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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: TheTrueVictor on September 21, 2011, 02:53:46 PM
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Here's mine...
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Here's mine...
Nice gym. Have you ever read anything by Thomas Plummer?
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mine is just your regular old shitty dirty bally total fitness, i go cus its only $8 a month.... I have considered going to golds $35 a month or the 24-hour "SPORT" ::) ::) $25 a month , since ballys is so cheap i can afford 2 different gyms at the same time, but then again its just a waste of cash since db presses and barbell curls are all the same shit at every gym
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mine is just your regular old shitty dirty bally total fitness, i go cus its only $8 a month.... I have considered going to golds $35 a month or the 24-hour "SPORT" ::) ::) $25 a month , since ballys is so cheap i can afford 2 different gyms at the same time, but then again its just a waste of cash since db presses and barbell curls are all the same shit at every gym
gravity is free......or is it
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No thanks I don't want to be that creepy guy with his camera out at the gym.
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My local Golds , the funny part is one half is the gym and the other half is a tattoo studio , I guess so most gym rats can get their tribal bands :-X
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(http://champion.pl/joomla/images/stories/galeria/10.jpg)
(http://champion.pl/joomla/images/stories/galeria/14.jpg)
(http://champion.pl/joomla/images/stories/galeria/17.jpg)
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Here's mine...
Is this a gym you own or just workout at?
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(http://champion.pl/joomla/images/stories/galeria/10.jpg)
(http://champion.pl/joomla/images/stories/galeria/14.jpg)
(http://champion.pl/joomla/images/stories/galeria/17.jpg)
I like that.
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My current gym doesn't have an incline barbell bench and it's driving me mad.
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Is this a gym you own or just workout at?
Just workout at.
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My local Golds , the funny part is one half is the gym and the other half is a tattoo studio , I guess so most gym rats can get their tribal bands :-X
Odd.
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I go to a fucking ballys lol, but the best gym i ever been to was the bodies in motion in pasadena, pretty sure someone must go there
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(http://www.massivejoes.com/v3/images/ebay_images/gold%5C's%20gym%20ad%201.png)
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I made a video of my little garage gym but the f**ker won't upload :((
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I go to a fucking ballys lol, but the best gym i ever been to was the bodies in motion in pasadena, pretty sure someone must go there
Are you in Pasadena, Ca? If so, why not Gold's Gym near Altadena Dr?
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My Gym
(http://www.midlandglass.com/gallery/thumbs/lrg-51-lifetime_fitness_-_lakeville_1_.JPG)
(http://www.midlandglass.com/gallery/images/completed_projects/institutional/lifetime_fitness_-_lakeville_.JPG)
(http://www.blog.karencommins.com/images/Swimming%20pool.jpg)
(http://clubs.lifetimefitness.com/images/club_photos/bls/2-treadmills.jpg)
(http://clubs.lifetimefitness.com/images/2010/gallery-weights-large.jpg)
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My Gym
Huge ass fucking gym
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Huge ass fucking gym
140,000 sq /f :o
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Are you in Pasadena, Ca? If so, why not Gold's Gym near Altadena Dr?
I'm in nyc now
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lafitness
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140,000 sq /f :o
Where do you live Che?
Maybe we can meet up, do some jujitsu and, if roll comes to push, possibly suck each others dicks.
Let me know,
"1"
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Where do you live Che?
Maybe we can meet up, do some jujitsu and, if roll comes to push, possibly suck each others dicks.
Let me know,
"1"
lmao
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lmao
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=396061.0;attach=430739;image)
dont think gracie and bam-bam would appreciate this
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Where do you live Che?
Maybe we can meet up, do some jujitsu and, if roll comes to push, possibly suck each others dicks.
Let me know,
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Sounds awesome man , I live in Minneapolis , Is there any way that you can make it here this weekend ?, my Jiu-jitsu is a little bit rusty and my wife is out of town , what do you say Onemorerep.
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dont think gracie and bam-bam would appreciate this
Swede would :-X
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Sounds awesome man , I live in Minneapolis , Is there any way that you can make it here this weekend ?, my Jiu-jitsu is a little bit rusty and my wife is out of town , what do you say Onemorerep.
Minneapolis!?!
Geez man, what the fuck!
You live in the middle of nowhere. Listen, I thought I saw pictures of your home in Florida? I have a condo down in Fort Lauderdale that I visit once a month.
If you'd like, we can have a weekend getaway, no husbands or wives, and if all goes well, maybe even post up some pictures for the bros here as to how true getbiggers get down.
No breaking bread with retired pros, just straight dick sucking!
I'm all down for it,
"1"
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If you'd like, we can have a weekend getaway, no husbands or wives, and if all goes well, maybe even post up some pictures for the bros here as to how true getbiggers get down.
No breaking bread with retired pros, just straight dick sucking!
I'm all down for it,
"1"
:o
Sorry man but it sounds too good to be true.
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LMFAO @ "1" hahahahaha!
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My Gym
(http://www.midlandglass.com/gallery/thumbs/lrg-51-lifetime_fitness_-_lakeville_1_.JPG)
(http://www.midlandglass.com/gallery/images/completed_projects/institutional/lifetime_fitness_-_lakeville_.JPG)
(http://www.blog.karencommins.com/images/Swimming%20pool.jpg)
(http://clubs.lifetimefitness.com/images/club_photos/bls/2-treadmills.jpg)
(http://clubs.lifetimefitness.com/images/2010/gallery-weights-large.jpg)
have you been on that waterslide? looks pretty sweet :D
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hey che next time im visiting my brother in minneapolis would you like to meet up at the waterslide or perhaps even the dumbbell rack :o
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Here's mine...
TrueVictor.... wow wow... is that the Lifestyle Family Fitness in Orlando/Casselberry, off of Tuskawilla and Redbug?... Thats where I train and those pics look eerily similar to mine!
Edit: Yup thats definitely it, I kinda recognize you from that avatar pic... you're like the biggest guy in the gym.... always wearing that Jordan baseball hat, am I right?
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My Gym
(http://www.midlandglass.com/gallery/thumbs/lrg-51-lifetime_fitness_-_lakeville_1_.JPG)
(http://www.midlandglass.com/gallery/images/completed_projects/institutional/lifetime_fitness_-_lakeville_.JPG)
(http://www.blog.karencommins.com/images/Swimming%20pool.jpg)
(http://clubs.lifetimefitness.com/images/club_photos/bls/2-treadmills.jpg)
(http://clubs.lifetimefitness.com/images/2010/gallery-weights-large.jpg)
Looks awesome :o. How much do you pay monthly?
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Instead of bodybuilders, my gym has pictures of weightlifters on the wall. Now that is a cool gym. :D
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My current gym doesn't have an incline barbell bench and it's driving me mad.
My old gym at my university didn't have one either and I mentioned to some slut that was working out there and she didn't even know what I was talking about. Another fail.
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Take an adjustable 0-90 bench set it up to a squat rack and do inclines. Problem solved (unless you don't have a squat rack...or 0-90 :/)
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My local Golds , the funny part is one half is the gym and the other half is a tattoo studio , I guess so most gym rats can get their tribal bands :-X
hahahahha ND is trying to say he lifts ::)
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Where do you live Che?
Maybe we can meet up, do some jujitsu and, if roll comes to push, possibly suck each others dicks.
Let me know,
"1"
Lol ;D
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Golds Gym, Flamingo and Sandhill, Las Vegas...See flex mag and Muscular Develop
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hahahahha ND is trying to say he lifts ::)
Awww poor baby :'( , a little butt-hurt in the Nasser threads? ;) lets entertain that I don't lift I'd still be right about your overrated hero and you'd still be wrong :D
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My Gym
(http://clubs.lifetimefitness.com/images/club_photos/bls/2-treadmills.jpg)
Amazing place, and they even gave Goodrum a new job after Caliber went broke
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TrueVictor.... wow wow... is that the Lifestyle Family Fitness in Orlando/Casselberry, off of Tuskawilla and Redbug?... Thats where I train and those pics look eerily similar to mine!
Edit: Yup thats definitely it, I kinda recognize you from that avatar pic... you're like the biggest guy in the gym.... always wearing that Jordan baseball hat, am I right?
Yup. That would be the gym.
And yes, that would be me. Gotta have my Jordan hat. ;D
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Golds Gym, Flamingo and Sandhill, Las Vegas...See flex mag and Muscular Develop
I was in there a few years ago. Not for a workout, but for one of Shawn Ray's After-Olympia seminar. Seemed like a pretty nice gym!
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Golds Gym, Flamingo and Sandhill, Las Vegas...See flex mag and Muscular Develop
You're one lucky bastard
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is it true that the bigger your gym the bigger you become?
