I sometimes train at Glenvista when I have to be at work early. The weights on some equipment here is simply ridiculously inadequate. So, I add extra weight on the triceps-pressdown machine when using it (even then, it is hardly heavy enough to do a proper burn set of 20 to 40 reps). This morning one of the gym staff members told me that I'm not allowed to do this as the cable might snap and I could get injured. This is simply a ridiculous argument. The way I had the extra weight attached would cause no excessive wear or damage to the machine, and the cable could easily carry three times the maximum weight it came with. The only reason I train at virgin active at all is that I have a choice of where I go. This branch is generally just below standard though. It took them three months to realise that the water in the showers was tepid, the showers smell musty (despite being brand new), many members have mentioned that there are not enough free weights (excluding dumbells, there is much more of this than at any club I've ever been to). Anyhow, perhaps you could just get a few machines with more capacity and some more loose weights?
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