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Title: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: bentone on October 21, 2011, 02:09:30 PM
So I just found out that my gym is closing down due to a loss of business to the opening of a gigantic LA Fitness down the street!! My gym is one of the very last hardcore gyms in my county and the only hardcore gym within reasonable driving distance. The LA Fitness is a gym for pussies...no dumbells over 100lbs, no squat cages, no deadlifting allowed, no steel plates or dumbells and jam packed with dipshits. Does anyone else here feel my pain?
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: maxkane69 on October 21, 2011, 02:38:19 PM
So I just found out that my gym is closing down due to a loss of business to the opening of a gigantic LA Fitness down the street!! My gym is one of the very last hardcore gyms in my county and the only hardcore gym within reasonable driving distance. The LA Fitness is a gym for pussies...no dumbells over 100lbs, no squat cages, no deadlifting allowed, no steel plates or dumbells and jam packed with dipshits. Does anyone else here feel my pain?

I rather run ,do pull-ups and dips at the beach than working out at LA Fitness Gym! ;)
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: Schmoff on October 21, 2011, 02:40:11 PM
try planet fatness

 :D
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: Bigpump9 on October 21, 2011, 02:44:56 PM
one of the la fitness around by me has dumbells up to 130lbs.  :P
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: G_Thang on October 21, 2011, 02:45:48 PM
LA Fitness vs Snap or Anytime for $45 and neither has a hack squat

I'm cool with LAF

everybody wonna be a bber but no one can lift the heavy ass weight.

99% of getbiggers never go to the end of the rack.  i know i don't.  played ball and didn't fuck with 100 lb bells.

    (http://www.infoamerica.md/imagini-galerie-foto/san-diego-girls-2.jpg)

diego
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: ChopperRider on October 21, 2011, 02:49:47 PM
LA Fitness vs Snap or Anytime for $45 and neither has a hack squat
I'm cool with LAF
everybody wonna be a bber but no one can lift the heavy ass weight.
99% of getbiggers never go to the end of the rack.  i know i don't.  played ball and didn't fuck with 100 lb bells.
    (http://www.infoamerica.md/imagini-galerie-foto/san-diego-girls-2.jpg)
diego

2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1.........and then 4,3 to close.

 ;D
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: the trainer on October 21, 2011, 02:50:22 PM
So I just found out that my gym is closing down due to a loss of business to the opening of a gigantic LA Fitness down the street!! My gym is one of the very last hardcore gyms in my county and the only hardcore gym within reasonable driving distance. The LA Fitness is a gym for pussies...no dumbells over 100lbs, no squat cages, no deadlifting allowed, no steel plates or dumbells and jam packed with dipshits. Does anyone else here feel my pain?

Can you even lift up a 100lb dumbbell as the saying goes shut up and train.
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: BIG ACH on October 21, 2011, 02:53:09 PM
Was a member in LA fitness for over a year and left this past April because I moved. They were good!  None of the things you mentioned applied at the one I was at!  Lots of serious bodybuilders, and fitness chicks and it was all fine!
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: makaveli25 on October 21, 2011, 03:08:12 PM
I go to a chain gym eas they have no squat rack they're missing a couple of other key pieces. It's only ten minutes from my house though you can make do.
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: wild willie on October 21, 2011, 03:09:59 PM
Gold's Venice

Dave Fisher's new gym

Gold's North Hollywood
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: gh15 on October 21, 2011, 03:15:46 PM
LA Fitness vs Snap or Anytime for $45 and neither has a hack squat

I'm cool with LAF

everybody wonna be a bber but no one can lift the heavy ass weight.

99% of getbiggers never go to the end of the rack.  i know i don't.  played ball and didn't fuck with 100 lb bells.

