Author Topic: Best Gyms - What and Where is the Most Impressive Gym You've Ever Seen? (Read 11403 times)

Ursus · « **Reply #25 on:** February 13, 2008, 03:39:12 PM »

Quote from: Stark on February 13, 2008, 11:02:11 AM

Hardcore: The Hercules in Dublin
Impressive: The Hercules in Dublin

Pictures: http://www.gymstories.com/?page_id=264 <--- Ground floor

been there awesome gym. competed in it.

also see that story about one guy making the otehr a bitch? wasthat hercs in dublin. cos i know they close at 7 cos its a residential area

sgt. d · « **Reply #26 on:** February 13, 2008, 03:43:55 PM »

I'm sorry but the best gym is oxygen gym in kuwait.

JohnnyVegas · « **Reply #27 on:** February 13, 2008, 09:46:06 PM »

Best gym from the 80's were;

1- Original World Gym Santa Monica

2- Gold's Venice (would have ranked it first but half the equipment was broken at any given time, dont even try to get matching dumbells, plus tons of fruitcakes to deal with and fuck up a workout)

3- Original Gold's Gym San Diego.

flex933 · « **Reply #28 on:** February 13, 2008, 10:21:18 PM »

x sport fitness on elston ave in chicago

LASTREP72 · « **Reply #29 on:** February 13, 2008, 10:27:52 PM »

Quote from: stuntmovie on February 13, 2008, 10:18:16 AM

A. Ranked by "HARD CORE".
B. Ranked by "Most Impressive Looking".
c. Ranked by "Amenities".
d. Ranked by any other category of your own choosing.

Hard Core - Gold's in Venice back ten years ago. But it's changed today. You agree Mr Wishbone?

Most Impressive - Las Vegas Athletic Club, Henderson.

Amenities - Not into amenities so I got no idea, but if a view is an "amenity", I'd say 24 Hour Fitness in Waikiki overlooking the beach and bikinis and beginner's surfboard area.

My choice of category is "Wierdness" and the top of that list has to be the original ZUVER's in Costa Mesa, California back in the 60's. Reverend Zuver had a huge gorilla out in front with a multi-ton front door with a sign on it saying, "If you have trouble opening this door, go train someplace else!". The floor was made out of olympic plates and he had the "heaviest" of any piece of equipment imaginable.

And all this "wierdness" was in a huge "storage shed" along the side of his house in a residential area.

Wish I could remember more but that was a long time back. (Oh yea, his son was "Rhino".)

Kaliber Gym Trondheim Norway (now kaliber training studio cause they were scaring the pussy away) - when I lived there it was my second home I lived 5 min walk away and I used to slip slide my way there everyday. They had one IFBB pro and a bunch of juiced up bbers who were cool as fuck and trained hard as hell. Did my first cycle there and there was 1 kat who used to shoot slin right in the locker room. that shit was hard fucking core, man i miss that place - that shit had some bikes treadmills and a shit load of weight check out the pics
http://www.kalibergym.no/earlyyears.shtml

JohnnyVegas · « **Reply #30 on:** February 13, 2008, 11:04:51 PM »

Quote from: LASTREP72 on February 13, 2008, 10:27:52 PM

Kaliber Gym Trondheim Norway (now kaliber training studio cause they were scaring the pussy away) - when I lived there it was my second home I lived 5 min walk away and I used to slip slide my way there everyday. They had one IFBB pro and a bunch of juiced up bbers who were cool as fuck and trained hard as hell. Did my first cycle there and there was 1 kat who used to shoot slin right in the locker room. that shit was hard fucking core, man i miss that place - that shit had some bikes treadmills and a shit load of weight check out the pics
http://www.kalibergym.no/earlyyears.shtml

Did you know this hottie??

Was she this hot in person??

