Toxic Gym Culture & Banned Members (Q&A part 3/3)

[@taylorclarke2550]

Most unrealistic part of the story is that someone was able to cancel their memberships at golds gym

[@sonja4164]

😂😂😂

[@xavier32421]

I known a guy who had to get a new bank account to get out

[@whitehawk23]

😂😂😂

[@mediaburn2]

Gotta use a fake ID and a pre-paid visa card.

[@slaykittens]

I’ve paid the cancellation fee only to have them continue to charge me for a membership 😂

[@Moose92411]

24:42 “Don’t say something about someone that you wouldn’t say to their face” is the best social advice that I needed when I was in college. This is the best way in the world to never be involved in drama.

[@DevOpsNerd]

That's the best social advice for everyone, everywhere, everytime

[@Moose92411]

@@DevOpsNerd It’s one of the ideas we’ve lost since I was a kid. Gossip and backbiting are so much EASIER than just addressing a concern directly with the person in question, so that’s what people do. Who wanted to solve things like an adult?

[@tomdolben]

fr

[@baptixm]

This is the best social advice for someone who wants nothing but drama 🤣

[@SSJBartSimp]

That Alan kicked the guy out because he didn't give people their shirts they paid for and not because he was selling merch for his gym in Alan's gym makes Alan 100x more awesome.

[@fdu6]

Alan is a genuinely good, chill guy. I've been following him for a decade now and now he's just more mature and kinder it would seem

[@the_iron_rook]

I'm a member. Thank you for stopping the madness with the music. I know some people are upset they can't listen to their stuff anymore, but it was getting INSANE.

[@fdu6]

I would take monastery leves of silence over ANY kind of music in the gym any day of the week. You know those moments of quiet you get when the music stops in between the clowns choosing what to play next and you're like "Damn, I can hear myself training and straining and it's badass."

[@RafaelSAlbuquerque]

@@fdu6 one of my best training sessions ever was in a gym where obnoxiously loud music was the norm. I hated that aspect of it. But I got there very early in the morning, they had just opened it, so there was no music playing yet. I started my bench press sets, and all I could hear was my breath, the plates hitting each other, the bench slightly creaking, and my heart beating. That was therapeutic.

[@fdu6]

@RafaelAlbuquerque-c7f truth. I believe peace and quiet when exercising is criminally underrated.

[@LouisSerieusement]

​@@fdu6 In my gym, they put the same reggaeton songs over and over. I wake up and I have this reggaeton songs in my head. this morning there was no music. Amazing x)

[@Pile_of_carbon]

It's weird how some people think everyone likes their music and if they don't they should listen to it anyway. Like, headphones do exist and are pretty cheap.

[@TheDankCat127]

That creepy old man turning out to be a stalker was a horror movie tier plot twist.

[@christostryfonopouls5204]

Spoilers

[@lemarscottwhyte3260]

It was Mark Rippetoe.

[@thefourthnorseman]

Untrue, the word pink wasn't mentioned at any point nor did they go "you wanna hip drive some faihves" instead of the lunch ​@@lemarscottwhyte3260

[@TheDankCat127]

@@lemarscottwhyte3260 *breaths over your shoulder with hot, milky breath*

[@chitra___]

@@lemarscottwhyte3260 when you don't do ya fahves

[@USMCjkm]

Really proud of you big dog and glad to see Untamed Strength doing well. Always loved your drive, motivation, and training mindset ESPECIALLY the ability to break out of old habits and find what training style suits your needs instead of straight power, hypertrophy only, etc. Hope you and the family are doing well and have a great rest of the year!

[@jayda8943]

“Sucking dees and eating pees” & “keep your mood to yourself” was too much for me, I’m dying

[@JGNM-mp9cs]

"I realize not everyone wants to hear about cumming blood and burning churches." I'll be bringing this up verbatim at my next staff meeting.

[@dukestandard4743]

⏸️

[@EvinKaless]

🤣🤣 Alan had me rolling with his commentary on the music

[@SethBeck]

Absolutely love the unscripted talks you give from the Q&A. It is a sign of true expertise to be able to talk fluently about a subject.

[@K4R3N]

I hate people that don't rack their weights/plates. Like the gym is their living room.

[@06alepea1]

It’s so disrespectful. I’ve just changed gyms. At my old gym everyone put their weights away. At my new gym, I would say at least half don’t. There are signs everywhere…

[@broda769]

I wouldn't want to be in their living room.