    (http://www.infoamerica.md/imagini-galerie-foto/san-diego-girls-2.jpg)

diego

i just was in anytime fitness and snap lol nto too logn ago when i was aroudn americana on business,,

snap was snobs and the fella wanted to charge me to train there ,, until he recognize me lol and even then he was a snob i left

then in anytime fitness they begged me to train there ,, gave me pass and free key and said just show up whenever you want lol ,, i liked that place but it is not hardcore by anymean ,, still a gym though

the days of the good ole gymnasiums are gone,, stil few good ones ,, they also the cheapest to train in but they are really dissapearing because population become lazyer than ever and no one want to be bodybuild

gh15 approved
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: makaveli25 on October 21, 2011, 03:35:49 PM
i just was in anytime fitness and snap lol nto too logn ago when i was aroudn americana on business,,

snap was snobs and the fella wanted to charge me to train there ,, until he recognize me lol and even then he was a snob i left

then in anytime fitness they begged me to train there ,, gave me pass and free key and said just show up whenever you want lol ,, i liked that place but it is not hardcore by anymean ,, still a gym though

the days of the good ole gymnasiums are gone,, stil few good ones ,, they also the cheapest to train in but they are really dissapearing because population become lazyer than ever and no one want to be bodybuild

gh15 approved

Do you get recognized when you go out places a lot?

Do pros get to train for free?

Do you hang out with or train with any pros from other sports?
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: bentone on October 21, 2011, 03:43:41 PM
GH-15 you are exactly right. There are so few real gyms around and that has to do with how incredibly lazy the average american is. The way I see it a place like LA Fitness is for the average person who doesn't really want to train hard or put in much effort into getting in shape.  To the jackass who asked if I can lift a 100lb dumbell the answer is yes..easily. Big Ach...years ago I trained at an LA Fitness in preparation for a few shows as it was the only gym around and while I am able to get in a good workout there it really is not the type of environment for people who are serious about training.

The advent of these fitness clubs and the death of real gyms in America is a sign of the times. So few people want to actually work hard at anything and consequently achieve very little. For the record...yes I am venting.
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: G_Thang on October 21, 2011, 03:53:32 PM
GH-15 you are exactly right. There are so few real gyms around and that has to do with how incredibly lazy the average american is. The way I see it a place like LA Fitness is for the average person who doesn't really want to train hard or put in much effort into getting in shape.  To the jackass who asked if I can lift a 100lb dumbell the answer is yes..easily. Big Ach...years ago I trained at an LA Fitness in preparation for a few shows as it was the only gym around and while I am able to get in a good workout there it really is not the type of environment for people who are serious about training.

The advent of these fitness clubs and the death of real gyms in America is a sign of the times. So few people want to actually work hard at anything and consequently achieve very little. For the record...yes I am venting.

 ::)

i worked out at a HARDCORE gold's gym.  in one yr i saw one guy use bells over 100lbs, so he represented 1% of the membership.  that being said, 1% of getbiggers use 100lb bells.  hence, you go the fuck out of business probably if you cater to the 1%. oh, the gold's and your gym both went out of business.

oh, at my height of lifting i was 5'10" 238 if i remember correctly, don't need that type of weight now.

bitch on!

(http://surf.transworld.net/files/2009/01/21/_mg_3588.jpg)

diego
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: bentone on October 21, 2011, 04:05:49 PM
g-thang, I can appreciate that no business can survive if they cater to the 1%. The membership of my gym is mostly normal people but they all take training seriously. The gym population is a combination of housewives, MMA fighters, powerlifters, bodybuilders, business execs etc. What sucks is that there really are so few people who really enjoy and realize the value of training hard. The simple truth is that America is getting lazzier and good gyms are dying because of this. The fitness clubs are smart as they market to the fat and lazy masses. The same arguement can be made for restraunts and food. My neighborhood has hundreds of unhealthy dining options but only a few places to get a healthy and nutritious meal and this is mostly because the average American is a fat ass and prefers to eat crap.
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: dantelis on October 21, 2011, 04:06:26 PM
And the women doing odd exercises in the buff can be really distracting.

(http://spencergates.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/lafitness.jpg)
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: SF1900 on October 21, 2011, 04:08:54 PM
LA fitness is horrible. I went to one for some time and left. The dumbbells were scattered everywhere and the place was a fucking mess. The place was packed to the poiint where you couldn't even get on a machine. The place was over 100,000 square feet and it was still packed. i hate LA fitness. >:( >:(
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: dantelis on October 21, 2011, 04:10:44 PM
If you had looked closer at LA Fitness's advertising, you could have seen this coming.

Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: bentone on October 21, 2011, 04:14:01 PM
Danteils.....I should have read the fine print...dammit!!! hahaha
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: Nails on October 21, 2011, 04:17:08 PM
Any of these new gyms are ok, only thing about some of the newer gyms is they have more machines then free weights to cater to the female which in turn makes the free weight room more crowded then a gay bar in west hollywood

NOT that i ever been to west hollywood bars
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: bentone on October 21, 2011, 04:21:07 PM
Yeah when I trained at an LA Fitness it was PACKED to capacity, free weights all over the damm place, people sitting on benches forever chit chatting, pretty much a shit show on every level.
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: Parker on October 21, 2011, 04:42:04 PM
$7.95 monthly fee at Living Fit, small gym, but has all I need. 24/7, 19.00 start up fee, and discontinue at anytime...no salespeople, nobody works for the gym. Swipe a card to get in and out.
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: Board_SHERIF on October 21, 2011, 04:57:07 PM
I got a free pass @ LA Fitness for 10 days, when people ask me how I liked it I say "If Walmart ever made a gym it would be LA Fitness".
Everything is cheap there and I do not mean the fees, the free weigth area is tiny, the rest of the place is row upon row of crappy machines, the water fountains "compete" with each other so the flow of water trickles out if more than one is being used at a time".
The place is good for teens/fatty fats and those who do random workouts as few times a  month.
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: The Abdominal Snoman on October 21, 2011, 05:03:01 PM
2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1.........and then 4,3 to close.

 ;D

lol
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: G_Thang on October 21, 2011, 05:19:06 PM
I got a free pass @ LA Fitness for 10 days, when people ask me how I liked it I say "If Walmart ever made a gym it would be LA Fitness".
Everything is cheap there and I do not mean the fees, the free weigth area is tiny, the rest of the place is row upon row of crappy machines, the water fountains "compete" with each other so the flow of water trickles out if more than one is being used at a time".
The place is good for teens/fatty fats and those who do random workouts as few times a  month.

 ::)

3on/3off - plus one day for racquetball or pickup basketball games which can all be done at LAF

5'10" 208 (top weight 238 and i was a beast with high BF ;D like Big ACH) at this moment

1-2 meals a day  ::) depending on my schedule.  sorry fagrod, on the 8 meal a day plan

yeah, LAF is a joke

legs/chest
shoulders/back
tricep/bicep

min in abs or calves

(http://www.thedirty.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/sdsu-girls-lingerie-sexy-1.jpg)

diego
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: Board_SHERIF on October 21, 2011, 05:22:17 PM
::)

3on/3off - plus one day for racquetball or pickup basketball games which can all be done at LAF

5'10" 208 (top weight 238 and i was a beast with high BF ;D like Big ACH) at this moment

1-2 meals a day  ::) depending on my schedule.  sorry fagrod, on the 8 meal a day plan

yeah, LAF is a joke

legs/chest
shoulders/back
tricep/bicep

min in abs or calves

(http://www.thedirty.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/sdsu-girls-lingerie-sexy-1.jpg)

diego

I would rather pay an extra $30 per month for a good gym, the one I went to was like walmart.
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: Parker on October 21, 2011, 05:32:50 PM
I would rather pay an extra $30 per month for a good gym, the one I went to was like walmart.
Dorian's gym was a dungeon. Ronnie's gym look like it was falling apart inside and was hot as fuck---needed huge fans to cool it.
All we need is weights, machines, cardio equipment and a water fountain and bathroom.
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: Board_SHERIF on October 21, 2011, 05:35:30 PM
Dorian's gym was a dungeon. Ronnie's gym look like it was falling apart inside and was hot as fuck---needed huge fans to cool it.
All we need is weights, machines, cardio equipment and a water fountain and bathroom.

