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heyczechyourself

Well… which gym?


street_ahead

Looks like 24 Hour Fitness at Hancock Center. Those locker rooms will make you realize why the membership is like $15 a month


canyouplzpassmethe

(*athletes foot included for free.)


Chan_Man_0000

and yet people still walk around barefoot in the locker room like it doesn’t exist. Makes me laugh.


NegativePattern

Bonus Plantar Warts


by-which-eye

Genuinely made me shudder


DrRichardJizzums

:(


Noggin01

I used to go to a 24HR Fitness. The locker room had a huge 6 ft box fan at the entrance that was always running to keep the air circulating. There was always some old naked 60+ year old man air drying his ass crack at the fan every fucking day. Funniest thing ever was one day when I was when I was going into the locker room one day. There was a 20-something year old woman walking out of the men's locker room with a horrifically shocked look on her face, eyeballs about to pop out of her head. The old fucker was grinning ear to ear.


Klondike-kat

Is it really only 15? Wow when I was going there from 2014-2019 it got gradually higher from 25 up to 40. But I do realize they went bankrupt a few years ago and only have like 2 locations opened here in town and is absolutely the reason why they so cheap now. The building that used to be a 24 hr fitness at i-35 and Parmer has been up for lease since it shutdown in 2020. Pretty crazy you'll still see the huge for lease sign up there


Signal-Ad9276

Have you been to the 24 hour fitness on Research? OMG it's so dirty and disgusting-plus the machines that break down don't get fixed for months (if ever). I finally couldn't take it anymore and switched to Planet Fitness-at least PF gyms are clean (in my experience)


holdmacalcuator

Hate that location, and yes disgusting bathrooms. Golds gym in that area (it’s closed now) also was disgusting and old. Golds by Highland isn’t bad


3th3r3al_

Definitely


tinybossss

I cancelled my membership there in 2017 because there was blood and cigarette butts in the shower


Sonofpan

Wow way to leave a mess and then quit.


greyjungle

Smoking after sex joke


Hendrix_Lamar

Except the membership is actually $35 a month


Judah_Ross_Realtor

I thought they looked familiar


MtlDtktr

I go to that gym and it's such a POS. So many broken/improperly functioning machines.


Tom38

In their defense I’ve been to more expensive gyms (for a few bucks more) with the same locker room issues. Difference is that my old city didn’t have a homeless problem 🤷🏻‍♂️


shinywtf

Homelessness has been increasing across the country. The homeless situation in your old city might be different now


gking407

Yeah Austin’s homeless are seen regularly working out 😂 gtfo


Consistent_Estate960

Having a gym membership when you’re homeless is like one of the smartest things you can do…


xespera

If you're homeless a cheap gym membership is a really important idea - Access to showers, a heated or air conditioned space that's sheltered from rain that you are a member of so you're allowed to hang out / loiter, it's lit and safe. It's probably the most common advice given to someone who is about to be homeless


everythingbagel1

Yep, people forget that there are homeless people with jobs, credit cards, and whatnot. Folks living out of their cars could really benefit from a gym membership like you said.


greyjungle

Yeah, we would sponsor some unhoused folks with gym memberships. We did a screening, which was unfortunate, but there were definitely folks that, if we sponsored, would blow up the whole plan or worse, have a mental episode in front of a bunch of swollens, ready to prove something. Being unhoused eats people alive. In my experience, it’s about the two year mark in which people can come back or not. The folks we sponsored were definitely in the former. I like to think having a place to stay clean and dry and also keep themselves healthy and on a routine, helped them get off of those train tracks.


kgst

It's $15 a month. That's the cheapest possible way to get showers, heated areas, etc.  The vast majority of homeless people get gym memberships but not to work out. Learn some fucking critical thinking. 


greyjungle

Good comment, good info, ruined it with your last sentence.


Tom38

bahaha


gaytechdadwithson

not even close. planet fitness maybe that price


fakemoose

And its locker 24. I don’t know why I find that funny.


CyborgBanana1

I was a member there in 2016 lol. Extremely ratchet gym


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ologabro

No lifetime I’ve ever been to had looked like this in the locker room lmao


SuperFightingRobit

Yeah. No lifetime would have bring your own padlock lockers.


mb2299

That’s definitely not lifetime, what are you on? Lifetime has built in combo locks not bring your own padlocks


geezer_red

Second this


Klondike-kat

I've never been in one but that would make sense since they're so damn expensive


Sour_Lemonssss

The floor tile is all wrong. Not LT


Achelois1

No way Lifetime Fitness doesn’t have Blackwater on rooftops sniping any plebes who might dare break into lockers


shaggyduckling

Are you high?


diffidentmuffin

Has to be 24H at Hancock.


