Another month delay for the gym reopen >[

alphaonthecomeup · 2020-06-21T16:52:50+00:00

Miss the gym ode bro.

To be honest , I would’ve been such a beast if it hadn’t closed in March. Was at peak performance before the shut downs.

I WILL get back up there of course , but damn.

pyth0ns · 2020-06-21T16:43:42+00:00

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Psychological_Radish · 2020-06-21T19:14:18+00:00

Probably not one you want to hear, but I'm in better shape than ever. Went on Craigslist and found a local guy with a home gym. He charges a lot of money for what it is (a squat rack, barbell, and some plates), but it was better than nothing. I borrowed a few plates from my regular gym as well. I was one of around 10 people who ultimately contacted the dude to workout at his place. Gyms reopened in a neighboring state, so now I'm commuting almost an hour each way to work out at a real facility.

Obviously not ideal but I figured from the beginning that this was going to last a lot longer than expected. With nothing else to do I worked out there pretty much every day. The moral of the story is to MOVE QUICKLY and keep your wits about you. That goes with girls, financial opportunities, or anything. Otherwise you get caught with your dick in the wind. Most gym equipment was snapped up within a week of gyms closing.

boy_named_su · 2020-06-21T20:33:07+00:00

buy a power rack and weights if you can. it's about the same price as a year at the gym

y0ussefhesham · 2020-06-21T20:54:09+00:00

Miss it so much man. Home workouts just don't feel the same.

RedRiver0415 · 2020-06-21T17:10:57+00:00

Same here. And im positive its gonna hit 6.

My 3years-built is gone. Im doing exercises at home but its useless... Its is also frustrating. That skinny fat belly and short shoulders r back. Idk what to do.

Ricky469 · 2020-06-22T03:16:47+00:00

I miss my gym too. I'm lucky I have a good home gym but I don't have all the machines a regular gym does. I am leery of returning right away when the do open. I'm 60 and have been isolating. I hope to avoid testing my immune system with COVID. I lost two friends already.

amwfhunter · 2020-06-22T05:56:37+00:00

I rented an entire gym privately. As in I approached a gym owner and offered to rent his entire property and everything in it, until the gym was open again. In the meanwhile, I was waiting for gym equipment to arrive due to backlog (bowflex dumbbells and flooring) and I bought some sweet ass commercial equipment from gyms that went out of business.

For convenience, I also turned a spare room in my condo into a gym. I have a 3 bedroom condo. Condo building has a gym but it lacks weight and was closed during covid. I bought a pair of bowflex select tech 1090 which adjust from 5 to 90 lbs. Highly recommend, great space saver.

A power rack with pull up attachment, attachment for dips and i added a landmine attachment. Olympic bar, hex bar, ez curl bar, dip belt and an adjustable bench (incline, flat, decline). I laid down some rubber flooring and bought a full set of bumper plates with some extras. 2 x 55, 6 x 45, 2 x 35, 2 x 25, 2 x 15, 2 x 10, and some fractional plates (2x 5 and 2x 2.5). Weight tree to hold plates. Other than the flooring I got all of this from a fire sale due to a gym closing. 2k. Great deal. It doesn't take up that much space. The rack needed only 8 feet x 4 feet.

Already had a bunch of bands too and fat grips.

I also picked up one of their commerical ellipiticals for 600 bucks (they go for 5k brand new) and put it in the living room so I can watch tv.

unfluxa · 2020-06-22T06:16:14+00:00

My gym just opened today, lost 4-5kgs from eating average / no training. Pretty keen to go through the process of putting it back on. Huge wake up call not to happen again. Was pretty hard with covid hitting.

IBETITALL420 · 2020-06-21T16:45:27+00:00

go on fucking amazon and buy an olympic barbell

and some plates 45lbs

you can deadlift and do bb rows on that alone without a squat rack

for squatting and OHP you could makeshift two towers outta something(stack of wood, concrete)

or you could fork out some money for a cheaper squat rack

now that shit is reopening it's easier to buy gym equipment online

as for benching you need to buy literally a sturdy benchpress, and a rack w/ safety bars

Title	Another month delay for the gym reopen >[
Author	pyth0ns
Upvotes	5
Comments	18
Date	June 21, 2020 4:39 PM UTC (6 years ago)
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