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What piece of essential gym equipment is your gym lacking?
« on: August 20, 2015, 07:44:21 AM »
Mine does not have a standing calf machine or a lying down hamstring curl.  Effing blows my mind.  Neither take up much space.  Both are things chicks love to do also.  All sorts of other useless equipment.

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Re: What piece of essential gym equipment is your gym lacking?
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2015, 07:46:40 AM »
Mine does not have a standing calf machine or a lying down hamstring curl.  Effing blows my mind.  Neither take up much space.  Both are things chicks love to do also.  All sorts of other useless equipment.

Squat rack and it's affecting my Shadow boxing skills.

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Re: What piece of essential gym equipment is your gym lacking?
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2015, 07:47:06 AM »
Mine does not have a standing calf machine or a lying down hamstring curl.  Effing blows my mind.  Neither take up much space.  Both are things chicks love to do also.  All sorts of other useless equipment.

The worst is when it's missing something crucial, but has the space for like 10 completely useless pieces of shit.

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Re: What piece of essential gym equipment is your gym lacking?
« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2015, 07:48:51 AM »
yeah id like to have a few different hamstring machines as well, all i got is seated.
a pullover machine wouldnt be wrong either

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Re: What piece of essential gym equipment is your gym lacking?
« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2015, 07:52:12 AM »
A brick wall to prevent people from disturbing me.
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Re: What piece of essential gym equipment is your gym lacking?
« Reply #5 on: August 20, 2015, 07:52:30 AM »
Mine does not have a standing calf machine or a lying down hamstring curl.  Effing blows my mind.  Neither take up much space.  Both are things chicks love to do also.  All sorts of other useless equipment.

Why did you sign up to train there?
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Re: What piece of essential gym equipment is your gym lacking?
« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2015, 07:53:31 AM »
Also there's frankly something of a liability issue regarding the standing calf machine becuase lots of people load up the Smith press and stand on a raised plastic platform underneath improvising them there, which I think is far less safe.

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Re: What piece of essential gym equipment is your gym lacking?
« Reply #7 on: August 20, 2015, 07:53:52 AM »
nautilus pullover- i shit you not here in michigan never seen one not once

would love to have one, - have used it when im in vacation in the south or down in mexico

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Re: What piece of essential gym equipment is your gym lacking?
« Reply #8 on: August 20, 2015, 07:54:26 AM »
A brick wall to prevent people from disturbing me.

LOL!!!

Yeah man, where's my brick wall, lol...
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Re: What piece of essential gym equipment is your gym lacking?
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Re: What piece of essential gym equipment is your gym lacking?
« Reply #10 on: August 20, 2015, 07:56:08 AM »
Why did you sign up to train there?

It's very close to my house and Im not at a place where I care that much anymore.  Back in the day I would have rejected it outright.  I'm spoiled though from training in Golds Venice all those years.  So many good machines and all.  I don't think I ever had a bad workout there.  As long as I got to the gym it was magic.

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Re: What piece of essential gym equipment is your gym lacking?
« Reply #11 on: August 20, 2015, 07:58:36 AM »
A reverse hyper machine.  :-\
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Re: What piece of essential gym equipment is your gym lacking?
« Reply #12 on: August 20, 2015, 07:59:04 AM »
It's very close to my house and Im not at a place where I care that much anymore.  Back in the day I would have rejected it outright.  I'm spoiled though from training in Golds Venice all those years.  So many good machines and all.  I don't think I ever had a bad workout there.  As long as I got to the gym it was magic.

I think the place I'M at now is like your old Golds. Not gonna move too far from this place as it's just too important for me. On days like Jan 1st when I gotta train elsewhere, when I get back, I want to crawl on the floor simulating love to it as Kai does to a grapefruit with pure passion, facial expressions included....
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Re: What piece of essential gym equipment is your gym lacking?
« Reply #13 on: August 20, 2015, 08:02:48 AM »
nautilus pullover- i shit you not here in michigan never seen one not once

would love to have one, - have used it when im in vacation in the south or down in mexico


We have one, I don't feel it despite several attempts over the years being a big Dorian fan..


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Re: What piece of essential gym equipment is your gym lacking?
« Reply #14 on: August 20, 2015, 08:03:16 AM »
Bicep supinator

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Re: What piece of essential gym equipment is your gym lacking?
« Reply #15 on: August 20, 2015, 08:03:55 AM »

We have one, I don't feel it despite several attempts over the years being a big Dorian fan..



can you train unilateral on that one? I do it that way and it kicks ass big time.
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Re: What piece of essential gym equipment is your gym lacking?
« Reply #16 on: August 20, 2015, 08:04:56 AM »
No lying leg curl
No hack machine
No calf machine

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Re: What piece of essential gym equipment is your gym lacking?
« Reply #17 on: August 20, 2015, 08:06:24 AM »
Nah, its exact replica of dorians... Soon as any new member joins they make a bee line for it and then never use it again... Gym owner loves it so its here to stay

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Re: What piece of essential gym equipment is your gym lacking?
« Reply #18 on: August 20, 2015, 08:08:25 AM »
Nah, its exact replica of dorians... Soon as any new member joins they make a bee line for it and then never use it again... Gym owner loves it so its here to stay

LOL! I think one needs to be a certain height and individual biomechanics make up suitable for it.
The dumbell version is great too. At destroying your shoulders, lol..
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Re: What piece of essential gym equipment is your gym lacking?
« Reply #19 on: August 20, 2015, 08:13:02 AM »
I need a standing calve raise

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Re: What piece of essential gym equipment is your gym lacking?
« Reply #20 on: August 20, 2015, 08:14:54 AM »
A reverse hyper machine.  :-\

Single most important piece of equipment every gym should have, but most don't.

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Re: What piece of essential gym equipment is your gym lacking?
« Reply #21 on: August 20, 2015, 08:17:43 AM »
LOL! I think one needs to be a certain height and individual biomechanics make up suitable for it.
The dumbell version is great too. At destroying your shoulders, lol..


Yeh I think so, its a shame as I do have a great 'mind muscle relationship' ( homo ) in my lats, I was so disappointed when I 1st rocked up to use it, reverse grip , one set to failure....

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Re: What piece of essential gym equipment is your gym lacking?
« Reply #22 on: August 20, 2015, 08:18:05 AM »
Single most important piece of equipment every gym should have, but most don't.

No way, that is specialized stuff and am rather sure it was not around or even known until rather recently. Can easily do without it..
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Re: What piece of essential gym equipment is your gym lacking?
« Reply #23 on: August 20, 2015, 08:20:16 AM »
Many things but I miss:

Standing calf

Lat pulldown machine with elbow pads (my favorite, take the biceps out of the equation)



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Re: What piece of essential gym equipment is your gym lacking?
« Reply #24 on: August 20, 2015, 08:27:34 AM »