agreed.
agreed.
I can't stand how he exaggerates the annunciation of every word with his mouth.
Seen at the gym on Friday: everyone wearing gloves.
My old gym I started work at was demolished and rebuilt, I moved on, but the place reopened recently. They have got a double-sided squat rack with platforms either side, and a three-cell "matrix", which is effectively another 3-4 power racks. A decent number of bumpers etc.
The place looked good, a bit too spacious if anything. The floor around the Matrix is rock-hard which will mess up the barbells eventually, they should have had matting or more platforms. Still, a good mix of equipment overall.
I think there are not really enough weights machines there. Yes, I rarely use them, but that's because I can coach people to use free weights well. If your staff don't have those skills then you need machines to make up for it.
While I was there 3 people used barbells to do partial squats and 2 used kettlebells to do squat-swings rather than swings, nobody corrected them. So they don't have the skills.
It's not the tools, it's the tradesman.
Last edited by Kyle Schuant; 05-04-2014 at 08:50 PM.
I have seen guys use straps for the bench press, as a safety measure because they prefer to use "suicide grip".
I can see the logic in doing so, if you must use a thumbless grip, as this would prevent your trachea from being crushed if the bar slipped from your hands.
M-T