Rant/Powerlifting Gym

[Knockout_Power]

I apologized profusely, offered to pay the cleaning crew's salary for that night and told her it would never happen again. Her reply; "Your membership is gone" and she hung up on me.

^^^ here is your problem

I hate to sound like a chauvinistic prick (and I know I will get backlash) but this seems to be a common theme when problems arise. Women in management can be such bitches. I know its usually because they have to work harder to get to these positions and have to deal with asshole guys most the time, but they take every situation too far.

She presents the issue, you offer to MORE THAN SUFFICIENTLY remedy the problem and she still fvcks you in the ass... not cool.

As for the gym going to "fad zone"... this is the new wave of BS hipster style training. Gyms recognise that in order to draw in new fresh money, they need to have the newest name of whatever fad class is drawing people in. Not nesseccarily cause people actually want these classes, but more so so they can tell people they are doing these classes so they can sound like they are always on top of whats new and "hip"

Its bad enough that the gym Ive been using for the last 16 years is now more than 50% cardio equipment (which I can understand to a degree) but they took the only awesome thing that I use away, the punching bags, so they could fit 3 more people into that room for random spin, zumba, BS classes

End rant, I'll stop now...

[Knockout_Power]

So, the second part to this thread; how much would it run to open up a small gym dedicated solely towards powerlifting and athletic performance enhancement? Places like Westside Barbell are really nothing more than little dungeons with basic equipment. This town sorely needs something like this gym.

the problem with this scenario is that the return rate on a gym like this is far worse than going big. Leasing space and filling it with equipment is the least of your worries. If you focus a gym on being "hardcore", you will get these people coming in, but once they find that the limited equipment "always has someone on it", they leave... so you keep adding one machine/rack/bench at a time till you run out of room.

A friend and I looked into doing this and we pegged start up capital needed around $400k. Without future planning to go franchise, there is no realistic way to make this financially feasible for any kind of return

[Armykid93]

^^^ here is your problem

I hate to sound like a chauvinistic prick (and I know I will get backlash) but this seems to be a common theme when problems arise. Women in management can be such bitches. I know its usually because they have to work harder to get to these positions and have to deal with asshole guys most the time, but they take every situation too far.

She presents the issue, you offer to MORE THAN SUFFICIENTLY remedy the problem and she still fvcks you in the ass... not cool.

As for the gym going to "fad zone"... this is the new wave of BS hipster style training. Gyms recognise that in order to draw in new fresh money, they need to have the newest name of whatever fad class is drawing people in. Not nesseccarily cause people actually want these classes, but more so so they can tell people they are doing these classes so they can sound like they are always on top of whats new and "hip"

Its bad enough that the gym Ive been using for the last 16 years is now more than 50% cardio equipment (which I can understand to a degree) but they took the only awesome thing that I use away, the punching bags, so they could fit 3 more people into that room for random spin, zumba, BS classes

End rant, I'll stop now...

I hate quoting things this long but I have to agree.

In the military many of the women are so hard to deal with. NOT ALL. I'm not trying to offend anyone but generally they seem to have a chip on their shoulder or it seems they feel the need to compensate for being a woman. That being said, many dudes are d bags to lol

I do appreciate all our service women though regardless.

[Brick]

My old gym was the SH.T! Like the bees knees!

Grunt, yell, swear, drop and crash.

Only rules were put your weights away, wear a shirt and don't smash the mirrors.

Switched though to a fitness center/gym which is an unreal facility but I get in trouble sometimes for being to loud

[gixxerboy1]

Your right there really isnt a way to compete unless u have some unique niche.
Im thinking topless tuesdays with a sexy gym staff

[kelkel]

Toss in a Friday night Happy Hour!