Basement Gym Watford....

I have heard a lot of the years about this gym and I went down last year to have a quick look but yesterday was the first time I trained down there.

Very hardcore spit and sawdust gym that has been there for the best part of 50+ years going by the age of some of the equipment. The gym is underneath Gade car park in Watford, Herts and the door leading down stairs is at the main entrance of the car park.

So as we head down stairs you here drum & base blasting out and its surprising cold so no need for any air-con lol! We went through a corridor with some small rooms with a old treadmill and a boxing bag and then to the first main room, Old rusty dumbbells going up to 65kg, a few incline benches, olympic bench press and some of the walls mirrored.





As you walk along the corridor there is a second room with a cable machine, 2nd bench press, old deadlift platform, hammer strength style chest press, barbell seated shoulder press, incline chest press and chest fly machine.

In the third room there are a few cable machines, smith machine, lat pull down, wall mounted dip station, preacher curl and a few others that I cant remember.

In the fourth and final room is the leg room filled with a wall mounted squat rack, hack squat, plate loaded leg press, ham curl, leg extension and a second smith machine. This is where I spent my workout and managed a NEW SQUAT PB of 5 reps with 170kg!

Good session in a great hardcore gym, I hope this blog will help some of you out as there is not much information about this gym and on the forums people ask about it from time to time. Oh I forgot it was £2.50 a visit but I'm sure they do a membership and its open weekdays from 6pm & there is NO TOILET!!!!