Uncle Mike Fitness

The only thing not making this a seven star gym is their showers. Not a lot of space. However, I gave five stars because the price is GREAT. After you buy the members card (100元), it's one nt (1元) per minute. Their equipment is top notch. And they have a great combination of freeweights and machines.

Great place for visitors as you can purchase by the minute. I paid $100 to register and another $100 for 100 minutes. Got a great workout on 1 of their 5 power racks that are brand new (opened in 07/2018). Located right next to a starbucks on a busy road so it was easy to find.

I wanted to like this gym SO much, but they don't let me deadlift. I can't stand lunkers just like everyone else, and I make sure to deadlift with a controlled eccentric. People who drop deadlifts are dumb and doing the exercise wrong. But when you're deadlifting 200kg, even with *rubber plates* and *on a deadlifting platform*, it's going to make a bit of a thunk, no matter how controlled you are in the eccentric. Not a clatter, not a clang, but a thunk, no louder than the music coming over the PA. Yet I consistently have gotten noise warnings. Strangely enough, I've seen Taiwanese people being MUCH noisier right in front of the coaches and they've never gotten even a look, so to be honest I have no choice to suspect that they just don't like foreigners. Pros -Lots of power racks -Good selection of specialized equipment, trap bar, SSB, prowler, even a lateral hip thrust platform. It has the makings of a great powerlifting gym, so why they don't let people powerlift there is beyond me. Cons -Staff has never been particularly friendly. No hellos or goodbyes or even a smile. They all just kinda glare at me when I walk in the door. -Loud, obnoxious club music -Poor selection of cardio equipment -Why are there only, like, 6 total 2.5kg plates in the whole gym -Bathrooms are poor and occasionally very smelly