Dude I can totally relate to you. I wanted a home gym for a long time the place we were living in couldn’t accommodate one and when Covid hit with all the lockdowns which is a whole different rant I got a rack plates a bench and barbell. Been leveling it up slowly over time. I had a similar experience with a deadlift platform at a commercial gym and I am glad I have my own space now to train in. No drive time , I can listen to whatever music I want and I can wear or not wear clothes when I lift
I had an awesome weight room in college. It was called "the coliseum " great equipment and solid guys trained there. It didn't hurt I was younger, more swole and yoked as f#ck back then. Good times. Oh, this was before influencer culture, so way different gym atmosphere. Thus was the time period when Ronnie Coleman ruled the stage.
100% agree i only got to a public gym for legs for the machines and most of the time its not crowded. Even if it is most people dont do legs so im chilling 😅. But when all the equipment is taken i just want to go home and use my squat rack and barbells and dumbbells. I also live in canada so when theres snow storms or the power goes out in the winter i can just go downstairs and always get a workout in no matter what.
Oh and don’t even get me started about the people in the turf room! You want to do trap bar farmers walks or sled pushes? I swear it happens every time……someone walks in and plants their ass on the floor directly in your path to do stretching or warm ups. And if you are in the middle of a killer farmers walk set they’ll walk right in front of you or sit down in your path.
I agree the gym noise complains is the most annoying nonsensical thing ever! Its a gym, people will make noise, will grunt, will breathe loudly, thats because its people and not accurate robots... Also also, 95% people in the gym nowadays are wiht their own earbuds/headphones so nobody can ever hear the noises, and the ones who can, well just put on your own music like everyone else, or jsut deal with the noise!
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I can’t stand the kids with no manners. They’ll sit on a leg press just playing with their phone. Do one set every 10 minutes. And it’s not even just the kids. You got a guy who plants his gym bag and jacket right next to a machine. And he’ll put a water bottle or towel on another machine so he can do supersets. He’ll spend about 20 minutes minimum between the two machines. And the gym only has one heavy bag. You got guys who will spend an hour on the bag. You can forget about ever using the leg press in my gym. You have a better chance of winning the lottery or getting struck by lightning than to have the leg press free.
At my gym, there are 6 Rogue squat racks and they have the best LifeFitness machines too. They have an assault air runner too. I got to realize how lucky I am. I've never seen somebody filming at the gym. The worse I've seen is a woman asking how many sets I had left at the squat rack. I told her I had 2 more sets and when I was done, she took the spot and she did barbell glute bridges 🤦🏼♂