Chris's Gym
A place to keep moving forward
01
An Ordinary Room, Nothing To Fear
No mirrors to perform in front of, no music you have to shout over. Just steady people getting on with their own work — many of them well past sixty.
02
The Same Bar, Every Week
Chris trains three mornings a week. The routine is unremarkable, and that is exactly the point: it is repeatable, and it has been repeated for sixty years.
03
Load You Can Respect
Weight is a tool, not a trophy. Chris adds a little when the last session felt easy, and takes a little off when it didn't.
Training Philosophy
Leave the room better than you entered it
Chris has trained in a great many gyms since the 1950s, and the good ones all had the same quality: nobody cared what anyone else was lifting. That is the atmosphere worth looking for if you are starting out.
If a gym feels wrong, it is the gym that is wrong. Try another. Ask about quieter hours. Bring someone with you the first time. Almost every worry people have about walking through the door disappears within three visits.
“Nobody in a decent gym is watching you. They're all counting their own repetitions.”