Best Gyms - What and Where is the Most Impressive Gym You've Ever Seen?

[terryb]

Muscle Works bethnalgreen in the UK hardcore gym fucking fantastic

[Robert Zuver]

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

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

Most Impressive - Las Vegas Athletic Club, Henderson.

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




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

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

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

I'm Robert Zuver. Our gym was one of the greatest ever. In the 1960 and 1970 we had over 15 tons of iron to work with. We had 50lb, 100lb, 150lb, and 200lb plates show me a gym even today that has that kind of iron to train with. I still have the only compleat set of all these weight plates. Wish I could post some pictures on this site for all to see.

[crownshep]

Robert,great to have you on the site,the pics i have seen of Zuvers make me think it was the most hardcore gym of all time.If you want to post pics click on "additional options",then "browse" ,this will bring up your picture album,then double click on the pic you want then click post.

[gee38]

when I lived in London

Muscleworks
Skyline (kimberley anne's in catford)
Dowe Dynamics in Archway

[BigCyp]

I'm Robert Zuver. Our gym was one of the greatest ever. In the 1960 and 1970 we had over 15 tons of iron to work with. We had 50lb, 100lb, 150lb, and 200lb plates show me a gym even today that has that kind of iron to train with. I still have the only compleat set of all these weight plates. Wish I could post some pictures on this site for all to see.

CHRIST IS THE ANSWER - Love it Robert!

Great looking gym, wish I was around back then to experience it myself.

[bigmikecox]

Golds Gym, Venice

Powerhouse Gym, Downtown Tampa

[Natural_O]

Powerhouse Gym in downtown Tampa

[Robert Zuver]

I'm Robert Zuver. Our gym was one of the greatest ever. In the 1960 and 1970 we had over 15 tons of iron to work with. We had 50lb, 100lb, 150lb, and 200lb plates show me a gym even today that has that kind of iron to train with. I still have the only compleat set of all these weight plates. Wish I could post some pictures on this site for all to see.

[Robert Zuver]

CHRIST IS THE ANSWER - Love it Robert!

Great looking gym, wish I was around back then to experience it myself.

[Robert Zuver]

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".)

[funk51]

most are gone now. bodyfactory in allentown, olympic fitness center a-town, eskimo's gym a-town. fitness america whitehall. a-town  area now has 3 gold's gyms and a couple of la fitness's.

[Robert Zuver]

most are gone now. bodyfactory in allentown, olympic fitness center a-town, eskimo's gym a-town. fitness america whitehall. a-town  area now has 3 gold's gyms and a couple of la fitness's.

Gone but not forgotten.

[Coach is Back!]

Gone but not forgotten.

Yep, back in the day it was your dad's gym, Golds Venice, Bill Pearls in Pasadena. Now, Westside, Elitefts, Monster Garage Gym, Metroflex, Arlington, my gym or damn near any powerlifting/strongman gym. Can't forget Ironsport gym. Love to hit that place up sometime.

[AVBG]

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

http://www.dohertysgym.com/

Nothing has changed - still the best gym (should clarify Brunswick)