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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: danielson on November 28, 2008, 10:44:23 AM
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Would you be more likely to hang out after your workout and chill with the other members? I have been trying to get a Starbucks added for months now, or at least some type of fancy coffee place. They have protein drinks/shakes now, but as True Adonis has pointed out those drinks are worthless. No one can deny the effectiveness of coffee, plus for those of us who are actually dedicated and workout in the morning we could go in have our coffee, read the newspapers, perhaps they could even hire a little homie to shine our shoes? What do you guys think? Is this idea going to revolutionize the gym industry? Also, what would you rather have, a Starbucks or a personal trainer who spends most of their time in their office posting on muscle sites?
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get in and get the fuck out ;D
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I was travelin through Salt Lake City (I think) and went into a Golds gym that had a Starbucks in the gym, one out in the parking lot and another right across the street.
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I love the new guy that runs the danielson account! Classic funny threads altogether!! ;D
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If there was a starbucks in a gym it would be the gayest most sissy mary gym on planet earth. Gyms turning into cafe's, lol....joke.
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If there was a starbucks in a gym it would be the gayest most sissy mary gym on planet earth. Gyms turning into cafe's, lol....joke.
We could get you a phonebook to see over the counter and a booster chair at the table, what's the problem?
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Add a Dunkin Donuts so a glazed donut could be a good post work out meal. 8)
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I have NEVER stepped foot in a StarBucks :'(
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Starbucks of course. BTW, this is prob your first post that actually had any worth. ;D
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Starbucks of course. BTW, this is prob your first post that actually had any worth. ;D
Imagine you are at the gym and some bitch asks you for a coffee(or a caramel because it is equally arbitrary ;)), you don't have to drive anywhere. It's good for your social life and good for your energy.
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I would never go to a gym like that
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I would never go to a gym like that
You could supply the cream Karl!
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Imagine you are at the gym and some bitch asks you for a coffee(or a caramel because it is equally arbitrary ;)), you don't have to drive anywhere. It's good for your social life and good for your energy.
Agreed, I am there 5 days a week anyway. BTW, Venti icied Americano that's 4 shots espresso over ice add some flavor, I like Mocha and then some half and half. Try it you will like it. :)
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Agreed, I am there 5 days a week anyway. BTW, Venti icied Americano that's 4 shots espresso over ice add some flavor, I like Mocha and then some half and half. Try it you will like it. :)
What does that run ya? about 15 dollars?
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I actually like the atmosphere in Starbucks. I bet there would be some relaxed chatting with the opposite sex going on in there.
However, the coffee is so bad it's a disgrace. I swear that their machines are an elaborate hoax and what you actually end up drinking comes straight out of someone's ass.
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Agreed, I am there 5 days a week anyway. BTW, Venti icied Americano that's 4 shots espresso over ice add some flavor, I like Mocha and then some half and half. Try it you will like it. :)
I might try that. I don't like their regular coffee, but they have some good fancy drinks.
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What does that run ya? about 15 dollars?
14.99 ;D Actually I think 2.50,
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You could supply the cream Karl!
thats funny
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It would be great if the in gym starbucks had wifi so kamali and magnone could upload those "x weeks out" photos
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I would never go to a gym like that
Agreed. The only things I look for in a gym are
1) Proper place to store my cooler containing my brown rice and plain, baked chicken breasts
2) A non-functioning toilet, so I can tell everyone the place is hardcore
3) Like minded warriors who use chalk and work out in spandex or Zubazz, complete with bandana
4) A couple of MMA fighters who wear Tapout so they can protect the gym and it's members in case we get attacked
5) Very few - zero female members
6) Posing room so we can practice mandatories on off-days
and other things that currently escape my mind. Hardcore baby 8)
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I might try that. I don't like their regular coffee, but they have some good fancy drinks.
You would be surprised how good it is. Make sure that they do NOT add extra water to it. Have them fill the Venti cup with ice to the top then when they pour the 4 shots over it it melts just enough so adding extra water dilutes it too much.
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How about a starbucks that has a gym.
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It would be great if the in gym starbucks had wifi so kamali and magnone could upload those "x weeks out" photos
Very funny. >:( Actually they do have wifi. ;D But as someone posted in another thread ya gotta be careful where you are at when you get on Getbig, the men in thongs thing would not go over to big if anyone saw. :-[
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I swear that their machines are an elaborate hoax and what you actually end up drinking comes straight out of someone's ass.
Coffee enema style
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You would be surprised how good it is. Make sure that they do NOT add extra water to it. Have them fill the Venti cup with ice to the top then when they pour the 4 shots over it it melts just enough so adding extra water dilutes it too much.
