Bally Total Fitness Files for Bankruptcy

[bennylong]

This isn't a surprise. Almost everyone I talked to said 24 hour Fitness was horrible. Dirty locker room and too many people packed inside a stuffy gym.

24 hours is part of Bally, right??

 

[IAteYourMother]

Originally posted by: bennylong
This isn't a surprise. Almost everyone I talked to said 24 hour Fitness was horrible. Dirty locker room and too many people packed inside a stuffy gym.

24 hours is part of Bally, right??

does 24 sound like Bally's to you?

 

[EvilYoda]

Sadly, in fatty Michigan, there isn't too much else...Powerhouse wasn't much better since I've been with Bally's for over a year now and they offered me a month to month $28 membership. If they go under, I'll probably end up spending more money. doh.

 

[Aharami]

never worked out a Bally's. Im happy with NYSC (its not part of Bally, is it?)

 

[foghorn67]

Originally posted by: Special K
My only gripe with the 24 Hour Fitness here is that they use polygon-shaped plates, which makes deadlifting impossible.

Gold's Gym and round plates FTW.

Honestly, whoever came up with the idea of plates in any shape other than round needs to DIAF

My gripe is that they only have 160lb dumbbells. I am way beyond that.

I kid, I kid.

 

[GoingUp]

I went to one here to check it out, and it was like a dungeon.

Thats why I signed up for Lifetime Fitness

 

[kb315]

Originally posted by: EvilYoda
Sadly, in fatty Michigan, there isn't too much else...Powerhouse wasn't much better since I've been with Bally's for over a year now and they offered me a month to month $28 membership. If they go under, I'll probably end up spending more money. doh.

Theres always Lifetime Fitness in troy and rochester. Yes a little on the pricey side but i think their facilites are top notch. Theres also a new fitness center for $19 a month down rochester and tienken, haven't heard too much about it.

 

[TallBill]

An old friend of mine's father was a big dog accountant for them. Wonder if he's out of a job.

 

[bwatson283]

Originally posted by: CPA
Oh, I just realized it's Chapter 11. Not that big of a deal yet. Hell, Trump has filed that more than once.

Trump has filled it like 10 times. Besides i think he is SCUM OF THE EARTH! HE NEEDS TO BURN!

 

[bwatson283]

LA Fitness!

 

[Xyclone]

Gold's Gym FTMFW!

 

[everman]

Originally posted by: Special K
My only gripe with the 24 Hour Fitness here is that they use polygon-shaped plates, which makes deadlifting impossible.

Gold's Gym and round plates FTW.

Honestly, whoever came up with the idea of plates in any shape other than round needs to DIAF

Care to s'plain why?

Googled and happened across a post by you:

http://www.wannabebigforums.co...index.php/t-99281.html
Just an update - I did conventional deads last night and it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Because the plates are covered with a really sticky rubber, they don't move very much during the lift. The worst case is you will need to reset your stance a bit between each rep. It's a little bit annoying, but I think I'll manage.

Which is pretty much my view, sometimes I need to adjust them between sets, not a really big deal.

 

[andylawcc]

Global Gym FTW!!!!

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: andylawcc
Global Gym FTW!!!!

Globo Gym.

 

[Squisher]

The wife bought a membership at Richard Simmons 20 years ago they got bought out by Vic Tanny which then got bought out by Bally's. They just sent me a letter a couple of weeks ago with a special promotional offer. I checked online and we were good 'til like march of '08. This sucks, but at least I didn't send them anymore money.

BTW-another thing that sucked was that the membership was transferable, yearly fees were $45, so I probably could have screwed someone over and sold the membership for $500 (It cost $1500 20 years ago).