Letter: Le Gym Doesn’t Suck
Re: Nah’msayin? Concordia’s Le Gym Should Change Its Name To Le Grotto
Hello! I read the opinion piece on Le Gym this week and was outraged—I understand that is what opinion pieces are supposed to do but that one was really just offensive and ill-informed.
It is true that Le Gym has no natural lighting, but for a $20.84 a month, this fact is easily overlooked. It has everything that one might need to train effectively and efficiently. If one is found lacking “machines” to train with, one should consider hiring a personal trainer to help replace the “machines” one is looking for.
Machines are actually not required for strength training—in fact they are less beneficial because they force you to follow an unnatural movement pattern and do not work your stabilizing muscles- and any “serious weightlifter” would know that the equipment required for “serious weight lifting” is provided by way of the six squat racks and five bench presses.
As the writer mentioned, muscle stimulation is required for growth. One can do this not by looking for new machines to play with but by increasing weight or changing the volume/intensity. As for the “interior decorating”—it is a gym. People do not go to a gym for the aesthetically pleasing environment, they go to work out.
If one is concerned with how everything looks, there are plenty of gyms in Montreal that offer different atmospheres (for quite a bit more than $20 a month). It is true that the number of members in the gym is quite high, but that is only testament to its greatness.
—Anonymous student
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