Hardcore Gyms in Boston?

I am looking for a hardcore gym in the Boston area. I am having
trouble finding any. It seems if you live in Boston you have to train
at a stupid sports club. I use to train at an amazing gym in Flint,
Michgan. I want to start competing again and I don't want to be
around a bunch of stupid people that are just at the gym to people
watch and listen to their ipods.

In news:1177613823.738774.47430@n15g2000prd.googlegro ups.com,
Tom <tlhota@hotmail.com> typed:
> I am looking for a hardcore gym in the Boston area. I am having
> trouble finding any. It seems if you live in Boston you have to train
> at a stupid sports club. I use to train at an amazing gym in Flint,
> Michgan. I want to start competing again and I don't want to be
> around a bunch of stupid people that are just at the gym to people
> watch and listen to their ipods.

Are you too hardcore for Gold's?

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Bully
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"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees
the opportunity in every difficulty." Sir Winston Churchill

Tom <tlh...@hotmail> wrote:

> I am looking for a hardcore gym in the Boston area. <snip>

http://www.ronharrismuscle.com/

Not a gym, however Boston-based, irrc. Excellent info that you may
find interesting.

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Curt

On Apr 26, 3:12 pm, "Bully" <bull...@proteinbars.co.ok> wrote:
> Innews:1177613823.738774.47430@n15g2000prd.googleg roups.com,
> Tom <tlh...@hotmail.com> typed:
>
> > I am looking for a hardcore gym in the Boston area. I am having
> > trouble finding any. It seems if you live in Boston you have to train
> > at a stupid sports club. I use to train at an amazing gym in Flint,
> > Michgan. I want to start competing again and I don't want to be
> > around a bunch of stupid people that are just at the gym to people
> > watch and listen to their ipods.
>
> Are you too hardcore for Gold's?
>
> --
> Bully
> Protein bars:http://www.proteinbars.co.uk
>
> "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees
> the opportunity in every difficulty." Sir Winston Churchill

No. Gold's would be fine. I was just wondering if there were any non-
chain gyms in the area.

Tom <tlh...@hotmail> wrote:
[...]

> <snip> just wondering if there were
> any non-chain gyms in the area.

http://www.google.com/search?q=gyms%2C+boston

"Rocket surgery" it ain't.

--
Curt

> No. Gold's would be fine. I was just wondering if there were any non-
> chain gyms in the area.
Whoops, this is my second reply to this thread, I didn't see the top of
the thread at first. Anyway, there was a really cool old school gym in
Kenmore Sq for a long time called City Gym that I used to go to but
Gold's bought them out a couple of years ago.
There is Mike's in a few places. A small local chain.
http://mikesfitnessjp.com/
I really don't know too much about them though, I have never been in
there. go to a place called Atlantis Sports Clubs in Cambridge.
http://www.atlantissportsclub.com/Locations.asp They are another small
chain. They aren't very "hardcore" though. They have enough free weights
to keep me happy but for squatting they just have a smith machine which
is fine by me but you might disagree if you are really "hardcore"
Real Estate prices here are sky fucking high. I doubt any sort of hole
in the wall house of iron worship could be economically possible
nowadays but I suppose it could happen. You might get some luck if you
go to a local lifting comp and ask around? I suspect most of those guys
train out in the suburbs though.

On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 00:27:05 -0400, thegist <nspam@fakemail.info>
wrote:

>Real Estate prices here are sky fucking high. I doubt any sort of hole
>in the wall house of iron worship could be economically possible
>nowadays but I suppose it could happen. You might get some luck if you
>go to a local lifting comp and ask around? I suspect most of those guys
>train out in the suburbs though.

That is what I was thinking when he posted. I went for a few job
interviews in Boston recently. I saw offices with 12 desks placed
side by side and front to front. Not even any cubicle dividers.
After getting a $33 ticket for parking at an "out of order" meter
during a snow blizzard, I decided enough of Boston. I have seen
plenty of smaller places in suburban towns but I can imagine anyone
but the big chains can survive in Boston. I tried that BSC once and
they where $90 per month and I had to wait for equipment all the time.