Carrying at the gym

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Joined a gym about 2 weeks ago and I've been going everyday. I can't see anyway to safely carry my M&P 9c while using weight machines, fast walking on treadmill, or jumping/rolling around in group classes. Not gonna buy a pocket gun anytime soon. Don't want to leave it in the car or in a locker, so I leave it at home. I don't like being out unarmed, but I like being in the gym. What do y'all gym rats do?

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Lock it in the car. What’s the problem?

Joined a gym about 2 weeks ago and I've been going everyday. I can't see anyway to safely carry my M&P 9c while using weight machines, fast walking on treadmill, or jumping/rolling around in group classes. Not gonna buy a pocket gun anytime soon. Don't want to leave it in the car or in a locker, so I leave it at home. I don't like being out unarmed, but I like being in the gym. What do y'all gym rats do?

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Protection in the gym?

I'm sure there are some HGH studs at the gym to protect you.
 
Not a fan of leaving in the car. Aside from leaving it at home, that may be the only other option, though

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Even apart from the gym I go place where I have to leave my gun in my car. This is what I use


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I have a forty year old leather portfolio - my manpurse now that I'm retired - and I put all my stuff - wallet, phone, glasses, change, gun and pocket knife - in it so the junk doesn't roll out of my pockets as I exercise. My gym has wall lockers, available first come, first serve, with a key that has an elastic lanyard that goes on my wrist. I lock up the manpurse, take the key, and go exercise. The gym layout is such that I can always see the locker, and to me, better there than out of my sight outside in my car. Some people have commented on the portfolio, and then I make a joke of my manpurse and what it does to keep my stuff from falling out of pockets, but say nothing about some of the contents.
 
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For a pistol that size, the only real choice is a fanny pack designed to carry a pistol. Many are designed to look rather innocuous. Unfortunately, depending on your preferred workout, you may have to take it off at some point (if you wear a lifting belt for squats or deads, for example). Then a fanny pack becomes off-body carry by default. I'm not a fan.

I vote for locking it your car in a small gun vault designed for that purpose. Whatever you decide, do NOT lock it in a locker. There are some people who go to gyms and rec centers specifically to break into lockers just to see what they can steal: wallets, phones, watches, jewelry, and, yes, firearms. Most lockers at commercial gyms can be popped open with a screw driver. If you buy a big, expensive lock with a hardened hasp, all that does is tell the thief that there is something worth stealing inside.

Personally, I feel pretty safe in a gym. The weight stacks on machines would make decent cover, and a five-pound plate or two hurled at someone's head would make him think twice. There are usually mirrors everywhere, so someone would have a hard time flanking you. If you still feel the need to be armed at the gym, pepper spray or a neck knife is way more doable than even a compact, double-stack pistol. However, if you stay well clear of those chest thumping, alpha-silverback threat displays, you shouldn't really have too many problems in the gym. But, like anywhere you go, keep your head up in the parking lot.
 
I go to the gyn unarmed, at night even. Then again I dont live in a **** hole area. If I really felt the need, I would lock it in the car but I dont.
 
I hit the YMCA 4 times a week...posted no firearms tobacco or booze so I leave the Smith at home. I also belong to a MMA gym for basic instruction on fighting which was worth every cent... almost as good as a firearm. I would encourage ANYONE to join a gym..youll get fit and feel better. BTW I have no Issue with a business that posts no firearms...in the YMCA case its a CHristian off shoot hence the regs.
 
Joined a gym about 2 weeks ago and I've been going everyday. I can't see anyway to safely carry my M&P 9c while using weight machines, fast walking on treadmill, or jumping/rolling around in group classes. Not gonna buy a pocket gun anytime soon. Don't want to leave it in the car or in a locker, so I leave it at home. I don't like being out unarmed, but I like being in the gym. What do y'all gym rats do?

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If you seriously think you need to carry at the gym... join a different gym.
 
If you seriously think you need to carry at the gym... join a different gym.
To be clear, I'm just bringing up the subject of unusual places to carry. Just want to see what others do. If I thought the gym (or any particular place, for that matter) was dangerous, I wouldn't go there. I do my best to stick to the rule of carrying everywhere I go that the law allows. Like many of you here, I come across places in my travels that do not allow weapons and/ or where carrying is just not practical.

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