[@MollymaukT]

The only thing more annoying is people that rerack them in the wrong pin, and then you have to move 100kg in plates to get the 1.25kg behind them

[@K4R3N]

@MollymaukT animals!

[@Junior3z]

​​@@MollymaukTThis! 😢

[@PinataOblongata]

I just wanted to say congrats on 11 years and building something that really reflects your values. I started my powerlifting career in my late thirties about the same time as you started putting out vids and have followed the whole journey. Yourself, the Barbell Medicine guys and Stronger by Science associated guys get the most respect from me in all of KZbin lifting. It's not just your great information, but the attitude, professionalism and aforementioned values. Nothing toxic in my gym, because it's my mate's shed on a rural property and it's just 3 or 4 dudes gittin' 'er done. We each take turns for it being out night to pick music. My mate likes to play the same shit from his youth over and over, which drives me mad, but hey, I like to get all exploratory with new stuff that can be hit or miss, which probably drives him mad. One of the good things about the pandemic were all the home gyms that people created. We built one with a wooden rack and bench out of skip-bin timber when our commercial gym got closed, and then expanded it down the track into this large shed we have now. I'm just lucky my mate is a homeowner with a lot of space and the funds to have done that (and I've helped by picking up cheap gear off Marketplace and such).

[@Greenlink01]

This is awesome. Love this casual chat and the honest, down to Earth perspective as a gym owner. I work as a coach at a mainstream group fitness gym and while we are supposed to use standardized play lists for the music, I have a multitude of playlists I've put together because I am a music LOVER. The majority of people love it because they are burned out on the generic playlists with the same BPM, same thumping bass & snare. Periodically, someone will tell me they didn't like "X" song and I ask them if they liked the other 58 minutes worth of music. That is eye opening for them when they realize they are more perturbed by 2 minutes of music they don't like instead of appeased by the other 58 minutes of music they enjoyed. Still, if I remember, I try to skip those songs if these particular members are in class. But seriously, you are here to workout, if you are that focused on the music, work harder. But yeah, mumble rap, slow BPM music, niche stuff, that is a no go.

[@ChicagoScorpion]

Yeah that's why I have on ear buds; so I don't listen to the generic garbage that's being played in the background. I've only been to a few gyms where the music was actually awesome.

[@GalickGon]

This has been the only time I have been excited to watch someone talk countless minutes in between sets. Thanks Alan

[@heroin_heart]

Just got back to training after a ten-year break, and it’s been brutal. No one makes eye contact, and the vibe feels completely off. I held the door for a couple of people who couldn't even say thanks, and when I asked someone if they were using a barbell left out as a tripping hazard, they just threw back, 'Do whatever you want!' with zero eye contact. Tried smiling and saying hi to a guy who’d been staring at me, and he looked at me like I was in the wrong! People used to be friendly and social-makes me wonder if it’s just me or if something's seriously changed.

[@michelleh.7010]

No, you're not wrong. It's different, now. I experienced the same thing when I joined a big box gym (for the kid care aspect). I blame the "Me Too" movement, combined with Gen Z growing up socially stunted on social media and imprisoned during high school with C-19 lockdowns. It's sad, man.

[@williampounds5191]

@@michelleh.7010 You can blame whatever you want dude.

[@mn8os]

@@williampounds5191I blame Jews

[@griffinpuff5292]

@@michelleh.7010 Blaming "Me Too" for this is just insane

[@Biserbalkanski]

bruh I've been noticing more toxic attitudes in the last few years. am I going crazy and seeing things? is it just my gym??? I use the sauna there to recover from training I do outside the gym and jobs. there's a group that brags about all the women they get and money 😂 say homophobic things. unaware I'm 3 feet away. they're juiced up and then there's my 5'10 150 pounds soaking wet. 😂 I just ignore it the best i can because truth is I might be stronger ..good chance. but they don't know because i don't say nothing. I would put in my ear buds but the sauna would mess up my phone.

[@mitchcran]

“I don’t need to be listening to sucking D’s while I lift.” -Alan Thrall 2024 lmao 😂

[@veganbodybuilding]

I read this before I got to that part of the video 😲. I was thinking "What the heck goes on at his gym!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@joelv4495]

Truth. I put on a youtube workout mix the other day and kept skipping through songs because the songs were all about popping bottles and hosing off cats if you catch my drift!

