I haven't done the gym in about 20 years now - I bought my own stuff and I love it.

I did the gym 1998-2003 or so. Portable MP3 players barely a thing... I didn't have one. CD players couldn't really handle the gym routine. Folks weren't putting new albums on tape. Basically everyone listened to whatever was on the speakers for the whole gym, unless you used a walkman.

So my least favorite time was "whenever the cardio class was going on" because it was always this annoying club/gym bunny music. I never cared for the folks that used the gym like a social gathering. My Gold's was originally hammerstrength equipment, free weights and a couple of treadmills. Then they expanded into the adjacent building to add cardio classes and I had to quit. The equipment hog was no longer using all his equipment at once - he had to also talk to girls for an extra half hour. Asking a dude if I could get a set in used to work, but now it was three dudes talking to a girl and not giving up machines.

I could complain for like 50 more paragraphs but I'd rather just say that having my own bench and weights has kept me going for years, saved a ton of money and if I ever stop for a few months, it's all good. I paid 500 for this stuff 20 years ago.

And yeah like I said I used to have no issue asking if I could grab a set when someone was doing circuits. Before the gym bunnies, even the biggest dude in there would be all "no problem man, need a spot?"

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