I Tried 5 Levels Of Gyms
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The other day, I saw an article of a gym
that has a sushi bar on the gym floor.
That is what I like to call heaven, but
also a level five gym. It can't get much
better than that. And I'm going. But
before I go, I want to experience every
level of gym before that so I can truly
appreciate just how special level 5 is.
So, it's time to go all the way down to
level one. It can't get much worse than
this. Like, this is a step above doing
endless push-up variations in your mom's
basement. So, in Chicago, they have a
fitness center in all the parks. And we
are at Chase Park, the cheapest one in
the entire city. It's only $10 a month,
so I don't think it's possible that I
get let down in here, but we're going to
find out.
Yeah, this gym is small, man. Vibes in
here.
$10 vibes. Now, this place [music]
is government funded, and what this is
telling me is that the people in Chicago
are good at tax evasion, man. Because
there's not a lot of going on in here.
Like we literally have like one of
everything. [music] We have this arm
machine which looks super cool. Never
seen anything like it. It's kind of like
a a superset thing. So you do like a
tricep push down [music] and you can go
right into
a bicep curl
which is a very interesting handle
choice here. And then we go over here.
We have dumbbells up to 50 [music] which
is pretty much like a standard hotel
dumbbell rack. And these are pretty
neat.
Oh, these are filled with water. They're
water dumbbells. 10 lb water dumbbells.
[music]
>> Wow, that grip is really nice.
Freaking putting their nails in there,
though. There's always two treadmills.
There's always more treadmills than
there are weights. So, we got the
treadmills. We got the bike over here.
Got the AC, which is not currently
working. We got a TV, which is also not
currently working.
>> Leg press. I love this leg press because
it's a lot easier on your knees.
Those are not have been greased in a
while.
Yeah.
>> Oh, that's very nice. We got one Smith
machine. So, I feel like during like
like peak hours, it's probably a long
line here. The cool thing about this
Smith machine is that it kind of mimics
like a regular barbell because when you
unrackck it, you can kind of walk it out
like a regular thing. It doesn't just
stay in a fixed position.
>> Well, that's trippy.
>> Then we also have a cable machine. I
feel like a cable machine is like a
staple in all gyms cuz there's so many
different exercises that you can do on
it. lateral raises, chest flies, curls,
push downs, pull-ups, and then here
a really nice chest press machine, which
I feel like the depth [music] could be
incredible here.
So, so far for $10 a month, [music]
it's actually a lot better than I
thought. Like, it's really not that bad.
Like, I mean, obviously the dumbbells
could be a bit better, [music] but you
really have most things that you need to
build a pretty good physique. I've been
coming for about 2 months.
>> Okay. So, what do you think?
>> Uh, I mean, hey, it's got the basics.
It's got everything you need. You know
what I mean? And if you're uh no thrills
and just trying to kind of get in and
get out, this is the spot to be. And
it's really quiet in here. You know, you
get your occasional like senior citizen
doing their walk-in, trying to get their
steps in and stuff like that. But
otherwise, I don't know, Smith machine,
lap machine, everything's usually open.
So, obviously, it's not the best
ambiance. You know what I mean? I wish I
had a better view instead of just a
little apartment building. But hey,
still got everything I need. From level
one to five,
>> what would you put this gym?
>> I'd say 3.5.
>> So basically, if the bench was taken,
they have this. See what I'm saying? If
you become a member at this gym, your
biggest muscle becomes your creativity.
I mean, realistically, coming into a $10
a month gym, I think the only chance I
ever had at getting let down here is if
I
>> finally saw my dad
>> and then He just left again spotting me
midlift or something,
>> you know.
>> All right. The one thing about this gym
is that it is so small. Like you can't
eaves drop here. You're just
automatically a part of every
conversation. Also, if Buddy rips one
behind me, all of a sudden, my set of
leg extensions takes an altitude
training twist. And then if you're into
functional fitness, there's a functional
fitness area for, you know, get downs
and get ups
like that.
We also have
a ball.
Second best thing I bounced on all week.
Now, for a gym to be considered level
five, they had to have a lot of great
machines, but also a lot of amazing
amenities. So, for every gym, we're
checking out the amenities. And for this
one, I don't I don't think I don't think
there's really many. Yeah, that's the
AC.
