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A. Ranked by "HARD CORE".
B. Ranked by "Most Impressive Looking".
c. Ranked by "Amenities".
d. Ranked by any other category of your own choosing.
Hard Core - Gold's in Venice back ten years ago. But it's changed today. You agree Mr Wishbone?
Most Impressive - Las Vegas Athletic Club, Henderson.
Amenities - Not into amenities so I got no idea, but if a view is an "amenity", I'd say 24 Hour Fitness in Waikiki overlooking the beach and bikinis and beginner's surfboard area.
My choice of category is "Wierdness" and the top of that list has to be the original ZUVER's in Costa Mesa, California back in the 60's. Reverend Zuver had a huge gorilla out in front with a multi-ton front door with a sign on it saying, "If you have trouble opening this door, go train someplace else!". The floor was made out of olympic plates and he had the "heaviest" of any piece of equipment imaginable.
And all this "wierdness" was in a huge "storage shed" along the side of his house in a residential area.
Wish I could remember more but that was a long time back. (Oh yea, his son was "Rhino".)
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Hard Core: Gold's Gym Honolulu Hawaii used to be called The Gym, Definitely Hard Core
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hard core: Easton Gym on Beverly 20 some years ago. Jim Morris Gym 25+ years ago
but at 12 years old, I was probably easily impressed ;)
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Hardcore: The Hercules in Dublin
Impressive: The Hercules in Dublin
Pictures: http://www.gymstories.com/?page_id=264 <--- Ground floor
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Gold's Gym/Venice all around.
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Star Fitness--Bronx, NY
Victor actually trains there once in a while.
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best hotel gym/spa I ever was at was TheHotel at Mandaly Bay las Vegas...ultra modern and slick, very nice. Gym had the best seated tricep press down machine. Free water bottles and fruit.
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5Th ave Gym ,Brooklyn !
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Gym had Free water bottles and fruit.
There's your gym with the best amenities. ::)
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nycbull is something of a fruit himself :D
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nycbull is something of a fruit himself :D
That would explain why he picked a gym with a spa. ;D
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Star Fitness--Bronx, NY
Victor actually trains there once in a while.
Isn't that where you train, King?
USA Gym in Bridgeview, IL. Owned/operated by Chuck Sanow.
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I defintiely know what will soon be the best, but until then The Gym in Honolulu was awesome. It was great when it was at its original location. Then they moved it to South st then Gold's bought it. Great gym for atmosphere and serious training. I have been to at least 200 gyms around the country, Mexico and China and that gym is about the best for training. The original World Gym back when I was a member in 1979 to 82 or 83 was awesome too. Back then that place was a who's who of BB. There was a really small gym in Tijuana that was a get down and dirty gym. I don't like the "fufu" clubs nowadays. Gold's on Flamingo is really good too. There was a gym called Hanraty's (I think) in Georgia or Mississippi that was good too. A good club to have sex in was the Family Fitness in Torrance. They had a HUGE jacquizi that you could do just about anything you wanted. Renaissance Health Spa in Hawthorne back in the 70's too was a great place to take a girl in the pool.
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I defintiely know what will soon be the best, but until then The Gym in Honolulu was awesome. It was great when it was at its original location. Then they moved it to South st then Gold's bought it. Great gym for atmosphere and serious training. I have been to at least 200 gyms around the country, Mexico and China and that gym is about the best for training. The original World Gym back when I was a member in 1979 to 82 or 83 was awesome too. Back then that place was a who's who of BB. There was a really small gym in Tijuana that was a get down and dirty gym. I don't like the "fufu" clubs nowadays. Gold's on Flamingo is really good too. There was a gym called Hanraty's (I think) in Georgia or Mississippi that was good too. A good club to have sex in was the Family Fitness in Torrance. They had a HUGE jacquizi that you could do just about anything you wanted. Renaissance Health Spa in Hawthorne back in the 70's too was a great place to take a girl in the pool.
Jeez, forgot all about Ray Mentzers gym Muscle Mill. An awesome place to train.
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the more its primitive the better it is for gains and thats all that matter, no fancy equipment and an escalator at the entrance.
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Isn't that where you train, King?
USA Gym in Bridgeview, IL. Owned/operated by Chuck Sanow.
