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Title: YMCA GYM
Post by: THEBERG on September 09, 2006, 07:18:03 PM
I am currently training at a YMCA gym and it is not run that well. I've got a mate who works there and they have big restrictions on personal training and basically get trated like shit, they have just opened a new YMCA across town and it got all the old gear and the place is done on the cheap, my mate said it had a 0$ budget. It seems like it is run like a mickey mouse outfit. I was wondering if all YMCA's are run poorly??
Title: Re: YMCA GYM
Post by: alexxx on September 09, 2006, 07:20:44 PM
Yeah they are all run poorly no matter if they have the money or not.
Title: Re: YMCA GYM
Post by: natural al on September 09, 2006, 07:21:58 PM
I worked out at a YMCA for about a year, my wife worked there and we got free memberships.  It was not bad..funny thing was I worked out at a ton of gyms, small local ones, powerhouses, golds you name it and never locked my stuff up.  2 months into the YMCA my wallet was gone through..I don't carry cash so nothing was missing and i figured it was a bunch of kids that didn't know what to do with credit cards....I always lock my stuff up now.
Title: Re: YMCA GYM
Post by: alexxx on September 09, 2006, 07:24:23 PM
I worked out at a YMCA for about a year, my wife worked there and we got free memberships.  It was not bad..funny thing was I worked out at a ton of gyms, small local ones, powerhouses, golds you name it and never locked my stuff up.  2 months into the YMCA my wallet was gone through..I don't carry cash so nothing was missing and i figured it was a bunch of kids that didn't know what to do with credit cards....I always lock my stuff up now.

haha serves you right! What the hell do people think? I mean I get into the lockeroom and open a locker and guess what? Bag hanging right open and keys hanging of the hanger ??? How smart! :P
Title: Re: YMCA GYM
Post by: sarcasm on September 09, 2006, 07:25:56 PM
what is the deal with some of you f.aggots, this is getbig, why are you "training" at the YMCA?
Title: Re: YMCA GYM
Post by: THEBERG on September 09, 2006, 07:31:38 PM
The YMCA is the only gym we have in my town :(
Title: Re: YMCA GYM
Post by: HERACLES on September 09, 2006, 07:35:25 PM
The YMCA is the only gym we have in my town :(

I trained in a Y for my junior/senior year in highschool, all through college too..nothing beter around here after a while.....now i go to this nice privately owned gym...no golds/worlds/powerhouse around here..  :-\

Title: Re: YMCA GYM
Post by: alexxx on September 09, 2006, 07:37:14 PM
I was training at the YMCA for about 4 years. Thats where I made the best progress. I just ignored the gossip and focused on my workout.
Title: Re: YMCA GYM
Post by: bigfisk on September 09, 2006, 07:53:50 PM
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The YMCA is the only gym we have in my town

Where the F*ck do you live, Iceland?

write to golds then, they'll put one in with right next to starbucks.
Title: Re: YMCA GYM
Post by: Dnizneer on September 09, 2006, 09:06:09 PM
I worked out at a YMCA for about a year, my wife worked there and we got free memberships.  It was not bad..funny thing was I worked out at a ton of gyms, small local ones, powerhouses, golds you name it and never locked my stuff up.  2 months into the YMCA my wallet was gone through..I don't carry cash so nothing was missing and i figured it was a bunch of kids that didn't know what to do with credit cards....I always lock my stuff up now.

Might have been the construction worker, or the Indian.
Title: Re: YMCA GYM
Post by: Adam Empire on September 09, 2006, 09:11:32 PM
Every YMCA is different as they are non-profit and depend a lot on the community to give back.  When I lived in WI, the Y I lifted at had the all the weights in the basement with the gym lighting that made you look huge.  Dungeon like - awesome atmosphere!  They then built a new one acoss town and it had (and I'm not exagerating here):

--All new weights and equipment (obviously)
--Indoor basketball courts
--Indoor Soccer Field
--Indoor Hockey rink
--Indoor pools with waterslides (and maybe wave pool - can't remember)
--Rehab area
--Outdoor fields
--Outdoor paths
--Plus all brand new lockers, clean facility, and the other stuff that comes with being new...

This is because the community donated a ton of land and $.  There isn't a Golds for 40 miles.  ;D