So guys and gals- what would you find at the gym you consider perfect? I've been searching for mine ever since I moved back home. I currently am finding little being comparable to my first gym back in London.

Kathy

I feel the same as you do T-rex. I went to a gym yesterday and they had all of the equipment- but the place was deserted besides the gals on the treadmills. I questioned this and brought it up in discussion to Jay. He said that they may not last for very long if they've just got folks on the treadmills and at 5pm in a city who normally gets off work at 3 should have more folks there.

I prefer the simple stuff, except for machines that help with some work... that way I can get to 50lbs or so with the machines for say hams..

Kathy

I like going in the mornings between 9 and 10.
i use a selection of machines from different companies. but still a pool might be the best feature of any gym.

and treadmills arent just for the ladies. todays cardio for me, and should run about an hour.


right after i take the dog for her trot

i split weights to mon wed and fri. but do cardio longer on the bye days.

i like a deserted gym. much easier to just flow machine to machine.

=)

cheers
N.

a newby to the gym, i just walk on the treadmill and have increased speed and grade.

i had a sore knee and used the elliptical one day to take some stress off it.

we start our weight program next week. they have free weights as well as cable systems, as well as specific benches and knee machines.

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I agree with the others...free weights and weight machines are a must. I also love the pool! Nothing like swimming to get an awesome cardio workout. I prefer the elliptical machine over the treadmill. Also, a good gym should have a selection of fun classes to take for people of all ability levels. I like taking a class now and then, it shakes things up a bit and makes you feel good

phoenix. you remind me of something important. the gym i belong to, has a lot of classes. but to the annoyance of my wife, they dont offer them at times working women can take advantage of them.

so they offer tai chi. but its at 10:30 a.m. what good does that do most people?

you gotta watch when the classes are offered. also beware of training contracts, it decreases the ability for you to gain a com-prehensive plan from your trainer. because thewy want to make the session cash.

sad but true.

Great point, Nigel. I've run into that as well. Most of the classes are in the middle of the day (???) and I usually go in the mornings. I know B loves to work out in the afternoons or evenings after work, but there aren't any classes at that time. I would also go in the afternoon or evening if there was a class I wanted to attend. Gym schedulers need to wake up!

i know we have evening yoga and aerobics classes.

daycare is there but i haven't paid much attention since we have no children.

it's a pretty nice all-around gym.

you taking yoga ajay?

(we want to see pictures!!!!!)

hahaa
N.

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Maybe not! The outfits they wear would not flatter Ajay!

Besides it’s hard to do yoga with a woody.

right on both counts....i'm not taking yoga yet. my daughter-in-law instructs in Chicago and has been after both of us to take some sort of classes.

i just can quite see myself setting cross-legged on a mat surrounded by women without my dick getting me into some sort of trouble

Couldn't you use very.. I mean VERY baggy pants or shorts?? It's a thought, right? lol..

Kathy

is a hot masseur considered equipment? all i want right now is a massage. not the happy ending kind, the work my muscles until i bruise kind!

hey Ajay! there is so much concentration and, well, pain involved that i seriously doubt you'll be sprouting wood!

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hey Ajay! there is so much concentration and, well, pain involved that i seriously doubt you'll be sprouting wood!

you don't know the power of wood!....LOL!

remember from little nuts. mighty oaks do grow.

hehe

couldnt resist.

N.

An 80 lb Everlast heavy bag, inclines for situps at all angles including vertical, a medicine ball, an eliptical.