Squat rack's credit card machine not working

This. You rent it for an hour and the clamps unlock and you can use the bar. All the gyms in my area switched over to this system around 2013

Op is obviously a government shill that wants you to leave a papertrail of gains. I myself, prefer the coin slot.

where do you live???

you're a stupid fucking tinfoiler. Do you just lug around quarters or some shit? you're wasting time you should be spending lifting inserting coins into a faulty ass machine that doesn't always register

>yfw behind someone who fumbles and drops his quarters when placing them in the machine

>line for hamstring curls is 3 members deep
>buy machine fastpass
>$15.99+tax
>get next turn, in middle of set when am extracted by security
>forgot to pay front desk receptionist mandatory greeting fee
>10 years hard labor

>was an idiot and didnt plan out this weeks workout in time
>squat rack booked up all week
>only a few timeslots available when you will be at work

Wait you pay extra to actually use the equipment in the gym you're paying for??

>my lifting meter runs out
>get a ticket issued on the bar i was using
>all my 45 pound pl8s get repossessed

>tfw when you are about to finish your last set and chad kicks you off with his fastpass membership

>charging more per minute for machines than for compound lifts

>tfw uni gym squat rack time is nearly completely booked
>I'll have 3 minutes of squatting at 9:47-9:50AM, 10 minutes from 4:18-4:28PM, and 5 minutes from 12:07-12:12AM

Going to the gym 3 times a day for 3 days is gonna suck but ya gotta do what ya gotta do.

california
silicon valley

Ha looks like you guys ain't as technologically advanced as you all thought. My gym's squat racks even take apple pay.

is this serious? i cant even imagine having a gym like this

>gym has new membership option
>$500 a month 'unlimited*' plan
>sign up
>only unlimited during non peak hours, $.50/minute charge during peak hours after the first 10 hours a week
>Still economical, only when lifting at 2 am
>Gym introduces "after dark" fees
>FML

You say that now but wait until gains become regularized and the government has all you're records. You'll be among the first to be degained.

>tfw I am the guy who fumbles his quarters

Don't be a retard, lad.

>rates for my gym's designated mirror area went up last month
>today saw I guy get kicked out for sneaking in his own mirror

>tfw gym has no singles policy after 5pm

>had to reuse my disposable dumbells because forgot to buy new ones

>tfw lost my poop wrench
It's all over for me, brehs.

>not pretending to be gay with your gymbro for primetime lifts

inb4 someone meme arrows "pretending"

>putting lives at risk of infectious and unsanitary diseases just for some curl gains
People like you make me sick.

>fined half my gains because I didn't have my license on me at the gym

FUCK

>just got my squat privilege revoked because i forgot to tip the weight rack boy

>gym installed fancy new coin water fountains
>25cent for a 100ml blast of water
>tfw fumbling with the quarter putting it in and miss the water jet

>tfw gym installed a ski lift so I don't have to walk all the way up to the Optimal Gravitational Height Room for my deadlifts and squats
>tfw normies take the ski lift up just to do curls in the squat racks

>gym takes cash, credit and digital payments
>leave wallet at home, just bring smartphone
>thank god for venmo.jpg
>get to the gym
>start doing my pre-squat stretches
>booked squat rack from 3-4 pm
>shitscash.mp4
>pull open smartphone to my venmo app to pay for rack time
>locked out of gym wi-fi and don't remember my credit card # to pay the $5.99 per hour fee
>no service in gym so can't venmo over data
>locked out of squat rack and will have to pay the non-usage fee
>mfw

>all the outlets are being used
>i cant recharge my dumbells

how does your gym enforce gains fines?

Mine was pretty poor so they just made it so that whenever I request a dumbbell or weight they give me something half the weight.

but I'm D E V I L I S H so I doubled the weights on my requests.

But it'll stop working when they do a weight-checkout review at the end of November. Not sure what I'll do then.

>pretending

>gloryhole goes out of order right after I finish for the night
Went home stressed the fuck out.

>tfw premium members get a 200ml blast
>tfw you see premium chad getting enough water for both him and his stacy gf

REEEEEEE

>linked gym account to tollway pass
>can now drive my car from machine to machine and not have exact change

mandatory estrogen injections until my sentencing is up. its going to be a long 3 months brehs

>tfw cant afford to keep paying gym insurance
>choices are to quit or illegally lift

>10 years hard labor
Fucking lucky. It's like a free gym for 10 years.

I should """accidentally""" not return the jockstraps for rent, just so I could get that.

my friend got caught illegally lifting

now he's 6' 110 lbs.

it's not worth it just do calisthenics

What you fail to realize is that with both pockets full of quarters he is actually making gains on the way to the gym, like weighted pants.
Coinslot master race

>tfw gym raised the price-per-rep for curls from $1.30 to $1.99

>that old mother fucker who writes a check

USE A FUCKING CARD ASSHOLE

kek.