$30 more a month is nothing, each his own  :D
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: andreisdaman on October 21, 2011, 05:36:38 PM
the same thing is happening where I live...my gym is hardcore and only two blocks away...but now a planet fitness is opening and everyone in the gym says they will be going to the new place.....this is for two reasons...1. planet fitness will be open 24/7 and 2. my gym only has one treadmill working and stuff is always breaking down

I hate it because planet fitness caters basically to women, guys on the make and fags
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: bigbadwolfe on October 21, 2011, 05:44:47 PM
I dont feel your pain!!! We opened our own place and it is great. We scream we yell we cuss and fart and use lots of chalk. So if someone bitches they can hit the fucking road. We play the music we want aint do not have to listen to soccer moms bitch and old ladies talk about there bowel movements. Our equipment is bought and paid for yeah it might be mismatched but it gets the job done. I do go to a Snap 24/7 to do my cardio though, but my wife gets it free through work.
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: bentone on October 21, 2011, 06:02:43 PM
The Wallmart analogy is spot on! La Fitness is exactly that!! The LA Fitness that just opened is HUGE and most the equipment is crap. I trained for a year at an LA Fitness and prepared for 2 shows there and all the while I hated it. Health clubs are great if you are looking to kinda workout and have social hour with a bunch of strangers but a terrible environment if you are really trying to get in shape.
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: Andy Griffin on October 21, 2011, 08:10:35 PM
try planet fatness

 :D

At least Planet Fitness allows deadlifts.
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: MCWAY on October 21, 2011, 09:12:35 PM
So I just found out that my gym is closing down due to a loss of business to the opening of a gigantic LA Fitness down the street!! My gym is one of the very last hardcore gyms in my county and the only hardcore gym within reasonable driving distance. The LA Fitness is a gym for pussies...no dumbells over 100lbs, no squat cages, no deadlifting allowed, no steel plates or dumbells and jam packed with dipshits. Does anyone else here feel my pain?

I've visited an LA Fitness gym in Orlando, and they had plenty of dumbbells (up to 150s) and two squat racks.

The plates were the vinyl or rubber-coated ones, but there were several flat and incline bench presses (actually bolted to the floor).

That gym is CLEAN. The bars and chrome are so shiny, you can almost eat off them.

With all of that said, it's WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too pricey. And, since I still have my Bally membership that I got for Christmas nearly 20 years ago, I'll stick with that.
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: Fitness4Life on October 21, 2011, 09:18:22 PM
Do you get recognized when you go out places a lot?

Do pros get to train for free?

Do you hang out with or train with any pros from other sports?

he trained with the MACHO MAN RANDY SAVAGE!!!   OOOOHHHH YEAH
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: unrageable on October 21, 2011, 09:20:44 PM
you aren't allowed to deadlift, do cleans, or drop weights in my gym.

I do it anyway because I am there to train and I don't give a fuck what people think.

Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: Darren Avey on October 22, 2011, 05:06:22 AM
So I just found out that my gym is closing down due to a loss of business to the opening of a gigantic LA Fitness down the street!! My gym is one of the very last hardcore gyms in my county and the only hardcore gym within reasonable driving distance. The LA Fitness is a gym for pussies...no dumbells over 100lbs, no squat cages, no deadlifting allowed, no steel plates or dumbells and jam packed with dipshits. Does anyone else here feel my pain?

No deadlifts allowed!?!I go to a gymn like that sometimes but i just deadlift anyway, none of the geeks that work at these places would dare say anything,,,not unless they want to have their face bitten off!!!!!  >:(
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: TheTrueVictor on October 22, 2011, 05:30:48 AM
Was a member in LA fitness for over a year and left this past April because I moved. They were good!  None of the things you mentioned applied at the one I was at!  Lots of serious bodybuilders, and fitness chicks and it was all fine!

Now you're at Lifestyle gym where none of the things you mentioned (bodybuilders/fitness chicks) apply lol
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: NYSTATEOFMIND on October 22, 2011, 06:31:10 AM
ive been to LA Fitness in Easton PA and it was fine. so many hot biches in there and decent equipment
DB i think went to 140-150
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: andreisdaman on October 22, 2011, 09:20:07 AM
I've visited an LA Fitness gym in Orlando, and they had plenty of dumbbells (up to 150s) and two squat racks.

The plates were the vinyl or rubber-coated ones, but there were several flat and incline bench presses (actually bolted to the floor).

That gym is CLEAN. The bars and chrome are so shiny, you can almost eat off them.

With all of that said, it's WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too pricey. And, since I still have my Bally membership that I got for Christmas nearly 20 years ago, I'll stick with that.

