Thinking about opening a gym. I want you guys to tell me your

>>38762087
A gym without you as an owner.

>>38762087
More than one god damn squat rack and power cage, BIG plates

>>38762087
Plenty of power racks and the most important

Deadlift place with mats and shit

>>38762087
- no women
- no men
- no weights
- no problems

Nothing. /homegym/ master race.

Gym etiquette test must be passed to apply for membership.

>>38762087
a gym with alot of walls and dividers is cozy as fuck

People who tip the desk girl are banned

>>38762087
Lots of mirrors. My gym barely has any

>>38762087

Posters of Mark Rippetoe everywhere for motivation

>>38762087

multiple power racks, multiple deadlift platforms, bumper plates

>>38762087
a row of powercages, like 10 at least
same amount of oly platforms
head to toe mirrors, sometimes i want to see my calf pump but cant
some machines, but not a lot. free weights area should make up the bulk of the space, have a few cable ones cause those are nice
maybe 1 row of cardio, if any. i dont want those fuckers crowding up my gym, go run outside.

>>38762087
Mankinis are only allow.

>>38762094
underrated post

>>38762087
No douches allowed
A fridge and stove for people to whip up quick meals after
No women
No normie music
No discolights
Maybe themed days (Each Wednesday during October theres German music playing and if you wear a Nazi uniform you get a 2% discount for that month, which does stack up if you keep doing it for all those themes)
This should be a thing

full naked gym, no exceptions. No hiding the fact that you skipped leg day, no hiding that beer gut while calling yourself bearmode. Boners/erect nipples allowed.

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>>38762548

>>38762087

middle of woods, no walls or roof, just equipment, river or stream running nearby for atmosphere

front desk is a fire circle where you can sit and chill and drink your protein shake after the workout

no technology allowed, no non-lifters allowed, no kids below 18 allowed

rubber mats everywhere, stretching area, dirty walls, gymnastic rings, weightlifting platforms with bumpers and eleiko barbells, dumbbells, kettlebells, sled drag area, climbing ropes, little bouldering corner for rockclimbers, box jump area
basically a crossfit box without the faggy programming
no top-40 shitty pop music, just good lyricless instrumental music, not too distracting
no stupid quotes on the walls, a small section near the dumbbells with mirrors, lots of windows and a big balcony with rubber mats for outdoor calisthenic/stretching with a good view
big water filter cause the drinking fountains usually taste like chlorine
barriers between urinals, private showers, sauna, hot tub, ice bath and a masseuse

this is ideal, obviously not very realistic or cheap to set-up
also no stupid PT's giving tips when they're not needed and a no cell-phone rule

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>>38762567
>Each Wednesday during October theres German music playing and if you wear a Nazi uniform you get a 2% discount for that month,

thats so....

oddly...

specific...

>>38762609
I may have thought of that idea more than once...
Maybe we can make the showers release mustard gas
I still can't believe that no one likes this, come on now

Watch this video OP.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7mhFkc0k4U
bout the powerlifting gym I go to, ain't gonna be easy.

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basically this

>Enough power racks for everyone
>Never run out of plates
>After you lift a nice mist cools your face
>No one comes just to flex
>Water isn't $80
>Always an open shower
One can only dream

A lot of chest and tricep related machines

Please have tootsie roll candles await me at the front desk. Oh and the occasional pizza or bagel treat.

And can you get a rid of those awful brutes and their free weights? They intimidate me and I wish to pass judgment on them but on me because I should be welcomed at all costs.

>>38762094
>>38762114

fuckin' dying.

premium squat racks (the ones with ash trays)

>>38762596
my nigga

>>38762685
>no plate racks
Yeah just stack em all on the platform right in the fucking way jesus whos the dyel who planned this gym?

>>38762597
Now, how do you think he is going to afford all of that in a such a low profit margin business. Especially when most of it is going to go unused?

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>>38762087
normie alarm

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it's my dream one day to have a gym that's guys only. it's gonna be called guy heaven.