Max_Rep · « **Reply #31 on:** February 14, 2008, 12:27:59 AM »

Quote from: timfogarty on February 13, 2008, 10:37:57 AM

hard core: Easton Gym on Beverly 20 some years ago. Jim Morris Gym 25+ years ago

but at 12 years old, I was probably easily impressed

It’s still there but probably changed. (Easton Gym 8053 Beverly Boulevard Los Angeles). Also Bill Pearls Gym on Manchester is still there.

Mid City Gym in New York City was VERY hardcore. Peals gym on Manchester is still there as well.
Ray Mentzers Muscle Mill was hardcore. So was Barlow’s Gym in Torrance, CA.

Gold's Venice 1981-late 90's when Pete, Tim and Ed still owned it.

World Gym in Lake Forest was cool in the 80’s.

Pete Grymko, Danny Padilla and about 15 of us had keys to a whole in the wall place back in Rochester with a bunch of steel and home-made equipment. It was in the basement of an old German Gymnastics club in a building built in the late early 1900’s. Turner Barbell Club. The pipes leaked, it was freezing cold in the winter and we had to wipe the sweat off the bars in the summer.

This is seldom mentioned but I would have loved to have trained at the Quonset hut in Deland Florida with Arthur Jones when Casey Viator and Sergio were there.

Duncan YMCA in Chicago where Bob Gadja and Sergio trained was supposed to be one of the bst equipped in the country back in the 70’s.

I imagine West-Side Barbell in Ohio is pretty brutal.

onlyme · « **Reply #32 on:** February 14, 2008, 12:39:20 AM »

Quote from: Max_Rep on February 14, 2008, 12:27:59 AM

It’s still there but probably changed. (Easton Gym 8053 Beverly Boulevard Los Angeles). Also Bill Pearls Gym on Manchester is still there.

Mid City Gym in New York City was VERY hardcore. Peals gym on Manchester is still there as well.
Ray Mentzers Muscle Mill was hardcore. So was Barlow’s Gym in Torrance, CA.

Gold's Venice 1981-late 90's when Pete, Tim and Ed still owned it.

World Gym in Lake Forest was cool in the 80’s.

Pete Grymko, Danny Padilla and about 15 of us had keys to a whole in the wall place back in Rochester with a bunch of steel and home-made equipment. It was in the basement of an old German Gymnastics club in a building built in the late early 1900’s. Turner Barbell Club. The pipes leaked, it was freezing cold in the winter and we had to wipe the sweat off the bars in the summer.

This is seldom mentioned but I would have loved to have trained at the Quonset hut in Deland Florida with Arthur Jones when Casey Viator and Sergio were there.

Duncan YMCA in Chicago where Bob Gadja and Sergio trained was supposed to be one of the bst equipped in the country back in the 70’s.

I imagine West-Side Barbell in Ohio is pretty brutal.

Forgot about Barlows. Dave did you know Renaissance in Hawthorne. Back in the 70's and early 80's. Gene Mozee worked there a little. How about the YMCA in San Pedro. The best "Y" gym anywhere.

onlyme · « **Reply #33 on:** February 14, 2008, 12:42:28 AM »

Quote from: jpm101 on February 13, 2008, 03:05:59 PM

Not a commercial gym but for hugeness and a variety of equipment, the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. Unbelievable, almost the size of half a football field if I remember correctly. Power racks, "A" frames, sleds, lifting platforms,etc from wall to wall. Early '90's when I saw it. Probably now a days there are lots of college gyms bigger and better. But that one still lingers in my mind. Heard the Big Ten has some great gym's also. USC's & UCLA's wasn't too bad though not nearly matching Nebraska's. Thing about college gym's/training places is that some very fine co-eds trained there also. And you got a chance to set up kegger's party's for the weekends.

Some college gyms could easily compete with any commercial gym. The University of Hawaii looks awesome. Our high school gym when I went was one room with a Universal Multi station in the middle. Only a few dumbbells.

