What is your gym like?

[exitseven]

I used to workout at a real hard core gym. There were many serious bodybuilders and a couple of pro athletes. They had tons of weights and bars and many different machines. You could not help but make gains. If you think you were going to just sit around and talk forget it and the girls that worked out were just as serious. The owner retired and moved to Florida adn it was never the same after that.

Now I workout at the local YMCA. There is plenty of equipment but the atmosphere is just not the same. Being 20 years older probably doesn't help either.

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When I was in high school I belonged to a gym in the next town. This was really before Arnold got in the movies so bodybuilding was something that was considered a little strange.
I worked out there because nobody I knew would see me.

[LifeHitMeandRan]

Mine is a Crunch Fitness location. I do Uber in Nashville occasionally and have access to 3 different ones. The one near me is the best one.

For the most part everyone does keep to themselves. But most of the people at my gym will come up to you if it looks like you are about to hurt yourself.

At my location, the women slightly outnumber the men. Almost every one of these ladies are badasses and have been the ones to help me tweak my form a bit on certain exercises. And the ladies will correct other girls that try to do the whole "film a man and make him out to be a bad guy for attention" thing.

[LifeHitMeandRan]

Thanks for MHO

[Steak_D_Bone]

From left to right... Water machine, with an exercise bike in front of it. Treadmill that lifts up to save space... behind that fucker is just stacks of weight plates. Look at my hex bar. In red you have the PLM03 weight cage. I modified it a bit so it can use free weights and also works as a Smith machine. Bunch of benches and attachments and shit. This is my current setup or my gym... the back half of my living room.

Anyway, that's what my gym is like. I made sure to kick all the hawt women out as well as the fat ones for the picture. Give me a MHO bro lolz

[Steak_D_Bone]

This is one of my answers where I hope you ask questions... there is more to this room than meets the eye. I have pretty much every bar there is... it has basically everything. It modifies so, say I want to leg curls/extentions... one of the benches turns into that although I'm thinking about buying a dedicated machine for it. Holy shit...

I just remembered I have another gym downstairs in my garage (3 story townhouse). It's sort of different... it's not about building muscle. There I have a punch B. O. B., a reflex bag, and a Captains chair. I go there when I have to practice fighting. Way more space than my living room provides.

[exitseven]

The power cage is really hard core. How are your workouts going?

[Steak_D_Bone]

On a 4 day split. Upper body pull, legs pull, upper body push, legs push. As a 40-something-year-old, I'm past just trying to look good... I'm in full-on experiment mode. I have micro plates so for something like lateral raises, my progressive overload can be as small as 0.25lbs at a time. I'm turning weight lifting into a science for old age and not like the science lifters on youtube.

That weight cage was a real game-changer... not gonna lie. Smith machine, I can use what's in the picture or put the barbell on it... calf raises on every leg day thanks to that and I no longer have to balance with dumbbells in my hand. Cable machine with all sorts of attachments... I buy like 3 a month and the ones that suck get thrown in my neighbor's yard. It's a process of elimination. Basically anything a gym would have... I have it too thanks to that weight cage. The only thing I feel that I might buy is one of those sitting leg curls/leg extension machines and then I'm done buying big shit.

Some dudes go goofy with their cars or by watching sports, this is my thing. Cheaper than cars, and does more for me than watching other men play sports while I get fat. Hunting and firearms, then guitar are other great hobbies of mine, but this one hobby has random chicks trying to sleep with me for no reason and people offering me modeling jobs...

It all started by being a stay-at-home Dad that couldn't leave the house... I had to do something.

[HighValue]

I have my own equipment at home. Most of it is the same stuff I had since high school. I take care of my stuff. If I had to go to a gym to workout, I'd almost never do it, but having it at home means I don't need to get ready and drive there and back, plus I can have a fan on me, cold drinks before, during, and after my workout, and music to listen to. (I can't stand headphones when working out.)

I also like buying equipment once and having it to use for the next 30 + years. Actually, my weight bench, bench bar, first 200 pounds of my weight set, and one of my curl bars were all a birthday gift from my parents when I was 14. I'd added to the set afterwards, but I still use the originals too.

[TrueConfection]

I haven’t been to the gym for too long, but somehow managed to watch my waistline. I used to go to the local Y and I really loved the classes. There was one particular spin class with a crazy instructor that I think was a little bit sadistic. She would have us jumping off the bikes to do burpees and stairs and pushups and when people would drop she would laugh. I kept going because it was an amazing workout. I miss it.

[exitseven]

so why not go back?

[TrueConfection]

I need to get in shape first! I just really don’t have the time. I’m not keeping up too well with things right now as it is, so me time is not going to happen.

[exitseven]

@TrueConfection Okay- you seem lime a pretty smart kid. Read back your last statement and tell me that it makes sense.
Having to get into shape to go to a gym is like cleaning your house befoee the maid shows up.

[TrueConfection]

I was trying to be funny

[OlderAndWiser]

The only gym I have been to recently is the spa/gym which my wife still occasionally visits in her prior hometown 80 miles away (in fact, she was there today, but I was not with her.) It has all of the weights and machines, but it also has the pool, sauna, steam room, hydromassage beds, and endless hot water for those showers you can't get anywhere else.

[AviatorTom]

I don't have a "gym". I do stretching exercises at home, along with occasional strength bands. Most of my exercise involves walking our dog, typically at least a mile a day.

[Sonorous]

Home gym. Nothing special. Some dumbells, a pullup bar, parallettes, resistance bands. My goal isn't to become a bodybuilder. I just don't have the nervous system for that. I can legit only average 28 total sets per week before I start bloating from cortisol unless I eat bulking calories.

[exitseven]

I got one of those Total Gyms that chuck Norris sells. I used it when gyms were closed during covid and still use it sometimes. It really gives a good workout, especially for old achy joints.

[Twodogs0525]

I have a small home gym. It has a treadmill, bike, a bench press and a few other machines. I think one is called an Elixir or something? You peddle and work your arms at the same time. That machine wears me out just after a few minutes!

[RandomGirl42]

This time of year my gym is shoveling snow and lugging firewood. In summer it's just lots of stuff outside.

[DryGermanGuy]

I haven't been to one in quite some time, but there were only normal people, improving their fitness. Practically no bodybuilders and certainly no anabolic steroid monsters.

[NathanDavis]

I don't do gyms

I prefer outdoors and sports

[Anonymous]

I used to go to the gym, several years ago, and there were some really hot girls there ;)

[Jeff51]

I just joined The Gym. It's a gym not a fitness center. So far it's good

[LongLiveBillGates]

Plenty of hot girls willing to fuck and fuck good

[robocop666]

Hot women there