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We are talking Temple Gym mixed with Metroflex would you pay more monthly to workout with people that share the same goal you do
and are not only share the same gym because it eases the continence when they eat their Wopper later on?
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We are talking Temple Gym mixed with Metroflex would you pay more monthly to workout with people that share the same goal you do
and are not only share the same gym because it eases the continence when they eat their Wopper later on?
I would. Funny thing though because here in Toronto, the hardcore gyms run you about 30-35 bucks a month and the loser gyms like the Premier Fitnesses and so forth cost like 60 bucks per month. Reason being the less hardcore gyms charge for executive locker rooms, they charge extra for towel service and bullshit like that. Me? I just want to go in, train and bail.
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i already pay too much for what i get.
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Hell no!
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Any gym that I work out in BECOMES hardcore.
I spit on the floor, use profanity loudly, shove people who are using benches I want to sit on, drop plates that I don't like the look of, etc.
I let everyone know that I'm the alpha male in the place.
The place is hardcore as a result.
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"You can take the hardcore bodybuilder out the gym,
but you cant take the gym out the hardcore bodbuilder" - Dorian Yates 1993
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In theory you should pay less for a hardcore gym - you're not paying for the privilege of fancy chrome, clean floors, useable toilets etc. No true bodybuilder gives a shit about that sort of stuff in a gym.
However, to answer the question, no I wouldn't pay double. If your minds in the right place you can make any gym hardcore. A 300lb bench and a 400lb squat weighs the same the world over.
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In theory you should pay less for a hardcore gym - you're not paying for the privilege of fancy chrome, clean floors, useable toilets etc. No true bodybuilder gives a shit about that sort of stuff in a gym.
However, to answer the question, no I wouldn't pay double. If your minds in the right place you can make any gym hardcore. A 300lb bench and a 400lb squat weighs the same the world over.
How much extra do you pay for using the gloryhole at your gym?
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Hell no!
why not?
And all joke aside, in your case you would meet more the kinda man you like... or at least judging by your photothread I assume you feel attracted to.
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No, I wouldn't pay double to work out in a "hardcore" gym. I don't like working out in commercial gyms at all. I have to if I'm travelling on a workout day, but my preferred gym is my home gym.
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How much extra do you pay for using the gloryhole at your gym?
Ha ha - clever. ::)
I train at Temple Gym. And one thing it does not have is a gloryhole. Sorry.
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Ha ha - clever. ::)
I train at Temple Gym. And one thing it does not have is a gloryhole. Sorry.
at Temple they didnt let you in,
if you wore a tight high arm t shirt and were skinny,
thats a gym
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at Temple they didnt let you in,
if you wore a tight high arm t shirt and were skinny,
thats a gym
Eh?
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why not?
And all joke aside, in your case you would meet more the kinda man you like... or at least judging by your photothread I assume you feel attracted to.
Because as BigJ said, "In theory you should pay less for a hardcore gym - you're not paying for the privilege of fancy chrome, clean floors, useable toilets etc. No true bodybuilder gives a shit about that sort of stuff in a gym."
And all joking aside, I go to the gym to work out not to meet men. Sure, eye candy is always nice, but I actually prefer the gym when there is almost no one in it. More access to the weights/machines with no waiting. :)
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It wouldn't be a hardcore gym if you're paying double the money. A hardcore gym should be dirty, loud, laced with profanity, unorganized, and cheap.
Hey Playboy, Premier Fitness is the biggest sellout for pansies who pretend to workout.
My 2 cents.
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Because as BigJ said, "In theory you should pay less for a hardcore gym - you're not paying for the privilege of fancy chrome, clean floors, useable toilets etc. No true bodybuilder gives a shit about that sort of stuff in a gym."
And all joking aside, I go to the gym to work out not to meet men. Sure, eye candy is always nice, but I actually prefer the gym when there is almost no one in it. More access to the weights/machines with no waiting. :)
Makes all sense, it's just that I always figured you of a person that would like to be inspired as in going back to the roots kinda gym, and regarding going to the gym to workout I fully respect that as well it's just that you tend to post images of (and I don't mean to joke here) big men as in juiced up 40+ men, the kind of you usually don't see in the soccer mom gyms.