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is it true that the bigger your gym the bigger you become?
the bigger their income
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the bigger their income
thats amazing haha.
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thats amazing haha.
I deserve a Nobel price for that ;D
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TrueVictor.... wow wow... is that the Lifestyle Family Fitness in Orlando/Casselberry, off of Tuskawilla and Redbug?... Thats where I train and those pics look eerily similar to mine!
Edit: Yup thats definitely it, I kinda recognize you from that avatar pic... you're like the biggest guy in the gym.... always wearing that Jordan baseball hat, am I right?
there is a Gold's Gym in altamonte Springs, in Orlando. I always go there when I'm in town. it's one of the best Fucking Gold's I have ever seen. the place is Huge and they have machines that I don't even fucking know what they use em for....the Free weight area is one of a kind, and I heard some members only pay $10/month........someone told me that since there are so many fucking planet fitness in the area, Gold's was forced to compromise their price........
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Yup. That would be the gym.
And yes, that would be me. Gotta have my Jordan hat. ;D
LOL Cool man! I'll come say whats up next time I see you!
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LOL Cool man! I'll come say whats up next time I see you!
Come on Ach, you're being too nice. Pawn this guy on getbig. Tell us about his endless shadow boxing in the mirror, walking around with ILS and his "lingering" in the shower area.
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Got a new job and had to leave my $30 mth warehouse gym for the $120 mth foo foo Equinox gym. No choice due to location/time.
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Here's mine...
Mine too, except mine is in Palm Harbor, Fl
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Got a new job and had to leave my $30 mth warehouse gym for the $120 mth foo foo Equinox gym. No choice due to location/time.
Pathetic, do they have benches with suede on it and 'all you can bang' whores?
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Who needs all those square feet anyway.....
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Who needs all those square feet anyway.....
That's nice as eye candy.
Take a pair of these and a bench and you're ready to go
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=391435.0;attach=430315;image)
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me in my gym :-X
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hardcore gym.. harcore physique :D
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machines ;D
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we have bars there too :P
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(http://mikearonefitness.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/oldschoolgym.jpg)
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That's nice as eye candy.
Take a pair of these and a bench and you're ready to go
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=391435.0;attach=430315;image)
I used to workout at a community center that has those dumbbells and they always get loose, but they were nice and comfortable......it's hard to spot these types of dumbbells anymore in Gyms these days
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Come on Ach, you're being too nice. Pawn this guy on getbig. Tell us about his endless shadow boxing in the mirror, walking around with ILS and his "lingering" in the shower area.
LOL I'm not even Bullshitting when I say TheTrueVictor is the biggest guy in our gym! Dude walks around like a mini-version of Cutler, that pic doesn't even do him any justice!
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hardcore gym.. harcore physique :D
Where do you live? Like the plants in the gym, nice touch.
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I used to workout at a community center that has those dumbbells and they always get loose, but they were nice and comfortable......it's hard to spot these types of dumbbells anymore in Gyms these days
That sounds familiar. My previous gym was a weightlifting club with 3 or 4 series of db's, an allen was included.
In most gyms everything is rubber coated, like if there's something wrong with... dropping plates ;D
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Where do you live? Like the plants in the gym, nice touch.
in the mother of the world 8)
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That sounds familiar. My previous gym was a weightlifting club with 3 or 4 series of db's, an allen was included.
In most gyms everything is rubber coated, like if there's something wrong with... dropping plates ;D
lol........ahh!!!!!!!.....the sweet sounds of plates dropping. there are none like it.........I went to a gold's gym one time and there was a sign posted on the wall with a warning to Gym members: "dropping dumbbells will suspend your gym membership. a 2nd and 3rd offense will terminate your membership"
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in the mother of the world 8)
Misr? ;)
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Misr? ;)
sure bro. 8)
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lol........ahh!!!!!!!.....the sweet sounds of plates dropping. there are none like it.........I went to a gold's gym one time and there was a sign posted on the wall with a warning to Gym members: "dropping dumbbells will suspend your gym membership. a 2nd and 3rd offense will terminate your membership"
It's sad that Gold's has turned into a Planet Fitness like gym. Joe Gold should have sold his business to someone who loves the iron.
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That's nice as eye candy.
Take a pair of these and a bench and you're ready to go
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=391435.0;attach=430315;image)
A bench, barbell, 2 dumbells and lots of plates. That's all you need actually...
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there is a Gold's Gym in altamonte Springs, in Orlando. I always go there when I'm in town. it's one of the best Fucking Gold's I have ever seen. the place is Huge and they have machines that I don't even fucking know what they use em for....the Free weight area is one of a kind, and I heard some members only pay $10/month........someone told me that since there are so many fucking planet fitness in the area, Gold's was forced to compromise their price........
Which Gold's Gym are you talking about because there is one in Altamonte Springs AND Orlando. The one in Orlando I find better than the one in Altamonte Springs.
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A bench, barbell, 2 dumbells and lots of plates. That's all you need actually...
Spot on, and don't forget a fresh grapefruit
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Which Gold's Gym are you talking about because there is one in Altamonte Springs AND Orlando. The one in Orlando I find better than the one in Altamonte Springs.
I've trained at the Altamonte Springs one a few times, a lot of strippers train there LOL
Victor you know our lifestyle family fitness used to be a golds back in the day!
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LA Fitness, Bally's, 24hr, Golds and most all other big chain gym are hurting bad, have been hurting for along time. Their model is old and out dated.
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;D
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please explain, coach
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machines ;D
you looked OK....Ten years ago ;)
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My Gym
(http://www.midlandglass.com/gallery/thumbs/lrg-51-lifetime_fitness_-_lakeville_1_.JPG)
(http://www.midlandglass.com/gallery/images/completed_projects/institutional/lifetime_fitness_-_lakeville_.JPG)
(http://www.blog.karencommins.com/images/Swimming%20pool.jpg)
(http://clubs.lifetimefitness.com/images/club_photos/bls/2-treadmills.jpg)
(http://clubs.lifetimefitness.com/images/2010/gallery-weights-large.jpg)
same here....good gym actually, amenities are top notch.
I'm not one to work out in some shithole because it's "hardcore" ::)
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Yeah one of my buddies works out in Lifetime over in Maryland, says its amazing, but its over 100 a month right?
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Achmed,
هل كنت تعيش في فلوريدا؟
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Yeah one of my buddies works out in Lifetime over in Maryland, says its amazing, but its over 100 a month right?
Whaaaaaaaaaaat?
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Achmed,
هل كنت تعيش في فلوريدا؟
"1"
"1"
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please explain, coach
Old and out dated model meaning it's the same shit different name. Same layout, same equipment (meaning machines with some free weight) Go to almost any chain gym and what do you see? As Thomas Plummer put's it, "A box gym" or a generic business plan designed to generate profits instead of helping people but the problem is no or very little profits are being generated. Take a look at 24hr fitness for example, at one point they were building somewhere in the neighborhood of 25 gyms per year now they are lucky if they get two out per year, they have gone bankrupt 3-4 times in the last 7 years. The fitness industry has changed but the standard gym format hasn't. You have these huge 60-70000sqft facilities with hundreds of thousands of dollars in overhead each month charging $12 month and the most people who go in fail to meet their goals.
They have personal trainers, but look at what most do. You see the overweight lady who wants to lose weight but this idiot has her on an incline MACHINE telling her "great job, give me one more rep..ok, where did you feel that?" what a bunch of shit. She would be better off dumping all the shit in her purse onto the floor over and over again and picking it up. I know this might be vague but I think you get it.
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LA Fitness, Bally's, 24hr, Golds and most all other big chain gym are hurting bad, have been hurting for along time. Their model is old and out dated.
How do you know this and how is their model old and out date? In fact, what is their business model and how would you change it? I always thought, much to my dismay, that the traditional gyms they had back in the day which catered to serious trainers was outdated. That's why they all died out and we have what we have now.
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Do we really have to ask why the box gym is failing?
Thomas Plummer
Hello, welcome to our gym. We would like to sell you a membership here so you can use all of this cool I equipment I just bought. Come along on the tour. I know you have no interest in Step Aerobics but I just paid for the damn steps so you will see them as part of the tour. Over here we have 60 expensive treadmills and over here is the room where we lock up women because everyone knows they get in the way in the free weight area. We offer 50 classes a week in there but I have never really taken one myself so I have no idea what the hell they really do.
So, if you pay $39 a month, here is what you get to do. We recommend you do this at least three times per week if you are really serious about getting in shape. Hey dude, we are here for you and you’re going to love working out here.