This explains everything about you
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: The_Punisher on October 22, 2011, 09:28:37 AM
So I just found out that my gym is closing down due to a loss of business to the opening of a gigantic LA Fitness down the street!! My gym is one of the very last hardcore gyms in my county and the only hardcore gym within reasonable driving distance. The LA Fitness is a gym for pussies...no dumbells over 100lbs, no squat cages, no deadlifting allowed, no steel plates or dumbells and jam packed with dipshits. Does anyone else here feel my pain?


Lol......I feel your pain, soldier. it's all about business these days for any Gyms who expect to make it far......there was a L.A fitness who opened 3yrs ago around my neighborhood and within a year, they drove two other smaller gyms out of business, ..........it's hard to find a good, decent gym these days with all the basics, free weights.
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: Board_SHERIF on October 22, 2011, 09:30:57 AM
This explains everything about you

x22

Bally membership - check
GNC members card - check
Guzzles protein during anabolic window - check
Believes in supplements -  check
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: andreisdaman on October 22, 2011, 09:31:45 AM
x22

Bally membership - check
GNC members card - check
Guzzles protein during anabolic window - check
Believes in supplements -  check


 ;D...NICE
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: DroppingPlates on October 22, 2011, 09:34:59 AM
I always feel sorry for Americans complaining about their gym facilities. In most cases the average US gym is much better equipped than here in Europe.
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: andreisdaman on October 22, 2011, 09:36:02 AM
I always feel sorry for Americans complaining about their gym facilities. In most cases the average US gym is much better equipped than here in Europe.

hey...don't blame us because you guys are always willing to settle for less..man up!!
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: Board_SHERIF on October 22, 2011, 09:37:14 AM
I always feel sorry for Americans complaining about their gym facilities. In most cases the average US gym is much better equipped than here in Europe.

huh ? are you not in the UK ?? do you live on a Scottish island ??
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: DroppingPlates on October 22, 2011, 09:40:43 AM
hey...don't blame us because you guys are always willing to settle for less..man up!!

Don't get me wrong, I'm not really complaining about my gym. It's not a Gold's or Powerhouse in my case, but I can do my thing  :)
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: DroppingPlates on October 22, 2011, 09:43:29 AM
huh ? are you not in the UK ?? do you live on a Scottish island ??

No, I'm Dutch (yeah, keep hating us  ;D)

(http://worldcupgirls.net/girls-pics/dutch-girls_world-cup-2010.jpg)
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: Krankenstein on October 22, 2011, 09:44:31 AM
So I just found out that my gym is closing down due to a loss of business to the opening of a gigantic LA Fitness down the street!! My gym is one of the very last hardcore gyms in my county and the only hardcore gym within reasonable driving distance. The LA Fitness is a gym for pussies...no dumbells over 100lbs, no squat cages, no deadlifting allowed, no steel plates or dumbells and jam packed with dipshits. Does anyone else here feel my pain?

Have your gym sell you their equipment for pennies on the dollar!!!!
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: andreisdaman on October 22, 2011, 09:46:32 AM
Don't get me wrong, I'm not really complaining about my gym. It's not a Gold's or Powerhouse in my case, but I can do my thing  :)

cool..thats what counts ;)
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: pillowtalk on October 22, 2011, 09:50:12 AM
No, I'm Dutch (yeah, keep hating us  ;D)

(http://worldcupgirls.net/girls-pics/dutch-girls_world-cup-2010.jpg)

Them girls is fugly man, not x1 stunner there, why post this pic in defense of your nations women??
They like like they work at the check-out of a Tesco, all of them, WTF  ???

You have been smokin far to much bud mate, they are dogs

PT
Title: Re: I hate LA Fitness
Post by: DroppingPlates on October 22, 2011, 10:46:48 AM
Them girls is fugly man, not x1 stunner there, why post this pic in defense of your nations women??
They like like they work at the check-out of a Tesco, all of them, WTF  ???

You have been smokin far to much bud mate, they are dogs

PT

Nice try, but I'm far from being nationalistic and I like "exotic" woman.
Oh, and BTW, we have no fucking Tesco here  ;)