There's a clock. We can tell the time.
This right here is the queue for the
Smith machine during peak [music] hours.
We come down this way. We have men's
washrooms, women's washrooms. We have a
water fountain.
Very nice pressure. And then over here
in this [music] very nice like ominous
setting, we got a punching bag with a
Muhammad Ali quote. You don't lose it if
you get knocked [music] down. You lose
it if you don't wait. You don't lose it
if you get knocked down. You lose if you
[music] stay down.
>> [music]
>> Whoa. Now, who wa now? I'm a caged
animal. I will say it would be nice to
have the windows like not painted to get
some natural light in here. I feel like
that would do wonders for this space cuz
right now this is just a little bit like
it's it's too grungy. I just like I'd
like some nice lights coming in the fall
leaves and cute stuff like that. [music]
But maybe that's just me. I don't know.
Although definitely not for the advanced
lifter, this gym does cover quite a bit
of the basics. It has some decent
machines, and if it's usually this
quiet, you can't go wrong for the price.
Time to make my way to level two.
Welcome to level two. So, as if a
commercial gym wasn't already bad
enough, we are at the worst rated LA
Fitness in the entire city. Some people
call this LA Fitness the yard because
convicts go here. One guy in particular
said that the bathroom is the worst
place on the planet. What happened in
the bathroom, bro? I mean, it is called
Piper's Alley, and all I know is I
packed extra slippery soap for my
post-workout shower. There is literally
no LA Fitness sign anywhere. Along with
investigating the men's locker room,
other very common complaints revolve
around missing equipment and the gym
being so hot members have seen other
members collapse from the heat. I don't
know if this is very Canadian of me, but
I've never seen a gym with metal
detectors at the entrance. It's It's
going hand in hand with the yard name.
Getting a little bit nervous right now.
I don't think there's any other way to
put it, but LA Fitness is a portal to
sadness. Like [music] there's just
something about like the ambiance here.
Like every day at LA Fitness is a cloudy
Monday. Like even the machines look like
they don't even want to be here. We are
currently in the dumbbell area and it's
exactly what you'd expect. Like
literally everything's missing. Like
everything is gone. It's like a kid
playing with Legos is just like
scattered all over the gym. Like [music]
what is even happening right now? I
think someone is slowly stealing the
dumbbells to build their own at home LA
fitness. That has to be what it is. Has
to be. [music]
Also, this has definitely seen some
better days. Unlike level one where the
dumbbells went to 50, these ones go all
the way to 150s. [music]
And you'll notice that dumbbells 105 lbs
and up are all still here. Cuz if you're
still in the 150s, that is certainly a
theft PR. This is also motivation to get
strong. [music] So you'll always know
your dumbbells are here waiting for you.
Woo!
All the guys are like, [music]
"This is my yard. My yard." In terms of
the machine area, you're not going to
find any unicorn items here, meaning
like must hit items. But it's actually
not that bad. Like I like hoist because
it actually moves with you during the
motion which feels super nice and super
natural. So this entire row is all hoist
machines but then on that side it's like
techno gym which is like a big no no but
right here [music]
not too bad. So on this back machine
this handle I don't know what happened
to it. It's completely worn off. This
side's fine. And everything is a little
bit rusty, which adds an interesting
resistance curve. I feel like
science-based lifters would find that
kind of cool. Like, it just adds a
little bit of a different element to the
movement. But I think the wear and tear
is because it's a commercial gym. So
many people are coming in and out. And
that's what you get. That's why it's
level two. That's what you're paying
for. There's always going to be things
out of service, always things a little
bit lower quality because there's so
many people coming in. And a [music] lot
of those people don't really care about
the space. In terms of convicts, there's
no one here that I would say looks like
a convict. Although, like, you never
really know. I'd be one if I was ever
caught. And uh in terms of the AC
collapsing from the heat, I don't need
to yet. So, I'm going to keep on trying.
But so far, overall, it's a decent
experience. Everything I kind of expect
from an LA Fitness. Walking around this
gym, it was very clear on multiple
occasions that it's not very
well-maintained. This place is like a
frat house. Everything's dirty. It
smells strange [music] and dudes are
leaving loads wherever they want.
