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killvino said:
haven't had a gym membership for a few years but $100 sounds expensive to me, what kind of gym are you going to?
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I think my sis and BIL are paying about $150-200/month/person. But it has a daycare where you drop off the kids for an hour or so while you workout.

Personally...I'm the guy that goes to Fit4Less for $10/month. The only reason we didn't sign up to PlanetFitness (5min from home) is because they refuse to let you pay cash/credit. Only direct withdrawal from your bank account. Got burned by Bally Total Fitness years ago, and will never do another gym with direct withdrawal.
 
My son has a membership at Gold’s gym in Mississauga. $10 per month and a $30 fee twice a year. That works out to $15 per month.


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Probably not, I was thinking of taking up swimming, but the local municipal facilities are pretty disgusting
 
mimico_polak said:
I think my sis and BIL are paying about $150-200/month/person. But it has a daycare where you drop off the kids for an hour or so while you workout.

Personally...I'm the guy that goes to Fit4Less for $10/month. The only reason we didn't sign up to PlanetFitness (5min from home) is because they refuse to let you pay cash/credit. Only direct withdrawal from your bank account. Got burned by Bally Total Fitness years ago, and will never do another gym with direct withdrawal.
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LA Fitness has daycare (very loosely, child preservation area is more accurate, if you kid needs anything, they come and get you). It's ~$10 a month on top of the gym membership. Seemed very reasonable.
 
bigpoppa said:
Probably not, I was thinking of taking up swimming, but the local municipal facilities are pretty disgusting
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Municipal pools are normally pretty clean. Lots of guidelines and levels that they have to meet. Often far too hot but that is a different problem. You're more likely to catch something from the change room or shower as they are not constantly doused in sanitizer.
 
GreyGhost said:
Municipal pools are normally pretty clean. Lots of guidelines and levels that they have to meet. Often far too hot but that is a different problem. You're more likely to catch something from the change room or shower as they are not constantly doused in sanitizer.
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yes, the pools are nice but the showers etc are pretty dirty
 
mimico_polak said:
What kind of setup do you have? I'm considering the TRX actually. I figure they would come in useful as most likely the gym will be shut down at camp when we go back.
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The wall with the tiny mirrors that are totally not covering holes is where the pull up bar is going as well as the ancor point for the TRX. Across from the rack by the tiny door is where I'll put my stand with my plates. Just don't want to move it until the new mats are in since I have 345lbs in plates and it's a pain moving it. My rack also goes up high enough to use for squats, only crappy thing with that set up is I can't push my bench press as I have no spotter or bars to catch the weight if I screw up.

Overall decent set up, I just move the bench when I'm not using it. I have a bunch of resistance bands, skiping rope, agility ladder, kettlebells, dumbbells (one adjustable set), curl bar, olympic bar, bosu ball (I like doing squats on it), crappy stationary bike, and some other stuff. I started building this just over a year ago so obviously stopped going to the gym. This is about 8'x9' and will have the concrete fully covered, those were just the least moldy of the mats that survived but you can still smell them horrible if you're on the floor at all.

Most commercial gyms are $10-$40/month, the expensive ones are usually offered structured classes and training. Spending the extra money to have someone there to coach you and keep you accountable is worth it for some people. It's like personal training but cheaper and you get the encouragement and competiton from your fellow group training mates.
 
Amazon said:
Most commercial gyms are $10-$40/month, the expensive ones are usually offered structured classes and training. Spending the extra money to have someone there to coach you and keep you accountable is worth it for some people. It's like personal training but cheaper and you get the encouragement and competiton from your fellow group training mates.
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Nice setup. Fairly similar to mine. I had that rack as well but got rid of it because no spotter arms, and the one I have now has nice solid ones which haven't been needed yet *whew*. I'm still looking for a system to have a small cable pulley added, and found a few more online, but forgot to check this morning at HD for pulleys and wire. Maybe next week. Probably $30 all in materials.

Have you considered a diy wood spotter arms? Just set up a similar design to the one you have, and you can slot it in under the bench to support if needed? Have seen a few made of wood, and a lot of wood gyms on kijiji recently. I can't tell from the pic if there are holes to slot one in or not.
 
crankcall said:
So will you guys trickle back to the gyms for the social aspect, change of equipment, variety or will you save that $100 a month and just keep working out at home??
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I haven't stepped foot in a public gym in years..
It's not for me... and I'm not for them.