[@Cambone13]

@@mitchcran "suckin' D's and eatin' P's" -Alan Thrall 2024

[@WobblePizza]

I like the point about the diary being replaced by social media. Really got me thinking.

[@skinnybricks]

Same!

[@awmlawoffice]

If you want to test the durability of equipment, start training middle school football players and take your eyes away long enough to take a leak. When you return something will be broken. I had a 190k tensile strength power bar that withstood years of use by strong people, I mean frequent 600lb+ deadlifts a few 800lb squats, etc. These kids bent it, broke a plate on the weight stack of a cable machine, and, of course, cracked a wall mounted mirror. None of them were strong enough to handle what anyone would consider "heavy" weight. After talking to others, I discovered this is a common experience. Apparently, on occasion they manage to break actual plates in the high school weight room, not the lip or edge of a deep dish, but the actual plates get broken.

[@mpclepto182]

If someone can figure out how to harness the wonton destruction of middle school aged boy's, they'd become the richest man alive. Unfortunately, the very driving force behind their destruction is the desire to not be controlled. So it's a paradox.

[@DBest1966]

A wise old man once told me that you could give a hammer and anvil to a teenager, and they would lose the hammer and break the anvil.

[@GVS]

Eating peas is actually pretty darn healthy Alan. Lots of fiber and micronutrients.

[@barryallen767]

peas suck

[@keytonbush3925]

And sucking dees?

[@smokeymcpot69]

​@@keytonbush3925The daily dose of vitamin D

[@MatthewsGauss]

@@keytonbush3925 good cardio workout, I follow Greg Doucette's advice and do it for minimum hour and a half a week :D

[@oz_jones]

@@keytonbush3925 That's natrium and protein.

[@ticklemeelmo73]

Better Business Bureau is basically Yelp. They are not in any way, shape, or form affiliated with any government, at any level. "You have x-amount of time to respond" is meaningless.

[@TheGreatAustino]

Yeah, some people mistake the BBB for the Department of Labor which is government

[@BearsBetterHaveMyHoney]

The mumble rap impression was so good.

[@borntopwnyou]

Playing Mortician on the gym speaker is a serious power move

[@finestjellybeansrawlol9486]

I love lying under the bar to bench waiting 2 minutes 30 for the sample to end so I can lift to music

[@phosphate66]

lmao the music issues were hilarious

[@MollymaukT]

On the topic of gym-music, the gym I used to go when I lived in Germany was a standard commercial gym with a backroom for powerlifting and weightlifting. Standard part had your normal boring pop-music, but the backroom, no matter the time, no matter the day, had an old CD-player with Appetite for Destruction cranked to the max. Best gym ever.

[@Rickster1972]

I appreciate GnR. I also know from similar past experiences where some guy played Led Zeppelin IV every time I was in the gym and if I heard Black Dog again i wanted vomit

[@Pleksilasi]

A gym of culture : the older the equipment (audio included) the better.

[@MollymaukT]

@@Pleksilasi True that, they had this old hammer strength abdominal oblique crunch machine, it is by far the best abs exercise I ever did in my life.

[@Pleksilasi]

@@MollymaukT gym equipment is like cars : anything built before computers is better than what came after.

[@egeabali]

Ja, my powerlifting gym in Germany was the best too. I have seen the owner 2 times in the 5 months I was there but the gym was so tidy and clean. I never saw someone leaving their dumbbells and plates on barbells. People would even clean the barbells with a brush if they used chalk. The environment was very friendly and everyone pretty much knew each other. It was a shame my German wasn't very good at the time so I couldn't really partake in the conversations but I really liked that gym

[@aech7150]

13:25 The subgenre you're referring to is called hardstyle and is the funniest possible choice for a public speaker

[@Akage11119]

Congrats on the gym success and sending good vibes to your family

[@withindarkness]

The gym I go to allows members to choose music. Works 90% of the time, but it has caused conflict and some people, as you said, are very socially "tonedeaf" Smooth jazz, ultra chill classical, super soft/slow pop, and new age Enya -type stuff has been on at various times. One old guy always had weird meditation music with flutes and ocean sounds if I went in the morning. People are weird.

[@justincider8892]

This makes me happy that I have a similar setup as Alan in my home gym. I never have to worry about lame music, annoying people, sweaty equipment, equipment falling apart, busy afternoons, etc.

