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🏋 P O D E R ! ! ! Public Domain picture from pixabay.com Courtesy from KROPEKK_PL
Todos nós somos encorajados a tornar o nosso corpo mais forte, mais magro, mais em forma. Todos nós perdemos músculos a partir dos 30 anos. Portanto, use-os ou perca-os! Nunca é demasiado tarde para começar - a não ser no nosso Dia da Ascensão pessoal. Vamos fortalecer as nossas décadas aqui na Terra e tornarmo-nos fortes. Os idosos treinados com 70 anos ou mais são muitas vezes mais fortes do que os preguiçosos na casa dos trinta. Arnold sabe-o. Uma estrutura musculada evita lesões, dores de costas e outras porcarias que ninguém quer incorporar. Coma de forma saudável. As grandes refeições tardias podem afetar o seu sono. Não coma ou coma muito pouco “junk food”, beba pouco ou nada de bebidas fortes e refrigerantes. Evite os adoçantes artificiais. Nunca fume. Evite estar sentado durante longos períodos de tempo. Mexa-se na cadeira. Levante-se quando fizer uma chamada telefónica. Assegure-se de que dorme o suficiente. Se necessário, dormir uma sesta de 10 a 15 minutos.

🏋 E X E R C Í C I O ! ! ! Public Domain picture from publicdomainvectors.org
Três a quatro séries com oito a doze repetições cada para obter melhores resultados.
A melhor estratégia para construir músculo é efetuar três ou quatro séries por exercício. Oito a doze repetições por série é a melhor aposta. Quase meio século de treino, juntamente com a experiência combinada de um milhão de anos, confirmou isso. Nunca faça o mesmo treino para sempre. Altere os exercícios e/ou a ordem. O treino de corpo inteiro funciona durante algum tempo no início. Comece com uma sessão na primeira semana, duas na segunda, três na terceira semana, quatro na quarta semana para se adaptar ao novo desafio muscular. O tecido muscular adapta-se ao treino muito mais rapidamente do que os tendões e os ossos. Não tenha pressa! O corpo torna-se mais forte e mais magro durante o treino. Não recomendamos o treino de uma só série. Pode ser adequado se quiser atingir um determinado nível de condição física em pouco tempo por sessão e por semana. Uma a duas horas por semana, no total, não é muito, mas é melhor do que nada. Todos nós ficamos em forma, não entre o Natal e o Ano Novo. Ficamos em forma entre o Dia de Ano Novo e o Natal! Nunca pare. Façam-no todos os anos.

Utilizar as SESSÕES DE FORMAÇÃO PESSOAL para melhorar a sua experiência!

O serviço de Personal Training está disponível mediante marcação prévia ou agendamento:
1:1 = treino pessoal presencial
2:1 = Grupo pequeno: Dois membros com o treinador
3:1 = Grupo pequeno: Três membros com o treinador
4:1 = Grupo pequeno: Quatro membros com o treinador
5:1 = Grupo pequeno: Cinco membros com o treinador

10:1 = Grande grupo com o treinador


NOVO: Ginásios GymPod sem pessoal (UST)
A partir de 2025, existem sete (até 1 de maio de 2025) ginásios sem pessoal (UST) em atividade. O horário normal de funcionamento é atualmente entre as 6h e a meia-noite. Por menos de 25,- cada quatro semanas numa base mensal, estes ginásios de pequena dimensão podem ser utilizados a partir dos 21 anos de idade. Com a supervisão dos pais, o acesso é permitido a partir dos 16 anos de idade. Não existe balcão de atendimento. O utilizador gere tudo através da APP (Android / iOS) ou do PC (Apple / Linux Debian (based) / Windows 11). Os cacifos podem ser utilizados com fechadura própria de .25". Podem ser utilizados duches. Esses ginásios podem ser FERRUM UST (atualmente 2 ginásios) ou BASIC/BRONCE UST (atualmente 6 ginásios).
Em Singapura, outra versão dos ginásios GymPod fornece acesso Single Use ou Mini-Group por hora. Não misture os sistemas!
Não há serviço no local!