First of all, we want you to come by yourself so you have no one to talk to while you are here. If you bring headphones, you can shut everyone completely out and we also have small televisions on the treads so you can walk slowly for an hour not breaking a sweat watching ESPN and watching athletes train hard.
Be careful with those televisions, though, if you jog. They are so small that if you run too fast it is like: TV/where did it go?/TV/where did it go?/TV. We know it is hard to watch and move so just walk slowly and you will be fine, because what’s more important, watching TV or actually getting into shape?
This is our circuit equipment and this is Curt, our trainer. Curt will spend about two minutes with you and when he finds you really aren’t interested in one-on-one training, he will be uninterested in you. You will then receive a really cool giant card you can keep in a box over there. Every time you come to the club, go around a circle; don’t talk to anyone and when you are done go walk slowly on the tread. We know this doesn’t work anymore and your body will adjust in about six weeks but we sell memberships, not fitness and besides a am a trained salesperson who will later amaze you by writing the prices upside down when you sit across from me at the desk getting slammed.
Once you are a member here we will completely forget whom you are so bring this card every time you check in so we know when your membership is up so we can then harass you about signing for another year. This will be, by the way, the only time anyone on our staff will talk to you during the entire year.
Oh, and we also do something a little sleazy here. Once a year the owner needs a new car so we sneak in an extra payment on you. We call it an enhancement fee, which is a pretty cool name if you ask me and of course you will forget you signed for this because the print is so small but don’t worry, we will whack you anyway and then look for the owner to pull up in a really styling new high-end SUV about a week after we hit everyone.
One of the drawback here is it is rather difficult to get in shape at our club since none of this shit really works. You see, we are using technology that dates from the late 60’s but the equipment guys tell us it is coming back so what can a guy do. Come on, don’t worry, everyone loves to sit on their ass and workout and despite everything you see on TV and every book you read, this is the only way to really get in shape. By the way, if you have read Todd Durkin’s new book, any of Alwyn’s or Rachel Cosgrove’s book or anything by Mark Verstegen you officially know more than everyone on our staff. Maybe you could be a trainer here?
If you want to really get in shape, I would suggest getting a Men’s Health and doing their workouts like those guys over there in the corner sharing the club’s only three medicine balls. That kettle bell, by the way, belongs to a member who brings it each time since we think those are dangerous and don’t let members use them.
Oh, while we are here, here is our leg press and neck machine areas, which aren’t as dangerous as they look, unless you want a bad back and our out-of-date trainers will also show you how to do a crunch, which is guaranteed to finish off that bad back if the leg press doesn’t do it for you. Our serious members workout six times a week doing a split shift body part because you just never know when bodybuilding might come back.
That 40-year-old man over there the size of an Abrahams Tank is Ed and he is a master trainer when he is not competing as a "natural bodybuilder.” Kind of strange that a guy that age still has acne and the balls the size of Grape Nuts but you just can’t get good drugs these days. By the way, don’t make him mad. If you catch him on a new cycle he will kill you man and I mean it.
Hey, let me introduce you to our young, dumbass front counter girl. This is her first job and if you can get her to put down her cell phone she might help you, although don’t expect much since we go through people in this position like free donuts at Krispy Kreme and none of them stay long enough to learn anything. Besides, we aren’t really about service here, we are just about selling more memberships so if you can give me the names of all your closet friends I will pretend I am grateful and we will then proceed to call them endlessly referencing your name each time.
Okay, let’s get you signed up. All of our deals are three years long and there is a membership fee, card fee, processing fee, starter fee and initiation fee so I can get you started for $199 today but wait, you just happened to catch a deal where we are offering a chance to get started for only $49 dollars and no, not one stupid person has ever paid full price but we have to run something to bring in new members don’t we?
This might be funny if it wasn’t so sad. Visit any chain club and some version of this will happen. Why is the fitness business so hard? It is because we make it hard. Instead of questioning our business practices, we just lower the price. It is not the member. It is not the price. It is not the trainer. It is the concept that is wrong. We can’t patch it, we need to blow it up and start all over again. No wonder the members hate us, leave early and don’t refer. What we do is antiquated, insulting and just doesn’t work anymore.
Once you read this, look at everything you are doing. Is it a bad habit left over from the last decade or is it something that is ethical and professional and that will lead to new members who will stay longer and pay longer? Start there, the answers are right in front of you.
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Do we really have to ask why the box gym is failing?
Thomas Plummer
Hello, welcome to our gym. We would like to sell you a membership here so you can use all of this cool I equipment I just bought. Come along on the tour. I know you have no interest in Step Aerobics but I just paid for the damn steps so you will see them as part of the tour. Over here we have 60 expensive treadmills and over here is the room where we lock up women because everyone knows they get in the way in the free weight area. We offer 50 classes a week in there but I have never really taken one myself so I have no idea what the hell they really do.
So, if you pay $39 a month, here is what you get to do. We recommend you do this at least three times per week if you are really serious about getting in shape. Hey dude, we are here for you and you’re going to love working out here.
First of all, we want you to come by yourself so you have no one to talk to while you are here. If you bring headphones, you can shut everyone completely out and we also have small televisions on the treads so you can walk slowly for an hour not breaking a sweat watching ESPN and watching athletes train hard.
Be careful with those televisions, though, if you jog. They are so small that if you run too fast it is like: TV/where did it go?/TV/where did it go?/TV. We know it is hard to watch and move so just walk slowly and you will be fine, because what’s more important, watching TV or actually getting into shape?
This is our circuit equipment and this is Curt, our trainer. Curt will spend about two minutes with you and when he finds you really aren’t interested in one-on-one training, he will be uninterested in you. You will then receive a really cool giant card you can keep in a box over there. Every time you come to the club, go around a circle; don’t talk to anyone and when you are done go walk slowly on the tread. We know this doesn’t work anymore and your body will adjust in about six weeks but we sell memberships, not fitness and besides a am a trained salesperson who will later amaze you by writing the prices upside down when you sit across from me at the desk getting slammed.
Once you are a member here we will completely forget whom you are so bring this card every time you check in so we know when your membership is up so we can then harass you about signing for another year. This will be, by the way, the only time anyone on our staff will talk to you during the entire year.
Oh, and we also do something a little sleazy here. Once a year the owner needs a new car so we sneak in an extra payment on you. We call it an enhancement fee, which is a pretty cool name if you ask me and of course you will forget you signed for this because the print is so small but don’t worry, we will whack you anyway and then look for the owner to pull up in a really styling new high-end SUV about a week after we hit everyone.
One of the drawback here is it is rather difficult to get in shape at our club since none of this shit really works. You see, we are using technology that dates from the late 60’s but the equipment guys tell us it is coming back so what can a guy do. Come on, don’t worry, everyone loves to sit on their ass and workout and despite everything you see on TV and every book you read, this is the only way to really get in shape. By the way, if you have read Todd Durkin’s new book, any of Alwyn’s or Rachel Cosgrove’s book or anything by Mark Verstegen you officially know more than everyone on our staff. Maybe you could be a trainer here?
If you want to really get in shape, I would suggest getting a Men’s Health and doing their workouts like those guys over there in the corner sharing the club’s only three medicine balls. That kettle bell, by the way, belongs to a member who brings it each time since we think those are dangerous and don’t let members use them.
Oh, while we are here, here is our leg press and neck machine areas, which aren’t as dangerous as they look, unless you want a bad back and our out-of-date trainers will also show you how to do a crunch, which is guaranteed to finish off that bad back if the leg press doesn’t do it for you. Our serious members workout six times a week doing a split shift body part because you just never know when bodybuilding might come back.
That 40-year-old man over there the size of an Abrahams Tank is Ed and he is a master trainer when he is not competing as a "natural bodybuilder.” Kind of strange that a guy that age still has acne and the balls the size of Grape Nuts but you just can’t get good drugs these days. By the way, don’t make him mad. If you catch him on a new cycle he will kill you man and I mean it.
Hey, let me introduce you to our young, dumbass front counter girl. This is her first job and if you can get her to put down her cell phone she might help you, although don’t expect much since we go through people in this position like free donuts at Krispy Kreme and none of them stay long enough to learn anything. Besides, we aren’t really about service here, we are just about selling more memberships so if you can give me the names of all your closet friends I will pretend I am grateful and we will then proceed to call them endlessly referencing your name each time.
Okay, let’s get you signed up. All of our deals are three years long and there is a membership fee, card fee, processing fee, starter fee and initiation fee so I can get you started for $199 today but wait, you just happened to catch a deal where we are offering a chance to get started for only $49 dollars and no, not one stupid person has ever paid full price but we have to run something to bring in new members don’t we?