Nah, its close to my friends house in the boogie down off tremont ave. I go there once in a blue to mix it up ;D
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the more its primitive the better it is for gains and thats all that matter, no fancy equipment and an escalator at the entrance.
and that is the reason you became the beast you are today mars
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Nah, its close to my friends house in the boogie down off tremont ave. I go there once in a blue to mix it up ;D
Oh, so you're saying it's cole to 'nder98's crib...okay, I see.
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That would explain why he picked a gym with a spa. ;D
im tellin you this spa was nice, black granite and glass tiles, steel and chrome, very nice...
I did get cruised in the steam room however, but Im used to it ;D
Hey Bluto , they were hiring towel boys if your interested.
My normal gym is a dirty ol'e basement gym on 49th in manhattan, its where Arnold trained and did promo for Pumping Iron.
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I would also say Golds Gym Venice Ca but impreassve gym that I have seen in New Zealand would be Les Mills extreame in Wellington that is very nice gym with three floors of very nice weights.
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Hard core: In Manhattan Sheridan Square Gym 1970s-80s; used to see Dickerson there. Something like Vince's Gym, on the east coast. They had some custom-made leverage machines there that were great, well before i ever saw commercial brands become commonplace. Best bicep workout ever on one of those, tricep and row machines also great. Regular members got their own key, could come in 24-7 for workouts. Immediately outside there was an area for tanning.
http://www.hurrellphotos.com/default.asp?ID=4&action=largeimage&imgid=139
Mid-City on W. 49th as second choice still there, still about the same. Draper used to train there in the 60s before moving to California.
http://midcitygym.com/
Amentities, most impressive looking: lots of gyms have upscale, great equipment and facilities now, it's hard to believe actually how many now. Chelseas Piers in NYC, David Barton Gyms in NY and elsewhere.
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I went to a 'Super' Gold's in NJ and the place was like the fucking mall. Two huge levels, mad space, machines everywhere, a movie theater for god knows what, ect ect. ... best gym for hardcorness was a Powerhouse Gym, the manager had tons of pics of BBs everywhere and some cool old school machines like the leg press where you lie on the ground.... the place was a juice house though, 50% were 'on' ...tons of powerlifters there too.
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these fancy polished gay gyms make people lazy.
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Another gym that I have been is Les Mills in Auckland. I was impressed with it the same for the mens changing room which I thought it flelt like walling into a day spa it was very flash it had a spa in it a pool .But and weights and machines nice.
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Not a commercial gym but for hugeness and a variety of equipment, the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. Unbelievable, almost the size of half a football field if I remember correctly. Power racks, "A" frames, sleds, lifting platforms,etc from wall to wall. Early '90's when I saw it. Probably now a days there are lots of college gyms bigger and better. But that one still lingers in my mind. Heard the Big Ten has some great gym's also. USC's & UCLA's wasn't too bad though not nearly matching Nebraska's. Thing about college gym's/training places is that some very fine co-eds trained there also. And you got a chance to set up kegger's party's for the weekends.
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Hardcore: The Hercules in Dublin
Impressive: The Hercules in Dublin
Pictures: http://www.gymstories.com/?page_id=264 <--- Ground floor
been there awesome gym. competed in it.
also see that story about one guy making the otehr a bitch? wasthat hercs in dublin. cos i know they close at 7 cos its a residential area
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I'm sorry but the best gym is oxygen gym in kuwait.
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Best gym from the 80's were;
1- Original World Gym Santa Monica
2- Gold's Venice (would have ranked it first but half the equipment was broken at any given time, dont even try to get matching dumbells, plus tons of fruitcakes to deal with and fuck up a workout)
3- Original Gold's Gym San Diego.
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x sport fitness on elston ave in chicago
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A. Ranked by "HARD CORE".
B. Ranked by "Most Impressive Looking".
c. Ranked by "Amenities".
d. Ranked by any other category of your own choosing.
Hard Core - Gold's in Venice back ten years ago. But it's changed today. You agree Mr Wishbone?
Most Impressive - Las Vegas Athletic Club, Henderson.
Amenities - Not into amenities so I got no idea, but if a view is an "amenity", I'd say 24 Hour Fitness in Waikiki overlooking the beach and bikinis and beginner's surfboard area.