Ok, I will go their on my way to the gym today. Then I will buy like 8 of them and pass them around to other members and maybe get the ball rolling on adding a Starbucks right there in the gym. I already have a place picked out for it, in the back they have this stupid circuit training bullshit, no one ever uses it.
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This thread title sounds like the sort of topic Bluto would start.
Except that there are probably no Starbucks in the Czech Republic.
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Do you guys all go to a gym with tanning beds? I do and let me tell you that saves me a ton of time. Killing two birds with one stone is nice, but with the Starbucks it will be 3 birds! What should I ask for next? Any suggestions?
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Do you guys all go to a gym with tanning beds? I do and let me tell you that saves me a ton of time. Killing two birds with one stone is nice, but with the Starbucks it will be 3 birds! What should I ask for next? Any suggestions?
A fresh food store
Doesn't have to be too big and can have an opening outside the gym to attract even more business.
If the gym is in an upmarket location it could even have organic foods which would involve a higher mark up.
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A fresh food store
Doesn't have to be too big and can have an opening outside the gym to attract even more business.
If the gym is in an upmarket location it could even have organic foods which would involve a higher mark up.
I was thinking more like a Blockbuster, maybe even a sportsbar. But I can work with that. Thanks.
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Make sure that they do NOT add extra water to it. Have them fill the Venti cup with ice to the top then when they pour the 4 shots over it it melts just enough so adding extra water dilutes it too much.
Ah an aristocrat!
Steaks medium rare, as well?
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Do you mean this Starbuck?
(http://www.daemonstv.com/images/scifi/kara_starbuck_thrace1.jpg)
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I was thinking more like a Blockbuster, maybe even a sportsbar. But I can work with that. Thanks.
Yes I have been to gyms with all of these things:
dvd rental, cafe, bar, sports lounge, tennis courts, squash courts, pools
more like health clubs though and the free weights areas tend to be ignored
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Ah an aristocrat!
Steaks medium rare, as well?
:o That's pretty good, Prime Rib and Ribeye. The only way to go.
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Yes I have been to gyms with all of these things:
dvd rental, cafe, bar, sports lounge, tennis courts, squash courts, pools
more like health clubs though and the free weights areas tend to be ignored
Sounds like paradise to me.
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Yes I have been to gyms with all of these things:
dvd rental, cafe, bar, sports lounge, tennis courts, squash courts, pools
more like health clubs though and the free weights areas tend to be ignored
The problem is when that area isn't ignored there. I find half the time it's a bunch of annoying teenagers. :-\
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If there was a starbucks in a gym it would be the gayest most sissy mary gym on planet earth. Gyms turning into cafe's, lol....joke.
QFT.
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Would you be more likely to hang out after your workout and chill with the other members? I have been trying to get a Starbucks added for months now, or at least some type of fancy coffee place. They have protein drinks/shakes now, but as True Adonis has pointed out those drinks are worthless. No one can deny the effectiveness of coffee, plus for those of us who are actually dedicated and workout in the morning we could go in have our coffee, read the newspapers, perhaps they could even hire a little homie to shine our shoes? What do you guys think? Is this idea going to revolutionize the gym industry? Also, what would you rather have, a Starbucks or a personal trainer who spends most of their time in their office posting on muscle sites?
I like it danielson. For guys like us who need to check the Journal to see how our portfolio is doing, it would help us multi-task. Of course most of the mouthbreathing ham and eggers on here wouldn't know what we speak of.
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I like it danielson. For guys like us who need to check the Journal to see how our portfolio is doing, it would help us multi-task. Of course most of the mouthbreathing ham and eggers on here wouldn't know what we speak of.
Also, the longer we are there the better chance for us to meet some hot whores. I meet on average about 2 hot bitches a week at the gym, now if there were a Starbucks there I bet I would meet 5 or more.
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The problem is when that area isn't ignored there. I find half the time it's a bunch of annoying teenagers. :-\
I meant ignored by management
Its like tiny and under equipped I'm talking 8 total 45lb plates
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Most of the health clubs like this attract cougars, are you into that?
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Also, the longer we are there the better chance for us to meet some hot whores. I meet on average about 2 hot bitches a week at the gym, now if there were a Starbucks there I bet I would meet 5 or more.
The quality would also be better. Everybody knows this. Starbucks = hotness
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Most of the health clubs like this attract cougars, are you into that?
I like bitches between the ages of 21 and 35.
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I like bitches between the ages of 21 and 35.
U sound friendly they must be thrilled.
Based on your ideas i think Ballys might hit the spot.
