Gym Search
I am in search of a new gym. My BJJ school does have a lot of equipment. In fact, they are a fully functional crossfit gym. But it really doesn’t work for me to lift the way I want to, for couple reasons. I am also in search of a change. I don’t want to bash my school, so I will leave it at that.
In my search for a new gym I have made an effort to try all of the area gyms. I recently read that we have the more gyms per capita than any other metropolitan area in the country. So, I have a few options to pick from. But I think most placed will have the same types of gyms. I am going to use nick names for each of them. The first gym i tried was old lady fitness.
OLD LADY FITNESS: I call it old lady fitness because they do a good job catering for the number one market in fitness, middle aged woman. It was very clean, had easy listening playing, and didn’t really work for a serious lifter. Below is a list of pros and cons
Pro’s: Cheap (15/month), clean and on my way to work
Con’s: lacking some basic equipment, not set up well, crappy music, crappy hours, far from my home, got some dirty looks from staff for some odd reason (I really wasn’t doing anything wrong, no grunting or anything to stand out)
BIG BOX/TEENY BOPPER FITNESS: My next day pass was purchased at the fitness industries equivalent of a McDonalds. This location seams to have some sort of magnetic attraction for the sorority crowd. Not that I have a problem with the greek community (ask me about my tattoo). It is just something I noticed about the place. Pro’s and Con’s below.
Pro’s: Cheap (as little as 10/mnth), clean, close to my home, has enough equipment, great core training area, I know a lot of people there, and they have locations all over the state I can visit with my membership
Con’s: I know too many people there (too much talking), weird vibe from a lot of the guys there, extremely busy, kind of feels like the mall, and I swear a hobo was in the locker room.
CHEMICAL FITNESS: So this is the local hot spot hard core lifting. You will see a lot of bodybuilders, power lifters and college athelets on break. Also, a lot of perfromance enhancing drugs. I am not trying to judge anybody. A lot of these guys have made well informed decisions. Not everybody there is. Maybe 6 out of the 25 guys lifting are now, or have in the past. Its just that I am kind of straight edge. I don’t drink, smoke, or take any drugs. Pro’s and Con’s Below
Pro’s: Great equipment, well set up, late hours, on my way to work, know tons of people there, great staff, good atmosphere, yoga classes, have a heavey bag
Con’s: Gear, might know too many people there, this one girl who works there keep trying to flirt… she is cute, but I’m a married man, and its kind of a mess (I am a bit of a neat freak)
More to come…
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