Congratulate me! Kicked out of commercial gym

[Quadsweeps Sister]

I was a little scared this morning because by the time I was done shopping, I had spent thousands, not the modest start I was thinking of. You can't trust a man with toys and a bank card. But it will do it all. Then next month (I have to stop the bleeding of money for now) I'm going to add a GHR and reverse hyper. This month I got the power rack, weights, bench and accessory work stuff (pull throughs, lats, etc). One of the guys at work (pl and football coach) already wants to come over, but he's got to know there is no rap (he's a hip black man who likes that crap), just slayer, and there is no way in hell I'm waiting for anybody to use equipment in MY gym. I think I'll make a poster with my own "club rules". 1)No wife beaters, backwards caps or abercrombe and fitch "gear". 2) Anyone caught doing triceps kickbacks, cable flys, curls in the rack or the like will be executed at dawn. 3) Any music or conversation distasteful to GOD (me) will be handled by divine retribution. Feel free to give me more rules. I probably need 10 for a good poster

...I have a poster of Marilyn Monroe doing a bench press in jeans and a bikini top - LOL.

 

[wnt2bBeast]

fucking YODA's..i hate em

hey maj maybe get a couple guys that wanna train and help cut the costs. plus itll help to train with people..good luck

 

[pwrlftrscott]

I was a little scared this morning because by the time I was done shopping, I had spent thousands, not the modest start I was thinking of. You can't trust a man with toys and a bank card. But it will do it all. Then next month (I have to stop the bleeding of money for now) I'm going to add a GHR and reverse hyper. This month I got the power rack, weights, bench and accessory work stuff (pull throughs, lats, etc). One of the guys at work (pl and football coach) already wants to come over, but he's got to know there is no rap (he's a hip black man who likes that crap), just slayer, and there is no way in hell I'm waiting for anybody to use equipment in MY gym. I think I'll make a poster with my own "club rules". 1)No wife beaters, backwards caps or abercrombe and fitch "gear". 2) Anyone caught doing triceps kickbacks, cable flys, curls in the rack or the like will be executed at dawn. 3) Any music or conversation distasteful to GOD (me) will be handled by divine retribution. Feel free to give me more rules. I probably need 10 for a good poster

man you have a good start, it took me a while to get what little i have now, i found a rack with free shipping, that saved a bunch on freight, plus i picked up the weights locally. im now looking for some better bars, probably a texas power bar, it seems to do well for all 3, but first i need to add some more weight, that is always a good thing, i wish i could find some 100's without having to have them shipped. as for the poster, i make up my rules as i go, its my place and i have that right no more commercial gyms for me... ever!

 

[lane-95]

hell yea nothing like be kicked out for hardcoreness ,the country club i train at lol the owners call it a gym.let me sign some contracts if i fuck their shit up i buy it, if i get hurt it was my fault , all that shit, so far ive only had to buy a bar but i dont let noone use that bent somebitch i paid for it its mine

 

[Schutzhund1]

Congratulations!

Now here are some links you may already have for some good equipment:
www.newyorkbarbells.com
I've got much of my equipment from them including their Titan Power rack, dip station, squat box and glute/ham/reverse hyper bench.

www.afitnessequipment.com
I bought a Legend adjustable bench from these guys (it was expensive - $500 but well worth it after wasting much $$ on other benches that were too tall or wobbly.) Also got a Keys Leverage Row machine and a Yukon Angled Leg press from them.

http://www.wolverinesports.com
Got my 1500lb 32mm power bar from here for the best price on the web I could find ($145 shipped).

www.ironmaster.com
I got my 5-120lb adjustable dumbells from here. A great value with a lifetime warranty and takes up less space (very import in a home gym) than standard dumbells. Very solid! I highly recommend these. An added benefit is that they don't roll so you only need on dumbell to anchor bands instead of crossing 2 round dumbells!

Your local sporting goods store will have 300lb oly sets for under $100 each. Get at least 2 of these and then as many 45's as you need.

 

[wend]

The goods for Majutsu's Iron Pit arrived this afternoon, and he's currently assembling the power rack (thankfully, he's actually following directions!). He says he'll let me use it if I pay a fee...

 

[maldorf]

Man that sucks... Me and Chamb train at a Gold's now since the Powerhouse we used to train at closed. When we were signing back up at Gold's we had them write into our contract that we could use chalk, suits, bands, chains, boxes and any of our own equipment. I think we are also granted immunity from some contract rule number 48 - so we can essentially yell, grunt, belch, fart and be smelly...if we choose to. LOL!!!

We understand completely the pains in the ass of using a commercial gym to try and do a PL workout. Here's what happened to Chamb on ME Bench night this week. It was originally posted out in the SOYG (Sick of Your Gym) section of EliteFTS.com - enjoy.

Originally Posted on EliteFTS.com
SOYG: So there I am, 10 weeks out from a meet, trying to get my raw strength up doing three boards. I train in a commercial gym, same old story, so everyone looks at us like we're idiots everytime we bring our stuff in. I have to strap myself down with bands to hold the board because I don't trust anyone in the gym to hold them and I don't want to go into a 10 minute useless explanation on why I use them and what they do.