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U sound friendly they must be thrilled.
I ma talking to the guys who go to a gym. Not people who workout in their rat infested apartments!
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I ma talking to the guys who go to a gym. Not people who workout in their rat infested apartments!
Ya i can see that actually working out is high on your list hahahaa
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Ya i can see that actually working out is high on your list hahahaa
I am sorry I like to socialize at the gym, maybe you can talk to one of your rats and make some folgers crystals?
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Actually i work out at a major gym. I don't even need the starbucks because i work out hard, tan, look good and know how to talk. :Dl
The starbucks idea's actually good, but all the rest of it, the DVD rentals, etc. tells me you're ripe for Ballys. ;)
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Actually i work out at a major gym. I don't even need the starbucks because i look good and know how to talk lol
The starbucks idea's actually good, but all the rest of it, the DVD rentals, etc. tells me you're ripe for Ballys. ;)
You think that setup inside your apartment is "major"? Looks like a bowflex in the middle of a Cabrini Green apartment to me.
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excellent idea
while we're at it add some immigrants who'll hand me my phone when i get an important call
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You think that setup inside your apartment is "major"? Looks like a bowflex in the middle of a Cabrini Green apartment to me.
hahaha, epic poorness.
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excellent idea
while we're at it add some immigrants who'll hand me my phone when i get an important call
I like that idea too. You could always go to Home Depot and grab a Mexican to do it for you, but then you have to let them get in your car. I would throw them in the trunk, but I have an SUV so I would still smell them. It sucks keeping your phone in your pocket, especially when you worry about setting DBs on it. But what can you do? It's not like you can just leave your phone in the car, that would be insane.
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I like that idea too. You could always go to Home Depot and grab a Mexican to do it for you, but then you have to let them get in your car. I would throw them in the trunk, but I have an SUV so I would still smell them. It sucks keeping your phone in your pocket, especially when you worry about setting DBs on it. But what can you do? It's not like you can just leave your phone in the car, that would be insane.
they can always expand the gym and keep them tied up in the backyard and give them colored leashes or something so it's easy to keep an eye on them
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Overpriced coffee at the gym? No thanks. ::)
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they can always expand the gym and keep them tied up in the backyard and give them colored leashes or something so it's easy to keep an eye on them
Speaking of coloreds, have you ever belonged to a gym with an uppity colored person working there? I used to go to one and there was this trainer, he was like 50. I would walk in he would say "Hey Mike" so I replied "Hey Boy" and he always gave me a dirty look. I never understood that. And heaven forbid you ask the guy to park your car. ::)
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Overpriced coffee at the gym? No thanks. ::)
That's cool, I was thinking of more of a man-woman dynamic anyway. No offense of course :)
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Yes I have been to gyms with all of these things:
dvd rental, cafe, bar, sports lounge, tennis courts, squash courts, pools
more like health clubs though and the free weights areas tend to be ignored
I hate these types of places....like the Virgin Active 'gyms' here in the UK.
I went for a trial session once and was shocked that there was only single bench in a three story complex and only a token corner for free weights. The rest of the 'gym' was rows of bikes, treadmills and other crap filled with soccer moms slowly reading magazines and taking their time.
A gym should have mostly free-weights, some necessary machines and a small section for bikes and treadmills.
Luckily the place I go to is just for people to lift weights, not a hardcore gym but it's thankfully not some health club.
Anyway, if coffee was available, like from a machine, then I'd probably be sipping a cup of warm black coffee between sets :D
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Lol at all the idiot that take that gimmick danielson serious. What would you thinj about a gym with a McDonalds? Perfect for training Adonis principles. During workout BigMac rulz.
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Anyway, if coffee was available, like from a machine, then I'd probably be sipping a cup of warm black coffee between sets :D
Yep, some coffee and a quick phone call. Now we are talking!
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Lol at all the idiot that take that gimmick danielson serious. What would you thinj about a gym with a McDonalds? Perfect for training Adonis principles. During workout BigMac rulz.
I am a gimmick huh? a gimmick who has talked on the phone to about a half dozen members here and posted a few dozen pics while you are too afraid to post one single pic.
