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Strength Training, Getting Started Again
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Bob
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Strength Training
05 December 2011
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strength training
After training for over 15 years, you develop a habit of staying fit and exercising, so after spending the last three months not working out, I finally had enough and started my search for a new health club. I was spoiled at my last health club as we were a real powerlifting club, so it's been hard trying to find a gym or health club that will meet my expectations. It's been a long time since I had to join a gym, and I have worked out at home the last three years, so it was a real experience when it came to finding a gym.
I started out by searching google and looking at the local club reviews, which weren't very good I must admit. I still decided to check them all out and found they all had hidden fees. Processing fees, initiation fees, and sometimes both! I visited gym after gym trying to find a decent place to work out, but the hidden fees and the lack of real strength training equipment made this an exercise in frustration.
I did find the gym that would have been perfect in Reno NV, called American Iron Gym, but unfortunately for me, they didn't offer any child care. If you are looking for a serious club in the Reno area, I highly recommend this club. This is a no non-sense club that would be great for any real powerlifter or strength training enthusiast. In addition to being a real powerlifting club, it's also a club without hidden fees or initiation, processing fees, etc, you simply pay a monthly fee and can cancel any time. Anyway, as you can tell, I love this club and wish I could train there, but unfortunately for me, I can't.
Anyway, after looking at several gyms in the area, I finally settled on Eagle Fitness due to not having any contracts, but they did have those dumb hidden fees, but they cut most of them out for us. It's not a perfect gym, it has far too many unused machines, and the free weight part of the club is usually packed and you end up waiting, but at least it has a cage and I can cancel any time if I don't like the place.
So I started training at Eagle Fitness in Sparks, NV, today and had to get reintroduced into the world of gyms and health clubs, where members like to socialize and take up the sparse free weight equipment, so I spent a little time waiting around for the squat cage and finally gave up. But it's nice being back in the gym, and I always start out very easy when I get myself back in the gym. Unlike many others, I don't like being sore after training and do all I can to avoid it, which means using very light weight, avoiding the negative portion of the list as much as possible, and making sure to get a good dose of vitamin c after training.
Taking three months off of training can really make one feel fat and slovenly, not to mention extremely weak. I hate the first few weeks of getting back into training, but the feeling of sitting around and getting more out of shape is even worse. Of course I spend only about 30 minutes in the gym for the first few weeks which makes it much more bearable and enjoyable. Soon I will get to see how this club responds to the use of chalk and dropping of the weights when Deadlifting. Should be fun...
I started out by searching google and looking at the local club reviews, which weren't very good I must admit. I still decided to check them all out and found they all had hidden fees. Processing fees, initiation fees, and sometimes both! I visited gym after gym trying to find a decent place to work out, but the hidden fees and the lack of real strength training equipment made this an exercise in frustration.
I did find the gym that would have been perfect in Reno NV, called American Iron Gym, but unfortunately for me, they didn't offer any child care. If you are looking for a serious club in the Reno area, I highly recommend this club. This is a no non-sense club that would be great for any real powerlifter or strength training enthusiast. In addition to being a real powerlifting club, it's also a club without hidden fees or initiation, processing fees, etc, you simply pay a monthly fee and can cancel any time. Anyway, as you can tell, I love this club and wish I could train there, but unfortunately for me, I can't.
Anyway, after looking at several gyms in the area, I finally settled on Eagle Fitness due to not having any contracts, but they did have those dumb hidden fees, but they cut most of them out for us. It's not a perfect gym, it has far too many unused machines, and the free weight part of the club is usually packed and you end up waiting, but at least it has a cage and I can cancel any time if I don't like the place.
So I started training at Eagle Fitness in Sparks, NV, today and had to get reintroduced into the world of gyms and health clubs, where members like to socialize and take up the sparse free weight equipment, so I spent a little time waiting around for the squat cage and finally gave up. But it's nice being back in the gym, and I always start out very easy when I get myself back in the gym. Unlike many others, I don't like being sore after training and do all I can to avoid it, which means using very light weight, avoiding the negative portion of the list as much as possible, and making sure to get a good dose of vitamin c after training.
Taking three months off of training can really make one feel fat and slovenly, not to mention extremely weak. I hate the first few weeks of getting back into training, but the feeling of sitting around and getting more out of shape is even worse. Of course I spend only about 30 minutes in the gym for the first few weeks which makes it much more bearable and enjoyable. Soon I will get to see how this club responds to the use of chalk and dropping of the weights when Deadlifting. Should be fun...