My choice of category is "Wierdness" and the top of that list has to be the original ZUVER's in Costa Mesa, California back in the 60's. Reverend Zuver had a huge gorilla out in front with a multi-ton front door with a sign on it saying, "If you have trouble opening this door, go train someplace else!". The floor was made out of olympic plates and he had the "heaviest" of any piece of equipment imaginable.
And all this "wierdness" was in a huge "storage shed" along the side of his house in a residential area.
Wish I could remember more but that was a long time back. (Oh yea, his son was "Rhino".)
Kaliber Gym Trondheim Norway (now kaliber training studio cause they were scaring the pussy away) - when I lived there it was my second home I lived 5 min walk away and I used to slip slide my way there everyday. They had one IFBB pro and a bunch of juiced up bbers who were cool as fuck and trained hard as hell. Did my first cycle there and there was 1 kat who used to shoot slin right in the locker room. that shit was hard fucking core, man i miss that place - that shit had some bikes treadmills and a shit load of weight check out the pics
http://www.kalibergym.no/earlyyears.shtml (http://www.kalibergym.no/earlyyears.shtml)
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Kaliber Gym Trondheim Norway (now kaliber training studio cause they were scaring the pussy away) - when I lived there it was my second home I lived 5 min walk away and I used to slip slide my way there everyday. They had one IFBB pro and a bunch of juiced up bbers who were cool as fuck and trained hard as hell. Did my first cycle there and there was 1 kat who used to shoot slin right in the locker room. that shit was hard fucking core, man i miss that place - that shit had some bikes treadmills and a shit load of weight check out the pics
http://www.kalibergym.no/earlyyears.shtml (http://www.kalibergym.no/earlyyears.shtml)
Did you know this hottie??
Was she this hot in person??
(http://www.kalibergym.no/img/early/011_440.jpg)
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hard core: Easton Gym on Beverly 20 some years ago. Jim Morris Gym 25+ years ago
but at 12 years old, I was probably easily impressed ;)
It’s still there but probably changed. (Easton Gym 8053 Beverly Boulevard Los Angeles). Also Bill Pearls Gym on Manchester is still there.
Mid City Gym in New York City was VERY hardcore. Peals gym on Manchester is still there as well.
Ray Mentzers Muscle Mill was hardcore. So was Barlow’s Gym in Torrance, CA.
Gold's Venice 1981-late 90's when Pete, Tim and Ed still owned it.
World Gym in Lake Forest was cool in the 80’s.
Pete Grymko, Danny Padilla and about 15 of us had keys to a whole in the wall place back in Rochester with a bunch of steel and home-made equipment. It was in the basement of an old German Gymnastics club in a building built in the late early 1900’s. Turner Barbell Club. The pipes leaked, it was freezing cold in the winter and we had to wipe the sweat off the bars in the summer.
This is seldom mentioned but I would have loved to have trained at the Quonset hut in Deland Florida with Arthur Jones when Casey Viator and Sergio were there.
Duncan YMCA in Chicago where Bob Gadja and Sergio trained was supposed to be one of the bst equipped in the country back in the 70’s.
I imagine West-Side Barbell in Ohio is pretty brutal.
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It’s still there but probably changed. (Easton Gym 8053 Beverly Boulevard Los Angeles). Also Bill Pearls Gym on Manchester is still there.
Mid City Gym in New York City was VERY hardcore. Peals gym on Manchester is still there as well.
Ray Mentzers Muscle Mill was hardcore. So was Barlow’s Gym in Torrance, CA.
Gold's Venice 1981-late 90's when Pete, Tim and Ed still owned it.
World Gym in Lake Forest was cool in the 80’s.
Pete Grymko, Danny Padilla and about 15 of us had keys to a whole in the wall place back in Rochester with a bunch of steel and home-made equipment. It was in the basement of an old German Gymnastics club in a building built in the late early 1900’s. Turner Barbell Club. The pipes leaked, it was freezing cold in the winter and we had to wipe the sweat off the bars in the summer.
This is seldom mentioned but I would have loved to have trained at the Quonset hut in Deland Florida with Arthur Jones when Casey Viator and Sergio were there.
Duncan YMCA in Chicago where Bob Gadja and Sergio trained was supposed to be one of the bst equipped in the country back in the 70’s.