[@Jusgoaway]

You’re killing it - killer, keep growing and stand by your values.

[@LiamMToney]

The only example of “toxic gym culture” I would say I’ve experienced kind of falls in line with what you were saying about senior members/coaches/staff abusing their power. What happened was one of my buddies was trying to sell of some strongman equipment he had. Some of this equipment was kept at his home and some of it was at the gym full time, and he did allow others to use it (mainly a 12inch log, axle bar, farmer handles, and some stones and sandbags). He and his wife wanted to downsize, as his some of his kids had/ were close to moving out, so he wanted to sell off some of his equipment. He had offered to sell the equipment to the owner of the gym (basically gave first dibs to him), but the owner said that they were over budget and couldn’t afford it. He went up to the manager in person multiple times asking if he wanted to purchase the equipment, and was told that every time (that’s important for later). I had no idea that this situation was going on at the time, and I happened to ask that friend if he was/knew anybody who was selling second hand strongman equipment second hand, cause I wanted to start building my home gym. He then offered to sell me the equipment that he had previously offered to sell to the owner (I didn’t even know about all that until the night before the actual sale), and when the owner found out about that, he was pissed. He was being all pissy and kind of being an asshole over text, but he would barely even look me or my friend in the eye in person! He then made a “new gym wide rule” that private equipment couldn’t be stored at the gym “to clear up any confusion”. Thus far this rule has only been applied to me and my friend. And then it seems to me like he basically harassed my friend until he switched to another gym. And the worst part was, he was using my friend’s strongman equipment to teach a paid strongman class, to beginners, without even asking for permission! I just try to mind my own business and not engage with him now, and luckily it didn’t put a huge dampener on the community (at least now, since it happened quite a few months ago), but there was definitely a lot of tension at first.

[@unknownstrongman]

Friend of mine, Ryan Krauss trains at your gym, seems like he really likes it! You've built something awesome

[@hellfireclub86]

Pro tip: Don't play louder than a pair of well sealed In ears cant keep out on normal volume. Then everyone is happy. Don't like the music? Listen to your own.

[@Ares-pw4sf]

Its a common issue in Powerlifting gyms where I go to, lots of ego but the majority of the people are nice.

[@john6736]

Its wild that people were trying to buy out others memberships to get them kicked out, glad you put your foot down Alan!

[@brettpacker2779]

If the gym plays zeppelin I'm joining

[@demonslayer5613]

Hey alan, just want to say you are one of the best KZbin Gym guys out there. You are really one of the OG's when it comes to youtube fitness. Been watching you for 10 years now. HOOYAH

[@s4n714g000]

I agree completely with the music topic, the few times I got to choose the music for my gym I tried to play something that everyone likes or at least can ignore. It's crazy how people dont realize we're all sharing the gym, it's the main reason I always take my headphones with me now, I seem antisocial but I can't lift listening to horrible music, I'd rather there be no music at all.

[@jacehardin7828]

Love you Allen, helped me majorly during my youth unlearned lifting time, when i drop by someday, i WILL be paying the drop in fee amd probably something extra from all the lessons you've helped me learn

[@Marc0Bece]

14:12 Alan's impersonations of music are so spot on 👌

[@ronniejohnson9294]

Alan, I LOVE the music you play in your gym! If I lived closer, I’d be signing up for a membership right away.

[@domepiece11]

Eh, heavy metal is pretty divisive imo.

[@ronniejohnson9294]

Dude, you’re there to work out, not worry about politics. Metal is PERFECT for pumping iron!

[@RAY296]

49 minutes of total substance, I was listening every second. Very accessible and informative

[@DJ5tan]

Alan, your dubstep impression was the best 😂

[@joshchaides]

Congratulations on the 11 years! Stay awesome 😎. I hope to visit one day 💪

[@aaronberndt9343]

The balls he had putting his phone on the safety like that 🤣🤣🤣

[@TheDogDad]

These Q & A's were great dude. I appreciate the content and you are a wealth of information.

[@DanielDonohoo]

Always thought provoking and worthwhile! Awesome channel!

[@romerosneck]

Alan's music impressions were gold

[@MrPtrlix]

Hahaha love the music part. My gym mostly plays early late 90s, early 2000s hiphop and rock non-stop. It's stuff that almost everyone is okay with even if they don't like it.

