Yes the last few gold's I frequented did have power lifting platforms or rubber weights. I believe crossfit brought it in vogue. But the ballys, la fitness, celebration fitness centre and jcc I have been members of or visited did not. In fact dropping weights a coullemofnthen would get
You a warning. I got such a warning for deadlifts because the weight settling, not dropping, was "too loud".
But dropping weights, even on proper settings takes its toll on the equipment. Dropping dumbbells bends the. Dropping Olympic bars does the same and loosens the Olympic collars. Rubber weights or platforms reduce the damage but do not stop it. It is also dangerous. Dropping 225 pounds or more from a standing overhead press or Olympic lift can send the weight into an unpredictable direction when it hits the ground.
But golds is generally a place that accommodates such lifting. That is where I did power lifting and strongman training as a member for nearly ten years. And strong man is even less appropriate in most venues. ;). Nothing starts an argument in a gym faster than walking across a crowded gym repeatedly with insanely heavy dumbells or a concrete ball and expecting people to stay out of your way or having to wait for people to get out of your way. We usually had to do that stuff in the back lot on less crowded days.
"In the world I see you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Towers. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying stripes of venison on the empty car pool lane of some abandoned superhighway." T Durden
You a warning. I got such a warning for deadlifts because the weight settling, not dropping, was "too loud".
But dropping weights, even on proper settings takes its toll on the equipment. Dropping dumbbells bends the. Dropping Olympic bars does the same and loosens the Olympic collars. Rubber weights or platforms reduce the damage but do not stop it. It is also dangerous. Dropping 225 pounds or more from a standing overhead press or Olympic lift can send the weight into an unpredictable direction when it hits the ground.
But golds is generally a place that accommodates such lifting. That is where I did power lifting and strongman training as a member for nearly ten years. And strong man is even less appropriate in most venues. ;). Nothing starts an argument in a gym faster than walking across a crowded gym repeatedly with insanely heavy dumbells or a concrete ball and expecting people to stay out of your way or having to wait for people to get out of your way. We usually had to do that stuff in the back lot on less crowded days.
"In the world I see you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Towers. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying stripes of venison on the empty car pool lane of some abandoned superhighway." T Durden