>> This is a pretty neat form of cardio. We
got rock climbing here, which I mean I
fear if I get to the top and I see an
eagle eye view of this gym, I might want
to jump. Based off the machines, I don't
even want to look at how rusty those
bolts are. Like I think like the change
room might be safer than doing this.
>> There's also a ton of cardio equipment
as well as a basketball court and even a
pool which looked more like a crime
scene if anything.
>> Bro, that is crazy.
Oh my god.
I think I I got to go.
>> I've made my way through the entirety of
the gym and now it's time for my last
task, taking a shower in the men's
locker room.
>> What's your experience been like in the
change rooms?
>> I try to avoid them as much as I can.
>> I'm showering thereafter.
[music]
>> Godspeed, brother.
>> I try not to really go down there. Um
it's it smells kind of weird. Um, and it
just has it's like very like musky
inside. Like the sauna like kind of like
is like the whole thing.
>> Okay, I'm showering now.
>> Oh, here.
>> Yeah.
>> Oh god. Good [laughter] luck.
>> Okay.
>> The locker room was described as being
musky and smelling heavily of urine,
which is definitely correct. It did.
>> I'm kind of scared, but also really
excited for some reason. As I entered
the shower area, fortunately, it was
quiet, but almost too quiet.
Definitely the only gains I'm making
here are fungal. I don't even think my
flip-flops want to touch the floor right
now. It smells so bad in here. I feel
like there's like a new
weird random aquatic bed bug breed being
made here.
I hung up my towel and removed my boxers
and felt more vulnerable than ever.
Surprisingly, the water pressure was
great and I got hot pretty quickly.
Overall, there wasn't much to complain
about. I survived the shower, but let's
hope level three is significantly
better. Level three, quads gym. $88 a
month. This is an iconic gym. A lot of
the greats have come here. And if
there's one place where they're going to
notice that you skip leg day, it's right
here. The gym [music] for men and women.
Sounds a bit outdated if I do say so
myself, but like looking at the stuff on
the walls, I can already tell you I'm
going to have the greatest lift of all
time. I love the old school vibe. And
right here, the largest free weight gym
[music] in the city, 40,000 square ft,
which is pretty crazy because it's a
very unassuming place. Like, you
wouldn't think it's that big, but 40,000
ft is no joke. And it's al what?
>> Yes. When you're outside, it's very
deceiving. I've been since [music] 1999.
>> 1999. November of 1999.
>> Best gym in the city.
>> Oh, no. Not in the city. Understatement.
I would say this the number one gym in
the US. This is for people are serious
about their workouts. None fancy. You
want that fufu stuff, go to fufu place.
>> I mean, if the expectations weren't
already here, they're now up here. And
also voted top 10 gym in America by
Muscle and Fitness.
We're in for a treat. If you're a
bodybuilder and you walk into this gym,
your program for the day is not it's not
happening because there are so many
things that I want to try. It's it's so
overwhelming. Good thing I know how to
get around. When there's a gym that has
[music]
the old photos, you just know you will
never ever be the biggest guy in the
gym. I have never seen [music] a back
row that looks like this. I I feel like
a fat kid in the food court. I'm like,
do I want to go here? Do I want to go
there? I'm so overwhelmed. We have all
the different bars here all the way
[music] down to here. It's like a
freaking anabolic armory. Like, come
pick your freaking barbell, man. I think
if I was a member here, all of my
muscles would be bigger. Every single
one, even my calves. This is a treat,
man. I can't stop saying that. It's a
treat. Not a lot of gyms are strongman
friendly, but I've seen a lot of
strongman things so far. So,
powerlifters, bodybuilders, strongman,
even crossfitters may be welcome in
here. We never know. Probably not. Here
is the cardio area. Tons of insane
machines. Like, look at this. We have a
treadmill where you can pretend to be
holding grocery bags for your next
Costco grocery haul. Oh, what the heck?
How do you do this?
Oh, what an odd.
I think I'm like Magnus Mippo here and I
only burnt two calories.
Oh, there we go. I hit flow state.
That's fun, man. That makes cardio fun.
