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Nate
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 Posted April 10th, 2006 07:33 PM IP   
Let us know what you choose as a gym and some of it's advantages / disadvantages.
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RedBull
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Posted April 10th, 2006 07:35 PM IP
Fit U because its the biggest in BC and everyone is friendly
If you can't beat em', join em'.......till they let there guard down
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Nate
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Posted April 10th, 2006 07:40 PM IP
I go to blair or grove blair cause it's close to my house and not busy but yah ppl there are impotent and are shitty spots, or i go to grove cause it doesn't get busy and there's girls  a nice hot tub following the workout does my imagination well haha. but mostly cause the price is right for me haha
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Longo
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Posted April 10th, 2006 07:42 PM IP
Yeah Fitness Unlimited definitely. Giant space for every fitness needs. Certainly a lot of ppl go there as well because of the content and structure of the facilities. Blair/Grove aren't specialized in Fitness/Weight training, that's why you can expect "jack" from those places.
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Corbin
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Posted April 10th, 2006 08:29 PM IP
I go to Fitness Unlimited too but that place could use some damn AC in the summer and a couple windows wouldnt hurt either. Definitely better than fuckin walnut grove or blair rec centers tho.
Nate when the hell you gonna sign up?
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Nate
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Posted April 10th, 2006 08:46 PM IP
I'm afraid of commitment, i'm leaving town soon
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Corbin
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Posted April 10th, 2006 09:13 PM IP
When you movin to alberta??
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Dawnie-brook
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Posted April 12th, 2006 10:31 PM IP
LOL....Fit U needs windows, its a dungeon! But has super staff! I like it there, better than FW. I was a member there and prefer Fit U. Anyone been to the juice bar there? (shameless plug hey? LOL) I never have to wait for any equipment to....Sweet!
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Nate
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Posted April 13th, 2006 06:06 PM IP
After the trailer at work is built and i don't think i'm going to alberta anymore cause i want to go to the okanogan where its warm and sunny and has bikinis all around
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Corbin
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Posted April 13th, 2006 09:54 PM IP
Hell yeah~! that beats fuckin alberta!
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Brad324
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Posted April 13th, 2006 10:15 PM IP
Fitness world... because I'm already a year into their membership...
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Drifter
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Posted April 13th, 2006 10:30 PM IP
I do most of my Training at home .I have a verry bussy home biz , where I need to be close toit as ften as I can . When I do go out to the gym , I go to Golds or the darkest Dungen I can find . I dont need to be with fitness people . I like a little more hard core attitude.
I will look at the girls on the beach instead of the treadmills
A few years ago ( 6-7 ) I had the opertunity to train at the Fitness World In Victoria For Derren Kelly , But I really dont like how they push there clientell like cattle and you get bonuses for bringing in mass amounts of people . I like the smaller more personal gyms where the staff is there almost all the time to help
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Corbin
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Posted April 13th, 2006 10:57 PM IP
Drifter, glad to see you here 
Yeah fitness world is definitely notorious for that. Everytime we get someone signing up at my gym who used to go to Fitness World, all they can do is complain about how they hated how they wer tryin to be sold somethin everytime they walk thru the door.
Fitness Unlimited where I work is alot more laid back and the staff doesn't try to pressure you, even sales coordinators who get comissions don't.
BTW-
What's the Derren Kelly? Is that bodybuilding comp or somethin? It sounds familiear.
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Drifter
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Posted April 13th, 2006 10:59 PM IP
Daren Kelly is the branch manager in at the Victoria Fitness World
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Corbin
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Posted April 13th, 2006 11:00 PM IP
haha...well what's that amateur bbing comp named after someone local? lol
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Drifter
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Posted April 13th, 2006 11:12 PM IP
Good Question . But he might be sponsering it ?? But then again , Fitness World would have an in with that also if he was
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Brad324
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Posted April 13th, 2006 11:15 PM IP
I can't believe I paid for that EZ-Zone meal plan bullshit at fitness world. They gave me a plan and expected me to eat meals like... "3 cups of mushrooms." It was a huge joke.
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Corbin
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Posted April 13th, 2006 11:16 PM IP
HAhaha...how much did you pay??
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Brad324
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Posted April 13th, 2006 11:18 PM IP
I'm not even gonna answer that to save myself the shame.