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Makes all sense, it's just that I always figured you of a person that would like to be inspired as in going back to the roots kinda gym, and regarding going to the gym to workout I fully respect that as well it's just that you tend to post images of (and I don't mean to joke here) big men as in juiced up 40+ men, the kind of you usually don't see in the soccer mom gyms.
I train at a Gold's that is 90% men. Not many soccer moms to be seen there.
As long as the gym has the equipment I want, is reasonably priced, clean, and has decent hours, I’m satisfied. I don’t get off on labels like “hardcore” because I don’t need that to make me feel manly. I don’t think it is an exaggeration to say that a lot of insecure guys can be found in the gym. The bigger the insecurity the greater the need to be “hardcore.” ::)
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Better question is: Would you work out in a pansy gym like Bally's or PlanetWitless to save 50% off your membership?
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"Hardcore" is such a fucking joke. I don't even get what the fuck "hardcore" is supposed to mean. Does that mean shit is old and beat up and there is duct tape everywhere. Does a "hardcore" gym not have air conditiong and stinks like an old sweaty sock? As long as a gym has enough weights and equipment, im good to go. 45 pound plates at curves weigh the same as 45 pound plates at Joe's harcore lifting shack.
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hardcore
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"You can take the hardcore bodybuilder out the gym,
but you cant take the gym out the hardcore bodbuilder" - Dorian Yates 1993
Absolutely - Amen
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Some "hardcore" lifter was bitching non stop about the music at gold's gym where i work out about a week ago. I told him that if the music that was on dictated whether he was going to have a good workout or not, he should go home and rethink his gameplan, or get a fucking i-pod. I told him I they could paint the gym pink and play nothing but britney spears and I'd still be 10 times stronger than him. Not really a squadfather-esque gym owning, but it got my point across. Don't get me wrong, I prefer a certain type of music when im lifting and I like a certain atmosphere, but i'm not going to let it ruin my workout if I don't have it exactly how i want it.
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"Hardcore" is such a fucking joke. I don't even get what the fuck "hardcore" is supposed to mean. Does that mean shit is old and beat up and there is duct tape everywhere. Does a "hardcore" gym not have air conditiong and stinks like an old sweaty sock? As long as a gym has enough weights and equipment, im good to go. 45 pound plates at curves weigh the same as 45 pound plates at Joe's harcore lifting shack.
I think it means single mindedness...and it is difficult to be hardcore at a self conciously designed uber yuppie gym carefully calculated to seduce maximum profit. Beauty, entertainment and trendiness seem to be more important than the workout and simple quest for muscle.....So the old dirty gyms were loved because they were all about the single minded pursuit of muscle and brawn. It was more fun that way.
But if you like the comfort and all the pretty stuff then fine, its just a matter of taste I suppose. I just think much of the design and atmosphere is banal and trite, and worst of all pretentious...I think pretentiousness has nothing to do with getting big. you either do it or not. No bullshit.
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WOULD SOMEONE PAY THE MEMBERSHIP FEE FOR VINCE G. OR GET HIM A JOB THERE AS A WATERBOY
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"Hardcore" is such a fucking joke. I don't even get what the fuck "hardcore" is supposed to mean. Does that mean shit is old and beat up and there is duct tape everywhere. Does a "hardcore" gym not have air conditiong and stinks like an old sweaty sock? As long as a gym has enough weights and equipment, im good to go. 45 pound plates at curves weigh the same as 45 pound plates at Joe's harcore lifting shack.
Hardcore defines the bbdr/trainee. The hardcore bbdr will go in the gym, do his shit and leave with intensity. The average idiot will stroll into the gym, adjust his earphones (because obviously listening to tunes is more important to him/her than training itself), wipe the bench, leave the his/her little dumbbells all over the floor and socialize till the days end.
A hardcore gym will have dummbells ranging from 2.5lbs right up to 200lbs and all the latest hammer strength, cybex and flex machines. It won't have people in there just because they like the showers and executive privilages provided. It won't have an aerobex studio or fancy towel services or any of that other crap. That is the difference.
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Yes!
but then again my friend owns the gym I work out at so I don't pay a membership. :)
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Yes!
but then again my friend owns the gym I work out at so I don't pay a membership. :)
Lucky bastard :)
I can't complain though. I'm paying 30 buck per month / 300 per year for Gold's gym.