I've also never heard of sports art
fitness and this leg extension
might be the best leg extension I've
ever used. Like the mind muscle
connection I thought I could only
achieve with my right hand, but this one
you can get so far back without hitting
the end of the machine. The stretch is
incredible. This place is like a
freaking anabolic carnival. Like there's
so much fun stuff to do. I could
actually live here. I'm going to say it.
This is the best bodybuilding gym I have
ever been to in my life so far. Like,
and we're just getting started.
>> There are so many machines I have never
seen before and will probably never see
again. And this is only the first floor
of this massive gym.
>> All right, so now we're heading up to
floor two for more of the same thing.
I'm so excited.
One of the staff showed us this chest
press machine that is so customizable,
you can hit your chest at any angle. He
then showed us a threein-one shoulder
machine where you can do upright row,
then into shoulder press, and then
lateral raises.
>> Are these like one of a kind pieces at
this gym?
>> Yeah, this one.
>> Is this the only one to exist?
>> This company is very out of business.
You don't find this anymore.
>> The best way to describe this place is
it's a lifting museum, but you actually
get to touch and use everything.
>> Everything that you see is first
generation hammer strength. So, like the
best of the best. We're in the next room
right now and there's these machines
[music]
which look so old. They look like they
were like created by the founding
fathers of hypertrophy. Like what is
going on here? So I think that this is a
curl.
Wow. And then there's this here. Look at
that. Look at that machinery on that
thing. [music]
These machines right here that I just
tried. [music] They've probably been
banned for being too effective. Like, oh
my.
[snorts]
The heck is this?
What? And then from the chest, you go
right into a fly.
This is for real the anabolic red light
district cuz I want to hit everything.
If you don't like these dumbbells,
that's okay because there's also these
ones, these ones, and these ones, which
are actually my personal favorite. Bro,
this is crazy. Look how much bars are
going on here. Holy.
Wow. Who is using this bar? [music]
Like, look at this. This is a girth that
is both frightening but very tempting.
But we're going to do some incline bench
right now. And I picked this one out. It
has like the slight [music] curvature
for extra range of motion. It's
absolutely beautiful.
Oh man, incredible. You feel the chest
pump right away. You guys want to see a
little fun thing? Look at this. I lie
down
and I can see myself in the mirror
above.
You know what that means? Chest days get
freaky after hours. Kind of unexpected
that they had a boxing room as well.
[bell]
Really cool spot. You're like like in a
Muhammad Ali Baki here. We're just being
completely surrounded by him. Poster,
picture, picture, picture. Just Muhammad
Ali is everywhere. I had to do it. Flex
the quads at quads. Going to get a
post-workout snack. So, they have a ton
of energy drinks. And they also have a
nice amount of bars and stuff here. And
whenever there's an option of bars, you
know, I'm picking a David's bar. 150
calories, 28 g of protein, zero sugar,
it dwarfs all of the other options on
the table. It keeps me full, it keeps me
leaner, not lean, leaner, and I highly
recommend them. They taste delicious.
So, if you want to pick them up, I
actually have the link in the
description. Check them out. You will
not regret it. In a lot of ways, this is
a level five gym. Like, 100%. It was
such a privilege to live there. If you
are a bodybuilding fan and you come
here, you just gain such an appreciation
for bodybuilding. It's just it's it's
incredible. And I just I cannot wait to
come back.
>> Level three was epic. Now, let's see if
level four can do better. Level four,
Chicago Sports and Fitness Club. Now,
this membership is only $1 more per
month than Quad's gym, but just like an
inch, every dollar counts. And the
outside looks it looks like a mallic.
I really wonder why they need that much
space. Let's go find out. We're on the
first floor of the gym right now. All of
this is upper body stuff. And right
away, it's a lot more of a clean
aesthetic than quads. A lot more modern,
which means we're not going to find any
like crazy unicorn rare items here. A
lot of kind of things that you would
expect. So, I see Prime, I see Life
Fitness, I see Hammer Strength, I see
Matrix, I see Arsenal. All still really
good machines.
This machine's cool because it counts
your reps and the time of the set. This
is kind of cool. It's like an actual
gamified ab machine. Like I could see
this like in an anabolic McDonald's play
place or something. So you just grab the
ball
down. Boom. Bullseye down. Boom.