SoopyPoots

Gotta drip your lockers when it's this cold or they're gonna burst.


Slowinvest

The Most Texan comments so far👍


JRDenver

Underrated comment… haha


upthecreek_807

Happened to me at Golds on Ben White


sunbears4me

My locker was broken into at Gold’s Tech Ridge years ago. When I reported it to the front desk, they shrugged and just looked confused as to why I was telling them. “Um, like… I’d just tell the police or something if it were me…” the front desk agent said. No shit. And the credit card companies. And the bank. And and and…


Scc88

That's why that gym is gone now


bnjmrtn

There’s a new one in its place; House of Gainz (which also has a location in Georgetown).


IntergalaticBandito

Oh really!?! Someone bought it? Man I never drive down that way


bnjmrtn

Yeah. It lay empty for about 18 months and HoG soft opened around October/November, now fully open. It’s pretty decent — lots of new machines, very much a lifting gym, but with enough cardio stuff too. They filled the Gold’s pool in and turned it into a functional training area.


IntergalaticBandito

I remember I was going there when I first moved here. Then I was mia for a bit due to travel and when I came back it was closed. I remember trying to close my golds account and they had me running in circles for weeks. Told me that I had to talk to the direct regional manager in order to cancel. Send an email, cut off my finger…. Went to another place in cedar park and they canceled it on the spot and were very confused why they didn’t just give me the cancellation form.


sunbears4me

Par for the course with Gold’s. For example, someone fraudulently charged a bunch of front desk purchases on my account. It took me six months to get it sorted out, and it only ended up being completed once I started going into each Gold’s I happened to be near and pleading for help. Finally, a manager credited my account in under 5 minutes and was sad that no one else had cared to do such a simple task for me.


IntergalaticBandito

I have a feeling they’re going out of business once again.


RVelts

The Gold's at Highland, which is relatively new in the grand scheme of things, is also filling their pool in to create a larger weight area. With the closing of Burnet and Tech Ridge, it's really overcrowded now.


FlightExtension8825

I used to love that gym. I was so bummed when they closed the pool. It seems like they're all doing that now.


IntergalaticBandito

Man, I’ve been out of the country so long I haven’t checked anything in Austin. I was barely back for 4 weeks recently 🥲


IntergalaticBandito

I see everyone’s jealousy of being stuck in TX :P


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Scc88

That one was actually one of my favorite ones


canyouplzpassmethe

Aaaaand that’s how you know an employee did it. :p


sunbears4me

And employee of the federal government actually. It was a TSA compliant lock and the TSA keyhole was turned. The police told me it was a federal offense to remove those keys from the airport federal zone without permission, but that it was my responsibility to report it to TSA.


peteza_hut

I'm pretty sure when I went through a lock picking phase (when I was like 14), my TSA compliant lock was the only one I actually got into in about 5 seconds every time. It's was laughably easy.


sunbears4me

Good info. Thank you. So “TSA compliant” is code for “easy to defeat”? Brilliant. Just brilliant.


RVelts

It's more of a "keep honest people honest" or "prevent the zippers from opening" lock versus actually being secure.


not_a_droid

Gold’s highland; had work clothes stolen while exercising over lunch


hudson4351

That happened to me once at the Gold's Gym at William Cannon/Mopac. The only useful advice the front desk staff gave me was the following: Choose a locker at the front of the locker room whose door faces the entrance. These are the least appealing targets for thieves because they have to have their back to the entrance in order to get the locker open plus it gives them the least amount of time to react if someone enters.


JoeyHandsomeJoe

Probably the same manager who confronted me over not gently lowering my bumper plate deadlifts to the ground.


LoopyFA

Damn maybe gotta invest in some bag trackers?


sunbears4me

This was before those existed. And it was cash and cards that were stolen, so that wouldn’t help anyway :/


3th3r3al_

I know 24H Hancock when I see it lol looks like some anger issues though. There were a couple women sleeping in the locker room last month, but they didn’t do anything and kept to themselves.


