Right now I’m working out at a Bally’s. There is only two benches and one squat rack, and it is VERY VERY cramped. If any of you have been to that gym, the one in Redford right off of Telegraph RD., you know what I’m talking about.
So I never want to go there because every time I go, no matter what hour, my workout sucks.
I need to find a new gym! Preferably less of a gym that’s geared toward Cardio bunnies and with more weight equipment. I don’t have a car, so if it’s in the city or in an area where buses are, that would be great.
You have no idea man… it’s one of the worst franchises I have ever seen. They decided to go cardio crazy about a year ago, and ever since then it has been a joke. As you get out of the leg press machine, you are in danger of being hit by the person who is squatting, and then there is a bench like 3ft. from you… It really is ridiculous.
But I’ll bump this thread occasionally to see if someone else has some ideas.
Powerhouse Gym
Dearborn, MI (Premium Site)
3633 South Telegraph
Dearborn, MI 48124
USA
Business Number: 313-277-5295
I THINK this is the powerhouse where Justin Harris at least used to train at when I was up there. The Powerhouse in Farmington Hills kicked ass when I lived up there. I LOVED it at that place as it was all serious lifters and a fairly large number a figure girls trained there
Granted it is now run by one of the founders asshole sons (the big dumb one as opposed to the skiny spoiled brat one). Seriously, this dumbshit broke out the calculator to do 5 times 10 when trying to come up with my weekly pass cost (I went back up there for work).
[quote]borrek wrote:
A Powerhouse closed in Canton, and they auctioned off all of the equipment (which is how I made my home gym for 25% of the normal cost)
This one had 2 cybex squat racks, no power racks, 3 smith machines, a ton of cable sets, and dumbbells going up to 140 lbs.[/quote]
Yup, that was a sad day. Now all there is in Canton is Fitness19, and that place is a joke…cheap though.
Powerhouse in Brigton is great, bit far from Redford though. It’s nice to see some Mitten cats on the site here…
Yeah, if I had a car I would go to the powerhouse in royal oak, but I guess I’ll have to settle with these maniacs at Detriot Barbell :d Hopefully they won’t try to rape me or anything.
Thanks guys for all of the suggestions! I didn’t realize there was so many people from SE Michigan on here.
I’m not sure what to expect at this detroit barbell. Wish me luck lol
[quote]jlutz3 wrote:
borrek wrote:
A Powerhouse closed in Canton, and they auctioned off all of the equipment (which is how I made my home gym for 25% of the normal cost)
This one had 2 cybex squat racks, no power racks, 3 smith machines, a ton of cable sets, and dumbbells going up to 140 lbs.
Yup, that was a sad day. Now all there is in Canton is Fitness19, and that place is a joke…cheap though.
Powerhouse in Brigton is great, bit far from Redford though. It’s nice to see some Mitten cats on the site here…
[quote]jlutz3 wrote:
borrek wrote:
A Powerhouse closed in Canton, and they auctioned off all of the equipment (which is how I made my home gym for 25% of the normal cost)
This one had 2 cybex squat racks, no power racks, 3 smith machines, a ton of cable sets, and dumbbells going up to 140 lbs.
Yup, that was a sad day. Now all there is in Canton is Fitness19, and that place is a joke…cheap though.
Powerhouse in Brigton is great, bit far from Redford though. It’s nice to see some Mitten cats on the site here…
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I go to Fitness 19 in Rochester or Shelby Township - each are completely different. Rochester is, well, a little more affluent. Shelby is smaller but more ‘hard core’. However, it is THE cheapest gym I have ever been part of - I pay $12/month and my wife pays $8/month.
[quote]CrewPierce wrote:
jlutz3 wrote:
borrek wrote:
A Powerhouse closed in Canton, and they auctioned off all of the equipment (which is how I made my home gym for 25% of the normal cost)
This one had 2 cybex squat racks, no power racks, 3 smith machines, a ton of cable sets, and dumbbells going up to 140 lbs.
Yup, that was a sad day. Now all there is in Canton is Fitness19, and that place is a joke…cheap though.
Powerhouse in Brigton is great, bit far from Redford though. It’s nice to see some Mitten cats on the site here…
[quote]TheDudeAbides wrote:
CrewPierce wrote:
jlutz3 wrote:
borrek wrote:
A Powerhouse closed in Canton, and they auctioned off all of the equipment (which is how I made my home gym for 25% of the normal cost)
This one had 2 cybex squat racks, no power racks, 3 smith machines, a ton of cable sets, and dumbbells going up to 140 lbs.
Yup, that was a sad day. Now all there is in Canton is Fitness19, and that place is a joke…cheap though.
Powerhouse in Brigton is great, bit far from Redford though. It’s nice to see some Mitten cats on the site here…
Fitness 19 is indeed a blower.
Even the members? ;)[/quote]
Haha well at least the one by me did! It was in a strip mall and was about as large as my work cubical and the only people there were a bunch of wimps.
Now if yours was different than I say you were lucky!
Haha and any gym that TheDude goes to automatically no longer sucks if it ever did.
[quote]TheDudeAbides wrote:
jlutz3 wrote:
borrek wrote:
A Powerhouse closed in Canton, and they auctioned off all of the equipment (which is how I made my home gym for 25% of the normal cost)
This one had 2 cybex squat racks, no power racks, 3 smith machines, a ton of cable sets, and dumbbells going up to 140 lbs.
Yup, that was a sad day. Now all there is in Canton is Fitness19, and that place is a joke…cheap though.
Powerhouse in Brigton is great, bit far from Redford though. It’s nice to see some Mitten cats on the site here…
I go to Fitness 19 in Rochester or Shelby Township - each are completely different. Rochester is, well, a little more affluent. Shelby is smaller but more ‘hard core’. However, it is THE cheapest gym I have ever been part of - I pay $12/month and my wife pays $8/month.[/quote]
[quote]CrewPierce wrote:
Fitness 19 is indeed a blower.
Even the members?
Haha well at least the one by me did! It was in a strip mall and was about as large as my work cubical and the only people there were a bunch of wimps.
Now if yours was different than I say you were lucky!
Haha and any gym that TheDude goes to automatically no longer sucks if it ever did.[/quote]
lol you are right though, it wasn’t my first choice - I wanted to go to Powerhouse but my wife felt uncomfortable by the serious atmosphere. Fitness 19 was less intimidating. The big drawback is that both locations only have one squat rack … can’t win them all.
I go to Fitness 19 in Rochester or Shelby Township - each are completely different. Rochester is, well, a little more affluent. Shelby is smaller but more ‘hard core’. However, it is THE cheapest gym I have ever been part of - I pay $12/month and my wife pays $8/month.
Because she’s a girl?
Dang these testicles![/quote]
or you can flip-flop the deals, average them, or I pay $1/month and she pays $19 - lots of flexibility in the numbers