I'll drive. Oh, boom. Money shot after
money shot. Dumbbells only up to 50 lb
is surprising and also kind of
concerning. So hopefully we do find
heavier ones elsewhere here. This place
is huge. By the way, floor one was
really nice, but it did seem slightly
underequipped. But little did I know
what was to come when I went downstairs.
>> Now we're in the basement gym and this
feels a lot more hardcore than upstairs.
Like these walls have heard some deep
grunts. We have a lot going on. So it's
a mixture of upper body and then it
looks like lower body is all in the far
corner over there. I think the whole
entire basement is almost all arsenal.
Arsenal. Arsenal. Arsenal. Really good
Arsenal chest press right there. We got
dumbbells up to 120 which is
respectable. That's okay. Very rarely do
you need to go more than that. This, I
would say, is a pretty rare piece at a
gym. It's a seal row machine. They are
incredible for your back. So, it has the
gap in the middle so you can get the
full range of motion. [music]
We're in the leg area now. Some
incredible machines. This one right here
is amazing.
You can get so low so effortlessly, and
it's so easy on your knees. You just
hold right here.
[music]
Oh, so nice. And then right beside a
pendulum squat, one of the goats for the
quads. Then we got a pit shark over
here.
A hack squat. And then like an insanely
heavy duty leg press that I must try.
This is kind of terrifying.
[music]
Oh, that feels good. This place is
extremely overwhelming. There's so many
different like rooms and stuff going on.
I feel like if I just like press on this
wall, it's going to open into like a
smoothie speak easy underground thing.
But so far, really cool.
>> And it's about to get even more
overwhelming because there are so many
more areas to explore. Starting with the
leg dungeon.
>> They call it the leg dungeon, but
looking at the wall, I would just call
this like the patriotism pit. Like I'm
not getting leg dungeon. It's like a
giant soaring eagle with an American
flag. Eagles don't have big legs. So,
have you guys seen Eagle's legs? They
had big talons.
That's it. And then this room is called
the powerlifting room. It's all just
like barbells in here. Look at this
pretty sweet custom bench here. I love
the fact that powerlifters don't have to
be in the same area as bodybuilders, you
know? Like, you wouldn't put a lion in
the same cage as a gorilla, although I'd
love to see it, but you can kind of be
whoever you want to be at this gym.
Like, if you're a powerlifter, you come
in here. Bodybuilder, you go out there.
It's great. And look at the amount of
writing all over the walls.
It's pretty clear which type of lifter
is more literate. And then right next
door to the powerlifting room, we have
the squat deadlift studio. The
difference between the squat deadlift
studio to the powerlifting studio
remains unknown, but this is pretty
sweet. Very interesting that we have a
Muhammad Ali quote in the powerlifting
room. He's a boxer if you didn't know.
Very cool vibes in here. Very like
grungy dungeon vibes with like the kind
of like the horror hand marks on the
wall from the chalk. This is a cool This
is a cool rack, too. This platform is
taking a beating, man. This is clearly a
boxing area, which is super nice. It's a
mixture of like a modern boxing gym and
then an old school boxing gym. It's like
if Rocky trained with Sylvester
Stallone's money.
>> Just when I thought this gym couldn't
get any better.
>> What? There's a full outdoor gym. We got
dumbbells again up to 100. And then we
walk outside and then you got like tire
flips and stuff. What?
Oh
yo, [music]
this is a vibe. Like this is hard to
beat. We have like everything. We have
upper body, you got lower body over
here. We even got a deadlift platform
over there. Deadlifts outside in the
summer is going to hit. The art on the
wall is really sick, too. You kind of
feel like you're training in a prison
yard. You kind of fulfill that fantasy
if you ever had that. I I have. I'm
really interested. Comment down below.
Do you prefer quads gym or this gym? I
feel like it's going to be a toss up for
a lot of people because these gyms both
have some very unique things to offer.
So, which one would you pick? Comment
down below. Basically, what makes this
gym a level four is obviously the amount
of incredible equipment they have, but
also the amenities. So, we [music] have
a ping pong table here. It'd be so nice
to just absolutely pound some balls
between workouts. And we walk around
this way and then right here we have a
basketball court.
