Who here is actually in a power/Olympic/strongman gym?
I joined one recently even though I'm DYEL as fuck, and it's the best thing ever.
>First day >Owner is there with some other stronk mofos >I'm just a fat dyel >All nice as fuck, doesn't even check to see if I have a membership or not (paid online) >Dadrock and metal playing >4 squat racks, 4 platforms, 2 benches, bunch of strongman equipment >Do my lifts shit and get out
Went there today, not a single person there. Felt fucking good, like my own home gym. Going to post some pics.
>Not having a FREEDOM dose wherever and whenever you possibly can
William Russell
Next time you're there alone put a tire on each of your limps and pretend you're a car
Jack Robinson
Commiefornia.
The tires are heavy as fuck. I'd have to use the little ones. the largest is like 700lbs+
Anthony Robinson
Rules of the gym.
Adrian Morgan
Belts
Cooper Taylor
where in cali?
Adam Lopez
Atlas stones
916
Jose Thompson
building a home gym. Can I take the wheels off my ford fusion for tire deadlifts?
Thomas Kelly
What's the name of the gym I want to say I've trained there before cause parts of it look really familiar but other parts don't but maybe they got new equipment
Austin Stewart
This should tell you if you have or not. Wifi password.
Andrew Wood
I'm fucking jelly, I'm absolutely sure there's not a single gym in my entire country that comes close to that.
Evan Johnson
>being a jewmerican
haha mutilated dick slave pls die
Sebastian Adams
I'm guessing its untamed strength
Charles Harris
Yep, pretty sweet so far. Owner is awesome.
Where at? There are only two like this within easy driving distance here.
Adrian Evans
Eurocuck detected, are you jealous of our FREEDOM?
Matthew Parker
I live in mexico city and can't even find a gym that has bumper plates to practice the oly lifts, let alone all the other shit that's in your pictures. hell, i've never even seen anyone squat more than 2 plates or so, but we have curlbros for days
Benjamin Scott
Just joined a new gym this week, coming from a shitty commercial gym
This is the owner
It's small and messy, but it has 4 racks/platforms, bumper plates, a GHR, tires in the parking lot, etc. Pretty neat.
Jace Thompson
No
Nathaniel Clark
And of course, my favorite feature of the gym
Nolan Taylor
It's alright, I went to a commercial gym for ages and could never find the motivation. That garbage atmosphere, 1 platform, 1 squat rack, 8 benches. What the fuck One look at this place and I decided to join.
Hell yeah
Camden Watson
It's pretty pathetic, isn't it? It just screams insecurity. I'm glad we don't anything like it here in Australia.
William Myers
The owner is Allan thrall right? I've competed against him a couple times he's a really cool guy
Cameron Nguyen
Yeah, I was convinced to join after watching his videos. It's everything I've ever wanted in a gym.
Lucas Fisher
No, our rednecks just get it (or the southern cross) inked on instead.
Carter King
Yeah I go to a gym that has a lot of strongman shit but it's more centered around powerlifting so we have a shit ton of Squat racks and Deadlift platforms
Lincoln Long
>Implying there is anything to be proud of in fucking Australia Garbage internet, garbage laws, garbage politics, garbage people. Spooky fucking wildlife, giant spiders, thinned ozone layer.
You even have your own brand of fucking garbage human. Your slang is some of the worst I've ever heard, like Maccas for McDonalds.
Terrible. Worse than the southern hick shit we have in Murrica.
Charles Turner
Americans are fucking crazy about their (our) flag. Google flag burning or flag stomping and see the fucking rage.
Personally I don't see what the big deal is. Piss on the flag if you like, I don't give a shit as long as it's yours. For fuck's sake, it's one of the freedoms that it's supposed to represent.
Grayson Williams
reverse fuck off we're full psychology works I see
John Reyes
You mad?
Jonathan Anderson
Yes, worst country I've ever had to live in. I'll never step foot in that forsaken land ever again.
Luke Price
I seriously doubt you ever lived here.
Hunter Ross
I lived there for a year. The only good thing about it was the beaches. The timezone difference was really shit too.
David Thompson
Yeah, whatever.
Aiden Perez
Last one. feels like I might actually make it here
Carson Ward
Do they let you use squat plugs
Mason Davis
Russia is not Europe, we are mongol
Have portrait of Putin at the place
Chase Morgan
Is this the new untamed strength?
Justin Harris
I'm already liking this place. Cost/mo?
And why the rack pull rule?
Chase Hall
It's required.
Yeah
First 6 months for $40/m, if you pay in one go. Which I did. Normally $60 $80 for VIP (key to the gym) which I might do once I'm not dyel or when my work schedule gets fucked. Pretty expensive but I was paying $50/m for a commercial gym anyway. This has way better atmosphere and more of the shit I want.
Rack pull rule sounds like it's from someone breaking barbells or safety spotters.
Michael Brown
$40/mo is amazing for a gym this specialized and well equipped. Happy gains man.
Aaron Parker
Get fucked m8.
David Wilson
fellow chilango here, the only gyms with bumper plates that've seen are the crosfit ones. currently going to my uni gym (it's shit but it has the basics)
Jack Lopez
Rack pulls are known for bending barbells
Wyatt Bennett
What uni?
