my first "gym" experience and workout

[RusPA81]

Glad you had a good workout!!

However, if I trained at that gym I bet I couldn't get a pump from the strange atmosphere. If the place looks like a hotel lobby, a club with plants, chrome dumbbells, and the lack of barbells. . .I would be up a creek.

I would shrink if I trained at that gym.

You are to hardcore Louden/

 

[Zander1983]

You are to hardcore Louden/

No such thing

I've trained at my high school in a dungeon, hole in the wall style gym, which was quite "hardcore" as far as high school gyms go.

I've also trained at sissy machine and dumbbell based appartment and hotel gyms.

I've trained at my university gym, which is basically a good standard commerical gym.

Now I train at home with a power rack and barbell.

I've trained the hardest and made the best gains at high school (though they were when I was a beginner) and at home. Both of these were the "best" two environments, as far as I am concerned. Sure, where you train SHOULDN'T have any influence on your results providing you're doing all the right things yourself. However, it does seem to...

 

[MidwestJ]

I've trained the hardest and made the best gains at high school (though they were when I was a beginner) and at home. Both of these were the "best" two environments, as far as I am concerned. Sure, where you train SHOULDN'T have any influence on your results providing you're doing all the right things yourself. However, it does seem to...

you're right. me too

 

[Nonerz]

the space ship stuff makes it very limiting...no Squats, DL's or anything else remotely fun for me to do in there...although I did happen to manage with some dumbbells.

my HS gym was pretty cool...lots of power racks and plates to really get a good workout in...plenty of DB's too. If you have the basics, it's really up to you to have a good workout. Fancy machines were never my preference anyhow...

 

[Citruscide]

Waiting for holograms... LOL


C-ditty

 

[louden_swain]

If I needed to train and I walked into a place with plants, couches, televisions, blinds, chrome dumbbells, space aged equipment, and other artsy fartsy stuff. . . .I would walk right out the door and not even train. A place that resembles a dentist office is no place for me to train.

Thats how I honestly feel.

 

[PolishHammer1977]

ditto

 

[Nonerz]

Well, I assure you it wasn't a great workout, but I left drenched with sweat! I had to justify my night out on the town...burn the calories in advance!