Vegan Gym

[Philippe]

Hello,

Would you rather train in a gym where only other vegans go, or it doesn't really matter to you?
If there was a gym nearby where you live that is own by vegans and targeting vegans exclusively, would you go there preferably?
Thanks
Philippe

[JP]

for sure i would mate.

but it would also need to be a good gym, as in fit for my training purposes, otherwise it would just be a curiosity

I am planning to open one of this kind of gyms myself soon

[kallefs]

I don't really talk to anybody when in the gym so I would not notice but I don't like the exclusiveness of vegans only. Sure it would be cool to in the beginning but kind of strange to tell your non-vegan pals that they can't come in.

Edit to add that if I, for example, came to a crossfit box where you had to go paleo or eat meat to be with the cool guys that would kind of suck.

[blinki]

My considerations for a gym are cost, location and equipment. I couldnt care less what the person lifting next to me eats and don't really get what the apeal of a vegan gym would be.

[loveliberate]

This is already an option here in Portland: http://www.plantfitpdx.com - though I doubt that there is an actual requirement that you be vegan to participate.

[mouche]

I don't like the idea at all. I like to try and prove that I can train alongside, and usually out-do, non-vegans. Just the other day a fellow gym-user asked me for advice on reducing meat in her diet as she was inspired by my figure which dispelled the common myth of the pale sickly weedy vegan. I think an all-vegan gym would do more harm than good.

[hardcore iv]

There are pros and cons. We could treat it as a talent spotting gym. Vegan Institute of Sport(TM). Train the strong vegans up into beasts and then send them out to the masses and tell the weak ones to do crossfit so they can think they are beasts.

[kallefs]

There are pros and cons. We could treat it as a talent spotting gym. Vegan Institute of Sport(TM). Train the strong vegans up into beasts and then send them out to the masses and tell the weak ones to do crossfit so they can think they are beasts.

Wise words!

[JP]

ah i missed the "only" bit

dont think only is needed, but more vegan gyms for sure! With vegan supplements, food, shakes, snack dispenser machine etc etc

[Philippe]

Mouche and HardCore IV
YOu both have points I hadn't thought before.
I have to agree with both of you.
It's nice to show "others" that we are not weaker and if we stay among vegans we simply can't spread what we believe in.
Good points

[JP]

my gym will definitely be all vegan, as in everything sold there will be vegan. And i guess there would be a lot of vegan customers, perhaps around 10+ %, because of the encatchment area i am planning to set it up to.

one of the aims is definitely to make vegans and the people in the leftist scene stronger, fitter and bigger

[Mellos]

As long as the subject doesn't pop up I don't care.
To me what matters most is equipment, environment and attitude (proximity is also a benefit).

[thestoatyone]

my gym will definitely be all vegan, as in everything sold there will be vegan. And i guess there would be a lot of vegan customers, perhaps around 10+ %, because of the encatchment area i am planning to set it up to.

one of the aims is definitely to make vegans and the people in the leftist scene stronger, fitter and bigger

This sounds soooooo sweet!

Totally on my dream list to do (my catchment area out here would probably be me though...)