>>38762986
As much as I hear these planet fitness jokes I never heard of someone being this stupid. I never heard someone who isn't fit referring to dumbells and barbells as "free weights."

>>38763262
your dream is to open an exclusively gay gym that openly advertises itself as being gay.

Replace all the benches with toilets so I can shit while I bench press

>>38763262
>milk is going to come out of the water fountains

>>38762087
Adjustable artificial gravity

Membership fee instead of coin operated squat racks please, this new trend has to stop.

>>38762087
Power racks, squat racks, benches, lots of olympic bars, dumbells, and plates for everyone.

You wont make money tho. Normies like machines and the cardio shits.

>>38762685
i came

>>38762596
Enjoy the bugs

>>38762087

A divider between the weights and the cardio machines.

>>38762087

you should hire woman exclusively paid to mirin

>>38762094
savage

>>38762596
Glorious

>>38762685
With a higher ceiling and yes

>>38762094
back to 9gag

>>38763384
>human milk

>>38764412
>2016
>wanting to be strong but not wanting the human milk of kindness

>>38762087
a celltech fountain

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>no women
>no clothes
>no homo

>>38763051

the plates are racked on the rack brah

Guy Heaven

https://youtu.be/tAAAbwEtZRo

>>38762094
>>38762560
>>38762992
>>38764341
What do you get from this, you fucking redditards? Go the fuck back to /r/4chan.

>>38762087
No blacks
No pajeets
No cell phones
No blacks
No mexicans
No faggots
No blacks

>>38762087
>Lunk alarm on every wall
>All machines are lunk alarms
>All treadmills dispense pizza and are locked to .5 incline with 1.5mph speed max settings

Monkey bars EVERYWHERE

and BMX bikes and foam pits for Cardio .

and water slides
and mini golf

>>38762114
HAHAHA

>>38762492
Sounds like the gym I go to except they have a room for cardio machines instead of just a row. It's pretty great.

Assuming you are being real here and not bait
to make money you will need lazy fat people who dont go and skinny fat normies who only do cardio
while having a few power racks are fine you do not want many cheap autistic /fit people going to you gym
just have a good amount of cardio and machines with a nice dumbell rack along with 3ish power racks depending on size of gym
good luck

>>38764971
Or he can become a YouTube celebrity, make a catchy name ie Barbell Brigade and endorse a bunch of hot chicks to talk about it so you can price monthly fees at $150.

My gym is fairly small but I think it's really good if you don't come during the rush hours (like 5pm for example), so as the anons suggested have a few different cardio machines, something like a chest press, rows, lat pulldowns, bars for pullups/dips, some yoga mats for stretching (and a place to actually do the stretching), also please have more than 2 benches because that's what driving me insane about my gym
good luck anon

>>38763262
Replace every U in that sentence with an A and you'll have your dream

>>38763409
This would be so much more cost-effective for me.

Reverse hyper machine

>>38762087
Lots of power racks

Bumper plates and platforms

Either have a guy go around racking the weights, or somehow strictly enforce racking the weights (especially dumbbells)

No meme machines

ample water fountains

either no music playing, or intense lifting music. No pop bullshit, play music for lifting weights, not music to keep the cardio bunnies singing along

lots of cables

lots of mirrors, head to toe

very few cardio machines - tell people to go run outside (it's fucking great, way better than cardio machines. running in the rain is amazing too)

>>38765141
Nice

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>>38762094

>>38765186
call it the autism gym

You know the hyperbolic time chamber from Dragonball? Yeah just make that.

it has a ghr bench, a reverse hyper machine, actual pull up bars, squat racks, bumper plates and a prowler. there is no crossfit shame culture, in fact everyone is very nice and knowledgeable but only gives information if asked.

>>38762114
so a spin class for trannies?