I imagine West-Side Barbell in Ohio is pretty brutal.
Forgot about Barlows. Dave did you know Renaissance in Hawthorne. Back in the 70's and early 80's. Gene Mozee worked there a little. How about the YMCA in San Pedro. The best "Y" gym anywhere.
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Not a commercial gym but for hugeness and a variety of equipment, the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. Unbelievable, almost the size of half a football field if I remember correctly. Power racks, "A" frames, sleds, lifting platforms,etc from wall to wall. Early '90's when I saw it. Probably now a days there are lots of college gyms bigger and better. But that one still lingers in my mind. Heard the Big Ten has some great gym's also. USC's & UCLA's wasn't too bad though not nearly matching Nebraska's. Thing about college gym's/training places is that some very fine co-eds trained there also. And you got a chance to set up kegger's party's for the weekends.
Some college gyms could easily compete with any commercial gym. The University of Hawaii looks awesome. Our high school gym when I went was one room with a Universal Multi station in the middle. Only a few dumbbells.
I like this gym
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Doherty's Gym - open 24/7, located in Melbourne it is the most impressive gym I have ever seen/worked out in.
http://www.dohertysgym.com/
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I'm sorry but the best gym is oxygen gym in kuwait.
like you been there ::)
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Doherty's Gym - open 24/7, located in Melbourne it is the most impressive gym I have ever seen/worked out in.
http://www.dohertysgym.com/
Im definietly going to Dohertys next time im in Melbourne 8)
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The more i read the more I feel privaleged that I have a real "hardcore" no Bull gym right beside my door, its litterly 5 min walk away.
me like an asshole work out in the YMCA gym i have worked out for years before I bothered looking for the Hercules Club.
Fuck it's all good... best gym in the world one of a dying breed that is for sure.
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Hard Core: Gold's Gym Honolulu Hawaii used to be called The Gym, Definitely Hard Core
Agreed.
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like you been there ::)
Is there something "Mars" ??? Stll upset Sadadummy got hung ;D
The oxygen gym and mwr facility on Camp Arifjan is the best gym in Kuwait
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dohertys gym for the convenience now being a 24 hr gym, and its the most hardcore around in melbourne ,
but the old muscle australia gym in the late 80s before it closed down, sonny schmidt used to train there, the equipment was very heavy duty,
the seated row had a 500lb stack, and they had the last vertical leg press i have seen
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Bob Bonham's "Strong and Shapely"
Diamond Gym
Roger Schwab's "Main Line Health & Fitness".
Best East Coast Gyms I have ever been to.
A nice hotel gym in NYC is the gym at the Parker Meridien.
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Montanari Brothers Golds Gym in New Haven, CT
Yaeger's Gym in Lombard, Illinois (closed around 1993)
Olympia health Studio in North Haven, CT (closed in 1980)
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Mike Katz's old World Gym East (Now P-Fitness)
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That oxygen gym in kuwait looks like it's bigger than some states in the world...
probably smells like shit there though. And no girls... ;D
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golds in venice period!!!! firehouse for sushi and saki/sapporo afterward.
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I went to this gym 2 years ago in a small town near Guadalajara Mexico; Shit :o it had all classic equipment. I felt like i was in the pumping iron movie. newest equipment was dated back to the 80"s :o :o
Definitely a hardcore gym... ;D
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I trained at Barlow's in Torrance once when I was 16 on a visit and recall it as being small but great atmosphere and hardcore
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Strong And Shapely....Rutherford NJ Bob Bonham runs a great gym.
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The YMCA is a great place to train ;)
or Dorians Dungeon I presume
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Muscle Works bethnalgreen in the UK hardcore gym fucking fantastic
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A. Ranked by "HARD CORE".
B. Ranked by "Most Impressive Looking".
c. Ranked by "Amenities".
d. Ranked by any other category of your own choosing.
Hard Core - Gold's in Venice back ten years ago. But it's changed today. You agree Mr Wishbone?
Most Impressive - Las Vegas Athletic Club, Henderson.
Amenities - Not into amenities so I got no idea, but if a view is an "amenity", I'd say 24 Hour Fitness in Waikiki overlooking the beach and bikinis and beginner's surfboard area.