[@davidalvarez5062]

I hope this series never ends

[@SaulFemm]

I want Alan's dubstep impersonation as a ringtone

[@shadowaccount]

Ringtones aren't a thing anymore

[@SaulFemm]

@shadowaccount Your phone doesn't make a noise when someone calls you?

[@RazorbackDevil]

@@SaulFemmthat guy’s phone has been on silent since 2006

[@PinataOblongata]

@@SaulFemm It's kind of true, at least from my own perspective I feel like living with and around other people, it's just intrusive to have your phone ring instead of vibrate or just answer messages when you get to them. It's not really often that you need to instantly answer a voice call.

[@oz_jones]

@@shadowaccount They literally are. Not my fault nobody calls you.

[@michaelkarayan6652]

31:55 there’s this phenomenon that occurs in primarily powerlifting/strength sport based gyms in LA, where stronger members of the community will sometimes look down upon those that don’t meet their strength standards-often condescending them or treating them poorly, even in groups in classic high school jock / mean girl clicks. I guess it’s not like a massive issue, but it can be problematic. For example, sometimes the members that waltz around like they’re decorated veterans of their sport will feel entitled enough to jump ahead of lifters in meet prep waiting more than an hour on a combo rack, then occupy it for upwards of 2-3 hours doing just squats or just bench-often abandoning it for long drawn out conversations (conveniently dubbed as ‘rest periods’) on the other side of the gym. I try to encourage the lifters I coach to speak up but most people are pretty non-confrontational, which I think is generally a good thing, but I haven’t quite figured out a repeatable solution to recommend if all other options are exhausted. Also worth mentioning, I don’t think it’s always appropriate to compromise to some of these entitled members at risk of either allowing them to continue if they’re unaware or to embolden their actions further.

[@christianisfamous]

I was DYING during the music portion. Keep your mood to yourself lol.

[@PFMFIT]

Not saying I'd do it to you Allen, but me and my friends have definitely pulled some schemes like u mention to sneak in workouts at gyms with $20-30-40 day passes and $100+ monthly membership fees cuz we were young, stupid and broke but loved training and finding cool new gyms lol

[@RileyMerlino]

Ten Years Gone by Zeppelin in the background. What a phenomenal song

[@RG-hn6dg]

The people I hate the most at the gym are the ones that play music on their phones speaker or with an external bluetooth speaker. The other person I hate is the one that's singing along with the music they are listening to with their ear buds.

[@alelectric2767]

What is with the people and their blue tooth speaker!!! Like WTF!! Do they not know other people can hear it?!! Fu@k sakes!

[@christopherroberts2500]

'Powerlifting lifestyle' enjoyers are bad for that, you know the types.

[@fedyno4reviews]

I'm from England if someone did that here my head would explode how absolutely inconsiderate it would be!

[@potto1488]

I do the latter but very quietly :(

[@jumbles67]

Dude at my gym screams obscene rap lyrics in between his sets. At first I thought he was trolling for youtube views but later realized he is dead fkn serious

[@IFBBProYeo]

26:18 I heard a gym rule once that if you came to the owner and told them they needed to kick somebody else out, both parties would be kicked out so you don't get to try to eject someone without being ejected yourself. There's other ways to go about it

[@thunderbird233]

Most of the gyms I belonged too were no frills basic dungeons, one of them named "Old Iron Gym" which was just that. There was no drama because every member had a common goal. These were not social clubs by any means but there was a mutual respect among members. I miss that and am hesitant to workout at any commercial gyms these days.

[@ChadAV69]

There’s no way in hell I’d let people choose music lol. Most people have no taste. UNLESS it’s RICK BOOOOOOOOGS. Just put Money For Nothing on repeat.

[@pannonianfit1582]

nowdays its mostly mumble rap

[@ghfjfghjasdfasdf]

NO “Hammer Smashed Face”

[@ChicagoScorpion]

It's either mumble rap, or that generic Tiktok music that people use to death for their videos on IG or Tiktok.

[@harleyzeth]

It will just be co-worker core 99% of the time. Stuff like imagine dragons.

[@MrAntonioCapone]

I discovered many great metal bands through the Stick: Wintersun, Kreator, Dissection. He has really good tastes.

