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Poll : Traditional Gym or Boutique/Studio Gym?

CincyNeid
CincyNeid Posts: 1,249 Member
edited July 2016 in Debate Club
When you go to workout what do you prefer to go to?

A Traditional Gym, weights, treadmills, elliptical where you workout solo or higher a trainer .... That kind of thing.

OR

Do you prefer a modern Boutique/Studio style gym. OrangeTheory, CycleBar, Peloton Cycle, SoulCycle, Local Barre/Yoga/PiYo Studio... Instructor lead class based.

And why do you prefer that method?

Replies

  • ForecasterJason
    ForecasterJason Posts: 2,577 Member
    As an adult, I've never had experience with the latter, so I'll go with a traditional gym. Granted, however, I workout at home.
  • cecsav1
    cecsav1 Posts: 714 Member
    Definitely traditional. I hate group classes. But I'm kinda anti-social, so....
  • Erfw7471
    Erfw7471 Posts: 242 Member
    Traditional. Not much into group classes, I want to put my headphones on & be left alone with the weights.
  • CipherZero
    CipherZero Posts: 1,418 Member
    Barbells, plates, a power cage, a bench, and grunting, sweating, and swearing.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    edited July 2016
    If those were the only 2 choices I'd probably prefer the Boutique/Studio style. I've never tried either though so that's a total guess.

    Edit: forgot to answer the 'why' part. I think I'd probably enjoy the class structure more and I'd like the option of attending different types of classes. I tend to get bored with exercise after a while and like to mix it up.
  • silver_arrow3
    silver_arrow3 Posts: 1,373 Member
    I go to the gym that my company pays for me to go to. Because - Free.
  • DaddieCat
    DaddieCat Posts: 3,643 Member
    Yeah... I second or third the garage gym.
    CipherZero wrote: »
    Barbells, plates, a power cage, a bench, and grunting, sweating, and swearing.

    this^
  • stealthq
    stealthq Posts: 4,298 Member
    Traditional.

    I'd be thrilled to have a garage gym, but there's not enough room in mine and no air conditioning. I'm willing to sweat while running outside in 90+ temps, but not to lift in temps higher than 75.
  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,968 Member
    There's an Orange Theory gym on the next block from my apartment. That's hugely appealing because I hate driving in the city. I've been meaning to go talk to them and see what they offer, exactly. Beth beat me to the punch, she came home and told me "You can't go to that gym. It's too cultish."
  • pomegranatecloud
    pomegranatecloud Posts: 812 Member
    Boutique/studio. I love taking classes. The class and instructor quality tends to be infinitely better at studios than gyms in my experience. Also, there are so many different studios by me that I can always find a class that fits my schedule. I find doing gym cardio alone is super boring. I'd rather run outside. I used to lift a lot, but I'm not really into that anymore. I've always found gyms to be boring.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    Neither, I prefer home.
  • ilikegardens
    ilikegardens Posts: 134 Member
    Both. I go to a pilates studio and take classes and have sessions on the equipment. The owner is becoming a friend. The gym is nice and anonymous, but very limited pilates.
  • 1shedev
    1shedev Posts: 144 Member
    Both, I go to a studio to do Krav Maga, and a gym to do lifting at the gym.
  • NaturalNancy
    NaturalNancy Posts: 1,093 Member
    Traditional, I like it because I can do my own thing.
  • Packerjohn
    Packerjohn Posts: 4,855 Member
    edited July 2016
    I want the one that looks the most like a dungeon.
  • Colt1835
    Colt1835 Posts: 447 Member
    I'm slowly buying weights for the house. I don't like to pay money to use something that will never be mine, especially if I have to share it with others.
  • Ws2016
    Ws2016 Posts: 432 Member
    YMCA. Access to more weights and machine than I could find elsewhere, plus trainers when I need them, plus indoir track when I want to add running for cardio or in the winter.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Traditional or Powerlifting. If there aren't a few squat racks, dumbbells, barbells, and a place to deadlift I can't get down.
  • CipherZero
    CipherZero Posts: 1,418 Member
    On homegyms: Do it. A good barbell gym for the house - if you've got a ten foot square to put it in - is about the same price as a crossfit gym for a year. Mine all told has cost about USD 1500.

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  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    edited July 2016
    CipherZero wrote: »
    Barbells, plates, a power cage, a bench, and grunting, sweating, and swearing.

    What he said. Every single thing listed there. Though, I'd also add in chalk, but you tend to catch a bunch of whiny crap over it at most pubbie gyms these days.
  • bketchum1981
    bketchum1981 Posts: 130 Member
    edited July 2016
    I am in love with the studio I've been going to for1-1/2 years. The instructors are positive, the gym-goers are positive. I love that they mix up the classes. P90x, kickboxing, Cize, Zumba, barre, yoga, Pilates. They also create their own classes making fun names such as Dirty 30, booty builder. Much variety, love group fitness. And, I've recently signed up for my first 5k which I'm planning to RUN. Hockeytown 5k...a farewell to Joe Louis Arena. Go Wings!
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    I've done traditional, Orange Theory and outdoors. OT will definitely reap rewards. It's structured, efficient. Outdoors is cheaper.

    It all depends on what you want.
  • Forty6and2
    Forty6and2 Posts: 2,492 Member
    I like my university's gym because it kind of has both. But if I had to choose, I wouldn't want to pay to go to a gym that only fit one of my needs (ie, something that just held cycling classes), so I think I would go for the traditional gym in that instance.
    I DO like group classes but that can't be the only thing that goes on at the gym I attend.
  • pdxhak
    pdxhak Posts: 383 Member
    Loved having a home gym growing up. My dad had a huge setup so I could do everything a commercial gym had to offer. If I had the space I would do it in a heartbeat. Only major concern with having a home gym like my dad is when it is time to move. Boxing up, moving and setting up a weight room is a PITA!
  • dizzieblondeuk
    dizzieblondeuk Posts: 286 Member
    ilikegardens wrote: »
    Both. I go to a pilates studio and take classes and have sessions on the equipment. The owner is becoming a friend. The gym is nice and anonymous, but very limited pilates.
    I'm very similar - I have a gym membership for a traditional style gym (which has a pool, weights, cardio etc, plus numerous group classes), but I also go to a separate pilates studio. As far as I'm concerned, pilates is one of those things that needs to be taught in a small group (or 1 to 1, if you can afford it!) setting. The pilates classes offered at my large gym are barely of an adequate standard, IMO, although plenty of the other classes (spin, HIIT, Les Mills etc) are good quality instruction.

    I like going into the gym and cranking out a few miles on the treadmill, or getting a sweat worked up on the elliptical, with my headphones in and ignoring everyone else! I do also use the weights, and have gotten the gym instructors to set me up on a weights routine, but they leave me to it, and I just go back to them for the occasional review. But my pilates is a communal experience, in small group settings with lots of personal attention - I like that, and I improve far more rapidly that way.

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