>>38762087
Required (if a gym doesn't have all these things, I will not pay money to go there):
-power racks
-benches
-oly lifting platforms
-Ample iron plates
-Ample bumper plates
-chinup bars (preferably separate from power racks, though this is not a deal breaker)
-GHR stations
-Cable row
-Decent (not cheap and easily broken) barbells
-Chalk (preferably provided, but definitely allowed)
-Owner that I get along with

Dream team (all other items that I would include in my perfect gym):
-Spin lock, heavy duty collars
-Resistance bands, from minis to monsters
-Chains of all different sizes
-Rolling thunder
-Plate loaded gripper
-Plate loaded dumbbells
-Adjustable cable machine
-Hammer pull down
-Atlas stones up to 300lbs (and loading station)
-Kettlebells up to 200lbs
-Medicine balls up to 200lbs
-Safety squat bar
-Log (like for log presses)
-Gymnastics rings
-Climbing rope
-Prowler
-Land mine
-Yoke
-Farmer's walk handles
-Axle bar
-Boxes (for partial rep dls, oly lifts, also for box jumps)
-Tractor tires
-Hip belt squat machine
-Cambered bar
-Hex bar

That's all I can think of, though I'm sure I've left something out. If you had a gym with all this, I would suck your dick every day just for the privilege of letting me go there.

>>38765499
Ah, dip station. That's what I forgot.

>>38762087
lunk alarm
no dumbbells over 50 pounds
no barbells
free pizza

>>38762596
Please make this happen.

>>38765562
Omg sign me up!

>>38762678
Isn't it strongman?
How is the gym overall?
Is Alan the same off camera as on?

>>38762560
Is there any logical reason why you would fucking say that post is underrated? Has anybody expressed any kind of dissatisfaction or criticism at all against it? Are you delusional? Are you reading replies that are nonexistant? Maybe you come from communities with voting systems, but there is literally no way that you could know what other people think of that post you just replied to here. Maybe it's psychological. Maybe it's your own post you're replying to, like a 12 year old fucktard liking his own facebook posts thinking his swelling autism is going unnoticed. Maybe your self esteem depends on you tricking yourself into thinking someone out there thinks your post is worth something. Or maybe you are just a retard, the worst kind of retard, the one who thinks he's smart, the one who thinks he's the only one to have gotten the joke, to have understood the post. Well, guess what, faggot, that post is under no definition underrated so why don't you do the world a favor and go check out what the bottom of your toilet smells like?

a boxing ring

>>38762094
Fuck off toxic dickhole. THat's only funny on tumblr and reddit.

I bet you're one of the fucking newfags who always whines over no good threads too.

>>38765692
F U L L W E W L A D

No shirt
No girls
No homo

>>38762560
Why is it underrated? It doesn't contribute to the thread at all. In fact it's fucking up content. OP is asking a questions about gyms. On /fit/. Oh, shock and fucking horror.

Goddammit. I want Summer to go. I want all the robot faggots to go with it. I want reddit to go the fuck back the shittty thing they call a fitness forum.

>>38765692
Exactly this. Normies who think they fit in here because they tell people they lift is pissing me off. Lurk moar wasn't always just a meme. It used to be an unofficial rule of conduct. Now this flood of autism is fucking this board.

Just make a ripoff of strength camp

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>>38762087
No normies and Chads allowed gym

must haves
>at least 2 oly platforms/plenty of oly weights
>at least 3 power cages (preferably all power cages, my high school gym had all power cages with roll in benches and it was godly)
>1-2 leg press machines
>1-2 rowing machines
>1-2 cable machines
>rubber mat flooring
>full free-weight section lbs 5-120
>try to get 1 of each accessory lift machine

but see this shit gives a super expensive start-up cost, but depending on your demographic/gym size you can cut back on a lot of this and only have 2 oly platforms, 3 power racks and a few benches then a bunch of free weights

>>38762087
Put down yellow stripes on the floor in front of the dumbell rack with "DO NOT STAND HERE"

I hate it when people work out directly in front of the dumbbell rack. I shouldn't have to tell you to move your ass out of the way.

