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05-08-2004, 03:09 AM
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Craziest gym in the world
Honostly, i dont know if there is one better then this, but this one sure sounds like the top ones.
I was talking to 3 brothers who just came from Iran about gyms back in the country. They said there is all sort of them from ****ty to good all over. The best one however, includes weights up to 300+ dumbbells. The machines are, now check this out, are all digital. Forexample, you wanna do a set of machine flys, you select the weight on a touch-screen monitor beside the machine and they go pretty high. Enterance is 20 bucks.
The gym also includes a huge pool on top of a huge building. The pool is very large and there is upto 2 meters of steam on top of it. It's outdoor in everyseason. The steam is caused by a steam machine/motor that produces the steam.
It's called Sadaf Gym. I'm sure a gym like that has a website, but i wasn't able to find it
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05-08-2004, 03:18 AM
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As I recall, Life Fitness used to market a line of digital machines, which used electric motors to provide resistance. You could adjust them so the negatives were a chosen percentage higher than the positives. I used them when I was visiting a gym near my mom in another state and liked them very much. My guess is that the machines were too expensive for the average gym and did not catch on, since I have not seen them at another gym.
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05-08-2004, 03:22 AM
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NRG
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Re: Craziest gym in the world
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Originally posted by Ashkon
Honostly, i dont know if there is one better then this, but this one sure sounds like the top ones.
I was talking to 3 brothers who just came from Iran about gyms back in the country. They said there is all sort of them from ****ty to good all over. The best one however, includes weights up to 300+ dumbbells. The machines are, now check this out, are all digital. Forexample, you wanna do a set of machine flys, you select the weight on a touch-screen monitor beside the machine and they go pretty high. Enterance is 20 bucks.
The gym also includes a huge pool on top of a huge building. The pool is very large and there is upto 2 meters of steam on top of it. It's outdoor in everyseason. The steam is caused by a steam machine/motor that produces the steam.
It's called Sadaf Gym. I'm sure a gym like that has a website, but i wasn't able to find it
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Sounds good for toffs, but for us hardcore bbers, theres nothing wrong with good old manual machines and free weights
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05-08-2004, 05:36 AM
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Chaldean Pride
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yeh man the middle east rocks. its nothing like they always show on tv 
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05-08-2004, 05:43 AM
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Quote:
Originally posted by chaldo_strider
yeh man the middle east rocks. its nothing like they always show on tv
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Meh the media is fu(ked...
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05-08-2004, 06:32 AM
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Quote:
Originally posted by chaldo_strider
yeh man the middle east rocks. its nothing like they always show on tv
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Depends on which place in the middle east.
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05-08-2004, 06:50 AM
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I feel so weak...
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Digital machines?
Mad! The future of bodybuilding? hehe 
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05-08-2004, 08:06 AM
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digital mahciens arent nothing new are they? my friends gym has all digital machiens, my brothers gym at uni has tv's in the digital touch screen display, which is amazing.
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12-29-2007, 10:04 PM
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http://mvpsportsplex.com/mvpsportsplex/ thats my old gym they have touch screen treadmils with tv's in them and alot of the machines are electronic but some are plate selectors but have a digital screen to track reps sets range of motion and time between sets.
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12-29-2007, 10:20 PM
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Perfect gym:
-Wall of squat racks
-Wall of benches
-Huge rack of db's (that go up to like 400 lbs)
-Wall of OLY bars and different bars
-room of Oly lifting platforms
-Tons of bumper plates and Oly metal plates
-wall of gear (belts, squat suits, bench shirts etc.)
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12-29-2007, 10:33 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chaldo_strider
yeh man the middle east rocks. its nothing like they always show on tv |
yea places like dubai are crazy rich
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12-29-2007, 11:30 PM
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Thats crazy to people who are impressed by shiny toys.
24 platforms with adjoining squat racks in an old aircraft hangar.
Thats a gym....
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12-29-2007, 11:43 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Big_fuzzy
Thats crazy to people who are impressed by shiny toys.
24 platforms with adjoining squat racks in an old aircraft hangar.
Thats a gym....
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wow, you are so hardcore 
thats a gym that suits only yours (and other powerlifters) needs. Limited variety = **** gym.
