Best to Worst Gyms

To be honest if you say no to all the pizza and bullshit that they give out to keep fatties coming back, its not that bad of a gym for DYELs to do SS

>forgetting the swimming pool

Great cardio on off days.

>Implying pizza isn't the only reason to go to PF

>Said satan menacingly

Anyone know how well World Gym stands up?

It's cheap but the closest one is jam packed with machines and the weights are kinda shitty.

The newer one that's farther away has nice well spaced equipment.

people fucking bench press on smith machines

Gotta eat big to get big

>Free whole milk

People are gonna call me a shill but whatever

Puregym (UK) is very decent

I just rang them to ask if a day pass was 24 hours or until the end of that day and the man gave me a 3 day free pass

so they're my favourite gym

1 free pass and sounds like they've got you for life.

In my experience they ain't very good. Rows and rows and rows of bikes, cross trainers, and treadmills. Hardly any space for free weights. The one I went to didn't have a single power cage. Cancellation sounded easy though IIRC

well, I've used them before (just moved/restarted membership)

I'd agree that the focus is way too much on bikes rather than lifting but the one I'm going to has at least one squat rack and one power cage

still I haven't seen this building yet so I'll let you know in a few hours when im back

I googled "Lunk Alarm" but I believe everyone is memeing me. What is it exactly?

Is there a more american gif out there?

There's a video of it on youtube, I'll see if I can find it. I thought it was just a meme too until I saw the video

What does this thread think of 24 Hour fitness? Honestly, besides all the peopld coming after new years, its great and had a tight hardcore community, at least at mine.

Best
>anything local and oriented towards actual lifting not just cardio and machines
Mid
>lifetime, LA fitness, snap fitness, etc.
Worst
>planet fitness and any local crossfit gym just because of the insane cost to use their facility
If there's a cheap crossfire place near you, then bump it up to best unless they force you to do their programs.

I will second this! I go to a powerlifting gym and I'm not a powerlifter. Some of the people who lift there are powerlifters, some are training Oly, some have fuckarounditis, and some people do a bro-split.

No locker rooms, pools, hundreds of cardio equipment or any of that superfluous shit and it's a whopping $40/month.

>no sweating

I'm guessing this is true. Is it enforced? How can you do cardio and not sweat?

Fuck that sounds nice.

My current gym is in an old people neighborhood so most patrons are exercising with kegs, TRXs, cable machines and stationary bikes. But for some reason it has a full set of barbells and weights, a power rack and a bench that nobody ever uses but me and a buff as fuck 60yo granpa.

I love that place, grannies are very nice too and never bother you.

Local YMCA, free weights and machines, "cross fit room" which only gets used by the aerobics crowd, basketball gym, indoor track, swimming pool, sauna, hot tubs, and Milf Stacey's that use the free child care. $38/month

>i thought planet fitness was a joke
>it's a real fucking thing and people actually go there
lmao. It's a gym so people can say they go to the gym and it's dirt cheap and they give out free pizza and whatnot.The owners are smart af

My gym is specialised in oly and powerlifitng (and other strength training). It is pretty expensive 60euros/month but you also pay for the coaches, a shit ton of weights and barbells and squat racks, showers, etc. The coaches are always giving you tips and correcting your form and also they give a free program with progession aimed at meets. Everyone here is pretty cool and the owner is also one of the oly coaches. He's a great guy. He really does have a passion. I wouldn't change it for the world.

this

Oh god, I wish there were decent gyms like that around where I live. Pretty much stuck with LA fitness or Anytime, and Planet Fitness is the only place my friends were willing to sign up at due to the price.

pic related is great. it's a mildly sized space separated from the outside by nearly all glass, like a giant window into the place. visually, you see the cardio stuff first but there are relevant machines and then a couple power racks, smith machines, squat racks with all the weights and benches you need except during the busiest times. two showers, two more bathrooms, and a big room with a sandbag and separate radio you can connect to for a more personal environment.

$30 a month, access to anything with your keycard at any time, as the name suggests. it is affordable and exactly what you need.

Home Gym master race?

Agreed, although mine is 35 a month. Barely anyone there in the day and completely empty in the morning.

This too is my gym. I usually go around 2am with my friend after he gets off work. Usually have the gym to ourselves.

No shit huh? Kinda makes you wonder why people pay to go to a gym at all.

Here you go.

youtube.com/watch?v=8eAj08nAFP4

Man these videos are cringe. All I picture is some normie trying to do some cardio or whatever for cheap and having to endure retards like this.