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harcore gyms are much cheaper here in ireland. no sauna electricity tvs canteen etc means less overheads less reason for the gym to be hardcore.
mine i hardcore and only 20quid a month a bargain.
also one man runs it all. he is 70 and run it himself now 7days a week
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We are talking Temple Gym mixed with Metroflex would you pay more monthly to workout with people that share the same goal you do
and are not only share the same gym because it eases the continence when they eat their Wopper later on?
Yes.
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"Hardcore" is such a fucking joke. I don't even get what the fuck "hardcore" is supposed to mean. Does that mean shit is old and beat up and there is duct tape everywhere. Does a "hardcore" gym not have air conditiong and stinks like an old sweaty sock? As long as a gym has enough weights and equipment, im good to go. 45 pound plates at curves weigh the same as 45 pound plates at Joe's harcore lifting shack.
Some "hardcore" lifter was bitching non stop about the music at gold's gym where i work out about a week ago. I told him that if the music that was on dictated whether he was going to have a good workout or not, he should go home and rethink his gameplan, or get a fucking i-pod. I told him I they could paint the gym pink and play nothing but britney spears and I'd still be 10 times stronger than him. Not really a squadfather-esque gym owning, but it got my point across. Don't get me wrong, I prefer a certain type of music when im lifting and I like a certain atmosphere, but i'm not going to let it ruin my workout if I don't have it exactly how i want it.
Couldn't agree more....I can train "hardcore" anywhere that has the standard plates, barbells, dumbbells and a few machines (Smith primarily). If someone don't like the music than get an IPOD. Granted, I like training with more like-minded folks, but I can dismiss that as those gyms like that are few and far between. I was lucky enough to spend my college years in a gym with like-minded people...now I just use the local Gold's with the unwashed masses.
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We are talking Temple Gym mixed with Metroflex would you pay more monthly to workout with people that share the same goal you do
and are not only share the same gym because it eases the continence when they eat their Wopper later on?
NOPE! I prefer modern, clean well lit gyms. I do a lot of Hammer Strength and don't need others in the gym to get me pumped, sorry. Howard
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NOPE! I prefer modern, clean well lit gyms. I do a lot of Hammer Strength and don't need others in the gym to get me pumped, sorry. Howard
i agree, i don't understand some of these clowns who think it's so hardcore to lift in a crackhouse with staph infection covered rusted bars and db's, weight is weight, i'd rather lift in a nice place.
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i agree, i don't understand some of these clowns who think it's so hardcore to lift in a crackhouse with staph infection covered rusted bars and db's, weight is weight, i'd rather lift in a nice place.
LOL, good description. Maybe they get pissed because the men's shower room is roasted by reg folks and they can't have "hardcore" business as usual.
I have gotten some great workouts in the typical dungeon wt pits. However, I have no desire to return to those days.Why some look a that kind of training regime as a badge of honor is beyond me.
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I don't get the whole "hardcore" image. Why should I want to lift in a place where it looks like anyone bearing cleaning equipment is castrated on sight? The whole "it smells, the equipment is all handmade out of toothpicks and rubber bands by McGuyver himself, and when you're done with a heavy set of squats you just drop trou and squeeze a douce right by the power rack and then punch yourself in the scrotum" thing is way overplayed.
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I don't get the whole "hardcore" image. Why should I want to lift in a place where it looks like anyone bearing cleaning equipment is castrated on sight? The whole "it smells, the equipment is all handmade out of toothpicks and rubber bands by McGuyver himself, and when you're done with a heavy set of squats you just drop trou and squeeze a douce right by the power rack and then punch yourself in the scrotum" thing is way overplayed.
LOL,, good stuff, her , what a vision you paint with your words LOL.
I work out in a reg t shirt and shorts , sneakers. I see no reason to scream and act like some crazed psycho , who screams like a constipated gorilla on every rep.
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if you had to choose between working out in Jay Cutlers gym or Ronnie Colemans gym which one would you choose?
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if you had to choose between working out in Jay Cutlers gym or Ronnie Colemans gym which one would you choose?
Jay's. 200+ lb dumbbells, nice equipment that doesn't look like it's coated in various diseases, and females.