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    Looks like some great gyms.The long gone Metro Athletic Club in Grand Prarie Texas would have fit in here

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    Best Meathead Gyms In The World

    By Charles R Poliquin
    January 31, 2016

    Many of my students own and operate superbly equipped gyms. They are private facilities featured on this site.

    If you want to be trained properly with great equipment, that is where you should go. However, where can you train if you just want to do a drop in fee type of workout, and be guaranteed a top workout?

    Here is my top ten meathead gym picks for the world (in no particular order). They all have this in common:

    • Loads of equipment
    • Heavy dumbbells
    • Marginal clientele: you are more likely to find a few members of Club Fed in there than a plastic surgeon
    • No string tank top selfie taking twirps
    • dumbells

    TOP WORLD GYM PICKS

    1. Chicago

    Quad’s Gym

    Real hardcore, all serious training

    http://www.quadsgym.com

    2. Helsinki

    Mayor’s Gym

    Superbly well equipped, for sure one of my favorites

    http://www.mayors.fi

    3. Copenhagen

    Temple Gym

    Small but gets the job done.

    http://bodyoutletgym.dk//medlemskaber/index.html

    4. Stockholm

    Delta Gym

    Hole in the wall gym, great atmosphere, the owner is a great friendly guy.

    http://www.deltagym.com/

    5. Montreal/Laval

    Atlantis Gym

    Loads of IFBB pros have come out of there, I have been training since 1986 when I visit Montreal.

    http://www.atlantis-gym.com

    6. Münich

    Busek’s Gym

    Arnold used to train there in probably one of the best equipped gym in the World, has a second gym attached for the “high performers”, if you don’t weigh hundred kilos, stay the fuck away.

    http://www.fitness-muenchen.com/site...-ssc2-eng.html

    7. London

    Genesis Gym

    I love that place, most of the times I have been in there, was the only without a criminal record. Don’t be a pussy, actually very safe place.

    http://www.genesisgym.co.uk

    8. Melbourne

    Doherty’s in Brunswick

    Actually all of Doherty’s are good, I prefer the Brunswick for the GFY atmosphere.

    http://www.dohertysgym.com

    9. New Jersey

    Bob Bonham’s Strong and Shapely*

    You will find muscle building tools in there that are classics.

    http://www.strong-and-shapely.com/

    10. Sydney North Shore

    Animal Kingdom

    Owned and operated by Mark Patience. I love training there when visiting Australia.

    http://www.animalkingdomgym.com.au

    If your gym did not make to the top ten list, it is probably because I have never been there. Or… you don’t belong to the top ten list. Send me your info through Facebook, I will check you out when I visit your country.

    Enjoy your workouts in those gyms,

    Best,

    Coach Charles R. Poliquin

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    Managing Dir., Rx Muscle Forums Curt James's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by Curt James View Post
    9. New Jersey

    Bob Bonham’s Strong and Shapely*

    You will find muscle building tools in there that are classics.

    http://www.strong-and-shapely.com/
    *did u c what i did there? :-)

    Bob Bonham posted this thread, so... #ALLHAILSTRONGANDSHAPELY

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    Yea, I was going to call out Quad's Gym immediately.

    If it still existed, might be a gym I found off the 101 heading up the Peninsula to San Francisco - it was tucked away off the highway and I don't recall the name of it when I found it around 2007, and closed soon after - it was associated w/ Balco. (Yea, that Balco). Aside from that, when I found it, it had only the 2nd vertical leg press I'd ever seen, and the guy giving me the tour didn't even know what it was for.

    Quad's Gym contains the 3rd vertical leg press I've ever seen.
    "The only way you can hurt the body is not use it. Inactivity is the killer and, remember, it's never too late."
    ~Jack Lalanne



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