>>38765778
you know what really grinds my gears?

fucking lawn mower pulls ON THE DUMBBELL RACK

>>38765794
Yeah, it's like fuck man you shouldn't even be starting that thing in here at all, there's no grass and it's not safe to run a gasoline engine indoors.

>>38762087
Fleshlights in the locker room.

Squat plug fitting stations
Crabcock arena

>>38764537
thats the funniest thing I have ever seen

>>38765499

Sounds like my highschool gym

>thinking about going back as a volunteer coach just for that gym

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>>38765844

>>38762087
>Invest in really "good lighting"
>Have a one way mirror to the cardio section with a Starbucks attached
>Have a giant glass cooler filled with ice and sliced lemons and lime and water

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>>38764412
>Dick Milk

>>38764440
>2016
>Not being a super mutant
C'MON

>>38762087
As long as it's ran like my gym

>be me
>ask fit friend to help me get /fit/
>tells me I can come to his gym for a while
>place is off the main street
>no sign on the outside telling you what it is other than some faded poorly done window paint on the windows that says "GYM" in letters about a foot tall
>walk in
>there's an entrance area with faux parquet vinyl flooring that probably has asbestos glue holding it down
>smack dab in the middle is an old barber chair, and a tv hanging up on the wall over a fridge
>sitting in the chair is a guy in his late 50's early 60's
>you can tell he used to be a pro
>My friend says "Ay Mac, this is my friend Anon, is it alright if he tries shit out for a while?"
>he nods, friend walks off
>start following
>"eh eh eh, come here."
>take a few steps forward
>"This is MY fucking house, I live here, respect my house. Do you understand the entire breadth and width of that statement?"
>nod
>"I said do you fucking understand me?"
>"Yes sir."
>he extends his hand
>shake hands
>run off and follow my friend

There is never a plate left unracked. There's never a barbell that's been misplaced or in the wrong order. Bars are always put back after sets. Everyone treats the place like it's Mac's house because it is. His apartment is right up the stairs next to the refrigerator in the entrance.

>>38765683
He branded it as strongman to differentiate it from other nearby gyms like SuperTraining. Even says as much in the video.

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>>38762094

Include me in the screencap for /r/4chan!

EDIT: Front page here we come baby!

EDIT 2: WOW thanks for the gold! xD

>>38766656
LONDON
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>>38762685
I love this. The only thing I would change is to have freeweight Dumbbells on the wall near the power racks so anyone using them could post up in a rack and do their entire workout there.

Beautiful gym, that is

>>38766656
There's only been one time that someone disrespected his house.

>been going for 8 years or so at this point
>I'm one of the regulars
>about half the time when I go to pay my dues Mac just waves his hand and grunts
>Him and a few of the guys are like family, they were at me and my husband's wedding.
>people come and go
>summertime so there's some younger guys filtering through
>it's stupid, but everyone gives support just whenever.
>Finish a good set. You'll get a single clap from some and a "good set"
>this fatass hamplanet with his own escape velocity starts coming in.
>he heard from a friend that it was a decent place or something
>me and a couple of guys help him out here and there
>can't bench for shit still
>he's doing sets with some 25's
>struggling like hell to get it up
>gets one last one in, spotter helps him rack
>he's panting and wheezing and dripping sweat.
>*clap* "good set"
>three young guys, maybe 18 laugh and snicker
>one says "yeah for a girl"
>I see a red streak coming from the barber chair
>benches are flying through the air
>an exercise bike gets flung aside like a plastic toy
>Mac points at one of them looking at me
>"GRAB THAT FUCKER!"
>He's already got the other two by the neck before I can stand up
>He's drags them to the front by their necks
>They're practically running on their tippy toes trying to keep up with him.
>I start pushing the third one towards the front
>"THIS IS MY GOD DAMN HOUSE, I TOLD YOU FUCKING PUNKS!"
>he's dragging them across the gravel in the parking lot
>He throws the two of them into the car like ragdolls
>third kid goes running around to the other side.
>"You're fucking done here!"

