View planet fitness as a challenge.
So much is online against the place, against the smith machine, and hell – I’ll tell you my initial thoughts about joining when I joined :
I joined knowing the dues would pay for itself on water bill savings showering up after work daily, that there’d be a dip bar and pullup bar – I could get good at calisthenics as at the time I was under 20 pullups, and having been about 7 months without a gym membership at that point I’d at least be able to catch pumps on the machines in addition to all the aforementioned.
Now I approach it wholly as a challenge.
Such as :
How can I make the smith machine work for me without barbell access.
I know adding plates is stronger, get to 3p+ on the upright rows, get to a lot of plates on the bottom position squats – yeah the same strength will be there on a barbell, higher even, as the smith machine is so wonky.
I’ve been getting good at weighted chin ups.
I’ve been doing upright rows/high pulls, bottom position squats, and hip thrusts in the smith machine.
I’ve been wrestler’s bridging regularly.
I make planet fitness work for me.
It’s all a matter of what you can come up with :
One arm presses with the cables is a trick, one leg at a time doubles the resistance on every machine.
You’ve got to want it.
There’s plenty to work with with the right mindset.
Persistence & Tenacity