I like this gym

AVBG · « **Reply #34 on:** February 14, 2008, 01:24:38 AM »

Doherty's Gym - open 24/7, located in Melbourne it is the most impressive gym I have ever seen/worked out in.

http://www.dohertysgym.com/

Mars · « **Reply #35 on:** February 14, 2008, 01:28:26 AM »

Quote from: sgt. d on February 13, 2008, 03:43:55 PM

I'm sorry but the best gym is oxygen gym in kuwait.

like you been there

webcake · « **Reply #36 on:** February 14, 2008, 01:39:19 AM »

Quote from: AVBG on February 14, 2008, 01:24:38 AM

Doherty's Gym - open 24/7, located in Melbourne it is the most impressive gym I have ever seen/worked out in.

http://www.dohertysgym.com/

Im definietly going to Dohertys next time im in Melbourne

Stark · « **Reply #37 on:** February 14, 2008, 02:27:21 AM »

The more i read the more I feel privaleged that I have a real "hardcore" no Bull gym right beside my door, its litterly 5 min walk away.
me like an asshole work out in the YMCA gym i have worked out for years before I bothered looking for the Hercules Club.
Fuck it's all good... best gym in the world one of a dying breed that is for sure.

americanbulldog · « **Reply #38 on:** February 14, 2008, 02:40:44 AM »

Quote from: AZbodybuilder on February 13, 2008, 10:32:25 AM

Hard Core: Gold's Gym Honolulu Hawaii used to be called The Gym, Definitely Hard Core

Agreed.

sgt. d · « **Reply #39 on:** February 14, 2008, 06:34:27 AM »

Quote from: Mars on February 14, 2008, 01:28:26 AM

like you been there

Is there something "Mars"

Stll upset Sadadummy got hung

The oxygen gym and mwr facility on Camp Arifjan is the best gym in Kuwait

YiriSS · « **Reply #40 on:** February 14, 2008, 06:47:38 AM »

dohertys gym for the convenience now being a 24 hr gym, and its the most hardcore around in melbourne ,

but the old muscle australia gym in the late 80s before it closed down, sonny schmidt used to train there, the equipment was very heavy duty,
the seated row had a 500lb stack, and they had the last vertical leg press i have seen

SilverSpoon · « **Reply #41 on:** February 14, 2008, 08:09:53 AM »

Bob Bonham's "Strong and Shapely"
Diamond Gym
Roger Schwab's "Main Line Health & Fitness".

Best East Coast Gyms I have ever been to.

A nice hotel gym in NYC is the gym at the Parker Meridien.

Moosejay · « **Reply #42 on:** February 15, 2008, 05:40:56 AM »

Montanari Brothers Golds Gym in New Haven, CT

Yaeger's Gym in Lombard, Illinois (closed around 1993)

Olympia health Studio in North Haven, CT (closed in 1980)

Moosejay · « **Reply #43 on:** February 15, 2008, 05:42:17 AM »

Mike Katz's old World Gym East (Now P-Fitness)

DK II · « **Reply #44 on:** February 15, 2008, 05:50:59 AM »

That oxygen gym in kuwait looks like it's bigger than some states in the world...

probably smells like shit there though. And no girls...

roc · « **Reply #45 on:** February 15, 2008, 07:09:57 AM »

golds in venice period!!!! firehouse for sushi and saki/sapporo afterward.

gmflex · « **Reply #46 on:** February 15, 2008, 07:18:02 AM »

I went to this gym 2 years ago in a small town near Guadalajara Mexico; Shit

it had all classic equipment. I felt like i was in the pumping iron movie. newest equipment was dated back to the 80"s

Definitely a hardcore gym...

Moosejay · « **Reply #47 on:** February 15, 2008, 08:32:00 AM »

I trained at Barlow's in Torrance once when I was 16 on a visit and recall it as being small but great atmosphere and hardcore

Top Dog · « **Reply #48 on:** February 15, 2008, 08:41:11 AM »

Strong And Shapely....Rutherford NJ Bob Bonham runs a great gym.

Alex A · « **Reply #49 on:** February 15, 2008, 02:42:48 PM »

The YMCA is a great place to train

or Dorians Dungeon I presume

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