Obese guy here. Pretty much the same size as Pepe in the pic lel.
When I first tried working out I went to planet fitness. I didn't take it seriously and went basically because it made me feel better. The average guy in my planet fitness must have been 200lbs, and not muscle weight

The staff were very encouraging and let us get away with things. There was a group of about 10 very fat people of which I was a member and we basically ran the gym. Some of the things we used to be allowed to do

>Bring a pizza oven to the gym and plug it in in place of a cardio machine (usually a treadmill). a powerlifting guy got kicked out once for trying to smash the oven
>Eat ice cream whilst 'curling' 2lb dumbbells, sometimes leaking ice cream on them and licking it as we lifted the weights towards our mouths
>pour sugar and cream into peoples protein shakes when they weren't looking

I gained 20lb in 5 months there. They don't care about your health

Every day someone writes up amazing gym autist stories and I love Veeky Forums for it

where is this gym

Another Anytimefag here. I fucking love it. Mine's almost exactly like yours except it's $35, we have three bathrooms with showers in them, there's three tanning booths if you're into that, and no money wasted on a smith machine. Plus, I can go when I get off work late at night and be alone.
Owner's a shitlord, too. When I signed up, she told me she put the cardio equipment against the front window so the runners can "people watch" and gestured at the Gamestop next door.

it also depends on how serious you are. Local places oriented towards lifting would be great if not for the fact that (at least the ones I've seen) are fucking expensive.

LA Fitness is perfect for me since most of the people are girls who don't use the weights.

The one I go to is 40$ a month. Has tons of squat racks and gets new shit pretty frequently. The owners are 10/10 bros.

I live in South Bay LA and it's pretty much only chains here.

Used to live in New Mexico where 24-hour fitness was 56 a month (with a year contract) and the serious lifting gym was 80 a month.

I enjoy the World Gym in my area.

Pros
>2/3 free weights to machines
>More than 2 squat racks
>Does not cater to general public, new years came and there was barely an increase

Cons
>changing rooms/bathrooms smell horrific
>over half the treadmills are broken because some roided asshole has to smash the buttons like it's fucking family feud

upstate SC

Come to minnesota.

Home gym is the best.
>open 24 hours
>never wait to use equipment
>do whatever the fuck I wanna do in the squat rack
>wear what I want, sometimes nothing. nude squats feel so good when my balls touch the floor at the bottom
>too many benefits to list

The anytime I go to is actually great too. At least in my city most the other gyms are run down or overcrowded with shit or for housewives and they all cost more.

>nude squats
>balls touch the floor
Welp, time to build a home gym.

>God tier:
Home gym master race

>Great tier:
Local indie gyms and clubs (provided they are properly managed)

>Good tier:
Small chains that are focused on something specific

>Okay tier:
Big chains that focus on everything

>Worse than shit tier
Planet Fitness

Seriously, a McDonald's playplace will do more to combat obesity in the public than planet fitness could

on the one hand, i really want a home gym so i can be free.

on the other, i love the ritual of going to the gym.

>>planet fitness and any local crossfit gym just because of the insane cost to use their facility

Planet Fitness is $10/month in my area. It doesn't any lower than that. What do they charge in your area?

The london one i just started going to has seven (7) racks

like manna from heaven compared to my old poverty council gym

Any other golds gym fags here?

>nude squats feel so good when my balls touch the floor at the bottom

Pretty sure hes talking about the cost of the local crossfit gym dude

I've been going to 24HF since last year. It's great, has all the amenities you could ask for, plenty of space for weights. It's crowded as fuck during the day, but if you're a vampire like me, you can go in at midnight and have a serious workout with the rest of the crazies.

i think those are bagels but still

They are, its bagels with cream cheese on the right. My PF does the same thing sometimes

>Planet_Fatness.jpg

>.gif, too

>Lunk alarm
Most PF's turn them off or really only sound them towards douche bags like in this video youtube.com/watch?v=nLa64nVCXvc. Just don't act like a douche and you won't have any problems at the majority of PF's.

>No sweating allowed
Only in safe space ones. The one I used to work at, we used to push people.

>Free Pizza
>Free candy
That you got correct. Though, that it is their choice if they want to eat it or not. When I used to work there, I told every person: "are you sure you want to undo your workout with that?"

>No weights
You can easily make a dumb bell equivalent to any barbell exercise. The one I used to work at went up to 90lbs.

The worst """"Gym"""" is any gym other than homegym. Deal with it, faggots.

>no one to share shit with
>can do cardio in peace
>can lift at any time
>no having to commute to the gym
>pay back is extremely quick compared to gym membership

>You can easily make a dumb bell equivalent to any barbell exercise
Lightweight baby

>The worst """"Gym"""" is any gym other than homegym. Deal with it, faggots

Hell ya, the fact that ever bit I have at home has had my balls on it makes it all the better.

Any guys go to blink gyms

My World Gym is OK for a bare bones gym. Only 2 squat racks, but I go around 11 am and I only have to wait like 1 out of 10 times or less. Has a deadlift platform that is not terrible. Plenty of benches. Everyone is chill. And I got this plan from 11 am to 3 pm which is cheap as fuck.