The hoops here are a bit small. I like
those like carnival scams. And then
right here we have a pool which I would
actually go in. It looks very nice and
very wellkept. Okay, we got tanning beds
in here. Another tanning bed. A really
nice feature of this gym is that they
have a women's only area that's called
the Booty Lab that you can only access
through the women's change room.
We accessed it with complete permission
and everything. So, don't worry about
that. Even though it's called the Booty
Lab, it has everything that you need.
You can train chest, shoulders, and of
course your glutes. So, I mean, I feel
like for women, this is a really good
thing because I feel like a lot of times
women are very intimidated in a big gym
with a lot of guys staring, you know?
So, [music] this is a good safe zone. I
think if my Greek mythology was correct,
that is Medusa. [music]
And she's known for making guys rock
solid. I think that's what she's known
for, right? Which now it makes sense
given the name. [music] Yeah. And now
that I think about it, the Booty Lab,
it's kind of racist towards women. It's
not It's not all they care about. You
know,
they they care about other things. And
if finding your way around this gym is
not already considered functional
fitness, they have a functional fitness
area with the turf,
a bunch of balls down there, and then
there's also
the guns on deck. How do you operate
this thing?
We're in the posing area right now, and
I've never seen this before in my life.
And it's the down light that you can
actually move with you.
Look at that. And the lighting is sick.
Damn. I don't know. Can level 5 beat
this gym? I'm not sure. I'm really not
sure, but let's see. Welcome to the
level 5 gym beyond. This is one of the
most luxurious wellness facilities in
America. It's It's expensive. I feel
significantly underdressed. I feel like
I need to be wearing St. Lauron just to
be accepted inside. But we'll see if
they'll take me. Um, this place is not
cheap. It's not cheap at all. And beyond
in Vietnamese means mysterious secret,
which makes a lot of sense because I
have a lot of questions. So, let's go to
infinity and beyond. The entrance is
incredibly beautiful. It's kind of
cultish. I feel like I'm going to have
to eat like a child's heart or something
when I go inside. But here we go.
Oh,
cut it for a sec.
Oh, wow, man. Definitely not a gym where
you're going to see Arnold on the wall.
Maybe like Gwennneth Paltro or
something, [music] but you feel like
you're like in a fivestar hotel right
now. There's lots of plants everywhere,
which I'm assuming they're going to tell
me very soon that they're all real. Look
at this [music] bar. Just this bar. It's
just not energy drinks and pre-workout.
Maybe I can do an apperal spritz to pair
well with my leg day today.
>> I've been to a lot of luxury gyms across
America, and this one has to be the most
beautiful one I've seen so far. Every
inch of this space looks really
carefully thought out.
>> It also just smells amazing in here. I
want whatever they're cooking. It just
smells like a freaking Thanksgiving
dinner.
>> I met up with co-founder Mar and she
walked me over to the co-working space
of the club.
>> Yeah. Some [music] people say it's the
most productive workplace that they've
ever had cuz they just have to walk, you
know, down the hallway to get to their
fitness center or class, their
acupuncture treatment, their physical
therapy. You know, one of those things
about, you know, physical therapy and
chiropractic is those are the easiest
things to just kind of ignore because
it's very inconvenient [music] to do.
Same with seeing your doctor for
something that might seem small. So, we
made that really possible that you can
just walk down the hallway and get any
of those things taken [music] care of
every day.
>> That's so cool. So, you can basically do
it all here. We are currently in the
co-working space where members can just
come chill, get coffee, get on their
laptop, do a bunch of work. Then you can
just walk up here and grab some water.
So, they got the orange water. And if
you don't like orange water, they got
lemon water. If you don't like lemon
water, they just have regular water if
you're if you're a child or something
like that. Then you walk down this way
and then you got the self-s served
coffee, which I would be fully taking
advantage of. My full membership. I'd be
making my money worth just on coffee.
They have cream and then they have
almond, but then they even have self-s
served oat milk. That's when you know
you're at a place with a lot of money
because you never see self-s served oat
milk.
>> Oh wow. Where does this lead to?
>> This [music] leads to the gym.