This might be funny if it wasn’t so sad. Visit any chain club and some version of this will happen. Why is the fitness business so hard? It is because we make it hard. Instead of questioning our business practices, we just lower the price. It is not the member. It is not the price. It is not the trainer. It is the concept that is wrong. We can’t patch it, we need to blow it up and start all over again. No wonder the members hate us, leave early and don’t refer. What we do is antiquated, insulting and just doesn’t work anymore.
Once you read this, look at everything you are doing. Is it a bad habit left over from the last decade or is it something that is ethical and professional and that will lead to new members who will stay longer and pay longer? Start there, the answers are right in front of you.
If it was obvious to me I wouldn't ask. Every gym I've ever gone to is always busy. More people go to gyms than ever before. Seems to me that one of the reasons some fail is because of competition. There's gyms everywhere. So they have to lower the prices to get cutomers lowering profits. Gyms are better equipped than ever before. Certainly better than in our day. How people choose to use them is up to them. You don't have to watch the TV set.
You have an exclusive gym. YOu are not going to get the membership of the big chains. You're not going to get super rich and created a string of gyms like 24 or Ballys.
What would you do to change things keeping in mind that it's about making a profit?
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Yeah, obviously most people working out in a gym aren't going to get in shape, but is it really bad business regardless of this, like pellius asked?
I think it is, which is why places like crossfit are getting more popular. I actually thought that's what you were going to say when I asked... moving away from the "renting space and equipment for your personal use" model and toward the "class instruction" model.
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Looks awesome :o. How much do you pay monthly?
$140 for both of us.
Indoor pool
(http://img.coxnewsweb.com/B/04/27/53/image_1853274.jpg)
BBcourt and rock climbing
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Z5NJYs3NNcI/S82nnjUZshI/AAAAAAAAAAs/Zf-rb-yX9NE/s1600/Lifetime+Court.jpg)
(http://clubs.lifetimefitness.com/images/2011/photo-gallery/10_aerobicsStudio.jpg)
(http://www.kurtmolter.com/images/LifetimeCycleStudio.jpg)
(http://www.butterflyonline.com/2008/images/08LLTFMN7.jpg)
(http://www.thespartansink.net/storage/mcshane/Anyone%20Up%20For%20A%20Nude%20Workout%20www.GutterUncensored.com%20009.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1303452979824)
(http://media1.break.com/dnet/media/2010/1/29/68%20Hot%20Naked%20Squats.jpg)
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It seems they don't have budget to buy an airco system
What a "shithole" :P
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If it was obvious to me I wouldn't ask. Every gym I've ever gone to is always busy. More people go to gyms than ever before. Seems to me that one of the reasons some fail is because of competition. There's gyms everywhere. So they have to lower the prices to get cutomers lowering profits. Gyms are better equipped than ever before. Certainly better than in our day. How people choose to use them is up to them. You don't have to watch the TV set.
You have an exclusive gym. YOu are not going to get the membership of the big chains. You're not going to get super rich and created a string of gyms like 24 or Ballys.
What would you do to change things keeping in mind that it's about making a profit?
every gym... that's the problem, there are too many gyms,
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$140 for both of us.
Indoor pool
(http://img.coxnewsweb.com/B/04/27/53/image_1853274.jpg)
BBcourt and rock climbing
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Z5NJYs3NNcI/S82nnjUZshI/AAAAAAAAAAs/Zf-rb-yX9NE/s1600/Lifetime+Court.jpg)
(http://clubs.lifetimefitness.com/images/2011/photo-gallery/10_aerobicsStudio.jpg)
(http://www.kurtmolter.com/images/LifetimeCycleStudio.jpg)
(http://www.butterflyonline.com/2008/images/08LLTFMN7.jpg)
(http://www.thespartansink.net/storage/mcshane/Anyone%20Up%20For%20A%20Nude%20Workout%20www.GutterUncensored.com%20009.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1303452979824)
(http://media1.break.com/dnet/media/2010/1/29/68%20Hot%20Naked%20Squats.jpg)
:o
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My Gym
(http://www.midlandglass.com/gallery/thumbs/lrg-51-lifetime_fitness_-_lakeville_1_.JPG)
(http://www.midlandglass.com/gallery/images/completed_projects/institutional/lifetime_fitness_-_lakeville_.JPG)
(http://www.blog.karencommins.com/images/Swimming%20pool.jpg)
(http://clubs.lifetimefitness.com/images/club_photos/bls/2-treadmills.jpg)
(http://clubs.lifetimefitness.com/images/2010/gallery-weights-large.jpg)
Yep that is where i go as well, except one in the Houston location. Love the gyms and they always have a wide array of different equipment to use.
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LOL Cool man! I'll come say whats up next time I see you!
It was good meeting you, big man.
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I've trained at the Altamonte Springs one a few times, a lot of strippers train there LOL
What?! Are you serious? lol
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Got a new job and had to leave my $30 mth warehouse gym for the $120 mth foo foo Equinox gym. No choice due to location/time.
Are you in cali
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Do we really have to ask why the box gym is failing?
Thomas Plummer
Hello, welcome to our gym. We would like to sell you a membership here so you can use all of this cool I equipment I just bought. Come along on the tour. I know you have no interest in Step Aerobics but I just paid for the damn steps so you will see them as part of the tour. Over here we have 60 expensive treadmills and over here is the room where we lock up women because everyone knows they get in the way in the free weight area. We offer 50 classes a week in there but I have never really taken one myself so I have no idea what the hell they really do.
So, if you pay $39 a month, here is what you get to do. We recommend you do this at least three times per week if you are really serious about getting in shape. Hey dude, we are here for you and you’re going to love working out here.
First of all, we want you to come by yourself so you have no one to talk to while you are here. If you bring headphones, you can shut everyone completely out and we also have small televisions on the treads so you can walk slowly for an hour not breaking a sweat watching ESPN and watching athletes train hard.
Be careful with those televisions, though, if you jog. They are so small that if you run too fast it is like: TV/where did it go?/TV/where did it go?/TV. We know it is hard to watch and move so just walk slowly and you will be fine, because what’s more important, watching TV or actually getting into shape?
This is our circuit equipment and this is Curt, our trainer. Curt will spend about two minutes with you and when he finds you really aren’t interested in one-on-one training, he will be uninterested in you. You will then receive a really cool giant card you can keep in a box over there. Every time you come to the club, go around a circle; don’t talk to anyone and when you are done go walk slowly on the tread. We know this doesn’t work anymore and your body will adjust in about six weeks but we sell memberships, not fitness and besides a am a trained salesperson who will later amaze you by writing the prices upside down when you sit across from me at the desk getting slammed.
Once you are a member here we will completely forget whom you are so bring this card every time you check in so we know when your membership is up so we can then harass you about signing for another year. This will be, by the way, the only time anyone on our staff will talk to you during the entire year.
Oh, and we also do something a little sleazy here. Once a year the owner needs a new car so we sneak in an extra payment on you. We call it an enhancement fee, which is a pretty cool name if you ask me and of course you will forget you signed for this because the print is so small but don’t worry, we will whack you anyway and then look for the owner to pull up in a really styling new high-end SUV about a week after we hit everyone.
One of the drawback here is it is rather difficult to get in shape at our club since none of this shit really works. You see, we are using technology that dates from the late 60’s but the equipment guys tell us it is coming back so what can a guy do. Come on, don’t worry, everyone loves to sit on their ass and workout and despite everything you see on TV and every book you read, this is the only way to really get in shape. By the way, if you have read Todd Durkin’s new book, any of Alwyn’s or Rachel Cosgrove’s book or anything by Mark Verstegen you officially know more than everyone on our staff. Maybe you could be a trainer here?
If you want to really get in shape, I would suggest getting a Men’s Health and doing their workouts like those guys over there in the corner sharing the club’s only three medicine balls. That kettle bell, by the way, belongs to a member who brings it each time since we think those are dangerous and don’t let members use them.
Oh, while we are here, here is our leg press and neck machine areas, which aren’t as dangerous as they look, unless you want a bad back and our out-of-date trainers will also show you how to do a crunch, which is guaranteed to finish off that bad back if the leg press doesn’t do it for you. Our serious members workout six times a week doing a split shift body part because you just never know when bodybuilding might come back.
That 40-year-old man over there the size of an Abrahams Tank is Ed and he is a master trainer when he is not competing as a "natural bodybuilder.” Kind of strange that a guy that age still has acne and the balls the size of Grape Nuts but you just can’t get good drugs these days. By the way, don’t make him mad. If you catch him on a new cycle he will kill you man and I mean it.