🏋 O M N I B U S ! ! ! (para todos)
Não nos interessa a altura, o peso, a cor, o sexo, etc. Pele cor-de-rosa? E daí...?
Existe apenas uma raça de Homo Sapiens neste mundo desde há pelo menos 75.000 anos. Todos os seres humanos partilham 99,99% do código genético. Os minúsculos 0,01% restantes são responsáveis pela forma, cor dos olhos, cabelo, pele, altura e peso individual e muito mais. O código genético nunca afecta a religião e afins. Isso pertence apenas à vossa educação. Aceitamos a diversidade e os géneros religiosos. Mas não usem um inglês estranho.
Os adultos com 21 anos ou mais podem utilizar um ginásio sem supervisão, embora seja recomendado. A supervisão gradual e o acesso limitado ao ginásio são obrigatórios a partir dos 3, 6, 9, 12, 15 e 18 anos de idade.

🏋 W O R L D W I D E ! ! ! On LUNA from 2050! || On MARS from 2110! || Míraí Gyms planned from 2100.
From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. Pick a place on the globe.
Go there. Workout. Voilá. Köszönöm.

Existem mais de 200.000 ginásios em todo o mundo com cerca de 200 milhões de membros. Isto significa uma média de mil membros por ginásio. O utilizador médio utiliza as instalações duas vezes por semana.

Amsterdam, Anaheim, Augsburg; Basel, Berlin, Beijing; Cape Town, Chicago, Chemnitz; Dallas, Darmstadt, Denver; Edmonton, Erfurt, Essen; Fort Lauderdale, Frankfurt, Fuxin; Giessen, Glendale, Griesheim; Hamburg, Harare, Hiroshima; Ingolstadt, Ipoh, Jackson, Jena, Jersey City; Kassel, Kinshasa, Lima, London, Los Angeles; Madrid, Manchester, Moscow; Nairobi, Napoli, New Delhi, New York; Oberhausen, Offenbach, Ottawa; Paris, Phoenix, Pyongyang; Qionghai, Raleigh, Rome, Rosenheim; San Francisco, Shanghai, Stockholm, Stuttgart; Tallinn, Tehran, Tucson; Ulm, Uppsala, Vancouver, Venice, Vienna; Weiterstadt, Westminster, Wiesbaden, Xinyang, Yokohama, Zurich, Zwickau, ...

🏋 A R O U N D - T H E - C L O C K ! ! !
24/7

24 horas por dia, 7 dias por semana. Sem desculpas. 3 da manhã? Não há problema.
Torne o seu corpo forte mesmo na Páscoa, no Natal, no Ramadão, no Kwanzaa, ...
Se não precisar de acesso a tempo inteiro, pode poupar limitando o acesso à semana (profissional), fins-de-semana ou similares. Mais informações na área MENU.

Atenção: O acesso a tempo inteiro não é permitido a menores!
Os ginásios podem proporcionar treinos supervisionados a crianças da seguinte forma:
10+11 anos: das 11h00 às 17h00
12+13 anos: das 10h00 às 18h00
14+15 anos: das 09h00 às 19h00
16+17 anos: das 08h00 às 20h00

Pessoas oficialmente adultas que ainda não atingiram a "idade de beber":
18-20 anos: das 06h00 às 24h00


🏋 ₳ ₣ ₣ O R D ₳ ₿ ₤ € ! ! !
The BASE FEE

The base fee in a gym is USD 60.- in the U.S.; GBP 32.- in the UK; EUR 32.- in the EU; CHF 36.- in Switzerland
24/7 access to one FERRUM gym (the home gym)
The regular contract is one month which expires automatically. Negotiating autopayment makes it recurring on a month-to month basis. Cancel any time with a four week notice.
There are optional initial contracts of 3 / 6 / 12 / 24 months which also expire automatically. Payment is on a monthly or optional quarterly basis. The contract can be converted to a monthly version after the initial period. Cancel any time after the initial period with a four week notice.
Special discounted rates apply. If you prefer not to sign up you may purchase time tickets. Tickets come as: Single entry / 24 hours with multiple entry / one week / two weeks / four weeks. also with autopayment for week based tickets. Cancel any time Available in any combination. The combined time value must not exceed one year.

is 60 dollars a month in the U.S.A. Or less. In your home gym. Any given time. 24/7!
This is just two bucks a day.
In the planning stage: American Super / Superior / Supreme / Super Supreme / Superior Supreme / Super Superior Supreme Gyms from $80.-.
The Míraí: Originally planned from 2020 onwards in very big cities (Megacities) this is now a 22nd century project. Planning in the US starts in 2100.
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

| Squat, Bench Press, Deadlift
| Power cage, Multi Press, Leg Press, Lat Tower
| Access 24/7 with key fob, app, personal code
| Service via Gym Terminal, PC, Tablet, Smart phone
| Mineral water included.
| Further optional services available

