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Off Topic: Weight Rooms on Campus at Clemson
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Off Topic: Weight Rooms on Campus at Clemson


Oct 22, 2018, 4:49 PM

I have a cousin who is looking for somewhere to lift on Campus. He said Fike is a zoo and the new gym has not opened yet for students. Didn't there use to be a weight room staffed by the weightlifting club? Am I forgetting something?

TIA

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Re: Off Topic: Weight Rooms on Campus at Clemson


Oct 22, 2018, 4:50 PM

I think it got closed down a couple of years back. They need a lot more space for the amount of students we have.

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Oct 22, 2018, 4:54 PM

Thanks @Cashmoney,

Do you know why it was closed down? When I was in undergrad I met the President of the weightlifting club, great guy but cant remember his name. I remember something about the University saying the guys were lifting too much weight so it was a liability issue.

For what it's worth, my cousin said the wait at Fike makes it not even worth going anymore.

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Been a few years


Oct 22, 2018, 5:04 PM

But generally I found if you went in the morning there was a pretty light crowd. If he’s only trying to go in the afternoon after class, it’s obviously going to be packed.

Mornings could’ve gotten crowded too in the 5+ years I’ve been out though. Was never pushing enough weight around to have someone approach me about the weightlifting club though.

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I think it got lost in the 2003 renovation


Oct 22, 2018, 4:55 PM

There was a separate members only weight room in the old Fike. I’m trying to remember what it was called; the “Tiger Den” or something like that. I think it might’ve been in the basement.

When they renovated Fike in 2003 I’m pretty sure that room was gobbled up by the open floor plan. They tried to accommodate the club by setting aside special equipment in the new space but it wasn’t the same at all.

Now I could be 100% wrong on this one so anyone who tries to correct me is bound to be more accurate.

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Re: I think it got lost in the 2003 renovation


Oct 22, 2018, 4:58 PM

From what I remember (I don't know for sure I was not a member), there was a gym underneath Fike staffed by the weightlifting club. It was a student organization. I was at the NCState game looking for it, but it seems like it must have just been a myth or it is gone now.

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Re: I think it got lost in the 2003 renovation


Oct 22, 2018, 5:12 PM

The Dungeon. It was there while I was there, 09-11.

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Re: I think it got lost in the 2003 renovation


Oct 22, 2018, 5:14 PM

Why did it go away? Is there still a weightlifting club?

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Re: I think it got lost in the 2003 renovation


Oct 22, 2018, 5:22 PM

This is the first I’m hearing that it’s gone. I’ve only made it back to campus for a handful of games and I’ve mostly lost contact with the guys I went with.

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Re: I think it got lost in the 2003 renovation


Oct 22, 2018, 5:29 PM

When they renovated Fike around 2013, the dungeon got converted to the storage area for all the intramural supplies

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Oct 22, 2018, 6:08 PM

Thanks for the update. So after reading everyone's replies, the club did at one time exist and it was a free-weight area under Fike.

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Oct 22, 2018, 5:03 PM

Yeah, the dungeon, was the basement below Fike, not very big and no ventilation. I was there from 79-83. We would leave the doors open no matter how hot or cold it was outside. I think they used to use it for pool chemical storage. If you breathed in really hard, you could feel a chlorine burn. Lots of power lifters sniffing ammonia to get charged up mixed with atomic bomb on muscle wraps, add to that a good helping of pheromones and ball sweat. It was an awesome environment. Not sure when they shut it down.

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Re: Off Topic: Weight Rooms on Campus at Clemson


Oct 22, 2018, 5:10 PM

I remember it under one of the dorms on the frat quad. Does that date me?

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Yes it was The Dungeon. Took my roommate in there in 94


Oct 22, 2018, 5:10 PM [ in reply to Re: Off Topic: Weight Rooms on Campus at Clemson ]

to teach him how to lift. He was a bulky 6'0" 145 and could not lift the bar without kicking his legs. We provided 45 min of entertainment for the other fellas in there.

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Re: Yes it was The Dungeon. Took my roommate in there in 94


Oct 22, 2018, 5:24 PM

Some what related story. Back in the spring of '98 I had a break Mon, Wed and Fri mornings between classes and would go lift at Fike around 9:30 - 11:00. Was always the same 10-12 guys in the weight room. One day two co-eds came into the free weight area, wearing short shorts and jog bras and did some butterflies with 10 # dumbbells and then left. I will never forget it, one of the guys turned around and stated, "that was @#$'d up, anyone one of us could have just been crushed under a bar and no one would have known until it was too late"

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I may have been one of those 10-12


Oct 22, 2018, 7:29 PM

Guys. I was in Fike quite a bit and that was usually my time to go after my 8:00 class.

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Re: Off Topic: Weight Rooms on Campus at Clemson


Oct 22, 2018, 5:16 PM

Has he tried being there at 5:30 when it opens?

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Re: Off Topic: Weight Rooms on Campus at Clemson


Oct 22, 2018, 7:03 PM

Fike was crowded in the mid 70's. Would sometimes go the club facility. I don't remember how much dues were.

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Is the Dungeon still open?***


Oct 22, 2018, 7:31 PM



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Re: Off Topic: Weight Rooms on Campus at Clemson


Oct 22, 2018, 7:33 PM

The Dungeon was the best- used to go there often with the guys. Even had my name on the wall( not to brag HAHA) ... and helped designed the Weight Club Shirts too. We had a receiver and tape deck under lock and key.

I also got into Jervey back then too... through my coursework and some guys I knew. It was incredible.

Fike was not bad... just not serious enough for me at the time. It was decent and the way to go if you wanted to save funds. I was also a member of an off campus gym in Seneca but forget the name.

If Fike is not cutting it, I suppose the only other option is to look around. Sure there are many more options now.

Best to your cousin!

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