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Corbin
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Posted April 13th, 2006 11:23 PM IP
LOL! :P
But yeah I know what u mean, I actually think our gym should have stuff like that to give us trainers more inscentive to get off our asses. I probably slack more than anyone else at work, I barely even try and sell personal training sessions anymore since we stopped getting comission for the only packages that you could manage to sell! Nobody wants to get more than 3 for their first time, and they still pay 30/hour for those sessions. Rates range from 30-41/hour which they don't wana pay when they're gettin damn weight training sessions for FREE!
Time to revamp the way things are done at the gym and start holdin back more info to save for personal training!
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Drifter
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Posted April 13th, 2006 11:23 PM IP
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I can't believe I paid for that EZ-Zone meal plan bullshit at fitness world. They gave me a plan and expected me to eat meals like... "3 cups of mushrooms." It was a huge joke.
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Sorry Bro , But Ihave to Laugh my ASS of on that one .
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Drifter
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Posted April 13th, 2006 11:26 PM IP
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LOL! :P
But yeah I know what u mean, I actually think our gym should have stuff like that to give us trainers more inscentive to get off our asses. I probably slack more than anyone else at work, I barely even try and sell personal training sessions anymore since we stopped getting comission for the only packages that you could manage to sell! Nobody wants to get more than 3 for their first time, and they still pay 30/hour for those sessions. Rates range from 30-41/hour which they don't wana pay when they're gettin damn weight training sessions for FREE!
Time to revamp the way things are done at the gym and start holdin back more info to save for personal training!
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I totally agree with you bro , You need to be able to make yourself needed in your gym . Market yourself .
WHat ticket do you have ??
I have my BCPRA and I am also in the proccess of my ISSA PT ticket
One day when I am ritch and famouse , I will have my own branch of gyms
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Posted April 13th, 2006 11:34 PM IP
Well currently I have my Canfit Pro Weight Training & Personal Training certifications, and hopefully soon I'll get around to getting my BCRPA PT. I think I can just challenge the exam and get my manager to write note of reccomendation since I've already been working for a year as a PT at my gym.
The thing is tho, at the gym I work at, it doesn't really matter what tickets i have. Fit world requires BCRPA after 3 months of workin there cuz of insurance purposes, but I'm tempted to just let all my tickets expire and continue workin ther cuz they don't even keep track of it.
If I wana work somewhere else tho I definitely need to get my BCRPA so I might do that this summer.
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Man I would looove that. The own of my gym owns 2 others, a Keg, and a bucnh of other businesses...he's fuckin loaded and goes on vacation half the year lol the bastard!
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Drifter
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Posted April 13th, 2006 11:51 PM IP
I wanted to have my first one in East Van . and almost did. I have over 2 assorted benches all Apex , and over 7k worh of Olympic plate in Storage. I ahve a few here at home to use . And my Dumbell ranges from 5 lbs to 180 for now . SO basicly I need cables and cardio then I am set.
Oh and a few pieces of EYE candy to work it lmao
But I do plan n starting my first one in a few years I can almost do it
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Longo
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Posted April 14th, 2006 01:10 AM IP
Yeah owning your own gym would be something and definitely a prize to yourself for being with fitness for so long, especially, yourself Drifter who has been in the game for more roughly 12 years-ish.
I, too, would love to start something like that. But just knowing ahead of time how much time, resources, and money you would need to start a simple and small gym, makes me not wanna think about it (lol).
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Fit U is the "shizznick" and I think all the local people in the Langley area should join it... *cough* Brad324 *cough*
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Corbin
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Posted April 14th, 2006 03:57 AM IP
Haha yeah you need alotta money and resources to start one, but if you could find people to invest in it and use their money that would be cool.
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Nate
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Posted April 14th, 2006 01:34 PM IP
I just got an idea!!! Start one in the okanogan area i'm sure there's not huge competition up there and i want to live there anyways haha, or i always thought of something like on the beach side but i don't know how well the equipment would stand up to weather and i doubt ppl would be enthusiastic enough to haul it in and out of cover
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Drifter
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Posted April 14th, 2006 04:23 PM IP
I actually do want to have one on Okanogan Lake. Right on the beach .
I also have an area in Brazil I have looked at where it would be a great place also
Having them all over the world and me being n charge of the ( not a franchise ) . Gives me the reasons to travel the world on business 
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Posted April 14th, 2006 06:42 PM IP
Workin out on a sunny beach would kick ass...
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Brad324
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Posted April 15th, 2006 03:07 PM IP
yeah, getting dehydrated and sunburnt while benchpressing would be awesome 
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