The worst part is that I'd say like 30% of people don't rerack (maybe not World Gym's fault but it's part of their culture whether they like it or not) and they don't have fractional weights (I just bought my own).

I went to Anytime Fitness for a while but it had no power racks. This was in Tokyo though so that could have been why.

>dissing free pizza

spotted the dyel newfag. i'm eating pizza as i type and i guarantee i'm stronger and more shredded than you. fucking faggot.

anytime gym is the gym 4 me
everything i need
not too busy
good staff
good toilets

LA fitness is great, except for the hours.

I love anytime too. The only issue is that there's only one squat rack at most of the ones I go to, so if some SL5x5 sperg is doing their entire workout in it, you may have to wait awhile.

That said, I sometimes had the same problem at a much bigger gym.

Mine is $35 a month too.

I do kind of miss the amenities of the big gyms - pools, saunas, etc, - but I feel like I'm more efficient at AF because of its small size.

I also like the private bathrooms because I'm shy and don't like getting naked around strangers.

What's the "lunk alarm?"

No poorfags here can afford CrossFit I guess. Pretty much state of the art box forging elite fitness

The best gym is the one inside of your home.

The worst gym is the one you have to leave your home and pay money for.

I really like my uni gym at UQ. Its a bit expensive but they got a good range of equipment and its never too busy except for when its just about to close.

Never mind

Prove it cunt

apartments though

All you can eat pizza once a week for $10 a month actually isn't a bad deal.

Who here /college/ gym

>dirt cheap 50 pounds for the whole year

>qtpi students working out alongside you

>actually has to have standards, squat rack and weights

>work alongside education for intellect gains

>little to no traveling one trip, home and back

You forgot that ghastly colour scheme

I can get past most things from planet fitness but the lack of ANY Free barbell weights or squat/power racks is fucking laughable.

>safe space ones

That requires further explanation.

I go to AF too, and for a moment I thought you were describing the same gym until I saw the sandbag and price. You must be in Burgerland.

I like the atmosphere, but I'm the only one who does BB exercises in a room or seniors, smith machine riders, and curl bros. I have to look into finding a PL/Oly gym near me.

There's a lot of gyms in my Irish town. I go to one that works out to about €17 monthly and there's all the equipment I need plus yoga/pilates/spin etc if you're so inclined. The only thing it doesn't have is a pool but the trade-off is worth it. Also it's within ten minutes walking of my house

>up to 90
wow man heavy weights you got there.

It isnt true. I go every morning and after an hour of dumbbell work and a 30 minute treadmill session, I leave looking like someone threw me in the shower.

The free bagels and pizza, as well as the dress code, however.... Totally a thing.

This. Powerlifting gyms are the best.

Military gyms. If you have a friend who is a dependant or are one, I suggest using them. I'm in DEP for the Navy and have access to 3 different near by bases who's gyms I can use. They have are MASSIVE, steam sauna, 4 of each machine, hammer strength, really nice barbells, plenty of racks, and benches. Like they all have 3-5 of each dumbbell, rack, cable machines, etc. And a million cardio equipment things. Racquet ball courts, basketball, track, football field, outdoor powerlifting pavillion, outdoor crossfit area. The works

>he doesn't rent a two bedroom

LMAOOOO

One of my gyms. Like it! Go in the AM, sometime early like 5:30 - 9:30. Odd crowd at mine. 60% Asian, nice. A few to the bros are serious. Two know MA as myself. We have a 91 yr old woman; she's an inspiration to everyone.

Some very serious power weight lifters to one trainer a bodybuilder. Excellent staff. Music sometimes loud - I ignore. Power, smith squat rack and separate yoga, exercise, fitness room, which I do warm-ups and cool down. Great space
Peace.

Fucking THIS
I workout on a pretty small base in Australia, open 24/7 and usually not many other people there. Only has 1 power cage, 1 squat rack and 3 platforms tnough. Also get to workout @ work

>the dress code
What's the dress code?

I go here. £10/month. Its kind of small but it has everything I've ever needed. Place is clean, warm, good changing and showering facilities.

I reckon it'd be pretty crowded if I ever went at peak hours but I go at 6am literally as they open their doors, so theres never anyone there besides the PTs, receptionist and 1 or 2 that drift in a little later.

$16 a week for my nearest gym.

feels like I'm overpaying

$25/month at the powerhouse. Not state of the art, but has everything you need. Usually 10-15 people at any given time but more like 30+ for NYE rn. Worth.

>think lunk alarm is just a meme
>chatting with PT between sets
>talking about gyms
>mention planet fitness
>he starts bitching about how stupid lunk alarms are
>mfw