>threw $1 into the gym wishing well yesterday

I'm going to make it bros

>didn't pay squat rack payment in time
>gym owner surgically repossesed my quads, hips and ass

>tfw you get charged child rates because you squat so little

feels good man

>tfw finally cave in and buy pre workout from a dealer
>tfw too afraid to take it

I don't think I got the balls to turn in my natty card yet

>mfw can't tell who's joking or not in this thread
>my gym actually has an entry fee, then the rest of the fees are per hour per machine/rack and it's strongly enforced

but I think you surgery guys and jail time guys are just memeing. At the very worst they just kick u out

My gym's squat rack is connected to PayPal, so it's really convenient. I know a few people whose gyms require them to get an Amazon account to use the squat rack, and they hate it, since only old people use Amazon. It's really easy where I am, since most people already have an Ebay/Paypal account. And at $14.99 an hour, it's a pretty good deal.

We don't have to directly pay membership btw, the payment of that is taken from the equipment renting cost.

Kek a friend of mine had that happen to him. When he payed his debt he stole the muscles of some powerlifter by claiming it was his. He ended up looking like a T-rex though post op.

>be working at at 12:30 am
>nobody in the gym
>run out of credit on the smith machine at the bottom of a rep and be trapped under the bar for lmao1hr before someone came by to fish quarters out of my pocket

fml

these are funny as fuck
what are these threads called

>smith machine

Serves you right for using the premium machines, richfag. I can only afford the bar, no weights. Saving up to put a 20 on every Friday though.

>Someone put a dime in the machine again and clogged the pl8 dispenser

Most racks don't have pay-pound installed yet

I fucking lost it, good job user

these threads are golden

I can't BREATHE

Seriously, WTF? My squat rack has its credit card machine off to the side. No wonder OPs shit is broken.

>natty police out on patrol
>secretly hiding creatine stash in my locker
>its surprise locker inspection day
>they confiscate it all, I'm fined 5lbs of protein powder, and natty card is taken away
>mfw this is happening

MFW my gym has an app that lets you book the squat rack from the convenience of your own home.

>insert $3.99 into dumbell machine for a pair of 25's
>one 25 falls, the other gets stuck on the release ring

>he doesn't pay for top quality squat racks

honestly this board is shit

>tfw couldn't afford to tip my spotter today and almost tore my ACL squatting

>accidentally press button to purchase 100 extra squats
>can't afford to waste them
>stubbornly refuse to rent a spotter
>legs give out after 78
>management impounds me legs as a fine

How much do you guys pay for entrance fee?

You're never going to tear your ACL from squatting you fucking casual

>mfw they started putting "you need to be this high to use this signs around the gym"
>mfw the gym cafeteria was closed for renovations as well

Well my gym has a weird system. I pay $35 for the entrance fee and $25 for the exit fee.

cute pupper

My gym doesn't have entrance fees - it has exit fees. I asked the manager why it is like this, he said it's all about psychology. People won't want to go to the gym if they pay to go in, but they'll stay longer and make better gains if they have to pay to leave.

>$100 a month for membership
>$20 entry
>$1 a rep, $2 a rep on the machines and squat rack, a 20% surcharge for lifting over lmao3pl8
>$1 a minute on the cardio machines, 20% surcharge for running over 10km/h

Kek, underrated.

>look mom I posted a whole new shit forced meme!
Hasn't school started yet? Don't you kids have homework to do?

>go to dumbbell vending machine
>buy a left hand and right hand dumbbell
>two left hand dumbbells come out
>nothing management can do about it
>can only afford 5 reps

>go to gym
>go to barbells
>swipe my card for 30 minutes
>pull bar from the wall
>has metal wire attaching it to a spool
>1 set left, 29 minutes in
>last rep
>BEEP BEEP BEEP
>weights get pulled back to the weight trees
>bar gets violently pulled back to the wall
>get charged an extra fee for not finishing

Your gym still not using NFC and payment via phone? Change gym immediately or you lose all of dem gainz!

>go to barbell vending machine
>hyped as hell to do bench press
>charge $25 on my card
>accidentally get the squat barbell instead of the bench barbell
>ended up looking like a jackass benching the squat barbell

I was lucky management didn't see me and kick me out.

they must be meme-ing us pretty hard, because I've never seen it either. I pay my gym membership. I dont also have to pay to use the weights. lol

>tfw all the squat racks are booked out this evening

just fuck my shit up

>can squat 450lbs highbar
>get free squatting passes so long as I maintain at least 4 plates
Feels good. They say it's good advertisement for the gym.

>been applying to gyms
>have a good RPA(Rep point average), but a low Wilkes score
>only place that will accept me is planet fitness

>moved to America
>finally got my lifting license processed
>go to the automated tipping machine
>threw all my pennies in the gym wishing well because I forgot they still take them in the USA
>have to break a five because I'm 2 cents short
>mfw

>tfw middle class white male with decent lifts
>tfw black kids, gay guys and girls with worse lifts get accepted to better gyms than I do

Fuck this diversity shit I lift hard so I should be able to lift at good gyms

>the only gym in my town doesn't allow falcons

GJ I lost m8

Pure genius

>get to the gym
>realize I forgot my plates at home

>go to my homegym in garage to do some squats
>forgot membership card to access squat rack
>mum is stubborn and doesnt want to install additional coin charger for emergencies like that

>get to the gym
>realize I forgot to bring my own bodyweight

Cuckservatives please. If you could read you would know Bernie's Medicare for all plan included a certified coach who would work with you until you could squat 3 plates. The cost of your first 2 plates for the day, regardless of weight, would also be covered by the taxpayer.

>be rich
>pay the curling fee on squat rack
>hog it for hours
>get bonus gains

stay mad poorfags