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Not gonna lie, I’ll probably try this.
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Deloitte reimburses a daily rate for gyms which is enough to cover most daily drop in rates. I search for real barbell gyms, ideally with several squat racks and round plates for deadlifts (octagons suck). I find the meathead style gyms much more friendly to heavy lifting than the globogyms.
I use a virtual coaching service where I send videos of my last set of each exercise he programs for me, and in the globogyms I have been told that’s not allowed (but weirdly when I asked if they could hold the smartphone for me, they said yes—apparently my tripod was the issue?). The meathead gym I switched to (in NYC) has signs up saying please shoot video and tag us on your social media.
It’s not always easy to find the independent lifting gyms, but it’s worth it if you can.
I’ve got a membership to 24 hour fitness as well as Anytime - both have tons of locations and have the essentials. Hotel gym just never cuts it
I’ve had nationwide memberships at various gyms (LA Fitness, 24 Hour, Lifetime). Always worth the drive over the hotel “gym/poorly equipped closet”. I’ll do cardio in hotel gym in the morning and drive to a real gym Mon-Tue-Wed evening.
Try powerliftingwatch.com, and check their database for gyms. Can search by city, state, and country. Works well unless you’re really remote. Don’t have to deal with crappy equipment and those places like stuff like “chalk” and “deadlifts"
A few options I've used:
1. Look into LocalFit (localfitusa.com). About $15 a month and you get access to a bunch of commercial gyms across US cities. Only caveat is that it's meant for travelers so you can't use it in your home city.
2. Alternatively, if you have Blue Cross Blue Shield, they have something called the BCBS Fitness Program where it works the same way as above but you can actually use gyms in your home city. This is about $27 a month.
3. Or you can look into ClassPass. More of boutique studios than commercial gyms depending on the city but I've found some hidden weightlifting/crossfit gyms on there. Membership levels vary.
Never heard of LocalFit but looks like a great option, thanks!
Seems difficult. If you do go to a gym with actual barbells and squat racks and such, what is your strategy?
KPMG 1: how many days a week do you go while onsite? When you take into account at least 10-15 minutes travel, at least an hour workout, 15-20 back...it adds io
OP - I generally go 3 of the 4 days I’m on site (MTW). Agreed that going back and forth can take some time depending on where you’re staying, but I’ve always found that the benefit of having a proper squat rack and dumbbells that go above 50 lbs outweighs the negatives of going. I’ve had weeks where I had to Uber back and forth, too. Also helps that I lift in the evening, feel like it gives me more time to commute.
I typically will stay at a hotel that is adjacent to a chain gym so I can either walk or drive 2 minutes to the gym in the morning, even if it means tacking on 10 extra to drive to the office. Sometimes means you don’t stay at the same hotel as most people, but I prefer it that way anyways
I tried to do the hotel gyms for the first few months of this job. Didn’t work out. I usually find a CrossFit gym with early morning classes and buy a punchcard. Generally means I have to get up 1.5 hours earlier than I normally would, but it gives me an excuse to not drink with my team and leave team dinners at a reasonable hour.
I unfortunately am required to stay at the same hotel as my colleagues so that we don’t have additional confusion in carpooling to the client site together. The difficult aspect for me is that I’m on the client site, say, 8-5:30, conservatively, so I’d get home at 6 PM.
So that leaves me with 14 hours until I need to go into the office again. If I need to work for 3 hours, want 7-8 hours of sleep, shower/get ready for 1 hour total, that leaves me maybe 2 hours of free time if I observe this schedule like clockwork, and in reality that never happens and would account for not needing to spend any time with colleagues outside of work hours. So I truly struggle in feeling able to consistently spend 2 hours of my morning/evening going to a gym without feeling like I’m sacrificing on work/sleep which have to be my priority while onsite every week...
Well if it’s going to be that way consistently, you might just adjust your workout schedule. Full body lifting workouts on Friday and Sunday, and whatever you can manage in the hotel one other day. Cardio in between if you do that.