If you could remodel your gym any way you wanted to what would you do?
I was thinking about this today when I was annoyed that the dumbbells I wanted were in use. Just for fun I imagined what I would change about my gym if I could.
- I’d rip out all of the treadmills to make room for more weightlifting goodness.
- My gym is really good about squat racks, benching stations, etc. So no changes there.
- I’d at least triple the amount of dumbbells.
- I’d put the poor, unused “butt blaster” in the back corner out of its misery.
- A bod pod or something to measure bodyfat instead of the Sharper Image piece of junk at the front desk.
- I’d love to try pushups on gymnastic rings.
What would you do?
September 16, 2009 at 9:14 am
I workout at several locations of NYSC. In general I will:
-Get rid of 66% of treadmills, scalators and stationary bikes of several kinds.
-double the number of squat racks and space for deadlifting.
-cut to half the number of smith machines.
-provide cleaner sprayers and papel towels at several spots on each area (as opposed to a single cart somewhere in the room, where nobody seems to notice them).
September 20, 2009 at 7:58 am
-Throw in a few adjustable incline benches with arched backs. I once worked out at Gold’s Venice (California, not Italy) and you can really feel how it helps isolate the chest. I have not seen them anywhere else.
- I used to belong to a gum that had a range of machines that use air pressure as opposed to coils, springs or cams. They give you an incredible pump. I’d replace a lot if not most of the cardio equipment with them.
- Have them install a few water coolers that actually dispense cold water instead of the horribly tepid warm water that mine dispenses. Have a few of them instead of one so there isn’t always tension while people are waiting on line a the one water fountain. Also add an ice dispenser. I bring a shaker bottle full of ice to the gym, having ice available to put in your shaker bottle would be pure nirvana.
Instead they spend their f-cking money on a DJ that no one wants to fricken hear as 99.9 percent of the people bring their own music.
- Tear out the women’s locker room and expand that for more weights. Women have their own gyms. Men ought to be able to have the same option.
- Get rid of all the feel good NYC progressive/gay/women inane messages etched on a LOT of the class such as "It hurts so good." What;’s with the John Mellencamp bullsh-t? Get rid of all that. Repaint the place. The yellows and pinks give me a f-cking headache. I’d like to see everything in hues of steel greys and muted gray/greens. My apartment was featured in the NY Times. I know what looks good, these idiots do not.
- Ditto with the blackboards upstairs and downstiars that are always covered with leftist political messages. Damn, I know I’m not welcome at this gym just because I have the temerity to hold a POV that dares oppose yours, do you have to rub my face in it while I’m working out? Wear a f-cking Che Geuvera shirt if you feel that way.
-Get rid of the televisions. It impedes the flow of traffic on the gym floor with people standing around like zombies, their mouths agape watching the idiot box. Stay the f-ck home if you want to watch television.
- Have a large area where you can check in a tupperware full of food to be refrigerated while you’re working out and designate a LARGE enclosed area for tables and chair and A few industrial microwaves so you can nuke your sh-t and eat it.
I am very particular about my food and like to have my meal ASAP after I’m done working out.
- Space the sinks further apart in the locker room. I get all testosterony and irate when someone stands too close to me, I don’t need to be made any more aggressive than I already am.
- Widen the doorways and the staircase. I don’t want to have to play "who will move out of the way first" every second of my workout. Just for the record, it won’t be me.
- Full range of cast iron kettleballs.
- Less lighting. The Crunch I worked out in Miami while I was on vacation was dark and dungeony. I reminded my of the old Johnny Lats gym. Very conducive to working out.
October 16, 2009 at 9:10 am
I would put in a swing set and a merry-go-round…God I miss those…
November 19, 2009 at 10:30 am
At least two sets of each dumbbell and get rid of the horrible paint job of orange and purple. It makes me want to throw up not workout. Also, no more XM radio on the loudspeakers.