Palm Tree Club - Miami

This hotel gym comes from our Country Club Correspondent currently on vacation in Miami, Florida. It's a bunch of cardio machines and some dumbbells. Nohting very exciting

Attribute	Value
Deadlift friendly	No
Safety squat	No
Safety bench	No
Bumper plates	No
GHR	No
Reverse Hyper	No
Chalk	Yes
Orientation	Cardio
StrongLifts friendly	No
Website	Website here

West Side YMCA - New York City, US

Decent section for powerlifting and oly lifting with platforms, bodybuilding, general sports, a pool, huge locker room with a sauna and showers, etc. Used it when staying at the residences/hostel which were, ok.

Attribute	Value
Deadlift friendly	Yes
Safety squat	Yes
Safety bench	Yes
Bumper plates	Yes
GHR	No
Reverse Hyper	No
Chalk	Yes
Orientation	General
StrongLifts friendly	Yes
Website	West Side YMCA

Clayton Hotel - Belfast, UK

This is a hotel gym but designed to let powerlifters do some maintenance while they're on vacation. There's a power rack with safties so you can do whatever you want safely. Outside of that, it's not the greatest gym but has a few benches, machines, etc, and a pool. Not sure if you can use it when not staying at the hotel.

Attribute	Value
Deadlift friendly	Yes
Safety squat	Yes
Safety bench	Yes
Bumper plates	No
GHR	No
Reverse Hyper	No
Chalk	Yes
Orientation	General
StrongLifts friendly	Yes
Website	Website here

PureGym (Aldgate) - London, UK

A fine place general lifting gym. They have one ok squat rack, one not great bench, but, the bottom floor of the gym is a Crossfit style area with oly platforms and squat racks. Usual selection of machines and cardio equipment. Bumper plates are there in decent weight, and round iron plates.

Attribute	Value
Deadlift friendly	Yes
Safety squat	Yes
Safety bench	No
Bumper plates	Yes
GHR	No
Reverse Hyper	No
Chalk	Yes
Orientation	General
StrongLifts friendly	Yes
Website	Website here

The Zoo Health Club, Oakland Park, FL

This gym has something for everyone traveling who wants to stick to their program. Website here. There's a powerlifting section with a bunch of racks and benches, though only one of the racks has adjustable safties (and at 4 inch spacing unfortunately) and the bench safties appear to be MIA. There's an extensive dumbbell and machine selection, crossfit area with reverse hypers, steam room and a boxing ring. Solid. Day pass was 15 dollars in August 2019.

Attribute	Value
Deadlift friendly	Yes
Safety squat	Yes
Safety bench	No
Bumper plates	No
GHR	No
Reverse Hyper	Yes
Chalk	Yes
Orientation	General
StrongLifts friendly	Yes

Pure Gym (Adelaide Street), Belfast, UK

A pretty solid location! Website here. They have one good power rack with oly platform, two pretty bad squat racks, and a decent selection of machines and cardio equipment. Bumper plates are there in decent weight, and round iron plates.

Attribute	Value
Deadlift friendly	Yes
Safety squat	Yes
Safety bench	No
Bumper plates	Yes
GHR	No
Reverse Hyper	No
Chalk	Yes
Orientation	General
StrongLifts friendly	Yes

Belfast Hilton, Belfast, UK

The Belfast Hilton gym is your basic hotel gym, with a few treadmills, ellipticals, and dumbbells. Nothing to get excited about

Attribute	Value
Deadlift friendly	No
Safety squat	No
Safety bench	No
Bumper plates	No
GHR	No
Reverse Hyper	No
Chalk	No
Orientation	Cardio
StrongLifts friendly	No

Olympic Gym, San Antonio, TX

A fine institution! It may also be called "Original Gym" now, it's not clear to me. Regardless, they have fine equipment for powerlifting and oly training, chalk, everything you need. $5 to drop in. I've been twice, and there shall be more visits.

Attribute	Value
Deadlift friendly	Yes
Safety squat	Yes
Safety bench	No
Bumper plates	Yes
GHR	Yes
Reverse Hyper	No
Chalk	Yes
Orientation	Strength
StrongLifts friendly	Yes

LA Fitness, Pompano Beach, FL

Not great, but not bad. Standard gym, plus basketball, a pool, etc. Two cages, two squat racks. No round plates!Site here. $20 for a day pass

Attribute	Value
Deadlift friendly	No
Safety squat	Yes
Safety bench	No
Bumper plates	No
GHR	No
Reverse Hyper	No
Chalk	No
Orientation	General
StrongLifts friendly	No

Life Time Fitness, Katy, TX

A very general gym that also has many platforms (6 I think) and racks. Most of the people in them were squatting high and whatnot, but there were a few serious guys and gals while I was there doing impressive workouts. It's not the sort of place where you can openly chalk, but you could probably sneak some in. Drag a bench into a rack and you have a safety bench, but they don't have safties on the benches. Also, GHR! Yelp review here. I believe a day pass cost me $25.

Attribute	Value
Deadlift friendly	Yes
Safety squat	Yes
Safety bench	No
Bumper plates	Yes
GHR	Yes
Reverse Hyper	No
Chalk	No
Orientation	General
StrongLifts friendly	Yes

X-Treme Fitness, Mount Vernon, NY

A very loud, pretty standard gym that happens to have a few power cages for your squatting pleasure. Sort of BB oriented, but seems to be a fairly friendly place. Wouldn't try to do too much oly lifting there. Nice and cheap too, ~$300 a year as of when I'm posting this. Plus, you can box. Check out their website. I'll probably join here if I end up moving back to Westchester in the next few years. Open 5am - Midnight M-R, 5am-10pm F, 8-8 SS.

