Fitness & Bodybuilding
♦ my Body ♦ my Gym ♦ my Health ♦ my Life ♦ my Power ♦
Since nineteenhundredandeighty. Almost 50 years.

P O W E R ! ! !
We all are encouraged to make our body stronger, leaner, fitter.
We all lose muscles after age 30 and up. So use them or lose them! It is never too late to start - unless on our personal Ascension Day. Let us empower our decades here on Earth and become strong.
Trained oldtimers 70 and above are often stronger than lazybones in their Thirties. Arnold knows. A muscular frame prevents injuries, back aches, and other junk nobody wants to incorporate. Eat healthy. Late big meals may affect your sleep. No or very little 'junk food', little to no hard drinks and soft drinks as well.

For everybody!
We don't care on height, weight, color, etc. Pink skin? So what...?
There is only one race of Homo Sapiens on this world since at least 75,000 years.
Every human being shares 99.99% of the genetic code. > The tiny remaining .01% is responsible for shape, color of eyes, hair, skin, height and individual weight and more. The genetic code does never affect religion and such. This belongs only to your education.
Adult people 21 and older are eligible to use a gym without supervision, albeit recommended.
Gradual supervision and time limited gym access is mandatory from age 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, and 18 years.


Around the world!
From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. Pick a place on the globe.
Go there. Workout.
Voilá. Köszönöm.
Amsterdam, Berlin, Chicago, Denver, Edmonton, Fuxin, Glendale, Harare, Ipoh, Jackson, Kinshasa, Lima, Madrid, Nairobi, Ottawa, Paris, Qionghai, Rome, Stockholm, Tehran, Uppsala, Venice, Wiesbaden, Xinyang, Yokohama, Zurich, ...

Around the clock!
24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Zero excuses. 3a.m.? No problem.
Make your body strong even if it's Easter, Christmas, Ramadan, Kwanzaa, ...

Affordable!
32 dollars a month. Or less. In your home gym. Any given time. 24/7!
This is just about a buck and a nickel a day. Or a pound sterling. Or a euro. Or a swiss franc.
In the planning stage: Super / Superior / Supreme / Super Supreme / Superior Supreme / Super Superior Supreme Gyms from $40.-.

FERRUM gives you the full basic equipment plus...

some important machines 1440 minutes every single day. You enroll in the gym and (re)start your new life along with chrystal clear advices to gain muscle and lose fat. There are tons of plates waiting to be loaded on the barbells and racks. It is no problem to perform Leg Press with 1000 or even 2000 pounds. The sky is the limit. You'll be on cloud nine while working out. The hardware is made for world champions of the next century but never forgets the ancient 1896 olympic roots. Olympic Power Rooms are equipped with metric equipment which is used elesewhere outside USA and Liberia. Don't mix them! 10 kilograms are NOT 20 pounds!! FERRUM does not necessarily provide amenities (sauna, waterbed, ...) but it does provide profound Arnold compatible workout service. Every muscle can de addressed with free weights. Water (also carbonated) is always free of charge. A selection of mineral drinks plus coffee and tea is available for a small daily amount.


ARGENTUM is more expensive because...

it provides more equipment and more service. ARGENTUM comes with sauna, steam room, and waterbed massage. ARGENTUM offers a circuit training for combined endurance and strength. A variety of live classes invites you to join on site in a group. Classes with real coaches are offered mainly during prime time.
Staffed hours are 8a-11p Mo-Fr and 10a-6p Sa+Su. One personal training in hundred days is included for free.


AURUM is even more expensive because...

it provides any kind of equipment and super supreme service. AURUM comes with different kinds of sauna, multiple steam rooms, waterbeds, massage chairs. AURUM offers two kinds of endurance and strength circuit training sites. Classes with real coaches are offered between 8a and 11p during the week and 10a to 6p on weekends. Staffed hours are at least 6am till midnight every day.
One personal training every fifty days plus one mini group training every month is included for free. You even get your personal gym electronic mailbox for free along with a real letter mailbox for a little fee. AURUM offers a wide variety of outdoor activities and swimming, diving, biking plus many indoor activities like dancing, boxing, and mental training as well.


FERRUM, ARGENTUM, and AURUM are Next Generation 24/7 Gyms in operation since 2015 with the first FERRUM gym in Darmstadt starting in March 2016.
Classic Gyms remain in operation and have hours up to 20 hours a day.
Gym fees are normally not above 128.- per month.
Save by limiting access hours or upgrade by expanding accessing locations!

You can limit hours to:
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The minimum total access time in the gym is 35 hours weekly; the maximum is 168 hours per week.
The maximum total location access is every gym everywhere. The minimum is one gym (your home gym)
Gyms came into existence between 1960 and 1970.
Many of the old gyms are 'Classic gyms', opening less than 168...

hours a week. Such gyms provide five different levels of equipment (Iron, Bronce, Silver, Gold, and Platinum) and five differnt levels of service (Basic, Regular, V.I.P., Royal, and Diamond). Depending on those levels and the total operational hours per day and week their fees vary. Classic gyms open at least 5 hours daily and at least 35 hours per week.