>we start walking back in
>"Thanks anon. You want a beer?"
>we get back inside and he heads to the fridge and tosses a Pabst Blue Ribbon.
>he cracks it and chugs
>points at the fat kid across the gym
>"You there...GOOD FUCKING SET! You hear me?! They ain't got shit on you son, YOU'RE in my house, not them."

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>Separated water fountains

>Pajeet Pen (see: dumpsters out back)

>Squat rack has an automatic sensor - if you try to bench, row, deadlift in it a sensor goes off and drops a guillotine to bisect you

>Dress code strictly enforced - burqas for all women, bear kigirumis for all men

>Bathroom, changing room for men, women and manlets. Manlet bathroom leads to the dumpsters out back.

>Fat people section of the gym - 4 treadmills, 4 stair steppers, 3 machines and pizza 4 days a week. Room is hermetically sealed and every Sunday pumped with toxic gas. Times differ.

>Personal trainers all go by Chad or Stacy. First session is constant berating and emotional abuse, second session is full anal penetration or pegging.

>Manager routinely picks out two of the regulars and makes them fight to the death using dumbbells. Winner gets a month free, loser's body is made into pizza.

>a million powerracks and oly plates and oly platforms

Unless this dude is a literal millionaire there is no way he can afford this without some disgusting loan. As someone who owns a gym I'll give you some realistic things to think about

>cardio equipment in any way is stupidly expensive and breaks often, it costs a mint to repair.
>resistance equipment, hammerstrength, life fitness ect are rarely break and are pretty easy to maintain. You can get refurbished equipment that looks brand new that doesn't cost a metric fuck ton.
>Dumbbells will break, even if people treat them correctly. Buy two sets of everything so you have a back up.
>For fuck sake do not let people shrug in smith machines, the angle of the pull destroys the bearings inside and it costs an absolute fortune to replace.
>oly plates and platforms are insane money and, lets be real, everyone that oly lifts is not going to spend money over the counter for protein drinks and pre workouts as they have their own stuff.

Basically if you want to make a successful gym,
Run classes, spin is so profitable you have no idea.
Have 'functional training' equipment (ropes, trex ect) because it is cheap as fuck and retarded middle aged people that have money will spend a metric fuckton (like £50 a month) just to faff around during their midlife crisis.
Employ GOOD personal trainers with years of experience, charge them £600 a month to train people in your gym. It'll cover most of your overheads and they'll push themselves to make money. If they can't earn enough to cover that groundrent and thensome, they're not great trainers.

Also I'm well aware this sounds like an awful gym, but having run a bodybuilding/powerlifting gym for years I'm now making 3x the amount with half the stress.

>>38762087
>No contracts
>Full workout equipment, literally anything you could ever need
>Oly side and a powerlifting side
>Posing room full of mirrors and inspirational posters
>Whey protein shake bar
>Full open showers that have a 2 way mirror to watch everyone else workout while you wash
>3D projections of QT3.14 waifus working out all throughout the gym
>No real 3D girls allowed
>Constant anime music playlist on speakers
>Reverse lunk alarm, people have to come and watch you do a heavy lift and congratulate on successful rep. * optional brojob as a reward
>you can workout in socks

>>38766945

This, except treadmills can bring in a lot of otherwise low cost members so ehh maybe.

It's unfortunate but unless they're charging like $100/per month, pure powerlifting gyms are not profitable. They gotta have some normie bullshit sales crap.

>>38766945
Dont you need 100s of members before it becomes profitable to run a gym?

>>38763262
You should open in Orlando.

>>38766807
>anon ruins anons dreams XDDDDDDDD

>>38767015

Depends on the gym.

But generally yes - the bigger and glitzier it is, the more you're going to need to make money.

>>38766864
>somebody took the time to write this

Kek'd still

>>38766968
A decent treadmill is upwards of £3k and put £100pm on for maintenance. You need 25+ members per treadmill realistically for it to see a return. They're insane.