>> Ooh.
>> Yes. So, we'll head on down.
>> The post leg day steps wouldn't be so
bad on here. This is the most beautiful
stairwell I've ever seen. And at the
bottom of the stairwell waiting for me
lies the sushi bar.
>> Okay, so I need to know the story of the
sushi bar because this is the most epic
gym amenity I've ever seen.
>> Formerly this was known as Japanese in
Chicago, which was one of the most
well-known sushi restaurants in Chicago.
Then my partner Kevin Bame of Bokeh
Restaurant Group has a really beautiful
restaurant that has some of the best
fish quality. So, we were able to think
about what would be that unique spin on
having a beautiful dining experience and
that additive. It's [music] ran upstairs
to any of the spaces for lunch, dinner,
you name it.
>> Can you do like a sushi superset? Like,
can I go from like squat rack to
>> You can. I think that's actually really
good protein play.
>> A sashimi set. That's what you should
call it.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Sashimi and squats.
>> Yes. Time to take a look at the gym
space. We got the cardio here. We got
treadmills, treadmills. We got some
ellipticals. We got some bikes over
there. And then we walk over here and
then there's a really nice turf with
this like [music]
insane
jungle gym thing. Like it's it's
actually beautiful. Like there's so much
going on in here. [music]
Like the amount of different handles.
Like you could do like some sort of like
luxurious physical 100 with all the
members here.
Oh, that's so fun. Wow.
Got a wall of balls over there of all
different sizes. It's wonderful. And
then the dumbbells. We have up to 80 lbs
and they're Rogue dumbbells, which I've
actually never used, but Rogue is always
really high quality, which is great. We
got kettle bells, dip bar. Like, this
thing is like [music] you can do so much
on here. three squat racks and then
there's also in-house physiootherapy.
So, you can come train and then come
over here, get all fixed up. So, there's
not a lot of machines at all, which I
can kind of overlook because the space
is so beautiful. Like, there's basically
just squat racks, dumbbells, kettle
bells, and benches. So, it's forcing you
to do the basic compound movements,
which is also not bad at all.
I think if they had a quads gym machine
in here, members would actually be kind
of scared. They'd look at it and be
like,
>> the setup of this gym is definitely for
more functional athletic training, but
you can still get super jacked here. It
may not be a bodybuilder paradise, but
that's not really the demographic here.
[music]
>> Whenever I see these things, it just
makes me realize how good some salesmen
are out there.
So, I think apparently I'm burning fat
right now. Burning tons of calories.
Three, two, one.
Oh, that was a hard set. All right,
we're going to do the InBody here. If
I'm paying a premium price to be a
member here, they better round down my
body fat by at least
3%.
All right, so I am currently
98 lb on the dot. Okay. Place your heels
on the sole
>> on the pier sole electrode.
>> Grab the handle.
>> Place your thumbs on an oval electrode.
>> 8.4% body fat. I think that calls for
two rolls of sushi. Man, I'm under 10%.
I'm printing that.
Hey. Hey. Hey.
And then we got the sushi bar, which I
think is again, I keep on saying it,
like this is this is why we're here,
really. Like, it opens at 11:00 a.m.
We're going to get a roll of sushi 100%.
Like, I kind of want to like how much
would it cost you to bench press a tuna?
I kind of want to bench press a tuna. I
wonder if they'd let me do that. You
really don't feel like you're like in
[music] the middle of a really busy
city. Like everything just kind of just
feels so relaxed. You feel like you're
at like a resort in Mexico or something.
>> It was now time to take a look at the
amenities. Right at the gym, they have a
nice water here. And the water here, I
don't know if it's tap water. It doesn't
taste like it or I'm just thinking that
it's edon or something.
It's such good water. This is also an
extremely random but cool room. It's
like a music room with all these like
vinyls here. Look at this. Look at that.
[music]
>> [music]
>> There's also a full spa side to the gym
with these comfy couches, which I'm not
sure if you're allowed to nap on or not,
but if not, don't worry. They have a nap
room.
Oo. So, this is a steam room. And then
this is also the ice bath. So, you get
the hot and then you go into the cold.
Oh, yeah. That turned into a baby
[music] carrot in there. That is cold.
