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dirkdiggler825

Oct 19, 2007, 12:14 PM
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So far I've been to a few gyms in NYC and been disappointed with all of them. You folks have any favorites?

quiteatingmysteak

Oct 19, 2007, 12:18 PM
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dirkdiggler825 wrote:

So far I've been to a few gyms in NYC and been disappointed with all of them. You folks have any favorites?

BUILDERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRING!!!!

livinonasandbar

Oct 19, 2007, 1:21 PM
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The Uberfall at the Gunks... bit of a drive, though.

jjanowia

Oct 19, 2007, 1:43 PM
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The best gym is the one at which you are having the most fun? Crazy

to paraphrase Alex Lowe.

mturner

Oct 19, 2007, 3:05 PM
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dirkdiggler825 wrote:

So far I've been to a few gyms in NYC and been disappointed with all of them. You folks have any favorites?

I tried to get some help on this subject a while back. A few sarcastic and nasty posts later I realized, there are no good gyms in the city.

quiteatingmysteak

Oct 19, 2007, 3:08 PM
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mturner wrote:

dirkdiggler825 wrote:

So far I've been to a few gyms in NYC and been disappointed with all of them. You folks have any favorites?

I tried to get some help on this subject a while back. A few sarcastic and nasty posts later I realized, there are no good gyms in the city.

some of us just like to builder Unimpressed

desertwanderer81

Oct 19, 2007, 3:10 PM
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You have the choice between moderately overpriced craptastic and hugely overpriced nice.

Or you can go to NJRG in NJ about 20 minutes if you drive with NO traffic which isn't going to happen in the evenings or Gravity Vault which is about a 25 minute drive with no traffic. With traffic which will be every evening.... 2 hours?

Times from the Lincon Tunnel and GWB respectively.

Or you can spend the hour and a half and get to the Gunks on the weekends ;) Take the bus!

dirkdiggler825

Oct 21, 2007, 1:27 PM
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any established routes?

michalp

Nov 14, 2007, 7:47 AM
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The Manhattan Plaza Gym is near Port Authority; it's good for weekday bouldering/short climbs workout.

New Rochelle gym is good for rainy weekends, it has nice climbing and leading routes. We usually take Metro North train from Grand Central (30min, every .5h on Sat, 1h on Sun) to New Rochelle and bike 5min (or walk 10min) to the gym.