ATTN: tuff ass sully

[Boost_Creep]

@FTWmotherfucker

And here comes the so-and-so gym is the best in the area… haha
There are gyms that are geared around certain goals or workout styles one might have. I don’t think you can say any certain gym is “the best”. It may be the best for your workout style… thats about it though.
Also, it seems as though everyone is very concerened about what their flat bench max is on here, which is not surprising… this is pretty much the first question you get asked when you have some size on you. I think anyone with a rather large chest can attest to this. I used to bounce at Mad River on Pearl St and recently at Plastic I can remember this question coming up very frequently once some of the smaller customers who were getting into working out themselves had a few drinks in them… haha
Well, if everyone is so concerened about working on their max flat bench, then go to Albany Strength on Central Ave. They’ll show you a thing or two about what powerlifting is all about. Anybody who is familiar with this place knows what I’m talking about. If hitting high numbers on the bench/deadlift/squats, this is “the best” gym for you. Also they hold frequent powerlifting meets to show off your max and see how you stack up against other area powerlifters.
Personally I think doing heavy 1 rep max flat bench is very damaging to your joints… at least for me it was. I got into this for a little bit and eventually your weak links are going to start rearing thier ugly heads. I know for me personally it starting coming on once I got around the 300+lb range. I started developing joint pain in the elbows and shoulders. My chest was strong enough to handle the weight, but my joints weren’t having any part of it.
I started trying to mask the pain by using wraps, joint supps, etc… until eventually I couldn’t even do flat bench without being in severe pain. I also ended up with a bad wrist injury which wouldn’t allow me to do proper bicep exercises for several months. I can’t explain how frustrating this is to know that every time you go to the gym to work your arms you can’t get a good bicep workout because you can’t hardy hold a weight with your wrist turned over without being in severe pain. Luckily it has healed up fine since.

The one gym I strongly receommend to stay away from if you are serious about your workouts is Planet Fitness. I shouldn’t even need to say why, but tootsie rolls at the front desk, pizza and bagels for it’s members, no grunting, the lunk alarm, and not equiping thier gym with proper weights and equipment is enough reasons. This place is an anti-gym. It doesn’t respect people who are serious about thier workouts, so in turn I have no respect for them.

Great post. I agree 100% on the flat bench. Not sure why people are using that to gear there “strength”. I’m getting more into Crossfit now.