Weather it be commercial or not...I rather enjoy working out at 24 Hour Fitness. I really love the variety they offer under membership. Like being able to use their pool, spas, or join a group class helps me me from getting bored and makes it fun. You don't think variety helps you keep from getting bored?

i prefer to workout at home. i have my own weights, weight bench setup, treadmill, dvd player for fitness videos, etc., and i don't have to wait to use the equipment and deal with other people's sweat....LOL! oh, plus i save money on not paying a membership. i'm sure it's nice to socialize at a gym, so i guess that's the good part about getting to a gym rather than at home. also, i don't have to deal with a commute to and from the gym, so it's workout, then hit the shower right at home.

I prefer going to the gym. I live in an apartment and wouldnt have room for the equipment I need to work out not to mention the expense to get a decent setup. I also like the motivation of other people around with the same goals in mind. I tend to keep my MP3 player on and dont really conversate at the gym but watching others lift...the whole atmosphere gets me pumped. In terms of commercial gyms versus more hardcore gyms, I have done both. I currently have been going to LA Fitness; the convenience is a big factor considering there are 4 locations within 30 minutes of my house. I also like the pool, sauna, etc. The crowds can be a pain I will agree there...it can be tough to get onto the power rack and you might as well forget trying to workout in the early evening. I usually try and wait and hit the gym around 7/8pm now and its still pretty crowded then.

At previous gyms its been pretty good but now that i use the school one and dont have my own its sucks because the teachers there are so ****ing strict. there is one sport teach out of 4 of them that i freaking hate.

school GYM because they have olympic weights, power cages, power cleaning stages, and a DB rack instead of all my redneck equipment!!!
my barbell is too skinny so it hurts more when squatting then the fatter olympic bar :]]

At home...... i just dont like people

Im not suprised when you live in Dirty Manc

Dirty North Western c*nts...hehehe

Where are you from?
If it's London then you should come to my gym, nearly all the guys are gay
I've even seen a girl trying really hard to get her trainers attention; wonderbra, low plunging top, brushing up against him and everything. It looked like one of those deodorant ads where the woman pins the guy down on the floor! I really wanted to go over to her and explain that she was barking up the wrong tree there I just wonder how long she'd been trying to get his attention

Anyway, that was a little off topic, I'm like Marco above, generally I don't like being around people and I'd far rather train at home if I could

I dont understand how you dont like being around people lol. Whats the reason people? Are you intimidated? Dont you like the bitchiness?

I wouldnt enjoy it half as much if i trained at home.

Intimidated? I'm a big guy, I don't get intimidated easily

I just don't like social situations, people being noisy with all that false laughter and stuff makes me angry. I'd rather be training on my own or with other bigger guys in a dungeon where anyone trying to use an inflatable ball for 'stability' work can get locked in a cell.

I'm not a 'people person' you could say, put me in an area with more than 100 people and I'll have probably started a fight somehow or another within about 10 minutes

I like training at my home gym, where I can agitate, irritate, and piss my own ass off , without someone else doing it by taking a piece of a equipment I want to use and not even using it for its design intention.

I love my home gym, its a battle between me, my personal environment, my diet, the weights, and I WIN. ROCK ON!


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Chillen

The only time i get intimidated big tom is when i catch a reflection of myself in the full length mirror.

Hah, so ugly people intimidate you? Never heard that one before.... :P

All i can say is that there must be a hell of a lot intimidated sheep walking around yorkshire.

especially if you`re strutting your stuff around town

Keep that whippep on a short leash man un less you like second dibs.

terra love

I know what you mean about space at home. I live in small 1bd rm.

Yes convenience is a big factor, I too have about 5 different 24 Hour Fitness gyms within 10 miles from home/work. They have different types of gyms too. The sport gyms are the big ones with pools/basketball courts. The active gyms seem more "hardcore" to me. They just have weights/machines. I like that I can access all the clubs, just in case I want to switch it up.