I workout at home, bored of the environment and want more equipment (machines, dumbells, stairclimbers, etc)

Here's some of the options:

- Normal chain gyms like la fitness. Bad hours, like closing at 9PM. I usually work pretty late into the evening so this is out. They're also extremely crowded
- Some smaller gyms that are open 24 hours (swipe a card to get in). Poor equipment, like only having 3 sets of 45lb plates so this is out
- "Luxury" gyms, not 24 hours but still really good hours. Not very crowded and very good equipment. Also has saunas and chit. But very expensive (over 100/month) and a bit of a drive
- Some "hardcore" gyms meant for "real lifting", but almost as expensive as above, and chitty ass variety of equipment (basically just a giant shed with tons of racks). Might as well just stay home.


How do you choose?

i go with the ones that have pizza

I genuinely thought about planet fitness just for cardio equipment

whatever your goals are is a factor

For me the number #1 factor has to be that it's open 24 hours, which pretty much eliminates most gyms these days since the plannedemic.... so now I would choose one that's open late.

#2: it has to have a pool so I can swim laps.
#3: it has to be clean

#4: they have to accept credit card as payment, I will NEVER allow a gym to have access to withdraw money from my bank account.

Yeah not a lot of 24 hour places around here. Open till midnight would be late enough for me. But closing at 9 or 10 is ass

Seems like a lot of places will do paid in full for a year to avoid setting up bank info. And you might get a little bit of a discount

1. Most convenient to visit on my drive after work

2. Enough benches, squat racks, etc so I don't have to wait

3. No mask mandate (I live in SoCal)

Currently have two gym passes. One for Chuze fitness since there's a gym 4 min from my house and another one right next to work. It's clean, lots of equipment, and filled with HBBs. Also have a 24 hour fitness pass for when I travel.

The most important thing to me is how accessible it is on a daily basis. I want something easy to drive to and is on my normal driving route.

I usually go to chain gyms.

Cuz local gyms are full of=

1) moron workers that try to sell you useless supps or gear

2) idiots who try to correct your every single workout. Just fukc off and leave me alone bruh

lmao where do I sign up