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ARGENTUM

| Squat, Bench Press, Deadlift, Power Cage
| Plate loaded machines
| Sling training
| Sauna; Water Bed; Cardio area
| Selection of aerobics lessons on site
| Tele-Aerobis sessions 6am until midnight
| Access 24/7 with Front Desk, key fob, app, personal code
| Service via pesonal assistance, Gym Terminal, PC, Tablet, Smart phone
| Mineral water included.
| Mini group training
| Further optional services available

, and
AURUM

| Squat, flat/inclined/declined Bench Press, Deadlift, Power Cage
| Plate loaded and weight-stacked machines
| Sling training
| Scheduled EMS training on appointment
| Sauna, Tepidarium, Steam bath; Water Bed; Cardio area
| Virtual marathon
| Virtual bike tours; also Tour de France
| Wide selection of aerobics lessons on site
| Tele-Aerobis sessions 24/7 every hour
| Access 24/7 with Front Desk, Coach; key fob, app, personal code
| Service via personal assistance, Gym Terminal, PC, Tablet, Smart phone
| Mineral water, coffee, tea, mineral drinks included.
| Mini group training
| Personal training
| Live classes with teachers: How to work out the best way
| Address every muscle in the body
| Further optional services available
| Medical doctor on site
| Rehabilitation training

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 23 hours a day.
Gym fees are normally not above 400.- per month.
Save by limiting access hours or upgrade by expanding accessing locations!

You can limit access hours to:
You can limit access frequency to:
You can alter payment sequences to:
You can expand access to more than one location by:
You have enough time?

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)

Become an American Benefit Customer (ABC) and receive a 1% discount on your share every year. After 101 years of uninterrupted membership your share reaches zero. ABC cannot be combined with the Centurio program. You cannot enroll into the ABC program if you limit access times below 100 hours per week or cut the number of visits.

Gyms came into existence between 1960 and 1970. Some gyms are even older. The big boom began with the Ronald Reagan era. 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 different 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. Classic gyms open max. 23 hours daily and 161 hours per week at most.

🏋 I N F O R M A T I V O ! ! !
Informações virtualmente ilimitadas de todo o mundo.

A experiência de milhões de pessoas está à sua espera e à minha. A partilha de experiências de treino na comunidade ajuda-nos a tornarmo-nos melhores, mais magros e mais fortes ao longo do tempo. A equivalência de quilómetros de livros está armazenada online. Utilize o seu iPad ou Android para mergulhar nele. Desfrute de sessões em direto online. Consulte um treinador ao mesmo tempo e obtenha vantagens ao receber correcções em tempo útil utilizando a sua câmara. As marcações internacionais têm de utilizar o fuso horário UTC. Ou veja um bazilhão de vídeos do You Tube em inglês, espanhol, chinês, francês, alemão, holandês, kisuaheli e até klingon.



🏋 C O N T R O L   Y O U R   W E I G H T ! ! !
Not necessarily today. But for sure tomorrow. And the day after.

Your weight shouldn't be just two digits (unless you are very short). Most adults weigh between 100 and 300 pounds. 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.



🏋 S I X   F O O T — S E V E N   F O O T — E I G H T   F O O T — W H O A ! ! !
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").


🏋 N O N - A L C O H O L I C   C O N T A I N S   I R O N   N O   N I C O T I N E ! ! !
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.

No alcohol in the gym!
No smoking in the gym!
No drugs in the gym!

May be allowed above +1000°F / 500°C

🏋 S A U N A   C A N   H E L P   T O   R E L A X ! ! !
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.

🏋 W A T E R B E D   M A S S A G E ! ! !

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.



🏋 E L E C T R O   M Y O   S T I M U L A T I O N ! ! !   E M S
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 (and also peacemakers!!), cochlear implants, tooth root 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 67½. 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.



🏋 R E H A B I L I T A T I O N   G Y M S ! ! !

Starting on 1/1/2025

Kieser Training is now just KIESER
ReMedia accepts doctor's prescriptions

specialized Rehab Gyms are in business. Several gyms do offer rehab services since the third millennium has begun but we think it's time to have special rehab gyms now - especially for people aged 60 ... 110. Rehab gyms offer rehab levels 3 thru 9, Level X, Post-Rehab and Pre-Rehab as well. Rehab gyms are driven by medical doctors, Masters of Science in fitness and rehabilitation, and more special skilled employees. Rehab gyms go far beyond regular workout. Customers can adjust machines by 100 grams, use medical services, therapies, and more under one roof. Such gyms are currently not accessible between midnight and 6am. Rehab gyms are wheelchair accessible and 100% barrier-free. Depending on your health insurance Rehab gyms can be used for free with appropiate prescription.