Attribute	Value
Deadlift friendly	Yes
Safety squat	Yes
Safety bench	No
Bumper plates	No
GHR	No
Reverse Hyper	No
Chalk	No
Orientation	Bodybuilding
StrongLifts friendly	Yes

Worst post yet

A friend of mine, who wishes to remain anonymous, but may be awesome, went on a trip and came back with a list of gyms good for doing StrongLifts type programming. I'm presenting it here as a block, to be fixed up later.

Gold's Gym
401 Broadway E
Seattle, WA 98102
$10 for day pass

24 Hour Fitness
1407 SW 4th Avenue
Portland, OR 97201

Arrillaga Center for Sports & Recreation
641 Campus Drive
Stanford, CA 94305
$5 for day pass

Gold's Gym
1900 Duane Ave
Santa Clara, CA 95054
$5 for day pass

LA Fitness
3827 Overland Ave
Culver City, CA 90232
$15 for day pass

24 Hour Fitness
15301 Ventura Blvd
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 

Couples Swept Away, Jamaica

This is a hotel gym in Jamaica, but is stocked. Oly bars, bumper plates, squat rack, etc. Good times.

Attribute	Value
Deadlift friendly	Yes
Safety squat	Yes
Safety bench	No
Bumper plates	Yes
GHR	No
Reverse Hyper	No
Chalk	Yes
Orientation	Cardio
StrongLifts friendly	Yes

Sheraton Hotel Times Square

The Sheraton at 811 7th Ave at 52nd Street in New York City has a gym that outsiders can join. If you're a cardio bunny or like the machines, you're good, otherwise nope. There is a smith machine, and a squat rack with bumper plates you're not allowed to use without a trainer. Pass.

Attribute	Value
Deadlift friendly	No
Safety squat	No
Safety bench	No
Bumper plates	No
GHR	No
Reverse Hyper	No
Chalk	No
Orientation	Cardio
StrongLifts friendly	No

Mid-City Gym, 42nd Street

Mid-City Gym's other and now only branch, on 42th Street b/t 8th and 9th Avenue in New York City, is my new home gym. There's a truly odd safety squat rack with hard to adjust straps, and a crossfitty oly lifting area with two new safety rails for squatting. Two benches and an incline, no decline, dumbbells up to 120. Lots of machines, cables, etc. Nothing to write home about. Chalk is prohibited, but you can sneak it in. There is a decent culture of powerlifters and a few strongman/oly types. Update! There's now a normal safety squat rack, if you attach the safety squat arms to the Rogue rig. Plus you can bench there. Pretty good.

Attribute	Value
Deadlift friendly	Yes
Safety squat	Yes
Safety bench	No
Bumper plates	Yes
GHR	No
Reverse Hyper	No
Chalk	Yes
Orientation	Bodybuilding
StrongLifts friendly	Yes

Mid-City Gym, 49th St

Mid-City Gym, on 49th Street and 8th Avenue in New York City, is my home gym, at least until it closes at the end of this week. Two safety squat racks, two benches, incline, decline, dumbbells up to 120. Machines galore, both stack-loaded and plate loaded. A calf raise supposedly used by Arnold. Dirty, cheap. Many bent barbells. Gets the job done. I am going to miss it.

Attribute	Value
Deadlift friendly	Yes
Safety squat	Yes
Safety bench	No
Bumper plates	No
GHR	No
Reverse Hyper	No
Chalk	Yes
Orientation	Bodybuilding
StrongLifts friendly	Yes

Powerhouse Gym - North Haven, CT

A few weeks ago I went to Montanari BrosPowerhouse Gym. Located at 31 Bernhard Road, New Haven, CT 06473.

The facility is large and clean. There's a boxing ring available for an additional fee. They have a monolift that doesn't seem to be used much, a power cage, GHR, reverse hyper, a bunch of squat racks that you can addsafties to. Much much bodybuilding equipment. Chalk is good. A cardio deck overlooking the weight floor. Day pass was $15. Would go back for sure

Attribute	Value
Deadlift friendly	Yes
Safety squat	Yes
Safety bench	No
Bumper plates	No
GHR	Yes
Reverse Hyper	Yes
Chalk	Yes
Orientation	Bodybuilding
StrongLifts friendly	Yes

Mission statement

Let's not get grandiose here, I just want a place to record gyms that I've been at and liked, in the aim of helping other people who are looking for gyms where you can powerlift well.

Galaxy Gym - Moultonborough, NH

For my first trick, I'll review Galaxy Gym. Located at 61 Whittier Highway,Moultonborough, NH 03254.

This is a serious powerlifting training facility. They have a monolift, a deadlift platform with jack, power cage, GHR, reverse hypher, and various other toys. Chalk is good. While I was there, there was a gentleman moving some impressive weight in a bench shirt. Cardio on top. It's a little grimy, but just the right amount. No bumper plates. Would train there again. I believe a day pass was about $10.

Attribute	Value
Deadlift friendly	Yes
Safety squat	Yes
Safety bench	No
Bumper plates	No
GHR	Yes
Reverse Hyper	Yes
Chalk	Yes
Orientation	Powerlifting
StrongLifts friendly	Yes