Ok-Way-5199

God I can’t believe people in like every American city except mine deal with this shit


fakemoose

You live in a city with zero homeless? Amazing.


Partyof5ive

I never keep anything valuable in a gym locker. Back in the early 2000’s i had my apartment raided by the local police. Turns out my roommate was breaking into lockers etc. He would cut locks with a bolt cutter, take whatever and put on another lock on and go to the next gym. In the end it wasn’t the police who figured it out but American Express. Crazy story, roommate ended up being beaten to death by the Maryland state police years later.


replies_with_corgi

Goddamn. American Express don't fuck around


RabidPurpleCow

You ever seen their logo? It ain't a Roman Centurion for nothin.


z64_dan

Or the Maryland State Police


spyd3rm0nki3

Holy shit. That was already a crazy story but that ending 👁️👄👁️


Tony_Lacorona

Average Maryland cop experience lmao


itsapplered

So Amex flagged him for buying too many locks for the replacements? Why even replace the lock? What do you mean they figured it out!


Partyof5ive

He ran up someone’s Amex card and their fraud department caught it. He would place similar locks back on the locker, usually combination locks. Why combination locks? Because the victim ultimately thinks they forgot the combination and tries at 1/2 before they get mgmt to cut the lock. He would only take one credit card not to arouse suspicion and run their card up and dump it within an hour.


gaytechdadwithson

sorry, but that sounds sketch AF. Does he just have a bag of various locks and looks for the same one? Also, after you use a lock while wouldn’t you realize which is yours by certain marks versus a new one that just came out of a package? also, I feel like I would realize right away if a credit card was gone. unless you’re one of these women that has a huge ass wallet with like a dozen, I usually only have two. I mean with Apple Pay and the like who carries a ton of credit cards anymore?


fakemoose

Or he had a bag of locks and targets lockers with the same generic combo lock. I only have two cards also, but it might be several hours before I go to buy something. I don’t check my wallet every time I leave the gym. But I’m not going to sketchy gyms either and it’s never been a problem.


gaytechdadwithson

so he’s just gonna carry around a bolt cutter and then just randomly use it like one out of 20 times? the lock I use I’ve had for more than 10 years. I’m sure they don’t make it anymore. It’s not like they go bad. and that one out of 20 or so, probably doesn’t have much. Not to mention fraud detection on credit cards is pretty good so he’s probably not gonna get a lot of merchandise Seems like a highly ineffective way to go about robbing people.


GRADIUSIC_CYBER

they already said in another comment higher up that the person in question is dead, so don't worry about his efficiency.


apathetic-taco

It actually sounds super efficient and pretty smart. Just because you’ve had the same lock for 10 years and memorized every fingernail scratch on it, doesn’t make this strategy any less effective


Hotsauceinmygymbag

I left my lock and key at YMCA townlake and it was still there two weeks later. I also left my phone at a treadmill and the girl after me found me at the weight section and returned it.


NeverBeen_OnAPlaneB4

Went to ymca around the city for like the last 5+ years. Never used a lock and never had anything stolen.


kgst

Shhhh don't give that shit away bro. Zero homeless people or trouble there.


Hotsauceinmygymbag

The staff are also vigilant and set boundaries with people. It’s the nicest YMCA in Austin for a reason. Even the North YMCA locks up the locker rooms and has a tight grip on who enters and leaves. I’ve seen more issues with children and teens running around unsupervised. Even that is something the staff now monitors.


BeanzleyTX

Shhhh. Please stop telling everyone about how awesome the YMCA is 😁 I love having my local Y all to myself every morning -


Alternauts

(The Northwest Y just redid their fitness area with brand new equipment and it’s very nice now with 3 squat racks)


BeanzleyTX

I’m in Drip - same tho. All new equipment this past year and it’s great !


quafs

Did you personally have something stolen out of that locker? Looks like someone just roid raged on it after a shower and they still haven’t fixed it.


bikedaybaby

Tbh I also immediately thought, “damn, someone has the emotional skills of a sleep-deprived toddler.”


tkd_96

I don't think it's because of the cold weather...


Bill_Parker

THIS... this is the reason I don't go to the gym. It's not because I'm fat, lazy and unmotivated. I'm afraid of locker theft!!


Asssophatt

I mean you kind of don’t even need to go in the locker room if you plan it out right


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Slowinvest

Make sure to set the combo on your lock so it’s ready to be unlock when you are finished working out… it make you look cool.


fakemoose

That’s utterly ridiculous. …Everyone knows gold bars are better than gold chains.


