Carrying at the gym

[max503]

My gym bans guns. I used to leave it in the car but now I just leave it at home. I don't feel unsafe, going about unarmed in that area.

 

[haywood]

I have a safe in my car. My car is a SUV. Very nice, clean, but, 13 years old. I don't think anyone is bothering with 13 year old SUVs. Besides about the only place I use the safe is in a good safe area well off the beaten path. One of the very few places I would go unarmed.

 

[Smoke]

How often do we turn on the news and hear "Things like that never happen here, it's such a nice neighborhood."?

 

[ameridaddy]

... 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. ... But, like anywhere you go, keep your head up in the parking lot.

The last is why I bring my piece into the gym. I don't want to get mugged because I'm unarmed, on the way back to my car where my gun is locked up. I hear ya on the locker business, but in my gym the locker isn't in the shower room or some other out of the way place. If it were, I'd be locking it in the car. As it is, I can see the bank of lockers just 10-50 feet from where I'm exercising, as can the many other people in the place who use the lockers too.

 

[ameridaddy]

Great job going to the gym. Good health and fitness does a boatload more to keep you alive and healthy than carrying a gun. But they are certainly not mutually exclusive.

My gym bans guns. They dont even want off duty cops carrying. I reserve my preaching to the choir comment on that. Or what I do or do not do.

But nobody is banning these guns. Armed and not dangerous.

Impressive guns! How many rounds...uhhh... reps you got through those guns? Unlike my EDC, yours get better with a high round count.

 

[BC38]

I carry mine in my concealed carry vest and when I'm changing I take it off and lock it in a locker with the rest of my clothes and gym bag using my personal combination lock. There is an attendant on duty in the locker room and it is very busy so the chances of anyone prying open a locker to break into it is lower than the probability of a car in the parking lot getting broken into.

 

[oneounceload]

I either leave it in the car or in the locker (which is my lock); no big deal as I do not feel the need to actually have it on me while working out.

 

[ericrlarson]

The Anytime Fitness that I go to has a wide open floor plan. I leave my G19 in my back pack.


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[686-380]

I would stow my firearm in my car, in an appropriate gun safe.

I mainly used the on-base gym. Firearms not allowed (except in Iraq).

Now, we have our own gym.

 

[Doug M.]

If you seriously think you need to carry at the gym... join a different gym.

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Some folks live in sub-par areas. More important, valid, and consistent with proper personal defense mindset - you can't make an appointment for an emergency. I carry pretty much all the time and don't go where I can't be armed. I know I am not the only person armed there, and some of the staff have access to a lockbox with a gun in it by the owner's preference.

Remember that the only reason to carry a pistol is that you have no reason to expect a problem requiring a gun. If you have reason to expect a problem and can't be somewhere else, take a rifle.

 

[haywood]

How often do we turn on the news and hear "Things like that never happen here, it's such a nice neighborhood."?

If I'm not carrying it is illegal to carry there. Then it depends, I may just rely on the always carry never tell.

 

[Rastoff]

Lots of good self-defense tools at the gym. No need to carry there.

 

[Protected One]

Lots of good self-defense tools at the gym. No need to carry there.

A friend of mine posted this picture elsewhere.

 

[TheHobbyist]

@the OP, if you don't want to keep it in your vehicle locked or your gym prohibits firearms on premise and/or you don't want to keep it in your locker...I think you answered the question.

I do not have any suggestions for carrying on your person at the gym. I would suggest re-evaluating locking it in a vehicle or buying your own equipment for home.

 

[oink]

I'm in the leave it in the car camp. That's also why I have some of what I call "truck guns" (I have a truck). Cheaper or worn guns that have minimal monetary value but have proven reliable. Example could include: A Taurus bought cheap, a RIA, an old no finish revolver, etc. Even the Shield if they continue to sell in the $200 range often enough. My old early version 669 fits the bill. It's seen so much use over the years it's definitely a beater and I expect has little value, but it's reliable. So if going somewhere I need to leave the gun in the car, I just bring one of my "truck guns".

 

[roo_ster]

Leave it in the car. Gym lockers are more insecure than your average locked car in a gym parking lot.

I do not know what you do in a gym, but most folk seem to drift from machine to machine and waste time. Probably can pack an N-frame OWB under a sweat shirt that sees no actual sweat.

For my own part, I am a power/oly weight lifter from way back. Packing heat is just not practical when performing those lifts. Most I could manage would be a folding knife with clip inside a front pocket. Even a P-32 would be impractical.

OTOH, packing while running or cycling is a problem I have solved.

 

[TACC1]

Carry Anywhere?

I agree with the OP about not leaving the gun in
the car. Some gyms don't really have good lighting
outside, either.
If you can't carry the full-size, an NAA Mini or a really small
auto can be carried using a bellyband rig. I mean one that
doesn't have an external holster, but kind of a pocket with
a sweatprotector. You can adjust where you want it on
your torso, and if snug-fitting, the gun will Not come out.
Just a thought...(made by Gould & Goodrich Mod.T727)
TACC1

 

[Eagle1*]

Whenever my wife drags me to the gym, I carry it in a small gym bag that has my clothes in it. I keep the bag beside whatever equipment I'm on, always in sight.

THIS THIS THIS. I always have my gym bag in sight of me where ever i am at inside.

 

[mgriffin]

Whenever my wife drags me to the gym, I carry it in a small gym bag that has my clothes in it. I keep the bag beside whatever equipment I'm on, always in sight.

^^^^ I see alot of people doing this in the gym I go to.

 

[Old cop]

I realize you said you are not going to buy a pocket gun but I solved that problem w/my LCP in the L/F pocket of my gym pants.

 

[Protected One]

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 up in you car, put it in a fanny pack and keep it on you, or leave it at home. Don't over-think this.

 

[nachogrande]

GUN YOGA?

Quick answer, DON'T. Hard to impossible to conceal it comfortably in most active type activities. I did carry a Seecamp in a neck bag I keep my mp-3 player in but I was always aware of it, it flopped around un-naturally, & worried about the string/strap breaking. It just didn't "work out" for me.

 

[zzclancy]

S&W M&P 340 in the front pocket of my gym shorts.

 

[686-380]

I have never carried in a gym, except an M-16 while I was in Iraq.

Now that I'm retired, if I decide to go to one I will leave it in the car.

I was watching a shooting channel just yesterday. Hornady has a car safe I might just invest in.