I've actually cut down on the equipment I have... Last year I got rid of my multi-station.. and now just have a free weight set up.. I have everything I NEED... The only things on my wish list right now are more 10lb standard plates for my DBs and a better belt for weighted pull-ups/dips.
 
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The wall with the tiny mirrors that are totally not covering holes is where the pull up bar is going as well as the ancor point for the TRX. Across from the rack by the tiny door is where I'll put my stand with my plates. Just don't want to move it until the new mats are in since I have 345lbs in plates and it's a pain moving it. My rack also goes up high enough to use for squats, only crappy thing with that set up is I can't push my bench press as I have no spotter or bars to catch the weight if I screw up.

Overall decent set up, I just move the bench when I'm not using it. I have a bunch of resistance bands, skiping rope, agility ladder, kettlebells, dumbbells (one adjustable set), curl bar, olympic bar, bosu ball (I like doing squats on it), crappy stationary bike, and some other stuff. I started building this just over a year ago so obviously stopped going to the gym. This is about 8'x9' and will have the concrete fully covered, those were just the least moldy of the mats that survived but you can still smell them horrible if you're on the floor at all.

Most commercial gyms are $10-$40/month, the expensive ones are usually offered structured classes and training. Spending the extra money to have someone there to coach you and keep you accountable is worth it for some people. It's like personal training but cheaper and you get the encouragement and competiton from your fellow group training mates.
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My setup currently, have a heavy bag and stand i'm finally setting up in a corner of the garage as well.
Wish i had a bit more headroom to try muscle-ups and a cable system but with barbell and dumbells, I can do 90% of what I would in a commercial gym.
Used to go to Goodlife for ~$40/mo but as someone mentioned, the total time of travel, change and workout took too much time. I would only see the value in $100+ membership for the personal training and classes, this whole set-up only cost me ~$5-600 and I could probably get it all back selling it right now.
One con is it's harder to motivate the closer your gym is.
 
Yeah i dont like gyms... the only membership i pay for is to swim. A few kettlebells ($230), calisthenics (with a pullup bar and gym rings, $45) and a skip rope (weighted skip rope for bonus workout, $60 for fancy crossropes)

Doesn't cost much, compared to a full gym... and i'm set for quite a while with that as a setup. I've started cycling too but thats another separate beast (so the trainer, $350 + bike that i use inside and outside so not gym specific cost)
 
My wife does F45 - I've tried it a few times and like it. She pays $60/week for it which might seem a lot to some, but there are multiple trainers and it's a fun, energetic environment. Perfect as a cardio/strength training compliment to Ironman training and yoga. I like the body weight exercises too.

I'm working 60-70 hours a week right now, so I'm lucky to get a couple hours of any physical workouts in a week.
 
Anybody have a good link with pictures video for form in doing some of the exercises?

There are tons and tons out there on youtube etc. but I can't tell if they're doing it correctly.

Specifically, Shoulder press, Front raises, Side raises, Rear delt flies for now.
 
if I remember right, bodybuilding.com has a very large video library of exercises that can be filtered so you can choose various muscle groups, level of difficulty, various equipment or without, etc.
One year I decided to stop lifting weights and used it to build an in depth 7day routine of bodyweight exercises. That year I was the most ripped I have ever been in my life and my wife looked at me one day and said she thought I was getting a little too ripped. But I was also doing minimum 2 workouts per day and running 50k/week.
Most of the vids are really short - less than a minute and quite well done.
 
jc100 said:
Multiple lifts of 355ml liquid container with decreasing weight reps. Not really seeing any benefit but I feel great,

edit. I might up the weight
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Try the 500ml variety. Much better workout!
 
shanekingsley said:
if I remember right, bodybuilding.com has a very large video library of exercises that can be filtered so you can choose various muscle groups, level of difficulty, various equipment or without, etc.
One year I decided to stop lifting weights and used it to build an in depth 7day routine of bodyweight exercises. That year I was the most ripped I have ever been in my life and my wife looked at me one day and said she thought I was getting a little too ripped. But I was also doing minimum 2 workouts per day and running 50k/week.
Most of the vids are really short - less than a minute and quite well done.
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They were excellent, however they realized that and are now effectively behind a paywall :mad:
 
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