Continuing the conversation, started last week, let's discuss the advantages of one or another, say, philosophical movement in fitness. Comrades from the capitals can read the words “basement rocking chair” as “strength sports fitness studio”, or whatever they call it in the capitals. Generally, in the red corner of the ring in shiny shorts we have a fashionable fitness club with many different services, and in blue - the good old basement rocking chair in no-name pants, but with impressive muscles. Where to?
Ideological and political part
You say, ideology not important? Not, for competent and comfortable training – just as necessary. A typical “fitness club policy” is as follows::
- take a man, who has never played sports in his life, and, generally, signed up, to get a figure, and get rid of shortness of breath/back pain and other office syndrome;
- testing a person with a doctor, so as not to have problems later with a lawsuit from an overtrained and injured client;
- show him, how exercise machines work in the gym and arming us with a standard program from the book “Personal Trainer’s Textbook”. The book is optional, perhaps, it will even be some issue of the Iron World magazine, or Dvorkin's manual in that part, where is it said about the physical training of a security officer. Generally, not important, we have this very program with biceps curls and pull-downs, printed on a beautiful piece of paper;
- we tell, what group trainings are “about”. We tell the girls, that group training helps you lose weight, boys - what to become stronger and healthier. Well, lose weight, get rid of beer belly, After all, nothing motivates a client more than his own appearance;
- we talk all the time, that a person will succeed, unobtrusively explaining, that there is some individual approach, which they are ready to provide to him for a reasonable fee, and then the press will become a press, the buttocks will be rounded and tightened, and the sad trembling will turn into triceps and shoulder;
- don't forget to tell, how smart and educated we are
The typical “ideology” of a basement gym depends heavily on the trainer, working there. Do you want something in common?? There are no cardio machines, or, if there is a bike, it's time for him to go to the museum of military glory. So, if you want to lose weight with cardio, you will definitely miss it.. In reality there are options:
- "Champion's Corner". Ideal gym. The equipment is old and battered, but in a good way, working condition. Managed, with sporting achievements. Clients work according to his own programs. Trainers train only according to these programs. Finally, coaches train everyone, Who is coming, without any additional fee. Cost may vary, in my city - no more expensive 40 bucks per month of classes. And that, they put a technician there, and they will fix it too. Truth, if you are a woman, you'll have to work hard, proving, that you need to practice, and not meet guys.
- "Rabochaya Slobodka". A hall at some factory/institute or, suddenly, office equipment store. Nobody really takes care of the equipment., which quite quickly affects the quality of block simulators and other machines with moving parts. Easy to get in - bucks 20 I'm a watchman and the treasured keys are in your pocket. Ideology and trainers are missing. Almost the perfect gym for those, who loves loneliness, silence, and is content with the barbell and racks, plus crying, dumbbells and jump rope;
- "Sports Palace". Sometimes it's almost the same, same as the first option. it, if you're lucky with a coach. But, Anyway, they will explain and show you for free, and if you regularly pester the coach with questions, they’ll also write it down in good standing, and the equipment will be corrected. Most, by the way, ideal for free weight lovers. Don't know, why is that, but there, usually, more power equipment, than in any glamorous fitness club. At its worst, it represents the realm of masculinity in the worst sense of the word., I mean, dirt, unassembled shells, and eternal jokes on poor beginner girls.
Results? The ideal client of the basement rocking chair is a girl with at least six months of experience in strength training., normal self-esteem and a healthy understanding of, what is not cardio alone, Yes, you can do cardio without a treadmill., there would be a desire. Everything else is understandable. Possible without experience, especially if the rocking option is “ideal”. Survival under SC conditions. A healthy sense of humor helps a lot. Yes, if the sight of a dirty floor makes you cringe, head to a glamorous fitness club.
The ideal client of a glamorous fitness club? Anyone, as long as you have common sense in your head. otherwise, there is a risk of finding yourself with empty pockets and a figure that has not lost weight, but with secret knowledge, how to do a lot of barefoot squats. This is a platform with a hemisphere, on which they stand with their feet, who doesn't know.
Tactical and technical part
Here, fans of fashionable fitness clubs are rubbing their hands, they say, now the basement will drain the round clean. Well, they have exercise machines...And now let’s go down from the Olympus of Internet pictures into the harsh reality of Zamkadye. Exercise machines can be very used, purchased at a sale in the same basement and painted white. Or, as an option, purchased from a home improvement store, and then forever sick from overload.
And not all exercise equipment is equally useful for young girls. In particular, from “bringing-bringing together” the volume of the hips increases, from "butterfly" 90% dammit going on...nothing, because basic work on the chest muscles remains somewhere behind the scenes. The gravitron is successfully replaced by an elastic band thrown over the horizontal bar or by the strong hands of a gym mate, and so on.
But regarding the vultures, dumbbells and other weights, not a single “fashionable” basement rocking chair can compete. Yes, perhaps the shells are there without rubberized handles, but buy gloves already, After all, only in the “basement” is there such wonderful equipment for Russia as a weighted weight 8 and 12 kg, dumbbells with a “step” 0, 5 kg ranging from 10 to 20 kg and 20 kg bars of different sizes and smoothness. All this has been going on for years, with love, and will greatly help you in building your body, and in...gaining an understanding of how all these exercises work.
But in the “fashionable” one there are all sorts of Pilates machines, but if you need them, you're wasting your time reading this article, to your Pilates studio.
Of course, the fashion club will be cleaner, and more cultured. And joke about the shape of your buttocks, most likely, no one will be there. But in the “basement” it will be significantly cheaper, richer in free weights and...more adequate in training in a crowded room during rush hour. Yes, either ideological jocks go to the “basements”, or teenagers, who have not yet had time to lose the remnants of their mother’s upbringing. At least, the concept of queuing at the machine and removing weights from the barbell is still present there. So if you “don’t have enough for an expensive club”, this is not a reason not to train at all.
Elena Selivanova