Hey, let me introduce you to our young, dumbass front counter girl. This is her first job and if you can get her to put down her cell phone she might help you, although don’t expect much since we go through people in this position like free donuts at Krispy Kreme and none of them stay long enough to learn anything. Besides, we aren’t really about service here, we are just about selling more memberships so if you can give me the names of all your closet friends I will pretend I am grateful and we will then proceed to call them endlessly referencing your name each time.
Okay, let’s get you signed up. All of our deals are three years long and there is a membership fee, card fee, processing fee, starter fee and initiation fee so I can get you started for $199 today but wait, you just happened to catch a deal where we are offering a chance to get started for only $49 dollars and no, not one stupid person has ever paid full price but we have to run something to bring in new members don’t we?
This might be funny if it wasn’t so sad. Visit any chain club and some version of this will happen. Why is the fitness business so hard? It is because we make it hard. Instead of questioning our business practices, we just lower the price. It is not the member. It is not the price. It is not the trainer. It is the concept that is wrong. We can’t patch it, we need to blow it up and start all over again. No wonder the members hate us, leave early and don’t refer. What we do is antiquated, insulting and just doesn’t work anymore.
Once you read this, look at everything you are doing. Is it a bad habit left over from the last decade or is it something that is ethical and professional and that will lead to new members who will stay longer and pay longer? Start there, the answers are right in front of you.
OH MAN! THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WAS/IS HAPPINING IN HEALTH ANF FITNESS BIZ!!! SPOT ON!!
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every gym... that's the problem, there are too many gyms,
NOT too many, but NO and I mean NONE, NADA service. We/ they do not even PRETEND to give a shit.
More importantly is the overall LAZYNESS and apathy of people towards being fit. THEY FUCKING WANT IT DONE FOR THEM!!!!!!!!
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Money made in the fitness industry comes from good trainers. Really knowledgeable, walking encyclopedias of information ranging anywhere from nutrition to psychology who are willing to be paid peanuts for all of their mandatory certifications, CEU's, liability insurance and empirical data.
"Member Retention" these days only comes from an EFT contract. You get the *potential* member in the door, get him/her/them to sign on the dotted line and commit to two years minimum on an EFT. The new member cannot contact the corporate offices except through correspondence. Unless they change their bank account, they are stuck.
You get 6000 *active* members (as in bank accounts being withdrawn from every month) ~
Max Capacity of the gym will never be near the amount of members that you have on EFT. In other words: If everyone were to show up at the same time, the gym would have a problem.
The overhead at a gym ranging from equipment repairs, facility repairs, heating and cooling, liability insurance, property, mortage/lease/rent, PT's and employee payroll far surpasses what the gym brings in.
You have manipulative car-salesmen selling insane training packages to this brand new and gullible member. They sign on the dotted line once again. The salesman shoots for the highest amount of PT sessions. This way, the new member may have to come up with nearly $1000. The new member is told that the more sessions they purchase, the less money each session becomes.
If that new member defaults (by oh SO MANY means) they have to start all over again, but they still have not made their second payment on the PT sessions and they are still reeling from the *initiation* fees that were NOT "waived" after all.
If the more sessions they purchase truly is less $$$$ ~ then the logical reality should also be that the sessions themselves become worthless. This is why the big chains like to use "in house certs" and minimum wage trainers. These are the very anuses that take a first timer, let's say a big fat woman, humiliate her on a P.O.S Bosu ball by making her try to jump up and down on it on one leg in front of every member in the gym.
Funny thing about new members (especially women) ~ they actually think they should be in shape BEFORE they go to the gym, this way they feel they won't stand out as such a spectacle as their ass cheeks hang over each side of a useless, torn up machine seat.
The gym business should be more like a Dorian Yates type of dungeon. Make everyone welcome. Make sure everyone knows that you are not providing them towels and water or a massage after the session. Teach them how to work out so that they can work out ANYWHERE. This way, they will WANT to stay because you have been honest with them. It's almost a "reverse" type of psychology by saying "we really don't have the capacity to get you in shape at this time, but we will get you educated and on your own ASAP.
It works every time. This is what causes "member retention" ~ which ironically is NOT what the gym wants. Yes, they want your money (EFT) {and usually NO OTHER OPTION OF PAYMENT}
BUT! They don't want you there at the facility wearing the equipment out, running up the overhead and making the gym look too full for an appropriate workout (to the other new and gullible *potential members*)
The whole industry is a joke. People should seek out trainers that have developed a name in the industry and possibly own their own small businesses. They should shoot for the goal of learning how to exercise AT HOME or anywhere else but the gym, unless they are into the whole "non-alcoholic happy hour" for socializing and finding a fuck buddy.
Honest and visible results = gym member retention.
Corporate does not want it's members, just their money... for as long as contractually possible.
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Yeah, service in gyms sucks for sure
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i cant get the images off the website but if you wanna see my gym theres 12 pictures of it
http://www.24hourfitness.com/FindClubDetail.do?clubid=535
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go to Virtual tours
http://www.strong-and-shapely.com/ (http://www.strong-and-shapely.com/)
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mine
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It was good meeting you, big man.
Victor great meeting you today bro! I'm sure I'll be seeing you in there more often, and I still stand by the fact that you're the biggest guy in our gym!
Two getbiggers in one gym, what could possibly go wrong ;D
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mine
very nice
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If you look at the layout of these commercial gyms they don't really cater to the person who sincerely wants to get in shape, lose weight, etc. They cater mostly (or at least it looks like) to the bodybuilding crowd. Not so much the competitive bodybuilder but rather the person who wants to get bigger, "toned",etc. I"ve always said I could get better results from a client who trains in my garage than someone who trains out of a 50,000-100,000sqft facility. Why? Because there are smaller gyms popping up (1500-6000sqft) that actually have knowledgable trainers and have the equipment to get these people into shape. Trust me when i say more and more people are NOT for example warming up on a treadmill or bike or ellipicle, same with "cardio". Soon these types of machines (and most machines) will be obsolete. Why would someone go out and pay $10k for a treadmill when I can spend $150 on a 50ft rope 2" in grip. I can burn more calories, strengthen my grip and shoulders at the same time. Same with med balls, kettle bells, TRX, tires, plyo boxes, etc, etc, etc!
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If you look at the layout of these commercial gyms they don't really cater to the person who sincerely wants to get in shape, lose weight, etc. They cater mostly (or at least it looks like) to the bodybuilding crowd. Not so much the competitive bodybuilder but rather the person who wants to get bigger, "toned",etc. I"ve always said I could get better results from a client who trains in my garage than someone who trains out of a 50,000-100,000sqft facility. Why? Because there are smaller gyms popping up (1500-6000sqft) that actually have knowledgable trainers and have the equipment to get these people into shape. Trust me when i say more and more people are NOT for example warming up on a treadmill or bike or ellipicle, same with "cardio". Soon these types of machines (and most machines) will be obsolete. Why would someone go out and pay $10k for a treadmill when I can spend $150 on a 50ft rope 2" in grip. I can burn more calories, strengthen my grip and shoulders at the same time. Same with med balls, kettle bells, TRX, tires, plyo boxes, etc, etc, etc!
Amen to that. I've said the same many times, and.. have had my clients ask if we could "just get out of the gym?"
I have enough of my own equipment and plates for iron work (if I want it) ~ but there are "many ways to skin a cat"
Glitz and Glam don't cut it for me. Sweat, sacrifice and hard work... works every time. Doesn't matter where you are. Look at prison cells if you don't believe it. These guys may be ignorant criminals, but they are very resourceful when it comes to gaining muscle without a dumbell or barbell in sight.
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Money made in the fitness industry comes from good trainers. Really knowledgeable, walking encyclopedias of information ranging anywhere from nutrition to psychology who are willing to be paid peanuts for all of their mandatory certifications, CEU's, liability insurance and empirical data.
"Member Retention" these days only comes from an EFT contract. You get the *potential* member in the door, get him/her/them to sign on the dotted line and commit to two years minimum on an EFT. The new member cannot contact the corporate offices except through correspondence. Unless they change their bank account, they are stuck.
You get 6000 *active* members (as in bank accounts being withdrawn from every month) ~
Max Capacity of the gym will never be near the amount of members that you have on EFT. In other words: If everyone were to show up at the same time, the gym would have a problem.
The overhead at a gym ranging from equipment repairs, facility repairs, heating and cooling, liability insurance, property, mortage/lease/rent, PT's and employee payroll far surpasses what the gym brings in.
You have manipulative car-salesmen selling insane training packages to this brand new and gullible member. They sign on the dotted line once again. The salesman shoots for the highest amount of PT sessions. This way, the new member may have to come up with nearly $1000. The new member is told that the more sessions they purchase, the less money each session becomes.