But such a beautiful ambiance in here.
Everything is beautiful here and
everything just smells so nice. Every
single room is like, "Ooh, that's a nice
smell. Lavender, rosemary, Thanksgiving
feast." It just It's amazing. It doesn't
smell like urine. Like at LA Fitness.
What the [ __ ]
Look at this shower.
What is going on in here? Like there's a
seat there. There's a seat here. There's
a mirror here. Like you could have a lot
of fun in here. Like, and how many
different heads are in here? Like, I
think this is a full one. Here,
I think there's seven different shower
heads in here. So, you're getting
blasted by seven at once. Would that be
a PR? Yeah, that'd be a PR for me.
>> The showers were like mini personalized
water parks. Much different than LA
Fitness. They also have a sauna and some
amazing food, which I can't wait to try.
>> We're having breakfast now. I'm
currently sipping on a smoothie with 5 g
of creatine in here, which is great
because I didn't pack it. So, the food
here is from a fine dining chef. So,
it's going to be amazing. And we're
going to build our own scramble. If
there's a possible way to make egg
whites look fine dining, this is it.
Like, this presentation is quite
beautiful. And I have been craving toast
of the bread variety for so long. And
this sourdough looks on point.
You got to spread me before you eat me.
So good. There's so much flavor in this.
Honestly, for the price that it is so
far, it's so worth it. I feel like they
could charge so much more and I'd
probably still join. This is like a
place that you you want to be. Like I I
would actually come here for [music] the
full entire day, possibly sleep here
and hide and do it. After breakfast, I'm
actually getting a facial. It's not my
first one ever at the gym, but it's the
second one that I'm I'm paying for. And
let's just hope that they can do
something with with the the entire
thing.
>> Actually, before the facial, I ended up
getting a glutathione booster shot.
>> And what is glutathione?
>> Glutathione is a powerful antioxidant
that helps to with muscle recovery,
inflammation, detoxing the liver, and an
added bonus is also pigment on the skin.
>> Okay. I should have a clear injection
site in my shoulder. Yes.
>> I'm just kidding. I don't do steroids.
That's a joke. How how how big is the
needle?
>> You want to know now or
>> one, two, three. Good. Good.
>> Oh,
>> I know. Yeah. All done.
>> It's a big muscle.
>> Oh, that one hurt.
>> And it's a thick It's a viscous thick
shot. You're
>> Oh, thank you.
>> I know. You won't necessarily feel
>> anything, you know, kind of like a rush
or
>> anything like that. just kind of notice
that perhaps your muscles recover faster
after your workouts. [music]
You feel a little less inflamed. Your
skin is glowing a little bit more.
>> Oo, okay.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah. Thank you so much.
>> And in combination with the facial,
it'll be perfect.
>> It's facial time. Time to get beautiful.
[music] At least try to. 40 minutes
express facial.
Excited.
>> This facial was so relaxing. I
completely fell into the deepest sleep I
think I've ever had.
>> I'm so relaxed right now. I feel so
yummy. I feel beautiful. I feel like I
just went from a solid two to a three
and a half, potentially a four. I'm
feeling great. [music]
Feeling on top of the world right now.
I just experienced five levels of gyms.
All so different in their own ways. At
the end of the day, it really doesn't
matter what level of gym you [music]
have access to. The only thing that
truly matters is you get into the gym a
few days a week. But some gyms have
amenities [music]
that are way too good to pass up on.
[music]
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The video showcases an exploration of five different gym levels, starting from a basic, affordable community center gym (Level 1) to an exclusive, luxurious wellness facility (Level 5). Each level offers a distinct experience, progressively adding more advanced equipment, specialized training areas, and unique amenities. Level 1 is characterized by its low cost ($10/month) and essential, albeit often malfunctioning, equipment. Level 2, a notoriously bad LA Fitness, is described as poorly maintained with missing equipment and unsanitary locker rooms, compensated by its heavy dumbbells. Level 3, Quads Gym, stands out as an iconic, old-school bodybuilding haven with a vast array of unique and effective machines. Level 4, Chicago Sports and Fitness Club, provides a modern aesthetic with diverse specialized areas including a powerlifting room, a
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