gabe522k3

Gold's

+ Gear towards bodybuiding (heavier weights) lol
+ 39 a month and 37 to start
+ open 24 hours

- 7 miles away from the house, so all and all I'll be driving 28 miles a day (gas money!!!!!!!)


YMCA
+34 a month
+ only 2 miles away ( so some days I might drive 8 miles)

-Not really a gym ( not like gold's)
-90 to start


help me out on this one



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bubba g

I'd pick the one that is less busy at the time you plan on working out.

As long as both are fully stocked with free weights..

Ikaika

As long as both have good, solid free weights available and safe equipment I think I'd go with the one that is less busy. I'd lean towards the YMCA because fewer people will be using the free weights, plus they have a pool and other crap for you to do aside from lifting.

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DJSTARER

bump.


but it depends what you want. I've only had one experience with a YMCA, and loved it. Had great equipment, and very few users.

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Current Stats:
474 Squat
601 Deadlift
320 Bench


Goals for next training cycle:

500lbs squat and a total over 1400 in competition

Midnight_Lifter

I agree with the one that is less busy when you are planning to be there.
Most gyms will give you a week or two to try the place out. The Y I went to in the past gave a week, the other gyms I belonged to were two.

As long as they have the equipment you need, that would be the first deciding factor for me. Having a pool is pretty cool, tho...

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davtown

I'm a big fan of being in close proximity to my gym....

I've never been a Gold's member, but I worked out at a YMCA for over a year and I had good experiences there. They had all the necessary freeweights, and since the demographic was mostly geriatric (or bench/curl kids), you could almost always get into the squat rack. They had a pool/basketball court/racquetball courts/etc but I never used them...

If the Y has everything you need and is mostly filled by old people who won't get in the way of your workout, I say go there since it's much closer. But you really need to check out the facilities of both gyms and see if the atmosphere is somewhere you want to workout in. Nothing kills motivation like a gym with a bad vibe.

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romanaz

golds suck. terrible service, overpriced most of the time and asshole employees. YMCA has always been good to me.

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Best in Competition:
Snatch : 70kg
Clean and Jerk : 85kg
Total : 155kg

Best in Training:
Snatch : 67kg
Clean and Jerk : 90kg

Goals by end of Summer:
Snatch : 80kg
Clean and Jerk : 100kg



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gabe522k3

oh yea the YMCA dosn't have a cable machine, I would have to drive to different Y to use theres, they dont have a T-Row machine nor pull down machine, and dbs that only go up to 100

golds have all that

romanaz

you can make do without cables, t-row or a pull down machine.

answer :

-ask if they have bands, make your own cables that way if you need cables.
-use a barbell in a corner for a t-row
-pull-ups
-dbs only go to 100? switch up to a barbell, if you got bands, add bands to the lift, use DB's are accessory lifts.

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FDU Devils Weightlifting
85kg Weightclass

Best in Competition:
Snatch : 70kg
Clean and Jerk : 85kg
Total : 155kg

Best in Training:
Snatch : 67kg
Clean and Jerk : 90kg

Goals by end of Summer:
Snatch : 80kg
Clean and Jerk : 100kg



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Status :
Perfecting Technique and Regaining Strength


My Olympic Lifting Journal
http://www.ironmass.com/workout-logs...tml#post157525

gabe522k3

all man why didnt I think of doing that!

Midnight_Lifter

b/c Rommie is our resident MacGyver of the Iron... lol...

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romanaz

i wish, I've seen some pretty crazy stuff from the other guys... like Zeke putting 40lb DB's on top of 100lb DB's to do rows because they didn't go heavier

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FDU Devils Weightlifting
85kg Weightclass

Best in Competition:
Snatch : 70kg
Clean and Jerk : 85kg
Total : 155kg

Best in Training:
Snatch : 67kg
Clean and Jerk : 90kg

Goals by end of Summer:
Snatch : 80kg
Clean and Jerk : 100kg



supplements.net Rep

Status :
Perfecting Technique and Regaining Strength


My Olympic Lifting Journal
http://www.ironmass.com/workout-logs...tml#post157525

gabe522k3

what about that db's over 110

gabe522k3

I might do both

jspirate

I work out at the "Y" and it gets the job done, but if I had a Golds Gym near-by I would probably be there.