Please, No metal weights on the wood deadlift platforms

Please, No metal weights on the wood deadlift platforms

We have two deadlift platforms for our members and they are made of wood.  Members can perform deallifts, power cleans and other weightlifting exercises on them.  The wood absorbs the dropping of the weights better than other surfaces. We insist members use the rubber...
Why replace them when they are fine. New Flat Bench Press stands

Why replace them when they are fine. New Flat Bench Press stands

A month our gym got some new equipment.  An incline bench press stand, decline bench stand, and two flat bench press stands. The old incline bench press seat wobbled and so did the decline press.  The new ones are much better and very stable. We definitely needed the...
Worn out. 3 sets of exercise machine pads reupholstered

Worn out. 3 sets of exercise machine pads reupholstered

In early June of this year I inspected all our exerersise machines for worn pads.   These are the pads where your body sits, rests or pushes the various machines.  I found some candidates and took pictures for our owner, Jason.  The three machines were the Bear hack...
It’s not the sensor. Matrix Stair-Stepper

It’s not the sensor. Matrix Stair-Stepper

The gym where I exercise and work has many cardio machines and two of them are stair-steppers made by the MAtrix company.  One of them stopped working months ago and a outside company took a look at it.  They thought it was a sensor so the owner ordered one.  I...
We’ll miss you Katie!

We’ll miss you Katie!

Yesterday was a sad day at our gym, Catalyst Fitness.  It was the last Zumba class for a while.  Our Instructor, Katie, is a medical student and starts the next phase of her career in another city.  I got a good cardio and lower body workout during  the class.  She...