[@kutcherenfuego]

Toxic gym culture: like the stuff Joey Swoll posts about I guess. Or gym members bring inappropriate with one another. Last gym my wife and I belonged to used to have a few members that would constantly try to hit on her. Idk I just show up and lift.

[@GreekPls-se3hu]

top left corner made me chuckle barbell dumbbells good idea tbh for heavy

[@Lothaii]

CCR goes hard, yeah baby

[@TheIronFoundry]

As someone who has owned a gym for only just over a year and a half I can confirm most of this.

[@Kenanhower]

I live down the street from untamed and its kind of funny he talks about community because everyone ive talked to that went to untamed didnt like how clicky and unwelcoming it was. Ive always heard good things about equipment ect, but never the community there

[@ClarksvilleBarbellClub]

I am about to embark on this journey myself. I have really enjoyed this series of videos and would love to contact you personally if you are open to it. We are building the gym from scratch in Clarksville, TN. You can see where we are in the process in the featured video on my channel. I know you get a ton of comments and are very busy, so I won't take offense if i don't hear from you. Keep doing what you do, brother! We need more positive influences in our community.

[@leonkennedy9739]

48:01 just pray to god they don't say "we don't have a Texas deadlift bar but we have an Ohio skibidy bar" lmao

[@Dlawford]

Can we get the Untamed Strength playlist?

[@Cambone13]

11:09 - 15:54 for Alan's old man get off my lawn music rant. Just playin, just playin

[@moomooatl]

Im old 60 and gyms have changed so much. Most gyms I go to now, everyone is wired into their own music and their own world. In the 80's I remember going to a gym in NY, Greg Valentino trained there and it was so much fun. Greg is an extremely funny guy, I looked forward going to the gym. Years later in GA , I joined a boxing gym and that was the closest to that experience. Imagine walking into some place and the weights are in the back and everyone says hello to you. I dont know if its because it was a boxing gym and you have to work with others but it was the best. People busting each other balls, I would have to plan an extra hour because when it was time to go . I would windup talking at front desk for an hour. You are a cool guy Alan and I wished I lived closer to your gym. I used to be a service advisor so we could share customer experience horror stories lol.

[@CALISUPERSPORT]

Absolutely gym culture has tanked due to technology and social media.

[@capulater]

Thank you for sharing your stories

[@sun-ship]

I love these business videos. keep em coming!

[@ModeratelyAwesomeX]

Alan have you ever thought about having no music in the gym or just very very low volume? Personally I've always thought that the sound of people talking or weight being moved was always way nicer and if someone wanted to listen to something they can go ahead and do it with headphones

[@dbs5212]

My university gym had the music so loud it hurted my ears and also went through my headphones. Music is ok, but don't cause hearing damage please.

[@Renwwwww]

I go to a gym that usually has no music, lifting in silence is so nice.

[@Soul_of_a_Robot]

I couldn't handle that. It would be difficult for many with adhd...if I forget my headphones, I'd hate to be at the mercy of someone's BS banter

[@sarjocole2626]

Yeah, I almost never lift to music. I thought I was weird for that

[@Hairytelevision]

I'm dying about the awful public loud music spiel. "What the hell are you even listening to?" 😂

[@seethrough_treeshrew]

14:12 someone please make an Alan out of context short going blublublublubububu 😵‍💫

[@Lavagirlems]

Used to go to a gym that Friday morning like the really early crew, would play this super heavy metal. I just knew that’s what it was going to be not my music, but I don’t care especially if it’s not so loud that I can just put my headphones in, plus I always knew that was what I expected.

[@GTGConsult]

Turns out Alan has a pet peeve anyways - that music rant was gold 😂

[@stonecoldsteverharvey7862]

@14:13 gotta be talking about Future.. great impression btw lmao

[@jrodtopo]

I lost it at the bad dub step music haha.

[@jmac6973]

One of my gym friends got kicked out because he had bad BO and wouldn’t do anything about it. People complained so they told me they revoked his membership. It was bad tbh , really bad BO

[@LegendofNelda]

Was he Indian?

[@warwickscram1656]

​@@LegendofNeldaIndians are stinky tbh 😅

[@NAVEENCHAURASIYAA]

Learning judo was the best decision i think in recent gym throat goat era

[@patrickvanherk]

Hey just checking in after a couple years off. Gotta say the shorter beard looks great! Real makeover :)

[@angmori172]

Well, devil's advocate: having people not take you as seriously as they do a corporate gym also comes with the job description. What everyone hates about big business is the lack of personality. But part of the fun for the corpos is that lack of personality is a shield. If you wanna have that mom n pop feel, people are going to be more chill about things.