If that new member defaults (by oh SO MANY means) they have to start all over again, but they still have not made their second payment on the PT sessions and they are still reeling from the *initiation* fees that were NOT "waived" after all.
If the more sessions they purchase truly is less $$$$ ~ then the logical reality should also be that the sessions themselves become worthless. This is why the big chains like to use "in house certs" and minimum wage trainers. These are the very anuses that take a first timer, let's say a big fat woman, humiliate her on a P.O.S Bosu ball by making her try to jump up and down on it on one leg in front of every member in the gym.
Funny thing about new members (especially women) ~ they actually think they should be in shape BEFORE they go to the gym, this way they feel they won't stand out as such a spectacle as their ass cheeks hang over each side of a useless, torn up machine seat.
The gym business should be more like a Dorian Yates type of dungeon. Make everyone welcome. Make sure everyone knows that you are not providing them towels and water or a massage after the session. Teach them how to work out so that they can work out ANYWHERE. This way, they will WANT to stay because you have been honest with them. It's almost a "reverse" type of psychology by saying "we really don't have the capacity to get you in shape at this time, but we will get you educated and on your own ASAP.
It works every time. This is what causes "member retention" ~ which ironically is NOT what the gym wants. Yes, they want your money (EFT) {and usually NO OTHER OPTION OF PAYMENT}
BUT! They don't want you there at the facility wearing the equipment out, running up the overhead and making the gym look too full for an appropriate workout (to the other new and gullible *potential members*)
The whole industry is a joke. People should seek out trainers that have developed a name in the industry and possibly own their own small businesses. They should shoot for the goal of learning how to exercise AT HOME or anywhere else but the gym, unless they are into the whole "non-alcoholic happy hour" for socializing and finding a fuck buddy.
Honest and visible results = gym member retention.
Corporate does not want it's members, just their money... for as long as contractually possible.
Looks like someone KNOWS this mess called the "HEALTH CLUB BUSINESS" I've seen and been a part of most of what was said in your post accept when I FIRST STARTED I FUCKING CARED. I LEFT BEACUSE OF THE REALITIES OF YOUR POST.
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go to Virtual tours
http://www.strong-and-shapely.com/ (http://www.strong-and-shapely.com/)
W-O-W and LOL about that women zone ;D
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Google "Results Fitness" in Santa Clarita, ca. I know Alwyn and Rachel and been to this gym, it's the most profitable gym per sq ft in country. I'm going out there on Tuesday to visit a coach at College of the Canyons (Coach Dos Remidios).
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Looks like someone KNOWS this mess called the "HEALTH CLUB BUSINESS" I've seen and been a part of most of what was said in your post accept when I FIRST STARTED I FUCKING CARED. I LEFT BEACUSE OF THE REALITIES OF YOUR POST.
I left also...
and then went back and used what I had learned from the mistakes. I still *care* ~ sometimes it is my downfall, but other times the success stories make it all worth while.
I'm sure a lot of the "older" trainers (besides me) laugh when we see the capitalization and sensationalism of "The biggest loser" ~ I mean, seriously, isn't this exactly what we've been doing all along? We watch our clients (maybe 1 in 20) make the commitment and then we stand by them regardless. After a while you can tell just by the first few words out of a potential client's mouth whether or not they are going to make any significant changes.
We just don't have the money or the T.V. reality shows and all the glamour. Don't get me wrong, a strong clientele in a good small gym can be extremely lucrative, especially once you've developed a rep for getting people in shape... and *caring*
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I wont post pics of "my" gym...people are gonna track me down if I do, so... :D ::)
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I wont post pics of "my" gym...people are gonna track me down if I do, so... :D ::)
u think they will come after you in france ;D
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u think they will come after you in france ;D
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D
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How do you know Coach Dos?
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How do you know Coach Dos?
My friend played football for him couple years ago. Learned alot he said
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I've known Coach for about two years, he is VERY knowledgable, NSCA coach of the year and a best selling author. I try to meet with him a 4-5 times a year and spend the day on campus. Want to be the best you learn from the best.
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I've known Coach for about two years, he is VERY knowledgable, NSCA coach of the year and a best selling author. I try to meet with him a 4-5 times a year and spend the day on campus. Want to be the best you learn from the best.
I was around 16 years old at the time and my buddy was 18 and we were training together... I saw him turn into a freak athlete right before my eyes while he was being trained by Doz. 18 years old, 260 pound tongan kid strong athletic.. and could flat out fly. Never made it big though, at least not yet. If he would of stayed with Coach I think he could of been a true freak.
All bs aside on here I think that's awesome you have that kind of pride with what you do though, really awesome... it's a shame watching these coaches taking highly skilled athletes with a fuckload of potential and giving them baby programs you could get off bodybuilding.com. And really fucked up thing is they can get away with it, due to all of the amazing young talent that comes out of the San Fernando valley. Just a huge diservice in my opinion when these kids put their trust and future into these guy's hands.
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u think they will come after you in france ;D
Maybe that weird Khofo fella
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A bit overkill from 30+ years of building a home gym.
I even see my 125 lb. Jubinville dumbbells made it into the thread earlier by another GetBigger.
Maybe got the pic from Vintage Barbell site or Iron History..
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A bit overkill from 30+ years of building a home gym.
I even see my 125 lb. Jubinville dumbbells made it into the thread earlier by another GetBigger.
Maybe got the pic from Vintage Barbell site or Iron History..
That's your home gym? That's nice. Damn nice.
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Two getbiggers in one gym, what could possibly go wrong ;D
LMAO!
Who knew. ;D
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This is a gym a built in Australia when I moved to the country from the suburbs last year, didnt like the town so recently sold it and moved back to the suburbs.
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over here is the room where we lock up women because everyone knows they get in the way in the free weight area.
;D
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When I get rich, one of my businesses will be a gym where you can't be a member unless you are assigned a trainer, and all trainers read the bible lol
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Here is a well known ex-getbiggers gym.
(sent by Jerryme)
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=164602.0;attach=189955;image)
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Home gym. This isn't everything.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x263/timeamajorova/GYM2.jpg)
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x263/timeamajorova/GYM1.jpg)
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x263/timeamajorova/GYM3.jpg)
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x263/timeamajorova/DRUMS.jpg)
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x263/timeamajorova/guitarsc.jpg)
Oops!
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Hey Tbomz, you know where this is?
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x263/timeamajorova/wrecka.jpg)
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Had to replace that one... still fits in the garage with my gyma...
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x263/timeamajorova/doggahsa.jpg)
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Here is a well known ex-getbiggers gym.
(sent by Jerryme)
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=164602.0;attach=189955;image)
lmfao
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Here's my home gym. Tires are kept on the side of the house. The other half of the equipment is kept at Rampages gym till we open our place.
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Here's my home gym. Tires are kept on the side of the house. The other half of the equipment is kept at Rampages gym till we open our place.
I thought you had opened your own gym already?
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I thought you had opened your own gym already?
I have another 800sqft space not open to the public. We will be securing investors within the next couple months for a 3500sqft retail space.
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Can't live without the Power Rack...
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My home gym
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I have another 800sqft space not open to the public. We will be securing investors within the next couple months for a 3500sqft retail space.
Man, you got this whole thing down. If I was still in California I'd be begging you to get me in with your biz. I'd even wash those tires (though I doubt I could lift them) and sweep up the chalk on the floor. Being able to work with athletes on all levels instead of with soccer moms and men going through a mid life crisis must very very fulfilling. I'm sick of sitting in a cubicle all day trying to sneak posts on GetBig.
You'd like me. I'm a rabid right wing Republican and unabashed Christian. I also work out every now and then, too. And you'll feel good about yourself knowing there's someone older than you. One that you can boss around.
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Man, you got this whole thing down. If I was still in California I'd be begging you to get me in with your biz. I'd even wash those tires (though I doubt I could lift them) and sweep up the chalk on the floor. Being able to work with athletes on all levels instead of with soccer moms and men going through a mid life crisis must very very fulfilling. I'm sick of sitting in a cubicle all day trying to sneak posts on GetBig.
You'd like me. I'm a rabid right wing Republican and unabashed Christian. I also work out every now and then, too. And you'll feel good about yourself knowing there's someone older than you. One that you can boss around.
Man, I can relate. Soccer moms. Whouda thunk that they sucked? I mean REALLY sucked!
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I've trained at the Altamonte Springs one a few times, a lot of strippers train there LOL
Do you know of any strippers in our gym? :D
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I left also...
and then went back and used what I had learned from the mistakes. I still *care* ~ sometimes it is my downfall, but other times the success stories make it all worth while.