>>38767015
Depends entirely on what it's kitted out with, again, a functional training gym is a relatively cheap startup with low maintenance. You could probably start seeing return after the first year. I guess that's the same with most businesses though.

>>38763389
You wouldn't even need any weights. Simply adjust the gravity and you can do bodyweight exercises DBZ style.

>>38762133
I tip the desk girl nightly if you know what I mean

>>38766828
These need to be capped but I'm lazy and gay. Praise BASED MAC

>>38766945
Cant you build your own oly platform? Doesnt seem too complicated.
Power cages are obviously more complex but I guess an enguneer with dyi experience and some metal could make something happen
Of course I'm talking out of my ass

>>38762581
In that case also offer free waxing

>>38766828
My heart is melting.

>>38766656
>"This is MY fucking house, I live here, respect my house. Do you understand the entire breadth and width of that statement?"
>"You there...GOOD FUCKING SET! You hear me?! They ain't got shit on you son, YOU'RE in my house, not them."
He sounds too good to be true.
I want to believe.
Pls be real Mac, pls

Although. Id be too afraid of pissing him off.

>>38762087
My dream gym is to have a warehouse size gym split into 4 quarters
One are is the strength area, with a black/grey theme. Where all your barbell powerlifting shit is done. Primarily power racks and benches

Another is the power area, with a red/black theme. This is for all the OWG peeps and other people trying power shit. Lots of oly platforms

3rd is the hypertrophy area, with a blue/black theme. Where all your Dumbells and main machines are. Hypertension, leg press etc.....

Finally is the Health area, with a white theme. This is where the cardio and rehab shit (stretching) shit will be done.

Counter will sell a range of myprotein products.
Clients will have an intro discussion on their goals and be given good, legitimate advice and programs accordingly.

Shit would be so cash

>>38762094
Fpbp

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>>38765499
>-Chalk (preferably provided, but definitely allowed)

Do some gyms ban chalk?

>>38767546

Yes.

>>38767552
Why would they ban chalk for? Is there some safety thing?

In any case, >>38762087 , don't ban chalk.

>>38767616

No, it just gets fucking everwhere when its not handled properly and they get sick of cleaning up after jackasses.

>>38762087
idk man, how strong are you ?

>>38767616
my gym probably banned it because it's messy and uptight upperclass elderly redneck white people hate chalky floors but are like half the gym's income

Free scoops and paninis

>>38767471
Plz respond

>>38766864
>>Squat rack has an automatic sensor - if you try to bench, row, deadlift in it a sensor goes off and drops a guillotine to bisect you
It's nice that it allows for curling.

>>38765452
>so a spin class for trannies?
youspinmeroundroundbaby.webm

>>38762087
Lots and lots of space

Lots and lots of platforms

Lots and lots of racks

Lots and lots of basic equipment

Some weird stuff too, sleds, a log or two, an axle, Atlas stones, etc

>>38762596
>wanting all those bugs and wild animals fucking shit up
You're either a city kid idolizing the outdoors too much or a redneck who's a little too excited about deer season.

Seriously, there would be fuckin spiders and shit all up in your rusty as fuck equipment.

>>38762567
>wehrmacht wednesdays
My nigga.

>>38762685
But you see, friend, all the potential squat racks would be taken up by people doing bench press.
These gyms are only good for teams who all do the same shit the same day.

>have one of those spring things like at some buffet bars, just buried in the floor
>take a plate off, the stack comes up
>plates kept neatly inside the floor

But then you would have to start booting people for putting plates in the wrong holes because that shit would piss everyone the fuck off.
>richfag home gym goals

>>38764789
Now this I can get behind

>Plenty of racks.
>A couple dedicated racks for benching or benches with safeties. People dragging shit around constantly can be annoying.
>Platforms with loading wedges.
>Separate pull-up bars.
>Grip-strength machines would be nice.
>GHD.
>Captains chair.
>Bands.
>Lat pulldown.
>Place where you can do glute bridges shielded from the eyes of the world, like with curtains and shit.
>Free coaching for first week and taking measurements with calipers and tape-measure so people can keep track. I think that would be a good idea to keep dyels coming.
>A couple in-house straps and belts, not a big investment and us poor-fags appreciate it.