Back to the stupid story, I decide to use only one band instead of both to hold the three board on me so my partner can give me a lift off and spot me, I bring the weight down fine, elbows tucked, ass on the bench, compress the board into my chest, pause, drive and then BAM, the board slides right up in the middle of my lift and cracks me right in the friggin mouth. All my partner can see is the boards just below the bill of my hat. After scaring the crap out of her, I have to know if I hit it or not, I did get it and proceeded to go up to 375 for a double, a raw 3-board PR.

There is definitely something to say about concentration during a lift, maybe next time I want to get a PR, I'll just resort to having my partner smack me in the mouth with a board.

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...Good luck with the home gym Majutsu

I lift at Gold's gym too, and have met your brother. He is a real nice guy, I sure hope he kicks some butt this year in bodybuilding. He is going to do nationals again,right?
Gold's is not too bad a place as comercial gyms go. It would be allot better if they could get the fool members to put their plates back right! That gym is a mess. Another thing that sucks is most of the machines dont have enough weight on the stacks. Im pinning plates on the stacks now trying to get by. I really miss lifting at The Power Station . Now that was a REAL GYM!! I was lucky enough to train serveral months with John Parillo there. He would come in to train Steve Hampton, a great powerlifter, on leg nights. I would train with Steve on things such as his belt squat platform. That beltsquat was great, try it if you can. Steve had his father make some 200 lb plates to use on it since we couldnt get enough weight strapped to us using the 100s. Those 200 lb plates should still be in the corner somewhere gathering dust now. It was a shame, Steve stopped competition. When he quit, he had a sqaut up over 800 lbs at a bodyweight of 242.

 

[Quadsweeps Sister]

I lift at Gold's gym too, and have met your brother. He is a real nice guy, I sure hope he kicks some butt this year in bodybuilding. He is going to do nationals again,right?

Gold's is not too bad a place as comercial gyms go. It would be allot better if they could get the fool members to put their plates back right! That gym is a mess. Another thing that sucks is most of the machines dont have enough weight on the stacks. Im pinning plates on the stacks now trying to get by. I really miss lifting at The Power Station . Now that was a REAL GYM!! I was lucky enough to train serveral months with John Parillo there. He would come in to train Steve Hampton, a great powerlifter, on leg nights. I would train with Steve on things such as his belt squat platform. That beltsquat was great, try it if you can. Steve had his father make some 200 lb plates to use on it since we couldnt get enough weight strapped to us using the 100s. Those 200 lb plates should still be in the corner somewhere gathering dust now. It was a shame, Steve stopped competition. When he quit, he had a sqaut up over 800 lbs at a bodyweight of 242.

Wow - it is a small world isn't it. I've known Mike and Marsha of Powerstation a long time - and yes, that is a great gym. Powerstation has an APF Bench for cash meet Apr 30th and I've heard the likes of Gene Rychlak may lift. You mentioned a Belt Squat - I have tried a belt squat up at Westside and it was pretty cool. A little trivia...I watched the entire season of the Ultimate Fighter on Spike TV, which just had its finale this past Sat. night. I was surprised at the end (after guest bout WINNER Rich Franklin, a math teacher from Cincinnati, OH at 5'11" 185 lbs) beat the living crap out of Ken Shamrock - he thanked Powerstation Gym where he had trained.

Quad is going to do a state show in West Viriginia in September and then go from there. I do fully expect him to compete on the National level again, but after the injuries he sustained - I think he wants to see how this goes.

Yeah - good ol' Golds...a few of us PL's last night were saying...its April now - shouldn't these new folks be gone? I love the J-Hook racks 4" apart and the 2 1/2lb weights and 5's in between the 45's...the list goes on. We make it work somehow. Take care. -- introduce yourself sometime.

 

[maldorf]

Wow - it is a small world isn't it. I've known Mike and Marsha of Powerstation a long time - and yes, that is a great gym. Powerstation has an APF Bench for cash meet Apr 30th and I've heard the likes of Gene Rychlak may lift. You mentioned a Belt Squat - I have tried a belt squat up at Westside and it was pretty cool. A little trivia...I watched the entire season of the Ultimate Fighter on Spike TV, which just had its finale this past Sat. night. I was surprised at the end (after guest bout WINNER Rich Franklin, a math teacher from Cincinnati, OH at 5'11" 185 lbs) beat the living crap out of Ken Shamrock - he thanked Powerstation Gym where he had trained.

Quad is going to do a state show in West Viriginia in September and then go from there. I do fully expect him to compete on the National level again, but after the injuries he sustained - I think he wants to see how this goes.

Yeah - good ol' Golds...a few of us PL's last night were saying...its April now - shouldn't these new folks be gone? I love the J-Hook racks 4" apart and the 2 1/2lb weights and 5's in between the 45's...the list goes on. We make it work somehow. Take care. -- introduce yourself sometime.

Wow, I need to get up to Middletown again and visit the gym for that meet. Gene Rychlak might lift there!!? His bench is nearing 1000 lbs now isnt it? Mike is a great guy and runs a tight ship! I have seen him tell a few members there at the gym to take a hike and not come back again, they were doing things like not rack their weights. It was quite a shock coming to Golds after lifting there.