I'm sure a lot of the "older" trainers (besides me) laugh when we see the capitalization and sensationalism of "The biggest loser" ~ I mean, seriously, isn't this exactly what we've been doing all along? We watch our clients (maybe 1 in 20) make the commitment and then we stand by them regardless. After a while you can tell just by the first few words out of a potential client's mouth whether or not they are going to make any significant changes.
We just don't have the money or the T.V. reality shows and all the glamour. Don't get me wrong, a strong clientele in a good small gym can be extremely lucrative, especially once you've developed a rep for getting people in shape... and *caring*
Lets start a post with all the bullshit we have heard from people asking us about being trained.
1. I don't want to get big
2.Im "going" to start "next week after".........
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Man, you got this whole thing down. If I was still in California I'd be begging you to get me in with your biz. I'd even wash those tires (though I doubt I could lift them) and sweep up the chalk on the floor. Being able to work with athletes on all levels instead of with soccer moms and men going through a mid life crisis must very very fulfilling. I'm sick of sitting in a cubicle all day trying to sneak posts on GetBig.
You'd like me. I'm a rabid right wing Republican and unabashed Christian. I also work out every now and then, too. And you'll feel good about yourself knowing there's someone older than you. One that you can boss around.
It's the left-wing Republicans you have to look out for. Very sneaky.
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My home gym
Impressive setup. That machine which seems like an incline hammer press looks pretty cool.
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I think I got why the old model for gyms doesn't work, it's because what they really want is for people to buy a membership and then never come, that's how they make money, so without meaning to that's what they accomplish. Most people regard gyms as a place to be seen, but they can be seen and admired just walking down the street, so why should they come to the gym, they don;t actually need it. I would make a gym where you can't come in without an appointment, and there's lots of stations, each station has a smith machien and two dumbells where you can change the weight so you only need 2... your trainer takes you to a station, goes through a workout with you, or tells you to go do x amount of cardio, and ur finished and u leave... that's the ideal gym imo
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I think I got why the old model for gyms doesn't work, it's because what they really want is for people to buy a membership and then never come, that's how they make money, so without meaning to that's what they accomplish. Most people regard gyms as a place to be seen, but they can be seen and admired just walking down the street, so why should they come to the gym, they don;t actually need it. I would make a gym where you can't come in without an appointment, and there's lots of stations, each station has a smith machien and two dumbells where you can change the weight so you only need 2... your trainer takes you to a station, goes through a workout with you, or tells you to go do x amount of cardio, and ur finished and u leave... that's the ideal gym imo
I agree...most of the people come to the gym to socialize...
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Impressive setup. That machine which seems like an incline hammer press looks pretty cool.
Yeah ,great for shoulder press , close grip, flat and incline bench.
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Yeah ,great for shoulder press , close grip, flat and incline bench.
Over the years how much do you think you've put into that whole set up? I so wish I had something like that. In fact, I think that's how you can tell if someone is really a true Iron Head. If they would be perfectly happy training by themselves in their home gym and not need the social environment and the endless parade of hotties to keep themselves interested.
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(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x263/timeamajorova/guitarsc.jpg)
I have an ME-50 too. :)
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dog that guards the gym.
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Over the years how much do you think you've put into that whole set up? I so wish I had something like that. In fact, I think that's how you can tell if someone is really a true Iron Head. If they would be perfectly happy training by themselves in their home gym and not need the social environment and the endless parade of hotties to keep themselves interested.
I bought everything ''used'' on Craigslist ,I looked everyday for 2 years until I found good deals .
The yellow Powertec and 300lbs of weight =$275
The Body Solid white machine = $300
The Para Body power rack , 300lbs of weight, dumbbell rack w/ dumbbells (10lbs -60 lbs) , bench, barbell, mirror and rubber mats = $600
I know what you are saying , my wife won't train in the garage , she needs the attention from the black dudes , I only go with her on sunday morning, I get better workouts at home.
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I bought everything ''used'' on Craigslist ,I looked everyday for 2 years until I found good deals .
The yellow Powertec and 300lbs of weight =$275
The Body Solid white machine = $300
The Para Body power rack , 300lbs of weight, dumbbell rack w/ dumbbells (10lbs -60 lbs) , bench, barbell, mirror and rubber mats = $600
I know what you are saying , my wife won't train in the garage , she needs the attention from the black dudes , I only go with her on sunday morning, I get better workouts at home.
che how does your bench press on the powertec bench compare to your free weight bench press just curious? for research purposes actually.
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che how does your bench press on the powertec bench compare to your free weight bench press just curious? for research purposes actually.
It works great , I quit bench pressing and my shoulders feel great now , no more shoulder pain , I love that machine.
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It works great , I quit bench pressing and my shoulders feel great now , no more shoulder pain , I love that machine.
weight wise comparison? in pounds?
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weight wise comparison? in pounds?
I don't keep track of weights but I think you can go 30-40 lbs heavier on the powertec.
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My current gym doesn't have an incline barbell bench and it's driving me mad.
You train at a shit gym, do they have a decline bench??
We have both.
60,000 sq ft of top of the range equipment, a tonne of hammer strength machines also ;)
not to mention all the Bollywood chicks who work out there.
http://www.truefitness.in/
Take a tour around the gym = http://220.227.63.188/TFG/index.htm
PT
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PT x2
PT
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BTW - home gyms suck ass & take up space.
I have never seen a good set up for ALL body parts in a home gym EVER.
Just so you know.
LOL
PT
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Here is a well known ex-getbiggers gym.
(sent by Jerryme)
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=164602.0;attach=189955;image)
What did Jerryme and Pumpster split up over? I know they were camming and microphoning every night but something must have caused the tiff that tore them apart. Only other big break up like it that springs to mind is Mike and Laura.
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Lets start a post with all the bullshit we have heard from people asking us about being trained.
1. I don't want to get big
2.Im "going" to start "next week after".........
OMG... "I don't wanna get big" ~ that has to be by far the most common
Also "I just want to get fit and toned"
"Is it O.K if I drink alcohol?"
"I did everything you said and I still haven't lost any weight!"
"Can I get a deal if my sister comes and trains with me?"
"What are you doing this weekend?" LOL
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BTW - home gyms suck ass & take up space.
I have never seen a good set up for ALL body parts in a home gym EVER.
Just so you know.
LOL
PT
Shut up bitch , I can do 3 to 4 exercises for each body part at home ( including calves ), you don't know what you are talking about.
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It works great , I quit bench pressing and my shoulders feel great now , no more shoulder pain , I love that machine.
or you could of just taken some deca ;)
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BTW - home gyms suck ass & take up space.
I have never seen a good set up for ALL body parts in a home gym EVER.
Just so you know.
LOL
PT
It depends on how demanding you are. Though it may feel uncomfortable, a power rack, bench, pulley, DB's & BB's fit in a small room.
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Shut up bitch , I can do 3 to 4 exercises for each body part at home ( including calves ), you don't know what you are talking about.
You can do 3/4 exercises for calfs at home :o
Just admit that you are a pikey, & you can't afford to pay $120 a month for a decent gym, wanker.......
I know what a hot chick in lycra looks like, how many of them you got in ya home set up, dick head ::)
We got 60,000 sq ft of top hole gear - standing & seated calf machines, decline bench, 45 deg less press, power racks, etc... + I can go round to the cardio section & get a woody.
But yeah Mumbai, is a shat hole ;D
PT
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Me in the gym.
By the punch/kick bag area..................
PT
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You can do 3/4 exercises for calfs at home :o
Just admit that you are a pikey, & you can't afford to pay $120 a month for a decent gym, wanker.......
I know what a hot chick in lycra looks like, how many of them you got in ya home set up, dick head ::)
We got 60,000 sq ft of top hole gear - standing & seated calf machines, decline bench, 45 deg less press, power racks, etc... + I can go round to the cardio section & get a woody.
But yeah Mumbai, is a shat hole ;D
PT
Hahaa, meltdown,
Yes I can do 3 exercises for calves at home.
Go to page 1 and see my gym 140000sq/ft ( 60000sq/ft ::))
My wife looks 100X better than your wife or any curry muncher that you see at that shithole in Mumgay.
I hope this helps
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PT x2
PT
PT, good looking gym, but in my opinion, a waste of money. I used to belong to a gym like this. The novelty of all the fancy machines gets old in a few weeks, and I found myself hardly using all those machines. After a few months, I realized I was mainly using free weights and wasn't utilizing all the extra stuff the gym had to offer. Canceled my membership and joined a more simpler looking gym.
Not to mention the novelty of all the hot girls walking around gets old as well. In the beginning its cool, but after a while you don't even pay it no mind. so its a good looking chick. You can see them anywhere.