My choice of category is "Wierdness" and the top of that list has to be the original ZUVER's in Costa Mesa, California back in the 60's. Reverend Zuver had a huge gorilla out in front with a multi-ton front door with a sign on it saying, "If you have trouble opening this door, go train someplace else!". The floor was made out of olympic plates and he had the "heaviest" of any piece of equipment imaginable.
And all this "wierdness" was in a huge "storage shed" along the side of his house in a residential area.
Wish I could remember more but that was a long time back. (Oh yea, his son was "Rhino".)
I'm Robert Zuver. Our gym was one of the greatest ever. In the 1960 and 1970 we had over 15 tons of iron to work with. We had 50lb, 100lb, 150lb, and 200lb plates show me a gym even today that has that kind of iron to train with. I still have the only compleat set of all these weight plates. Wish I could post some pictures on this site for all to see.
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Robert,great to have you on the site,the pics i have seen of Zuvers make me think it was the most hardcore gym of all time.If you want to post pics click on "additional options",then "browse" ,this will bring up your picture album,then double click on the pic you want then click post.
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when I lived in London
Muscleworks
Skyline (kimberley anne's in catford)
Dowe Dynamics in Archway
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I'm Robert Zuver. Our gym was one of the greatest ever. In the 1960 and 1970 we had over 15 tons of iron to work with. We had 50lb, 100lb, 150lb, and 200lb plates show me a gym even today that has that kind of iron to train with. I still have the only compleat set of all these weight plates. Wish I could post some pictures on this site for all to see.
CHRIST IS THE ANSWER - Love it Robert!
Great looking gym, wish I was around back then to experience it myself.
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Golds Gym, Venice
Powerhouse Gym, Downtown Tampa
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Powerhouse Gym in downtown Tampa
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I'm Robert Zuver. Our gym was one of the greatest ever. In the 1960 and 1970 we had over 15 tons of iron to work with. We had 50lb, 100lb, 150lb, and 200lb plates show me a gym even today that has that kind of iron to train with. I still have the only compleat set of all these weight plates. Wish I could post some pictures on this site for all to see.
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CHRIST IS THE ANSWER - Love it Robert!
Great looking gym, wish I was around back then to experience it myself.
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A. Ranked by "HARD CORE".
B. Ranked by "Most Impressive Looking".
c. Ranked by "Amenities".
d. Ranked by any other category of your own choosing.
Hard Core - Gold's in Venice back ten years ago. But it's changed today. You agree Mr Wishbone?
Most Impressive - Las Vegas Athletic Club, Henderson.
Amenities - Not into amenities so I got no idea, but if a view is an "amenity", I'd say 24 Hour Fitness in Waikiki overlooking the beach and bikinis and beginner's surfboard area.
My choice of category is "Wierdness" and the top of that list has to be the original ZUVER's in Costa Mesa, California back in the 60's. Reverend Zuver had a huge gorilla out in front with a multi-ton front door with a sign on it saying, "If you have trouble opening this door, go train someplace else!". The floor was made out of olympic plates and he had the "heaviest" of any piece of equipment imaginable.
And all this "wierdness" was in a huge "storage shed" along the side of his house in a residential area.
Wish I could remember more but that was a long time back. (Oh yea, his son was "Rhino".)
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most are gone now. bodyfactory in allentown, olympic fitness center a-town, eskimo's gym a-town. fitness america whitehall. a-town area now has 3 gold's gyms and a couple of la fitness's.
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most are gone now. bodyfactory in allentown, olympic fitness center a-town, eskimo's gym a-town. fitness america whitehall. a-town area now has 3 gold's gyms and a couple of la fitness's.
Gone but not forgotten.
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Gone but not forgotten.
Yep, back in the day it was your dad's gym, Golds Venice, Bill Pearls in Pasadena. Now, Westside, Elitefts, Monster Garage Gym, Metroflex, Arlington, my gym ;D or damn near any powerlifting/strongman gym. Can't forget Ironsport gym. Love to hit that place up sometime.
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Doherty's Gym - open 24/7, located in Melbourne it is the most impressive gym I have ever seen/worked out in.
http://www.dohertysgym.com/
Nothing has changed - still the best gym (should clarify Brunswick)