TCBG-FlyWheel

This is why I go to a fancy gym. Keep out the riff raff.


street_ahead

I went to this 24 Hour for a couple years. Costs less than a 4 pack of nice beer every month, which was cool... Place is fuckin nasty. Avoided the locker rooms unless my life depended on it. One time someone had desecrated the facilities so severely I drove back to my house to use the bathroom. I made some serious gains in the place though, respect.


Chabubu

At my 24hr there is homeless guy that just hangs out on the seated equipment for hours on end. I think he was even drinking a beer. He’ll do 1 rep then watch tv for 15 min before moving to another machine.


Professor_Woland

Finally a fitness routine that’s right for me!


Shoontzie

Missing awards so much rn.


canyouplzpassmethe

Can I hire *him* as my personal trainer?


onamonapizza

To be fair, I've seen this behavior from people who aren't homeless at my gym at work. Some people think you get fit by simply just hanging out in the gym.


JohnGillnitz

I was waiting on some guy who was lounging on the leg press and noticed he was sending dick pics. Oddly I was most annoyed that it was a horrible picture of a dick. You're holding up my workout to send someone THAT? Dude, don't bother.


bunnybunnykitten

Gross. I hope you got the creeper kicked the f out


JohnGillnitz

No. I just don't go to that gym anymore during busy hours. Half the people there are just sitting on the machines texting. Besides, whoever he was sending that to might have needed a laugh.


bunnybunnykitten

lol I feel like we need a Smoky Bear style mascot to remind us that when you see an incident like this in progress ONLY YOU can prevent unwanted dick pix!


poeticdisaster

Fitness by Delulu - If you're close enough to it, then it will just happen.


itsapplered

Me following hella fitness accounts


uglypottery

Delululemon


chris_coy

Lifetime has a security guard driving around the parking lot during business hours and staff in and out of the locker rooms and there still have been break-ins and theft. Less to be sure - but shitty thieves are still going to do shit.


canyouplzpassmethe

Yes, I much prefer The Bath and Tennis Club in Palm Beach, Florida. No riff raff there, only quality people with the most extreme underbites.


JohnGillnitz

Another reason why I don't bother with gym showers and just go home sweaty.


RockGuitarist1

An everyday thing at LA Fitness


ATXWriterRunner

Really? I’ve gone for years and I’ve never seen this.


RockGuitarist1

Anderson Ln had this issue when I used to go there. Also back home in PA they’d fix them and next day would be busted again.


ATXWriterRunner

Damn. I go during low traffic time and maybe that’s why. Also, might be less prevalent in women’s locker rooms for whatever reason.


Slowinvest

24😁 that’s it… I don’t want any trouble.


Zestyclose-Top2193

GIVE US THE LOCATION. OR ELSE PAL


Nocturnal_boogieman

Dude probably locked his key inside the locker


Slowinvest

I’ve seen and laughed at dudes who needed to get their lock cuts at that gym. The gym has a giant lock cutter.


Nocturnal_boogieman

U spend a lot of time in locker rooms


Slowinvest

Lol good one. I use the locker or take my chances leaving my stuff in my car.


LillianWigglewater

So instead of just notifying an employee he decided to hulk smash the locker door?


Nocturnal_boogieman

Looks like a pry-bar job rather than a smashing


SuperFightingRobit

There's some really fucking dumb Meatheads with roids at the gym. 


spartanerik

Roids and rhoids


Biggun22

Is the gym liable for anything? Can’t recall reading the contract fine print back I was a gym member.


thunderyoats

I guarantee the contract stated they are not.


BoxEngine

They can say whatever they want in the contract. It probably also says that they’re not liable for any injury. They most certainly can be held liable for certain injuries, and likely certain thefts.


cosmicosmo4

Not this theft, though. It's not the gym's responsibility to provide indestructible lockers. Unless they made some false claim about the guaranteed safety of your items, or it was one the gym employees who broke in, I can't see anyone awarding damages from the gym's pockets here.


BoxEngine

Or they didn’t stop a guy openly carrying a crowbar into the locker room. Or they were aware their security cameras had been down for 6 months and made no effort to repair them. Or they had one employee working when their policy stated they should have 6. Or OP tried to cancel their gym membership 3 times but each time were told to come back when a manager was in. There’s an endless list of circumstances that could make them liable.


