Every gym I've been to has a cardio deck these days. There is one exception that I have seen (in my city) and thats a very old school hardcore gym that I visited. This gym is truly hard core. It even has a big sign on the wall that says "shut up and lift", lol. There are some seriously huge dudes there.The problem with this gym is the monthly price is sky high and there equipment needs some serious upgrading. It's also very dirty and the air is thick with dust. Not too many chicks at that gym, and if there are, beware! Her monster of a boyfriend might be lurking nearby, lol

I joined one of these modern gyms it has threadmills which shock absorbing feature TV in front with ipod dock, what was the result? 30 min more cardio per session as i was less tired and less bored, which led to easier cutting cycles, that is my two cents
plus there are hit chicks!

Well unfortunately today I got the news I was dreading :( The once glorious gym I joined years ago (was golds at first) is becomming more and more geared to the likes of Planet Fitness. I just heard today that they are taking even more equipment out that the bigger guys like me use. The goal is to get the 'muscle heads" out. I saw this coming because of the ever so subtle changes but it's now official. It's sad because some guys have been going there for 20+ years, and now they as well as myself are looking else where to assault the weights.

Yeah my gym is starting to suck. It use to be Golds Gym now it's changed hands a few times. Lot's of good equipment is gone, and they took out all the heavy dumb bells. The heaviest is now 100pds. What really pisses me off is that the attendant said something to me last week because I was making to much noise while I was deadlifting. Try deadlifting 300+ plus pounds for sets of 8 and not make noise, ain't gonna happen!! Place is becomming a social club, and a pansy ass fitness club. Dont get me wrong the eye candy's nice, but I'm there to pound weights, not to socialize and hit on chicks. It's sad because the place use to be the best gym in the city, but now I'm thinking about Worlds Gym.

I live in Florida, my main gym is an old airplane hanger, no ac, basic equipment, and a shit load of weight. It's perfect. I have gyms all over the place as i travel alot for work but the old one is by far the best...

I plan on getting membership at metro flex although joining will cost more than my regular gym which is about 10$ a month.

In my gym the weights are upstairs so when you drop them, sounds like the building is gonna fall down. People hate when you drop the weights cause of the noise. I drop them sometimes.. and other times.. I throw them.

I love my gym, it's old school cool, hasn't changed since 1981, same location, posters of the Oak still on walls along with sexy women. They got machines in there you can't even find in the chain sweat shops of today. I tried a few newer gyms in my area and they sucked, the ppl working there and the members(most are their to socialize) or think it's a popularity contest, geez get real. Old school gyms rule. Happy hunting!

Listen to the priest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQMQsbiNV3Y

old school gyms-people went there to workout, bullshit a little between sets but not to the point where it interfered with the workout, maybe some of the info/advice is "bro" but when it comes from a guy repping 405 on bench, ripped 230lbs...yeah

todays gyms- people go to take instagram pics, text, hog my fucking squat rack for an hour doing god knows what with their fucking phone, chalk and sweat elicit the same reaction from people that seeing a lion in front of you would. oh and the music....the fucking music...........

i go to worlds, and while they have their rules list, if you're "one of the guys" i guess would be a way to put it (big, strong, the trainers know who they are if you happen to be there when a few of your buddies aren't ) you can do things other people wouldn't. Personally i think its kinda stupid, i mean if you're gonna make rules and make exceptions, make it fair for everyone because i promise you the trainers aren't saying "I'm gonna let this guy use chalk cause he's big so maybe it'll inspire other people to get big like that and then they can use it" kinda thing.

so yeah in general commercial gyms blow but once in awhile you'll find a pretty good one managed by a guy that knows the ropes, they have "rules" written but no one follows them, usually with no problems, you got a different set of members that actually get shit done depending when you go....so, I'm cool with that, lets me do what i gotta do

Old school straight dungeon gym! When I first joined 10 years ago the rule no women allowed which still stands to this day bothered me at first given i was in my twenties but after a while it didn't bother me. Honestly how many of us actually acknowledge other people in the gym besides your training partner. Total tunnel vision for me. Golds opened a gym up around me so me and my partner go to check it out. Back day so we need chalk for rack pulls and barbell rows. We got asked to leave a GOLDS for using chalk!!!! WTF is this shit. Old school loud music rusty mismatched plates allowed to yell because im powering through my last rep mothafuckin gyms!

Well I work out a commercial gym because its 2 minutes from my place of work.

The gym has more plates (including bumper plates for deadlifting) then I have ever seen (both in kgs and lbs) and they allow you to drop them on the floor etc.

The only thing they have banned is not wearing shoes for squats and DL. Which now means I have to take 3 pairs of shoes on gym day.

Its the only commercial gym where the PTs have all the girls/mums types in the squat rack or deadlifting from the floor as an intro to 'losing weight'

I think commercial gyms are defined by the PTs that work in them rather then the equipment.

I can't stand commercial gyms. Everything about them is uncomfortable to me. I go to the gym to express myself, and when people are telling you, you're not allowed to deadlift or grunt, there oppressing you like the outside world. I don't know about you, but it pisses me off when people try to tell me how to live or act. I think one of the biggest triggers that set me off, is when people tell me how to do an exercise. It'll makes me feel like a volcano of pissed off just exploded in the back of my mind. I've gotten to the point now, where I tell them I've been doing this long enough and don't need anybodys help; I listen to my body. I want to hear the weights slam, I want to hear the clank of the steel; it's mandatory to cuss, I'll spit on the fucking floor, it's a floor; are you gonna eat off of it? WD-40 smells great first thing in the morning, hand me my wraps, belt and chalk, it's time to go to war.

I have to agree with you generally. I've worked out in some "old school" gyms and loved it, for exactly the reasons you mentioned. That being said, I've been in some old gyms that suck, simply because they were old, broken, dirty, etc. I've been in new gyms that suck because of the idiots there.
I now work out in a very nice athletic club and I love it. Beautiful place to be in and everyone there is working out and focus. It really just depends on the people in my opinion.

The gym that I go to now is an old garage turned into a gym. They open up the bay doors so you get fresh air. Almost all free weights with the exception of like 6 machines. Old school with new equipment.

In my twenties it was all about the free weights and I loved the feeling of working out in the old local YMCA before they tore it down. Now that im older I still hit the free weights but I've come to appreciate some of the new state of the art equipment/machines alot of the new gyms offer. Except at planet fitness that place is a joke