Informative!
Virtually limitless information from around the world.
The experience of millions of people is waiting for you and me. Sharing workout...

experience in the community helps to become better, leaner, stronger over time. The equivalence of miles of books is stored online. Use your iPad or Android pad to dive into it. Enjoy live sessions online. Consult a coach at the same time and get advantages by receiving corrections just in time by using your camera. International appointments need to use UTC time zone. Or watch a bazillion of You Tube videos in English, Spanish, Chinese, French, German, Dutch, Kisuaheli and even Klingon.



Control your weight!
Not necessarily today. But for sure tomorrow. And the day after.

Your weight shouldn't be just two digits (unless you are very short). The maximum weight the scales can show before they overload is 444 lbs. Some gyms have scales up to 999 lbs but this is rare.



Six foot, seven foot, eight foot, whoa!
Nobody cares about your 345.6 lb footprint. Tall people have more power.
The range for free weight training is 4'...8'; for machine training it's 5'...7'.
System codes are HM-45; HM-56; HM-67; HM-78; HM-46; HM-57; HM-68; HM-47; HM-58; HM-48.
The digits stand for height in feet. HM-57 suits people very well between little under 5' and little over 7' and so on.
Olympic Powerlifting (Snatch, Clean-and-jerk) follows HM-39.
You may see four digit HM codes. They give exact suitable height in inches where the maximum range is
3999 (from 39" to 99").


Non-alcoholic. Contains Iron. Zero nicotine.
Alcohol is for desinfection only. Nobody drives you to desinfect your esophagus.
Our world is made of HEAVY METAL. We convert iron into power.
Smoking is never okay in the gym. Indoors and outdoors. May be allowed above +1000°F / 500°C


Sauna can help to relax.
ARGENTUM and AURUM gyms only: The regular finnish sauna provides temperatures around 200°F / 90°C. Humidity is below 20% rH.
A Tepidarium is similar to a sauna but the temperature is just 120°F / 50°C.
There are steam rooms as well often with different flavors. Steam rooms provide temperatures of up to 120°F / 50°C along with a humidity of 100% rH.
It is highly recommended that you secure hearing aids in a dry and cool place in order not to destroy them in excess heat and/or humidity. The same applies for other delicate electronic equipment unless specified for extreme environment.
Please obey the sauna rules. Have a shower before you start. Use a long towel to lay on.

Waterbed Massage

Argentum and Aurum Gyms provide waterbeds. Relax on the towel equipped bed and enjoy powerful water massage. Adjust the convenient level with a fingertip in a wide range. The latest version is ALEXA compatible. The beds provide a dry environment while you feel like being in a body of water.



Electro Myo Stimulation (EMS)

Many Aurum gyms offer EMS workout. Specialists offer a face-to-face workout. Such a workout lasts approx. 22 minutes each once to twice a week. EMS workout requires a special suit (similar to a diver's suit) to transfer electrical stimulation to the body.
People with pacemakers, cochlear implants, and artificial joints; pregnant women, epilepsy patients, vertigo patients cannot use EMS workout due to safety reasons. In most gyms EMS is limited to persons between 5' and 6' and ages 21 to 65.
Consulting a doctor prior to use of EMS workout is mandatory without exemption!

Feel strange during EMS workout? STOP immediately!
EMS is available only with vouchers. They come in packs of 1, 6, 12, 15, and 20 units.



Solarium (tanning) only naturally with our sun.
There are no more tanning beds in the gym after 2011.
Independent Tanning Studios are very close to many gyms.
They provide artificial sun up to 24/7 on pay-per-use or with contracts.

Locating a gym
Any Gym can be located (and navigated to)
  1. by its postal address; supported by every GPS / Galileo / Glonass navigational system
    ex.: HEAVY METAL Gym, 145 Briar Ave., Kamloop, BC, Canada
  2. the full international phone number
    ex.: +1 250 554-3424
  3. The Gym ID; via the myGYM app
    ex.: 12E2025
  4. Latitude and longitude coordinates; works identical to #1
    ex.: 50⁰N 41' 8.8218" 120⁰W 21' 11.4834'' (DMS variant)
    ex.: 50.6857836 -120.3531896 (DD variant)
  5. the Plus-Code; the PlusCode app is available in the App Stores
    ex.: 9F28Q4C9+466
  6. What3Words (new); the w3w app is available in the App Stores
    ex.: ///trumped.limped.packets
    Attention: Do take care on the exact words! A very similar ///trumped.limped.pockets may lead to a location (hundreds of) miles away!




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