How bad is this place? I've been frequenting this gym since

Truth is if you are just starting out it's okay. It's very cheap (if you pay the sign up fee and prorate it over the 12 months is works out to about $17/month) and the one I go to is 24 hour which is nice. If you plan on doing real body building then they are garbage.

The one I go to got rid of the only bench press and incline press they had and now it's all machines. You can't even squat without using a smith machine. They have a metric fuckton of cardio equipment so if you're just looking to lose weight or start dinking around with weights then it is fine.

>>42269211
It's the equivalent of the tutorial level in a videogame. It's fine for learning the basics, but leaves out important skills that you learn on your own when you actually graduate to a big boy gym.

>no freeweight barbells

It's the DYEL of gyms.

>>42269592
>tfw always lifted at "big boy gym"
>recently it got bought over and it's now a shitty McGym which is probably in every town and city in this country
>cant find any other big boy gyms in my city
Life is suffering
Should I just give up on lifting

>>42269653
As long as it has barbells/squat rack/bench your McGym is fine. You could also just get a home gym if it triggers you that much.

Get a home gym

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>>42269211
there is literally nothing wrong with it, as long as you're not one of those fags who does >powerlifting in the current year

t. bodybuilder who never uses barbells

>>42269211
I don't know why everyone hates on this place. Is it perfect? No. Is it awful and DYEL? No. The fact is, this is a great place to start lifting. Although more advanced lifters might get a bit annoyed with the very strict rules and lack of free weight equipment, it still has many redeeming qualities. For example, they DO have dumbbells however they only go up to 60ish Lbs. I believe. They might not have a barbell for squats however they have many great machines for legs.

TLDR: Great place to start, once you get to the point where you outgrow the equipment switch gyms.