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PT, good looking gym, but in my opinion, a waste of money. I used to belong to a gym like this. The novelty of all the fancy machines gets old in a few weeks, and I found myself hardly using all those machines. After a few months, I realized I was mainly using free weights and wasn't utilizing all the extra stuff the gym had to offer. Canceled my membership and joined a more simpler looking gym.
Dude, I don't pay!! why would I want to go elswhere??
PT
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Dude, I don't pay!! why would I want to go elswhere??
PT
Well, I guess if you don't pay, then its worth it. However, I would never pay money again to go to a gym like that. but like you said, its free, so might as well.
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Hahaa, meltdown,
Yes I can do 3 exercises for calves at home.
Go to page 1 and see my gym 140000sq/ft ( 60000sq/ft ::))
My wife looks 100X better than your wife or any curry muncher that you see at that shithole in Mumgay.
I hope this helps
I saw it, dude x1 question = water slides??
Fucking twat.
I didnt see any hammer machines in there either.
We are talking BB'ing, not posing.
PT
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I saw it, dude x1 question = water slides??
Fucking twat.
I didnt see any hammer machines in there either.
We are talking BB'ing, not posing.
PT
Yes , they don't have any hammer machines ::) , haha what a retard.
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at you see at that shithole in Mumgay.
I hope this helps
Hope this helps, NO, not without pics.
Post your wifes pics, with you in the shot, or STFU ;)
PT
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Hope this helps, NO, not without pics.
Post your wifes pics, with you in the shot, or STFU ;)
PT
OK , I'll get right on it ::)
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I can't post of pic of your mother's vagyne because my camera isn't wide enough.
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Hope this helps, NO, not without pics.
Post your wifes pics, with you in the shot, or STFU ;)
PT
Dude, Che's wife does have a banging body. Never seen her face, but good body.
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Me in the gym.
By the punch/kick bag area..................
PT
any relation to tbombz ???
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I think I got why the old model for gyms doesn't work, it's because what they really want is for people to buy a membership and then never come, that's how they make money, so without meaning to that's what they accomplish. Most people regard gyms as a place to be seen, but they can be seen and admired just walking down the street, so why should they come to the gym, they don;t actually need it. I would make a gym where you can't come in without an appointment, and there's lots of stations, each station has a smith machien and two dumbells where you can change the weight so you only need 2... your trainer takes you to a station, goes through a workout with you, or tells you to go do x amount of cardio, and ur finished and u leave... that's the ideal gym imo
There is a small chain in seattle called x gym which is exactly like you describe.
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Don't know why the mods felt the need to change the title of my thread, but ok? ???
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OK , I'll get right on it ::)
Here is a clue =
Dude, Che's wife does have a banging body. Never seen her face,or them together but good body. Now you mention it, I have never seen him iin that gym either...........
More useless GetBIG claims of having the biggest dick, yet oh wait, I can't prove it ::)
FFS........
PT
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Here is a clue =
More useless GetBIG claims of having the biggest dick, yet oh wait, I can't prove it ::)
FFS........
PT
Pictures has been posted , go look for them 8).
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any relation to tbombz ???
I am Caucasian, not some muddy little mongrel, so NO ;D
Pictures has have been posted , go & look for them 8).
Another of the GetBIG Mensa club, is English your 1'st language??
PT
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Pictures has have been posted , go & look for them 8).
I have to pack my food & then hit the squat rack/leg extension & seated calf for 45 mins.
Or I could spend an hour trying to prove that you are married to a super model who is bisexual ???
Nah, I think it's the gym ::)
PT
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I have to pack my food & then hit the squat rack/leg extension & seated calf for 45 mins.
Or I could spend an hour trying to prove that you are married to a super model who is bisexual ???
Nah, I think it's the gym ::)
PT
Good choice , STFU now.
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you want a picture of my gym?
just stare at any picture of your mom cuz that's where I get my workout on
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Good choice , STFU now.
Why not fly to Mumbai international & make me, nah you would end up like these guys!!
DO NOT EAT BEFORE YOU WATCH THE VID ;)
http://vkontakte.ru/video114405685_161033530?hash=4fa2eff270939ece
PT
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No response to this post ^^^^ did it give you night mares :'(
Hahahahaha, don't fuck with 'La Eme' you will end up on the wrong side of a chain saw ;)
A gym with water slides is still for pussies, that you can NOT talk your way out of ;D
80,000 sq ft of that place are a waste of space/$, fucking football stadium sized gym with a creche ::)
All 60,000 sq ft of ours is weights, cardio, Yoga, stretching area & lockers/showers.
How many A list celebs do you get in that generic looking fucking box, who was the architect?? Ronald McDonald, FFS ???
Did the exterior come out of a flat pack?? yeah some dude spent hours over the design of that shit hole ::)
I mean look at it, eeeeeuuuuuw, that is nasty. I would not get out of the car :-X
PT
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24 Hour Fitness.....love the late night workouts...place isn't very full, get most of the weights to myself. Listen to some old school hip hop...great times.
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Here is a clue =
More useless GetBIG claims of having the biggest dick, yet oh wait, I can't prove it ::)
FFS........
PT
Thanks for altering my post. Epic fail. I wrote "Dude, Che's wife does have a banging body. Never seen her face, but good body." Actually, he did post pics of her and him in the same pic.
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Thanks for altering my post. Epic fail. I wrote "Dude, Che's wife does have a banging body. Never seen her face, but good body." Actually, he did post pics of her and him in the same pic.
Be more specific next time............
Now watch this = http://vkontakte.ru/video114405685_161033530?hash=4fa2eff270939ece
PT
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you want a picture of my gym?
just stare at any picture of your mom cuz that's where I get my workout on
see- because I have sex with your mom and that is a workout in itself
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PT is an attention screaming moron
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PT is an attention screaming moron
you have to give him credit though
he has sex with women who are known worldwide for smelling like shit
that's some pretty hardcore shit right there
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Lol..guys will start arguing over anything on this site.. ;D
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OMG... "I don't wanna get big" ~ that has to be by far the most common
Also "I just want to get fit and toned"
"Is it O.K if I drink alcohol?"
"I did everything you said and I still haven't lost any weight!"
"Can I get a deal if my sister comes and trains with me?"
"What are you doing this weekend?" LOL
Yes!
I don't know how much I weigh
Will i have to do cardio?
I HATE TO SWEAT
i
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You train at a shit gym, do they have a decline bench??
We have both.
60,000 sq ft of top of the range equipment, a tonne of hammer strength machines also ;)
not to mention all the Bollywood chicks who work out there.
http://www.truefitness.in/
Take a tour around the gym = http://220.227.63.188/TFG/index.htm
PT
your gym looks like a bad disco from 1977 so quit ripping on Lifetime Fitness
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No response to this post ^^^^ did it give you night mares :'(
Hahahahaha, don't fuck with 'La Eme' you will end up on the wrong side of a chain saw ;)
A gym with water slides is still for pussies, that you can NOT talk your way out of ;D
80,000 sq ft of that place are a waste of space/$, fucking football stadium sized gym with a creche ::)
All 60,000 sq ft of ours is weights, cardio, Yoga, stretching area & lockers/showers.
How many A list celebs do you get in that generic looking fucking box, who was the architect?? Ronald McDonald, FFS ???
Did the exterior come out of a flat pack?? yeah some dude spent hours over the design of that shit hole ::)
I mean look at it, eeeeeuuuuuw, that is nasty. I would not get out of the car :-X
PT
Hahha ,MELTDOWN.
First world country , check
Bigger /better gym, check
Better looking wife, check
Better looking , check
Better physique, check
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NEXT
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Yes!
I don't know how much I weigh
Will i have to do cardio?
I HATE TO SWEAT
i
"I'm not thirsty" (Me) It doesnt matter, drink it anyway.
Face pale after one set of light pulley pushdowns (Me) "take a break" (Client) I'm O.K. (Me) No, your not, the bathrooms are over there...
Next thing you know a woman comes running out "someone's getting sick in the bathroom" LOL ~ should have listened biotch.
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Hhahaha
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;D ;D ;D ;D
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"I'm not thirsty" (Me) It doesnt matter, drink it anyway.
Face pale after one set of light pulley pushdowns (Me) "take a break" (Client) I'm O.K. (Me) No, your not, the bathrooms are over there...
Next thing you know a woman comes running out "someone's getting sick in the bathroom" LOL ~ should have listened biotch.
HAHHAHAHAH
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Kuaui Athletic Club, Hawaii: Old School Gym, some classic equipment, dumbells so rusted you can't read the numbers (you just have to guess lol), Juice bar offers a variety of beers and they actually have a few on tap, perfect pre/post training nutrition!