>>38764789
>no faggots
If by faggot you mean flamers, yes. Ottermode toys who "act straight" and will ask if you're gay before they try flirting? Keep them around. Those guys are the shit.

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>>38762094

>>38768596

actually i live in a small city in Norway, 20k inhabs and i recently went to my uncles hunting lodge in the forest like we do every fall and i really wanted to lift there, cause it's in the middle of a forest with a stream running by

ofc realistically it would be a nightmare to have an outdoor gym in the middle of the forest, but in my "vision of the perfect gym" there are no bugs and the weather is always nice

>>38762596
you forgot homemade racks and pullup/dips stations

>>38762087
One big hall, devided 1/3 to 2/3 by a 1m barrier.
One side (1/3) is entirely laid with olympic lifting floor (lanes of rubber, then wood, etc) with a rack at the end of each lane.
One wall will be filled with high stacks of eleiko plates of ever size, including practice and micro plates, along with plenty of 15 and 20kg bars

The other half of the gym fills with cadrio machines, a stretching mat, barbell rack, monkeygym (or whatever you call thatl calinethetics cage), enough machines (cable or not) for all accerories.

Oh, and a qt receptionist

>>38768635

>tfw there are actual pl8 dispensers
>tfw they actually get jammed and people will form a line impatiently waiting for their pl8s

>>38766828
In Mac we trust.

>>38768401
Good way to get bisected you nitpicking little cock

part 1
>edge of city, bordering a thick forest
>whole thing looks like a modernized, extra long native american longhouse
>parking lot running along long side of the building so you can park close to your preferred entrance just about everywhere
>card swiper doodads with security cameras at every entrance along the building
>cardio room in ground floor under front desk, which is up a flight of stairs
>first section past cardio room is deadlift/oly platform and power rack hall
>10 platforms on each side, oly/deads opposite the racks
>each station is 10 feet out from wall and 9 wide
>10 foot wide pathway between sides
>between platforms 5 and 6 are water fountains, on both sides of room
>1200lbs of plates per platform and rack
>both traditional 45lb bars and thicker 100lb bars at each
>set of clips and set of clamps at each
>no chalk allowed in racks 6-10

>>38768692
then just quarantine the area with bug nets and shit far enough away so it doesn't fuck up the mood and line it with plastic in the ground to keep out bugs
maybe have the entrance be a small building with showers and whatnot that opens up into a tunnel of netting in a forest that follows a path a bit to the actual gym
as for the equipment itself, it may need to be some sort of rubberized or treated to prevent rust.
gotta think with your modern brain to really perfect this fairytale level gym, broham.

>>38762087
Lots of barbells, dumbells, power racks, benches and dedicated platforms for deadlifts. At least one bodyweight area with rings, and bars. 2-3 weight belts for dips and pullups. Area for olympic lifts with competent trainers. Resistance bands from therapeutic ones to 150lbs ones.

>>38768964
Also, trainers who don't bullshit people and help you with programming that invovles good form first and foremost and progressive overload next.

>>38765683
Pretty much, but it's used as a normal gym by many. They have strongman competitions and the like though.
Gym is great, tons of equipment you'd never see at a commercial gym, good atmosphere.
Alan is legit. Although his gym is much bigger now, he is ALWAYS there.