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12-30-2007, 01:10 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kyokushin1
wow, you are so hardcore
thats a gym that suits only yours (and other powerlifters) needs. Limited variety = **** gym. |
Post up your pull up vid or be quite pencl neck.
Limited variety = **** gym? Thats the same set up used by the Bulgarains whe they dominated weightlifting in the early 80s before the Russians went ape**** wit the drugs.
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12-30-2007, 01:35 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LetFireFall
Perfect gym:
-Wall of squat racks
-Wall of benches
-Huge rack of db's (that go up to like 400 lbs)
-Wall of OLY bars and different bars
-room of Oly lifting platforms
-Tons of bumper plates and Oly metal plates
-wall of gear (belts, squat suits, bench shirts etc.)
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For real. Free weights > digital machine.
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12-30-2007, 01:44 AM
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505 External Server Suces
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Big_fuzzy
Post up your pull up vid or be quite pencl neck.
Limited variety = **** gym? Thats the same set up used by the Bulgarains whe they dominated weightlifting in the early 80s before the Russians went ape**** wit the drugs.
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this is a bodybuilding forum
just sayin
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12-30-2007, 01:47 AM
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U mad?
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kyokushin1
wow, you are so hardcore
thats a gym that suits only yours (and other powerlifters) needs. Limited variety = **** gym. |
He's an OLY lifter, **** tard.
Quote:
Originally Posted by kyokushin1
this is a bodybuilding forum
just sayin
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I don't think bodybuilders to standing abs....
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12-30-2007, 01:49 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MidwestMonster
He's an OLY lifter, **** tard.
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he is also quite fat
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I don't think bodybuilders to standing abs....
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erm bodybuilders work abs you daft mule
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12-30-2007, 01:51 AM
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U mad?
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Quote:
Originally Posted by swiftness_02
he is also quite fat
erm bodybuilders work abs you daft mule
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Anyone hear something in the wind?
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12-30-2007, 02:43 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chaldo_strider
yeh man the middle east rocks. its nothing like they always show on tv |
Its exactly like they show on TV. There are a few areas of the mideast that are rich from oil money, but the combined GDP of the arab nations are only equal to that of Spain.
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12-30-2007, 05:25 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kyokushin1
this is a bodybuilding forum
just sayin
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I'm sure they can put in a preacher curl station for you if you really feel the need.
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12-30-2007, 05:31 AM
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Digital machines? Freeweights for the win.
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12-30-2007, 05:57 AM
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I heard about those digital ones, they use electromagnets to pick up the weights, great untill there's a power cut or something, imagine leg pressing 300lb's then suddenly none..
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12-30-2007, 06:09 AM
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<3 England
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lukaz
Sounds good for toffs, but for us hardcore bbers, theres nothing wrong with good old manual machines and free weights
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x2 bro,
all we need is the iron, some bars, bench, squat rack
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12-30-2007, 07:16 AM
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A question for you guys...have you seen the gym where Ronnie Coleman trains ?????
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12-30-2007, 07:18 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris_1990
A question for you guys...have you seen the gym where Ronnie Coleman trains ?????
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pics?
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12-30-2007, 07:21 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris_1990
A question for you guys...have you seen the gym where Ronnie Coleman trains ?????
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That is what all gyms should look like. F**k all this health club bulls**t.
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12-30-2007, 07:22 AM
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Quote:
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pics?
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If you see any of Ronnie's videos you can make out the basic layout of the gym. It is hardcore to say the least.
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12-30-2007, 07:24 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnnyMclovin
pics?
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Bah I can't look for pics right now, but I'll give you a brief description...
No digital machines, no pools or saunas or **** like that...only a ****load of iron, free weights, dropping DB's and metal blasting loud
**** all your fancy "gyms" with thousands of cardio machines, digital crap...
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12-30-2007, 08:21 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LetFireFall
Perfect gym:
-Wall of squat racks
-Wall of benches
-Huge rack of db's (that go up to like 400 lbs)
-Wall of OLY bars and different bars
-room of Oly lifting platforms
-Tons of bumper plates and Oly metal plates
-wall of gear (belts, squat suits, bench shirts etc.)
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wtf is anyone going to do with a pair of 400lb dumbbells??
I like your other ideas tho
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