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Speaking of coloreds, have you ever belonged to a gym with an uppity colored person working there? I used to go to one and there was this trainer, he was like 50. I would walk in he would say "Hey Mike" so I replied "Hey Boy" and he always gave me a dirty look. I never understood that. And heaven forbid you ask the guy to park your car. ::)
i feel you're pain bro
at various occasions i offered these guys a sweet deal but none of them seemed interested in making an extra buck shining my shoes after an intense workout, now why they would turn down such an interesting business deal is beyond me
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Speaking of coloreds, have you ever belonged to a gym with an uppity colored person working there? I used to go to one and there was this trainer, he was like 50. I would walk in he would say "Hey Mike" so I replied "Hey Boy" and he always gave me a dirty look. I never understood that. And heaven forbid you ask the guy to park your car. ::)
hahah, yes danielson. They all seem to have gotten more uppity in the last month. I'm not sure why, it's not like the new president is going to fix their pathetic lives. hahaha
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i feel you're pain bro
at various occasions i offered these guys a sweet deal but none of them seemed interested in making an extra buck shining my shoes after an intense workout, now why they would turn down such an interesting business deal is beyond me
God blessed them with the ability to sing, dance, slam a basketball and shine shoes. Who are they to deny their God given gifts?
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We have a kitchen in my gym with seats where most hang out before and after the workout.
Many people eat relax before or after. Many also come in for teh social event and leave without training.
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We have a kitchen in my gym with seats where most hang out before and after the workout.
Many people eat relax before or after. Many also come in for teh social event and leave without training.
Is the fridge stocked with beer?
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We have a kitchen in my gym with seats where most hang out before and after the workout.
Many people eat relax before or after. Many also come in for teh social event and leave without training.
I could get used to that idea for sure.
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It has a tv and lots of seats and many stand at the counter while Victor, the owner makes the food, starts the slagging and pours the coffee
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We could get you a phonebook to see over the counter and a booster chair at the table, what's the problem?
i don't understand this reply and or what it has to do with me considering you've never seen me. :-\
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How about a masseuse? Not a real one, but a rub and tug, would you guys go for that? Not an Asian bitch either, they look like they got hit in the face with a frying pan.
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We have proper coffee shops at both my gyms. Espresso machines for coffees, commercial blenders and ice machines for shakes. We also do meals like chicken and rice at the main gym. Everyone loves it especially the visiting pros. Gym is a big part of peoples lives so if you make it an enjoyable experience people keep coming back. TD
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Kickin back is good.
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Overpriced coffee at the gym? No thanks. ::)
$1.66 for a tall regular coffee is overpriced? ???
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We have a kitchen in my gym with seats where most hang out before and after the workout.
Many people eat relax before or after. Many also come in for teh social event and leave without training.
Your gym also does haircutting once a month too right?
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Gym = weight training then GTFO
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Gym = weight training then GTFO
you sound pretty hardcore griffith.
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Would you be more likely to hang out after your workout and chill with the other members? I have been trying to get a Starbucks added for months now, or at least some type of fancy coffee place. They have protein drinks/shakes now, but as True Adonis has pointed out those drinks are worthless. No one can deny the effectiveness of coffee, plus for those of us who are actually dedicated and workout in the morning we could go in have our coffee, read the newspapers, perhaps they could even hire a little homie to shine our shoes? What do you guys think? Is this idea going to revolutionize the gym industry? Also, what would you rather have, a Starbucks or a personal trainer who spends most of their time in their office posting on muscle sites?
hahahaha, "little homie to shine our shoes", classic. ;D
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Your gym also does haircutting once a month too right?
every 3rd saturday of the month
Its liek a social club more than anything. Everyone who has a trade or a business posts their business card on a wall. From plumbers to jewellers. If someone nedds something done they go to the wall etc lol
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you sound pretty hardcore griffith.
I'm not, it just pisses me off when I'm trying to concentrate and focus on my set and people are standing around talking shit and look like they're just there because they've got nothing better to do.
If people want haircuts, coffee, food, whatever and just want to 'hang out' then what's the mall is for.
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Maybe you should learn to concentrate harder.
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what is this American obsession with coffee ? fuk you will have starbucks inside public washrooms next.....cup of java while shitting... :-\
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I have around 5 cups of tea a day
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ever have loose leaf tea ?
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nope
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Maybe you should learn to concentrate harder.
My concentration is fine, but it's annoying when people are just hanging around in groups at the squat rack or at the only bench, then chat for 10 minutes, maybe do a set, and then chat some more etc.
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what is this American obsession with coffee ? fuk you will have starbucks inside public washrooms next.....cup of java while shitting... :-\
What shithole are you from?
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My concentration is fine, but it's annoying when people are just hanging around in groups at the squat rack or at the only bench, then chat for 10 minutes, maybe do a set, and then chat some more etc.
If that was the case i would say "excuse me do you mind if i work in, ill only be a few mins"
Say you are as entitled to use the equipment as much as them
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there's a starbucks in my starbucks
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I would join a gym with a Denny's.