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>>38762087
Music genre schedule

Like;

monday pop
tuesday classical
wednesday rock
etc.

not everyone wants to work out to fuckin rnb and hiphop

>>38768893
part 2
>10 foot long section with restrooms for men and women on each side
>section after has 20 adjustable, self-spotting bench platforms on forest side
>1100lb of weight and the standard bars and clips setup from previous section
>opposite side has all the fancy shmansy machines and shit for chest, delts, and triceps shit
>this side bulges a bit more from the earlier sections because there are a shit ton of machines to be had in a gym
>some windows face toward the front desk end of gym for them thar aesthetics
>water fountain between bench stations 6, 7 and 13,14
>similar placement of water fountains parallel, opposite side in the machines section

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>>38762087
Pic related is the only thing you're allowed to wear - the less you wear, the more motivated you get to workout your entire body.

>20m indoor track
>yoke, farmer's walk handles
>50kg log (loadable obviously)
>axle
>plenty squat racks and platforms
>stones
>sled
>dbs up to at least 70kg
Aside from that, normal stuff like cable machines, benches etc

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>>38769018
But then people will see I'm a pettanko

belt for weighted pull ups and dips

>>38768986
This is actually a great idea. I wouldn't mind lifting to folk friday

>>38768986
This attempts to satisfy everyone but ends up satisfying no one. The best you can do is play the most popular music all the time

>>38769013
part 3
>another bathroom section
>4 pullup stations followed by 4 Tbar rows followed by 4 power racks with 1200lb setup followed by 8 oly platforms
>opposite side of walkway same idea as push section machines, just with pulls
forgot to mention for push section
>dumbbell racks along machine side wall with adjustable benches and whatnot
>all have an upper and lower section ranging from 5 to 200, both top and bottom, in increments of 5
>should be three of these racks per machines section

>>38762567
The nazi uniform pants will rip during heavy squats

>>38768940

i like the way you think bruh, if i was rich and could take the loss such a gym would inflict i'd set it up in a heartbeat

>>38769091
Lederhosen tho

>>38769065
part 4
>standard bathroom section
>next section is strongman hall
>atlas stones
>logs
>oly platforms
>some weird machine thing that pretty much simulates picking up and flipping a car frame on its back
>dumbed down, its essentially a big metal loop attached to two pivot points on the floor
>similar thing but for flipping tires
>all your typical strongman training shit
>water fountains every 30 feet along wall opposite forest
>center of forest wall is very large door, like gates to a city, to a large clearing in the forest used for strongman competitions
>out from door is a 20 foot concrete obelisk with 6 foot wide base, on top of 20 by 20 square raised 2 feet above the rest of the area at the edges and 3 feet at the base

>>38769130
maybe start with a regular gym run by volunteers like yourself who work day jobs, to soak up money to pay to build this idea

>>38769032
>Stuff crotch and pretend you're a twink.
>Get free protein shakes (no, I mean actual protein shakes) every training.

>>38769179
part 5
>80 foot long section for men's and women's showers and lockers
>40 foot section unisex locker room
>exclusive to members who are offered and accept special memberships after they have been noticed by gym staff to fit a certain description
think of it like a sort of locker room Valhalla for the most aesthetic and alpha people who go to the gym
>and it comes with complimentary massage once a week
>these massages can be saved up, maximum of 14, completely transferable, no questions asked but can be denied for poor hygeine, which revokes all saved massages

>>38769284
part 6
>next section is lobby
>roughly 30 feet by 200 feet, about as narrow as oly/squat section
>upstairs section has view of forest
>restaurant on forest side
>fully open from 6am to 8pm
>serves more simple meals 24 hours a day
>restaurant operations are downstairs
>24hour sushi and steak bar at the distant end, which makes the far end of the gym

>>38762678
I feel like if he had a better marketing plan/budget he would have struggled less in the beginning.

>>38767185
I give her my tip nightly if you know what i mean.

>>38762108
Instead of just mats, how about 3 or so deadlifting platforms?

>>38762087
>8 power racks
>8 oly platforms
>6 adjustable benches
>2 cable towers
>tons of extra bars
>bumper plates and powerlifting plates
>Dumbbells up to 60 kg
>Conditioning area (tires/ prowlers/ farmer walk area)
>stretching and mobilty area
>free towels
>no motivational shit
>ham curl machines/ leg press