friendly (say hello every time I go in, etc). Being able to walk there in 5 minutes is amazing for my consistency - I have zero excuses and definitely go more often than I've gone to other gyms even just 15 mins away, rain, blizzard, whatever.

I used to think it was a small gym with some limitations, but adequate, and mostly clean. But now:

- Very few spray bottles and little expectation from staff that people actually use them. It was cleaner initially. Now the bins near the spray bottles are sometimes just not even there, and 2/4 paper towel dispensers are broken or empty most of the time
- No step machine, only 2 bikes. I knew this before, but there were fewer people before.
- Almost completely full of rude bros, who sometimes leave nasty stuff in the two small co-ed bathrooms, and don't care about hiding it.
- Also, people keep stealing the liquid soap. There are no spray deodorizers in those (sometimes totally rank) (also, again, coed bathrooms). I usually hate chemically smells, but it is goaty in there sometimes.
- There were more women at some point, but I think a lot of them have left. It's been getting pretty gross lately, overall.
- It's not even that cheap ($55/mo).

There's another gym maybe 30 seconds down the road, and it's less RAWR/dirty, but it shuts at 10.

I really like the option of working out between 10pm and 12am, though (I don't often go later than that), like that is very often perfect for me. Hard to decide

missg6984 wrote: »

I dig that mine is 24/7 and ladies only, so generally the squat rack Ana free weights are always free!!!

I need this gym