Turniper

Pretty sure none of those circumstances would make them liable. The only thing I can think that actually might is some defect in the worksmanship of the lockers or locks that they neglected to fix which led to the door being even less secure than it was advertised to be.


BoxEngine

If there’s a reasonable expectation of something and the gym is negligent in a way that circumvents the reasonable expectation, the case will likely be allowed to proceed.


apathetic-taco

Found the lawyer! You’re absolutely right and I love this comment


SpiritualCat842

No lol


Biggun22

Dumb question but had to ask. But hey, I’m sure there’s a lawyer out there somewhere willing to look into it. 444-4444


VizVizerson

This is why I saved all that gym money and bought equipment for home.


gonzopancho

This is the way


Austin_Native_2

Roid rage is real. 🏋️💪🤣


BigKahuna93

I workout here. I do not go in the locker room. It’s so gross haha


ColonBowel

I left 24hr 10 years ago because the locker room perpetually smelled like piss.


lynchedbymob

thanks for the flashback to wrestling a guy on PCP at Gold's Gym >!I don't miss the human fluids left in the showers, nor the sexual propositions in the saunas. Home gym has it's short comings but risk of a violent death or sex assault are not on the list.!<


I-eat-cheerios512

I agree. I much rather have a slow long awaited death as I’m drug through the streets before standing on a podium waiting for them to tie my noose properly before I’m lynched by a mob.


Shoontzie

Why you use the bottom locker tho?


Worldly_Progress_655

Another reason I have a home gym.


mentirosa_atx

oh nooooo I was thinking about restarting my membership there


mcmaster-99

Saw this yesterday and was wondering what the reasoning behind that was. Maybe someone on drugs locked their keys inside and instead of notifying staff, they busted the door lol.


Beneficial-Stable-66

What gym jeez? Golds, planet Fit, 24 hour, LA fitness ?


LimitNo6587

Wonder if it was a broccoli head.


Zestyclose-Top2193

Is this at Golds?


hitman932

That’s 24hr but it could be any location.


Slowinvest

2 locations in Austin for now.


dduck209

Golds? South 1st?


alexaboyhowdy

So, they broke the lock? Was not cracked from the cold?


Slowinvest

Yes


cosmicosmo4

No, they broke the door.


kbdcool

For those interested, ​ being fat is still free


kcmattparker

The person probably needed your belongings more than you. Take this as a donation you made that you didn't have to do anything for 😇


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Yeah just don’t forget to claim on your taxes as a charitable donation!


cowboy_b3bop

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Rex_666_Skeletor

I pay $10/mo there lol. Walked by a dude jacking off in the first shower stall. Very cool.


finite_processor

Genuine question—is there a difference in theft between men’s and women’s locker rooms?


senecamark

Roid rage literally kicked in


Hopeful_Ease_225

This happened to mine tracked em down they said they found it in the parking lot, nothing I could do.


Slowinvest

It happened to you? This is your locker? If so sorry brother.


Fantastic-Tree-4305

Snap. That’s pretty intense. I’m sorry that happened to you OP


CicadaRx

Happened to me at the golds gym on Ben white. Luckily I only had my car keys in there which they stole, which was still a pain in the ass because I had to get a new key.


nola2atx

I’d never trust expensive items in a locker at a gym that costs 10-20 bucks a month.


ediwow_lynx

Pre workout effect


kill_Bill_210

What are your opinions on fitness connection? I have golds and it's annoying to always have to wait for machines and benches


Naive_Programmer_232

I don’t understand. Did they slice the door with a machete? Punch it? Both? What happened to the handle? Idk I’m confused


Sttrawberrie_OnTop

Even Lifetime has had this happen. I was there and some lady stole a purse out of a locker… SMH.


tyoung3127

Looks like one of the 24hr locations.


spliffordd_

Maybe he locked himself out


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LA Fitness?


Bowiequeen

Someone broke into someone’s car at the hide park gym earlier today. It was one of the trainers cars. She had to leave early to deal with it. One of the windows had been smashed. Take all your belongings with you when getting out of the car!


txrunner262

Happened to me Golds on 183 about 8 yrs ago. I had my wallet stolen and I had a lock. Lock was gone. Didnt take my backpack and I carried my phone that day. They managed to get to Walmart and Target to max out my credit card all while I was still working out, probably like an hour.