Easton Baker
unam
Liam Brown
I went there the last year its pretty bad, just get a membership to a better gym
Lincoln Foster
What is that lion stone?
Zachary Cox
Husafel stone, by the looks of it. Or at least a hollow version meant to be loadable (the traditional ones are solid blocks of concrete same as atlas stones). It's used for loading/carrying events in strongman.
Jack Phillips
it's a hussafell stone, it's its own event.
I'm so jelly I wish I had a strongman type gym near me
Benjamin Jackson
It's empty inside and it can fit plates. You can add some plates to it to carry/run with.
Levi Stewart
So jelly. Your gonna make it with a gym and support like that
Brandon Scott
I hope so. First time in years I've really wanted to lift. I fixed my diet a few months ago but couldn't commit to a gym till now.
Kevin Diaz
how do you even find one of these gyms in your area? That looks like a pretty comfy place to lift, compared to the typical commercial shit.
Nathan Lopez
Typed in "powerlifting" or "lifting gym" in to google maps. Before that I just typed gym and picked through all the gyms in the area. It's worth doing some research.
Owen Harris
Oh shit bruh. You're in Mark Bell country. Out in Davis myself rockin dat school gym. 10 power racks and 3 benches, nowhere near enough.
Lucas Kelly
"Death Alley" in my gym in *deep* South TX.
Tires from 100lbs to 1000lbs. Prowler Sled inside.
James Wright
We also have dumbbells that go to 180 lbs.
A GHR. Eight 100lbs plates. A gazillion attachment handles to the pulleys....
And.... an individual leg press via Nautilus circa 1980....
>booom
Elijah Scott
You're ~40min away. School gym sounds nice but it seems like it'd always be packed.
Looks sweet.
Anthony Phillips
>auburn blvd is this gym in Sacramento by chance?
Liam Perry
Yep
Jackson Ramirez
never mind
Jonathan Nguyen
>not playing spin the goon with sheilas >not going to work in thongs and shorts >not riding cangaroo long distances >not having quality meat pies for whatever meal you feel like >not having a 4am kebab with garlic sauce >not making random cunts mates >not basking in the Great Australian Fuck All (GAFFA) >not getting pissed on Queens birthday >not taking the piss out of all other countries
This bloke is right, you would've made a terrible fkn Strayan. Good riddance cunt
Bentley Gutierrez
Got a dirty, cluttered, hot, and no fucks given gym very close to my home. They've got a thousand weight machines and there's 3 functioning cardio machines out of 10, but it sure as fuck isn't packed with commercial gym goers.
Asher Mitchell
I go to a powerlifter/old school bodybuilding gym. Sadly most of the really big guys left and started a new one further out, but that only makes it more perfect for my purposes.
Lots of squat racks, heavybag, tons of room, cheap price, 24 hour access. Good shit. Could never go back to Anytime.
Nathan Young
It's mostly a tennis club that my father has a family membership to. The weights section is moderate in size and has all the essentials as well as a fair amount of machines for newbies to make a circuit out of. What I've found out as I've gone to other gyms is that my gym having towels for both workout out and larger shower towels is bassed, they have spray deodorant, hair spray, lotion, and soap in the showers. I didn't realize all of that was a luxury, but it is. The weights room is mostly empty during non-peak hours. They've watched me go from a 210 pound chubbyfat to not fat noobgains in this past 1.5 years so now they're warmer to me.
Justin Baker
>1 power rack >1 squat rack >3 different leg press machines >1 smith machine >2 benches >2 incline benches >1 decline >a shit ton of machines
Oliver Ross
who /SmallFamilyOwnedGym/ here? >parents have been members since the 90s >remember spending childhood memeing with legos while cardio bunny mom worked out >brother and I added on to membership in middle school >lift on and off there throughout teenage years >gym moved to larger industrial park building a few years ago >nicer, but still managed to maintain that cozy gym feel >23 now and currently lifting 6-days a week >go to gyms around same time everyday >shoot the shit with other regulars, some that I have even known since I was a kid >comfy.jpg I might be moving 2 hours away for wageslaving soon, going to try to convince my parents to keep me on the membership so I can lift when I come home to visit
Jeremiah Carter
Sounds comfy as fuck.
Jordan Bell
I go to a USAPL/Strongman/weightlifting gym in Maryland.
It's a lot better than commercial gyms. No unsolicited advice, everyone squats deep.
Nicholas Wilson
Rack pulls have a tendency to bend barbells no matter how careful you are with them, so savvy gym owners will ask you to use pre-bent ones.
Nolan Sanchez
that carpet reminds me of a movie theater I once went to
Oliver Nelson
I have to admit, it's pretty rare to see a USAPL-affiliated gym that's cool with having Strongman trainees around.
Anthony Torres
That's Alan thrall gym
Benjamin Davis
>thread makes me realize i've never actually looked to see if there's a "real" gym near me >find out there is one, looks pretty gud >consider switching from my 24h fitness gym >remember that the new gym wouldn't have a sauna, steam room, jacuzzi, or pool