[@seankeenan9144]

You're right, people should pay only when they want to. Just keep it chill.

[@angmori172]

@seankeenan9144 nice strawman, big brain

[@EliteProAli]

Untamed Strength would be a dream gym man. Great atmosphere and unique equipment

[@hbriem]

I once trained in a gym here in Iceland, owned by a strongman competitor named Georg. One time some guy walked away, leaving a 60kg barbell loaded on the bench. Georg grabbed it and ran after him through the entire gym, then almost threw it into his arms with a cheery "you forgot this on the bench!"

[@aleksissaari248]

Is Alan’s music playlist in Spotify? It sounds very good

[@HumanMechanism]

Can you record a Strongman class and sell it? I'd buy it. I'm very curious about the approach and detail of your class.

[@nimbleline]

the way alan reacted to dubstep is how I feel about old pop rock

[@francesco_pesi]

loved this series

[@Peraliq]

I love the examples of the music 😂

[@lukasstavrou8647]

I'd like to hang out with Alan. We listen to the exact same music based on what I hear in the background of these videos.

[@mdlassel]

hahahaha i would totally do that on the speaker when it was just me in the gym. id intentionally lift to bad music because its funny. whenever anybody else showed up id give the job to someone else. too much stress to DJ for everyone lol

[@leeretaschen231]

Good on you for not getting mixed up and everybody else’s bullshit. The healthiest position when it comes to everybody else’s drama is “ I’ve got problems of my own, your shit doesn’t concern me.” And pay no mind to the trolls in your comments. Everybody is a tough guy safely behind the veil of anonymity and armed with a keyboard.

[@jmac6973]

the music is a huge problem at my gym. first, it's constantly cranked so loud that my Apple Watch decibel app is constantly warning me I'm about to go deaf, and the content is extreme. I'm tired of hearing all the details of various body parts and sexual practices and racial slurs.

[@dagazraido]

I totally get what you saying about music dude. Made me laugh too

[@victorhernandez5783]

My dream is to open my own little hometown gym but I always hear about the negatives and it's already a TOUGH business. My greatest fear is my old enemies signing up and trying to give me a bad reputation

[@balthorpayne]

GOD the music one is so relatable. I workout in headphones and have anything from HipHop to swing music playing and sometimes can barely hear it over the garbage being played on the bluetooth boom speaker in my gym. Mumble rap or bachata booming while I can't hear my Hall and Oates. If I ever heard Tom McDonald, I would move to another gym, lmao.

[@ling037]

I 100% agree with your music opinion. That's what I hear at the powerlifting gyms and it's awful and always blasted so loud. I have to put my earbuds in just to dampen it. I also hate when people only play 3 seconds of every song and keep changing the song.

[@McMeatBag]

Grown ass adults acting like school kids

[@NicolasAlexanderOtto]

I wish I had a gym where I could listen to metal instead of radio garbage. Then again since I do know the owner sometimes we do. Small private gyms have the best community. The reason I am training at a small gym for 18 years now. Only work at a commercial gym when away from home. It's never comparable - newer gear, yes. But never comparable to the kinship and friendly faces.

[@nelsonortas818]

I am CEO of a California licensed Pharmaceutical Wholesale Corporation in Garden Grove C.A, it's wonderful to see how you've evolved into a well informed seasoned businessman now.. You are AWESOME and motivate me to keep pushing hard, intense and heavy!!!!!!!!!!

[@td1253]

You could create a gym playlist that members collaborate on for music recommendations for a playlist you privately manage but that's a lot listening to crappy music

[@ThaStonedGardner]

My biggest question is, if you own a gym, why are you working out in your garage?

[@Pile_of_carbon]

Music can definitely be a problem. My previous gym had a bloody awful playlist they almost never changed and it was mostly some girl whining about her shitty relationships, or R&B. Except one time when they swapped it to... Swedish pop hits from the 70s! Try getting into the groove for some max effort deadlifts with ABBA on full blast. Terrible music aside, members would also constantly fiddle with the volume so you could be mid-set and some booty builder cranks shitty relationship girl to 11 because she was the only one in the gym who didn't bring headphones.