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[–] 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

my apartment building has a gym, which is nice to have but they definitely made some uh choices.

there's barbells (with fixed weights at the end) but nowhere to rack them, so if you want to squat them you have to do the awkward thing where you stand it up off the floor onto your back. There's a smith machine but it doesn't go low enough to squat with.

only one kettlebell of each size, so if you want to do some farmer carries or overhead presses or something you have to use uneven weights. The kettlebells are on this big rack that also includes a pull up bar but the rack is not secured to the floor and would probably tip over if I tried a pull-up off of it.

there's a rack of medicine balls but every wall in the gym is flimsy drywall. there's a big dent in the drywall right next to the medicine balls where someone clearly realized this too late.

most of the floor is taken up by rows and rows of cardio equipment and I have genuinely seen 2 at most being used at once.

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