🏋 F E D E R A L   O R   S T A T E - D R I V E N   O U T D O O R   M I N I - G Y M S ! ! !
Becoming more and more common since ~2020 communities establish stainless steel outdoor gyms with a very limited range of equipment. They never close. Such gyms can withstand temperatures from 100 degrees below zero up to 250 degrees above zero. We recommend not to use those gyms if it is very cold or very hot because it might not be too healthy working out at 110F or -50F. But it is up to you.
Many HEAVY METAL gyms offer a similar outdoor area on the roof and/or in the backyard.

🏋 T A N N I N G   O N L Y   N A T U R A L L Y   W I T H   O U R   S U N ! ! !

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.

🏋 L O C A T I N G   A   G Y M ! ! !
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. Plus-Code:
    via Plus.codes with any browser or by just searching via smart phone
    ex.: 9F28Q4C9+466
  6. What3Words (new); the w3w app is available in the App Stores.
    60 languages

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    • Bulgarian (български)
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    • Chinese (Simplified) – 中文（简体）
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    are supported as of Christmas (Noël; Navidad) 2024.
    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! What3Words may give you a destination code in a language other than English because your system uses another tongue. This is not a problem. The destination is the same. Attention: A simple translation of the w3w results does NOT work!
🏋 H E A V Y   K W A N Z A A
Every gym invites you to try it out for free. Every year from December 24 (Christmas Eve) thru January 1 (New Year's Day) plus the preceeding or following weekend access is free. Enjoy the power flowing into your body and step in to a better, leaner, and fitter life. 

DEC20 DEC21 DEC22 DEC23 DEC24 DEC25 DEC26 DEC27 DEC28 DEC29 DEC30 DEC31 JAN01 JAN02 JAN03 JAN04    HEAVY KWANZAA active
 MON   TUE   WED   THU   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   TUE   WED   THU   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   TUE     Dec.24 until Jan.02 ¹
 TUE   WED   THU   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   TUE   WED   THU   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   TUE   WED     Dec.24 until Jan.01 ⁰
 WED   THU   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   TUE   WED   THU   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   TUE   WED   THU     Dec.23 until Jan.01 ²
 THU   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   TUE   WED   THU   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   TUE   WED   THU   FRI     Dec.22 until Jan.01 ³
 FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   TUE   WED   THU   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   TUE   WED   THU   FRI   SAT     Dec.24 until Jan.01 ⁰
 SAT   SUN   MON   TUE   WED   THU   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   TUE   WED   THU   FRI   SAT   SUN     Dec.24 until Jan.01 ⁴
 SUN   MON   TUE   WED   THU   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   TUE   WED   THU   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON     Dec.24 until Jan.03 ⁵
 
 ⁰ No extension. This applies in the years 2024, 2025, 2030, 2031, ...
 ¹ New Year's Day is a Saturday. The following day is Sunday which is part of the weekend.
 ² plus Dec.22 Noon thru Midnight. Dec.22 is a Friday. So the Weekend starts that day at Noon. Dec.23 is a Saturday.
 ³ plus Dec.21 Noon thru Midnight. Dec.21 is a Friday. So the Weekend starts that day at Noon. Dec.22+23 is Weekend.
 ⁴ Friday morning is not part of a weekend: Weekends start at Noon on Fridays.
 ⁵ New Year's Day is a Friday so the following Saturday and Sunday is included.
THE ORIGIN OF KWANZAA: Every year, right after Christmas day (Dec.26 thru Jan.1), you may hear some Black folks talking about celebrating Kwanzaa. Many of them jokingly because they don't know the history or roots behind the holiday. Here's how it all came about and why celebrating it could be more important than ever. Dr. Maulana Karenga created Kwanzaa in 1966, as the first specifically African-American holiday. According to Karenga, the name Kwanzaa derives from the Swahili phrase matunda ya kwanza, meaning "first fruits of the harvest". The choice of Swahili, an East African language, reflects its status as a symbol of Pan-Africanism, especially in the 1960s, although most of the Atlantic slave trade that brought African people to America originated in West Africa. For more information of the KWANZAA holidays see Official Kwanzaa Website





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